Chapter 254: The Unfortunate Lucky One (14) Lord Ruth, the "Lucky One", considers himself unlucky
In 1409 A.D., Ruth sent an envoy to Aurorard as an envoy to declare a state of war between the two sides. This time the mission was successfully completed, and Ruth had a meal with Colro for the first time in a long time.
On the way back to Kifuta, Ruth noticed that the rest of the envoys were getting together from time to time to talk about something, and when he got closer, they pretended to be fine.
After a few times like this, Ruth finally couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and asked what the group was talking about, was it impossible to see anyone, and why did he avoid himself?
In response to Ruth's questioning, one of the attendants stood up with their lips pursed and told Russ what they were talking about.
"Lord Ruth, we're talking about lucky you. ”
"Am I lucky?" Ruston was stunned and asked in astonishment, he had never associated himself with the word lucky, and this was the first time he had heard someone say that he was lucky.
Hearing Ruth's not stern question, the entourage seemed to be encouraged, and nodded vigorously: "Yes, the team has been talking about your luck for the past few days. ”
Hearing this kind of unbelievable (Ruth thinks it is) remarks, Ruth couldn't help but laugh for a while.
"I'm a very ordinary boy, because my family was involved in the struggle and had to be sent to Haixi for more than ten years, and because of the invasion of the barbarian king, I was a slave for more than 20 years, during which I died several times, and I never met my wife and children a few times in my life. Do you think I'm lucky like this?"
Seeing Ruth's rebuttal, one of the entourages seemed to disagree: "Lord Ruth, you can't look at it like that, think about it, what a brutal barbarian the barbarian king Ruth is, what a terrible move to smoke ten lives, and you actually survived this nightmare, isn't it lucky?"
Seeing that one of the attendants said so enthusiastically, another attendant who felt the same way also said: "If you survive the invasion, it would be fine, there will be some such lucky people every year, but Lord Ruth, your two childhood friends, have become the king of the birds...... Ah no, one has become the king of the bird of Babel, and the other has become the king of the pseudo bird of the bird, isn't this a very coincidental and very extraordinary thing?"
Hearing the words of his entourage, Ruth was almost speechless for a while: "You, you, do you actually think so?"
"Isn't it?" one of the attendants in the team was even more energetic, "Lord Ruth, I have heard that Gartnon, the strongman of the Right Sector, has also received your favor, and if he also becomes the ambassador of the Right Sector, it will be a big deal, the three highest people in Audi are all related to you." ”
"But......" Ruth tried to refute the remarks of his entourage, but he didn't know how to say it.
"Lord Ruth, did you befriend these three adults with the intention that you already knew that they would be in control of the power in the future?"
Ruth couldn't help but wipe the non-existent drops of sweat: "Where, where." ”
Do you want to tell these retinues that I was able to make friends with these three people because of the influence of that voice? But if it were not for listening to that voice, I would not have become a slave of Ruthtode, and that voice had brought me nothing of luck.
However, the retinue did not hear Ruth's whispered retort, and they shouted: "Isn't that lucky? Lucky, so lucky!
Since then, Ruth actually has a title, that is, "Lucky One" Ruth, as this group of mouthy followers spread hard, soon the name of "Lucky One" Ruth spread throughout Kifuta, which made Ruth stunned.
You say that I, a bad old man in his fifties, who has no other strengths except for an old friend from his teenage years who is the king of Babel, how can I become a "lucky one"?
However, no matter how Ruth explains, more and more people firmly believe that Ruth is a "lucky man", completely ignoring Ruth's ten-year aggrieved career and twenty years of slavery.
And an incident that happened after 1410 made Ruth's name of "lucky" resound throughout the bird body area.
In this tavern in Kifuta, for example, the bartender once again took the trouble to tell Ruth's glorious story, spitting and spatting.
"It was at the end of last year that a noble nobleman in Kifuta was framed by a lowly man who hated him, and was involved in a lawsuit that was very bad for the nobleman, because a crucial piece of evidence that proved his innocence was lost at this time. ”
"That's when the magistrate made a verdict saying that if you can find evidence before sunset, you can prove your innocence, and if you can't find it, you will have to go to jail. ”
So the nobleman went to the street to look for it, and looked for it everywhere, but unfortunately he couldn't find it, seeing that the sun was getting lower and lower, and the appointed time was getting closer and closer, it seemed that the nobleman's defeat had become a foregone conclusion. ”
"But the nobleman still did not panic, for he was sure that the gods would bless every noble nobleman, and do you know what happened at this time?"
The bartender knows how to be very eye-catching, and he pretended to be surprised when he said this, but unfortunately this story has been told too many times, except for the new arrivals, the response was not enthusiastic, but this did not curb the bartender's enthusiasm.
"The nobleman met Ruth, the 'lucky one', who was inspired by the gods and was wandering here! The nobleman had heard of Ruth's name, so he tried to shake his hand with Ruth and asked Ruth to give him luck, and the two parted. ”
"Eventually, before the sun went down, the nobles found evidence and proved their innocence!
"Oh woo ......" After the bartender finished telling Ruth's lucky story today, there was a neat roar of oooh in the tavern, which was everyone's response.
Although he had heard this story many times, Ruth's luck in the story was the envy of everyone. Even if the story is false, then at least the relationship between Ruth and Merta, Colro and Gatnon is true, which is the greatest luck!
"I've heard that the war on the front line is not going well now, if Ruth is called to the front, will it bring luck to the army?" At this time, one of the drinkers said casually, and the joke dissipated in laughter, at least at the time, no one wanted to practice this joke.
However, after repeated setbacks in the battle between Birdbody and Birdhead, the phrase "Invite Ruth to the front to bring luck to the army" began to circulate in the Birdbody District, and even many nobles took it for granted.
In the face of this trend, Ruth was surprised: "What's the matter with me? I can't fight?"
Ruth remembered the first two military wars he had actually participated in, and both of them had tragic results:
The first time was when the barbarian king Rustode besieged Haixi, it was because of the chaos caused by Rus's entry into the port that led to the fall of Haixi; the second time he led the army was the Battle of Yuliwen, but this time it had nothing to do with Ruth, because before Ruth arrived at Yuliwen, Yuliwen Fortress had already been captured, and Ruth's group of reinforcements were collectively taken prisoner.
The first two military careers brought great fear to Ruth, so Ruth made a rare statement at the meeting, angrily accusing this irresponsible statement.
"What kind of theory is it that the nobles do not lead their armies in battle, and the priests do not pray for the blessings of the gods, but ask me to be a mortal to bestow good fortune? But in the midst of a dangerous military war, it would be too much to really take the name of this joke as a lifesaver!"
In fact, the nobles with brains in Kifuta all thought this way, and they were also deeply impressed by Ruth's words, so they did not embarrass Ruth before, and under the collective resistance of the nobles, this kind of remark soon circulated only in the tavern.
However, at the end of 1410, after the Battle of Biu ended with the defeat of the Bird's Body, Ruth's blessing began to rise to the top.
"Do those remaining nobles want to enjoy Ruth's luck for themselves? The towns around Biu have been uprooted by the Southern Army, and the Southern Army has already made a smooth road to Kifuta! The Southern Army is advancing every day, and Kifuta is about to be attacked by soldiers! Why is Lord Ruth still not acting? Is Lord Ruth stingy with his luck!"
One day, when Ruth came together, he heard this remark making noise outside his house, and in an instant Ruth really had a feeling of collapse: Who made up this kind of preface and afterword? What happened to Biu's defeat of a nobleman who didn't care about me? Why did it depend on me? What is the logic behind this? Who can tell me about it?
However, what made Ruth collapse even more was the left-behind government of Kifuta, who actually believed in this evil, and this group of nobles sent a messenger to Ruth and said to Ruth that the will of the people is difficult to disobey, otherwise you will go.
So, under Marta's stunned gaze, Ruth led his servants into the barracks at the front. After Ruth recounted the reason why he was sent and the bad results of the past two military missions, Marta waved Ruth to the back camp to stay out of the way, and the self-aware Ruth was obedient and stayed in the back camp from beginning to end.
A few months later, relying on the army led by Marta to fight hard, coupled with the advantage of the mainland, Colro finally had no choice but to lead his army back to Biu, ending the invasion.
Seeing Colro retreat, Marta breathed a sigh of relief, and although the process was ugly, he still won in the end.
However, at this time, another rumor circulated in Kifuta, and the generals of Marta's men were so angry that they almost drew their swords and slashed Ruth.
"The reason why this war was lost first and then won was because of the luck brought by Ruth, the 'lucky one'. This is the reason why Kifuta thinks that this defensive battle will be finally won, and after returning to the city, the civilians in the city cheered not by the name of the general, but by the name of "Lucky One" Ruth.
"I'm going to chop that little man!" roared one of Merta's right-hand men, "I haven't slept in my robe for six months to repel the southern army! My brother and three sons died in this war!"
"And yet, the untouchables think that we can win because of the waste who sits in the back camp from beginning to end, doing nothing but eating rice!
How did I know they would think so? I'm desperate, I haven't done anything!] When I returned to the city, Ruth, who was enjoying the cheers of the mountains and the sea, burst into tears and thought about this unsolvable problem.
"Lord Ruth, the Lucky One, is in tears!" "Because he is touching his contribution to this war!"
Hearing this, Ruth's tears flowed even more, I am just a little nobleman with no real power, please let me go.