Chapter 41: The End of Philip
Little Peter and the old man walked out of the tent, leaving Uncle William to rest by himself. As soon as he left the huge tent and came to the camp, he saw Philip on his knees, struggling and begging for mercy.
When Philip saw little Peter and his party come out of the tent, he crawled to their knees on his knees, his hands tied behind his back with ropes behind his back, and his face was mixed with snot and tears, and he leaned in front of the old man. The old man took a step back in disgust, and saw that Philip was about to come in front of him and kick him to the ground directly.
The old man lightly hammered his chest with one hand, and coughed a few times with the other hand to cover his mouth. Eva hurried forward to support him. He shook his head slightly, gasped a few times, and said that he didn't need to worry about everything.
Philip tossed on the ground for a long time before he sat up with difficulty, and he didn't care about the disgusted expressions on the faces of the old man and his party. He cried and cried for mercy, and even swore to the sky that he would change his mind and be a new man. Little Peter watched Philip's exaggerated performance in amazement, only to feel that his hair was upside down. So he slapped his arm uncomfortably, turned his head away, and didn't look at the other party.
The old man only raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything when he saw little Peter's performance like this, he turned his head to Henry and said a few words. Henry nodded, and ordered the knight to drag Philip down.
After Philip was dragged away, Henry looked at little Peter, and then said to the old man with a smile: "Why don't you let this kid go over and see the rising horizons?"
The old man pointed at Henry, smiled and cursed, then shook his head and motioned for little Peter to leave with him. Little Peter and Eva walked out of the camp with the old man in their arms. Behind them, Henry shrugged his shoulders helplessly and walked to the place of execution.
Little Peter and Eva accompanied the old man to the outside of the camp and looked at the jungle in a daze. After a while, the old man pointed to the scenery in front of him, and said to little Peter, "See?" This jungle is like a man. If you want to live better, you have to give more than others. Look at the trees that grow for a little sunlight until no one around them can rise above him. It's the same with people. In order to gain a little bit of status and glory, you have to keep fighting until there is nothing left to grab. ”
Little Peter didn't understand much when he heard it in a daze. But when he saw the trees in front of him, he seemed to understand something.
When they returned to camp, Henry was waiting for them at the door. Seeing them return, Henry smiled and led them to a clearing.
Before little Peter could get closer, he smelled a pungent smell of blood. He couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose and look there with a frown. I saw a headless corpse lying on the ground, and it was Philip who was in shape and dress. Little Peter had a look of surprise in his eyes, and he looked around to see a head quietly placed on a table.
The skull had a look of remorse on its face, and the blood that had not yet dried up flowed like a stream on the table. Philip's long-eyed, open-mouthed expression was forever fixed there. His life has also come to an end.
The old man looked at it with no interest, pursed his lips and said indifferently: "Okay, since you have seen it, go back and rest early." ”
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, when little Peter got up from his bed and walked out of the tent where he was staying, he found that the sun was already high in the sky. He hurriedly washed up, dressed and tidyed up, and ran to Henry's big tent as fast as he could.
As soon as he entered, he saw everyone sitting there drinking tea and chatting. When the old man saw little Peter come in, he smiled and said, "I see that you slept well, and I didn't wake you up in the morning." How are you feeling and have you recovered?"
Little Peter scratched the back of his head with his hand embarrassedly, smiled shyly, and nodded.
William's left leg is straight, and his knee is pressed against his right ankle. He saw that little Peter was a little shy, so he helped him divert the topic and said, "I just discussed with Henry, who is also going to Cromwell Abbey, and happens to be on the same road with us. However, now you also know that it is not very convenient to move if you are injured, why don't you and the old man go with Henry first?"
After hearing this, Little Peter shook his head without even hesitating and said resolutely: "No, Uncle William wants to go, let's go together." ”
The old man nodded with satisfaction, and when he saw that William wanted to say something more, he interrupted him directly: "Okay, William, don't say it." There's no way we're going to leave you here and walk on your own. Don't think about it too much, just recuperate. ”
Henry nodded in agreement. William saw that everyone was unanimous, so he could only raise his head and show his chin to Henry, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, and said nothing more.
Little Peter couldn't help but laugh when he saw Uncle William's expression.
In this way, little Peter and his party waited here for Uncle William to recover from his injuries before continuing the journey, and Henry was stationed here and did not leave.
Once, little Peter curiously asked Henry if he was going to Cromwell Abbey to garrison him, and that he wouldn't have any bad influence here all day. At that time, Henry looked at the white clouds in the sky for a long time, just waved his hand and said nothing.
By the time Uncle William could go down to the ground, the group was on a journey with the Holy See Knights led by Henry.
On his way back on the road, little Peter sees too many corpses and destroyed villages along the way. Every time he approached a city, he would tremble with fear and fear. I'm afraid to see corpses everywhere and corpses nailed to the wall with spears.
However, what was destined to disappoint him was that the more he feared something, the more something came. Along the way, whether it was a village, a city or a church, it was filled with dense corpses. There are human and animal corpses, and the corpses of human beings are piled up into a single temple, and the corpses of animals appear anywhere at will.
At every scene of the massacre, there is a body that has been meticulously carved by Lancaster. Everyone's hearts went from anger to numbness from the hellish sight they had seen at first.
Little Peter didn't know what the reason for these things happened, was it just to satisfy his perverted ** and issued random orders. He didn't know what Lancaster was for, he only knew that he was now very scared to see another city filled with corpses. He didn't want to see another pile of corpses surrounded by bugs, flies, crows, and so on.
The pent-up anger in everyone's hearts has slowly become numb with the countless piles of corpses they saw along the way. Little Peter even suspected that the blood flowing in his body was cold now.
He walked numbly and walked like this. Until one day I heard Uncle William say, "Look at the village in front of you." He woke up from his slumber. Little Peter hurriedly looked at the small village in the distance.
Smoke fluttered in the air in the evening sunset, and several large dogs watching them vigilantly. Some of the farmers on the side of the road, who were packing up their tools and preparing to go home, looked at them curiously. There was an atmosphere of peace and stability in the air, and this atmosphere suddenly exploded the emotions that little Peter had been holding in his chest all the way.
Little Peter's tears flowed down his face unconsciously, and he had to lower his head and cover his face tightly with his hands and cry quietly.