Chapter 49: Mutiny
It was a dull, dim, sloppy night, with no stars in sight, but a bleak white moonlight, like the dying man's dying countenance, emitting a melancholy, hazy moonlight, and the Count of Noamon and the six remaining knights by his side wandered out of the desolate wilderness, tired and hungry, and the cold night wind blew on their tattered, thin clothes, making them shiver.
"Look, the place where I was nurtured is burning, and the mob have broken into my home, trying to cut off my head so that I can ask for a reward in front of my master, and I have to flee in panic like a lost dog, and Philip died trying to protect me, and now I am alone, wandering in this strange, gloomy, damp forest........" The Count of Noamon sighed sadly, and his knights wept when they heard it.
Yesterday I sat at the top of the castle, there was a warm stove, laughter between the staggered chips and the cups and lamps, silver knives and forks glittering under the crystal lamp, and the taste of roast duck and foie gras was so sweet and rich...... Count Noamon shed weak tears of sorrow, and this old lion was in his twilight years.
"My lord, there's a bonfire ahead. The knight said.
Count Noamon raised his head, glanced at the knight, and said, "What's your name?" β
"Mason Gregory," said the brave knight.
"Then Mason, please go and find out for me, whether there is friend or foe ahead. "Today, the Earl of Noamon is already in the limelight, and the grass and trees are all soldiers.
The brave and loyal knight, riding his horse and whipping in the direction of the campfire, he was ordered by his lord to examine any suspicious elements one by one. Who else could there be outside this wilderness, but the robbers who stood in the way and the merchants who were on the way?
Noamon did not wait long, and in a moment the knight returned, and he told the Count of Noamon that ahead was the camp of Baron Dontyne, and that he and his defeated soldiers had withdrawn from the battlefield and fled here, from where he had camped for the night.
Don Teine lowered his head, anxiously waiting for the arrival of Count Noammon, after all, he has not yet received the pardon of Count Noammon, when Don Teen was put into the prison car to be guarded, he thought that he was finished, wow wow cry, who knew that the Count of Noamon was defeated, the soldiers were defeated like a mountain and fled in a panic, no one was taking care of him, although he lost the guard, but Tang Teen was still locked in the carriage, looking at the soldiers who fled one by one, Tang Taien's face was pale, and he shouted for help but no one paid attention to him, fortunately his subordinates, the knight of Adam was loyal, and ran to rescue him with the soldiers, he smashed the iron lock of the prison car with a sword, and fled with Don Tae-eun.
Because Baron Dontyne's army remained in the rear from beginning to end, and never really participated in the battle from the beginning of the war to the defeat, it is still well preserved, with more than a hundred people, and the only fool who died was frightened to death by the Karazhan cavalry charge.
But the reproach that Baron Don Tyne had foreseen did not come, and the Count of Noamon did not even look at him, but sat down by the campfire with his tired body, and took the roast rabbit from the shelf and ate it, and tore a part of it for the knight beside him, but did not leave it for Don Tyne at all.
Although he was not reprimanded by the Count of Noammon, which made the timid Baron Don Tyne feel a lot more relieved, but it still made him feel distressed to see the roast rabbit that originally belonged to him being feasted on by the Count of Noamon, who was already obese after a day of hard work, his stomach was almost hungry, and now he was robbed of love by a knife, but the cowardly Baron Don Tyne did not dare to claim his ownership of this rabbit.
But the knight of Adam on the side looked at this scene and was very indignant, this rabbit was hunted by his subordinates with great difficulty, and it was also the only one, the food offered to his lord, and he and the rest of the soldiers could only chew wild vegetables that were difficult to swallow, and now they were brutally seized by the Earl of Noammon, and the Count of Noamon had arrested his master and put him in prison, and even wanted to deprive him of his title, as the knight of the Baron Don Tayne, he naturally complained about the Count of Noamun.
"Anything else?" said Count Noamun, after eating the rabbit, and then took charge of Baron Dontyne.
Don Teehn said with a sad face: "There is only this one." β
At this time, Baron Dontyne's stomach cried out untimely, and he was ashamed to want to burrow into the ground.
"Useless guys. Said the Count of Noammon.
"Give me your big. Count Noamon said, pointing to the boar-fur coat on Baron Dontyne.
Baron Don Tyne reluctantly took off his coat and handed it to Count Noamon.
The Count of Noamon took the coat, covered it on his body, and fell asleep in a while, and everything that had happened today had exhausted him both physically and mentally.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and Baron Don Tyne, who had lost his leather coat, shivered with cold, and curled up by the campfire to keep warm.
Adam took off his velvet coat and draped it over Don Tairn's body, and said, "Your Excellency, you can use this." β
"So what do you do. β
"My lord, I'm fine. β
Adam scooped up another bowl of leftover soup and handed it to Don Tayne.
Baron Tang Taien took a bite, and the bitter taste of the wild vegetables even made him almost vomit, but in order to take in the calories needed by his body, he still pinched his nose and forced himself to eat it.
"My lord, you said that the Great Rock City would not be occupied, otherwise how could Count Noamon come to this wilderness, and this is not the road to the Great Rock City. Adam whispered in Dontyne's ear.
"No......"
"If the Great Rock City is indeed taken, then Count Noamon is finished. β
"What do you want to say?" Baron Don Tyne was dull, but he could still detect Adam's words.
Adam turned his head to see that Count Noamon and his knights were already asleep.
"My lord, we might as well take Count Noamon now, tie him up, and present him to Count Karazan, and perhaps we will not be held accountable, and we will still receive a reward. Adam told his plot.
"No, no....... The Earl will kill me. Don Teyne was so frightened by Adam's rebellious thought that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly vetoed.
"Your Excellency, you must think that the Count of Noamun is finished, and there is no power to return to heaven. And even if he could make a comeback and return to Boulder, would you think he would pardon you for your sins? He will only remember that you made him lose face and fall off his horse, but he will not remember that you gave him a shelter on a windy night, and gave him a roast rabbit when you were hungry. Count Noamon is such a serpent and scorpion person, he only doesn't hold you accountable for his faults now, just because he is incapable, and you can't let him return to Boulder City with such a person. β
"But, but, it's a rebellion. Baron Don said hesitantly.
Seeing that Baron Don Tayne was shaken, Adam immediately approached with relentless pursuit: "You have to think like this, it was Count Noamon who took the lead in sending assassins to assassinate Count Karazan in the chaos, the future Duke, we escorted him to Count Karazan, it is our allegiance to the McCarvey family, and our allegiance to the south, how can this be a rebellion, on the contrary, it is a proof of your loyalty to the McCarvey family." β
The king of the king is not my king, and the minister of the minister is not my minister. Under the framework of this feudal system, which only needs to be responsible for the effectiveness of its own lord, the theory of Adam's knight is untenable at all, because it was the Noamun family, not the McCarvey family, who gave the Dontyne family land, so the Dontyne family was not responsible to the McCarvey family, but only to the Noamon family.
But for hundreds of years, the southern frontier has prospered under the stable rule of the Maikawi family, and the surname Maikawi has become so popular that it has been heard of by woodcutters in the mountains and shepherds in the wilderness. So I don't know when the McCarvey family became the symbol of the South, and the germ of this concept was planted in the hearts of all the people of the South, which is undoubtedly what Julian hopes to see, and then the McCarvey family will become the monarch of all people in the South, whether it is a minister or a monarch, there is only one co-master, that is Duke McCarvey.
Adam's words moved Baron Don Tyne, he looked at the Earl of Noamun, who was lying on the ground sleeping peacefully, and found incredibly and inadvertently that the majestic lion who roared under the dazzling sun was now so haggard, and his state was completely weakened, the original sharp fangs had been broken and crumbling, the claws that were as sharp as a spear had been broken, he had entered his twilight years, and he no longer had the ability to control this territory, and the old and aging male lion was destined to be replaced by a young male lion who was stronger than him, and when he was expelled from the territory, his territory and family would become the territory and family of the victorγ
"Let's do it. Baron Don Tyne said with determination, and at that moment, Count Noamon was no longer so powerful and invincible in his heart.
Knight Adam woke up the sleeping soldiers, trying to tie them all up while the Earl of Noamon and his men were asleep, during which the knight of Mason woke up vigilantly, he looked at the subordinates of Baron Don Tyne who were holding the rope and holding the soldiers, and his face was solemn and his hand touched the long sword at his waist, but found that the long sword had disappeared where it had been placed.
The Mason Knight, who had lost his weapon, was knocked to the ground by the swarms of soldiers and tied up with ropes. This was just an amusing episode, and Count Noamon and his knights were so tired that they didn't even expect Baron Dontyne's rebellion, so Count Noamon and his men were captured one by one without a single injury.
Knight Adam poured a basin of cold water on Count Noamun, who was still in a trance, and was soaked with cold water, Count Noamon shuddered suddenly, and woke up suddenly, he looked at the rope tied to his body and his subordinates who were tied together with him, and scolded loudly: "Don Taien, are you looking for death? What are you doing? Don't hurry up and untie me, or I'll kill you bastard with a sword." β
The fear in the heart of the Count of Noamon was not something that could be easily disintegrated, even in the face of such a non-threatening Earl of Noamon, Baron Don Tayne was so frightened that he unconsciously fell backwards and fell hard.
Seeing this, the Count of Noamon and his men laughed wildly.
Adam helped Dontyne to his feet, then walked up to Count Noamon and struck him in the face with an iron fist, shattering several teeth.
It was only the Count of Noamon and his knights who reacted, and they were just fish on the board to be slaughtered.
Don Tyne got up, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and said: "Andrei Noamon, you have sent assassins to assassinate the only son of Duke McCarvey, the guardian of the South, and the first heir of the Mykhavi family, Earl Julian McCarvey, it is really a great crime, and I swear by the glory of the Don Tyne family, I will escort you to Count Karazan, let him judge your crimes, and make you pay for your crimes." β