As a country knight of the North, a fourth-generation knight who owned and inherited his family's castle estates, estates and villages, Sir William Ingleby's country life was peaceful, secluded and quaint. Walking slowly outside the walls of the Ripley family castle, a summer breeze quietly blows, and the wind also carries the smell of a bay of Ripley Lake water, mixed with the fragrance of grass, the fragrance of various flowers and the sweetness of fruits, brewing in the slightly humid air. Anyone who is under this medieval castle will be addicted to the scent of this heart.

Without Isabel Walton, Sir William, Lord of Ripley Castle, would have continued his secluded country life. She married the daughter of a gentleman in 1545 and gave birth to her eldest son in 1546. The eldest son is still named William, because his ancestors saved the life of King Edward III during a hunt and thus received the title of hereditary knight. Unfortunately, under his religious upbringing with his country wife, the eldest son became a fervent Catholic.

After his death, the eldest son of an outlaw Catholic was involved in the 1605 "gunpowder plot" that attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I of England (James VI of Scotland). Not only were the other participants allowed to stay in Ripley's Castle, but they were also allowed to purchase horses locally. Fortunately, when his eldest son was arrested and charged with treason, he was acquitted.

Within a few years of giving birth to his eldest son, two of his other sons were born, who also became fervent Catholics. Second son Francis, a priest who was a strong opponent of Protestantism. Arrested in Yorkshire and sentenced to death by hanging and dismemberment. The youngest son, David, escaped the Protestants and fled to the European continent, where he died alone.

Now, however, in 1544, just before he married the gentleman's daughter, his fate was completely changed by the daughter of Baron Walton of Kirklington, all because of his marriage to the baron's daughter, Isabel Walton. Of course, Sir William did not know at this time that Isabel had the new idea of having an engagement with him first.

According to Christian doctrine, fathers have the right to arrange marriages for their children. While he was still basking in the excitement and joy of Baron Walton's arranged marriage to Isabel, his bride-to-be had bad news: Sir Ernest, the brother of the bride-to-be, whom he regarded as a knight's brother, had been killed in the invasion of Scotland in May.

His bride-to-be not only brought him bad news about his knightly brothers, but also accused him of being a cowardly knight in extremely cold language. While the bride-to-be was still preparing for the funeral of his knightly brother, he locked himself in the castle and pondered the question of which was more important, the honor of the knight or the wealth of the family.

When he was torn between knightly honor and family fortune, he received a letter inviting him to Sir Ernest's funeral feast. However, the appearance of his bride-to-be accusing him more than a month ago was still vivid, and he couldn't help but feel a lingering feeling, "What am I going to do if Isabel still looks at me with hatred?" ”

She said she didn't want her husband to be a cowardly knight. Isn't her husband me? ”

"Shall I be her husband in her contemptuous gaze?"

Sir William stood up from his seat, grasped the hilt of his saber at his waist on his left side with his right hand, and drew his saber sharply and pointed it straight at the front of the empty hall. Staring at the stone wall in front of him, he said loudly, "Isabel, I won't let you despise me. You know, I never considered myself a cowardly knight. ”

The bride-to-be's words seemed to ring in his ears again, "Well, since you don't think you're a cowardly knight, why are you hiding inside this medieval castle?" ”

Sir William left the throne with his sword in his hand, and when he came to the center of the hall, he stabbed his sword forward, and then swung it to the right, and said to the empty hall: "Isabel, I am not hiding, I am thinking, thinking about how to make you fall in love with me. ”

After speaking, Jazz's expression seemed to become a little gloomy again, and he thought, "Isabel, I want you to fall in love with me and be with me forever." Only going to the battlefield will make you change your opinion of me. ”

"If I die on the battlefield, what will happen to my family? How can the Ingleby family, founded in the 14th century, survive? ”

"There's a way. Isabel, if you could give birth to a male heir for me, I would go to war at once. ”

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A week later, on July 14, at 9 a.m., the medieval gates of Ripley Castle slowly rose. Two knightly squires slowly walked out of the castle on horseback, each with a swallowtail spear flag and a knight's insignia with a boar's head painted on the light cavalry spears in their hands. This was the reward given by King Edward III to his grandfather after his grandfather, Sir Thomas Ingleby, rescued the king from under the fangs of a wild boar: the boar's head as a symbol of his family title.

Behind the two squires was Sir William, dressed as a Tudor man on horseback. Despite the time of the invitation, he considered himself a knight of the county with a completely different status. He could proudly tell everyone that he was the would-be husband of Baron Walton's daughter, and that he was the knight of the county who had been allowed by the Baron and his wife to be free to be alone with Miss Isabel and to constantly show his feelings to each other.

When Sir William arrived at Kirklington in less than an hour, Baron Walton told him that his daughter had gone with a dozen of his guards to the castle where the Duke of Richmond lived. Sir hurriedly asked the bride-to-be's father, "Your Excellency, your daughter... What to do at His Highness's castle? ”

Baron Walton stroked his beard, "Sir, my daughter is still serving His Highness. What do you think, my daughter will go to His Royal Highness's Duke's Palace for what? ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency. Uh, I'm leaving, I'll come back to the banquet in the afternoon. After Sir William had bid farewell to Baron and Lady Walton, he hurried with two attendants to Castle Sherif Hatton, which was more than an hour's ride.

When he galloped to the courtyard of the guards and servants in the northeast of the castle, he suddenly heard several "Bah... Bang... Bang... Boom...", a loud sound came from the direction of the wooded hunting grounds to the south. The horses, however, had never heard such a violent sound, and continued to neigh.

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