Chapter 137 The so-called 'relatives'
Tonight's Maple Leaf Village is a little different from the past, and every house is brightly lit.
The village was full of people, and standing at the front of the village were of course the town elder Billy and the old village chief of Maple Leaf Village.
The news that Locke was about to be awarded the knighthood, I don't know when the old Locke leaked his mouth, and the whole village, oh no, the whole town knew.
Coupled with the affirmation of the soldiers, the entire mine town was a little boiling.
This is the first nobleman to come out of the mining town! Old Billy burped and thought with a smile that if there was a first, there would be a second, maybe it would be from his own family.
In addition to the people with names and surnames in the town, there are also people from other towns to congratulate them, and the old Locke family has been out of the limelight these days.
Maybe Old Locke didn't accidentally say something out of his mouth, but specializedly.
Locke only had two drinks with a few soldiers he knew, and then hid outside the village in peace.
At night, the thin river outside the village flowed quietly, and Locke sat on the bank playing with stones boringly, splashing the water.
In the past, when the family was in difficulty, I didn't see anyone to help, but now it is developed, all kinds of strange relatives have found the door, just now there is a thirty-year-old man who calls Locke uncle, this guy is from Luoxia Town, more than a hundred miles away from the mining town, I really don't know how he brought his wife and children over.
The most speechless thing is that Old Locke took out the family book, I don't know how many years of family tree has been sealed, and searched for a long time, and it turned out that this thing is really Locke's nephew, but the blood relationship between the two families has been separated by five generations.
The man licked his face and called him uncle, and Locke felt a chill down his spine, so he had to hurry away, leaving old Locke to meet his 'nephew'.
I heard that the nobles value this family bloodline very much, and Locke doesn't know if he will have to accept these relatives after becoming a knight.
The few relatives in the mining town, Locke still recognizes, at least a few families are close, and there are still some friendships over the years, as for the others, Locke thought of the man, his body shuddered, how far and how far to roll.
At some point, Kane and Hans came to Locke's side with two bottles of wine.
"Everybody's looking for you, and the mayor has asked you to speak. Hans sat on Locke's right and gave him a bottle of wine.
"No!" Locke took the bottle and took a sip from his head. Although this beer does not have the aroma of the ale brewed by Xia Qian, it has a long rhyme and is worth savoring.
"What's wrong?" Kane sat on the other side of Locke, and took a sip with his head up.
Locke didn't answer, just took a sip of the wine in his hand from time to time.
Seeing this, Kane and Hans didn't say anything, but also picked up the bottle and drank with Locke.
A bottle of beer quickly went down, Locke's cheeks were slightly red, he didn't clean up the alcohol with a fighting spirit, and the amount of alcohol that was not large made Locke drunk for three points.
Throwing the beer bottle in his hand away, Locke stared at the full moon reflected in the river before he said, "I don't know when the next time the brothers meet?"
When Kane and Hans heard this, their expressions sank, and Hans drank the wine in his hand in one gulp, followed Locke's example, and threw the beer bottle away. Kane took two sips of wine, then stopped drinking, put the bottle at his side, and lay on his back on the turf on the shore, with his arms under his head, looking at the bright moon in the sky.
The three fell silent.
In the quiet night sky, the chirping of small insects around them, the three big men just lay side by side like children.
"I'm going out this time, and I probably won't come back. Locke was the first to break the peace.
"First go to the royal capital of Flor, then to the Omore Empire, and after that, I don't know where to go... Locke recounted.
Kane and Hans listened silently, it was impossible for Hans to follow Locke, the family had just betrothed him a family last month, he was a young lady from a family in the town, and he had been married a few years ago.
Kane is similar, born as an orphan beggar, he has been wandering long enough all these years, and it is time to find a place to rest.
Leah is not interested in him, Kane is not stupid, of course he can see it, he rarely appears in front of Leah in the past two months, just watching from afar.
He plans to stay in Maple Leaf Village for two or three years first, and then go on adventures to find his true love.
"In two years, I'll go to you!" Kane said.
"Don't!" Locke stopped, "Do you know how far Faustin is from the Omoor Empire?
It's not that Locke is alarmist, but that's what it is. There are three kingdoms between the Kingdom of Faustin and the O'Moore Empire, and they will pass through several different countries along the way, and it is difficult to reach the end without following the large army.
Unless he has the strength of a high-level attendant, he can deal with all kinds of emergencies alone, and Kane has not even practiced Dou Qi at present.
"I'll be back!" said Locke, "in five years." ”
When Hans and Kane heard this number, they smiled wryly, five years, another five years, how many five years are there in life?
Because of the inconvenience caused by the long distance between Faustin and the Omore Empire, it took four months for the convoy to arrive at the Omore Empire from the royal capital of Flor, so it was unlikely that Angelina would return to China during her study abroad.
The course for a magic apprentice is generally five years.
After opening another bottle of wine, the three of them continued to get drunk, and only by anesthetizing themselves with alcohol could they slightly reduce the sorrow of the brother's parting.
I don't know how long I drank, the bottles that Hans brought back and forth were empty, and the three big men at this time you grabbed my hand, and I held your feet, rolling in a ball without any scruples, and lying drunk on the bank of the river.
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Locke's skull hurt a little, desperately opened his eyes, a stinky foot was clubbed on the tip of Locke's nose, after a trace of confusion, Locke hurriedly slapped the stinky foot away with his hand, it was Hans's, this guy was holding Kane at this time and didn't know what to say.
Pulling his hands and feet from the tangled limbs of the two brothers, Locke stood up and woke up.
A gust of wind blew, and Locke was shocked, and goosebumps suddenly appeared on his body.
It's late at night, everything is silent, and even the insects on the branches of the trees have moved back to their nests to sleep.
I washed my face with river water, sobered up, turned around and kicked Kane and Hans twice, the two of them were motionless, they didn't wake up, and Locke didn't bother to care about these two people, anyway, it was the physical fitness that had been working in the barracks for several years, and they couldn't freeze to death after sleeping outside for a night.
Staggering towards the village, Locke could use his fighting spirit to run his blood and force out the alcohol, but he didn't, he wanted to remember this unforgettable night, tomorrow the family would leave for the royal capital of Flor.
Walking into the village, there were still some voices of chattering, Maple Village was too small, and there were so many people pouring in at once, there would not be enough room to accommodate everyone, many people could only sit around the courtyard outside, and they couldn't sleep, so chat.
Everyone who saw Locke coming cautiously greeted him, just as Locke was as humble as he had been with Master Sauron, although he was drunk, this feeling made Locke very satisfied, and a seed of desire was germinating in his heart.
Smiling back at each of the civilians who greeted him, Locke made his way to his yard, leaving behind a group of people whispering about him.
As soon as I approached the courtyard, before I could knock on the door, there was a chaotic quarrel in the courtyard, and it seemed that someone was crying, and the voice was very low.
After listening dizzily outside the door for a long time, Locke suddenly heard that it was his sister's crying, and regardless of the quarrel that was like a fly buzzing, Locke kicked open the door, and his strength was so great that even the door shaft was broken.
Suddenly kicked the door, woke up a group of people arguing in the yard, only to see a man who looked like a thin bamboo pole, proudly pulling Leah's shoulders, on the other side of the same thin man and a middle-aged woman who looked like his father kept saying something to old Locke and Tia, Locke vaguely heard "My son and your daughter are a match made in heaven... Yunyun"
The so-called 'relatives' next to him also helped on the side, persuading Old Locke and the two to agree to this family business, forcing Old Locke and Tia to jump in a hurry, but they just couldn't get close to their daughter.
"You guys are ??!! the other way" Locke shouted, because he was drunk, he unconsciously used a little vindictiveness, and the sound was so loud that it woke up the whole village.
The people in the courtyard bore the brunt of the attack, and everyone was startled by the sudden roar and retreated, and old Locke and Tia took the opportunity to run to their daughter's side.
Faster than them is Locke, the muscles of his right leg glared, Locke instantly came to the bamboo pole man's side, and hit the man's right rib with a straight punch full of strength, the bamboo pole man was like a kite with a broken string, and like chopsticks that were torn off, after squirting out a mouthful of blood with internal organs, he rolled down to the side and didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
The crowd in the courtyard let out frightened screams, and the parents of the bamboo pole man ran to their son and looked at the unconscious bamboo pole man with concern.
The whole village heard the movement in the courtyard of Locke's house, and after a while, everyone rushed over to see what was going on.
Kane and Hans, who had been sleeping by the river outside the village, were the first to arrive, and both rushed in with their swords, followed by countless soldiers with swords, and they all heard Locke's roar.
Dozens of soldiers surrounded the people in the courtyard, although they were not wearing armor, but the cold swords and the soldiers' eyes as if they were looking at dead people made these besieged people cry in fright, and kept explaining, and called old Locke and Tia to come over to intercede.
The last to walk in was Joshak, who glanced coldly at the people in the courtyard, then at the Locke family, who had been comforting Leah, and ordered the soldiers, "Take them all!"
A group of soldiers, carrying these so-called 'relatives' of the Locke family, left the courtyard.
Joshak winked at old Billy, and at the mayor's shout, the people left in an orderly manner.
Locke took Leah's hand and was about to comfort her, but Leah hugged Locke tightly and refused to let go.
Seeing this, Old Locke and Tia just looked at the two siblings with strange faces.