In an inn in Croyne called 'Old Drunkard', several people sat around and listened to a rather unruly dressed knight recount the dangers he had endured on the road and in the war. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The knight had a large beard and was about forty years of age; Broad-shouldered, tall, with his hair haphazardly draped, he wore a leather tunic with traces of a cuirass, a belt strung with copper buckles, a knife with a scabbard on it, and a short sword for travelling at his waist.

Sitting at the table next to him was a young man who looked quite young. He had short hair, was equally tall, and looked stronger, and looked more cheerful, apparently his companion, or perhaps an attendant, for he wore a similar fur coat that he wore when he went out.

The arrival of these two people is obviously a big deal for the 'drunkard master', after all, this inn is more mainly for the surrounding peasants, as well as passing traveling merchants to provide a place to rest or drink for fun, simply put, it is a low-grade and low-level, like the knight lord such a 'person of status', under normal circumstances, it is rare to come to this kind of place.

But fortunately, this knight lord is really quite kind, perhaps he has traveled abroad, experienced a lot of ups and downs, even in the face of the lowest Jewish merchants, he can still maintain a harmonious smile, which really reassures the shopkeeper a lot, which is why several people are willing to listen to this knight lord's story.

After all, no one wants to sit next to a tiger who may draw his sword and cut someone at any moment, and is still innocent.

"This noble knight lord, you have seen a lot of the world." One of the merchants said.

-- Merchant creatures are always bolder, especially when it is profitable, didn't Marx say: "If capital has fifty percent profit, it will take risks; If there is a 100% profit, it dares to trample on all the laws of the world; If there is a profit of three hundred percent, it dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged. "Now it's obvious that there is no profit or not, but there is certainly no danger, not to mention the benefits of befriending a knight. In fact, most of the people sitting next to the knights now were merchants.

"I can't talk about the world, but one of the proudest things in my life is that I have participated in the great Lord's crusade and fought those cunning heretics face to face!" The knight was quite talkative, and after two glasses of mead, he immediately opened the conversation clip and said proudly.

"Lord!" The merchant who asked the question obviously didn't expect the down-and-out knight in front of him to have such a legendary experience, and said dumbfoundedly: "This is really, this is really, this is really amazing!" ”

"Yes, it was a fantastic experience, and even now, when you close your eyes, the majestic walls of the Holy City seem to be right in front of you. And the vicious pagan devils, their shining scimitars, the roar of the cavalry, still wander my dreams night and night. The knight held his glass and sighed as he reminisced about the glorious days.

"Come on! Let me toast to your radiant soul! May your soul ascend to heaven soon!" Another merchant stood up and raised his glass. Although this sentence is suspected of cursing people to die early, there will be absolutely no doubts about this occasion. For this is the Lord's walker on earth, declared by His Holiness the Pope himself, that whoever participates in the Crusades will ascend to heaven!

The knight was evidently very happy, and after another glass of mead, and after a few glasses of wine, the relationship between the men was evidently much warmer, and one of the merchants asked, "Your Excellency Knight, you have gone to the Promised Land, where milk and honey flow, and what are you doing in this desolate and bitter place?" ”

When the knight heard this question, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and his face became a little sad, and several merchants next to him hurriedly glanced at the merchant who asked the question, and the merchant who asked the question also regretted it and quickly apologized, but the knight stopped him.

"There's nothing you can't say, it's just a long story." The knight was silent for a while, apparently sorting out his thoughts, before he spoke slowly: "About fifteen years ago, at the call of His Majesty the Pope, I, along with my brothers, took part in the Lord's expedition. We first arrived in Hungary, where we joined the forces of Conrad III, King of the Holy Roman Empire, and then we passed through Eastern Rome and entered Asia Minor. There we were confronted with an elaborate ambush by the infidels, the whole army was defeated, and the wails of the dead were everywhere, and I thought that was the end of my life. ”

Speaking of this, the knight laughed self-deprecatingly, drank a full glass of mead, and then said: "That battle was really chaotic, the infidels and their ferocious sabers were harvesting lives everywhere, and we couldn't find where the commander was, and then I took my brothers to fight all the way, and I actually killed a way, and we kept killing along this road, and we kept killing if we didn't know anything, and when we came back to our senses, we didn't know where we went, and we were lost." ”

Speaking of this, there was actually a pause, and the boss standing next to him quickly took the opportunity to add a glass of wine, and it turned out that before he knew it, the people in the inn had gathered here to listen to the knight's story.

"It was a long time before we heard the end of that battle, when we had wandered to Antalya, where we met the army of Louis VII, King of France, the Confessor, and we joined him, and sailed to Antioch, where we rested for another month, until June, when we finally reached the Holy City, and the war with the pagans began."

"Over the next two years, our journey was relatively smooth, we recaptured Edessa and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Aleppo, but Nur al-Din? Mahmud, the leader of the pagan devils, the demon king, led the devil's army to defeat us, and we had to abandon the offensive and start to go on the defensive. But the Demon King was still not satisfied, and he killed Raymond, the Templar's lieutenant, and slaughtered Edessa, forcing us to engage in a decisive battle with him. ”

"It was an earth-shattering battle, we almost broke through Nurdin al-Din's defenses several times, but in the end we were defeated, the crusaders failed, and my brothers and I were separated from it, only a few of them were still with me, and one of them was seriously wounded and could not survive."

The brother -- he held my hand tightly before he died, and said to me, "Olcoba, my brother! There's only one thing I'm not worried about! My son! He's still young! You have to help him! ”

"I made a vow in front of him that I would return to my hometown to assist his son, and he closed his eyes. There was nothing more to say, and after the crusade ended, I made a bumpy journey back to my hometown to fulfill my vow to my brother. ”