Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Bonfire

Around the bonfire, people were laughing

When I led the horse through the crowd, there were constantly drunk people who came to invite me to drink, these people were holding large wooden cups, and the wine in them was foaming, these were all the cheers that the lord gave the people to drink, and the cheers came and went, wrestling, dog fighting, and singing, and some people laughed at my lame horse, and some people even slapped the iron foot on the buttocks, trying to make it run, and the iron foot retreated a few times, which frightened a few people, and people laughed, and some drunk people were thrown into the barrel by taking off their kùs, People were banging on the barrels with sticks, and the people in the barrels resisted in vain

As I reached the middle of the crowd, even at a distance, I could feel the heat of the fire, on one side of the campfire, a huge pile of wood, enough to keep the flame burning until dawn, and on the other side, a high platform was erected, on which the Count would receive all the people

In a few days, I will be out and maybe go to the other side of the mountain, and I will never come back, and I can't think of any reason why I should come back again

Amy had already come in the evening, and after a while she fell asleep, and was handed over by Tom to a group of maids and cooks, and these big girls all came around to tease Amy, who was asleep, and Tom teased them that Tom always told some embarrassing jokes, and the maids would burst into loud laughter, while the farmers around him would only shyly laugh and people were very envious of Tom's ability, he had known almost every woman in the castle in these days, and I didn't even know some of the Romanov women

Although the sky has gone dark, but in the darkness there is a touch of light blue sky, the sky is high and wide, the shining stars are some bright big points, the galaxy is brilliant, like a dream, the black treetops in the distance swing with the wind, the night wind is not big, refreshing and refreshing

As I passed by Tom, he threw me a bag of gin

"I don't drink," I want to throw the wine back

Tom waved his hand and told me to take it

A red-faced maid kissed Tom on the cheek and whispered something to Tom, who nodded

"Victor," said Tom, "the pretty girl says her sister thinks you're stupid."

The maid frowned and punched Tom angrily

"I'm not stupid" I thought about Tom, just wanted to walk away quickly, "and I don't drink"

"Stupid Vidor," Tom shook his head, "the girl says you're stupid, that means you're cute, why don't you go and see that sister?" Have a drink of mine with her, and you'll be a man tonight."

"Go and give you your wine yourself, I won't give it to you," I tied the wine in my belt and led the horse away

Tom was about to break free, but a weaver girl asked him to tell her the story of the Paravon Palace, and Tom was surrounded by a group of people again

Tom is a braggart, I bet he has never been to Parabun in his life, it is impossible to know what that place is like, Tom also lied to people that the emperor of Swadia has dragon scales on the lower half of his body, and the queen has three rooms, and the maids all nod their heads with their mouths open, they are completely bluffed by Tom, and Tom always starts with the deception, he is angry on key issues, but he is meticulous and never exaggerated in details, so that after a lot of others, they always feel that he is telling the truth

I smelled the smell of barbecue and a group of artisans gathered around a campfire

When I squeezed to the side, I saw the Kugit man in charge of the forage standing in the middle, he set up a grill with a wooden stake, and pierced a whole sheep with an iron drill in the middle of the grill, and he kept turning the iron brazing, dripping the oil from the roast sheep into an oil-stained wooden bowl, the surface of the sheep was already roasted and crispy, and the aroma was overflowing, and the people around looked at the Kujiit with longing eyes

The Kugit had a dagger, and every once in a while he cut off a few pieces of meat and handed them to the people around him, and the farmers and craftsmen around him drank wine while waiting for the meat Kugit did not speak, his face was red and black reflected in the flames, and several scars were clearly visible

When I saw the sheep, my saliva welled up at once, the steppe people are good at roasting meat, but this is the first time I have seen roasted meat

I stood for a while and then said to him, "I'll give you the wine, give me some pieces of meat."

He glanced up at me, and I tossed the sac, and he reached out to catch it, pulled the cork and sniffed it, then with a contemptuous expression, he threw it back to me

"A woman's wine," he said with a vague soul, "you have to drink wine to eat meat, but you have to drink strong wine" He took out a wine bag, "You take a sip of wine, and I will let you eat a mouthful of meat"

"I don't know how to drink"

"Then don't eat meat," he pinched the leg of mutton, cut the skin with a dagger, and rolled out the thick leg meat, dripping with oil dripping into the flames

I stood there for a while, and Iron Feet waited impatiently, and kept tilting my head and tugging at the reins

I pursed my lips and said, "Give me the wine."

The Kugit grinned, and I saw that his teeth were black and yellow, jagged

He handed me the wine: "The Vychian men say they can drink, but this mare's milk wine must be poured into a bag, a sip of wine, a sip of meat" He held out a finger and shook it

I pulled out the wooden cork of the wine sac, and when I reached the side of my nose, a strong smell of wine rushed into my nose, I held my breath, and I took a big sip as soon as I tilted my neck, but most of it was choked, only a small part of the wine flowed down my throat, all the way from the throat to the stomach, and a force from the back to the head leisurely, the mouth from bitter to sweet taste, full of the smell of wine, I took a cold breath, stretched out my tongue to hiss, spitting

The Kugit laughed and snatched the sac, "Just know it's good, it's not good to spoil it," he muttered

Then, he grabbed the lamb's ribs, pierced the dagger from the lowest end, cut the ribs along the ribs, and with a slight force on the sheep's back, he unloaded a piece of mutton bone with meat, and he pierced it into the lamb bone with a wooden skewer, and then handed the meat to me, "You must eat meat when you drink, otherwise your stomach will burn out" He added his mouth; I walked away with the horse in one hand and the lamb in the other, and I blew the lamb cold and prepared to eat

At that moment, someone tapped me on the right shoulder, and I turned my head away, and I didn't see anyone who was playing a very bad game, probably Herman or some other kitchen helper

"What for?" I turned to look to the left

"I'm here to play with you," said Messira, smiling, standing side by side beside me

"Messirah?" I was astonished, wondering how she had come to the peasants

"Don't be so loud, I'm sneaking here" She wrapped a white headscarf around her head, lowered her head and walked behind me, "Don't look back, others recognize me, it's over, my dad and grandpa didn't know I was coming, they were discussing things in the hall, it was too boring"

"How did you find me?"

"Everyone else is saying that you led a horse to show off in the market, so I'll look for it," she said inadvertently, and then immediately her face changed drastically, "Bah, who said I was looking for you?" I just happened to meet you, you lead a horse, I can see you across the mountain, it's so fragrant, what is it? ”

"Roast lamb, kugit guy from the hay house," I thought for a moment, and then handed the lamb to her, "Would you like to taste it?" ”

"My dad said that everything is not clean, and the Kugit are not clean"

"It's delicious," I said, "and if I eat it once, it won't hurt my stomach."

"It's so hot," she hesitated, then shook her head at the heat on the lamb

"Then do you eat or not?"

"What does it smell like you're blowing cold, it's so bad"

"I've just had a drink"

"Uh," she frowned, "I don't like people who drink"

"Yuri-sama drinks too"

"I don't like people who drink alcohol other than my dad"

I blew on the lamb and handed it to her, and she gave me a sneaky look from under the cloak, then took it, took a bite, and then buried her head and chewed it heartily

"Is it delicious?" I looked at her and felt a little hungry, "Give it to me when I'm done"

Her eyes widened, "You still eat if I eat it?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Dirty"

"I ate a few bites before I gave it to you," I lied to her with a laugh

"Ah," she cried, "is it really fake?" That's disgusting."

"What's there, you know? When the Kugit people were on the grassland, they specially put the meat rotten and ate sour meat, and the maggots that grew in the meat were all used to eat, and they called this a granulation."

"Hey, Victor, you're disgusting, I'm ignoring you," she said, wrinkling her nose in disgust

"Okay, okay," I felt my iron foot slip and turned my head to pull it tight, "I didn't eat it, you see, it's just your tooth marks on it, okay?"

She stared at it carefully for a while, "yes, you're so annoying, you love to deceive"

"It was Tom who taught me, he said that the more women are deceived, the more they like you"

"Who is this Tom?" The Messiah said angrily, "I asked my father to teach him a lesson, and he actually said such presumptuous words."

"He lives in the backyard, and his name is Tom Brown when he wants to go east with us in the future, and there is only one Tom Brown, and it is easy to find that if Mistress Yuri wants to teach him a lesson, I can lead the way, and catch him quickly and accurately."

"Does he have a grudge against you? Such a crowd," Messira chuckled, "Okay, I won't tell you about my father, they're coming."

I followed the eyes of the Messiah and saw Lord Count Kalinin coming all the way

The peasants gave way to him, bowed their heads, muttered 'sir', and retreated to the side of the road, and behind Count Kalinin was his wife, the widow of the former lord, Alexei, Yuri, and I also saw Lord Leo and Takaja, Renault and Christopher in the middle of the line, and there were people holding flags, there was a double-headed eagle flag of the Romanov family, and a balance flag, and finally, a banner of the steppe wolf, the balance flag seemed to belong to the Renault family, but was the emblem of Kaja's house a steppe wolf?

Messella had lifted her skirt and walked that way, and she had taken more than ten steps and looked back at me

She was reflected in the firelight, and behind her was a jubilant crowd

Messella smiled, "Thank you, Victor is delicious"

I waved my hand

She turned and ran towards her family