Chapter 395: The Ghost in the River (2-in-1) (Monthly Pass Plus Update)
The small nobles cheered excitedly after receiving the news of Alice's announcement.
Originally, they were also very nervous, worried that Gervais would take most of the spoils, and they felt that they would have other thoughts when such wealth was placed in front of any of them.
But now Alice had said that Gervais was only going to take four hundred horses, which meant that each of them would be able to share several horses, which made all the little nobles excited.
In the cheers of the little nobles, Alice's face unconsciously showed a slight smile, listening to their words of gratitude to Gervais, she seemed to be as if these people were thanking themselves, it was so pleasant and pleasant.
Next, Alice was surrounded by a group of minor nobles and made her way to the center of the camp.
Alice first had her subordinates select four hundred horses of the best condition from the herd, which were reserved for Gervais.
After reserving four hundred horses, Alice began to distribute horses to the minor nobles.
However, because the small nobles did not play at all in the battle to break through White Rock Castle, but all sent the same number of serfs to work, it would not work at all if the spoils were distributed according to merit.
In the end, Alice's distribution method was based on the effect of looting loot in White Rock City.
As the name of a minor nobleman was read, these people all came to Alice excitedly, first respectfully apologized to Alice, and then personally took the reins of the war horse handed by the next person and led their own war horse down.
Because the Jones family has a large number of vassals, in fact, there are not many war horses distributed to each vassal.
Among them, Gandalf and others received the most rewards, each of whom was rewarded with six horses, and the other vassals basically ranged from three to four.
However, although the vassals did not have a large number of horses, everyone was very satisfied, their faces were full of smiles, and their eyes were probably softer and more affectionate than they were to their own wives, and no one was dissatisfied.
You must know that before this trip, a small number of small nobles came to fight on ordinary horses, and only those small nobles with a little family background could ride middle and low-class war horses to fight, like this kind of high-class war horses, even if they had money, it was difficult to buy.
The whole distribution of loot lasted for more than an hour.
In the end, a total of more than 1,300 war horses were divided among the large and small nobles of the Jones family.
Among them, Gervais received 400 horses, Alice received 300 horses, and more than 600 horses were distributed to hundreds of vassals.
The Jones family's camp was filled with laughter and laughter during the day.
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It was night, and the north wall was camped.
Tonight's camp on the north side is different.
In the past, whenever it got dark, the entire northern camp would go under curfew, and everyone except the soldiers who had to participate in the battle to follow their lord around the camp had to stay in their tents or be killed.
Today, however, the king himself ordered that the curfew at tonight's camp be lifted.
In addition to the curfew, even the caravans that had been following the rear of the army were allowed to come to the camp to set up stalls and do business.
As for what kind of business it is, of course, it is the sale of beer and the indispensable skin and meat business.
After every great war, it is necessary to let the soldiers indulge, which is the unspoken rule of the world's army, and it is also the best means for the nobles to appease and reward their subordinates.
Ordinary soldiers have the indulgence of ordinary soldiers, and the great nobles certainly have their own way of leisure.
Gervais and Alice were sitting at a long table full of delicacies, among which was a huge animal roasted to a golden brown with a fragrant aroma.
At the top of the table were King Lawrence, and the eight counts sat on the sides.
In order to celebrate today's attack on White Rock City, the king specially invited the eight earls to dinner.
Originally, Gervais didn't want to attend such a dinner, because he felt tired of sitting with the old foxes eating and drinking.
But there are two invitations to the Jones family's camp from the king, one of which is for Alice.
But the other one surprised Gervais a little bit, and it was sent to him specifically.
The king himself sent an invitation to a small viscount, who was not yet a direct vassal of his own, and if such a thing was known to other minor nobles, he would definitely vomit blood with jealousy.
However, Gervais was unexpected, but he didn't attach so much importance to it, and this invitation could only make Gervais hesitate a little whether he wanted to participate.
However, while Gervais hesitated, Alice told him that the king had specially killed a mid-level demonic beast for this banquet.
In this way, Gervais, who had not tasted fresh Warcraft meat for a long time, couldn't help but be tempted to come to this dinner party.
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When Gervais arrived at the dinner, he encountered a more subtle matter, that is, the king had arranged his place at the main table.
You must know that there are only eight earls at this long table besides the king, and even the king's own son, the eldest prince and others did not sit at this table, but were arranged to go to the table next to them and share the table with those earls' heirs.
This arrangement made Gervais, who is now very famous, even more the focus of everyone's attention.
If it were other nobles, they might enjoy the feeling of being in the limelight, but Gervais is a guy who likes to keep a low profile, and this situation makes him a little uncomfortable.
And when the dinner began, as Gervais thought at first, it would be very boring to sit down with the counts to eat, and Gervais could not intervene in what they were talking about, and if it weren't for his cheap wife sitting next to him, Gervais would have been ready to carry a bowl and eat alone in a random corner.
After eating several pieces of delicious monster meat, Gervais felt a little dry in his mouth, so he took out a silver kettle from his feet while everyone was not paying attention.
After bringing the silver kettle to the table, Gervais quickly poured a glass into his silver cup, then looked at Alice's silver cup, and simply poured a glass for Alice as well.
This silver kettle contained the wine that Gervais himself brought, but because of the large number of people here, and it was also a banquet held by the king, Gervais naturally couldn't take out the wine openly, otherwise it would be a slap in the face of the king.
Originally, Gervais thought that what he was doing was secretive enough, but he didn't expect to be discovered by King Lawrence.
"Gervais, Viscount, what's in your silver kettle? Is it a golden wine? β
With the king's questioning, several counts at the table also looked at Gervais, Gwiston felt a little embarrassed, but now that the king knew, he could only tell the truth.
"Yes, Your Majesty, it's the Golden Wine!"
"Oh?"
Hearing Gervais's answer, the king immediately became interested.
"Viscount Gervais, I can't forget your golden wine, I didn't expect you to have it here, can you let me taste a few glasses too?"
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Gervais rolled his eyes, and then his golden wine was divided by a few old fellows.
The wine was poured by the lord of the north himself, and when the flask returned to Gervais, there was not a drop left, which made Gervais so angry that he only scolded these great nobles in his heart.
However, to his relief, there were others at the long table who were in a worse mood than him, and that was Avery and Nemeo, because the Lord of the North had not poured wine for them at all.
The dinner lasted more than an hour, and after he was full, Gervais left.
Because the king and the eight earls still had to discuss the plan of the southern expedition to be added, Gervais was not ready to join in the fun of such a thing, so he walked around the camp.
Gervais first came to the most noisy part of the camp, where the caravans were set up for business.
At this moment, both the little nobles and those ordinary soldiers have already let go of themselves, and while drinking beer, they stopped those passing women up and down with their hands, so happy.
For such things, Gervais is actually accustomed to it, and the world is still relatively open to this kind of things, especially these ordinary soldiers at the bottom.
On the other side, the caravan dedicated to serving the nobles is a lot more elegant and quiet, although there are still women and beer, but just look at those women, you know that this is a high-end place, and you can't come here to have fun without being a nobleman.
Gervais even saw the eldest prince, the second prince, and the count's heirs having fun in it, each with one or two women by his side.
"What a colorful life!"
Gervais originally wanted to go over and sit for a while and get a glass of juice to drink, but after seeing the eldest prince and the second prince, Gervais was not ready to go, so as not to be embarrassed.
Having made up his mind, Gervais headed towards the woods by the river outside the camp, where he wanted to take advantage of the time to try his fireball skills.
To be honest, Gervais didn't release any more fireballs except for the one fireball he had released in Glory Manor that day.
Because since the beginning of the Southern Expedition, there have been people around all the time, and there is no chance for him to study the various damage values of the Fireball Technique.
Today, this situation is just right, everyone is in a hurry, there are people everywhere, and it is not conspicuous to go to the woods to put a fireball spell.
So Gervais walked for seven or eight minutes by the moonlight, and soon came to a small forest by the river to change speed.
After looking around and making sure there was no one nearby, Gervais was ready to start thinking in his head.
Woo~Woo~
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Just as Gervais had conceived the matrix of the fireball technique and was about to merge energy into it, he suddenly heard a woman's whimper from the edge of the woods, which frightened Gervais's hands and almost had a problem with the matrix in his mind, causing his spirit to suffer backlash.
"It's not a ghost!"
After Gervais reacted, he immediately dismissed the idea of releasing the fireball technique, and instead walked to the side in the direction from which the voice came.
When Gervais walked around the corner obscured by a tree branch, he saw a figure squatting by the river.
"Damn, don't take it with you in the camp at night, what do you mean when you come out and be scary!"
When Gervais saw the figure, he immediately recognized who the man who was squatting on the ground and hiding his face and whimpering.
With long fiery red hair and a fiery figure, who else could it be but Caroline.
Especially the outfit that Gervais had just seen at the dinner.
This is Gervais doesn't understand, isn't it normal for this Caroline to be at the dinner party just now, why is she running here alone now to hide and cry.
If it was before, Gervais wouldn't be nosy, just try his fireball skills in a different place.
But now it's different, Caroline is also the granddaughter of the Lord of the North, and the Lord of the North has been good to him since the southern expedition, so Gervais simply took two steps forward.
And last time I had a conflict with the eldest prince and others, the reason why Alice arrived so quickly was because of Alice, who was informed by this woman, and she owed her a small favor.
"Ahem! Cough! I said, Miss Caroline, why don't you stay in camp at night, and come here to pretend to be a ghost? β
Originally, Caroline didn't notice the existence of Gervais, but when she heard Gervais's words, Caroline quickly wiped away the tears on her face, and then stood up all of a sudden.
"Gervais? Who pretended to be a ghost! What do I have to do with you by the river? β
"Haha, not pretending to be a ghost, could it be that Miss Caroline was crying just now? Haha, that's big news! I'm going back to share with others! β
Gervais laughed.
"You ......"
Caroline was speechless for a moment, and could only stare at Gervais fiercely and was speechless.
"Isn't my proposal very good, the eldest prince's fiancΓ©e, Miss Caroline is hiding alone by the river and crying, presumably this is a good conversation!"
"Gervais, what the hell do you want!"
Caroline was a little anxious, if it was really spread like Gervais said, then how would she see people in the future, and how would she be a queen in the future.
"Don't you want to do anything! I'm just thinking about why Miss Caroline is hiding here alone and crying. Let me think! Is it because of the Great Prince? β
After saying that, Gervais took a closer look at Caroline in the moonlight, wanting to see why this girl was hiding and crying here.
When Gervais said the word eldest prince and saw Caroline's face again, he knew that he had guessed correctly.
"Is it because the eldest prince is playing with other women all day?"
Sure that Caroline was only crying because of emotional problems, Gervais was not prepared to care about it anymore.
He is not old, and he is not still in these things.
So, Gervais exited again, ready to wait for Caroline to scold angrily, and he was just in time to leave.
"Enough!"
But the next moment, what made Gervais speechless was that Caroline was angry, but after getting angry, she didn't scold, but suddenly continued to squat on the ground and cry bitterly.
Gwiston felt bad, and he seemed to have hit this girl!
"Hey! Caroline! Big night! So many soldiers of the Duchy of Albanne were drowned in the water during the day, and they may have turned into ghosts in this river! Why don't you go back to camp and cry? β
Gervais reluctantly persuaded.
How did he know that he had just trampled on Caroline's dignity as a noble lady on the ground, making her feel endlessly humiliated!
"Aren't you afraid? Then I'm leaving! Later, you will be captured by the ghost in the river, don't blame me for not warning you! β
Gervais felt that she was here, and Caroline was probably too embarrassed to get up and leave, so she left a sentence and walked in the direction of the camp.
"This day is almost over, how can I still encounter this kind of thing, I knew that I shouldn't have opened my mouth to this woman just now, every time I met her, it was no good thing!"
Gervais slowly walked a few dozen meters, and when he saw that Caroline seemed to have gotten up, he was relieved, and then continued to walk towards the camp.
His mood to practice fireball was completely ruined, so he was ready to go back to the camp and wait for Alice to come out, and then return to his camp to sleep.
After walking for about a hundred meters, Gervais habitually glanced behind him, it didn't matter if he didn't look at it, but after seeing the scene in the distance, he startled Gervais.
I saw that the woman Caroline was walking towards the river.
"What a hole in the head!"
Gervais gritted his teeth and quickly turned and ran in the direction where Caroline was.