Chapter 4 Into the City
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As he passed Phil, who was waiting on the side of the road, a man stepped out of the back of the line.
"Ender, what did you hunt again?"
"Hey, hello Adjutant Seth!" Phil exclaimed deferentially.
The man's name was Seth, and he was the lieutenant to the captain of the team, Jakes. Two weeks ago, Phil met each other while hunting in the mountains, and Jax saw that Phil was hunting more, and Phil was also very interested in giving most of the prey to Jakes, and the two sides became friendly. Later, because Jax didn't often have time to hunt, he asked Phil to send the prey on their way back from their daily training.
Phil talked to Seth for a while, then handed over the prey behind Seth.
"Captain Jax doesn't seem to be there?" Phil asked.
Seth looked left and right, and then replied in a low voice: "The captain has been to his brother-in-law for the past two days, and I heard that he is going to arrange a marriage for the captain." β
"Oh, that's congratulations!" said Phil, "and if the wedding is up, please let me know so I can bring more prey to Captain Jakes!"
Seth's eyebrows and eyes showed a smile: "Definitely, definitely!"
With that, Seth left, catching up with the group with a large chunk of game on his back.
Phil looked at his departing figure and fell into deep thought.
Why did Phil please the squad leader so much? The reason was his brother-in-law. He had already found out that the other party's brother-in-law was an official of the Lockes City Immigration and Carriage Management Office, and he had also learned that Jax liked to hunt, and before the two met, Phil had been wandering around that area for several days, and this was the "coincidence".
The relationship is developing well now, but it is still far from asking Jax to ask his brother-in-law to help him get a permit to enter and exit the country. And the news he got today, Phil felt it would be an opportunity.
A few days later, Jax personally told Phil about his wedding date, just a month later.
Phil understood what he meant.
So this month, Phil hardly went to pick up the carriage mission, and concentrated on hunting in the back mountains, on the one hand, to prepare for Jakes's wedding, and on the other hand, to improve his strength as soon as possible to deal with unknown dangers.
Time flew by, and soon, Jakes' wedding date arrived.
In the early morning, the sky was still bright.
Phil got up and pulled out a small box from under the skeekly washstand. Carefully disguise it, there are a lot of people to meet today, so you need to be more careful.
His camouflage comes from a captured Imperial criminal when he was the eldest son of the Underwood family, and if it weren't for the other party's negligence and forgetting to disguise his ears, it is likely that he will continue to hide for decades without being discovered.
So Phil must not show such horses' feet.
After making sure that it was correct, Phil went to the backyard, which was already filled with many wooden cages, which contained Phil's harvest this month, all alive. When they were loaded into the carriage one by one, various noises were made.
Sitting in front of the carriage, Phil drove towards the city, the smell behind the carriage was not good, but there was nothing to be done.
When we arrived at the city gate, the sun had just come out, but there were already many people lining up to enter the city.
Phil drove straight to the gate guard, and the people in line smelled the smell of game, and inevitably complained, and some of them were dressed noblely, and scolded directly. But after seeing Phil and the guards say a few words, they got permission to enter the city, and they all quieted down, not daring to say anything more.
Phil ignored it, and after entering the city gate, he walked through the busy street for a while before arriving at Jack's house.
Of course, this is not the front door, but the back door. After waiting for a while, the small door next to the back door opened, and it was Adjutant Seth who came in person, which showed that Jakes really valued Phil's game.
Phil followed Seth and drove the carriage into the courtyard outside the back kitchen, where servants unloaded the game and carried it to the kitchen.
Seth and Phil were talking right next to them. According to Seth, there will be a lot of dignitaries and dignitaries coming to this wedding, and Phil's game will be a very important part.
"Hey Ender, you're finally here!" Jax suddenly appeared from the front, as if he had left his wedding behind, not caring about the residual smell of Phil, and hugged him, "I know you've always been so punctual, brother!"
Phil was a little flattered, this was the first time he had smashed the word "brother" in Jakes's mouth, and it seemed that this batch of game was really important to him.
"You're so gracious, Captain Jacks, and I'm honored to be able to help you with your wedding!"
"Ander, you've helped me a little bit!" Jakes patted Phil on the shoulder, "You know what?
As he spoke, he looked at the animals still alive in the wooden cage, and said, "It's hard to imagine, Ender, that there will never be such great game in those restaurants! You are the only Phil, and you ought to be a hunter, not a groom." β
Maybe Phil doesn't understand it yet, but only people like Jakes understand how precious these game meat are. Although there are many animals in the mountains and forests, it is not so easy to catch them after withstanding the test of nature's strong survival, and it is often necessary to send a team for several days to supply the needs of a restaurant, plus the hunters on the edge of the mountains and forests.
As an official knight, although it is only to improve his strength, his hunting range is definitely much larger than that of ordinary people, so the prey that Phil can hunt, ordinary people can hunt one, they are all proud.
This is also the reason why Jax values Phil, of course, he has always thought that Phil is a skilled hunter, and will never think that it is due to the strength of the other party.
Who would have thought that a knight would go hunting instead of enjoying life?
For those dignitaries who are tired of eating game in restaurants, Phil's game will definitely give them a fresh feeling.
For Jakes, the most important thing in this wedding is to please those dignitaries, which is also the purpose of his brother-in-law, and as for the bride - hehe, who is that.
Phil really didn't expect Jakes to value his game so much, but seeing Jakes' performance, he also had a little guess.
This day is indeed busy enough for Jakes, and it is very rare to be able to spare so much time to see Phil.
"Okay Ander, if you don't go back, my brother-in-law will scold me. Jax hugged Phil again, "Don't worry, I remember you, remember to wait for me tonight, and I'll take you to my brother-in-law after the banquet." β
After saying that, he hurried away, and suddenly thought of something halfway, and turned back and ordered: "By the way, Ender, remember to take a shower and change your clothes before thatβwell, Seth, I'll leave this matter to you." β
Phil smiled bitterly, and he also noticed the smell on his body.
"Well, Ender," Seth said helplessly, "remember to wait for me here in the afternoon." β
"Please, then," Phil whispered in Seth's ear playfully, "Adjutant Seth, I have a small cage of game there, and if you have time to-morrow, I can bring it to you." β
Seth then left happily and went about his business.
After handing over the game, Phil is not fine, he still has to go to the kitchen to help, which is also agreed with Jakes. There are a few game dishes that need to be done by Phil himself, because Phil used this kind of cooking to conquer Jax in the mountains and forests.
After the wedding ceremony, the agreed time with Seth was not yet resolved, so I had to ask the chef here to help.
Phil followed Seth out onto the main road.
The commercial city is indeed full of pedestrians, and all kinds of goods are placed on the side of the road. Unexpectedly, Phil saw several groups of soldiers riding black horses and wearing black armor.
"Those are...... Is the kingdom's Xuanjia riding?" Phil asked Seth next to him.
Seth glanced over with some disdain: "That's right, it's the black dogs soaked in mud in the capital." β
The Xuanjia Cavalry was stationed next to a swamp in the capital of the kingdom, so it is said that it was so.
It is said that the Xuanjia Cavalry spends one-third of the kingdom's military expenses every year, and the rest only arrives at them, the soldiers stationed abroad, so the relationship between the two sides has always been bad. Despite this, looking at the other party's armor and horses, Phil could also see the envy in Seth's eyes.
"It is said that a kingdom criminal has fled here for several months, and he has not been caught, these black dogs are really useless, and they have been staying here to eat our military rations. Seth finally explained, but the words were still mixed with angry words.
The Darkarmor Ride was just a small episode, and Seth then led Phil to a roadside ready-to-wear store to buy a set of white civilian linen clothes and shoes. The social form of this world is similar to that of the European Middle Ages, especially in terms of clothing, there is a clear hierarchy, and if you wear clothes that you can't wear, you can go to the gallows.
After buying clothes, Seth led Phil to his house to take a bath, although it was not as big as Captain Jakes's house, but it was also good, indicating that Adjutant Seth also had some connections in the city.
After that, the two returned to Jakes's house together, and just as the wedding dinner was about to begin.
The two parted in the backyard, where Phil waited for the meeting with Jax's brother-in-law after the banquet, while Seth returned to the banquet, dancing with girls they knew or didn't know to the sound of music.
From a window in the backyard, Phil could see the scene in the banquet hall. All sorts of dignitaries dressed in noble dresses and wearing sparkling jewelry filled the entire hall. Phil saw Jakes, who was following a middle-aged couple to toast and talk, but there was no bride by his side, and it seemed that the most important thing in this wedding was not the bride.
As for Seth, after just whispering to a young lady, he hooked up with a girl with a good figure, and he couldn't tell that he was actually a veteran of flowers.
At this time, the wedding band began to play a classic dance song, "Teardrops on the Moonlight River".
Hearing this slow and beautiful dance music, Phil couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The Moonlight River is a river famous for its beautiful scenery in the kingdom, and the castle of the Phil family is located on the edge of the Moonlight River.
"Excuse me, why are you crying? Don't you like this dance music?"