Night begins to fall, and the surroundings are dark, and a crescent moon hangs high in the sky!

Fawkes lit the lantern and drove the carriage into a maple grove by the side of the road, stopping at a small stream.

After a day's journey, people were already sleepy and hungry. After stopping the carriage, Fawkes jumped down and said to Ruby in the carriage, "Let's spend the night here tonight, I'll go get some grass for the horses to eat." ”

After saying that, Fawkes took out a knife and bent down to cut the grass on the ground.

Cook's mother got out of the carriage and kept complaining, "Why don't you stop and rest in the fortress for the night when you pass through the Northland Fortress in front of you, you have to run to this hellish place!" What if we encounter robbers or bandits, we still have children with us, and there is no helper by our side, so what should we do if something happens? ”

After hearing this, Fawkes smiled indifferently, and replied while feeding grass to the horses: "The head of the knights stationed in the northern fortress was trained by me, this person is more greedy, and he has a close relationship with the seventh duke Acedor!" It is rumored that the robbers in the northern country and Wu Tuo area were conspired and planned by the two of them! ”

Ruby had a great sense of justice, and immediately rebuked angrily after hearing this: "This is simply lawless, don't Duke Connor and the king take care of it?" Let these people do their own thing? ”

Fawkes unscrewed the water bag and began to feed the horse water again. He glanced back at Cook, who was sitting in the car, and saw that he was safe and quiet, so he replied to Ruby: "The kingdom is in chaos today, and the strength of various factions is fighting openly and secretly!" Didn't Odosa, the sixth duke of Wucheng, send knights to attack Duke Illit in Reesburg, just to ease these disputes is enough for Duke Connor to be busy, how can he still have time to take care of these robbers! ”

After hearing this, Ruby sneered: "The sixth duke of the kingdom actually attacked the eighth duke of the kingdom, and no one punished that damn Odosa, what a big joke in the world!" ”

Fawkes sighed and said, "Hey, there is no way, we as a king want everyone to fight each other, so that the dukes can check and balance each other!" If all the dukes were united, the king would be worried! ”

"Worried about what?" Ruby said angrily: "I'm worried that everyone will be like him, fighting for the king's throne?" ”

Fox was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately looked around, and saw that there was no movement in the surrounding darkness, so he replied: "Don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing in the future, if it is heard by people with ulterior motives, then we will be unlucky!" ”

After saying that, Fawkes reached out and took out the bow and arrow from the carriage, and said to Cook, who had just jumped out of the carriage, "Cook, protect your mother, I'll be back in a while!" ”。

Little Cook looked at Fawkes seriously and replied solemnly, "Good father! ”。

Fawkes smiled, turned around and carried the lantern, and carried his bow into the dense forest on his back!

The autumn night was a little chilly, Ruby walked up to Cook, stretched out her hand to tighten his clothes for him, and asked with concern, "Cook, are you cold?" ”。

Cook shook his head again and again, and replied energetically: "Mother, I'm not cold, are you cold?" Why don't you go back to the car and take a break? ”。

Seeing little Cook speak like an adult, Ruby smiled happily and reached out to turn the lights hanging on the carriage brighter!

Seeing that his mother didn't speak, Cook shivered and said coquettishly: "Where has my father gone, how long will it take for him to come back, I'm a little scared ......."

The night was dark, and there was something terrifying about the silence around her, and Ruby felt a little uneasy. She hurriedly picked up Cook, got back into the carriage and sat down, and kept coaxing Cook and said, "Don't be afraid, Cook, my mother is here!" Close your eyes and sleep for a while, your father has gone hunting, and when you wake up, your father will come back! ”

Cook was indeed a little sleepy, he nodded, closed his eyes obediently, and fell asleep in a short time!

An autumn wind blew, and a rustling sound came from the treetops overhead, so frightened that Luby hugged Cook tighter! She hated Fawkes being so careless, if there was a gang of robbers or something at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable!

The stream was flowing non-stop, and the crows were heard in the sky from time to time, which made Ruby feel even more frightened!

Ruby is the second daughter of the royal capital Rancho, and she is also a noble family, and the two sisters have never suffered much since they were young! Coming to this kind of ghost place where no one is inhabited, Ruby seems very uncomfortable!

From time to time she looked down at the sides of the carriage, fearing that something like a snake or worm would climb up; From time to time, I held my breath and listened to the sounds around me, worried that bad people would sneak in.

But in the end, nothing abnormal happened, and the surrounding was still the same dead silence!

Suddenly Cook woke up and looked at his mother in a daze, his eyes wide open.

Ruby didn't know what was going on, so she hurriedly asked Cook, "What's the matter, Cook?" Got a nightmare? ”

Cook shook his head again and again, staring at his mother seriously for a few seconds, and then replied, "Mother, listen, it's my father who has returned." ”

If Cook hears movement, it's possible that he's a bad guy besides Fox! So Ruby seemed even more nervous, and she calmed down and listened carefully for a while, but heard nothing!

But she was still not at ease, and told Cook to stay in the car, and she stepped out of the carriage to check around! The eerie woods were so quiet that not a single animal could be seen, let alone anyone.

Ruby was a little angry, she turned to Cook in the car and said, "What kind of person, don't talk nonsense!" ”

After hearing this, Cook jumped out of the carriage directly, stretched out his hand and pointed in a direction in the night, and said with certainty: "It's really my father's back, I can hear the sound of my father walking, it's over there!" ”

Ruby was a little surprised, wondering why she hadn't found anything, and Cook could tell it was Fawkes. Ruby looked in the distance in the direction Cook pointed, but she still saw nothing.

Ruby was about to say that Cook could accumulate, when suddenly a faint light flashed in the black woods, and Ruby was so frightened that Ruby immediately carried Cook into the carriage.

Cook was very naïve, and asked Ruby curiously, "Mother, it's really my father who is back, why are you hiding in the car?" ”。

Ruby was cautious, worried that it might be a stranger, and felt that it would be safer to go back to the car. She was frightened, did not reply, and motioned for Cook not to make a sound.

At this time, Fox's voice came from the woods: "Cook, I'm back, see what good things my father has brought for you!" ”。

Listening to Fawkes's voice, Ruby breathed a sigh of relief, and finally got Fawkes back.

Cook smiled strangely at his mother, then immediately broke free from her embrace, turned around and got out of the carriage.

Ruby took a deep breath and stepped out of the carriage with confidence.

When she saw that Cook was twisting the bloody hare in his hand, she was stunned. Cook was very happy, and he shouted happily to his mother, "Wow mother, what a fat bunny, we have rabbit meat to eat tonight." ”

Ruby rushed over quickly, snatched the rabbit from Cook's hand without saying a word, and threw it to the ground with a wave of his hand!

Then Lu yelled at Fawkes, "Fawkes, are you crazy!" You let Cook take such a bloody thing, he is only five years old, do you still want to teach him to kill people now, don't you? ”

Facing his angry wife, Fox listened to it with a blank face, and stood there stunned without saying a word.

Ruby continued to complain: "In this barren mountain and wilderness, you left the two of us in the car, in case of robbers attacking, have you considered the consequences?" ”

Still silent, Fawkes bent down to pick up the rabbit from the ground, and silently walked to the creek and began to wash it.

Cook was stunned, he frowned and looked at his mother, and asked very scaredly, "Mother, don't be angry, okay?" ”。

Seeing her lovely son, Ruby's mood improved, and she said to Cook gently, "Well, mother is not angry!" Is it okay for your mother to help you roast rabbit meat for a while? ”。

Cook was very well-behaved and replied happily, "Okay, I want to eat rabbit legs!" ”。

Ruby smiled and nodded, then picked up a lot of branches near Cook and built a campfire on the spot!

Soon Fawkes came back with the rabbit, and he skinned and gutted it, and washed it clean! In order to please his wife, Fawkes jokingly dangled the bare rabbit meat in front of Ruby, and said with a smile: "Honey, this is always good, I washed it very seriously!" ”

Ruby snatched the rabbit meat without looking, and said to him coldly, "Go and cut some thick branches, or the fire will burn out in a moment!" ”

Fawkes bowed deeply to Ruby and replied politely, "Yes, Countess!" ”

After saying that, Fawkes returned to the carriage, drew a long sword from the bottom of the carriage, turned around and walked towards the woods!

Cook looked up at Ruby and grinned when he saw his father leave. The well-behaved son always made Ruby happy, and Ruby couldn't help but laugh, and said to Cook: "Your father is so annoying! ”。

Cook laughed louder, and Ruby laughed happily along.

After hearing the laughter of their mother and son, Fawkes glanced back while chopping bush branches, and then said happily: "Whoever dares to move the carriage of my Earl's Palace, no one in the whole kingdom knows the name of my Fawkes." How could a thief dare to offend our Earl's Palace, and when he heard the name of our Earl's Palace, he would have been frightened and hid far away. ”

Ruby replied, "Save it, those robbers are outlaws, who don't care about you in the Earl's Palace." ”

Fawkes returned to the campfire with a pile of firewood, and replied as he added to the fire, "With Brother William on duty in the Northland, why are there any bandits and bandits coming to disturb us, you think too much." ”

Ruby was cautious, reminding Fawkes, "That's what I said, but we only have one kid, so of course we have to be careful!" Everything is afraid of a case, how can you do this, father. ”

Fawkes smiled, looked back at Cook and said, "Children have to start training from a young age, otherwise how will they become knights of the kingdom when they grow up!" Look at our Cook, and he is not afraid."

After listening to this, Cook said innocently: "But father, I was scared to death before, and then I fell asleep in my mother's arms, and when I woke up, you came back!" ”。

Fox was stunned for a moment after hearing this, he was still pracing Cook just now, but he didn't expect his son to behave like this, but he didn't know what to say at this time.

Ruby couldn't help laughing, she gently touched Cook's head and said, "As a woman, I don't have such high requirements for Cook, I hope he can be safe in the future, then I will be satisfied." What knights are not knights, let's talk about it later. ”

Although Fox disagreed, he didn't say anything more. The fire began to burn brighter and stronger, and Ruby forked the rabbit meat with a twig and began to roast it slowly!

On this dark night, a family of three sat on a blanket and happily enjoyed hare meat, bread and wine. It was a wonderful picnic dinner, a treat that many aristocrats could only dream of.

As the night wore on, Ruby lay down in the carriage with Cook in her arms, and soon the mother and son fell asleep.

Fawkes sat on the carpet resting, he did not sleep, but watched vigilantly around, guarding the mother and son. At this time, Fox was thinking about one thing in his mind, for the sake of Cook's future, he felt that he could not let Ruby spoil him like this, otherwise Cook would sooner or later become a corrupt and mediocre aristocratic child, and he had to plan for Cook's future.