Chapter 43: Young Master

A farmer slammed his whip, and the horse pulling the cart neighed, pulling the cart forward

The doubts of the soldiers of the stone fort were written on their faces, they were given the order at first to control the people who came down the mountain, but now, the order has changed to let those people go, but most of these soldiers are the guards of the guard, even if they are a little puzzled, they will not question the commander's order, the garrison sent his two personal guards to follow us, and the two soldiers followed Leo and Kaja every step of the way

I rode beside the Count and walked out of the stone castle with him

Before we set out, the garrison had sent several horsemen along the mountain road, informing them that all passes along the road were not to be blocked

Nikolai sent two of his most loyal subordinates to Leo and Kaja, which raised the number of Lord Lepnin's family guards from two to four, and I think it would be good for Kaja, Nikolai's people would definitely be loyal to their father and daughter, at least more loyal than those of Count Kalinin, but it seems that Kaja didn't like the two guards who followed them very much, and the harsh and dull appearance of the two people made them seem not kind at all, on the contrary, the two hippie smiling guys sent by Kalinin were very pleasing to Kaja

I couldn't help but reproach Kaja in my heart

The brightest is often the straw bale, and the most silent is probably the sword

The 66 people continued to smile and relax their mood, and they still had palpitations as they talked about what had just happened

There are many birches and maples on the mountain, the road is wide and clean, the road is covered with leaves, and when the wheels press up, the leaves make a small cracking sound, and when the wind blows, the whole forest will gently sway with the wind, and the leaves will mingle, as if whispering has delayed too much time in the stone castle, the sun has sunk in the west, and the fine sunlight is hitting us, and the garrison will go to the Greencrown Mill at night, to visit the Count Kalinin and the lord Lepnin, and we will have everything ready between the arrival of the garrison

"Count Victor," said Count "at my side," said "I'm surprised you would say something like that."

"I'm sorry, sir, did I disappoint the Garrison?"

The Count smiled, "On the contrary, if you take a bite to agree, he will be disappointed" His smile came and went quickly, and he adjusted his voice, "Victor, do you want to be a stableman for the rest of your life?" ”

"Don't want to"

"That's fine," the Count said, turning his head to look at me, "I'll talk to you again."

Then the count ordered his servants to go to Alexei, and he himself rode to the front of the convoy

When the Count had gone away, I saw the Tyvi knight drunk, and sat on the back of the ox cart in a depressed spirit, two pairs of drooping horses, napping on straw, and several riders who had gone up the hill together looked at me with complicated eyes, nodded and walked past me, and some women walked past me with cloth and straw bales, jokingly calling me 'young master', I felt a little embarrassed, so I patted the horse's neck, and walked towards the end of the procession, I wanted to be far away from the earl

When my dog saw me, he ran up to me, barked twice in horror, and then ran into the crowd, and I knew what was wrong with the dog, when I saw Tom with a rope in his left hand and a stick in his right hand, and followed him with his head poked into his head

Tom saw me and said hello to me, "Victor, you see uh nothing"

"Tom stay away from my dog," I frowned, pointing to the rope and stick in his hand, "don't even think about it"

"Huh? Why are you talking like that, what am I doing to your dog? ”

"You kicked it last time, and it ran away for two days before it dared to go home, and I didn't even say anything about you, what idea do you want to hit it again this time?"

"Do you have proof?" Tom straightened his back, not at all bent over like he had just been, "You're biased against me, Victor should find time to have a long talk."

"I'm too lazy to talk to you, I'm going to help women get manicures" I remembered the word 'fool', "You know fooling around, you don't even want to think about Amy"

Tom showed a serious and pious expression, "I'm such a decent person, I don't know why you always think so badly I asked Renault's teacher yesterday, and asked him what the most decent and simple word is, and he said that it was 'Innocent' I decided, and I will change my name to Tom Innocent Tom when I have the opportunity in the future, which is a perfect match for my temperament"

"Innocent of you," I said, "don't take it literally, okay?" I'm telling you, my dog will be called Tom Innocent in the future, think about it in advance when you want to eat it."

"Who cares?" Tom flicked the dust off his clothes, "Amy's stupid doll has died thousands of times, and I'm not alive and kicking up just as much?" ”

"I won't talk to you," I pulled the reins and turned to leave

"Victor," Tom's hippie smile disappeared, "is something wrong?" I can see that after you came out of the hall, each of you had a different face."

"What does it have to do with you?"

"Of course it doesn't matter," Tom pouted, "I'm just going to find an opportunity to kill dogs and eat meat anyway, right?" But Victor, heart, sometimes the same thing is both an opportunity and a fire pit, and the most profitable business must be hot"

I heard the concern in his words, so I muttered, "I see"

As I passed by a caravan of carriages mostly filled with women, I tried to see Kaja's carriage, but whenever I thought of Kaja, the Messila's smile overlapped with Kaja's, and this confusion made me more irritable, and I waved my hand impatiently, trying to dissipate the boredom in my heart

A few children followed the convoy to pick up the things that people had left behind: broken porcelain pieces, fruit pits, cloth pieces, wood handles, turning over leaves, and occasionally acorns and wheat grains, which were left by the soldiers' supply team on the snowy mountains, carefully examining the ground, and being ecstatic and showing off loudly when they had a catch

I saw Herman coming from afar, and I said to myself, "Go away, go away."

But he still ran to my side with a snort, "Victor, I heard, I heard that you are the young master of the family" He took off his hat, "You are the son of Lord Alexei, I have long seen that you and Lord Alexei look a little similar, it seems that my vision is right, have you officially recognized each other?" Did the Earl write you into your family tree? ”

"No," I can only say

"Everyone heard it, what Ms. Catherine announced, tsk, Catherine is amazing, she dared to speak in front of so many people, and she said it clearly, uh, look at me, I forgot the most important thing, I came to think of you to apologize, Young Master Victor, I used to treat you as the same person as myself, you are a young master, I will not call you 'Victor' anymore, I will respectfully call you 'Young Master'"

"Herman" I interrupted him, and he said something again, and I really couldn't listen to it anymore

"Yes, young master"

"You should be called Victor in the future, and you should be called Victor Now I don't know what the name will be changed in the future, it makes me feel like an idiot You know, I don't remember the past very well, if one day they get it wrong, I guess I will have to go back to the stable, and I will have to fight with that Jack a few times" I said incoherently, I don't want to bear the name of an illegitimate child, I am not an illegitimate child" So don't call me young master now, and wait until the matter is settled"

"Oh, okay," Herman wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I'm here to tell you about this, since you don't like it, then I won't call it, and ah, I guess you won't see Jack in the future, after Jack heard that you are a young master, he was so scared that he didn't dare to let go, hehe, you didn't see his stupid appearance, he was already packing his baggage and preparing to run away from home" Herman giggled

Herman's simple laughter didn't ease me at all

"I know, you tell him that he doesn't have to go, I don't hold grudges against him, just let him not plant me in the water tank while I'm drinking water in the future"

"He dares," Herman said, his eyes flashing with some cruelty, "dare to attack the young master, he will be hanged"

I know Herman has always been scared of Jack, and now that he has the opportunity to see Jack scared, he must be excited

"Alright, Herman" I saw the hustle and bustle of the motorcade leaving, "I want to be alone for a while, you go first"

"Okay, okay," said Herman, "I'm going to tell Jack not to run away, haha, will I bring you something to eat?" In the past, I always served food to the young masters, but I can serve it to you today, it's so funny to think about it, can you leave me an apple? Do you want me to come to you later? ”

"No need" I ignored him, "I'll just do it myself"

"Understood," Herman said happily

The temperature of the sun was almost gone, the dim afterglow of the sunset was drowsy, and the squirrel curled its tail and peeked at me above the tree, and I moved slightly, and the brave ones disappeared with a whoosh, and the withered grass shone with a cyan sheen, and in the sunset it was as if it had been flooded, and the sky was uncertain, and I wondered if it would rain at night, and the snow on the top of the mountain reflected the orange light, and the light dimmed a little bit in my gaze, turning into a cold pale blue

I'm going to the Southern Forest, I'm going to be a lord, and I'm going to marry Kaja in a few years

But why do I think of the Messiah?

I stopped and followed the team towards the front

When it was dark, we arrived at the Greencrown Mill, which was more spacious than the inside of the stone castle and, as the Count had said, where tents had been prepared, pits had been dug, and bonfires had been set up for supper

I went to the Kugit and asked for a bag of fodder to feed to Iron Feet, and when the Kugit saw me, he stopped joking as he had done before, and he did his own thing well, and agreed to my requests one by one, and in his politeness I liked that he used to tell me stories about the grassland, about men and women, but now he was like a piece of wood, lifeless

I watched a cook squatting next to a hanging pot, she took out a large slice of marinated pork from a wooden barrel, cut off pieces of meat into the pot with a dagger, and then sprinkled a few handfuls of oats, cut three onions, a turnip, two turnips, and then scooped a spoonful of lard from a basin with a spoon and stirred in the pot, so that the oil melted and the aroma slowly diffused, she took out the bottles and jars, added some unknown seasonings to the pot, and the fine foam rose from the bottom of the pot, and the pot was bubbling, and the meat pieces and oats made the soup thick, Every time the qi rolls up, it becomes slowly stagnant

As soon as she saw me, her eyes were shocked, "Master Vivektor," she said humbly

I bit my lip and left hungry

It's funny, after an afternoon of accidents, all the attitude of winning people has changed for me I wonder if I had been Alexei's illegitimate son from the beginning, would they have been the way they are I have seen Alexei's children, a six-year-old grumpy girl and a three-year-old boy who can just walk, and it is said that there are two boys of the same age as me, but they went to Kudan and when they grow up, they will go to the east of Snow Mountain

When people saw those two children, they were full of kindness and care, will I be taken care of in the future? Because Nikolai and the Romanovs needed a bond? Or is it just to get through this stone fort safely?

The Romanov family, which I had finally become familiar with, became strange again, and I felt as if I had been pushed into the middle of the gladiatorial arena, and everyone was greeting me, but in their hearts they were far away from me, or they didn't take me seriously

Before I knew it, I was in front of a carriage

I saw the Messiah

Messella was carrying a plate with a bunch of onions and boiled meat that she hated the most, and there was a basket beside her, which was her food, and I always felt that it was really a waste to give her so many things, and she couldn't finish it every time, and when she was hungry at night, she turned over the boxes and cabinets and turned out those cans, and fed herself, and she always complained to me that she was getting fatter and fatter, and that she couldn't wear her old clothes, but I heard that girls have been smoking strips for the past two years, and it's normal that they can't wear their clothes

She saw me too

Oh no, as soon as I saw her eyes, I knew that she knew everything, and she would change her attitude towards me, too?

She wouldn't call me Victor or anything?

But she didn't, she was still the Messirah of the past

She smiled confused but tired, "Victor, you're here"