"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"

The black shadow, who had been calling me sir, suddenly jumped closer, grabbed his arm and shook it desperately.

"You should open your eyes and look at me, sir, don't you ......?"

He choked up and seemed to believe it, and reached out and shook it back and forth in front of my eyes: "Are you blind?" Or deaf? ”

I distinctly heard three men gasp, sharp as if an airplane was piercing the sky at supersonic speed: "You're blind, Kohler." ”

"My lord! It's really good that you're okay! ”

Kohler hugged me, and his strong chest slammed into me: "You know, we have been looking for you so hard! ”

Bitter! No matter how bitter it is, can I be bitter?

Looking at the experience during this time, I even wonder if God is playing a live-action version of Survival in the Wild.

The weeping Khloe stopped his tears, turned his head and asked the other two viciously, "What have you done to Lord Duke?" How can you throw your noble lord into a dungeon like this? Desecrate! This is a blasphemy against the rules of chivalry! I warn you, if an adult loses a single hair, no one will want to get out alive! ”

"Hmph, the tone is not small, and it is really a Nijmegen person whose heart is higher than the sky."

A voice that was both familiar to me and annoying replied coldly: "I don't want to think about where I am, wouldn't it be easy for me to kill someone quietly?" The wind will flash your tongue, Nijmegen people! ”

"Shut up!"

I stood up tremblingly, waving my hand weakly, and the simple action of getting up had exhausted the strength I had: "You are finally willing to come to me, Duke Richard." ”

I gasped for air, "This place sucks!" ”

"It's not easy to have a hard time in the sun, my friend."

The Duke of Normandy replied meaningfully: "Anyway, let's get out of here first, I have prepared a room on it." ”

He looked around in disgust: "It's really a good place for Tibetans, but it depends on whether that person is tough enough." ”

The long staircase seemed to be endless, far less relaxed than when it floated in, and the intricate corridors led to other hidden and sinful corners, and in the distance there were Hokage, and occasionally the screams stretched by the void and the muffled sound of leather whips tearing through the skin, slow down frame by frame, all made the spine shiver.

Walking out of the heavily guarded dungeon gate, the fresh air instantly filled my chest, and I took a deep breath of comfort, and my whole body came to life.

"It's night outside......"

I muttered to myself, my fingers running over the weeds of the courtyard, looking up at the moon sinking in the west and the morning star slowly rising into the sky.

The Duke of Richard, led by Reyek, who was carrying the torch, walked in the front, and when he heard my exclamation, he said, "Where is the dawn without a long night?" ”

Passing through the imposing Romanesque columned vestibule, the presence of Duke Richard was visibly startled by the presence of soldiers standing guard around the fire pouring liquor, and several of them who were already asleep on their backs.

"Big ...... Your Excellency ......" the soldier knocked over the bottle in a panic.

"Let these people sober up."

In place of the duke, who had no time to deal with them, Rejek ordered: "I heard that horse urine tastes good......

Behind the antechamber was a deep corridor, with busts of Genoese nobles in stone niches in the walls, but now they were the place where the Normans dried their underwear, the smell of which was so disgusting that the glow of the unoiled torches was dim and faintly swelled against the edge of the wall.

Richard stopped at the door of an inconspicuous room and said to Rejerk: "You keep watch at the door, and by the way order a hot meal, for you have walked through the dungeon, and you are a little hungry." ”

Khloe helped me to get in, and he solemnly turned his face to remind me, "It's just you and me." ”

Khloe still wanted to argue, but I patted the loyal cronie on the shoulder: "Okay, are you afraid that Duke Richard will swallow me alive?" Rest assured, he's not that good at teething. ”

"It's not bad to get on the steamer, ho!" The Duke of Normandy, who had a stinky face all the way, pushed the door in.

The fireplace facing the door was burning with firewood, and the warm air forced away the cold hidden in every pore, and I shivered involuntarily, as if I had been electrocuted from head to toe.

"Alive? Warm up with some wine. ”

Duke Richard pushed the cup towards me: "Shochu, the temperament is very strong, but it is not like the character of the Genoese soft egg. ”

Holding the cup in his hand, the smell of soju is strong and rushes to his nose, but the liquor is cloudy blue, and many impurities visible to the naked eye are flying up and down: "To be honest, it smells good, but the color is ...... Are you sure you didn't take the poison that the wizard had concocted? "When I got back to life, I was joking.

Richard shrugged indifferently: "What about the poison?" Anyway, people always have to die, die early and die late, this shell can't be taken away, why not be happy! ”

I raised my eyebrows: "So pessimistic? It's not like you. ”

"How can I be happy to lose you?"

He smiled bitterly, his face was full of exhaustion, if it weren't for the combination of the before and after situations, I almost jumped into Richard's arms according to the development of the plot, and performed a warm scene of Lao Yanfei's reunion, the words were so gentle and explicit, it was really easy to misunderstand.

"I heard there's a lot of fighting in the north?" I hesitated for a long time and put down my glass, hoping for food more than drinking to kill my sorrows.

"Hmm!"

Richard replied lightly, and continued to weigh himself, as if he was out of the matter, and everything had nothing to do with him: "I guess you knew the news of the attack on Nijmegen, otherwise you wouldn't have rushed over, the north is in chaos, everyone is like a mad dog robbing red eyes, King Henry and Robert fight, Poles and Hanover, Flanders and Nijmegen, the Duke of Burgundy have to fight with me, the world has never been so chaotic, some people pray, some people are ecstatic, some people are struggling, some people are gloating, and the war seems to be endless." ”

"What about you, which side are you on?"

"Robert's envoys have been in Genoa for more than a month, and they are a steady stream of envoys, all of whom are holding the ridiculous documents of the King of Paris, and their attitudes are repeating the tune of the little fox day by day, is it so difficult for the king to conscript, to oblige vassals, to defend freedom?"

He frowned and grimaced, his neatly trimmed golden beard swayed in a funny way, and imitated Robert: "Little ones, come with me to rob people, money, and territory!" ”

I was rarely amused by him, and gently pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled.

"Your big ship sank, of course the passengers had to find their own way to survive, the Duke of Swabia died, as for whether it was a normal death is unknown, his vassals disagreed with each other, the civil war in full swing swept the country, the little nobles have their own umbrellas, your nephew, that's right, the little duke of Bavaria, it is estimated that it is not easy to die, some of the vassals rebelled and took refuge in Henry, and the remaining few lords who supported him embraced the east and hid in Tibet, Carinthia was a point of dissipation, but the Magyars frequently crossed the Drava River and appeared in the southern plains, Once Grand Duke Stephen and King Henry had agreed terms, hundreds of thousands of Magyars would reach Adria. ”

He briefly described the surrounding situation: "The barracks of the French will are lined up across the Rhine, but the two Frankish kings have no intention of fighting, and have agreed to stay the same, hunting, feasting, and spending all day long. ”

"Their subordinates couldn't hold it back, there was constant friction along the border, and several large-scale battles broke out, each of them lost a hundred and ten lives and then died down, treating the war as a game, except for consuming food and making widows, it had no practical meaning, like two tat wrestlers, neither of whom could do the other, but they both held back and refused to admit defeat."

Richard took a sip of the remaining wine in the glass, and patted his head as if he remembered something: "There are a lot of Romans from Ravenna's side, and my warriors are almost moving, are they recruited by you?" Or an uninvited jackal? ”

At this moment Rejek knocked on the door with the food, and the reheated roast chicken and milk mutton soup, the soft white bread, the whole plate of figs, and a few olives, the steaming aroma immediately caught the attention of the hungry fool, and I did not care to be humble, and before I could put it away, I grabbed the food and shoved it into my mouth.

"That little fox in Paris looks almost ugly like yours, so I'm hesitant to drag it out until now."

Richard broke open the shriveled fig, the sugar in the flesh glistening, and it looked delicious: "If you die easily, won't my previous bet be ruined?" ”

I chewed bread and didn't have time to answer him, in the end, what Richard didn't want to give up was just his own interests, just like a gambler who lost his life and the bank, all referring to the last game of the game, what else could he do if he didn't grit his teeth and carry it?

"Your gambling book is still there, so why be stubborn? Change the dealer and make a sure profit. I licked the scraps from the corners of my mouth, touched my round belly, and finally burped contentedly.

Richard stared at me intently, and the expression on his face could be interpreted in countless ways: "Have you ever seen a pack of wolves foraging in the wilderness?" The first wolf is often a blind or lame old fellow, bald and slow, and may not be able to beat the stronger companions around him, but why do the wolves still listen to its commands? ”

Me: "............"

"It always finds the right prey so that the wolves don't starve from reckless attacks on enemies that are difficult to defeat."

A pot of milk and mutton soup quickly bottomed out, the mellow aroma of milk overshadowed the fishy smell of mutton, just the right to bring out the wonderful taste of the two ingredients, this common dish on the Mediterranean coast from the ancient Roman era to the present, filling the belly of countless gluttonous greed, just like the rich land that nourishes them under their feet, for thousands of years meekly fed the invaders from the north and south, hard work and no regrets.

Duke Richard and I sat silently as we tasted the turquoise soju in our respective cups, which was like rice wine mixed with water, not as good as the farmer's home-brewed knives, but in the eyes of the nobles who were accustomed to drinking low-alcohol mead and barley beer, it was indeed the best.

"Genoese shochu, kind of interesting." I raised my glass and shook it at Richard.

"Don't rob me!"

He was a little drunk, so anxious that he waved his hand vigorously, and almost knocked over the soup pot next to his arm several times: "How hard did you find out about the business opportunity, and then ask you to snatch it away and let people live?" The Nijmegen Chamber of Commerce has its own big business, so don't stare at this little fly leg. ”

"Big deal, hehe!"

I don't know where the sadness came to my heart, I rubbed my nose fiercely, and cried and shouted through the strength of the wine: "I don't even have a home, what kind of big deal do you want to talk to me?" Home is gone, you know! My wife and children are all gone! Why do you think I'm going to rob you! ”

Richard's face darkened, and men's crying was often more infectious, and he couldn't help but follow me with red eyes: "I don't understand? You say I don't understand? ”

He roared hysterically, his lips white from too much force: "I have a daughter, the pearl of my palm, so beautiful and so bright!" What was it that I was so deluded that I married her to Nijmegen! What now? What now! She's missing too! Can't find it! Accompany your wife and children! God must be punishing me, and you still say I don't understand. ”

I sniffed, gently wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes, and looked at Duke Richard, who was curled up in a ball, this tough and arrogant northerner in the eyes of the outside world, the big villain who had destroyed and displaced countless families, he cried so sadly, like a child who couldn't find a home, tears scratched the rough skin honed by years of war, shattered the tough guy's seemingly solid shell, and cut out the bright red beating heart to show me.

"Come!"

I pushed the glass full of wine to him, "Want revenge?" ”

Richard stopped crying, tears mixed with snot were wiped all over his face, and his beautiful golden beard was stained, and when a man cried heartbreakingly, he would become a terrible monster, heartless, resolute, stubborn, capable of killing a thousand enemies and destroying all enemies.

"What are you going to do?"

He picked up the cup and met me firmly, knowing that there was no force in the world that could stop the two angry beasts.

The narrow window at the top of the wall flashed two green eyes, and it was the old cat attracted by the scent, which could not bear to lie on the window, and occasionally let out a dull snoring.

The wine in the pot has long been at the bottom, Richard fell asleep with his legs on his back, and I was on the verge of being drunk, for a person who has been drinking Wuliangye as water all year round, a few glasses of low-purity soju are not a problem, at most they reach a slightly drunk state, talking with a big tongue, walking and shaking, and looking at people a little confused.

I tried my best to walk in a straight line, but I still couldn't do anything with the shadowy doorknob, and it took me a long time to grasp the target and pull the door open with a bang.

"Your Excellency, ......" Kohler and Reyeke asked with concern as they saw me stumbling over the door.

"It's okay, it's okay, have a drink."

I measured the shape of the glass with my hand, and put it to my lips in what I thought was handsome: "Go and see your Duke, who is as drunk as mud......

Looking at Rejek hazy, I wanted to pat the other person on the shoulder, but I missed it.

The Normans immediately entered the house, tossed and turned for a while, and finally picked up the unconscious Richard, and whispered as he passed by me, "You are resting in this room, the Duke has made arrangements, no one will come here to disturb you, and tomorrow when the Lord wakes up, you will continue to discuss." ”

"It's better to go, don't send it!"

I put my arm around Kohler's shoulders and waved my arms exaggeratedly, and Rejek shook his head helplessly and walked away with Richard on his back.

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