Chapter 40: The Family

Amid the cheerful singing of the farmers, the convoy slowly entered the stone fort

The Count stood guard outside the stone castle and waited patiently for all the people to enter the stone castle before entering himself

I saw the soldiers on the stone fort several times and couldn't help but look at their officer, but the officer shook his head, and it was clear that they could not act rashly until the Count had entered the stone fort

The Count rode a young Salander horse, which always liked to raise his neck high, and Kinov had told me that too young horses were always the first to die on the battlefield, because they were in a hurry to behave, and did not care about the danger, but I was now, this time, the Count on the back of the Salander horse was even bolder than it was, and when I returned to the top of the hill again, I scarcely dared to look up at the soldiers, for I feared that they would see my panic in my face

But neither the Count nor Yuri seemed to have anything to do, and there were only a few dozen cloaked lords around them, and these people were in groups of two or three, carrying some barrels, and the Count told the garrison of the Stone Castle that these were the Vikia wines that had been given to them, and the officer was very happy, and he said that he would definitely try it later

Yuri said to the officer, "Then you have to breathe first, otherwise you will be ruining the wine."

The officer added his lips, "Yes, yes, but I like the word 'waste', haha."

After Yuri finished speaking, he walked into the stone castle I followed him, and the count told me to follow Yuri closely, and not to tell anyone else about the things on the mountain, and as I passed through the narrow doorway, I looked up at the archery holes and stone throwing holes in the stone castle passage: if anyone forced an attack on the stone fort, the defenders would shoot arrows from the holes above their heads, and even pour boiling hot oil

As I walked out of the stone castle, my eyes suddenly opened up

The inside of the stone castle is much larger than it seems, in the past it was a huge barn field, when the Wikibians crossed the mountain pass, in order to prevent the people in the mountain pass from counterattacking, they built several stone forts on the west side of the mountain, and it was deserted, but now, it has become an excellent resting place, after a short rest here, the team can go up the mountain, of course, if it is too late, it will be here tonight, and tomorrow it will go to the Green Crown Mill

The coachmen did not dare to unload the goods, they just drove the animals, let them stand in order, ready to leave at any time, these people did not know their danger, I saw some people still greeting the garrison soldiers, almost the soldiers tried to make smiling faces, but they were extremely stiff, the farmers knew that the big-headed soldiers were cold, and they did not take it to heart, and they all went to rest on their own

After the last man entered the stone fort, the two iron gates creaked and came down, and at this time, one after another, the previous horse team was gone, and the dozens of riders led by the Tavi knight did not appear now, and people began to ask, I saw, under the unintentional questioning of the farmers, those soldiers were already a little unnatural, they looked at their officers, waiting for orders

The Count jumped off his horse and immediately attracted everyone's attention

At the earl's side, the servants who carried the barrels followed the garrison of his castle and came out, a civil official, with a pale face, but with a cruel expression, Kinov led me to the earl's side

Count Kalinin pointed at me and asked the garrison: "Your Excellency, did you just ask this child to inform me to come up the mountain?" ”

The garrison had a cruel expression on his face after the cat caught the mouse, "It's not me, it's my subordinates who seem to be doing a good job with this kid, what the hell are you coming up"

The Earl showed a slightly surprised expression, "Your Excellency, I don't understand what you said, if I want to cross the mountains to fight for the honor of the king, I must pass your level, shouldn't I come to visit you?" Why do you say that I am a little afraid to come up?"

"Oh," the garrison said for a moment, with a look of confusion and disappointment on his face, "I thought you understood, Lord Earl, you're serious."

The garrison officer approached the earl, and the soldiers around him surrounded the earl, but the people in the distance did not react, still talking and laughing to themselves, because there were too many people pouring into the stone fort, and the soldiers in the distance could not take care of them for a while

"Your Excellency" The Earl grinned and pulled the garrison officer's hand and interrupted him, and the soldiers around the garrison officer reacted quickly, but several of the lords who carried the wine clamored for them to drink, blocking them away, "Won't you come and taste the wine?" ”

"You," the garrison commander sensed the slightest sign of something was wrong, and also a little annoyed, and now he was surrounded by annoying lords crowded around, "Kalinin, don't you know how much trouble you have caused?" ”

"Oh? Let's talk in another place," said the Earl, blandly

"I want to arrest" the garrison officer threatened in a low, muffled voice, but his voice stopped abruptly

The lords who carried the wine pulled off their cloaks, slightly revealing the shiny armor underneath, the sleeves of several people faintly lit with daggers, and the barrels opened by several lords revealed the handles of several swords

"Arrest me?" The Earl looked at the garrison officer with a smile, "Who is arresting whom now?" ”

"Presumptuous" The garrison's anger soared, but he didn't dare to stretch it out, and the people on the periphery couldn't see what was going on here, and dozens of 'lords' carrying wine isolated the people outside: "Don't mess around, you madman, do you know who you killed!"

"I know," the Count's voice was surprisingly cold, "so I don't care about killing a little more garrison officer"

"If you dare, my soldiers will hang your men from trees"

"Calm down, Your Excellency," the Count was still smiling, but his voice was getting colder and colder, and he whispered, "Before you kill all my people, you can die a thousand times and we'll talk in another place."

"Right here," the guard officer's lips twisted

"Don't make a fuss," the Count frowned, looked back at the men, and nodded, and when they saw this, they hugged the garrison officer and walked towards the stone castle hall with the Earl

The soldiers along the way watched this scene in amazement, but Yuri announced loudly in front of him, "The garrison lord wants to talk to my earl"

The soldiers saw that something was wrong, but the garrison had been kidnapped, and they did not dare to move rashly, and the chaotic convoy and the noisy crowd around them made the soldiers puzzled: were these people pretending to be calm or what?

I followed the Count step by step, feeling like I was being carried up into the sky by a gust of wind, but I couldn't fall My heart was beating wildly, and before entering the stone castle hall, I looked at the flames burning in the iron basin, and then walked in

There were only two scribes and one shì in the hall chatting, and one of them was the man who had tricked Tai Wei into the city just now, and he was proudly bragging about his cleverness, and they were surprised by our sudden influx

As soon as we entered the house, several of the lords turned and closed the door, and only three soldiers from the stone fort managed to squeeze in, and the rest were shut out

There was a knock on the door outside, and the three soldiers rushed to the guard officer's door, shouting at us, "What do you want to do?" ”

Their threats were of no avail, and these presumptuous 'lords' were not intimidated by them in the slightest

One of the lords threw down his cloak and revealed his face

It's Christopher

He was dressed in leather armor, fully armed, and the belt on his body was tight, like a samurai about to go into battle, he drew his long sword from a barrel, "Who is dying?" ”

Before the three soldiers could react, all the 'lords' took off their cloaks, and the room was filled with well-armed Romanov soldiers

The three soldiers, who had been aggressive, unconsciously shrank together at this time, unable to speak

But the garrison officer was unmoved, "You are crazy, Kalinin, you are wrong on top of wrong, I will write it all down in my report to the commander"

"It's casual," said the Earl, "but how can a dead man write?" ”

"Do you dare?" The garrison officer said to the count, and he pushed away the hand of one of the Romanov soldiers, "Don't touch me"

"If you dare, I'll dare, if you don't say anything, of course I'll treat it as nothing."

The garrison officer of "Kalinin" seems to have completely forgotten that he is in danger, "you killed the people of the Pilsudskis"

"I Killed the Enemies of the Kingdom"

"Nonsense," said the garrison, "they have come to make a contract with the kingdom, you fool you kill them, the whole world will go to war, you are finished, Kalinin, you are now a dead man"

The Count looked at the decoration of the stone castle hall with great interest, and turned around, ignoring the words of the garrison

"Then aren't you talking to a dead man, and you're about to be a dead man."

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, let your people lay down their weapons and go down the mountain to the town to be watched, if you follow me to Kudan to meet the king, in this case, your son may still be alive, otherwise your whole family will be hanged"

"Are you confused? Why did the king kill his loyal subjects? I'm in the service of my country," said the Earl, his face cold, "don't you know? How many Wikibians do Burkes kill each year? How many Wikibian villages are burned each year? How many Wikibian women have been robbed to be prostitutes? You're an official, and you won't be unaware of these things."

"That's Shandong, what the fuck does it have to do with me, you killed a foreign envoy on my territory, it's treason"

The Earl's face was cold, "What do you mean?" Aren't the Vycians on the east side of the mountain the king's people? Didn't the king of Kudan always claim that he was the king of all Wikibians? When he needed his majesty, he asked others to shout 'Long live the king' to him, and when others needed his protection, he ran away from him, ignoring the slightest, and put to death those who were willing to protect his people? ”

"Quibble," the garrison said, "When I get the information out, you will die"

"My archers will shoot down every one of your pigeons, and you better know that you will never see my death, for you will die before me," the count smiled as he approached the garrison, "well, let me obediently go to the gallows, the road is broken, let's talk about other ways I want to live, can you do something?" ”

"Can't," the garrison said coldly, "you're dead, Kalinin, you're dead"

"No, no, you'll have to listen to me," the Count shook his finger, "you see, most people don't know what's going on these days, and you're just suspicious of me, and you don't have any proof, do you?" As long as I don't admit it, this dispute will not be over, and it will not do me any good, and for you and for you, can we think differently, like, 'The Burkes were killed by the robbers?'" For example, 'The Burkes were killed by the Wikibians who followed from Shandong?' ’”

"I won't help you lie" the garrison pouted, his head shaking "never"

"Yes, of course you will," said the Earl in a low voice, "for your name is Nikolai. Mikhailjevich. Lepnin, you are a member of the Lepnin family"

“”

"The Burkes ruined it, Your Excellency," said the Count, "I am sorry"

"Yes," the garrison's gaze dimmed, "but this is my revenge, and I must act in the interests of the kingdom as a matter of consideration," the garrison's voice lowered, "it is destroyed"

"No," the Count shook his head, "I've consulted your information, in fact, I've consulted the information of all the officials along the way, but your information is the most peculiar, you come from the Lepnin family in the eastern part of the mountains Decades ago, you joined the Vekia Expeditionary Force, crossed the mountain pass to help the then Swadia Emperor suppress bandits, Marshal Vekia became independent, you joined the camp of Marshal Vecchia Because of this, you were expelled from the Lepnin family and deprived of the fief In fact, you don't care about the Lepnin family, am I right?" It's just that you're not qualified to care."

The garrison gasped, "It's gone, don't jī up my hatred for the Burkes, it's useless for you, Kalinin, I swear to you, one day, if the king goes to war with the Berks, I will definitely cut off the heads of ninety-four Burkes, and I will sacrifice for you, and for me"

"Why ninety-four?"

"The Burkes slaughtered ninety-four of my relatives, and none remained," said the garrison

"Ninety-two" the Count looked at the garrison and said slowly

"What?" The garrison frowned, and the count's words puzzled him

"The Berks owe you ninety-two heads, your brother Leo and his daughter Catherine are not dead, and now they are outside the Rypnin family Nikolai, I have found the heirs of your family, your family is resurrected, Nikolai," said the count

"I Resurrect Your Family"