Verse 221: A woman's intuition
Bruce attached himself to the horse, the horse's mane made him almost sneeze, the wind blew in his ears, and he couldn't help but look back to see Zack's soldiers running to the stable, as if ready to ride in pursuit.
"Ah~~." But as the soldiers led their horses and prepared to leave the stable, the top of the stable fell with a click, and it turned out that Stukov had already cut off the pillars of the stable, and the slightest force could have caused the thatched roof to collapse.
"Well done." Bruce laughed, it was really dangerous in Zack's house just now, who would have expected that the other party would suddenly be ruthless, but thinking about the blood pillar at the entrance of the village, I am afraid it can be predicted that this Zack is the most dangerous person in the entire principality.
"This madman, as soon as I return to the territory, I will gather a new army and teach him a good lesson." Baron Leopold said angrily to Bruce when he fled to the land of Ignas with Bruce.
"I think I'll wait for my retainers before I think about how to get revenge." Bruce grabbed the reins of the horse, he turned the horse's head and waited for Stukov and the others, and after the shield Danny and Stukov broke, Bruce was a little worried about their safety.
However, while Bruce and Baron Leopold waited for a while, Danny and Stukov appeared not far away, looking tired but in good spirits.
"These stupid people, we went around in circles, and we didn't know what was going on around them." Stukov walked up to Bruce, and he said with a cross-legged laugh.
"It's okay for you guys, now let's get back to Ignath's manor." Bruce breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two were okay, and he kicked the horse under his crotch and said to the others.
"It seems that this Lord Zach will not listen to the peace agreement, so what should we do?" Baron Leopold sighed, judging from the other party's fierce methods, he would definitely not give up the swamp land.
"A crazy person can only be dealt with with by even crazier means." Bruce was expressionless as he said to Baron Leopold.
In Ignath's manor, the owner of the manor was sitting anxiously in front of the fireplace, he would stand up and look out the window, and then sit down again, Zach's noble blood and illustrious family background made him helpless, and the arrival of Bruce and Baron Leopold gave him a glimmer of hope.
"Where's Madame?" Ignas asked listlessly when he saw one of his maids walk in.
"Madame is talking to Eve." The maid said to Ignath.
"Eve?" Ignas asked, puzzled.
"Yes, oh, Eve is a retainer of Lord Baron Bruce, and she is a hunter." The maid explained to Ignath.
"Hunter, why is Madame with a huntress?" Ignas asked, puzzled.
"Madame seemed to want to learn how to bow and arrow, so she asked Glynton who was the best archer, and everyone said that she was Eve, and that she was a very interesting person." The maid smiled and explained to Ignath.
"Oh." Ignas nodded, it seemed that the family's crisis had worried his wife as well.
Ignas's estate has a grape grove lined with neat rows of grape trellises, and in the middle of the open space, a hundred meters apart, is a straw-woven target with a red bullseye painted in the center.
"Whoosh~~." The sound of the arrow breaking through the air, followed by a bang, the arrow hit the bull's-eye.
"Wow, Miss Eve, your archery skills are awesome." Ignas's wife wore a dark green dress, her brown hair was braided in two tiny braids at the back of her head, brass rings were tied on the braids, and the rest of her head was casually draped over her shoulders.
"There, it's just my job." Eve smiled slightly, and bowed to the mistress of the manor with a bow in both hands.
"You are too modest, as a woman, it must be a special gift from the Lord God to be able to have this kind of stronger arm strength than men, right?" Ignath's wife stepped forward, and she grabbed Eve's bow with one hand, wanting to give it a try.
"You're complimenting." Eve said lightly, placing the bow in the hand of Ignas's wife, and walked to the other side to look at the mistress of the manor.
Her face is as beautiful as a silver moon, her fair skin is like milk, her long brown hair looks smooth and moist under careful care, although she has given birth to two children, but this does not damage her figure, and the long skirt that pinched her waist makes her waist slender.
"Whew." Ignas's wife tried hard to pull the bowstring, but Eve's bowstring was made of tough cow tendons, soaked in vegetable oil, and the ends of the bow were made of antlers, even if it was not easy for a man to pull it apart, Ignas's wife's little face appeared rosy red, but the bowstring was only slightly opened.
"Relax, you need to relax here." Eve stepped forward, and she pressed her palm against Ignas's wife's lower abdomen, and the soft lower abdomen suddenly touched Eve's calloused palm, which surprised Ignas's wife.
"Uh-huh." Ignas's wife lowered her face in embarrassment, and her hand loosened the bowstring, and a wave of arrows landed at her feet.
"It seems that women are still suitable for archery." Ignas's wife blushed a little and said to Eve.
"Nonsense, there's nothing a woman can't do." Eve snorted disdainfully, she didn't care whether Ignas's wife agreed or not, walked behind her, stretched out her arms, took Ignas's wife's hand, and then took her hand and held the bow, and the two faces were almost together.
Ignas's wife could feel Eve's breath, and when the two hands were clasped together, under Eve's guidance, Ignas's wife pulled the bowstring and aimed the arrow straight at the bull's-eye.
"Breathe, take a deep breath." Eve turned her face away, her lips almost touching Ignas's wife's ear, and the breath blew into her earholes, making Ignas's wife tremble.
"Woo, woo." Ignas's wife was flustered, and she tried to look at the bullseye as much as she could, so that she could distract herself.
"Now, let go." Eve said to Ignas's wife.
"Whoosh~~~, doh." The arrow flew out, and then hit the bull's-eye, its feathers trembling slightly.
"Wow, I did it." Ignas's wife excitedly watched the bullseye she had hit, and she rejoiced, and Eve smiled.
"As long as you practice regularly, women are no worse than men." Eve said to the mistress of the manor.
"Miss Eve, are you scared on the battlefield?" Ignas's wife asked Eve curiously.
"I'm not a young lady, just call me Eve, no one on the battlefield is not afraid, but just get used to it." Eve put away her bow and said to the mistress of the manor.
"I can't believe in the cruelty of the battlefield, whether it's being killed, or killing someone else." Ignas's wife said with some panic.
"That's right, but sometimes we have to take up arms in order to protect the people who matter most to us." Eve said after listening to the words of the mistress of the manor.
"This~~." The mistress of the manor thought of her children and husband, and indeed if she wanted to protect her relatives, even if her hands were stained with blood, I am afraid that she would have to do it.
"The Baron is back, the Baron is back." Suddenly, from outside the manor, the voice of the Glintons was remembered, and it seemed that Bruce and Baron Leopold, who had gone to mediate, had returned.
"Let's go and see." Eve, along with Ignas's wife, hurriedly ran out.
When Ignas heard the news, he also hurriedly walked out of the house, and he saw Bruce and Baron Leopold riding back to the manor, but they all had signs of fighting, and their followers looked embarrassed.
"Two barons, how is the peace talks?" Ignas opened his mouth, he already had a premonition in his heart, but he still asked without giving up.
"Lord Ignath, get ready for war!" Bruce jumped off his horse, looked at the lord of the manor, sighed, and said to him.
"What, what, war?" Ignas's eyes widened, he didn't expect Bruce to come back with the news.