Layla was right, not only the guards, but also Lance himself.

Although the girl who had just fallen in love was thinking in her heart whether the new county magistrate came for her, even if there was only one in a thousand chance, the answer was no.

Lance's trip, accompanied by the squire Goul and the human craftsman Aikiel, was here for a previous investigation of the canal project. In order to make this trip go smoothly, they also needed a guide who could guide them in the mountains.

This consideration was that Lance had a temporary idea when he saw the small village on the hillside. He originally thought that it would be enough to lead the way with Guer and Aikir, but he didn't expect that this old wealthy and technical resident were not reliable at all. Although he knew that the natural pool was between these mountains, he wouldn't be exhausted if he had to climb the hillside one by one to find?

Lance was a casual master. He looked at the place where he lived on the mountain and asked Guer that there were hunters living here, and then he thought of simply coming over to catch someone as a guide. However, Lance never thought that if he would scare others with such a big fanfare and a large group of people coming here.

In fact, Lance did not bring a lot of people this time. Apart from Heigang, he had a total of 30 black-armored guards. This time he came out and only eight of them came out. In addition, Heigang, himself, and Gur's few followers, there were only fifteen people in total. However, in front of those villagers who had little knowledge, this was a quite scary army.

The two were not far apart, so Lance and his friends only breathed a few breaths before coming to the villagers of Boren. Lance certainly saw the alert reflected in the eyes of the villagers at this moment, but at least his identity was the manager and ruler of this land, and no one dared to ignore the etiquette he deserved.

All the villagers fell in front of Lance and knelt down. Layla looked at Lance and was stunned. Fortunately, Boren next to her pulled her for a moment before she realized and bowed down like everyone else, but she still raised her eyes from time to time to peek at the person who made her little heart unable to help but speed up.

This feeling is really wonderful. It was the first time that Layla had appeared in her life at the age of fifteen. She couldn't explain that feeling well, but as soon as she was idle, the figure of that person would naturally jump through her mind.

Could he be thinking about his own affairs too? The girl always thinks this way, but when her eyes really touched Lance in the air, she felt like she was electrocuted. Her little face suddenly seemed to be burned by fire. Layla pressed her head lower, and she didn't dare to look at the other person anymore.

“Huh?”

Lance let out a small surprise, and obviously he had recognized the girl in front of him: "Aren't you the girl who broke into the woods before?"

Facing Lance's question, Layla nodded quickly, but she didn't dare to raise her head, because her whole face must have been so red that it could no longer be red.

Lance was a good player in Xiao Aohua when he was in the Lord's Fort. When he saw Layla's reaction, he couldn't guess anything. However, he didn't say anything. He just smiled and said to the civilian who was crawling on the ground: "Everyone should get up."

As he said that, Lance walked straight to Layla and asked her about her situation at home. Layla blushed and hesitated. Compared to Layla's sour and sweet mood, Bolun, Anthony and others next to her were only worried - this young county chief was really here to find Layla, right?

Such a baseless but unstoppable guess.

But there was a great nobleman standing in front of him. Even Master Gur of the Glen family seemed to be submissive in front of him. How could a civilian with a low status like them ask?

Fortunately, Lance is here to do a serious business this time, and meeting Layla is only a surprise, but it cannot be a reason to distract him.

Although Lance's life in Lords Castle was decayed, a large part of it was disguised as a show for others. In fact, he was very clear about his business and private affairs. Although this beautiful little girl seemed to be interested in him, Lance did not show too much attentiveness.

He turned his head and said to Bolun and others: "I'm here today, first to see how everyone's life is and what needs it," this is naturally just a cliché, with the focus on the back, "The second is to do something practical for Gululing. Because I heard that this place has been drought for years and the harvest in the fields has been bad, I plan to build a canal here to guide the water source on the mountain into the fields. Now I plan to go to the mountains to investigate - but I am not familiar with the surrounding area, so I want to choose a guide among you. Is anyone familiar with the terrain in the mountains?"

After hearing what Lance said, all the villagers, including Boren and Anthony, looked at each other. What are you doing? It turns out that they are not here to catch people and grab money. In this case, there is nothing wrong with it.

However, Bolun and others were skeptical about saying that they wanted to do things for the villagers. Even if the canal was built and the harvest in the fields was good, it had little to do with those of them who lived on a meager wage. Instead, corvee labor was recruited during the construction project, and I don’t know how many people would die.

However, since it was the noble master who spoke, Bolun and the others still had to obey. They should not offend the newly appointed county magistrate for a little bit of trivial matter, otherwise their future life would be even more difficult.

After glanced at the neighbors nearby, Bolun volunteered to stand up.

It has also been mentioned before that Bolun is a hunter and has been hunting in the mountains. Naturally, he is more familiar with the terrain in the mountains than others. Moreover, he is steady and has much trust in him when his neighbors in the village.

Lance looked Boren up and down a few times. He saw his tough personality from the man's restrained eyes, and the calluses on his fingers showed that this was a person who was good at making bows. Most importantly, Lance could directly observe his attribute panel.

Bolun (mixed human)

Occupation: Hunter

Skills: [Bow and Arrow E], [Train Making E]

"Are you a hunter?"

"Yes, sir." Boren replied respectfully.

"Okay, just you, bring your bow and arrow and we will set off immediately," Lance did not want to waste time on these trivial matters. He glanced at Heigang next to him: "Pay him this time, your new county magistrate is not a person who likes to owe him. Correspondingly, if you take my money, you have to do good things for me!"

Bolun volunteered to take it over, but he never expected that the other party would pay him. Yes, it was already good that these gentry and nobles would not steal their own things before. No matter how often they were called around like slaves, they didn't talk about wages.

Bolun had originally planned to do a waste of work, but he didn't expect that before he started working, the other party paid the money instead, and the reward was quite large, with 5 gold coins, which made Bolun a little unresponsive.

Is this a trap?

But the gold coins are now held in Bolun's hands, and the weight and hardness tell Bolun that these are real...

Or is this new county magistrate really a good person?

Boren looked at Lance, trying to take the young county magistrate more carefully. To put it, the new county magistrate looked a little different from the squires in the past, because he looked too young? No, no, this person looked almost the same as his group, although the pair of horns representing the devil's blood on his forehead still showed a sense of existence.

Before Bolun could think about more useless things, Lance over there was already planning to turn around. Heigang called out to Bolun: "Hey, don't be stupid. You can't afford to delay the time of the young master. Come on the road with us!"

Bolun then woke up and grabbed his bow and arrow and followed.

But before the team could go far, a voice behind them that mustered up their courage and called them.

"That, the county magistrate, please allow me to lead the way for you."

A surprised expression appeared on Boren and Lance's face at the same time. When Lance turned around, he saw a girl named Layla catching up from the crowd behind him.

"You want to go with us?" Lance was a little curious.

"Yeah." Layla nodded heavily. She was afraid that Lance would not trust her, so she hurriedly said, "Actually, I am quite familiar with this area."

This is naturally a lie, because when she was halfway through the conversation, Layla had already pinched the corner of her clothes and lowered her head - she just wanted to stay with the county chief who had finally met for a while, even if she was just looking at him from a distance.

The girl's thoughts can naturally be hidden from the eyes of the prodigal son in love.

If Lance refuses here, he will be confused. In the spirit of not having more people, he smiled softly and nodded in agreement: "Then let's go together."

Hearing Lance agree, Layla's heart finally fell to the ground, but she couldn't act too excitedly in front of Lance, so as not to think that she was an uneducated wild girl. Layla always felt a little inferior about her identity.

On this side, seeing that the wood was ready, Bolun didn't say anything. He knew his position here--he didn't have the right to speak.

However, he couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Layla's thoughts were all tied to the new county magistrate. With Lance as his opponent, the boy seemed to have little hope.

After this, the team continued to move forward without delay, and entered the mountains in a blink of an eye.

The mountains of Gulu Mountain have a gray-blue tone.

The land lacks water sources far from farmland, the continuous mountains also appear barren and desolate, with gravel under their feet. Looking around, you can only see some short grass and dead trees, lacking vitality. This situation did not change until Lance and others climbed over the third mountain under the leadership of Boren.

Lance now had to be glad that he had brought a hunter who was familiar with the mountain roads so wise that he would have to come over. Otherwise, they would have to find this winding and rugged mountain road that was not obvious. It would not be possible to get through until dark. After arriving here, the environment changed again, and the entire valley was shrouded in a layer of fog that could not be dissipated. If it weren't for someone familiar with the terrain leading the way, they would not even be able to tell the difference between the southeast, southwest and northwest.

"Uncle Bolun, how far is it from the reservoir?" Layla's question was actually what Lance wanted to ask, but in the eyes of those who know how to learn, the clouds and mist in the mountains represent the high humidity in the air.

The water source is not far away!

"Don't worry, it's right in front." Boren replied.

Everyone has walked a lot along the way. Mercenary guards like Heigang, who are used to long journeys and physical strength, naturally have no big problems. However, guys like Goul who are used to being pampered and older can no longer keep up with their physical strength. Lance said that he could stay in place with his two entourage and wait for them to return, but this proposal was rejected by Goul, who was eager to show his loyalty.

"Have you arrived yet?" The squire's face was as pale as paper.

"It's really right in front. Have you seen the river opposite?" Bolun stretched out his hand and everyone followed his eyes. Sure enough, there was a wide silver lining that divided the gray stone embankment into two sections and rushed down towards the mountain stream on the other side. Bolun continued, "That's the part that overflows in the reservoir, and the real reservoir is on it."

This sentence was the most exciting sentence ever, but Goul had obviously reached its limit. Lance glanced at the mountain that was more than fifty meters high and did not let him continue to overdraw his life. He simply ordered him to stand by on the spot.

And the remaining group of people made the final sprint towards the last section of the road.
Chapter completed!