Chapter XV. Bloodline

"How do I know if you're real?"

As Kaja and I crept to her father's room, Daddy Vladimir's voice came out: "I know a few words of Swadia, well, and a few words of Zenda, and then I say that I am the great lord of the East, and there are too many lords, and I am actually the great lord of the Silk Country, you know?" I am the only lord of my country, and everyone else is my servant, and I am the country, and the country is my grace, old fellow? ”

"Daddy Vladimir" Alexei's voice came out: "You're talking too much"

"Alyosha," Vladimir's voice did not back down, "it was for this old fellow that you let us all stay here for the day, did I really think it was some kind of precious person, did you notice?" How fluent is this old man in telling his story? He's definitely been swindling with this story for a long time."

I didn't hear Kaja's father's voice, and the old man was so embarrassed to be pointed at his nose and reprimanded like this, I remembered Kaja's father's trembling white beard, the eyes of Kaja staring at me in the falcon's barn, and her face was as red as the sun on a snowy morning when she took my peaches just now

"Daddy" Alexei's voice didn't sound as resolute as before, but he still said: "Daddy Vladimir, no matter what, he is my guest, he is a lord from the east in exile until we prove that he lied, you can't treat guests like this"

"Hmph, Alyosha, I'm your godfather, I was born when I vomited the amniotic fluid out of your stomach with my fingers, I know you better than anyone else, you read too much, it's a foolish bachelor's thing, your dad who died early always said that you would be a judge, said you would be a bachelor, and as a result, you wasted your best time in the church school, when your brothers could ride with spears under their arms, you would only know a few broken words"

"Daddy Vladimir, those years were definitely not in vain, please do not question my father's decision"

"Oh, yes, it's not in vain that three women came to our family with babies to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, you are angry, my wife didn't marry one, and the family ni let you use more than half"

"I'm sorry, Lord Leo, for making you so embarrassed Daddy, please don't say anything more for my honor"

"Of course, I didn't want to say it, but you brought something back, and just now three sailors and a teacher said congratulations to me, saying that my good nephew has added another piece to my family."

"Victor is not my son"

"Is it your sī son?"

"I picked him up on the river, and I swear that forty sailors will rescue him with me."

"Oh my God, this child was put in the water by God, what a coincidence, this child will become a prophet in the future, I heard that every prophet must be put in a basin after birth, and put it in the river for a while, otherwise it will not be authentic, and then what? Will our family recreate the stories of the past? O merciful God, the prophet will lead us through the sea that separates, and the prophet will clear the way of thorns for us"

Kaja and I quietly hid under the window, listening to Vladimir's roar inside

We had peach juice on our hands

After hearing the words of the Prophet, Kaja turned around and whispered to me, "I know this story" and then she added in a serious way: "I hate this Vladimir"

"Well, I don't like it when he says I'm Norman"

"Aren't you a Romanov?"

"Well, he'd love to get Alexei to admit it, I'm a little uncomfortable, let's go"

When I was proposing to leave this place of right and wrong, Renaud strode into the courtyard with his stomach held high, and he saw me and Kaja hiding side by side under the window from a distance, and greeted us loudly, not caring at all that I was shaking my arms desperately and holding my mouth down; "Hello Vido Katyusha, do peaches taste good? Katyusha Vido took you an extra one, it's really considerate."

Kaja looked at Renault from afar, pouted and said, "I thought you were the stupidest of you."

"And now?"

"Do you still need me to say it?"

"Uh" I couldn't speak, Kaja was always quick to talk, so I couldn't keep up with it, of course, and the thing that worried me the most was born: it was that as Renault greeted me, the conversation in the room behind me immediately stopped

The window above us was pushed open, and I felt the light air fanning over my head, and I wanted to get out of the way

Vladimir's huge head poked out, and it took him two seconds to realize that Kaja and I were actually hiding under his window, "Isn't this 'Kaja of Vido' and 'Vidja of Kaja'?" He turned back to the room and said, "Alyosha, I'm sure now that this is your seed, you see Kaja and Widodo are in harmony, like two cats squatting together according to this momentum, our family's ni will become the first major expense of exporting food, weapons, cloth, importing ni, all kinds of skin sī sons are running all over the house for a wonderful oriental journey, by the way, there is also a pair of lords father and daughter cheering us on"

Kajahuran stood up and stared at Vladimir I feel like I'm a sheep standing between two armies, but sheep can't fly, and they can't have big holes, but fortunately, sheep can eat peaches and gagged to talk about it, can sheep really eat peaches?

"Vladimir, my father may not care about your rude behavior, but I take your words and deeds to heart"

"Sister Lord, it seems that I don't meet your aristocratic etiquette, right? No problem, when I go to the East, I will inquire about the etiquette of the nobles in the East, and I know that over there, people who pretend to be nobles will get a rope to hang on top of the pine tree."

"Yes, but at the same time, the insulted nobles have the right to fight a duel, 'the insult is not washed away by blood, it needs to be remembered with blood' You better remember my family's language, unless you have no offspring, then death will wipe out your debt, or your children and grandchildren will face my children and grandchildren, until your insult to me is repaid"

This sentence seemed to have an effect on Vladimir, he crooked his mouth and thought for a while, and sorted out Kaja's serious declaration, "Okay, if you are a fake lord sister, at least you pretend to be like that, but, you listen well, you can follow us, but before you prove your identity, I will not take you over the snowy mountains, you have to hurry, if you haven't come up with strong evidence by then, you are here to survive on your own I don't dare to take a fake nobleman to the other side of the mountain, in the east, A man's neck is not as strong as a rope."

"And you" Sure enough, it was my turn, Vladimir waved his finger at me, as if he was going to stick a dagger into my chest, "Sit up, you look like you're really a, you can't catch up with this Nizi if you're really a bad guy" Norman', then I'll thank God, and so will you, and you'll have to come to me later, and I'll have a good talk with you, don't worry, I won't hurt you, and I'll believe you don't remember anything, but you'd better tell me everything you remember, don't wait for me to squeeze it out little by little."

With that, he stepped aside, pushed open the door, and strode away

I heard him greet Renault: "Young Master, you look very healthy"

Renault didn't know what was going on here, so he could only cautiously say, "I hope you are all well"

"It can't be better, Master Renault, but can you write to Mistress Jill to support us a little? We are massively lacking in such necessities," Vladimir's voice disappeared behind the door with him

The chubby governess ran over and said something in Renault's ear, and Renault looked up at us before leaving

Kaja pushed half of her leftover peach into my arms, and then walked into the room, burying her head in her father's arms, and suddenly without warning, Kaja burst into tears, her voice hoarse, with each long breath, and then cried out like a scream

Alexei stood aside, without much expression, I feel that Vladimir's words just now did not affect Alexei too much, or that Alexei hid it well enough?

"Sir?" Alexei asked the old man sitting on the chair with a wistful heart, "Are you listening?" ”

"Well, listening," murmured the old man, touching his daughter's head, "I may not be a competent man for the rest of my life, and I picked up a quill when I should have taken my sword; I survived when I should have died; When I should have shut up, I stuck out my tongue like a begging wild dog, and ended up being kicked yes, Mr. Alexey, I'm listening"

"Sorry, Vladimir he has no ill will"

The old man's gaze was still soft, "Maybe maybe a lord who has nothing should indeed be suspected"

"So, do you have anything to prove you?"

"Don't you know all my story?"

"Do you only have a story?" Alexei instructed, "Maybe there are some relatives of yours in Kudan or Frost Castle?" Maybe a guild leader has managed your estate? Or maybe some reputable caravans have done business in your territory? ”

"I know better than others that there is no family bloodline, we have relatives, but only in the east, and in the west there is none; My family's possessions? Oh, my family's greatest possession is only blood, which is an inheritance that only the Father can manage; As for the caravans, our family only sells wheat in exchange for salt, iron, and cloth, and neither side even needs money, and no big caravan will go to that kind of country place."

"But how can Ivan be sure that you are a nobleman? It is said that he found you and your daughter in an awkward place"

Kaja's cry was louder, and she said, "Father, I don't want to see these people when we leave here, they are a pack of wolves"

The old man's jaw sank, the folds on his skin were like tree bark, and the dark spots on his face were like oiled leather

"At that time, I had a family tree, and there were some other things," the old man lowered his head, as if he was saying something shameful, perhaps these things were still too unseemly for a down-and-out lord, "but then it was lost, and it was snatched away by that pimp"

"Has Ivan seen any of those things?"

"Why else did he take me to Fandra?"

"Then why didn't he take it with him?"

"Those things belong to his subordinates, and the things of his subordinates are not his things"

"Najill"

"The kid gave me the hospitality he could, and he promised to help me find a relaxing place in the school city, and then, summarize the history, wait for my daughter to get married, and finally die peacefully Yes, Jill can help me arrange everything, but when I proposed that I need a hundred soldiers to restore the territory, and I need three hundred soldiers to take revenge, he smiled and changed the subject, I know, Jill can't give me these"

"So he left you with me?"

"I chose you"

"Has Jill investigated your identity? If he investigates, I can ask him to vouch for you, at least, then you can follow us to the other side of the mountain."

"Jill is the most pragmatic man I have ever met," said the old man, breathing, "and if this matter is more important to you than to him, how can he bsp; Alexei fell into a long silence

In the end, Katya stopped crying, turned his face to the side with his eyes open, quietly rested on the old man's lap, looked at the tea cabinet Alexei on the side, and said: "The pimp that Ivan protects, I remember that he opened his business in Kudan, right?" ”

Kaja covered her face again, as if she didn't want to hear anything about the past

The man used her rhetoric to set her almost, giving food and clothing to the father and daughter, and finally wanted her to be a daughter

She was the daughter of the lord and a descendant of the princess

The old man fell into deep thought

The more people know about this story, the more damage to the reputation

The descendants of the royal family, who were actually fed by a pimp for several months, finally fled in a hurry but failed, and were extorted of all their possessions and thrown into the dungeon like dogs

"Sir?" Alexei urged

The old man's wife and daughter wandered naked in the wilderness; His son's head was charred black; Under the eaves where his grandson was hanged, the crow pecked at the child's eyes

One hundred soldiers restored the territory, and three hundred soldiers took revenge

'Insults are not washed away with blood, but need to be remembered with blood'

The elderly need help

"Yes, he's in Kudan"