As soon as the tension of the sword and crossbow was touched, as soon as the female privy counsellor made a move, even a look, Anthony Tuttle, the nephew of Yomanon from Cornfors, would be stabbed to death on the spot by the swords of those present. If he was still discouraged, he might be disemboweled, his head cut off and hung on the castle gate as a warning to those who had tarnished the honor of the Privy Councillor.

Isabel Walton looked at the surrounding crowd of would-be knights, guards, sergeants, and servants, and surveyed these people and shouted, "Did Your Highness pay you a reward to make you lazy here?" ”

A quasi-knight guard named Locke hurriedly replied, "Your Excellency, this person has insulted not only you, but also His Highness. I and the others would never let him go! ”

"Locke, I remember that your name means 'bright, shining' in Greek. So, are you using the bright, glowing you to shine the path to the duel of honor for me? At the moment, Isabel can't kill Anthony with a single sword to save her honor and Henry's honor, so she still intends to divert the attention of these people.

"Sir, I thought my father had chosen my name with a lock. I didn't expect that there was such a saying in Greek. The would-be knight guard said curiously from Locke.

"Locke, I know you very much want me to kill the son of this Dukekeeper, and I also want to use a duel to defend His Highness and my honor. But have you ever wondered why the son of a registrar farmer in the town of Cornforth, Lancashire, would travel so tired to travel from his hometown to Nottingham Castle on his feet? Could it be that he had walked dozens of miles through the Yorkshire Highlands to the castle just to have his head cut off by me or you? ”

"Your Excellency, that's because he's a very stupid guy!" A sergeant who was a little close to her, wearing a cuirass and skirt without a helmet and a skirt and leggings underneath, replied loudly. As soon as the sergeant's words came out, many people immediately burst into laughter.

One of the things that Isabel feels most disgusted about 16th-century men's clothing is that the sergeant-dressed man has a cloth pocket sewn on the outside of the crotch of his lower body that highlights the male officer. Such a thing stuffed with cotton and other fillings to show masculine characteristics has a name: Codopes.

Of course, she knew that this cloth pocket made of a wedge cloth was a product of Germany in the 16th century, and was popular in four European countries: Britain, Germany, France, and Spain. What amazed her even more was that such a sexually suggestive thing would be a popular ornament for different classes of people in four countries.

The common class of cordopes had no ornaments, while the upper class, made up of nobles, knights, and gentlemen, was decorated with rips, revealing the white silk inside. The silk was also decorated with embroidery, and even valuables such as gemstones and pearls were inlaid on it.

Although the sergeant's lower body had no ornaments, the inner cotton made his organs appear larger. Isabel frowned, as if deliberately finding fault, and said, "Who is talking?" ”

The sergeant looked triumphantly around and exclaimed, "Your Excellency, I said that. ”

Isabel sneered: "So, I explain his stupid behavior for a stupid guy, which just shows that I am also a stupid guy?" ”

"Oh, no, I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I... I didn't mean it. ”

"Before I make the decision to duel you, you'd better disappear from my eyes immediately."

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, but my partner and I are leaving immediately."

The sergeant, who looked a little flustered, beckoned to another fellow sergeant and walked away from the scene quickly. Isabel said to the people again: "If you can give me a satisfactory answer, I can at once duel with the son of the keeper of the book." ”

"So, what about you?" Isabel turned her gaze back to Caroline beside her.

Caroline, who had regained her senses but still refused to put the swordsman's sword back into the scabbard, glanced at her and snorted softly, "I don't know why you're speaking for the son of a farmer, but what you say is true. However, it is also true that he insulted your honor and that of the Duke. ”

"Thank you, I know. Wouldn't it be a good thing to decide his life or death after solving the problem? ”

Next, she looked at the village youth directly in front of her and said, "Anthony, you said I stabbed your father in the back, and then what?" ”

Although Anthony was ready to be killed, he still didn't expect these people to be so impulsive, and he stood trembling and didn't dare to move. It wasn't until I heard Isabel's words that I came to my senses and whispered, "Miss, I... That's all I said. ”

"Well, suppose you're talking about this... Most of them are not true, what would you think? ”

"Miss, I don't know, I've never thought so."

At this time, Sir Alex Ferguson, who was in charge of guarding the castle, Henry's butler, and Sir Augustine hurried to the school grounds. Most of the onlookers and sergeants left the school grounds soon after being reprimanded by Sir Alex Ferguson. The various male and female servants who were watching disappeared from the school yard in the blink of an eye amid the steward's reprimand.

Isabel glanced at the rest of the people and nodded with a soft smile at the two knights. Immediately, he calmly looked at the village youth: "Anthony, you don't admit that what you said is not the truth, and I also need to make the necessary response to your words for Your Highness and for myself. So, in this case, you and I have to use a duel to determine who is right and who is wrong, right? ”

Anthony nodded silently, and Isabel looked at the would-be knight standing on the side: "Herbert, can you go to the counselor's office for me to retrieve my short sword?" ”

Herbert repeatedly agreed to run towards the main building, and Isabel asked Conrad to hand Anthony his Cross Knight's sword. Caroline, who was standing on one side, looked at Anthony with contempt and said to her, "Why do you have to talk to him so much if you still use a duel to settle your affairs with him?" ”

Isabel smiled and said, "Even if it's a criminal, you have to ask him what crime he has committed to convict him, don't you?" ”

"This kind of person should be killed with a sword."

"Carrie, you're the daughter of a nobleman, and you can't treat yourself like a thief."

After Herbert brought her belt and two short swords, Isabel looked at Anthony, who was wielding the Cross Knight's sword at random, and said, "Anthony, I will tell you how your father and I duel. ”

Anthony held the Cross Knight sword in both hands, pointed the tip of the sword at the other and said, "Miss, if I hurt you, will I be punished?" ”

Isabel crossed her hands in front of her chest, and sneered as she drew the short swords on either side of her waist and said, "Only the guilty will be punished." ”