"Human life is not as valuable as an animal, this world of dogs, what else is God built on earth's heavenly kingdom, deceive ghosts!"

Houdini said half-sarcastically while catching lice: "Oh, I almost forgot, did you find your rich cook relative?" ”

I threw the money bag hidden in the cuff over: "According to the number of people who have been said, there are many of them, you can check them." ”

He took it in his hand and flipped it, shrugging his brow in satisfaction.

"This is the end of our cooperation, although the process is tortuous, but fortunately, it has achieved its goal."

The beggar king stuffed his money bag into his greasy mess of hair like a trick, and his rotten clothes were full of holes, and he really couldn't hold anything.

"Don't talk nonsense, don't leave it at that!"

He looked up at the guillotine and muttered, "I've got to get to the front, or I won't be able to grab the good meat......"

Eating human flesh is a very common thing, the common people let the lords and nobles squeeze the grains without harvest, hungry, occasionally go out at night to knock a lone traveler's stuffy stick, improve the food is not uncommon, the brave villagers even dare to collectively ambush the armed guard is not so strong small caravans, so long-distance travel in this era often means life and death, a year and a half to come back everyone knows in their hearts, either halfway to the beast to eat, or to the hungry people who are more hungry than the beast.

"Wait a minute!"

I was not interested in discussing the issue of cannibalism with him, but I had something else to ask: "There is still a chance to make money, would you like to hear about it?" ”

Houdini squinted his eyes, like a profiteer in a flea market who deceived customers: "It's a pity that I'm tired of mixing with you noble lords, oops, I guessed your identity, I'm sorry my lord, you won't find someone to kill me, right?" Don't spare me, my mouth is tight! ”

He hurriedly covered his mouth and made an exaggerated expression, teasing the obvious taste, I understood that there was a deep chasm between the two of us.

Dealing with a sharp-toothed person like him,-for-tat bickering is useless: "Don't you want to mix?" You're in it, aren't you? ”

The beggar king's hand to catch lice paused slightly, but quickly returned to normal: "I'm just a beggar who doesn't know anything, and the answer to you is the same, and the answer to everyone else is the same." ”

He pinched the blood-sucking lice with his fingernails and put it in front of his eyes, and his face gradually piled up a look completely different from the usual gags, and as the fingers slowly tightened, the lice's belly grew bigger and bigger, and finally exploded with a pop.

Watching him perform quietly, I didn't mean to interrupt.

"It's a deposit, enough for you to buy a villa by the sea in Genoa."

I paced over and threw the money bag into Houdini's arms under the cover of my robe: "Tomorrow before sunrise, by the abandoned fountain in the square, wait for you, and then pay the balance when the matter is done, rest assured, it will be a bigger pen, only a little more." ”

Now it's time for me to change my tone, and with a few taps on his shoulder, I tug at the brim of my hood, turn and merge into the crowd, and disappear in style.

On the guillotine, the executioner took the prisoner's arm that showed the bones to the public, and the audience screamed, some covered their faces and wept, and some fainted in fright, and a group of creatures were numb with joy at the sight of their own kind, and they were no different from the lambs in captivity.

"Really, a small and pathetic life......"

I learned the compassionate sighs of the sages, and the palm of the hand inserted in my waist touched the hilt of the sword, and I was speechless in an instant.

Returning the way I came, the corridor was still deserted, and I knocked on the door of the room, not in the least surprised by the appearance of Duke Richard.

"Watching the excitement?" He asked, without raising his eyelids.

I nodded to Rollo who was lying on the bed, and the latter smiled in return: "You have enough hands to turn a sacred custom into a circus for all respects." ”

When I saw the broth on the table, I felt that my stomach was screaming.

"If you don't make a lot of noise, can you get their attention?"

Richard stroked the beard on his chin that hadn't been repaired for a while, and the neat gold beard was dirty into a dull brush: "How about taking away so many gold coins from me, finding the important person you said?" ”

I smacked my lips and tasted the broth carefully prepared by the chef, sensitively tasting the heavy smell of venison, and seemed to add a little priceless pepper: "Compared with the wealth of Genoa, you will feel distressed for this little money?" Look, there's a lot of oriental spices in the broth, tsk......"

After coming to the Middle Ages for so long, I still complain about all kinds of bad food, the condiments are nothing more than sugar, salt, honey, garlic, milk, bay leaves, no soy sauce, no vinegar, spices are priceless, and what I eat is the same as how I do it.

"Don't worry, he's an important clue person, and when he leaves tomorrow, the other party will be waiting at the hot spring in the town square, and besides, he's a beggar who isn't a beggar."

"A beggar who is not a beggar, what is that?" Richard was disgusted by my secrecy and pursued to the end.

"I can't speak clearly, anyway, tomorrow you will understand, he will take you to Milan by the path."

I took the wooden spoon and stirred it in the broth so that the minced meat floated up: "After the accident at sea, we were together for a long time, and if the enemy tried to find me, there was a good chance that he would be attacked. ”

"If it is a bait for the beast, let it be dispatched."

Richard said nonchalantly, war is a gene engraved into his bones for him, and the number of enemies does not matter: "Tomorrow is the day of routine patrols, I will arrange for Reyek to lead the team, and one of his soldiers will be sick and unable to go, and you will fill the position as a newcomer." ”

He frowned and looked at me from head to toe: "Remember, talk less, because your accent is quite suspicious, and follow Rejek, he knows him well along the way, and when he finds an opportunity, he will naturally make you disappear." ”

"Be careful."

Richard was about to show a look of disdain, and my eyes turned to Rollo, who was injured in bed: "Leave you ...... like this"

"Distracting the enemy's attention is the key, don't blame yourself, sir."

Luo Luo smiled heartily: "What is the name of that word you are talking about...... The golden cicada sheds its hard shell to deceive the birds that prey, ah, it's exciting to think about this picture, it's so apt! ”

In fact, when I explained the story of the golden cicada's shelling, almost all the foam in my mouth was dry......

The air in the early hours of the morning was cool and cold, and the malaise of waking up in the morning was swept away.

The distant horizon faintly glows with a faint white belly, the morning sun is brewing and ready to get up, the moon is gone, the brightness of the night is gone, and it becomes a pure white background hanging in the sky, and the darkness that is unwilling to disappear grasps the last time to rule the earth, so that the dawn is full of coldness, gloom, silence and loneliness, making people reluctant to leave the warm bed.

I stood by the window wrapped in a thick skin, and for the sake of safety, they had changed me to a room in the tower for the night, where there was a fire in the city walls and in the courtyard, and the soldiers and comrades who had changed the guard in the morning completed a simple handover, and made fun of each other's meat jokes, and took turns pouring strong liquor to keep out the cold.

The stables at the corners of the city walls were brightly lit, and the servants were busy preparing their saddles and halters for the horses, and under the shouting of the attendants, they set up a four-wheeled carriage, and the soldiers stared curiously at the crowd, speculating about what was going to happen.

Some people began to walk out of the castle, and judging from the large shields on their backs, they should all be Richard's own soldiers, and they ran over to the inner and outer three layers to protect the carriage tightly.

After a long time, Richard and several of the noble knights who accompanied him appeared, and the warriors bent down to salute, and he simply nodded in greeting, and climbed into his mount in a dashing manner, and looked around with a torch-like gaze, and then waved his hand to command.

Two of the duke's own soldiers escorted a mysterious man in a black robe into the carriage quickly, and the soldiers standing guard pushed the winch of the iron gate, and the team immediately whipped up.

I looked at the abandoned fountain in the middle of the town square, too far away to see it really, and I didn't know if Houdini was waiting there as promised, but I knew that in the dark corners of my sight, countless pairs of eyes were staring at the slowly departing convoy.

"My lord, pack up, it's time for us to go."

Rejek stayed with me all the time, leaning against the door all night without closing his eyes, he rubbed the deep dark bags under his eyes, and took a standard armor of the duke's own soldiers and put it on the bed: "I'll go to the kitchen to find something to eat, you hurry up and change your clothes, we have to leave when the morning bell rings." ”

I fiddled with the somewhat torn blouse in the corners: "Got it, you go and get back quickly." ”

Breakfast was simple porridge and bread, of course, the Norman favorite liquor, the spicy sensation jumped from the throat to the stomach, warm to the inside, the two of us ate quietly without speaking, and the only sound in the room could be heard in the room of sucking and drinking porridge.

Reyeke rubbed his crumb-stained beard.

"Take this sword and wait for me at the stable."

He stood up and sorted out the chain mail: "Lower your helmet, talk to people less, and follow me ......"

There is nothing new like Richard's instructions: "You are the Duke's personal soldier, temporarily replacing the sick soldier to fill the position, rest assured, no one will take the initiative to take care of you, the Duke's personal soldiers have always regarded themselves very highly, and have a very poor relationship with ordinary soldiers." ”

With a special shield on his back, the whole person was immediately shrouded in a very strange feeling, and his waist involuntarily straightened up when he walked: "The Viking man is covered with mountains and seas, and he will never bow to difficulties!" ”

At one of the banquets, Richard drunkenly sang a rough Norse ballad: "Longships, tomahawks, shields, the Vikings can conquer every inch of land under the sun......"

When I think of this, I suddenly feel empowered, as if I am a Viking warrior fighting in the midst of stormy seas, and my blood is overflowing with male hormones.

In the sunshine, the castle had awakened from its slumber, the servants carrying water and chopping wood came and went, the fat-headed and big-eared cooks chased after them and counted their clumsy, sleepy-eyed Norman warriors* on their upper bodies, and the maids who did not shy away from cleaning the courtyard at the side, went directly to the pillars and lifted their pants to pee, so ashamed that the young girls covered their faces and fled, and the adult women scolded and laughed to start a new day.

The soldiers who followed the Reyek patrol gathered one after another, about forty or fifty people, the stables were almost empty, I leaned against the fence, and looked coldly at the people who came in and out, and they also looked at me with the same strange eyes, and sure enough, no one took the initiative to come forward to say hello.

"Richard's own soldiers, it really stinks!" With a pout, I rolled my eyes, stretched my waist comfortably, and enjoyed the rare warm sunshine.

Reyek, who had changed his clothes, was late, and he waved his hand at the commander who was being called, who ran and bent down to obey orders.

"Are you all there?"

"The old fisherman stretched his legs until he was weak, I'm afraid I ate something unclean last night, and now I can't climb up, let alone riding a horse."

The soldier commander is a lean middle-aged man, not as tall as Rejek's war horse, don't look at his small appearance, the chilling killing aura on his body is quite terrifying, he should be a hundred battles elite who came out of the sea of corpses and blood, can be the commander of dozens of people, and his prestige is estimated to be very high.

"It's this old guy who has more than enough success and more than failure, next time he asks his son to apply, and he will send him to some church to learn to write, and he can write a bird's egg, which will ruin the tradition of our Normans!"

Rejek spat on the ground, and the commander listened with his hands tied but didn't answer: "Find someone to fill the position......

He deliberately looked at the stable, and naturally stared at me: "The one over there, yes, call you, come here!" ”

Ya's temper is not small!

I trotted over with my belly sneering, pinching my throat and trying to pretend to be a northern accent: "Call me, sir?" ”

"Stop talking nonsense, go lead a horse and come with me."

Reyeke glanced at me with a lofty eye: "Lucky for you, boy, ordinary people don't have such good luck, it's better to go on patrol with us and see what a real man should do, than guarding a house with broken stones!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers behind him burst into laughter, whistling and cheering, which could make the annoying duke's own soldiers deflated, which was really happy.

"Perverted ......"

I muttered quietly, reluctantly mounted my horse, and the procession formed in two columns, following the leading Reyek out of the city.

"Boy, don't think that you are the duke's personal soldier and put on the score, when you enter my team, you will all be treated equally, you have to come out with some real skills, in addition, if you can't fight in danger, run away, expect us to save you purely dreaming."

The short captain snarled in disgust as he passed me, "You girl-like playboys, what else are you going to do besides relying on your father's title to make a fortune? Cut! ”

I watched him ride away, and stuck out my tongue with emotion, but I couldn't help but eat a mouthful of flying ashes, and the ghostly Norman warrior laughed proudly.

"Take back the words before, this is a bunch of perverts." I wiped the corners of my mouth clean, and my heart burst with anger.

The road system around Genoa was quite well built, which was related to the prosperity of the local foreign trade, and the caravans saw the fierce Norman cavalry in the distance, and retreated to the sides to take refuge, and we galloped all the way, leaving the chickens and dogs jumping behind.

Outside the confines of Genoa, the first stop is the small town of Busara, the northern gateway to the city of trade, this hilly town with strong walls and lookout towers can detect the enemy and release wolf smoke at the first time, alerting nearby cities to prepare for war immediately, and the Normans stationed here with fifty soldiers.

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