Chapter 133 Consultation
In order to prevent the horse's feet from being exposed, only Regel accompanied the monk. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the other three people hid in the dark and eavesdropped.
The friar, of course, was satisfied with Regel's support of the Church, and praised him on the spot as a "good and pious old man."
He also thanked Reeger for collecting the ladder tax from the church, and hinted that he would do his best to help if there was such a tax in the future.
Don't think that the monks are too greedy, and say that if you pay more money, you can get a higher and better position. If you can get 10,000 gold coins, you can even sit in the position of Bavarian cardinal. All performance is to look at money, money money, everything to look at money.
It's time to get down to business, and in the evening the brides-to-be will be brought by their fathers to ask the lord to bud.
"Monk, there's something I want to tell you." Regel coughed slightly unnaturally, "It's about the right of the first night." ”
The monk immediately said, "My lord, someone has come to me for help. Said that you didn't know what offended the lord, or that you felt that the gift was not rich enough, so you didn't give his daughter an exorcism, and he and the whole family were so worried that he didn't sleep well all night. And the groom's family is also in a hurry, this dowry has been given, and there is no way for people to get married here without going through your lordship. The bridegroom's family has now gathered ten more eggs, and the lord will give his daughter an evil spirit for the sake of those salted fish and eggs! ”
Cheng Qianxun, who was hiding outside and eavesdropping, covered his mouth with his hands. For the sake of salted fish and eggs, hahaha...
It's so funny, my daughter and my wife can't sleep if they don't get up. I guess this was only possible in the Middle Ages. Anyway, everything has been like a farce since then, but this farce is entirely possible under the circumstances.
Regel fell into this field, probably something he never expected in his previous life and this life. He swallowed his saliva and began to explain bitterly: "Dear monk, it is not that I am unwilling, it is my duty to exorcise evil spirits for the bride in the realm. But my fiancée doesn't agree! Oh, I forgot to tell you. ”
He deliberately lowered his voice and said softly and mysteriously: "Miss Cheng saw my abnormal pain in losing my fiancée, and said that according to the rules of the East, she grew up first and then young, and was willing to be my fiancée, and my younger brother will wait until next year to find a suitable woman for him, and it is a big deal to get him a fief as compensation." ”
Listen, the monk has actually heard a little about this kind of thing, not to mention that Miss Cheng has already revealed a little bit when she was in the church. So he congratulated: "Congratulations to the lord, for getting such a good woman who is as beautiful and graceful as she is rich." ”
"Don't rush to congratulate!" Regel made a bitter face: "But as soon as she heard that I was going to help those brides exorcise evil spirits, she almost didn't turn her face with me." I really don't know what to do now, I finally got rid of her sister, I was able to marry her, and I couldn't lose her again because of the right to the first night. Otherwise, she will return to my brother without looking back, and my brother will have much more wealth than I do. ”
The main thing is that the two men are so good-looking, they have to have a face, a mouthful of good white teeth, and a figure that is so tall that it makes people blush. The monk pretended to be understanding, took people's money and money to eliminate disasters, and after thinking about it, he came up with an idea: "Actually, the right of the first night can also be transferred, if it is inconvenient for the lord, it is okay to let the house slave execute it on his behalf." ”
"That's not good, is it?" Regel pretended to be reluctant: "These brides-to-be are actually quite good. ”
"Oh, my good lord!" The monk laughed and reminded, "It is natural for a woman to get married, and of course we advocate loyalty. Now the point is that you have to marry your fiancée and her large dowry. Don't give up a gold coin for a lot of copper coins! ”
Regel saw that the monk's eyes were fixed on the large plate of pig's head meat on the table, so he said, "Monk, come, quickly wrap this plate of meat and bring it back to the monk to eat." The monk patronized and enlightened me, but I didn't even eat well. ”
In fact, he could not eat any more, so the monk took the burden wrapped in the cloth with the plate, and went back happily.
When Regel returned to the study, he saw that the three people inside were laughing and clutching their stomachs, and their whole bodies were twitching. For the exorcism of more than a dozen brides, the new lord here is embarrassed.
It would be easy to do it if there were monks, and when not four, but five brides-to-be came, they were not waiting for them by the tall and handsome lords, who were still fragrant; Rather, it was five saber mercenaries who were just as dirty, with rotten teeth and dirty faces.
Of course, all this was not rewarded by the lord, but offset by two days' wages.
At this time, it was close to the end of the Middle Ages, and the idea that people would lose their lives was gradually indifferent, and if it was two or three hundred years earlier, Regel would have had to bite the bullet.
These thugs are very enthusiastic, and the next bride should be able to sell it.
And the parents and family members of the brides were waiting at the door, as if they were angry that their daughters had been sold to other people.
At this time, Rudolph came out at the right time and conveyed the orders of the future mistress to these family members. She was glad that the lord could do this, so she decided that the generous gift they brought would be returned to them as a wedding gift for the bride!
The complaints against the lord suddenly came to naught, and the praises of the lord and his future wife continued, and the words "May the gods bless them" were endless, mixed with the cry of pain that I don't know which bride-to-be could not help but cry.
Cheng Qianxun stood in the study, looking at the people downstairs who were happily praising their masters, and could only sigh slightly.
In ancient times, when children were sold during famine, it is hard to imagine what it was like. And now this kind of food is more valuable than human chastity, I really don't know if there is any shame at all!
When the five brides-to-be were brought back by their families, they didn't go out and could still hear one of them roaring: "This is given to me by the lord's wife, it is my dowry!" "I quarreled over something first.
Don't say that they don't know how to honor their parents, and don't think about the younger siblings they may have at home. You must know that this autumn has passed, and the long winter is coming, and even the grass that can be gnawed has withered and yellowed. This food will give the poor new home enough to have something to feed on until next spring. When people live like animals, any dignity is false, and only living is the truth!
There is no tax on Sundays, the manor is a day off, and everyone goes to church to pray. Regel filled a purse with a hundred copper coins and asked the churchgoers to bring to the monks. I have already told the monk how much money I have, so I won't embezzle. Otherwise, the crime of deceiving the gods is great, and the punishment is heavier than that of being a witch.
The whole manor was left with no people, and everything had to be done by yourself.
In fact, there is no need to make it, the black bread has already been baked, enough for four people to gnaw on for a month. But no one wanted to eat bread that had been made three days before, so hard that it needed to be sawn open.
The first choice is, of course, potato and chicken soup, and then noodles with flour and soup, and everyone helps to make them in the kitchen. Eat it together when it's done!
The black bread was still on the table, and after a few bites, Sneijder looked at the bread and suddenly said, "It looks moldy." ”
So it attracted everyone's attention, and when I looked closely, there was a faint plaque on the rock-solid black bread.
"Such a big loaf of bread is wasted!" Sneijder lamented.
"It won't be wasted." "It's normal to eat moldy bread, and in some places bread grows hair." Behold, by the time the meal is served to-morrow morning, this loaf of bread will surely be destroyed. ”
The corners of the mouth are slightly pulled, and you can eat all the moldy bread?
Regel asked for another bowl and explained, "We have a lot of people eating here, so the bread is not too moldy, and I told them to burn it as little as possible, and then bake it when they are finished." Otherwise, we will wait to eat moldy bread like the nobles of other castles. ”
"This is the life of the aristocracy in the Middle Ages?" Snead was about to hug his head: "If it weren't for Cheng's chicken soup and potatoes, it would be better to let me die!" ”
"Be content!" Rudolph smiled bitterly: "I didn't let you go to Tsarist Russia to be a serf, it's better than the fiefdom peasants here." Even among the nobles, the Tsar and Empress loved nothing more than to send people to Siberia. At that time, you don't need to do it with Jeffrey the Kid, you can freeze to death there. ”
"Think about it, how can you catch Jeffrey." Cheng Qianxun faintly felt that this day was too comfortable: "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, we at least have something to eat." Jeffrey didn't know if he would jump off a wall or adapt to life in the wild, and what kind of Scout training had he received? ”
Three days have passed, and Jeffrey should have been so hungry that he would have been incognito a few times. Regel thought for a moment and came up with an idea: "Either I'll make an announcement tomorrow to see which one is missing something to eat, and maybe I can find out where he's currently hiding." It's autumn, and there's always something to eat, and he won't starve to death. ”
Rudolph said contemplatively: "It is impossible to keep us in a stalemate until winter, maybe that kid has wandered around the door several times and cannot find a chance to come in." ”
It really has to be done, Jeffrey is currently in the shadows, and he must be turned out. As for the killing, leave it to Rudolph! But if you meet this kid again, without Rudolph, even Cheng Qianxun will not hesitate to pick up all the weapons that can be used and end the life of this little bastard.
"With his brain, sooner or later he will find an opportunity to come in." Sneijder picked up a baked potato and dipped it in cream and ate it: "It's the game, but we have the advantage, there are four of us, and he only has one." I think if the above is impatient, there will be some kind of omen... Well, what's that yellow, green, and green moldy thing on that plate? ”
Cheng Qianxun had already noticed it, put it on a table, and asked it specially, she said with a smile: "It's cheese!" ”
"Cheese?" Snead looked at the plate in amazement, and if he didn't know, he didn't know that this rancid thing was actually medieval cheese. He swallowed the food in his mouth before he screamed: "The Middle Ages of all evil! (To be continued.) )