In the afternoon of the same day, the Earl of Lancashire sent several attendants to the residences of the nobles, knights, and squires of prestige and status in the county to convey his message. However, the attendants, after galloping back to the lord's castle of Thrand, informed their lord: "Tomorrow is Holy Thursday, and those invited to the conference will hold a ceremony in the church of their respective realms to commemorate the Last Supper." And the sacrament of the sacrament embodies the feast of Jesus' loving love, and the salamity of the mat to emulate Jesus' humility and selflessness. ”

The attendants also said, "The day after tomorrow is Friday Fast, and your lordships would not have come to the meeting at Thurland Castle. However, since the meeting was proposed by the Earl of the County, the Lords would come to the castle on Friday morning. ”

Jacob Wycliffe, Earl of Lancashire, looked a little embarrassed when confronted by Baron Walton's daughter. And Baron Walton's daughter Isabel was also a little helpless, so she had to agree to stay in the castle for a few more days. The next morning, Isabel was going to go horseback riding in the forest, farm, or meadow near Thrand Castle, when Jacob, as the county lord, offered to accompany her on the horseback ride. Of course, the Earl of Lancashire's purpose was not so pure, but it was just to make Isabel earn some money from the maritime trade or obtain some rare goods for him and his family.

At 8 o'clock in the morning on Holy Thursday, Isabel and the Earl of Lancashire each trotted down the road on horseback, followed by a large number of county earl attendants and servants in front of and behind them. As the procession had made their way west to a stream called the Canter Creek and a nearby forest, the Earl of Lancashire smiled and said something about the hunt, "Madame, do you know?" There are many ways to use falcons to hunt prey. ”

Isabel, who has been busy with all kinds of official and private affairs all these years, does not have much free time to study hunting techniques, how to falconry, how to train a young hound into a good adult hound, and other hunting matters. At this time, the Earl of Lancashire took the initiative to talk to her about hunting affairs, and she naturally became interested in learning about hunting affairs.

Carrying a leather quiver and a custom-made longbow, and carrying two swords, one long and one short, Isabel looked sideways at the stream and forest in the distance to the right, and asked cheerfully, "Your Excellency, what is the hunting method that you like?" ”

"Madame, I love the 'Creekside Falconry,' though it's one of the more common ones." As he spoke, the Earl of Lancashire raised his arm and pointed with his whip to the stream in front of him.

"Streamside falconry? You will tell me, sir, yes? ”

"Yes, ma'am. You see, there must be some waterfowl hiding in the grass and bushes around that stream. When my falconers release the falcon and let it fly over the stream, my attendants will release their hounds to the stream to drive away the wild fowl. At this point, the waterfowl will be frightened and fly into the air, and my falcon will be able to fly down from the sky to catch the prey. ”

"Well, that's a good idea, Your Excellency." Isabel also thinks it's a good idea. At this time, she suddenly remembered skeet shooting, which is an Olympic shooting competition. Because the flying saucer project is very similar to the hunting activities in ancient times, it is very interesting and very popular.

Thinking of this, Isabel had an idea. Immediately, he looked at the Earl of Lancashire beside him, "Your Excellency, it is summer, and there will definitely be some waterfowl drinking and resting by the stream." I'd like to use my longbow to try what you're talking about. ”

The Earl of Lancashire laughed when he heard this, "Madam, the birds will fly in different directions when they are frightened. I think it would be a little difficult to catch these random flying birds with a longbow. ”

"Your Excellency, since you have come out to ride a horse, you might as well give it a try."

"Well, okay."

Later, Jacob ordered a few of his attendants to ride their horses to the Kanter stream. The squires rode their horses with their mouths wide open, and let out a constant human roar at the grass, bushes, or forests along the stream. In a few moments, a few wild birds such as mallards, storks or sandpipers took to the air.

At this moment, Isabel, who had already dismounted and was waiting by the stream, quickly raised the longbow in her left hand, and the three fingers of her right hand buckled the bowstring and the tail of the arrow buckled on the bowstring, aiming at a mallard duck with strong wings and strong flying ability to flee desperately. Seeing that the mallard duck was about to fly away from the forest next to the stream, Isabel suddenly pulled the bowstring vigorously, and with three fingers, an unstoppable heavy arrow flew towards the mallard duck in mid-air at high speed.

I only heard a slight "quack...!" in mid-air! The mallard duck, which was desperately fleeing, was instantly pierced through its body by a heavy arrow, and fell from mid-air with the arrow that took its life. The Earl of Lancashire, who was sitting steadily on horseback, looked at the mallard duck that had fallen to the ground from mid-air, and looked at Isabel beside him with appreciative eyes, "Madam, you have practiced your archery very well, and must have been trained for a long time, haven't you?" ”

Isabel smiled lightly, "Your Excellency, archery is an education that must be received by the subjects of the kingdom. But the Portuguese, who were not good at archery, the Spaniards could defeat us with their arquebuses. ”

"Arquebuses? Is it a musket? The Earl of Lancashire was a little surprised. For him, the continent was too far away from him and his territory to pay attention to what was happening on the continent.

The mallard duck with the arrow landed in the forest, and several attendants immediately drove their horses towards the place where the mallard duck had been planted. Lowering her longbow, Isabel stared at the green forest and nodded as she turned her head to look at the Earl of Lancashire, "Yes, Your Excellency." The muskets and cannons of Europeans are changing this secular world, and even our King Majesty is well aware of this. ”

The Earl of Lancashire was very indifferent to the affairs outside the county or what happened on the European continent, and only smiled faintly, "No matter what changes this secular world, my territory, my Lancashire will not be changed." ”

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On Friday morning, the nobles, knights, and squires of the county, invited by the Earl of Lancashire, arrived at Thrand Castle with their retinue. After a morning of deliberation, Isabel was disappointed with the outcome of the discussion. Although the crowd did not reprimand her crazy ideas to her face, they whispered some topics about her behind her back.

She seemed to hear a gentleman say to the Earl of Lancashire, "Your Excellency, Lady Isabelle's words are very suspicious, and what she uses to guarantee that we may recover our money. ”