Chapter Ninety-One: Alvaniot's Curse
The moment the carriage overturned, Connie let out a frightened cry, but before her scream could completely burst out of her throat, the originally leaning opposite Josa had suddenly lunged forward, her delicate little leather boots that were originally hidden under her skirt kicked the door on the other side of the carriage, as the door opened, Kosha struggled to jump out of the door, and at the same time she grabbed the arm of the screaming Connie by the way, and desperately dragged her out.
The corner of the carriage struck obliquely on a pillar on the side of the road that was not known to commemorate something, and the body was thrown to the other side by inertia, and the body kept spinning on the street, and the screams of the attackers who were smashed because of the unexpected collision of the car body could be heard in the creaking of the body.
It was only then that the retinue of Tsusha realized that they had been attacked, and they shouted and drew their weapons and rushed towards the carriage, and Massimo, who was left behind, immediately spotted the two women who rushed out of the other side of the carriage and were rolling on the ground.
"Oh my God!" The monk was so frightened that he was not accustomed to making a cross on his chest, and he slapped his mount desperately, and as the others shouted and rushed towards the sudden enemy, Massimo rushed to the other side of the carriage and jumped off his horse almost as soon as he rolled and crawled, "Run, Miss Countess!" β
For a moment, she looked at Massimo, as if she wasn't sure what this usually oily guy was going to do.
"Don't be stunned, run!" The monk desperately shouted at the countess, usually he would never have the courage to do this, but now he couldn't care about anything, seeing that the other party had already bypassed the obstruction of a few entourages about to rush from the other side of the carriage, he roughly grabbed Jisha's wrist and pushed her on the horse's back, "Hurry up, hurry up!" Those people are here to kill you! β
"Of course I knew they were here to kill me!" Shosha angrily pushed away Massimo, she didn't know who was going to kill her, it should be those people at the banquet of Count Horseen, maybe it was the damned Jew Alvan Lott, which moved her with unspeakable anger, but when she saw the figures back and forth in the darkness and heard the screams that rang out from time to time, Masha still jumped on the horse with the help of Massimo, and at the same time she didn't forget to pull Conio hard and dragged her up, "I won't forget Massimo today, I'll tell my brother everything you've done for me today! β
Shouting, Jisha had already kicked the stirrups with all his might, and as the mount hissed and ran away, the two of them quickly disappeared into the side alley.
"This is the day I have been waiting for, only then can I show my loyalty in front of my lord!" Massimo shouted into the dark alley, but when he turned around, he was met by a swooping black shadow, and he was kicked into the ditch by the side of the road with a kick from an enemy who rushed by.
Mahima's mount was not a good horse, and although it had good stamina for long-term travel, it was too difficult for him to run non-stop with two people on his back, so it didn't take long to sprint through the street with all his strength, and the horse's speed slowed down, and even the sound of its footsteps on the stone ground began to look messy.
There was already the sound of chasing horses' hooves behind her, and she didn't even have to think about it to know it wouldn't be her own.
"We can't run away...... Connie looked back at the flickering figure in the alleyway, she was about to say something more but didn't want to be suddenly pushed off her horse!
Connie screamed and rolled on the ground, and then felt a crowd around her, and she didn't know when she had jumped off her horse, and she was used to speaking but she was held down tightly by her hand, and as several figures sped past the side of the road overhead, chasing the horse that was gone, the alley immediately became quiet.
"Let's hurry up, they'll soon find out." Cinna didn't give Conio a chance to speak, and she didn't care if Connie heard it or not, she got up and walked alone towards the fork in the alley.
Connie opened her mouth to say something, but eventually chased after her.
"Where are we going?" Connie took two steps to follow, she was a little curious about this countess at this time, speaking of which, in her imagination, this girl may be very smart but only smart, but now it is really not simple to see this girl who is much younger than her, "You are very brave, and your appearance is different." β
Josa suddenly stopped, she turned to look at Conio, and in the dark night she could faintly see the dust stains on her face from the two previous jumps on the side of the road, but the stains did not destroy her beauty, but set off her eyes to look unusually bright.
"Listen, my family was a hunting officer in Cosenza in the time of Croby, and my family has served more than one Roman emperor and many kings, so my family is a hunter, and the people of Cosenza are not afraid of prey," Jossa stared at her with Conio's eyes, "I know you are so deliberately close to me, and you have told me so much about Alexander, but I don't care, you listen to me, I don't care if the people who are going to attack me today are arranged by you, But don't worry, I'll take you with me, you can't run even if you want to. β
"Wait, what do you mean, you think I arranged those people? Just to get close to you, put myself in it? Connie asked angrily, "I have to say that you are self-righteous Miss Countess, and that I am not so stupid as to be, or that you are not so important that I would take such a big risk just to gain your trust." β
Ignoring Connie's sarcasm, Cinna first squeezed sideways through the surprisingly narrow gap between the two houses, and then poked her head out of the gap to look at Connie who was standing in front of the gap and was hesitating to follow.
"I may not be that important, but I know someone is certainly important," Jossa glared at Conneo, "I think you must have guessed that I was talking about my brother Alexander, I don't know how you knew my brother, but trust me that no matter what you think he actually needs, because no one in this world can guess his mind." β
Saying that, Ji Sha's figure disappeared into the gap, and only her indifferent voice came: "If you don't want to keep up, it's okay, I believe you will find yourself soon, otherwise you won't find me." β
"No one can guess his mind?" Connie whispered to herself, and then licked her slightly thick lips, revealing a little bit of the tip of her tongue, "This is really a proud Miss Count." β
After saying that, Connie listened to the sound of horses' hooves that seemed to sound again from far and near, looked at the gap and frowned, inhaled hard, shrank his chest sideways, and went inside.
The sound of horses' hooves hurried by, and finally the alley became quiet again.
No one took a second look at what was happening in the street out of curiosity, only the patrol of Taranto, who arrived later, checked the carriage that had been knocked to pieces and crooked on the side of the road, several dead people lying in pools of blood, and the monk who had been beaten over and rolled into a ditch by the side of the road to pick up his life.
But the patrol did not get any useful clues from the monks, not even who their enemies were.
"I don't know who they are, but I have protected my mistress, and I am sure that God will reward me for this," Massimo kept chattering, and when he saw that the barrician merchant with a daze on his face had actually survived, the monk immediately pushed away the soldier in front of him and walked over and grabbed the unlucky merchant's collar and shook it a few times, first shaking the merchant who was in a trance because he was frightened, and then laughed out loud, "Look, didn't I tell you before, this is a good opportunity for you, Look at how scared they are now, and how they want to stop us with murder, and see if this is a good sign that we are going to get rich. β
Matthews Tiego looked at the optimistic monk who couldn't stop shouting, and began to wonder if he had gone crazy, but then the merchant slowly sat down on the ground and looked at a cold corpse not far away, this man had just been drinking with him at the banquet, and he was also his companion these days, he was a Kosencha merchant, a very shrewd man, and while the others were still hesitating, he had already seen how profitable what the Countess was doing, so he volunteered to become the attachΓ© of the Countess, Follow her to Taranto, hoping to make a fortune.
But now he was dead, lying so stiffly in the cold streets, with his face open to the sky, but he could no longer be heard touting the grand plans of the Countess in a slightly flattering tone.
Or maybe it wasn't the Countess's, and it suddenly occurred to Matthews that he had heard that the Countess had an older brother, and that everything she did seemed to have been given to her by the Agri Lord.
So now, this Kosenza merchant died because of this Lord Agri? And Miss Count's is in danger because of him?
Matthews, of course, was not going to worry about others, he thought for a long time, and suddenly he struggled to get up from the ground and walked up to the monk and asked, "Tell me, do you really think that this trade can make a fortune, I mean to give your life for this man, do you think it is worth it?" β
Assemo shook his head, and he also looked at his companion who was lying on the ground, and then drew a cross on his chest.
"Trust me, it's worth it," Massimo tugged hard at the merchant's collar, "let's go to Mademoiselle Countess, I'm sure she'll be safe by this time." β
"How do you know, how can you believe what she says, she's a noble lady, and even if she fails, nothing will happen, but I'll be ruined, and the people of Taranto may not even let me leave the city alive." Matthews nagged in despair.
"Why should I believe her, no, I don't believe her, I believe in another person, I believe that person can work miracles," the monk looked at the merchant "Okay I'm going to find Mademoiselle Count, what about you?" β
"But there are our companions here." The merchant couldn't help but look back at the men on the ground, they were all dead.
"Their fate is not good, God has arranged everyone's fate, and their fate will stay in Taranto, since this is God's arrangement, we don't need to worry about them anymore." The monk said and walked forward without looking back, "Let's go back to the harbor first, perhaps the countess has already arrived first, and what happened tonight is enough for the earl to be angry." β
The merchant looked at the monks who had faded away, and then at the people on the ground, and let out a sigh of annoyance or helplessness, and hurried after him.
And as Massimo said, when he heard that Zhisa and his party had been attacked on the road, Count Hawzen had Alvan called in almost without thinking.
"What are you going to do, assassinate a countess, damn Jew, what do you think?!" Howson stared angrily at Alvaniot's seemingly harmless face, but he knew that on the way of the Jew's career, there must have been countless people who fell at his feet, but now he was too bold to dare to offend a noble lady, "Do you know who she is, do you know what Modillo of Naples will do if anything happens to her in Taranto, he will first express his anger, and then he will be happy to be the guardian of his niece's territory, and then he will put all the blame on me, Are you going to kill me with me? β
Alvaniot listened to the Count's roar in silence, he did not show any uneasiness, nor did he try to quibble, until the Count calmed down a little, and the Jew said slowly: "My lord, I did send people, and I did intend to do something, but I definitely did not want to be unreasonable to this count, I didn't even think about it, I know that there are some things that people like me can't touch, so if you need a criminal to take on this matter, I can understand, who made me a Jew, Jews are always mean and conspiratorial, and we always make other people's money, and that's enough to make us hated by everyone, so we were born to be trampled underfoot, aren't we? But if I want to defend myself, I still have to say that I shouldn't be punished for something I didn't do. β
The Jew looked at Hossen calmly, as if waiting for the final verdict on him.
The Earl looked at Alvriot silently, as if trying to tell from his demeanor whether what he said was true, but finally gave up.
Jews are known for their cunning, and as he says, isn't it a matter of course to let a Jew take on all this.
"You can go home and wait, and make arrangements for your possessions, and perhaps you will be able to fulfill your last wish," said the Earl coldly, "I am not afraid that you will run away, for your family is in the city." β
"I know."
Alvaniot muttered under his breath, and as he slowly walked out of the count's room, he heard the heavy door close behind him, and the Jew looked up at the dark night outside the window.
"Whoever wants to harm you, Kosenza, I only hope that he will succeed, this is my last wish." Alvan Lyot let out a low curse.