Zarik whistled and a group of coolies in charge of carrying grain entered the yard. These coolies are usually served by white ducks, but unexpectedly, the people who were closest to the name of God are also among them.

Pluto, dressed in coarse linen and a dirty blindfold, followed the crowd into the yard.

After that terrible disaster, Manda never saw Pluto again. The three headed dog said he was blind. Manda thought it was just an exaggeration. He always thought Pluto\'s eyes were just injured.

But now he knows that Pluto is really blind and has lost all his skills. Only a little divine power remains in his body, which can make him roughly perceive the surrounding environment and do some hard work in the valley.

Worm\'s body was shaking. Like Manda, he had not seen Pluto for a long time.

"How, how can you do this to him..."

Zarik said with a smile, "we don\'t need useless losers in the valley. It\'s the kindness of the count to let him live to this day.

Pluto picked up a bag of grain and staggered towards the door. Zarik deliberately stretched out a foot, tripped Pluto and fell to the ground with the grain.

Zarik came forward and kicked Pluto: "useless fool, what else can you do?"

Pluto struggled to his feet. Zarrik wanted to step forward and kick again, but he found that his ankle was entangled by insect silk.

Zarik turned to look at worm, frowned and narrowed his eyes, showing a more beaten expression: "old bug, what do you want?"

When the voice fell to the ground, Manda suddenly appeared in front of zarik, put her hand on his stomach, and cut his clothes with her fingers, but she didn\'t cut his flesh.

The sudden coolness made zarik tremble. He was of the same rank. His combat experience was much worse than Manda.

"You, what do you want to do?"

Manda said with a smile, "we want to have a drink with our old friends, but we don\'t want to be disturbed. I heard you brought the count\'s order. Please hurry up."

"You, you stay away from me!"

Manda took back her fingers and worm silk. Zarik tidied up his broken clothes and said to worm angrily: "the count asked you to take the Viscount\'s son and nephew to the valley before the New Year!"

Werm didn\'t want to go to the Viscount castle. Manda couldn\'t take care of the business. This matter has been delayed until now.

"Tell the count that the two men will be sent tomorrow. Is there anything else?"

Zarik said, "the count told you to be careful and don\'t get into trouble again."

"Anything else?"

Zarik wanted to disgust them again, but looking at worm\'s dark pupil and Manda\'s strange smile, he opened his mouth for a long time, but didn\'t say a word.

He dared not offend the count\'s confidant, nor did he want to offend the evil boy, so he had to yell at Pluto: "blind man, why are you still here? You broke the sacks. Move the food quickly!"

"Pluto, come here." worm pulled Pluto to to his side.

Zarik stared at worm. "He\'s here to work!"

"There\'s no shortage of work around you," Manda smiled. "Let\'s have a drink with our old friend and you\'ll come too."

"I\'m not as free as you!" zarrik glared at Pluto fiercely and turned to the carriage to count the amount of grain.

Werm took Bruto to the single room on the second floor. Manda poured Bruto a glass of wine. Bruto drank one at a time and said, "it\'s the wine made by Werm. I remember the taste."

Worm\'s eyes were turning. Manda knew he wanted to cry, but he couldn\'t shed tears. He poured another glass of wine for Pluto. Pluto drank half and vomited out. He was sobbing, but he couldn\'t shed tears either.

The three men sat in silence for a long time. Worm pounded the table and said, "stay here. I\'ll go to the count and beg him to let you stay here and live with us."

Pluto looked up with a smile on his face. Although his beard and hair were messy and his face was dusty, his smile could still see the beautiful face of the past.

"Thank you for your kindness, old friend," said Pluto with a smile. "The count won\'t let me leave the valley. You know, there\'s another thing on me that the count wants... I\'ll live. Leond and holna take good care of me. Even if I can\'t live, it doesn\'t matter. It\'s a relief to die. Maybe I can see and see my destiny before crossing the Styx..."

Manda cut a piece of salted meat for Pluto. Pluto stuffed the salted meat into his mouth and nodded: "it\'s delicious. It\'s really delicious. Leond found me some salted meat yesterday, but it\'s still not as delicious as worm."

"I\'m sorry." Manda added another glass of wine to Pluto.

Pluto clenched his glass and said nothing.

"It\'s not your fault. You don\'t know what the real golden apple looks like. I never hated you. I just sometimes think, if you can go back to that day, if you can tell me, tell me the Golden Apple..." there were no tears, but Pluto cried.

Three people drank a whole can of wine, and zarik\'s urging voice came downstairs: "blind man! Have you had enough? It\'s time to go!"

Werm wanted to go downstairs and teach zarik a lesson. Manda stopped him and gave him two silver coins.

"Give this to zarik. At least it will make Pluto feel better all the way."

Watching Pluto stumble into the carriage and slowly disappear into the night, worm returns to the warehouse without saying a word, and Manda continues to count the money at the counter.

The next morning, Manda pulled the Qianlima out of the stable.

Worm touched the horse\'s mane: "are you going to ride it to the Viscount\'s castle?"

"I can\'t ride. I have to take it. It\'s a gift for the viscount." Manda carefully groomed the horse.

"For nothing?" said worm in surprise. "Someone offered six gold coins before, and you were reluctant to sell them."

"That\'s why this horse is worthy of the viscount."

"Why did you give gesack gifts? We don\'t owe him anything, and the count allowed his son and nephew to enter the valley, which is a great gift." worm couldn\'t understand Manda\'s idea. Manda said more than once that the horse could sell for a sky high price.

"The gift of the count comes from the count, our gift comes from us, everything of the count belongs to the count, and everything of us..."

"All of us belong to the count!" worm showed two teeth, which was a warning to Manda.

Manda smiled and took the reins: "yes, we also belong to the count, including our lives and everything on our body. I\'m curious. What\'s the thing Pluto said?"

"You don\'t need to know."

"Do I have that thing, too?"

"I won\'t tell you." worm turned back to the warehouse, and Manda left the tavern with the horse.

……

Manda waited in the reception room of the castle for a short time, and the fat Knight Stanley warmly welcomed him out.

"Lord Viscount likes your horse very much. It\'s really a good horse. Why haven\'t I noticed it before? I\'m willing to pay 20 gold coins to buy it."

"I\'ll choose another good horse for you," Manda bowed.

"This is a gift from the count," Stanley gave Manda a small bag of gold coins, and then asked someone to carry out a box of gold coins. "This is a gift for the count. The carriage is ready. Let\'s go."

Are you leaving now? Or invite me in for a cup of tea? Manda looked at Stanley in surprise. He didn\'t seem to understand the purpose of his trip.

"I\'m here to pick up two young masters..."

"Two young masters have been waiting for you in the carriage."

Just go? It\'s too hasty. It\'s my own son. The Viscount didn\'t send it out in person?

Manda got into the carriage and saw two well-dressed teenagers sitting in the carriage.

"Hello, Mr. nidali." the two teenagers saluted Manda.

Manda waved her hand and said, "I\'m just a civilian."

A young man said, "you are a believer of the ancient god. We respect you very much."

Another young man said, "we will abandon the status of nobility and follow the count wholeheartedly."

"You will certainly get the favor of the gods." Manda nodded approvingly and made a cockfighting eye between talking and laughing.

The two boys, one worth thirty silver coins and the other worth twenty-eight silver coins plus more than thirty copper coins, although their birth can not fully represent people\'s value, Manda can be sure that they can never be aristocrats.

This is the test item sent by the viscount. It\'s hard for them to escape the count\'s eyes. Do you really want to send them to the valley?