Section 3 The Long Journey
Since leaving Dragon City in August, the exiled Knight have been wandering between several major territories, wandering aimlessly, and finally arriving in the western realm of Wucheng in December when the snow was falling.
Due to the sheer number of people, they caused quite a stir everywhere they went, especially when they left the Sunny Waters Territory two months ago, killing a local nobleman.
The nobleman was a baron, not an ordinary nobleman under Cologne. Originally, Caldis didn't want to cause trouble, but this baron, who didn't know the height of the sky, was usually arrogant and used to it, and even asked them to collect the toll, and it had to be calculated according to the number of people.
This is what bandits and thieves do, and its nature is quite bad, which completely angers Robit and Cook. In order to punish these evil forces that oppressed the people, Cook asked Rochabal to lead people to burn down the Baron's Palace, beheaded the Baron on the spot, and restored peace to the local people.
However, this incident caused a huge shock, and the nobles of the various territories regarded Caldis and his party as bandits and thieves, burning and looting along the way, fearing that they would end up in the same fate as the baron.
In this world where the aristocracy is the ruling class, provoking the interests of the aristocracy is equivalent to being the enemy of the Knight world, so after Cologne received the complaints of the nobles, he did not hesitate to issue a hunt order, and ordered Carter to send the knights to chase and intercept Caldis and his party from afar.
Therefore, Caldis and his party came to the vicinity of the mountainous area west of Wucheng, and they were forced to flee here as a last resort in order to avoid the pursuit of the Dragon City Knights. In order to avoid killing each other with their own people, they hid in the mountains west of Wucheng and built a temporary stockade in the mountain forest.
However, with a large number of people, the footprints were easily discovered, and Gobini led the Knights in search of the trail to find the cottage.
The snow was falling in front of the gate, and the heavy snow bent all the trees at the foot of the mountain, and the army of knights of Corbini was arranged in this bent wood, and a great battle seemed to be about to begin.
However, no one wanted the battle to take place between the Knight and the Kate, and in order to end the confrontation quickly, the rushing Cook took a bow and shot Gobini directly off his horse, causing the Gobini knight army to retreat in panic.
However, the confrontation did not end, and the next to replace Gobini were the Dirmit Knights, who belonged to Carter.
Dirmit rode his horse to the gate of the village alone, silently looking at the group of old friends on the wall, and the expression on his face was very sad.
Cook took the initiative to open the village and went out alone to start a conversation with Dirmit: "Dimit, when we were in the royal capital before, a few of us were the protagonists of the knight training camp, and everyone in the entire royal capital knew about it, and everyone knew that we were friends who could exchange our lives. Unexpectedly, after only two years, we have changed from friends to strangers, and even have to meet each other. ”
Dirmit saluted and replied: "Cook, brother, I can't help it, this military order is like a mountain, who can carry it." Can't you go anywhere else, why do you have to stay in his territory in Cologne and Odosa, isn't this forcing Cologne to be a killer? ”
Cook spread his hands and replied, "Where else can we go, can we go to the territory of the barbarians, isn't that going to death?" ”
Dirmit nodded, and he asked Cook, "Brother Robitt is doing lately, and Miller and Jombus, are you all okay?" Lack of food? ”
Cook nodded and said, "It's all fine, but I'm running out of food, and I'm going to be hungry soon." ”
Dirmit smiled slightly, turned his horse's head and beckoned to the knights, and in a short time the knights were driven into the stockade with hundreds of wagons full of flour.
Dirmit said with a sad face: "These are the food of my knights, all for you, you first pad your belly." ”
Cook was very moved and said, "How embarrassing is this, so what are you going to do?" ”
Dirmit shook his head and said, "We are all good brothers, and I feel bad when I see you starving." But there is no way for you to go on like this, you have to think of a way back, so many people have to eat so much every day, if you don't have a stable place to live, everyone will eventually starve to death. ”
Cook sighed and said, "yes, this is the most troublesome thing, and we also have a headache. ”
Dirmit told Cook: "I think that Cologne is really going to kill you, even Carter can't refuse his order, you should be careful in the future." ”
Cook frowned and asked, "Is this Dragon City his Cologne in charge?" What about Duke Thatcher? Does he care about anything? ”
Dirmit sighed and said: "Dead, Duke Thatcher died of illness two months ago, and even O'Higgins took refuge in Cologne." Now that Dragon City is his Cologne alone, what else can we do? ”
After hearing this, Cook said indignantly: "This damn Cologne, he has calculated and calculated, and he has really taken the power of Dragon City into his hands, which is too hateful." ”
Dirmit shook his head helplessly, and then rode into Cook and whispered to him, "I'll bring you a message for Master Carter." The Commander-in-Chief said that the current situation is very chaotic, Cologne is only doing bad things and not doing good things, and it is best for us not to provoke him at the moment. Also, Master Carter said that if you really don't have a place to go, you might as well consider taking refuge in Qin or Chongqing to the west. Although they are two small countries hidden in the mountains, it should not be a problem to take you in. ”
"Qin or Chongqing?" , Cook frowned and thought for a moment, and then thanked Dirmit: "Okay, thank Master Carter for our kindness." ”
Dirmit added: "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief specially told me to bring you some food, and he said that you should go to Qin or Yu to settle down first. When the major affairs of Dragon City have been decided, and our commander-in-chief is in charge, you can return to Dragon City with peace of mind, and you will be able to say anything at that time. ”
"Oh?" , Cook laughed happily after hearing this, and the whole person looked very excited.
After a few more pleasantries, the two said goodbye to each other, and then Dirmit withdrew with the Knights.
A few days later, under the arrangement of Robit and Cook, the group packed up in the snow and continued to set off, driving north along the foot of the mountain.
When they found the legendary entrance to the pro-Chongqing kingdom, Spat appeared in front of them with a large army. The so-called good ones don't come, and those who come are not good, and in the face of the powerful Spart, everyone sweated.
This time Robit took the initiative to join the ranks, he rode his horse and Spartt to meet alone, and the two talked nearby.
Robit frowned and asked, "Captain Spartt, you really came to fight us, right?" ”
Spartt smiled lightly, he spread his hands and said, "The knight beats the knight, and the heavens can't tolerate it." I believe that the nobles know better than anyone who I am Spart. To be honest, I was disgusted by my father's behavior. In fact, I envy you very much, you can be free, see which nobleman does evil, you can kill him with a sword and relieve his hatred, and call a burst of chanting for the people. ”
Robit smiled and turned to the side, stretched out his hand and beckoned Spart, "Don't be envious, you can come and join us at any time, we guarantee that all of us will receive you warmly." ”
Spart looked up and laughed, but soon his face turned a little pale, and then he shook his head at Robit with a sigh and said, "Well, maybe I'm too pedantic to abandon my father." To be honest, I'm not afraid that he will be murdered, but I want to be on guard for us Knight at all times, to prevent him from harming others, to prevent him from betraying our Kate. ”
Robit was a little moved to hear this, he stared at Robit, and asked in a low voice, "So does your father have any idea of taking refuge in the barbarians?" ”
Sparts shook his head and replied, "Maybe he thought about it in his heart, but he certainly wouldn't do it now." Don't worry, as long as I, Spart, are here, you will never see this happen. ”
Robit continued to frown and asked, "Then what if this day really comes, can you still stop your father?" ”
Spart's face turned pale, he hesitated for a few seconds, and then said in a firm tone: "If it really comes to the point of no return, for the sake of our Knight, when the time comes, I will personally deal with my father." ”
The lone hero's impassioned words made Robit's blood soar. He looked at Spartt with affirmative eyes, nodded again and again, and praised: "No wonder my father used to be very optimistic about you, thinking that you were not incapable and loyal to the kingdom, you were just overshadowed by your father's brilliance, and did not encounter a suitable opportunity to play." ”
Spat nodded slowly, and then he didn't say anything, and waved his hand for the guards to pull out all the food of the Knights and hand it directly to Robit.
Then Spartt hurriedly retreated with the Knights, and Robit rode his horse to send him far, far away.
Qin and Yu are located in the mountains southwest of Wucheng territory, and because they are very small in size and have a combined population of less than a million people, these two small states have always been forgotten by the world. However, although the Qin and Yu kingdoms were small, they were very strong, and they always fought together in the face of foreign enemies, so that they remained independent in the mountains for hundreds of years.
During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the king of Wucheng State intended to seize the land of Qin and Chongqing, but was ultimately defeated, and after that, he no longer thought about Qin and Chongqing.
Later, with the establishment of the knight kingdom, successive kings had the idea of annexing the Qinyu Kingdom, and once carried out three major attacks, but they were all defeated by the strong Qinyu people. Later, in order to maintain long-term independence, Qin and Yu successively married their princesses to the princes of the Knight Kingdom to gain a good relationship with the Knight Kingdom. Later, the Qin and Chongqing people admired the strength of the Knight Kingdom and regarded themselves as Knight people, and the kings of the two countries even accepted the canonization of the knight kingdom, which was almost equivalent to the two small vassal states of the Knight Kingdom.
When it comes to Qin Yuguo, Miller, who used to be often sold, is the most familiar. As the procession was marching, he began to describe the Qin and Chongqing kingdoms for everyone:
"Both Qin and Yu are small kingdoms, and their land area is very small. It is strange that the capitals of the two kingdoms were only separated by a river, and as the population increased and the size of the capitals grew, in the end, both capitals stretched along the banks of the river, closely connected, as if they were the same city.
The legendary city is a foreign country, which is the capital of Qin and Chongqing.
There used to be such a story, which happened in Qin and Chongqing, called "The Story of the Same City and a Different Country".
It tells the story of a traveler in the royal capital, who came to the west side of Wudi and entered a magical world isolated from the rest of the world. There were two small kingdoms, their capitals were built in the same location on the same section of the river, and the border between the two countries was bounded by the river in the middle, the land west of the river was the Qin state, and the land east of the river was the Yu state.
The people who live here live a carefree life, and they live a leisurely life as a farmer and a weaver. After the traveler arrived, he immediately liked this place, and successfully became a citizen of the Qin State, living in the Qin State and enjoying a pleasant life.
One day, he suddenly fell in love with a beautiful Chongqing woman across the river, and the two looked across the river every day, but they couldn't get close. The woman sang to the traveler every day, and the traveler told the story to the woman every day, and after a long time, the two gradually developed a deep relationship.
In the end, the two could not bear the torment of separation, and they often met secretly by boat in private, and soon the woman gave birth to a child for the traveler. But the news was soon discovered, and the kings of the two countries were furious when they found out. Both kingdoms explicitly forbade intermarriage between the two countries, and both men were arrested one after the other.
So what about this kid? Later, under the consultation of the two kings, because this child was a native of Qin and Chongqing; In the end, a verdict was made to cut the child in half from the middle, half of which belonged to the traveler of the Qin State and the other half to the woman of the Yu Kingdom.
Then the two kings released both of them, and each divided half of the child's body. After losing their child, they sat by the river and cried across the river holding the child's body, and they finally decided to throw themselves into the river together to die in love, achieving a poignant love story.
This is "Tale of the Same City and a Different Country", the drama that our kings often stage, is about this story. ”
Listening to Miller tell the legendary story of Qin and Chongqing, everyone unconsciously entered a long Grand Canyon.