Chapter 481: Refuge

April 23, 1788, Gelinthia Continental Common Calendar, Drymke Province. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The sun is shining and the sky is cloudless.

A sturdy Northland horse, pulling a four-wheeled flatbed, is tapping along a not very wide road made of clay, lime and gravel, which is common in the province of Dramke and is mostly the main carrier of grain and sundries. In particular, when transporting grain, it can carry nearly 3,000 catties, and the sacks full of grain are high and move slowly on the avenue like a hill.

But now the flatbed cart was very empty, only a few burlap bags were piled up, and there were two people in the cart, a young man sitting on the wheel in front of him, with his head bowed and a long whip pole as if he were sleeping, and let the northland horses pulling the cart walk a few steps faster and a few slower steps on the avenue, and from time to time he stopped to pull a few green weeds from the side of the road. Another man, dressed in a shabby gray-white peasant costume, lay down on the wagon, with a burlap bag resting on his head, and a large straw hat covering his face to shield himself from the sun, as if he were sleeping soundly.

Such a scene is very common on this interprovincial highway, which is not considered a national highway, but when a big car comes on the opposite side, the coachman will shout loudly or scold a few words, and the young coachman who is dozing off will wave his whip and drive the northland horse pulling the cart to the side of the road, so as to avoid the staggered carriage, and at the same time will receive a few kind reminders or malicious lessons from the coachman on the opposite side. But the young driver didn't care, and when there was no car in front of him, he would start to doze off again......

Lorist wasn't asleep, he just lay on the flatbed and enjoyed the warm feeling of the sun shining on his body. Two months in a gloomy granary, combined with the damp feeling of the rainy season, made him fascinated by the comfort of the sun. For many years, I didn't have the free time to enjoy this kind of sunbathing days. I think that when I was in Dawn Academy, my favorite thing when I was okay was to move a recliner and read a book while basking in the sun on the balcony......

Lorist's condition was not very good, and the healing of the wounds in the past six months only healed the sword wounds on his chest and back, as well as stopped the bleeding and wounds inside his body. The two realms coincided, although the movements of Lorist and the Storm Sword Master were extremely slow, but the Storm Sword Master's long sword penetrated Lorlist's chest, and it did not reduce the damage because of the slow movement, and the fighting energy of the Storm Sword Master contained in the long sword also slowly rushed into Lorlist's body, destroying the meridians and dantian of the internal force in the body......

So Lorist is now a very weak ordinary person, or even an ordinary person, unable to do heavy work, unable to exert strength. The only thing that can be fortunate is that Reddy is by his side, because Reddy's practice of Danhai Qi Induction Technique and Lorist's Golden Water Duel are in the same vein, in the first half of the healing process, Reddy fed Lorist various healing potions to heal the wounds, while using nutritional potions to hang the unconscious Lorist's life, and at the same time used the Danhai Qi Induction Technique to input internal force into Lorist's body, remove the blood in the body and regulate the broken meridians that were destroyed by the fighting qi of the Storm Sword Saint. This is also the reason why Lorist was able to wake up so quickly.

The Storm Sword Master gave Lorist a sword, and the long sword went straight through the back from the front chest, coupled with the fighting spirit contained in the long sword, so the Storm Sword Saint thought that Lorist was more seriously injured than him. And Lorist gave the Storm Sword Saint a palm, although it shattered his entire sternum, but because the middle sword was first, Lorist withdrew part of the internal force to protect the heart vein, so the inch of his left palm only shattered the sternum of the Storm Sword Saint, injuring instead of shattering his heart, lungs and internal organs, which is also the reason why the Storm Sword Saint was able to escape in the end. Otherwise, if he shattered his heart, lungs and internal organs, the Storm Sword Saint would have been whining and wailing, and Da Luo Jinxian would not be able to save his life.

is also seriously injured, but Lorist is now in a much more miserable situation compared to the Storm Sword Master. The Storm Sword Saint can live in seclusion in Moldant City to heal his wounds, whether it is a healing potion or a living environment, it is the best. Lorlist, on the other hand, has to hide in Tibet, evading the search of the Great Swordsman sent by the Business Alliance to assassinate him. I can't go home, and I don't even dare to contact my family, for fear that someone will leak it out.

There are many reasons for this result, if there is a Zhenguo Sword Saint in a kingdom, then if the Sword Saint is injured, if the kingdom does not have enough high-end combat power to protect it, at least the kingdom's army will be used to protect it. But now the Second Highness has long been in a daze for revenge, and most of the army of the entire kingdom is fighting to the death with the business alliance. Compared with the Commercial Alliance, the Kingdom of Andinac is obviously at a disadvantage in terms of high-end combat power. The Great Swordsman of the Commercial Alliance was unable to resist the soldiers of His Royal Highness on the battlefield, so it was a normal task to be sent to assassinate the seriously wounded Lorist to eliminate the biggest threat to the Commercial Alliance.

Although Lorist was worried about the safety of Princess Celevia, her four concubines, and several of his children, he also knew that the most important thing now was to recover her injuries and restore the strength of the Sword Master. No one dares to hurt their family until they get the exact news of themselves. Otherwise, once Lorist recovers from his injuries and returns, the revenge will be bloody, and no one can bear the consequences.

There is a precedent for this, two hundred years ago, the two kingdoms of the Juggernaut were defeated in a duel, one of the Juggernaut was assassinated by the rival kingdom, the Juggernaut escaped, and his family was killed. Half a year later, the Sword Master recovered from his injuries and began to retaliate on a large scale. The king's clan of the rival kingdom and all the nobles associated with it, and nearly 70,000 people of the family of the Great Sword Master were slaughtered cleanly. Even the sword master of that enemy country stood by and refused to intervene to stop it.

The Sword Saint said, "If my family is killed because of me, I will also take revenge." I advised His Majesty not to let them carry out such a stupid act, but they did not listen, and after the assassination failed, they killed the family of the Sword Saint in a fit of rage, and there was nothing I could do about it.

The presidents of the six giants of the business alliance and the six chambers of commerce are much more sober than the king of two hundred years ago, and it is an undeniable fact that Norton Lorlist, Grand Duke of the Northlands, is a sword master. Since he and the Storm Sword Saint fought to defeat both sides, it was no wonder that they took the opportunity to eliminate the biggest threat to this business alliance, the Antinac Kingdom and the business alliance had become mortal enemies, and it was justified and natural to attack the injured Sword Saint of the enemy.

It doesn't matter if the assassination fails, for the assassination of the Juggernaut himself, Lorist will not be counted after his injury. But Lorlist's family and relatives must not be touched, and in order to avoid unpredictable consequences, even the high-ranking officials of the Norton family and the family knights cannot be moved, all in order to avoid allowing Lorist to find an excuse to retaliate in the future. Everyone has family members, and the six giants of the business alliance don't want the six major chambers of commerce to be uprooted. In such a private action to avenge blood feuds, even the Storm Sword Saint would not stand with the Big Six.

If he can successfully assassinate the seriously injured Lorlist, then there will be no scruples about everything, not to mention killing Lorlist's relatives and family, or even a dozen or so great swordsmen joining forces to bloodied the Norton family. Therefore, Norliste's most critical problem now is to first find a place that has been ignored by the Great Sword Master of the Business Alliance to ensure his safety, and when he recovers his injuries and recovers his strength, naturally no assassin dares to appear in front of him.

After the rainy season, the winter wheat harvest began in the various territories of the province of Demke, and at the same time, the Norton family began to pay 10 percent of the field tithes, that is, 10 percent of the winter wheat harvest. This winter wheat was transported to Kebo City by various lords, and Kebo City stored it as a military ration reserve for the family's armed forces.

In addition to tithes, the Norton family also opened a grain buying point in the city of Kebo, buying grain from various lords in the province of Dramke at a price that was slightly cheaper than the market price. This was a monopoly business, and other grain merchants could not buy grain from these lords on their own, and could only trade grain through the Norton family's procurement point in Kebo City. One in and one out, the Norton family made thirty percent of the profit for nothing. There is no way, in troubled times, food is a strategic material, and it is impossible for the Norton family to give up control of food.

While the lords of the province of Dramke sent people to the city to pay the tithes on the fields of winter wheat, Lorist and Reddy changed into shabby peasant clothes, got into an old four-wheeled flatbed cart prepared for them by Sherikov, the commander of the guard camp in the city of Kebo, and left the city of Kebo without knowing where they were going.

In the past few days after he woke up, Lorist had already learned most of the situation of the Battle of the Betrayal from Reddy, after all, he stayed in the imperial capital to protect Lorist for nearly three months to recuperate from his injuries, and Reddy still knew about the news from the front. From the comeback of His Royal Highness and his sworn to fight the commercial alliance to the death, to the arrival of Jost's Cavalry Hunting Legion and the Flying Tiger Legion of Tiger Ross, who defeated the commercial alliance and collapsed, and then to the surprise night attack of His Royal Highness and a decisive victory, successfully recovering the provinces of Armenia and Marivia, and approaching the Plains of Faliqiu.

There is also the Marquis of Crelos, the envoy of the Business Alliance, whose fate Reddy has also heard about in the imperial capital. It is said that His Royal Highness hated this Marquis of Crilos so much that he not only broke his limbs and abolished his gold-level vindictive cultivation, but also really treated him as a liar, glued a body of chickens, ducks and bird feathers to him, leaving that little white face, and then tied him to the back of an old horse and put him back.

It is worth noting that His Royal Highness did not apply honey to the Marquis de Crilos, because honey, although it is sticky and sticky, can be washed away by water. His Royal Highness ordered his subordinates to paint the naked body of the Marquis of Crilos. Now even Lorist was secretly speechless when he heard it. This thing is very toxic and has an allergic effect on the skin, and if you accidentally touch it, the parts you touch will be itchy and swollen. In the continent of Gelinthia, the wood is generally used as a primer for the construction or decoration industry to prevent insects and ants from infesting buildings and furniture.

Thinking about the Marquis of Crilos, who was covered in lacquer and feathers, and was abolished and his fighting spirit was cultivated and his limbs were broken again, Lorist couldn't help but feel creepy. Needless to say, the Marquis of Crilos has been crippled by the Second Highness, from this it can be seen how much the Second Highness hates the Business Alliance, if it were not for the Lorist and Norton families, the Second Highness would not only become a prisoner of the Business Alliance, but perhaps also become the biggest joke and pitiful worm in the mouths of all the nobles in the Gelinthia Continent......

In addition to these news, Reddy also didn't know anything about what happened next, he escaped with Lorist from the imperial capital, and parted ways with the Great Swordsman of Xius, and then infiltrated Kebo City to hide for more than two months, what happened to the family territory, and the three major armies of the family armed forces were completely unknown about the situation on the front line, and he couldn't inquire about it yet. For Reddy, those are meaningless and there is no need to pay attention, as long as Lorlist's injuries can recover and his strength can be restored, then no matter what happens, he can come back, even if the family is gone, he can still build another one.

When they were out of the city of Kebo mixed with the farmers delivering grain, Lorist and Reddy saw the commander of the Guards Battalion, Sherikov, reprimanding a patrol of cavalry at the city gate, and at the same time scolding at the same time, because the letter eagle who flew to the north to deliver the news from Kebo City had not flown back for more than half a month, and he didn't know what had happened. Moreover, the messenger he sent to deliver the letter to the family domain was knocked unconscious on the avenue half a day's way from the ferry, and he had no money on him, even the letters in the bag were all rummaged. Then a group of peasants who had gone to the city of Kebo to deliver winter wheat found the poor messenger lying on the side of the road and sent him back.

So Sherikov ordered the patrol to vigorously strengthen vigilance to avoid such a prank from happening again, the person is fine, the money is not less, but the letters carried by him have been turned over, since there is no loss, Sherikov can only attribute this to the prank of some boring high-ranking person.

In fact, both Lorist and Reddy understood in their hearts that Sherikov was standing at the gate of the city to publicize this humiliating matter, which was to remind the two of them that Kebo City had also been monitored by those great swordsmen, and the courier's encounter and the disappearance of the messenger showed that the great swordsmen of the commercial alliance were looking for Lorlist's whereabouts through these two messaging systems, trying to find clues and find the place where Lorist was hiding and healing.

Lorist had grown a full beard, and looked like a sloppy farmer who had been crushed by life and worried about his family's last meal, and it was difficult for anyone he knew to find out that he was the famous Grand Duke of the Northlands in a short time. Reddy, on the other hand, shaved off his beard, and after Lorist brought Reddy back from Egret Lake to confirm that he had the level of a first-class great swordsman, Reddy kept two mustaches in an attempt to make himself look old and majestic. Now that he has shaved his beard, he looks like a young farmer who is unwilling to be lonely and unwilling to work in the fields, and no one can connect him with the murderous swordsman with a mustache beside Lorlist.

It takes two or three days to get from the city of Corbo to the Barony of Dina, and this is because the Norton family has renovated the transportation road facilities throughout the province. Otherwise, with the twists and turns of the road in the past, it would take at least six or seven days to reach it. The Barony of Dina is located in the westernmost part of the province of Demke, and the border of the territory is the mountainous area, and the outer part of this mountainous area is the northern sea.

At that time, it took a lot of thought to divide the territory of the Barony of Dina, Lorlist, because he understood the competitive character of his lover Aridorly, and he was worried that his little lover would have disputes with the nobles of the surrounding territory because of the victory, so he arranged the Barony of Diner to the edge of the mountain. It means that if Aridori wants to expand the barony, she can develop into the mountains, which is borderland, and it is her ability to occupy as much as she wants.

As the sun was about to set, the four-wheeled flatbed carriage in which Lorist and Reddy were riding finally reached the Barony of Dina under the slow towing of the Northland horse.

"Don't go to the village over there, go straight to the big wooden castle. "Lorist has been here twice, so she knows where to go.

The wooden castle in the Barony of Dina is a big joke among the nobles of the province of Demke. The reason was that Miss Dina was going to build a large castle for her younger brother, the future Baron Dinah. With the financial resources of the Dina family and the financial support of Lorist, there was no problem in building this large castle. But Miss Diner, also known as Arridori, was worried that the great castle she had built was not in line with her precious brother's wishes, and that Master Diner was studying at Nicol's College at the time.

So Aridolly came up with an idea, the big castle is all made of wood, so that if the eldest young master comes back in the future, he can modify it immediately, and then change it to stone when the shape is finalized. So the wooden castle of the Barony of Dina became a joke among the nobles of the province of Dramke. But Miss Dina didn't care, she suddenly discovered her talent for architecture, and spent a lot of time every year tossing and turning on the wooden castle, often changing the castle every year.

Reddy drove the carriage into the wooden castle, Lorist found that the wooden castle was very loosely guarded, there was not even a guard on the wooden wall, if it wasn't for the castle and found those servants and servants hurrying by in the distance, Lorist might have wondered if something had happened to the Barony of Diner.

Lorist was about to get out of the car, when he suddenly saw three people coming out of the wooden hall in front, walking in front of a personable middle-aged couple, and in the back was Miss Diner Aridolly.

Reddy suddenly became nervous, the posture and feeling of the middle-aged couple were obviously the great swordsmen, and his hand tightly grasped the sword handle hidden under the burlap bag. At this time, Aridori's eyes happened to look over, and as Lorist's lover, she immediately recognized Lorist, who was full of beard.

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