Isabel's two fingers placed under the thief's nostrils sensed a faint breath, and the corners of her mouth sneered slightly, "Well, not dead yet." ”

William Parr, who was also squatting on the side to inspect the thief, became a little anxious, and hurriedly asked her, "Your Excellency, this guy has probably fainted, what should I do now?" ”

At this moment, the twig in the thief's mouth was bitten into two pieces and fell to the grass, and his lips appeared to be wriggling. Isabel spotted this scene with sharp eyes, and hurriedly brought her left ear to the other's lips.

"The pond... Pond... Pond..."Isabel heard the word intermittently from the other's mouth. By the time she wanted to hear some more useful words, the thief, who had been battered to both thighs, was completely unconscious.

Isabel pulled out two imitation tactical knives from the thief's legs, cut off one of the opponent's sleeves, and slowly wiped the blade of the blade, and said to William, "Do you know what 'pool' means?" ”

William frowned and paced back and forth near Isabel, "Your Excellency, is there a village or something called a pond in York Heights?" ”

"No... Yes. If this bastard is talking about naturally occurring ponds, there are several in the highlands. ”

"Your Excellency, I understand that there must be a stream or a natural pond near their base camp, and only by being close to the water source can their people live sustainably."

Isabel wiped the blood from the blade, then stood up and smiled at him, "William, good job." In a few years, you will definitely be able to become a good magistrate. ”

William smiled sheepishly, "Maybe." ”

"No, you ought to be a minister favored by His Majesty, like the Duke of Norfolk." Isabel suddenly changed her words. Then, turning to glance at the thief, "William, send him to hell." ”

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At this time, Matthew Bissell, driven out of Richmondshire with dozens of men, returned to his camp near the village of Ramsgill in the Highlands, and now needed to regain the morale that Isabel had so badly suppressed.

The firewood in the campfire crackled from time to time, and the near-white flames of full combustion were greedily licking the bottom of a clay pot hanging in the middle of the barbecue, in which some ground barley flour, pork, and chicory, peas, and cabbage were picked in the fields.

None of the men sitting around the campfire spoke. A man eats wild blackberries and blackthorns picked by women and children, staring at the fire in obsession. There were two people sitting there sullenly, sipping the ale from their glasses.

Edmund, who was closest to Matthew, turned his gaze to the face of his partner sitting on the left as he sharpened the shaft of an arrow with a dagger, "Matthew, don't you think we're very lucky to be back this time?" ”

Matthew also took a sip of a glass of ale, and turned his head to look at the other party a little dazedly, "What do you mean?" ”

Edmund still slowly sharpened the shaft of his arrow, recalling the scene when he broke out of the encirclement of the security army, "Why did the cavalry and sergeants brought by the two judges just surround us and not capture us after they surrounded us? ”

"Edmund, that's because we held the judge's daughter's partner hostage."

"Matthew, do you really think Your Excellency Judge's daughter cares about a fellow civilian?"

Matthew put down his glass, picked up a wooden bowl from the ground, stood up, scooped himself up with a spoon in a clay pot, and sat down again. After scooping up some porridge in a bowl with a small wooden spoon, he looked at the other person, "I don't know what she thinks." At least, she didn't kill the female civilian when she killed two of us. ”

Edmund put down the shaft of the arrow, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the ale, and sneered, "So, what about the Judge's daughter after she rescued her fellow civilians from escaping?" ”

After all, his partner's words still served as a wake-up call for Matthew, and Matthew's eating of porridge slowed down. As he scooped up a piece of pork from the bowl, he suddenly said, "When the judge's daughter insisted on deporting us out of the county, the two judges did not express any opinion, nor did they even order the army to arrest us." ”

"Matthew, we've committed a felony and haven't been caught, don't you understand what's going on?"

"Bastard, the judge's daughter and the two judges deliberately let us go."

Edmund nodded, his expression no longer as solemn as before, "I guess the judge's daughter is coming here with the army, ready to arrest us all and send us to prison. ”

Matthew put the piece of pork in the spoon into his mouth and chewed it a few times, and after swallowing it, he smiled lightly, "Edmund, no one followed us when we entered the camp, and they would never have known that our camp was in this forest. ”

The chief's words were not wrong, and Edmund couldn't think of a reason why Isabel could find their camp, but he still asked with some caution: "Matthew, aren't you worried that the people from Ramsgill Village will go to the judge or the woman to inform?" ”

"Hahaha... Have you forgotten that we are within Yorkshire? If the villagers of Ramsgill had gone to snitch, it would have been the Yorkshire judge who had sent someone to arrest us, not the Richmondshire judge or the daughter of some judge. ”

Edmund couldn't help but chuckle softly when he heard the leader's laughter. However, he never understood why Isabel wanted to let them go. Could it be that this young aristocratic lady really intends to seize everyone and send them all to prison?

Isabel led her team from the county boundary into the Yorkshire Highlands and galloped straight towards several natural pools in the Highlands. They first came to a pond closest to them, but found nothing.

Then, they rushed to the vicinity of the second reservoir to the west, but found nothing. By this moment, it was already dark. It's the end of September, and the sunrise time only lasts until dinner in the afternoon.

Isabel looked at the somewhat dejected guards and said aloud, "Guys, you're going to give up so soon?" ”

Everyone didn't speak, and William, who was staying beside her, said quietly: "Your Excellency, why don't you eat something and rest for a while, it's about dinner time." ”

Isabel looked up at the starry night sky, and had to promise, "Brothers, get off your horse and eat something and drink something." ”

The guards jumped off their horses and soon set up two bonfires by the pond. Then, sit around the campfire and eat cured meats, bread, cheese, raisins and figs, and drink ale.