Chapter 121: Departure

The date for General Wright's wedding had been set, just one Sunday a month later. ()

It was a festival on the plains, where the farmers would set fire to the firewood that had not been used up in the winter, set it into a large pyre, and set it on fire. This practice has its roots in ancient religious rituals, when the Swadians, who worshiped nature, believed that nature had given wood and food to humans, and that after winter, humans were obliged to give back to nature.

Later, God's priests declared the old religions heretical and expelled the elders of those religions, and the people gradually forgot about the old religions. But some traditions have reappeared in another form. For example, this firewood burning sacrifice has been preserved. When the farmers of the White Pigeon Valley also began to collect firewood and pile it up in front of the castle, the grandfather knew that he was going to a wedding.

Years ago, my grandfather had chosen to go into the valley, thinking that nothing would force him out of the valley again. But now it seems that he has not been able to escape the changes in the outside world, and he must now represent White Dove Valley as a parent to attend Wright's wedding, and only this wedding can help White Dove Valley survive the crisis.

For Wright, my grandfather never expressed any dissatisfaction. Perhaps my grandfather understood Wright's approach very well, that in order to save themselves in troubled times, it was possible for people to do anything, and if you want to blame these people, it is better to blame this era--- but it is clear that it is useless. Grandfather never wasted his time in complaining, he would actively think about what to do next, and if he couldn't change it, then make the best compromise.

I've always felt that my grandfather's first walk into the Valley of the White Doves was also a compromise.

He was caught in the middle of too many things, and in his youth he had to choose between his adoptive father and his countrymen; In his youth, he had to make a trade-off between his territorial rights and his own goodness; In middle age, he also had to work between his son and his family.

As a parent, a lot of things don't come easily.

Now, my grandfather has come to a fork in the road, and he is faced with two different worlds: on the one hand, the ancient aristocracy and those glorious and quaint golden ages; On one side were the emerging guilds, the alliances of pioneers, and the fair and free futures they promised.

Behind my grandfather was a whole family, and he could only lead the family more carefully than before.

He is not like when he was a teenager, even if he goes alone, he will not hesitate, and he is not like when he was young, he can change the fate of the family with his own efforts.

The road ahead was long and hesitant, and my grandfather was like stepping on the thin ice of a lake in winter.

After his father had made the decision to go to the Northland, his grandfather was refreshed and decided to take the family to try again.

Wright's wedding is approaching.

In the name of preparing a wedding gift for Wright, the grandfather quietly put an end to everything that his father had left.

My grandfather borrowed six four-wheeled carriages from the carriage shop on the Suno Plain, plus five carriages from the White Pigeon Valley, and a total of eleven carriages would leave the White Pigeon Valley. When passing through a small town not far from the White Pigeon Valley, the convoy will stop for a while, and two of the carriages that have been parked there will join the convoy, and at the same time, the two of the original convoy will stop quietly--- my father and mother, and You and some other people are among these two carriages.

After that, grandfather will leave with the convoy in the spotlight, and he will attend Wright's wedding at a later date.

We'd stay at the top of the town and wait for the convoy to leave, and the next morning, we'd leave north.

If we are lucky, the two carriages will arrive at Fort Rebolet in the afternoon of the third or fourth day, where we will have a final check. After passing the Fort of Rebolet, we leave the territory of Emperor Svadia, and further on we pass through the Derberg Pass: many years ago, Gil limped from here to the North Sea Plain on a cane.

The Pioneers had many guilds and strongholds in the North Sea region, and these organizations were located in towns and docks large and small in the North Sea. Father could easily find shelter in these towns and docks. My father knew that even within the Zen people, there were many people who opposed the practices of the pioneers of the Frost Castle, and some of the Zen Masters even denounced the pioneers of the Frost Castle as impure in their beliefs.

The Zenda people were the teachers and comrades-in-arms of the pioneers of the Frost Castle, but after the development of the pioneers, the scholars and guilds of the Zenda gradually found that they could no longer control the pioneers. The new members of the Pioneer felt that the Zen Master had now become an obstacle to their free development, claiming that the Zen Master did not know anything about Svadia, so he was not worthy of guiding the Pioneer in the Frost Castle.

A pioneer official said: "The Chan people controlled the guilds and some officials in the commercial cities of Beihai, firmly controlled the lifeblood of those cities, and improved the laws and raised their status. But what about in the Svadia hinterland? The guilds here are extremely weak, and the officials do not have the same autonomy as the Beihai people, so it is obviously not suitable to adopt the experience of the Zen people. In Swadia, it is the countless bankrupt peasants and unemployed rogue citizens who are our natural allies, who are forever praying for upheaval and change, who are impoverished and have no worries, and who dare to fight fearlessly. With their help, there are some things that we don't need to worry about at all, and they can do it well on their own. We just need to rely on them to disrupt everything we have, and then free up our hands and feet to build a new world. For these people, after the success of the change, it is enough to give a small benefit, of course, this will be said after the success. ”

Differences in ideas have determined that the pioneers will eventually split from the remnants of the Chanda. In this case, the father was clearly willing to side with the Zen masters who were purer in their ideas and gentler in their means.

In fact, the change of the Pioneer was synchronized with the change of the Emperor of the Frost Castle.

In the beginning, the emperor had been trying to look out for everyone's interests, and was somewhat timid and above board, but as the political turmoil became more and more sinister, the emperor had to become tough. The same goes for the pioneers, who, like their Zenda teachers, were initially reluctant to do anything against their beliefs, but this led to their expulsion and oppression on the mainland, and even the burning of some of the pioneers, and the various enemies eventually succeeded in training the pioneers into cold-hearted and hard-nosed people like them.

Although the Pioneers have recently been defeated, they have begun to transform into a new organization, a tougher and more pragmatic organization--- which will set them up for future battles to consolidate their position in the Frost Castle and win foreign wars.

But now, within the Frost Castle, the main battle faction, mainly pioneers, has been suppressed. The new commanders of the Eastern Army came from the Norman family, a family that the Western Army knew and trusted. What is clearly predicted is that the large-scale campaign will be over in the near future.

At least in the eyes of the Western Army, the era of martial law at any time to defend against foreign enemies was over, and after more than a year of successive defeats, the Western Army finally gained a foothold: although they lost two major urban concentrations, they kept the richest Plains of Parabon and the Plains of Suno, which was a good start for Emperor Haraus. With these two places, Emperor Harlaus's throne will become more and more secure.

In the west, the victory was attributed to the leadership of Emperor Haraus and the bravery of his warriors. Countless carols have been transmitted, countless statues have been erected between the villages and towns of Siswadia, and gold coins bearing the portrait of Emperor Haraus have been issued and are in good demand.

Now, Haraus needed a great feast to tell his subjects about his tolerance and victory.

Not so long ago, rumors about war were the main topic of conversation, but now, when people wake up, they start talking about it as Wright's wedding.

It was said that the bishop himself would be at Wright's wedding, and that the royal choir would sing the praises of the ceremony;

It is said that Wright's wedding was decorated with the first blooming flowers and silk from the East;

It was said that at Wright's wedding, the whole court would come to cheer, and Emperor Harlaus himself would come to give General Wright a glass of wine;

Wright's original wife is said to have made only one request: "That woman named Rose can't wear the same wedding dress as me." ”

In response to this woman's request, Emperor Haraus let Wright take care of it himself, without much interference.

This poor woman was only sighed and then left behind, and people did not want to care about how this beauty, who had been the envy of all the girls in the empire, would live in the future. It was heard that the woman had volunteered to serve God in the monastery, but no one had to find out what it was. People are more inclined to speculate on what a spectacle there will be at Wright's wedding, which is said to be worthy of a wedding at the General's family in Viruga many years ago.

"Tsk, if this wedding banquet of General Wright can be called a wedding, then the wedding of Arcadio II and his blind wife is simply eloping with a few torn clothes."

These words were passed around in the plains, and people were excited.

Even those who don't have enough to eat are happy to ask about the wedding menu, and then have a good time, and finally fall asleep with a smile in hunger.

And some famous people will start to prepare decent gifts and greetings, and White Pigeon Valley is no exception.

As the scheduled time came, I became more and more nervous, and I could hardly go out, for I was afraid of meeting the soldiers who were walking around the valley and being discovered by them the excitement in my eyes.

I still vividly remember that at dawn, my family was ready to leave for Suno.

Grandmother Sumi suddenly had chills that morning, and she trembled with fear, and begged her grandfather not to leave the Valley of the White Pigeon, saying that she had dreamed of something bad at night.

The grandfather smiled, and he comforted the grandmother with a kind and warm smile: "It's okay, Sumi. I'm going to be back early tomorrow morning after the wedding. Get a good night's sleep, wait for me at the stone bridge. ”

Grandfather handed over the crying Grandmother Sumi to Aunt Bianwen to take care of, and then asked us to check the things around us again, and we were ready to go.

Father and You put on groom makeup and looked at the crying grandmother with melancholy eyes.

Grandmother Sumi kept looking back at that time, crying and looking back.

It was the last time she saw her son; It was also the last time she saw her grandson; And her husband was looking at her with a smile and promising her, "Honey, I'll be back." ”