I didn’t expect the bird tax collector’s family, Hailanza, to have a glorious history. However, due to successive generations, the territory of the bird tax collector’s family has almost shrunk to its peak, and the bird tax collector’s generation can hardly keep the baron title. The bird tax collector’s family is about to disappear in the historical wave.
Surdak glanced at Byrd’s taxpayer’s beer belly, and it was obvious that it was impossible for him to go to the battlefield to establish meritorious service and keep his title and territory.
The tax collector Byrd was dressed in light green leather armor and covered with a thick leather coat. He enthusiastically introduced the surrounding land to Surdak all the way. Obviously, he was quite familiar with this area. Every time he came to a boundary pillar, the tax collector Byrd could accurately tell whose territory it was …
Chapter 31 Snow Lake
The aristocratic winter hunting ground is about 50 miles away from Hailansa City, and it takes more than three hours to ride a horse. Eleven magic caravans in the hunting team are covered with a layer of snow that has been trampled very firmly, which greatly slows down the hunting team’s speed. The team goes all the way through the Korean pine forest and journey to the south into the rolling mountains.
The mountains here are not steep, and there are patches of woodlands and broad bushes. Some small forest animals see the horses fleeing into the depths of the jungle.
The sun is beautiful, the sky is blue and white, and the snow is all over the mountains. Surdak rode out of the Korean pine forest and felt that his eyes were suddenly bright.
Riding at the front, a group of young nobles galloped through the snow and chased each other, which broke the dreariness of the procession passing through the Korean pine forest. Carl also rode out from the squad and rushed to the window of a magic van. At this time, the window of the carriage was pushed from the inside to reveal Mrs. Christie’s face that should be happy and angry.
Miss Brenda couldn’t attend the winter inaugural this time because of her illness.
Llewellyn can honestly stay in the team and chat with Suldak and Byrd tax collectors. Byrd tax collectors like to tighten his beer belly by riding a hunting leather belt. He seems to recall the great achievements of the hunting ground twenty years ago and tell Suldak how a thousand-pound wild boar was shot through with one arrow. The wild boar was covered with tree oil as if it had a layer of armor and a pair of fangs were a foot long.
Baron Llewellyn listened with relish and occasionally interjected to ask the Byrd tax collector about the hunting details.
"It’s a pity that it’s hard to see a wild boar that big in the suburbs of Hailanza in recent years, but the forest gray wolves are multiplying more and more." Bird’s tax collector is riding a horse with white gas in his mouth, and even riding this Mata is a little panting.
Surdak remembered the experience of being kidnapped by a black wizard the other day. He was followed by a group of forest gray wolves in the Korean pine forest behind Darcy Christie’s back. Those two nights were really fresh in his memory, so he said with emotion, "I met a group of forest gray wolves in the Korean pine forest the other day and followed them all the way to the village before quietly retreating."
Bird’s tax collector wiped a handful of stubble frost and snow and introduced them to the two men. "These forest gray wolves are not at the top of the food chain. There are also first-order rock tigers of Warcraft living here. They specialize in hunting forest gray wolves. Besides precious leather, these rock tigers are also pregnant with magic tattoos, and they are also first-order Warcraft, which attracts hunters to the southern area of Pagelos Mountain. With the gradual disappearance of the rock tigers, the forest gray wolves have multiplied and now almost occupied the whole Korean pine forest."
He pointed to the vast pine forest in the distant mountains.
Walking along the edge of the bushes, the team can almost see pieces of red fruits hanging in clusters after being frozen by frost and snow. This kind of sour soup beef stewed with red fruits is also a special dish of Hailansa City.
Surdak wanted to hunt sand wolves here in the hunting ground to get some primary sacrifices, but now his leg injury has healed without the demand for primary sacrifices, and his hunting mood is not so urgent. Now I hear that there are rock tigers here, and I have some curiosity in my heart.
"Can you still find the trace of the rock tiger on the hunting ground?" Surdak asked curiously.
Bird tax collector shook his head gently and said, "It has long since disappeared completely. Now occasionally, some sand wolves come to this woodland through the barren land. Those sand wolves don’t hunt forest gray wolves, but sometimes they leave some strings. Because of the blood power of sand wolves, most of these gray wolves will become wolves, and sometimes the wolf king will be promoted to first-order Warcraft."
Llewellyn looked around curiously at the snow-covered mountains and saw no traces of wolves. "Why didn’t we meet gray wolves along the way?"
Bird tax collector laughed and replied, "There are so many young nobles and guards in our team. Those forest gray wolves are not stupid. How can they die? They must be lurking in the dark. If someone in our team is alone, they will meet those gray wolves within a quarter of an hour. I can guarantee that there are definitely more than one group."
Baron Llewellyn couldn’t help but touch his waist and sword when he heard the tax collector Byrd say this, and asked nervously, "Is the tax collector Byrd really so horrible?"
Bird tax official patted his belly full of oil and water and said affirmatively, "Of course I know very well that my territory is here!" "
"Well, how long do we have to go?" Baron Llewellyn awkwardly touched the side of his thigh, and his horse’s back was rubbed and his stomach ached, but it seemed that he could not walk all the way.
The tax collector Byrd looked at the surrounding scenery and said to Baron Llewellyn, "It’s just over the mountain ahead."
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A group of people arrived at the winter hunting ground at noon, and the residence was actually a manor built near the lake. This ice lake with an area of nearly four hectares was covered with a thick layer of snow, and it was surrounded by pieces of oak and fir forests. Because the number of people who went hunting this winter was far ahead of several times, the Christie family villa was not so crowded, so the three manors around the hunting ground became temporary residences for these hunters.
There are three manors around this ice lake, except for the manor built by Christie family specially for vacation, Bird Taxpayer Lake Villa and Goss Family Manor.
When I arrived at the hunting ground but didn’t see fierce prey, some young nobles were impatient and wanted to go shopping in the forest together, but they were stopped by a group of experienced nobles. After allocating the residence, Surdak followed Byrd tax collector to his lakeside villa.
The original three manors have a certain distance from each other and can only face each other across the lake, but at this time the lake has been frozen very firmly. The Byrd tax collector took Carl, Surdak and Baron Llewellyn across the ice, and it took about twenty minutes to arrive at the Byrd tax collector’s lakeside villa, accompanied by Karl’s lover, Mrs. Kristi, and several young aristocrats whom Surdak didn’t know very well.
Bird tax collector’s lakeside villa is a two-story attic. Although it looks a little old, it still looks like it has traces of renovation.
The villa is built by the mountains and rivers, with rolling mountains behind it. It seems to be an excellent scenic spot.
When everyone came to the villa, the servants in the Byrd tax official had cleaned the villa and raised a fire in the fireplace. When everyone entered the villa, they immediately felt warm as spring. The Byrd tax official housekeeper was very considerate. Carl and Mrs. Christie were divided into two adjacent rooms, while Suldak was the guest room on the lake side.
The original plan was that everyone would return to Christie’s family manor for lunch after they settled down, and then take a walk in the forest during the afternoon to get familiar with the terrain around here. However, because everyone had been riding for nearly half a day, the horses were exhausted, and the Bird tax collector and housekeeper also prepared a barbecue. The Bird tax collector suggested that everyone might as well have a lunch break here and meet at Christie’s manor again and again.
By the time everyone came back to Christie’s Manor in hunting clothes, some young nobles had already moved to the back mountain forest. Darcy Christie was wearing a thorn-tailed crystal lion leather armor and a white cloak. Several young nobles were riding horses and waiting for the lake. Surdak saw Darcy talking to Leonard from a distance. Besides these guests, Miss Huo Yier was also with Darcy.
See Surdak coming across the ice lake. Darcy Christie waved to Surdak.
The meeting between Surdak and Leonard’s swordsmen was still awkward. Leonard never thought that Hathaway was a sworn enemy, and Miss Darcy Christie actually made Surdak become a friend to make sense. This kind of thing made Leonard think impassability. He stared at Darcy Christie and wanted to get some understandable answer from her, such as what forced the family pressure or set a trap to make this hateful Surdak fall into the abyss. However, looking at the familiarity between Darcy and Surdak, these conjectures became unreasonable.
Leonard couldn’t understand how Cole Norton lost Hathaway, but he couldn’t even keep Darcy Christie. He wanted to write a letter to his good friend Cole Norton later to tell him what he saw and heard in Hailansa.
"You don’t want to hunt sand Wolf? You can go through this golden oak forest and look north. There are often sand wolves there, but you’d better form a reliable team. Those sand wolves are not as easy to deal with as forest gray wolves. "Darcy Christie likes to show people her white neck like a proud swan when she talks.
Leonard secretly rejoiced that Darcy had dug a hole here …
Then he was worried about being swayed by considerations of gain and loss that Surdak would not look for those sand wolves if he saw through Dasey’s trick.
Because he doesn’t seem to be accompanied by a knight or a professional hunter, it’s simply suicidal to encounter sand wolves in the wild. He’s not going to warn Surdak
"Ok, I’ll take a chance. Let me know if you find the trace of Yanhu."
Surdak put on a bad attitude when he spoke. He really didn’t want to cross this oak forest. There are snow everywhere. Once a horse accidentally steps into a snow pit, it is easy to break its leg. Now he has lost interest in the sand wolf. There are five magic antelope heads in his backpack enough to deal with emergencies.
But Surdak didn’t want to hang out with Darcy Christie’s team. Leonard’s hostile eyes made the whole team look alert. Surdak planned to walk around the lake with Carl, so he waved to Darcy to show him around the lake.
Darcy Christie, of course, can’t leave her classmates from afar to watch Surdak turn around and leave.
Seeing that Aunt Christie and Carl’s mid-team leader are very sweet and bored together, Darcy Christie’s head is covered with black lines, and her mood becomes a little agitated. She doesn’t want to have friends with Aunt Christie’s circle of friends, but Carl and Surdak are good friends …
Bird tax collector looked at a face of melancholy. Miss Huo Yier’s eyes were in a daze. Surdak also had some words. Bird tax collector was old. When Miss Huo Yier’s father was more than enough, he even assumed a pig brother appearance. Although Miss Huo Yier was a bit miserable recently, even if it was worse, she was still a countess who inherited a large territory.
Surdak saw someone in the ice lake chiseling an ice cave with an iron spear. It looked like he was going to fish, so he rode over to watch the fun and left Carl and Mrs. Christie far behind. He didn’t want to be the most annoying person around them.
Baron Llewellyn and the Byrd tax collector stayed. Darcy Christie and her party went into the dense oak forest to look for prey in the forest.
Deep in the oak forest, when the red magic signal flare came up at dawn, Surdak pulled up the eleventh white-tailed fish on the ice. The white-tailed fish was pulled out of the water and fluttered in the ice and snow, and soon it would be frozen hard.