Chapter 35: The old man's domineering
Little Peter saw that Eva's whole body relaxed all of a sudden, and at this time he felt shivering all over, and it turned out that he was frozen. He couldn't help blushing, hugged his body tightly, and moved his body.
Eva breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that they were all right, and led the horse to run. Little Peter waited for her to come to him and asked curiously, "Eva, how did you find us on such a dark day?"
Eva smiled and patted him on the head and said, "I didn't see you, but I remember what I told you, and I know that you must be around here, not too far away." ”
Little Peter couldn't help but pouted and muttered a few words, and the old man laughed.
Eva saw the blanket on the old man's expression, she stretched out her hand and touched it, sighed, looked at the other party and said helplessly: "It's too bad now, how can we find a place to escape the cold in such a wild country." ”
Little Peter looked down listlessly and said, "No way, when I crossed the river, the flints were so wet that I couldn't light a fire." What do we do now? Uncle William hasn't come back yet. ”
The old man waved his hand to show that it didn't matter, and Eva hurriedly laid out the haystack and made the tent so that the old man could take a little shelter from the cold in the tent. The old man coughed a few times, sat cross-legged and tightened the blanket on his body, and only after feeling a slight warmth did he nodded at Eva and said, "It's good to come back." ”
Eva lowered her head and smiled, still busy sorting things in her hands, and didn't say anything, little Peter walked in from outside, muttering something.
The old man didn't know if he was still immersed in the memories and the whole person's emotions did not calm down, the most intuitive manifestation was that he talked about sex and kept telling the two of them about William's previous experience.
One moment he told the story of William's pacification of Cairo, and the next he told the story of his expedition to the Apennine Peninsula, and finally fell asleep in a daze.
Little Peter let out a sigh of relief after watching the old man fall asleep peacefully, and when he turned his head to see the confused Eva, he smiled helplessly and said, "Grandpa is talking about Uncle William's affair together, probably worried about something." But don't worry, I don't think anything will happen. ”
Eva opened her mouth and said something silently. Little Peter looked amused and nodded vigorously to confirm Eva's guess: "Yes, it's Uncle William." Didn't you think that I really didn't know that Uncle William was so powerful before. It's really impressive to have such a magnificent experience. As he spoke, his mood slowly lowered.
Eva watched Little Peter's mood gradually decline, and she couldn't help but have a heartache in her eyes, and she hurriedly said to Little Peter: "Don't worry, Uncle William will definitely be fine if he is so powerful." Moreover, I think you will live a more wonderful life in the future, Peter. Well, it will be much greater and more glorious than everyone else. ”
Little Peter heard Eva's clumsy reassurance and couldn't help but snort and laugh. He scratched the back of his head with his hand and said shyly, "Where, I'm so stupid." ”
Eva didn't say anything more, and went to tidy up her things, leaving little Peter to sit there alone in a daze. He lowered his head and looked at his hands, thinking about the little bits and pieces he had with Uncle William, and thinking about it, tears unconsciously dripped on his hands. He pursed his lips tightly and tried not to make a noise, and his eyes blurred as if he saw Uncle William in front of him and said, "All this is false, it is all wrong. The most wrong thing is that you don't have the power, and the most false thing is that you think you have the right to know everything. ”
He looked down at his hands and tried not to let the cry come out of his throat, he raised one hand and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and muttered, "Uncle William." ”
The sky gradually turned white, and the old man opened his eyes in a daze, and saw little Peter lying on the ground, his eyes closed, trembling from time to time, and now he has nightmares. He sat up softly, gasped, and walked out slowly.
Eva was feeding the horses, and when she saw him come out, she hurriedly walked over, took out some dry food from her bag and handed it to him.
The old man shook his head and didn't take it, and Eva looked at him and didn't persuade him to put the dry food back up and asked, "What about Peter?"
The old man took a deep breath and looked around, and couldn't help frowning, and after a while, he first stretched his waist and moved his stiff body, and then said slowly: "Maybe I received a lot of shock last night, and now I'm having a nightmare." ”
Eva raised her eyebrows and didn't say anything more. She went straight into the tent, and after a while, little Peter came out sleepy, and was blown by the cold wind.
He stamped his foot hard, took a few breaths of fresh air, and then took the frozen dry food that Eva handed over, and the corners of his mouth twitched into Eva's overseer gaze, and he took a careful bite. The dry food froze like a stone, and it took a little bit to bite off. He didn't dare to swallow it directly for fear of getting stuck in his throat, so he had to hold it in his mouth and wait for it to slowly become soft before smashing his mouth and swallowing it in his stomach.
After little Peter finished eating the dry food, he carefully took a sip of water with the water bladder, and only let out a breath when he felt that the dry food that Guingamp had swallowed had finally slid down the water.
He wiped the corners of his mouth, looked up at the sky, turned his head and shouted at the old man, "What should we do now?"
The old man stood on the bank, turned his head to look at him, and then at the other side of the river, frowning tightly, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he walked back, took a big sip of the water bladder, handed it to Eva, and gasped: "Wait here, we will also make trouble for your Uncle William when we go back." I'm waiting for him here, and I'm sure he'll be over in a while. ”
Little Peter looked at the other side and couldn't say anything. Seeing the two of them like this, Eva couldn't help but say, "I guess there are still pursuers on the other side looking for us, so let's wait here at least safer." ”
The old man looked at little Peter absent-mindedly and was secretly worried, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he laughed. Seeing little Peter looking at him puzzled, he patted his leg and walked into the tent.
After a while, the old man came out with a blanket and motioned for little Peter to come over. Little Peter helped him to a clean grass and sat down. Eva came with her horse and put the tent back into her bag.
The old man said to little Peter, "I told you about Uncle William's experience yesterday, and now I will tell you something specific about it when I still have some time." ”
Little Peter perked up after hearing this, and hurriedly pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
The old man looked at his performance with a smile, and motioned for Eva to come over and listen to it for a long time before he said slowly: "That's about William about twenty years old, and he just joined the army not long ago." The Krent Empire was in the midst of great civil strife. If you've read the history books, you'll know that it's the Gallic Rebellion. ”
Peter Jr. nodded and said, "It is written in the History of the Krent Empire that Gaul was dissatisfied with the unfair distribution of the empire and lived in poverty, and a rebellion broke out in 416 A.D. ”
The old man smiled disdainfully after hearing this, but he didn't express any opinion and just continued: "Well, it's 416, when your Uncle William was just 20 years old and was nothing but a soldier, and he went to the battlefield. Who knew that his commander was a fool, and that such a big advantage was lost to the Gauls. ”
He thought for a moment before he continued, "At this time, your Uncle William's military talent began to be revealed. He had told the commander about the Gauls' aim, but no one trusted his judgment. Therefore, although the empire has such a big advantage in the early stage, it is useless, and we are still weak in real fights. ”
Little Peter couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then how did Uncle William get on the throne?"
The old man clapped his hands happily, then pointed his finger at himself, looked at little Peter seriously, and said domineeringly: "I'll help it!"