"This is such a young and handsome count, and the terrible blasphemous lord who is rumored to be around him has nothing to do with it, and his guards are also kind, and before entering the castle, the fragrance on his body even attracts a few bees.

The young count was most impressed by his 'kindness' and 'courtesy', and his men would come into contact with the people of the castle, and would take out some pieces of copper and silver, and stuff them into the hands of those who helped him.

At the banquet, the Count of Oran was eloquent and full of surprises.

He also told many of the 'interesting stories' he heard from the bards.

On the other side of the ocean, for example, he said that there might be a very large island, not a dark whirlpool.

And the people there, with feathers on their heads, are a country full of gold and silver, a beautiful country......

This originally shabby dinner, under the words of the Count of Oran, turned into an interesting story meeting, which both men and women listened to with relish.

The Count of Oran also told a riddle that related to everyone present, 'always growing, never decreasing', what is it?

In the end, the earl's daughter, a girl as delicate as a flower, guessed that it was 'age'.

The first day of dinner ended with laughter, and I think those laughter could have lasted forever without those annoying Viking devils......

……

This is a fragment recorded by a priest in the city on the day Oran entered the city.

When the priest finished writing his journal, he lay down in bed and quickly fell asleep.

Five hours later, around four o'clock in the morning, Oran opened his eyes and slept somebody else's place, forever on pins and needles, unable to sleep.

It wasn't long before there was a rush of people in the corridor outside.

When the hourglass reached about five o'clock, Oran received an urging from Earl Earl, and ten minutes later, Oran went to the hall.

This is an ancient place where the fort was built no less than the White Eagle Collar.

Orlan took Tuman, the Titans, and Kunsang open the door and entered.

The reason why he brought Tuman was because this poor man, who had been tortured for many years, now hid terrible killing powers, but it did not match his weak appearance, and he could find an opportunity to sneak up on his target.

The Titan looked at the nobleman's round white face and thought of bread.

Kunsang looked at the sword at the nobleman's waist and remembered the decapitation picture.

Tuman looked at the nobleman's ruddy neck, thinking about how much blood could be splattered if he was pierced by a hidden weapon.

In the hall, the pale-faced Earl sat on the throne, leaving two seats on the left.

When Orlan entered, his eyes swept over the crowd and he said, "By the Lord's guidance, we have come together." ”

The other nobles also put their hands on their chests and politely replied, "Your Excellency." ”

Oran's place was set by Kunsan, and Tuman and Titan stood and listened.

Oran hadn't thought of the reason for this makeshift meeting, but he saw the priest, the knight, the baron (also Earl's brother-in-law) he had just met at the banquet, and a wounded noble knight.

I think this meeting is about the trouble of swords.

Earl's children were also there, and there were ten of them on Earl's side.

The daughter is the girl "Sally" who answered the Orlan mystery earlier, and she is 16 years old this year.

This is already the age when she can be a mother, but Earl wants her daughter to marry a nobleman who is more suitable for a noble marriage, so she still has a daughter.

The other heir, "Chur", had just turned twelve years old, and although he was young, he had already been baptized and was also loyal to his father with a sword, and was already in the adult range.

The son, Chure, sat on the right hand of the Earl of Earl, and the daughter Sally stood behind Earl.

Sally is very studious, proficient in various languages, and in the past, letters and official correspondence in the collar have to pass through her hands, and in a way, she can be said to be Earl's "female counselor".

Then, the first thing Earl said was, "Your Excellency Oran, some bad news, the Vikings invaded my territory two days ago!"

Shi Meng, this Viking veteran, did it so quickly?

Orlan's facial features furrowed, and then he clenched his hands into fists and slapped the back of his chair, "These hateful Viking demons have come to our homeland to spread wilderness, rest assured, I am here and will fight side by side with you." ”

After finishing speaking, Oran also "intentionally" glanced at Sally, and his eyes were full of good feelings.

The nuns and priests who educate Sally are very conservative and old-fashioned, and they have not yet come out of the cabinet, and what she encounters most on weekdays is boring words.

Suddenly a man of high status and excellent appearance appeared, and Sally's heart was filled with a lot......

But the next words of the injured knight made Sally shed tears, suppressing this temporary affection for the opposite sex.

As the count's daughter, she knew that her mission was to find a suitable ally for her father to make the realm more prosperous.

And the Lord of the White Eagle, although he is excellent in all aspects, has a fiancée and a bad reputation, so he can't be fascinated, but become one of his little lovers!

Sally secretly pinched her arm, and she decided that if she had a good impression of the man in front of her again, she would copy it again, and the Church had decreed that a woman should be loyal to her future husband.

This is the difference between contemporary "aristocratic women" and "ordinary women".

The former understand their own situation better, know how to use their advantages and take on obligations, they have a lot of things, so they can give up a certain part if necessary.

And ordinary women, some things are very few, and they often can't get out of the two dilemmas of "food and clothing" and "appearance", resulting in lifelong restrictions and difficult to open their horizons.

"Two days ago, I was inspecting the manor, and then I heard a shout that a group of Vikings with axes and shields had come from the north, and their methods were too cruel...

Their leader was a very tall Viking, not the Golden Tooth Baldo, nor the North of the Realm, another Viking force, 'One-Eared Haman', but a face I had never seen before.

This man's arm is strong, and he wields the great sword in his hand, which is like a door, and soon breaks through my manor, and my wife, and my young children, all ......."

The knight burst into tears when he spoke of his grief.

Only then did Oran know that it was the Vikings north of Earl who had done it.

However, it is not difficult to understand that the Viking world has always been connected, and perhaps the group of Viking elders who entered the Kent region have sent someone to contact the Golden Tooth ......

Earl and his subordinates discussed, Orlan did not interject, listened quietly, Earl did not ask, he did not publish himself, reduce suspicion.

Sally also listened carefully, trying to give her father ideas, and her face turned a little red.

For with the exception of the priests who cursed the Vikings and their gods, the other nobles used their mouths to say all the special words that could insult Viking women.

These words sounded enjoyable, but they were empty words, and Earl Earl set his eyes on Orlan again.

The host's gaze, the guest has to deal with.

Oran wanted to ask more clearly, and said, "How many people are there in the two forces to your north combined?"

"The Viking settlement of Baldo the Golden Tooth is close to two thousand, and the other force, One-Eared Haman, is close to a thousand."

"In this way, there are three thousand people, deducting the old and weak, minus the women, and leaving the number of people to guard the settlement, they can pull out five or six hundred people at most, you and I join forces, there is nothing to fear."

Orlan then asked the wounded knight, "Have they withdrawn?"

"Retreat, after Sir Brother's soldiers enter."

"Well, they also know that they are not superior in numbers, and they are aimed at attrition of us, we can concentrate superior forces and lure them out, if you want, I am willing to command this war and let them know that we are not easy to mess with."

Oran's intention was clear, to gather the three teams divided by Earl for righteous and bright reasons, and at the same time to take command of the Vikings to the north.

Just hearing that the Golden Fang in the north was messing with One-Ear and was not in the plan, Orlan was distraught.

But things can't all be expected by yourself, and after thinking about it, you find that there are also opportunities to use it.

He gathered his troops first and went to the towns further north and then did not move, on the other hand, Nanding in his own territory would also join forces with Shi Meng to attack the towns in the south.

Plus Adesha's confidence that she can convince her cousin Delim.

If the three-way plan goes well, within a month, it will be able to swallow up the county of Yewei, which has a roughly equal population.

And that's not the effect of one plus one.

Of the four northern counties, Durham, Jere, Carlisle, and Edinburgh, plus the eight Viking settlements scattered across the four counties, were unable to fight themselves

It will become a situation where you have the most dominance.

Earl tried to say something, but Sally's fingers pressed lightly behind her father's back.

It's a father-daughter gesture that Earl lets her daughter speak.

As Sally spoke, Oran stared at her, and in Orlan's eyes, she was just a young girl who had not been deeply involved in the world, and maybe she could be enchanted by it overnight.

Like the other women she conquered.

But when a person is defensive against you, your smile will only turn into ugly features huddled together.

Sally's favor has dropped a little, her status is noble, and she has not been seduced, but the candidate is not as good as Oran, but ...... None of these are good things.

A true gentleman would not look down on women so much.

Sally said slowly, "Your reputation, everyone in the eight counties of the kingdom knows, with your help, the Vikings can be defeated soon, I have a proposal, we send people to attack the Golden Tooth Baldo, you lead people to attack the one-eared Haman, and destroy them separately." ”

The number of the settlement of One-Eared Haman is only half that of Baldo the Golden Tooth, but his territory is mostly surrounded by mountains and hills, and if Oran, who is not familiar with the terrain, really leads a few hundred men to fight, the casualties will not be small, and the logistics will become dependent on Earl Earl.

If Earl suddenly stabs himself, the main force will be completely destroyed, and his suppression of the Canaan family and the Moore family will be out of control overnight!

Women are ruthless, how can there be men or anything.

That's what Sally really thinks in her heart.

She had been conceived by the land of Jerey for sixteen years, and if she could protect it, she could also go from an angel to a demon.

In addition, she has never been to the front line in person, so in a sense, human life is really just a beating of numbers, especially the lives of the enemy.

This proposal is deceitful, and if Oran only listens to the number of people, and goes up in order to grab merit, he may be enlightened.

But the problem is that the whole thing is a "trap", and Orlan creates a Viking panic attack just to annex Earl.

This became the point that no matter how easy One-Eared Haman's territory was, Orlan would not send anyone there.

And the best way to refuse one thing is to get another thing to join.

Orlan said deliberately, "Okay, but my numbers are too small, and I still have to mobilize some people to come over." ”

After that, request that the party be moved to Seatown.

In the information released by Oran, Lady Adesha had already been given to King Ella by herself in exchange for her marriage to Ella, and no one thought that Adesha was near Haizhen at this time.

A morning meeting ended after the sun had risen.

The tables and chairs in the hall were rearranged, and everyone dined.

Yesterday was welcome, and today is the second day, and the food in front of Oran is much inferior to yesterday, there is only one kind of meat, dry and hard, and the boiled fruit tastes very sour.

For Oran, it's humiliation!

He quietly ate it all, but he also decided that after the city was taken he would fill Earl's mouth and stomach with pig food, and tell him what the difference was between what Benber eats, what people eat, and what pigs eat!

In fact, these foods were not so difficult to swallow, and Kunsang and the other subordinates ate them with relish.

But Oran's heart is becoming more and more arrogant, and even King Ella can't do anything about himself, so why do you dare to despise Benbo?

After the breakfast was over, Earl, Sally, and Chul returned to the study, and then the door was closed.

"Sister, Lord Oran seems to be a little interesting to you!" Chull laughed.

"It's not funny at all, do you think he's easy to get along with?" Sally said.

"It's good, you see he understands everything, Latin and Frankish, he speaks better than the priest, I didn't understand a word of the French court accent I spoke yesterday anyway, you always say that the nobles are rude and barbaric, so he is not barbaric, right?"

"Don't be confused by 'appearances', we have only seen him for a day, but you have so many good feelings, this is like when the tide rises, the land on the shore is instantly covered, but when the tide goes, it is full and does not leave a trace, how can there be any good feelings and dislikes, can bring us benefits, can be regarded as a good person, even if it is rude and rude."

Chull didn't listen to a word of Sally's words.

Twelve years old is a fun age, but my father forced himself to be an adult a year ago, and every day he wielded a heavy knight's sword, put on breathless armor, and kept away from those playmates, which was not fun at all.

"Your sister is right, Chur, as a lord, you don't believe it easily, or show favor to anyone." After Earl finished speaking, he gave his daughter a pleased look, "If you were a boy, when you were a child, I would definitely send you to Rome to learn the classics and the way of knighthood, and you would become an incomparably good lord, ten times better than me!"

Earl is not good to his relatives, he is very stingy in food, clothing, housing and transportation, but he really loves this daughter from the bottom of his heart, he wants to accumulate a rich dowry, and even find a prince for his daughter!

He had never said these things to Sally, but he had been doing them secretly.

At this time, the father and daughter conspired, and Oran took his men on a tour of the castle (noting the location of the facilities in the city).

And in an empty atrium, he met Earl's wife, a woman who was nearly forty years old.

Orlan had seen a woman once at a banquet yesterday, so he walked over to say hello.

"Ma'am."

"Your Excellency."

The two were equal, but the woman was older, so Orlan reached out, grabbed the woman's palm, and then bowed his head and kissed it.

But he used his nose instead of his lips.

Who knows how many hello men this woman has met in a day?

After the salute, Orlan did not let go, but "scratched" the woman's palm with his fingers.

The woman suddenly trembled as if struck by lightning, but did not withdraw her hand.

Orlan is testing her, and a woman can't tell her husband about this kind of thing, because Oran can excuse it at any time, and the handshake is unintentional.

"Madame, you are as good as a blooming rose."

"Your Excellency, you love to laugh!"

"Why, I have heard that you are proficient in poetry, and Miss Sally's knowledge is taught by you."

"It's just a very superficial knowledge, Your Excellency."

Orlan let go of his hand and prepared to leave, but bowed his head before leaving.

He was taller than a woman, and he leaned forward again, so the movement became, and Orlan lowered his head to the woman.

The woman's heart was beating faster, and she was looking forward to something when she saw this handsome face leaning over!

But Oran only wiped his cheek and whispered in a low voice in his ear, "Madame, if we have a chance, we may talk about poetry. ”

After speaking, Oran also blew on the woman's earlobe, making her whole body feel petrified.

After Orlan left, the woman suppressed her lust and told the maid beside her, "If you dare to say half a word, I will sell you to the lowest men!"

Oran became more and more skilled at seducing women, and found that the older the noble women, the easier it was to succeed, they only grew older, and their hearts were temporarily aging, if someone plucked the layer of gray on the heartstrings......

Everything is one and the same, and Oran's charm for women grows, and at the same time, he also loses the ability to "love".

Once this ability is lost, suspicion and arbitrariness, lust and pride will grow.

……

A day later, the Viking settlement in the north, the Golden Tooth, the One-Eared, the Great Bear, the Stegowolf, and the Boy.

The five men led their men into another frontier town that paid taxes to Earl.

One hundred and fifty Viking warriors attacked an English town of equal numbers, like an adult fighting a young child.

The sword wolf was the only leader of the five who did not use his hands, and he was very happy when he was on crutches and watched the fire of the battlefield and the bitter cries of the Anglo-Saxons.

Suddenly, he saw that someone had not listened to him, leaving behind a baby!

He shouted, and then the men around Big Bear surrounded the Viking.

He was One-Ear's subordinate, and One-Eared Haman also brought people to him.

"Alger, there is no need for this, you see, one of my ears was also wounded by the Lord of England, but the wound has long been healed, and so will yours." As Haman finished speaking, Alger spat on a mouthful of bloody saliva.

"Now this is a harmless baby, fifteen years from now, maybe you are too old to hold a sword, but he is young and strong, and he can behead you, and be merciful to the enemy, that is, to pile bricks on his own grave!"

After Alger finished speaking, he shouted, "Inge!"

Then Inge, the big bear, with the strength of his body, swung the huge door board sword, knocking down the Viking warrior holding the baby in his hand, and the baby fell to the ground crying, and then Alger walked over with a cane......

The crying will dissipate in a moment!

Alger's viciousness, even in the distance, the golden fang, who has always been known for his ferocity, sighed and even feared!

Now that the dead are dead, Haman can only suppress his dissatisfaction.

When the crowd dispersed, leaving Inge and Alger alone, Inge asked, "Since you lost to him, you've become more and more ruthless!"

Alger laughed out loud, "Because I'm not strong enough in my heart, I'm too weak to lose!"

If you don't even dare to do a baby, what kind of warrior is you!"

"Marcus, I'm going to leave you dead without a place to bury!"

Alger still has a word that he didn't say to Inge,

"One day, if I can kill all my own children, then I will be invincible!"