075. The Queen of the Left Cheek
It was getting late, so Orlan didn't leave right away and stayed overnight.
The place where he slept was the knight's main room of Marcus, and there was also a portrait of a man in it (Nan. Milo).
Originally, his men were going to empty these things, but Orlan stopped them.
But for the sake of safety, the subordinates searched the room inside and out, and found a hidden compartment on the wall, and after opening it, there was a locked iron box inside.
"Your Excellency, it's this thing."
The speaker is the "Titan".
Ever since he didn't let the King's soldiers insult the White Eagle in the Danburg Church, and he also blocked the next sword.
Now the latest identity is Oran's herald (arranged by the housekeeper Southamp).
The Titan's injuries were not completely healed, so this time he went on the expedition with him, and he did not carry heavy objects on his body.
But he was still swollen - it was the smell of scones.
Oran remembered that he had said last time that he wanted the boy to be able to eat every day, so he didn't say anything.
"Smash the tin box open and see what's it?"
After Oran's order, the Titan immediately ran outside, called the others, and soon got a hammer to build the horse's foot, and directly smashed the iron box open, Titan took out the letter, and respectfully handed it to Oran with both hands.
Then the Titan retreated outside the door, saw that there was no one around, and began to take out the scones in his sleeves, eating them while being alert.
The scones ate one bite at a time, and finally he licked his fingers, took out the water bag from his waist, grunted a few times, and poured another half bag.
"Whew!" The Titan spat out a pleasant sound.
As he eats uncontrollably, his body gradually becomes obese, and after a while, he may become a fat titan, which will match his name.
He waited until Orlan woke up to change people, and during this time, he began to write out of thin air with his fingers.
"Oran, Lord (to read the letterhead sent by the Church), Your Excellency, Your Excellency...... Titans. ”
Oran stipulates that the first character group for the servants of the White Eagle Collar to learn words is to remember their own name, even before God......
The left hand writes in the air, and the right hand draws in the air - practicing the sword.
He also wants to be a horse knight who can fight, and although his right hand is blind to draw, he is also very happy.
Dreams always start small and accumulate little by little.
"Someday, I'm going to have a family name too!"
This is Titan's second small goal after eating every day.
……
The night was getting cooler, and Orlan was reading the letter.
The tin box contains a large number of letters written on papyrus.
There are "self-confessions", "frontier diaries" written to lords, and "great jousting passes" when he traveled to Wessex as a young man.
In my self-confession, one letter wrote, "That day, I followed my father into the castle to attend the wedding, and when I saw her for the first time, I felt a sweet feeling in my heart, 'she' is so beautiful, that night, I turned it over and over again, and my mind was all about her, no, she is my lord, I shouldn't." ”
The letter came to an abrupt end.
And the mistress of the Canaan family, according to Oran's memory, was left with a young one - that was Lady Rowling.
The letter did not press the date, but before Orlan attacked the Daganan family, he had collected all the information about the family for nearly ten years, which should have been five years ago.
Orlan thought that Marcus was in love with the lord's wife, but he didn't know that it was just a chance heartbeat of Marcus's youth, and he left this letter to warn himself that he should not have such evil thoughts in his heart.
Madame Rowling came from a small aristocratic family in the former kingly region of the South.
The family supported the former king, and during one battle, they were defeated by Ella and others, and Lady Rowling was taken back to the royal court.
In that battle, the barons of the former Canaanite family also participated, and the lost husband Rowling was ransomed at the banquet, so that the woman could remain in County Durham.
Everyone has desires, and Oran's mind flashed, if he "controlled" this woman, wouldn't that be equivalent to controlling Marcus?
Sometimes women are better than jewelry, gold and silver, and land to buy people's hearts.
The weaker the woman, the more hardened the man can always die.
The border diary is not much, but mostly describes the Viking settlements in the north, who often come to harass and ask for the help of the lords.
But these things should now be taken into account by Oran, and to the north is "the county of Jeree", where the nominal county is 'Er, Sax', and is called "the miser".
Oran remembered his father, and had proposed to the Earl that they raid the Viking settlements in his domain, robbing the Vikings of their possessions and increasing their population.
But this count, when his father's army crossed the border, went so far as to collect a transit fee!
But his father was angry, and he never wanted to associate with this miser again.
"Such a lord, who is worse than a bug, how can he control Yewei County? It should also be ruled by my White Eagle Collar!"
Orlan began to think about reaching here again.
According to recent information, Yewei County is becoming more and more unable to withstand the pressure of the Vikings in the territory.
Vikings in the Danfa district, misers.
With these two things, Oran began to think about what could be exploited......
When you think about it, an hour passes.
There are only two final martial arts experiences, one praising "the prosperity of Wessex".
After all, it is the overlord of the Seven Kingdoms, Orlan simply looked at it twice and put it down.
The other is a long letter about the good Southerners that Marcus has met.
"Immediately riding the spear, the 'Gun Rodevi' knight opened my eyes, such a thin body, can be so flexible to hold the spear between the arms, I heard people, no matter what kind of horse, there is no one he can't tame, what an excellent knight is ......"
Gun Rodway, Orlan remembered to see this man once, he liked to wear red armor when he competed, and when the horse's hooves rushed, it flew like a ball of flame, which was extremely eye-catching.
"In this level of swordsmanship, the last to enter the decisive battle are the 'Amun the Confessor' knight in the Mercia region, and the 'Needle Sword Sigis' knight in East Angria.
Knight Amon's swordsmanship is biased towards speed, slightly faster than mine, while the swordsmanship of the opponent Knight Sigis is more focused on strength and skill...... Both of them are masters, but I've heard that the 'Knight of the Needle and Sword' never hurts people's lives when they compete in martial arts, and if you want to do the opposite, the 'Knight of Amun' is always willing to give people away to heaven, which is probably the reason why Knight Amon can win......"
According to the memory in his mind, this Knight Amon should be almost fifty years old this year, and he has fought two sword fights with his father, and he has won and lost each other, so he can be regarded as old and strong.
The knight Orlan of "Needle Sword" is very unfamiliar, only known as a new knight who has been active in "East Angria" in recent years, and is also a knight and important minister who is very trusted by the young king "Edmund".
The knights are not familiar, but to King Edmund, Orlanke is like thunder!
King Edmund was eight years older than Orlan and was a king who was "extremely devout" to his faith.
And she is the only "queen" among the Seven Kingdoms!
After her brother's death, she continued to govern in her brother's name.
As the weakest of the Seven Kingdoms, East Angallia did not have a strong monarch because of this, but because of serious infighting and mutual compromise, the queen was elected.
She loved to tell the scriptures to her lords and nobles, and prayed day and night for the Lord's grace to be broadcast.
The most famous deed is "slap in the face".
The year before, she was a guest at the royal court of Wessex, and there was a conflict between her knights of the guard and the knights of the local royal court.
Her knight was slapped by the opposite knight, when the Hand of the King (Alfred) of Wessex ordered the punishment of his own knight.
"The Gospels say, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,' not revenge, but a deed to stop others from doing evil."
This is Alfred's "oath" before punishment, to convince his knights, and to let Edmund know that even if Wessex is strong, he will not bully the Confederate at will.
This should have been the end of the matter, but the queen said, "The Gospels also say, "Be kind in your heart, be lenient, and give your face to it, and let it be beaten again." ”
When someone hits you on the right cheek, hit him on the left cheek too!
That's probably what it means.
When Alfred heard the queen's words, he smiled back awkwardly, and almost wanted to respond, "Then if the Vikings come again and rob you of your cattle and horses, you should even offer them to the people." ”
Alfred also went to the city of Rome as a young man and studied the scriptures seriously.
He knew that "the times were different" and that the scriptures should be interpreted differently
"Lord Jesus" left this gospel in the era when people carried out their will with their hands.
To show contempt, the "right cheek" is often thrown at the other person's "right cheek" with the "back of the right hand".
This is a behavior for women, children, and slaves.
Therefore, when someone slaps the left cheek of the other person with his right hand instead, it means that you and I are on equal footing.
Alfred believed that the original meaning of "Lord Jesus" should be,
If someone hits me on the right cheek and despises me, he responds with the left cheek, indicating that you and I are equal.
Use non-violent behavior to bring back the identities of the two.
But this method was too noble, and Alfred felt that it was a good quality that only saints possess.
But in the end, at the Queen's request, the knights of the royal court of Wessex slapped the Queen's knights in the face.
The incident ended when both sides felt that it was in their favor.
A quirky "win-win".
This was written by the Archbishop of England (Archbishop Mercia) in a New Year's greeting letter to the Pope.
The Roman clergy wrote about the queen's noble character, but the other six kings of England despised her even more.
Every now and then their soldiers harass the Queen's borders.
After that incident, Edmund was also known as the "Left Face Queen".
……
The queen has never seen what Orlan looks like, but she has heard a little about "slapping her face and saying it".
If East Anglia is close to his own territory, he will probably have to learn from the Vikings to grab a hand.
That night, Oran did not sleep, and in the morning, when the dew had not completely receded, he went out of the house.
"Your Excellency."
Seeing this, the Guard Titans immediately plucked up their spirits to say hello, but then let out another drumming sound.
"Finished eating?"
"Hmm!"
"I ask you."
"Huh?"
"What would you do if someone hit you in the face?"
"I'll hit him too!"
"What would you do if I hit you in the face?"
"I ...... I ate my face bigger, and it didn't hurt as much when I was beaten. ”
"What would you do if I was hit in the face?"
"I'll kill him!"
The Fat Titan was nervous, but he didn't say anything wrong.
"Very good, when you are a herald, there are many things to learn, but the most important thing is that my honor and disgrace are your life!"
Hearing this, the Titan straightened up to the straightest of his body, like a pillar.
"Within two months, if you learn more than 400 words, or make combat exploits, then you are a 'trainee knight'."
Oran patted the titan on the shoulder, this sudden happiness almost didn't make the little fat man faint!
Oran walked out of the house, where the soldiers were cooking on fire.
But before the meal was finished, good news came again, and the lord of the nearby village, another man, with his servants, rode on a donkey and surrendered.
He knelt before Oran and confessed his guilt.
Orana, "If you do not vote, you will replace the letters of command from all the owners of the manor when you take the castle, and it will be of great effect." ”
The former baron's territory, which had been in flux since his death, was fearful of the upper legal feudal lords who received the king's honors.
Oran's operation, with a loss of less than 60 people, won the support of nearly ninety percent of the nobles under the Canaan family.
There is still a tenth, all of them are useless resistance, as long as these village chiefs or manor managers are hung up and placed in the village square, they will immediately become as obedient as dogs.
The Durham United Front is as follows:
On 7 April, the demon Oran entered the Barony of Gazi, and the edict of the county was issued.
On April 14, the imposing White Eagle Lord led seven hundred men and began to sweep the border.
On 17 April, Oran Vijay took the border post and defeated Marcus.
On 18 April, Lord Oran went to the Baron's Castle, the last of his resistance.
On April 19, Durham's sole owner landed beneath Madame Rowling's Castle.
Orlan was in high spirits, with hundreds of spears behind him, ready to ask for guilt.