It was getting late, and the cold silver hook was hung in the cold wind howling sky again. The killing north wind passed through the tower of the castle, leaving an echo like a young woman crying.


    After a busy day, Loren woke up from meditation. His dark pupils reflected the snow covered wilderness and woods in the distance, waiting silently.


    The whole castle is carefully and nervously preparing for the coming battle. But except for the count''s guard knights, the rest of the castle guards were completely confused and didn''t even know what to do.


    This is also a matter of no choice. At present, ruwen can''t tell them that half of the Earls of shenlinbao led by the Seine family are ready to rebel, and they are the last line of defense for resistance.


    According to Loren''s understanding of these castle guards, I''m afraid that as soon as this sentence is spoken, at least half of them will run away immediately. It''s hard to say how long the rest who are willing to stick to the castle can last.


    There is also a shack camp not far from the castle. Although Loren wants to withdraw some refugees into the castle, the current situation does not allow him to do so, because there is really not enough food in the castle.


    In the past, the way of separating refugees and arranging work for some of them was to reduce food consumption; With the help of the nobles'' sneak attack on the granary and set fire, Loren cut the amount of relief by half. But by now, the food in the castle has long been used up.


    If the refugees are put into the castle, this will be noticed immediately. In order to live, they would immediately betray the count who had given them land - after all, living was more important than anything.


    The more serious problem is that many of these refugees have been bought by the seiner family. Loren can''t predict what will happen. These nobles of shenlinbao lowered their moral lower limit again and again, which really made Loren "look at it with admiration".


    But it''s hard for ruwen and Loren to let the refugees starve to death. After thinking about it, the count decided to let go of the hunting grounds in his territory and let the refugees enter.


    Although it is already a severe winter, there are still free range rabbits, wild squirrels and some fungus fruits buried in the ground. If you look carefully, you can still find food. There are also many hunters among the refugees. They will never starve themselves to death and can help the rest.


    Loren can also see that Lu Wen, who made this decision, is actually very distressed. For this noble young master, the hunting ground is like his playground and back garden. To do so is to let people in and spoil it casually. His hunting ground will certainly be unable to hunt next year.


    He slowly got up and moved. Loren, who didn''t wear a wizard''s robe, changed into a brand-new Leather Armor - a gift given to him by Reuven Fred after he came to Shenlin castle.


    Exquisite dark brown shoulder pads, boots and gloves are made of salted cow leather, and some joint parts have redundant chain armor protection. In a word, it is a relatively light armor, which is very suitable for fast movement. It is perfect for Loren. The protective effect is also far beyond the "rags" he wore when he was a servant.


    Especially in many places on the armor, Loren can clearly see the traces of alchemists participating in the production. Because there is a little wizard, an alchemical genius, he also knows something about it.


    It seems that the Wizards in this world only know how to do research in the laboratory


    Just when he heard something outside the door and was ready to go out to have a look, a castle guard directly knocked open the door and gasped in horror.


    "Wizard, please go and have a look. There are all people outside the castle!" the breathless guards trembled: "all the refugees are outside. I''m afraid there are thousands of people!"


    "Tell the soldiers guarding the gate never to open the gate!" Loren patted him on the shoulder and back and asked calmly, "does the count know about it?"


    "The count has rushed there and is waiting for you in the courtyard." the guard nodded: "we want to maintain order, but there are too many refugees outside, and we can''t see clearly at night!"


    Loren, who picked up his wand, turned and left the room. Before we got to the courtyard, we heard the noisy cries outside, which almost overshadowed the voice of speech.


    Guards running back and forth with torches were everywhere in front of the castle gate. The young count with a long sword stood in the middle of the courtyard, and the red cloak fluttered gently under the moonlight.


    The gate of the castle was already closed. People outside could be heard pounding the gate, and the momentum and movement were getting louder and louder. Frowning, Reuven Fred calmly commanded the surrounding guards.


    "It''s a complete mess outside - I was going to try to convince them, but they can''t listen!"


    After seeing Loren coming, Lu Wen''s tight expression relaxed a little: "it must be someone deliberately making trouble behind his back, otherwise they can''t spontaneously come to the castle on such a cold night!"


    "How many of them?"


    "The devil knows how many people there are. You''d better go and have a look by yourself." the count''s expression was very ugly, but also because he was too nervous, and the veins of his hands were exposed.


    The two climbed up the tower and looked between the walls. In the moonlight, the figure outside the castle was vast, and the scattered torches were like a river of stars. They could hardly see their heads in the dark night.


    The refugees in rags were crying and shouting, one by one haggard and hoarse. Like a surging river, it dashed against the gate of the castle and knocked desperately with wooden sticks and stones.


    Lu Wen''s eyes trembled. These refugees should have been their strongest supporters, but now they stand on their opposite, which in turn has become a tool for the nobles to threaten themselves!


    Once the castle is washed down, everyone knows what will happen.


    "But fortunately, the current situation can be controlled." reluctantly found a reason to comfort himself. Lu Wen said to himself: "at least they don''t have weapons to attack the city, and the equipment is very simple. It''s impossible to break the wall of Shenlin castle."


    The soldiers on the city wall are still driving away these refugees as much as possible. The closed door and the angry cries of the soldiers made the already tired and hungry refugees burst out more angry and disappointed cries.


    The scream was like a wave. Loren and ruwen standing on the wall could hardly hear anything else. In the sound waves, it seemed that even the city wall was shaking, and the guards who could barely maintain order began to become at a loss.


    "What should I do? Just go on?" the young count was still unwilling: "they are all my leaders. It is because of me that they have become like this. I can''t ignore them!"


    Loren did not answer him. His dark eyes narrowed into a slit and looked into the distance. He could see an orange shadow moving and rising from the distance like a floating flame.


    The black haired wizard with wide eyes dragged him to the ground without waiting for the count''s reaction!


    "Boom --!!!"


    The huge roar pierced everyone''s eardrums, and the whole castle seemed to be shaking. The screams of the guards came from the severely bombed city wall. The city wall that was broken open fell large and small rubble. Many refugees standing under the city wall were buried alive.


    Blood and death not only did not deter these refugees, but excited shouts broke out in the crowd, as if they saw hope, excited shouts, screams and extremely harsh, as if they were celebrating this carnival!


    The gate of the castle shook and rustled with dust under the impact of countless people - yes, they really can''t break open the gate, but if there is a stone riprap machine, it''s not necessarily!


    "This is the second time I''ve been saved by you!" Lu Wen, who got up from the ground, didn''t have any luck to survive, only incomparable anger: "no matter who did it, I''ll cut off the heads of these bastards myself when I catch him!"


    "In the name of the Holy Cross, I do what I say this time --!!!"