Wan Yanling rode a big red horse, led her thirty iron horsemen, and rushed towards Li Maozhen's side. -Miscellaneous ∩ ∩ Bugs-

Li Maozhen led a large group of soldiers to surround the Red Cloud Pavilion, and he was also a little worried in his heart, what he was most afraid of was that Tang Zhangwei's army would send troops to interfere.

When Yan Ling's thirty iron horsemen rushed towards them, Li Maozhen did not dare to let his soldiers fight back.

Because he didn't know if Wan Yanling was a bait sent by Tang Zhangwei, in Li Maozhen's opinion, if he eliminated this bait, then Tang Zhangwei would have an excuse to interfere in his encirclement of the Red Cloud Pavilion.

Perhaps, Li Maozhen can't even go back to the palace of the Tang Dynasty, Li Maozhen is not as good as Su Zihe and Sai Hongfu, if the two of them are replaced, they will definitely fight again.

The handyman who was going to wash Sancho's beard said:

"This lord is unwilling to let us wash his beard according to the rules, and our lord and his lord do so.

"I'm willing to wash," said Sancho, "but I want to use a cleaner towel, a little more water, and their hands don't get so dirty." There shouldn't be such a big difference between me and my master, to let the maid wash him with perfume, but let these fellows wash me with dirty water. Whether it is the habits of the people's houses or the palace, it must not be offensive, not to mention that the habit of washing beards here is simply more uncomfortable than whipping. My beard is clean, so there's no need to toss around like that. Whoever tries to wash me, even if it's just a hair on my head, I mean my beard, I'm sorry, I'll punch him in the head. This kind of weird 'ghost' and washing method is not like entertaining guests, but like playing tricks on guests. ”

The Duchess couldn't help laughing when she saw Sancho angry like this, and heard him say it again. Don Quixote was a little upset when he saw Sancho dressed like this, with a striped apron around him, and a large group of kitchen handymen around him. Don Quixote bowed deeply to the Duke and Duchess, as if begging them to allow him to speak, and then said to the servants in a low voice:

"Hello boys, please let him go. Where you came from, go back now, or where you want to go. My squire's face is clean now, and this set of things can only make him feel uncomfortable. Listen to me and let him go. He and I weren't used to joking. ”

Sancho took over and said:

"You're making fun of fools! I'm in sin right now! Take a comb or something, comb my beard, and if you can comb anything unclean, then shave my head! ”

The Duchess did not stop laughing, and said:

"Sancho had a point, he had a point in everything. Like he said, he's clean now, there's no need to wash, and since he's not used to our habits, let him take care of himself. You people are too careless, or rather too presumptuous, for such a person, for such a beard, you do not use a pure gold tray and a washbasin and a German towel, but bring a wooden basin and a dish-wiping cloth. Anyway, you're a bunch of uneducated bastards. It's because you're a bunch of villains that you can't help but show malice towards the Ranger Knight's squire. ”

The servants and the diner-waiters who had come with them thought that the Duchess was really talking about them, so they quickly took the apron off Sancho's neck, and in a panic withdrew, leaving Sancho behind. Seeing that he had been freed from what he considered to be a great danger, Sancho immediately knelt before the Duchess and said:

"Madame is noble, and her kindness is unlimited. Your kindness to me, I can only repay you by serving you for the rest of my life after being made a Ranger Knight in the next life. I am a farmer named Sancho Panza, married, with children, and serving as a squire. If there's anything I can do for you, I'll bow down and I'll do what you command. ”

"Sancho," said the Duchess, "it seems that you have learned politeness. I mean, you've learned to be polite under the tutelage of Don Quixote, so to speak, the rules of politeness or, as you say, the example of 'ghost manners'. How nice it is to have such masters and servants! One is the Hokuto of the Ranger Knight, and the other is the guide of the Faithful Squire. Arise, friend Sancho, and I will reciprocate your courtesy. I urge the Duke to fulfill his promise to make you Governor as soon as possible. ”

This concludes their conversation. Don Quixote went to his lunch break, and the Duchess said to Sancho that if he was not particularly tired, she would ask him to accompany him and his maids to a cool drawing room to spend the afternoon. Sancho said that in the summer he had a habit of taking a nap of four or five hours a day, but in order to serve his wife, he preferred to go all day without sleeping, and to be at her beckon. With that, he departed. So, the duke instructed his family how to treat Don Quixote as a ranger knight according to the custom of ancient knights.

It is said that Sancho did not take a nap that day, because he had spoken first, so he went to the Duchess after eating. The Duchess was willing to listen to Sancho, so she sat him down on a low stool beside her. Sancho was very cultured and refused to sit. The Duchess asked him to sit down as governor and speak as an attendant. With these two identities, even the chair of the warrior Sid Rui Díaz can also sit. Sancho shrugged his shoulders in obedience and sat down. All the duchess's maids had come and gathered around Sancho in great silence to hear what he had to say. Unexpectedly, the Duchess spoke first, and she said:

"Now that there are no outsiders present to listen to us, I would like to ask the Governor. I have read the book that has been published about the great knight Don Quixote, and I have several doubts, one of which is that since the good Sancho had never met Dulcinea, I mean Madame Dulcinea of Toboso, he did not bring a letter for Don Quixote, because it was still in Don Quixote's notebook on Mont Morena, how dare Sancho make up the truth, saying that he saw Madame Dulcinea sifting wheat? This is nonsense, which is not conducive to the reputation of Dulcinea, who is unparalleled in the world, and is not commensurate with the status and character of a loyal attendant. ”

Sancho did not reply a word, stood up, bent over, put his finger to his lips, walked lightly along the whole drawing-room, lifted all the curtains and looked at them, and then sat down again and said:

"Madam, I've seen it just now, and no one is eavesdropping on our conversation except for everyone present. Now, whether it's that question or anything else, I can answer it with confidence.

(End of chapter)