Chapter 143: The Past
Leon has completely figured out the reason for the mutiny, and now he can return to Ravenwood with peace of mind. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As long as the war is for internal power, it will not affect the surrounding towns, unless there is close contact, and Leon has no contact with the lord and Fury, and there is no business relationship between the two places, so the war has almost no effect on him.
As for the two deserters, he didn't bother to bother with them, and left them completely to Mormont.
"Goodbye, Monsieur Mormont. Leon came outside, his mission was completed, and he planned to leave immediately.
"Wait a minute. Mormont stopped him, as if he had something to say.
"What's the matter?" Leon turned, there should be nothing to talk about between them.
"Can you please do me a favor?" Mormont was very sincere, and it didn't seem to be a trivial matter. Ever since he heard about the rebellion, he was very uneasy, and the longer the war dragged on, the more the townspeople would suffer in the future, and he planned to go to the neighboring water city to help the lord put down the rebellion.
"If only I could. "Leon did not refuse, Mormont is a man of good character, and if he is a person in his own territory, he will definitely be reused.
"Can you help me lease a horse?" Mormont thought that this request was a bit excessive, everyone just knew each other, and asked the other party to spend a lot of money to lease a horse for him, once the horse died, the money could not be returned, and this time he participated in the battle, and the probability of not getting it back was very high.
"Oh, you're going to go to war?" Leon guessed his purpose.
"Yes, I intend to help the lord put down the rebellion. Mormont did think so, but he had to join the lord's army, and he couldn't do without a war horse, and if he couldn't find a suitable war horse, he could make do with an old horse.
"Why don't you help Fury?" Leon wanted to hear what he had to say.
"This rebellion is all due to Fury's personal selfishness, and I must help Lord Lordship put down the rebellion. Mormont thought very clearly, Fury is now in a weak position, and once someone helps him, he will definitely be reused, but what he wants is not status, but peaceful life. Whatever the reason, he will always be on the side of the lord.
"Okay, I'll help you. "Leon's opinion of Mormont has improved a little, it is a pity that such a person is not reused by the lord, I hope that this time it can be excavated.
"Thank you, Monsieur Leon, where shall I go to you in the future?" Mormont did not think about the favor of the people in vain, and when the war was settled, he must come to the door to repay it himself.
"No need, we'll meet again. "Leon doesn't want to reveal his identity yet, and if he opens up a land route in the future, he will definitely appear again.
There was a large old tree outside the town of Guding, its thick trunk covered with wrinkled brown dead bark, and the canopy of the tree covered the sky and the sun, shrouded in a pool of black clear water.
The bottom of the pond is covered with fallen leaves that have been piled up for many years, and when viewed from above, the water is as clear as ink.
Mormont sat on a rock by the pool, a sharp sword resting on his lap, and he was wiping the fine long sword, and behind him an old horse was leisurely enjoying the young grass that had just emerged.
"It's been ten years. Mormont said to himself, this long sword has been idle for ten years, and the surface is so bright and sharp for a long time, and now it is really forced to use it again.
He used to be a proud knight.
Ten years ago, he was a freelancer in the West, and with his excellent skills, he was favored by many lords, but he didn't want to be tied down, and was willing to be a freelancer without a lord as a backer.
The freelancer does not need to show loyalty to any lord or serve them, he is free to settle in various parts of the kingdom, and his wish is to wander the world.
It all changed 10 years ago.
He was in a city in the West, and one day on the street, he found a fierce man beating a woman, and he stepped forward to stop him, and as a result, he had a dispute with this man, and both sides were injured by each other, but he had the upper hand.
Then the officers and soldiers arrived and took them back to the prison.
At the time of the magistrate's trial, Mormont was convicted, but the man was acquitted because the beaten woman identified Mormont as a criminal.
Mormont found it hard to believe that if she hadn't done it herself, she would probably have been beaten to death by that man, and now she had actually framed herself with perjury. He didn't want to blame too much, he thought that the woman was just under pressure to do it.
Because of this, Mormont was imprisoned for a year. Soon after he was released from prison, he learned that the man was from the lord's family, and that the woman was actually married to him.
Mormont felt that he was too ridiculous, and that his righteous act was nothing more than a joke in their eyes, and he suffered a year in prison for nothing.
With a history of being imprisoned for crimes, his reputation was greatly reduced, and most lords no longer valued him, so in a fit of rage, Mormont decided not to be a knight in name only, and settled in various places, never leaving after arriving in the town of Guding five years ago.
Now he has picked up the long sword of the past again, but he has lost the high spirit he had at the beginning.
"Mormont, what are you trying to do here?" Socorry, who wanted to snatch food that day, passed by the pool tremblingly, and happened to see Mormont wiping his sword.
"Can't you see?" Mormont didn't want to talk to him, he was no different from the two soldiers who came today, and it would make people feel uncomfortable.
"You actually want to take advantage of the rebellion to grab food, wow, you acted like a righteous and awe-inspiring person yesterday, but you didn't expect to show your true colors today. Sokori's first reaction was that he was ready to force the townspeople to hand over the food they got yesterday, after all, his martial arts were very strong, which the townspeople knew very well, and with a long sword in his hand, no one dared to resist under his threat.
"Shut your mouth, or you'll never want to speak. Mormont stared at him fiercely, this kind of person will always have evil thoughts in his head, if he has enough power in his hands, Mormont will definitely let him mend his ways.
"Hmph, you still dare to threaten me, I'll go and inform everyone immediately, I don't believe you can kill us all. Sokoli had been worried about the rebellion, but now that he was frightened again, his legs couldn't help shaking.
Mormont stood, sword in front of him.
"Sokory, if I have the chance, I will teach you how to be a person. Mormont didn't have the time to talk to this man, so he put away his sword and prepared to set off for the neighboring water city.
"You, what do you mean?" Sokori, who had long wanted to escape, couldn't move at this time, his legs trembled so much that he couldn't even take a step.
Mormont mounted his horse and passed by him slowly, not speaking, but giving him an unquestioning look.