Chapter 19: The Three Cavalry Rush (I)
Early tomorrow morning, Fang Xin came to the square.
When he reached the square, he was stopped by a man, very young, dressed in a long, brightly colored priest's robe, but with a pale face and bloodshot eyes.
Fang Xin recognized him, he was yesterday's pastor: "Hello, Pastor Isbey. ”
The priest said very enthusiastically: "Fortunately, I finally completed the purification of your armor before the morning, but it is too late to put the family brand on your armor, it seems that this must wait for you to come back, I am preparing to eat, don't you plan to come?" ”
Fang Xin hesitated slightly, and then understood.
The formal knighthood is not an individual matter, it is a solemn and public collective ceremony.
The hereditary Sir Lycock family can only canonize two knights, and if you want to canonize yourself, you must gather most of the nobles and knights to come and watch the ceremony, and you must bathe yourself last night to wash away all the sins on your body. Then he was dressed in a white robe, with a robe belt around his waist, and prayed all night until this morning in the hall, which was given by the hereditary knight himself.
And now his apprentice knight has no territory, he only needs to provide himself with food and lodging, and pay a salary, plus there are frequent wars here, the so-called apprentice knight is actually a high-level cannon fodder, and the degree of attention is much different.
Knowing this, he immediately arrived in a room, where a fat servant greeted him.
When the two sat down at a table made of pine planks, white bread and cheese were served.
When the food was finished, the preparation was almost done, Fang Xin entered the hall, and there were not many people inside, that is, the butler, the lady of the dame, the priest Isbey, and a real knight, Alec.
"Hannett, Freeman, would you like to be a midshipman of House Lycock?"
Fang Xin half-knelt down: "In the name of Hannett, Hannett will be loyal to Ellie Richcock from now on, fulfill all his obligations as a vassal, and never cheat!" ”
Fang Xin's oath was never called me, but Hannett, which was a bit strange in grammar, but there was no major problem, and no one present cared.
Miss Ellie took out a sword and pointed it at Fang Xin's shoulder, "I canonize you as a probationary knight in the name of the Licock family. ”
Yu Ruyi suddenly moved, Fang Xin was a little strange, but the ceremony ended simply.
When Fang Xin stood up, the relationship was completely different, and Miss Ellie's attitude immediately changed: "Knight Hannett, this sword will be rewarded to you, and besides, your horse is not a war horse, I have already given you a new one, you can complete the task of notifying the families first, and other things will be talked about when you come back." ”
"Thank you, miss, don't worry, I'll be back soon." Fang Xin said, and immediately took the sword, this sword was indeed much better than the original.
"You can pick two squires, go and come back quickly, the war is about to begin."
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Fang Xin promised, in fact, the two squires had already been selected, and they were ready immediately, this war horse was indeed very strong and powerful, and the whole set of knight armor was not too heavy.
Fang Xin still rode his original horse, took two attendants, and the horse with heavy armor, and rode west into the territory of Viscount Chekeley Ray, which was the largest nobleman in the vicinity, and reported to him, and most of the task was completed.
Hurrying up, at noon, the three of them entered the core territory, which was a real castle compared to the Stonewall town of the Richcock family, located on a hill.
Fifteen meters high stone fortress with five watchtowers, stables, barracks, granaries, cisterns and a moat outside, on a hill opposite the Blue Castle, a magnificent church, where the priests were trained.
The castle is surrounded by a wide view, which is deliberately cut down by forests and grasses, and at the end of the view, the slopes of the hills are covered with dark green branches, and from the hills you look down, a field of farmland on the plain: vast and fertile.
It is indeed a good place, Fang Xin thought, stepped forward to report, because of his title of trainee knight, after the briefing, Fang Xin quickly got an audience, and under the guidance of a teenager, they crossed the wooden bridge together, this wooden bridge was strong and strong, and could accommodate five people to enter and exit, crossed the bridge, and entered the hall of the inner fort.
"Dear Viscount Checkley Ray, it is a great honour to meet you, and I have brought with me the letterhead of Baron Edie Derrick to report to you that the Earl of Bremen is about to start war again."
When the young man brought Fang Xin into the hall, Fang Xin hurriedly bowed half-kneeling and said so.
Sitting in an oak red chair, Viscount Cekley Ray swept the messenger kneeling in front of him.
Twenty years old, of medium stature, with a calm expression, without the slightest lewdness of a pariah, he nodded at the moment and said, "Knight Hannett, get up, bring up the letter!" ”
I took the letterhead and looked at it carefully, but in fact, Viscount Chekeley Ray didn't really look at it, because the content was already too familiar, every ten years or so, the evil Count Bremen would start a war, and it had become a habit, even himself, and he had already taken it twice, and this was already the third time.
The endless war has become a bottomless pit that drains wealth and life, he is a viscount, and the war dead are endless for generations, thinking of this, he has a feeling of helplessness.
"I see, go down, it's a reward for you!" Due to tiredness and helplessness, the viscount did not ask about the specific situation, and naturally the evaluation of the letter was not very high, although it seems that this Hannit knight is quite good, but he only rewarded a few more silver coins, and then said: "I will have a round with the baron and the knight, you can go down to eat something first, after eating, continue to report to other territories!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Viscount, for your generosity!" Fang Xin was a little depressed, if he brought the loot, the treatment would definitely be different, so he had to stand up at this time, and when he saw him waving his hand, he automatically walked out of the hall.
However, in the blink of an eye, Yu Ruyi still moved slightly, and the old servant who led him down to eat was a little secretive, Fang Xin secretly took out Yu Ruyi and looked at it, barely feeling a little more.
Could it be that there would also be merit to be gained by passing on the message to the various lords? Fang Xin was a little confused, he thought carefully, maybe it was because he spread the information to make the Resistance Alliance established, which would be beneficial to the survival of the people of these territories?
Fang Xin originally thought that he would receive some treatment, but the old servant gave him white bread and some guan intestines, so Fang Xin had to eat a little and left.
Fang confidently pulled out the horses that had rested for an hour, and hurried to the third point.
After galloping for the afternoon, resting for the night, the next morning, approaching the new territory, but only turning a hill, found a new situation.
"Look, my lord, this village has been attacked." Looking down from the hills, the sun was shining, and the smoke was billowing below, and when I looked closely, I could see the actions of a group of dark soldiers.
The dark soldier laughed wildly, burned all the houses, chased and killed men and children, and stripped the woman of his clothes, and raped him on the spot, and after the rape, the woman took a knife and cut off her chest, looking at all this, Fang Xin sank violently, such a situation has been seen many times in the book, but it is the first time that he has really seen it with his own eyes.