Chapter 19 Door

When Bella pulled me out of the forest, my stomach was filled with sour water.

His trachea became painful from the heavy breathing, and his chest felt as if he had been hit by a giant hammer. In the distance, several horsemen were wandering, and when they saw us running out of the forest, they approached us.

One of the horsemen recognized Bella and called her a strange girl. The characteristic Valan accent made the call sound like a broken bellows.

"Thank you for your herbs," said the cavalryman, "my leg wound is completely healed, and although you cut off a few of my toes, I won't blame you, blame the girl." I made their bones into a necklace, which will be my talisman for the rest of my life. ”

"Brother! Then say," said Bella, "take your men into the forest, for we have met the barbarians." ”

The soldier didn't seem to care, "I've heard that the Count says there are hundreds of barbarians. They're not coming, we just cleaned up the woods like we'd combed our hair, and there weren't even a single bird. You're definitely going to run into a single guy who is lost. ”

"We've met these barbarians!" "There were at least twenty of them, and they attacked the patrol. It's the Lucasino one, I know that. ”

A serious expression appeared on the cavalryman's face, "If you say so, I will go and talk to the adults." Then he looked at me, "I think I've seen this kid." ”

"I'm Victor." I said to him, "Viktor of the Romanovs." Soldier, the woman did not lie, did as he said. ”

The cavalryman squinted at me and rode in circles, "You're the useless bastard?" Don't speak to me in that tone, or I'll cut off your thing. Master Kalinin is a warrior, he can call me a soldier, what are you? ”

The soldier pinched his chin, "Victor" ''Well, I'll find someone to escort you back to the camp.'' Bella, don't get too close to this person. He blew the horn on his waist and summoned several companions in the distance.

Soon after, Bella and I were caught on the back of a horse, and I was laid sideways with my stomach down, and the cavalryman seemed to be deliberately trying to put the saddle against my stomach and toss me. A cavalryman surrounded Bella, taking advantage of her and making a loud teaser of her. The Valans are still like this, and when they are fighting, the character of the Valans becomes more debauched and wild.

I saw a stone fortress in the distance, and that was the port of Baidan. A strange opening appeared in the side of the wall, and the surrounding stones were black, as if they had been smoked by something. There was a pile of rubble underneath, and there were some farmers and soldiers pointing around. In front of the fort was a village requisitioned by the Valan soldiers to use as a barracks. It's hard to see what the village was like in the beginning, with wagons and ox carts parked and mountains of booty and haystacks on the ground. The tent made of felt resembled a gray bird crouching on the ground, and the soldiers lit a bonfire in front of the camp and boiled hot water on the fire. The digging of a long trench in the distance with latrines made the camp smell a little unpleasant, but it was much better than what the Valans had used to be.

In some places, wounded soldiers wrapped in strips of cloth sat around and ate spoiled food and fruit wine stolen from the peasants. A slain sheep was hung upside down, and a bare-chested Saran carefully shaved the lamb off the bone with a knife. The flesh was cut into strips, and a Valan on the edge of a plank put the strips of meat in his helmet with one hand, and pulled his pants open with the other to pee on a sleeping dog, which shook its head violently when it was awakened by a drenching head, splashing everyone around it. The Salanders brandished their cleavers and gestured at the Varan, shouting and swearing desert words. Not far away, several Valans overturned an ox, and another struck a stick at the turner's head, and the ox squealed, tears welled up in its eyes, and its hind hooves kicked weakly, raising clumps of earth.

As we entered the depths of the camp, a troop of thirty horsemen blew their horns, and in front of them two well-draped boyar knights, who led them towards the forest. These may be soldiers who went to the forest to inventory the barbarians. I don't know if there are enough of them, or if the patrol will be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive. Some of the men began to blow their cornets in a hurry, and those who were wandering around the village from afar began to carry their belongings towards the castle.

The soldiers built a wall of logs along the high ground in front of the castle, which looked like hair on the side of the priest's head. One by one, people passed through the fenced gate and walked inside. A herd of goats got in the way and caused chaos, and two cows fought by the door, their horns against their horns, and the two peasants scolded and kicked them and could not separate them. There were even a few women swearing and walking inside the fence.

I heard people saying that the enemy had been spotted in the distance and that martial law was to be imposed at night.

There are so few soldiers here, if there are 300 soldiers organized to attack here at this time, this place will be finished. However, it seems that the people around here are very relaxed, and it is estimated that the Earl's soldiers are around. I was going to chase Giovanni, but I plunged headlong into Kalinin's camp. Bella wanted to take me back to his tent, and she said Tom had taken her in. I don't doubt this at all, even if Tom adopts a jig, I won't move an eyebrow. Wait a minute, Bella won't be '''.

I was thinking nonsense.

The soldier who escorted us back did not agree, and he was ordered to send me to the castle. Bella was only occasionally brought in by Tom or some other nobleman, and she was not usually going to take her inside the castle unless Tom agreed, but it was at this time that Tom went to battle. But because of the sudden rise in Pastor Tom's prestige during this time, the soldiers were not too embarrassed when they saw Bella walking around the fortress, and just told her not to be seen by the lord.

"Tom went to war?" I asked Bella.

"Yes." "Two more priests went to the battlefield today, one strong as oak and the other weak as embers. ”

"That's right, everything else is crazy, it's true, he's really an oak, I hope he's burned to ashes." I said, "Wherever he goes, the arrows will go." ”

Bella was babbling something to herself, as if she had suddenly forgotten me. Then when she tried to follow me into the castle, she was stopped by two boyar warriors who were on guard. The two men don't usually associate with the messy people in the camp, so they don't know Bella very well, and they have seen Tom come in with this woman for the night, thinking that she is the camp.

"Go away, woman!" The boyar warrior yelled at her, "The night is coming!" ”

The other one was a little frivolous, "Come and find me, haha." ”

Bella still wanted to follow me, but I was anxious to find someone I knew, and at the same time, I wanted to get rid of this crazy woman.

I turned back to Bella and said, "Aren't you with Tom?" I'll find you. I promise, Bella, I promise. ”

"This castle is not a good place, you don't fit here," Bella said. Go outside, and go outside before the Count returns. ”

I said, "I'm boyar, and I'm not going anywhere else but the castle." I'll go find you. ”

As I walked into the castle, one of the boyar warriors behind me said, "This kid has started to play with women, and Giovanni really knows how to train people." ”

"He probably regretted giving Burke Chick to Pastor Tom."

Curious how Reverend Tom had suddenly become so revered, I walked into the long stone hall. Next to the long hall, in a dark corner, a man was roaring, I don't know who, he had people give him bread and wine, and women.

I walked up the spiral stone staircase. I found that the staircase here was a little overdecorated, and the surface was actually covered with tiles of uniform specifications, and the gaps were dotted with black and white pebbles, and the lord here must be a very particular person about life, I thought silently in my heart. There was still a long banner hanging above my head that I had not had time to remove, and I saw a symbol that I had not seen before, and it seemed that the lord of this lord seemed to have some connection with the Berkes, for I found that half of the lord's banner was the banner of one of the nobles of Burke.

The tide is high when I'm tired, but I still wish I could talk to someone about my experience before I fall asleep. Kalinin left me a cunning reply, which delayed me for many days, and in the next few days, I will almost delay it again, and at the same time, with all my soldiers lost, how can I ask the Count for a messenger squad to find a Giovanni who does not know where?

When I walked into the room, Goth was transcribing a book.

I crept up behind him and found that there were actually two books, the outer one was "The Genealogy of the Nobles of the Riverlands", and the title of the book drawn on the colored bar hung out of the middle of the page. And in the middle of this spread book, there is another book. I looked and the first line inside was written a few lines: Great love, to my dearest'' was followed by a strange name, as if it had been made up something.

I was too close, and Goth finally noticed someone behind him, so he suddenly closed the two books and coughed as if seamlessly.

"Sir, you should have knocked on the door before you entered," Goth found me, "Victor?!" ”

Then the Goth took me to a nearby room, where three members of the Valan family stood in a circle, and in the middle of them lay a map drawn on leather, where Vladimir was telling them something. I didn't expect this old thing to come here too, he was supposed to be in Ivangelrod before.

The crowd noticed us, and Vladimir looked up to see who it was, and when he found out that it was me, he laughed contemptuously and said loudly, "Viktor, I just heard that you moved your ass out of Varankov, why did you come to us." What about your Giovanni? Is it hidden in your crotch? Take it out and we'll see. ”

The three members of the Valan family smiled, and I realized that there was no patriarch for them, all of them were young people. I approached them and found that they were studying a map of the port of Baidan, and they seemed to be assigning defense. After I came, Vladimir turned the leather over. Then he waved his hand to dissolve the Valan nobles here, and one or two nodded at me, but many more were indifferent to me.

After Vladimir and the others had left, he sent the goths out as well. He listened briefly to my story: a series of captures and failed escapes.

As I spoke, he snorted from time to time and said that if it were him, he would have found Giovanni by now.

"Do you know where Giovanni is?" Vladimir snorted the back of his head and said, "We have a big gap here that is more than ten miles away, and we don't even have a dog leashed there." If only Giovanni could be stationed there. ”

I suspect that this may be the main direction of their prediction of the attack on Little East Lake.

"I don't know, Daddy." I said, "I'm lost." ”

"So I don't think it's a good choice for Giovanni to ask you to send a letter, if you go missing, or die halfway through, we don't know if Giovanni is friend or foe." Vladimir lost interest in me, or didn't care to take the words out of my mouth all at once, "You go find a corner and sleep for a while." Get up at night and be on duty, now there are no idlers in the castle, and when you come back, make normal arrangements. ”

I have no objection to this, it seems to me today to be a long time, it seems like a year, and now my heart has become much more peaceful. No matter who said anything to me, as long as it didn't take out a knife and kill me in front of me, I could listen calmly.

"Okay, Daddy."

When I had gone out, the Goths inquired about some more things, and led me to a stone house. Next door is the man who growls all day long. Goth explained that it was the best room, and although it was a cell, it was very clean, and there was no place anywhere else. I took a look, and this noisy room was indeed elegant, and instead of using a poop bucket, a stone passage was built to connect to the outside, and even put it

A wooden bowl and a small bucket of water, while the hay is only half-moldy, and covered with a warm blanket that reminds people of a sunny day. It's a little too extravagant.

I couldn't hear anything other than the man next to me who was roaring again. I sent the goths away and slept by the wall. I slept so hard that hardly any dreams got into my head. The howl of the man next to me was like a call from afar, and it couldn't wake me up anymore. I'm so tired.

I don't know how long it took for me to suddenly hear a noise. At first, I thought it was the man next to me roaring, but I found it to be a heavy shout: it seemed like someone was cheering. I listened for a long time, and was sure that it was indeed someone yelling happily. With no outside view of the sky, I stood up and pushed the door of my cell.

The door was locked. (To be continued.)