"I'm in pain, as if I've been put under a heart-piercing spell by an evil witch, this witch's name is ** love, a love that makes people suffer a lot of grievances."

I painfully supported my forehead with one hand, and put on a tangled expression of dry stool that would not heal for a long time: "I confess that I love her, but the creation of people does not allow the two hearts of each other to snuggle up to each other, and the Frisian robbers who went to hell attacked my castle and brutally stripped off the skin of the Duchess's back, so that she was disabled for life, and she could no longer sit and stand!" ”

"Damn Frisians!"

The Count of Baudouin stood up at the right time and drew everyone's attention to the Count of Friesland, the Duke of Normandy had already seen what kind of fancy, and the two countries had been at odds for many years, although they sat together affectionately and drank and talked, but the contradictions over the years were deep-rooted, and if he wanted to offend people on his own territory, of course the Count of Baudouin would not allow it.

"They hide behind their backs and instigate the little lords of Zeeland, constantly harass the northern frontier of Flanders, and even bribe pirates to rob our merchant ships and intrude on trade with England, which is especially outrageous!"

"That's right!"

"A thousand cuts!"

"Go to hell!"

"God curse them!"

I don't know if it's really too much drinking, or if the nobles who pretend to have drunk too much, banging on the table, like shrews fighting over a vegetable leaf in the market, jumping and scolding one by one, as if the Frisians really have some kind of enmity with themselves.

"I am very sad that she did not say goodbye, Miss Duchess decided to cancel the marriage contract in the letter she left, and told me that she would marry a noble woman who was a good family and have children, she would silently bless me at the ends of the earth, this girl who is as clean as water, how stupid ......"

My expression was even more painful, and I was so uncomfortable: "The world without love is definitely the end of the soul, I mobilized all possible forces to look for her everywhere like crazy, but it is difficult to find a trace, and since then the mountains and rivers are far away, and they will be separated from each other forever." ”

"I see, what an infatuated gentleman."

Count Baudouin comforted me with a heart: "What a poignant story, love teaches each of us how to grow up, so that boys can become men who have the courage to take responsibility, I very much appreciate a man like you who dares to love and hate, a pure warrior of God, let us toast together a glass of wine, and deeply bless Miss Duchess!" ”

"May God bless her, beautiful young lady!"

Everyone raised their wine glasses and chanted in unison, and the Duke of Normandy swallowed the bitter wine with a complicated expression, but he didn't expect that his calculated squeeze was turned over by my clever tongue, and it was really annoyed that he was busy making wedding clothes for others.

Putting down the cup, the nobles continued to laugh and ridicule as if nothing had happened, pretending to be crazy and stupid to play their own designed roles, but their hearts were very sober waiting for the opponent to appear fatal flaws, and then jumped out and stomped a few times on the wound, kicking down the abyss.

The Count of Baudouin kept a vigilant eye on the atmosphere of the banquet, and through some small details, he judged in advance what position he should hold, he first glanced thoughtfully at the unhappy Count of Lille, and then glanced at the nobles who were all ill-conceived and pretending to change their glasses, and turned to me with a smile:

"I heard that you captured the robber Louis alive in just one battle, I think the excitement will definitely not be as plain as hearsay, tell you about the legend inside, we will listen to it."

I understood it in my heart, and secretly smiled gratefully at the Earl, and opened the conversation box and gushed: "The story has to start with the strange things we encountered when we sent out the army......

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Speaking of knightly matches, my mind is full of scenes that look like fairy tales from the movies:

The handsome knight was dressed in delicate armor, and the colorful feathers on the helmet were very handsome, and they saluted the audience elegantly with great style.

The war horse under the crotch was heroic, and the beautiful and well-proportioned hooves were uneasy to dig the ground, bringing up bursts of dust.

The stands on both sides were full of well-dressed aristocratic gentlemen, everyone shook folding fans and greeted each other politely, and there were angelic holy and noble ladies who hid behind the fans with affection and peeked at their favorite Prince Charming.

The clothes could not hide the national color and fragrance of the city, the slender jade hand threw fragrant rose petals, the air was filled with the sweet smell of first love, and finally by a respected person, wearing a purple silk robe, he made an impassioned speech, mobilizing the enthusiasm of the audience to detonate the arena, and then announced the start of the game in a loud voice.

Reality is always ruthless, although since I came to this era, I have been brutally dismembered again and again The beautiful vision created in my mind, I told myself that there will always be a brave prince on a white horse who overcomes all obstacles and hardships to save the delicate princess who was trapped in a demon cave, and then there are lovers who will eventually become married, live happily together, and insist on believing in how great the power is.

What can I say about what is happening in front of me?

I won't comment on the broken grass shed that was built improvised with wooden poles and mud to serve as a competition venue, but you should build the second-story grandstand where the nobles rested a little more solidly!

A few people had just come up, and the wooden planks under their feet creaked and crumbled, and the straw on the roof of the shed for shade beckoned with dirt to the top of their heads, and I have to thank God that they did not choose to use stones and bricks to fix the straw that drifted in the wind.

What is that? Why is there no rectangular field for equestrian competitions?

The land in the center of the arena is neither paved with selected fine sand nor artificially treated, and the natural vegetation of Darara is fragrant with birds and flowers, and sand and stones of different sizes can be faintly seen among the grasses.

The worst thing is the players who are nervously preparing on both sides of the field, and in fact their appearance makes me think that they will blaspheme Prince Charming, a beautiful word with a girly peach, so I have to change the adjective.

The group of knights with big shoulders, round waists, and round faces and horizontal flesh on the kang are struggling, and the fat on their stomachs is enough to boil out two barrels of lard, as if they are opening a weapons fair of all nations, what swords, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, and strange-shaped weapons have been taken out, why not wooden spears and knights' swords? It's okay to have a shield with a wooden stick, is it true that everything in the TV series is fake, and the weapons of the competition can be chosen?

I couldn't help but pout, but when I found Khloe standing in the corner boredly tidying up the quiver hanging on his waist, he screamed calmly, what? Bows and arrows are also available! It's going to kill you!

"Uh...... Lord Earl, is it a rehearsal today? The effect is still quite realistic, haha. ”

With a stomach full of questions, I turned to Count Baudouin, who was sitting above me and was having a good conversation with a noble lady, and asked, "It doesn't seem like it's all so...... Ready. ”

The Count of Baudouin looked at me for a moment, then stroked his beard and laughed, and the lady beside him laughed miserably, and the huge black mole on his face shook up and down in shock:

"You are really good at teasing, Lord Count, it is funny for you to say this, you must know that two hundred years ago, when Charles the Bald of France and Louis of Germany met in Strasbourg, the knights fought for glory and the favor of their sweethearts, and you duel back and forth in the rough arena, although the Church has never advocated such an evil game of a clearly pagan nature, but who cares about that?"

"It's better to have blood-pumping fights and jousts than to sit in front of the fireplace and listen to bards singing verses, and the hero of the story hasn't changed for thousands of years, and my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather choked to death while listening to their old-fashioned chanting."

"So what are they doing...... I mean, if you want to hurt the knights, you should use a professional wooden sword. "I try to be as careful as I say about my words, so that I don't seem so unseen, so as not to laugh at it.

"Do you say this to make people think that Germany never holds knightly competitions, and that knights with a difficult moral will are afraid of blood on the battlefield, or do not like to compete for supreme glory? Excuse me, but you were talking about wooden swords? That kind of child's toy only insults God's reputation for bravery. ”

The Count of Baudouin looked me up and down as if he were looking at an alien, as if looking for an electromagnetic antenna: "Race with your own weapon, in groups of three, one on horseback and two on foot, you can use shields and sharp weapons, this is the universal rule, my lord!" Of course, the bow and arrow are required to remove the arrow, otherwise it would be too unfair. ”

"If anyone dies in a duel, his name will be celebrated forever like a god, and the victorious side will receive his weapons and armor, and of course the thunderous and tsunami cheers of the whole audience, and plenty of eyebrow teases, which is the reward that the victor deserves."

All right! I admit that I was deceived by the TV series and the Cavaliers again, the rigorous and orderly game scenes in that kind of story may not appear until hundreds of years later, in fact, there is nothing wrong with seeing blood, I am very confident in the combat effectiveness of my men, especially the bravery of the Bulls and the calmness of Kohler, it is already a sure thing to enter the finals.

Shrugging my shoulders in self-deprecation, I took a long sip of the wine brought by the waiter, but then I choked on it and almost passed out.

On the other side of the arena, the blacksmith and the pig slayer of the Earl's castle were speaking side by side to the two neatly clad young men standing in front of them, apparently their sons or apprentices.

I rolled my eyes, and in an instant I was messy again......

(End of chapter)