14. The days in Haiyin Silk
"Why did you stop again? ”
The dull voice of the Count of Gaugas reached my ears again.
Immediately afterward, Morad's voice became even more flustered, and he stumbled a little as he spoke.
“...... That one...... Uncle Gagarth, I think I've met Princess Winley, but I'm a little unsure. Morad whispered to Count Gagarth.
Count Gagarth's voice was no longer so deep, and he asked Morad with some surprise: "What, you said you have seen Princess Yingli? Today, tell me that the Princess Yingli you have seen is beautiful?"
Morad's voice came again, but it was lower: "She herself is not very beautiful, but her two companions are very beautiful. ”
"In that case, the one you see is really likely to be Her Royal Highness the Princess. Count Gaugas continued: "Tell me where you saw Princess Yingli? I also just learned that Princess Yingli came to Haiyin Silk City through the magic teleportation array in the morning, and according to the news from the Prince's Palace, Her Royal Highness the Princess and Marquis Jijia are visiting Haiyin Silk City at this time!"
"Uncle Gaugas, Her Royal Highness the Princess, she is not visiting the city of Haiyin Silk right now!" Morad whispered tremblingly.
"Huh, do you know the whereabouts of Her Royal Highness, why are you sweating so much?" asked Count Gaugas, who also realized that Morad was a little abnormal, at this time.
The conversation between the two men paused for a moment before Morad said, "Uncle Gagarth, the name of the witness who signed the testimony scroll just now seems to say Winley Angel, so in the strangers who just clashed with us...... Why are you beating me?"
An extremely loud slap was heard in the office hall of the guard barracks, and many people in the hall looked out the door in confusion.
"When you make trouble, can you check the identity of the other party first?" said Count Gaugas, looking a little angry, his voice hoarse and dry.
"I didn't know that if I went out for a walk, I would meet a princess who is the royal family of Angelboy......" Morad was almost stunned by the slap of Count Gaugas, and almost complained with a cry.
"Come back with me!Come with me and apologize to Princess Winley!" Count Gaugas did not give Morad a choice.
"Uncle Gaugas, I'm ......," Morad said after a moment's hesitation.
"For Liberty's sake, shut up!" said Gagarth, whispering.
Subsequently, Count Gaugas and his entourage reappeared at the door of the office hall, and Count Gaugas's face was pale, and he was many times more ugly than before.
Morad, who was following Count Gaugas, covered his face in embarrassment and walked in from the outside.
......
The boy was locked in an iron cage near the north wall in the office hall of the guard barracks, and the boy was frightened by the group of knights in the guard barracks, and the whole person curled up in the innermost corner of the cage and kept shivering, his eyes looked a little hollow, and he was really by the boy's side and kept comforting him, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
The guards who were in charge of the prisoners in these iron cages were a little impatient and looked at this side, probably because they were afraid of our identity as magicians, and did not come over to drive away Kongzhen.
Ying Li sat sullenly with Helena and Becky on the benches in the office hall of the guard barracks, their senses not as sharp as mine, and naturally they did not hear the series of conversations between Count Gaugas and Morad.
At the pier in the Gate of the Icons Square, at first Ying Li wanted to stand up and identify himself, but I thought that there were many onlookers on the pier, and no matter which side the reason was on, once this kind of battle on the pier was spread, the reputation of the Angel Boyd royal family would eventually be affected.
But later, I wanted to show my marquis status to settle this dispute, but Ying Li was angered by the two knights of the guard camp, and insisted on following the guard camp, and after coming to the guard camp, I found that I was tossed by the various systems in the office hall, and in the end I found that even if I wanted to find someone to theorize, after being shirked by all kinds of shirks, the only thing I could do was to sit on the bench and wait stupidly.
It wasn't until the Count of Gaugas broke in menacingly, rushed into the writing room, and after reprimanding the knight of the guard battalion, and took Morad away without saying anything, Ying Li had an indescribable disappointment here, and she became a little depressed, and sat down on the bench in the office hall, curled up her feet, stepped on the cross arm of the chair, put her hands on her cheeks, supported her elbows on her knees, pursed her lips slightly, and sat there silent.
Seeing that the atmosphere on our side had become dull, Kong Zhen began to worry about the safety of me and Ying Li again, she came over from the iron cage, squatted in front of Oh, and said to me and Ying Li: "Ji Jia, you don't need to accompany us here, the Count of Gaugas just now is very powerful on the side of Haiyin Silk City, he is a member of the House of Representatives of Haiyin Silk City, otherwise you should leave here first, if you can, it is best to leave Haiyin Silk for a while." ”
I didn't speak, for by this time the Count of Gaugarth had already led Morad over.
Sora Zhen happened to see Gagarth's gloomy face, and she gave me a worried look.
At this time, Count Gaugas's eyes as sharp as a falcon glanced over to this side, and when he saw Ying Li, his movements froze slightly, and then he eased up, and his gaze softened.
Like all aristocratic gentlemen, he stood not far away, first straightened the tuxedo he was wearing, rebuttoned the collar and cuffs, smoothed out the folds on the gown, put his feet together so that his body stood straight, and walked meticulously, the young nobleman Morad and his friends tremblingly followed him, and then the retinue of the Count of Gaugas.
Count Gaugas led a group of people to Ying Li, put one hand on his chest, and bowed to Ying Li, and the people behind him also bent down and bowed together.
Ying Li raised his head and glanced at the count, sighed, but could only get down from the bench, stood in front of the count of Gaugas, pulled the hem of his skirt with both hands, and bowed slightly.
"Your Royal Highness Princess......" Count Gagarth raised his head and said with a calm face. The low, cold voice became very soft at this time.
The Count of Gaugarth went and returned, attracting the attention of many people in the office hall of the guard barracks.
I stood up and interrupted Count Gaugas and whispered to him, "Let's go inside and talk." ”
It seems that Count Gaugas also thought from this, and hurriedly turned sideways, I pulled Ying Li to take the lead in walking into the room where the transcript was made before, this room is not very big, the two clerks of the guard battalion who were sorting out the transcript saw Count Gaugas going and returning, they also looked at the door in surprise, and saw me and Ying Li walking in, and hurriedly stopped: "The records on our side have not been sorted out for the time being, please wait outside for a while, please wait outside for a while." ”
Their tone was neither humble nor arrogant, and they looked like they were businesslike, and they didn't even lift their eyelids.
"This incident is that Morad misunderstood the civilian child, he is not a thief, we should not define a child who runs to the ship to satisfy his curiosity, we are here to drop the charge......" At this time, Count Gaugas glanced at me and Yingli, and saw that neither of us intended to speak, so he could only cough dryly and continue: "As a nobleman, Morad abuses his privileges, and he should be severely punished...... Yes, it must be punished severely!"
“......”
Hearing Count Gaugas say this, the two clerks of the guard regiment couldn't help but stop and look up, wanting to see any hint or anything like that on Count Gaugas's face, but unfortunately they didn't.
"What is the maximum penalty for such a thing under the laws of the Empire? Count Gaugas raised his tone and asked.
I don't think as a member of the House of Representatives would know anything about the laws of the Green Empire, apparently he just didn't want to say it.
The clerk standing at the desk in the interrogation room immediately stood up and replied, "According to the laws of the Grimm Empire, once the nobles slander the commoners, once verified, they need to volunteer in the civilian area for at least five days, or give the commoners some financial compensation. ”
Count Gaugas glanced at the young nobleman Morad, who seemed to have suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "I choose financial compensation, and please refer to the highest compensation standard of the Green Empire." ”
"Your Highness, what do you think ......?" asked Count Gaugas to Ying Li.
Ying Li sighed softly, turned his head to look at the boy who was still trembling in the cage in the office hall, and only said: "Forget about compensation, let them go to the civilian area to experience the daily life of the civilians, it's okay." ”
The Count of Gaugas was just about to answer.
Ying Li continued: "I will personally send someone to keep an eye on them, at least to make them realize their mistakes, and not to accept this punishment just because I am standing here." ”
Count Gaugas stubbornly said, "Follow your will, Your Highness. ”
Ying Li said to me with some interest, "Ji Jia, let's go! If we stay here, there will be no better result...... ”
"Oh, well!" I agreed, and then asked the two clerks in the room, "Mr. Clerk, can we take that child with us now?"
The two clerks finally began to understand, and hurriedly said to me, "Well, of course, Your Excellency the Magician. ”
So, Win Li and I took Kong Zhen and the boy named Angelo out of the guard camp office hall, rented a kayak at the gate of the guard camp, asked Kong Zhen for her current address, and then asked the boatman to sail the kayak there.
......
On the kayak, I explained my current situation to Kong Zhen, for I am currently a magic student of the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital, Kong Zhen is not too surprised, but shows that it should be like this, but for me to marry the princess of the Angel Bird royal family, Kong Zhen is not so calm.
Kong Zhen looked at Ying Li who was sitting opposite him in disbelief, and asked me with wide eyes, "So you married Her Royal Highness Princess Ying Li of the Angel Bird Royal Family of the Green Empire?"
I touched my nose with my hand, then nodded, "That's about it, in fact, I married two brides in that wedding, and the other one was Kige." ”
"You're still married to Kige?, what about Katarina?" Hearing Kige's news, Kongzhen's eyes became extremely bright, even after suffering such adversity and setbacks, she was still a little excited to hear Kige's news, and then she asked Katarina.
"That's a long story...... Anyway, Caterina has been with me all this time. "I said to Sora.
The boy named Angelo sat on the boat, looking curiously at me and Ying Li, who just sat quietly on the boat and did not participate in the conversation between me and Kongzhen.
I asked Kujin, "How are you doing in Haiyinsi?"
Hearing me ask her this, Kongzhen's expression became a little embarrassed, and then she said, "Me? I followed Singh and Fred to Haiyinsi, and then everyone decided to settle down here temporarily, Fred got a job in a leather workshop here, and Singh was able to find some tailoring work in several tailor shops, and I also followed Sister Singh to work as a maid in the tailor shop, and my life was quite good. ”
A look of memory appeared on Kongzhen's face.
I smiled and said to Sora, "I thought you would marry Uncle Fred with Sister Singh." ”
When Kong Zhen heard me say this, he didn't twist it, but just smiled miserably: "Hehe, in fact, I thought about it at the beginning, during that time, our life here in Haiyin Silk City was really good, but Fred later brought the family of Sloitt City to Haiyin Silk City, and life became a mess, and every day he would quarrel and quarrel over some trivial matters, I think his home is simply terrible." ”
Hearing her say this, I can't help but be a little worried about Sister Singh's current situation.
Kong Zhen sighed and said: "I think that if you find someone to live for the rest of your life, you must not be like Singh, and you must not be like Singh, especially this kind of commoner artisan family, so I married a fur merchant, and her wife died, leaving him only Angelo, I remember the first time I met Angelo, he was only so old." ”
As he spoke, Kong Zhen gestured to the boy.
He continued: "During that period, my life was quite good, and then he said that he was going to Qiyan City to purchase a batch of monitor lizard leathers, so he took some employees from the trading house and hired an adventure group to go to Qiyan City together, and took a boat from Haiyin Silk Port to Qiyan Harbor, and never came back. ”
"And what about the firm?" I asked.
I didn't expect her husband to have a bad fortune, but since he is a businessman, he must have some family property, so I asked.
Kong Zhen 1510 replied: "When he left, he borrowed a sum of money, and the creditors and the families of the employees who went out with him came to me, and I had no choice at that time, so I sold the firm, and his real estate was also sold, and I scraped together some money to plug the big hole, and I moved with Angelo." ”
I talked to Kong Zhen until the kayak arrived at her door, the civilian area of Haiyin Silk City, the buildings around it looked a little old, and I realized that I had arrived at Kong Zhen's house when I watched the mottled walls and rows of dried salted fish hanging from the clotheslines on the surrounding roofs, and a group of unclothed children running down the stone steps.
I got up from the kayak and said to Soma, "Why don't you invite me to sit at home?"