Chapter 61: The Great Event
In the early morning, the sun had not yet risen, and the world outside the castle was still dark, but little Odegar was ready to go to work. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
For little Odega, the work of the day was very busy: early in the morning, little Odega began to hurry, and when the sun rose, little Odega was just in time to reach the village he was in charge of—since the 'sacraments' were over, the peasants who had been learning the language had returned to their villages, and little Odega had to go with them—fortunately, the peasants did the sacraments on a village-by-village basis, otherwise little Odega would have to go to three or four villages!
When little Odega arrived in the village, he had to go to help the peasants first, which was not an easy job, and now it was the busy time of spring, and the peasants were sowing seeds and planting rice everywhere, and these were all heavy physical work, but several of the men in the village had gone to join the army, and which family lacked manpower, little Odega had to go himself.
Finally, by noon, the work of farming was almost done, and little Odega had to help the farmers herd sheep and raise cattle, which were originally done by women, but now even women had gone out to farm, and in order not to delay the growth of the animals, little Odega had to help with these tasks.
In the evening, little Odega could not rest after a hard day's work, and the peasants from all families came to the square, and the children also brought the firewood they had collected for the day, and the whole village lit the firewood in the square, and then listened to the little Odega's teacher teach them to read and write.
Late at night, little Odegar will return to the castle and wait for tomorrow morning to start a busy day.
To tell the truth, such a day is inevitably too fulfilling, too busy, a person's energy is always limited, and little Odega is completely squeezing his own energy by doing this, like a lit candle, although bright enough to illuminate the dark night, but it is burning his own life.
However, little Odegar didn't think it was bad.
Every morning on the road, he thought like this: "Uncle Aemond's field is only half planted, and we must hurry up these two days; Aunt Lucy's cattle and sheep also look a little fatter in the past two days, but they still have to work harder, and little Vega, oh, little Vega......"
Yes, little Odega can also feel joy in such a busy work, not only little Odega, but also the other seventeen students, who were originally children of peasant families, and they themselves can best understand the pain of the peasants, and now that they have the opportunity to advance, how can they forget the same pain?
Moreover, the peasants trusted him and loved him for his hard work, and he also trusted and loved the peasants, who were willing to give him all their possessions, and he was equally willing to give his possessions to the peasants. This kind of thing happened not because of the iron-faced and selfless law, nor because of the callous threat of force, but because of the real thing, and it was obtained through hard work with the peasants.
What's more, there are some people who have gained love in such labor.
Now it seems that the first part of the Count Don's plan has been a success, and thanks to the enthusiasm and hard work of these students, the peasants have not only learned precious words, but also increased their sense of identification with his rule, although they have identified with it enough, but there is also a difference between 90 and 100 points.
Early in the morning, little Odegar was riding his horse, also planning what to do today, when he had just walked out of the castle when suddenly his hound barked.
Speaking of this hound, the Count of Don the Younger defeated the Archduke of Mulchid last autumn, but was unable to capture all the fleeing routs, some of whom neither returned to North Munster nor surrendered, and after surviving the whole winter, they began to act as bandits - I heard that several merchants had been robbed by them, and the Knights of Alcobar were leading people all over the mountains to hunt down the bandits, but before the bandits were captured, students like Little Odegar, who left before dawn and returned after dark, A hound must be used to warn him of possible dangers.
"Shhh
Little Odegar heard the hound bark and quickly quieted it, although it was not yet dawn, but this was at the gate of the castle, the most heavily guarded place in the entire county! Little Odega didn't believe that there would be bandits who would dare to spread wild in this place.
"Wang, Wang, Wang-"
However, despite what little Odegar said, Pisk was still screaming, and this unusual behavior immediately attracted the attention of the knight of the night watch, so he consulted with little Odega, and the two of them groped their way to the place where Pisk was screaming, with torches.
Then they found a head, a human head hanging from a tree, its skin had begun to dry up, and even maggots had begun to grow in some places.
This is a big deal! The heads have been hung at the gates of the Earl's Castle! This is a naked provocation to the entire county, to the counts and the knights!
Although it is not yet known whose head it is.
Well, I know it's embarrassing, but one, the owner of this head, neither of them has ever seen it and doesn't know each other. Second, this head, he hasn't done any antiseptic treatment, and now it's almost rotten, and it looks like this, even if he has a sharp eye, he can't recognize it!
So the head was immediately sent to the castle, along with the knight and little Odega, to await the identification of the little Count Don.
There is such a big event, even if the little Earl Tang is still asleep, he has to wake him up, and the knights who live in the castle, although they will all be sleepy-eyed and not even wearing armor, but they are all there.
"Alright, everyone is here, now, let me hear what you think about this."
Little Count Tang sat on the throne, he was also sleepy, but his eyes were full of anger, if something like this happened, isn't this someone provoking him!
"This is an insult to us! We must go to war against him! ”
Immediately, an angry knight shouted, but immediately, a calmer knight said, "Yes, we should go to war with him, but first we must know who this head is, and by whom it was sent."
As soon as he said this, the hall immediately became deserted, and even Count Xiao Tang had nothing to say, because even if he used his golden finger to probe this head, the news he got was "This person is dead and cannot be detected".
"Judging by his hairstyle and skin, I think he might be a nobleman."
Finally, after careful study, the knight of Alcoba said: "His skin was quite white, and there were no signs of scars, and it was evident that the man had not done any hard work; And his hairstyle, such a Mediterranean hairstyle, could only be cut by monks and nobles. ”
Hearing the knight of Alcoba say this, the surrounding knights also gathered around to observe carefully, and then nodded in agreement with the knight's words, and decided that this person should be a nobleman.
"Very good, now that we have a consensus, this head should belong to a nobleman, so we have to consider which nobleman it belongs to." Count Xiao Tang said: "So, in the recent period, which nobleman has lost contact with him, or has he been killed?"
"I heard that the second son of the Earl of Ormond went out hunting and didn't come back for a few days, but judging by his age, it shouldn't be his."
A knight said this, although it was nonsense, but it also ruled out a possibility.
"There is also a bard who said that the second daughter of King William of England died last month, but this head can't be a woman, right?"
“……”
That's it, one by one, the suspicious, or completely unreliable characters were raised, and then they were rejected, and finally, the knight of Alcoba said:
"Last month, Grand Duke Murchid and his son, Prince Murcheltci fought, there was no news of the prince after the Grand Duke's victory, I originally thought that the prince should still be in the grand duke's dungeon, but now ......"
Count Don Jr. struck a clever slap.
That narrowly won war, that scene of heavy cavalry charging in groups, Count Tang really didn't want to look back again.
"Newspaper—"
At this time, news came from the door of the castle hall.
"Report to the Earl, Knights, early this morning, rumors spread in the town, saying that the Earl had taken in the defecting Prince Mulcheltch a few days ago, and killed him because of a moment of displeasure, and that the two Grand Dukes of Ireland had brought soldiers and horses, and were about to avenge the prince!"
Count Xiao Tang and the knights looked shy, only to feel that their mouths were full of bitterness, and now, things were in trouble.
PS: Although I was ten minutes late, I finally didn't break my promise......