Chapter 013: The Man Who Hanged Himself
"What? You just ...... What do you say?" asked Old Gary stammered. Pen~Fun~ A servant cutting onions into the boiler www.biquge.info just blocked his vision, and he jerked his hand out to push it away, and the corners of his sunken eyes jumped with the fire in front of him.
"Just three months ago, he led an army of 100,000 men south to the First Continent and captured the city of Shotoku, but he was killed in the Battle of Karta. Lawrence said sadly, "Don't tell me, you don't know anything. ”
Old Gary looked at Lawrence, his old subordinate Lake, and Toller in black, silently, and did not speak for a long time. "I thought I could get some other news from you," Lawrence continued, "Gary, you really look old, and you're no longer the omniscient Scout Captain you used to be. I'm sorry to say that, but we're all getting old. ”
Gary shook his head. "Eighteen years, I have neither a wife nor a child, I just think that one day the lord can lead the army back. He coughed, and then spat at the fire in front of him, "I've been lying in this damn mountain for so many years, waiting for all my teeth to fall out, my horses are dead, and I can't stand up, but I waited for you to say this." He smiled helplessly, squeezing out a few wrinkles on his forehead that went deep into the chasm, "God Namu damn it......"
The old man's words reminded Sonny of his father, the father who only appeared once a year.
"Alright, Gary, we're not here just to shelter from the rain. Lawrence whispered.
"Then what are you doing here?" Gary's voice was full of sadness, "to retrieve the lord's body?" or do you want to use those fifty men to get into Black City and kill Bill William?" he picked up his glass, drank it down, and set it aside. "Save it, Lord Lawrence, we're hopeless. ”
"It looks like you haven't been out of this room for more than three months. Lawrence commented, his voice slightly raised, "Bill is dead, but not the lord, someone assassinated him, but it doesn't matter anymore. Let's change the subject, Gary, why is it that all the villages from the North Bridge to the south have been hit by fires, but you're okay here?"
The abrupt shift in the subject of "fire?" left Gary a little overwhelmed. "What fire? What village? God, I've been hiding here for eighteen years, and the hell knows what's going on outside. He sighed and turned his face to the busy servant beside him, "Damn, how long are you going to cut? Why don't you go and get a cup for the four adults and pour the wine, do you want the four of them to watch me drink one by one?"
The servant complied, and Gary saw another person enter the hall. "Five cups! Another grown-up is coming!" he added.
"I think I just heard you guys talking about Kenny. Sersi sat down next to Sonny and turned to look at Lawrence.
"This is the former Confederate Scout Captain, Gary Gray. Lawrence introduced, then looked up at the old man. "After we crossed the Beicheng Bridge, all the villages we passed were hit by fires, but as far as the bones are concerned, it doesn't seem to be the work of robbers, those fires are more like natural disasters, but it is impossible for all villages to have accidents and burn them clean, right?"
Even after a long time, Gary's face was still crumpled, as if he hadn't recovered from the sad news. "Lord Lawrence, if you had given me one night to give me one night to-morrow, before the sun rises, I would have given a satisfactory answer. He sighed deeply, "But you see, how old I am now, I even have to be helped to pee, if it weren't for the mercy of the lord, after the holy war, I was allowed to return to my hometown, and I was given a pension that was enough for the elderly, if it wasn't good, I would have starved to death." ”
"I'm just asking, if you don't know, I didn't say. Lawrence barely managed to squeeze out a smile and twisted his face and hands towards the brazier beside him.
"May I ask you why you're here, my lord?" said Gary, who changed his tone and became much calmer. After he finished standing up from his chair, Sonny realized that he was not only missing an ear, but also had a lame leg, and he walked with a sway.
"We're going to Dragon's Peak," Lawrence said, stretching out his hand to bake the fire, "don't ask the purpose, you know the rules." ”
Gary walked over to the brazier and bowed stiffly. "I just wanted to help you, nothing else. He took the jug from his servant's hand, placed the empty cup on the rim of the brazier a finger's width, and poured it as he poured, "What's under the Dragon's Peak?"
Lawrence watched as a trickle of wine fell into the glass. "We're going up. ”
These words were like a gentle breeze, causing the trickle to change its direction, and the brazier immediately made a "stab" sound. Gary looked at Lawrence blankly, and was silent for several seconds. "My good lord, I'm too old to have bad ears?" he continued, "or are you crazy?"
"You're not deaf, and I'm not crazy. Lawrence said, his tone extremely low, "There's what I want, and it has to do with Kenny's defeat, and it has to do with the survival of the continent you haven't been to." He looked up at the old man, "That's all I can say, and if there's anything you think can help, just mention it, I'll listen." ”
"Maps, wine, torches, bread, a few pigs. Gary whispered.
"If you're really old enough to pee and need help, give us the map. Lawrence sighed.
Dinner was pork stew with onions, cabbage salad, hot hard bread, and freshly roasted rabbit. After the meal, Gary ordered all the braziers to be lit so that the soaking wet knights could be dried dry.
Outside, the rain had weakened into a thin drizzle, and it was getting dark, and another damp and cold night was coming. Layers of dark clouds obscured the moon and the stars at the same time, making everything as black as asphalt. The wind came in and out of the two tiger skins, and the hall could not be warmed up. Outside the courtyard, among the trees, the brothers who slept outside had already set up their tents, and everything seemed to be in order.
When he woke up the next day, Sonny saw his breath condense into a mist in the cold morning air. As soon as I got up, there was a swelling pain in every bone creature. Looking around, the fire had long since been extinguished, and the brothers were still asleep. He crept to his feet and found that the cloak had become hard and icy. He crawled out of the crowd and walked through the cracks of the crowd with his feet on his feet. Then he lifted the tiger skin, and what caught his eye was a dead man swaying in the wind - Gary.
"Why?" said Toller as he laid down Old Gary's body.
"He can't wait for the person he's waiting for, and he can't go back to where he wants to go. Lawrence sighed, "If we had known this was the result, we might as well have stayed in the rain for one more night." Isn't it sunny now?"
Sonny looked up and saw that the sun was slowly climbing the mountain.