Chapter 137: Banner Knight [Asking for a Monthly Pass]
Following.
Xu Siling rode his horse and slowly left the hillside manor.
The people of the two major families in the manor were all happy and excited about Xu Siling escorting Fei'er north to Paris.
But Xu Siling didn't take any of the family soldiers on the trip, which made them a little worried.
The people of the manor sent him out of the hillside, and Ella watched Xu Siling leave with a blank expression, and after Xu Siling left, he silently returned to the main house, not knowing what to stir up.
For Xu Siling, with Ella guarding at home, he was extremely relieved.
In particular, the Adler family moved to the town of Raya and attached to his name, which will only spread more and more, and when he returns from Paris, it is believed that many executioner families will join the estate.
Regarding the selection criteria of the executioner family, Xu Siling did not participate in it, he just left it to Ella to decide.
In other words, he can only rest assured if he entrusts Ella with such an important matter.
But I don't know if it's his delusion, before going out, the number of witches in the manor has increased a lot.
Were there so many witches before Raya Town?
Xu Siling did not wear a chain mail robe, but wore a leather suit, which made it easier to ride out of the house.
Important armor and weapons were hunched on the other horse.
With an elite-level reconnaissance, he is no longer afraid of ambushes on the road, or some hidden dangers that cannot be seen.
Leather armor is enough for most conditions on the road.
However, the leather armor was still covered with a burqa, which was embroidered with the coat of arms of the Raya family, indicating his identity.
Ride to the gates of Raya Town.
There are two carriages at the city gate, one for transport and one for nobles, and it seems that Fei'er is also ready.
Riding over to take a look, I found that Ann Li was wearing armor and a long sword at her waist, standing in front of her horse, stroking it frantically, her mouth chattering, not knowing what she was doing.
"Nervous, what are you doing?"
"Oh nothing, talk to the horses."
Slightly embarrassed, Ann Li patted the horse again, her eyes pleading.
This trip to the north, but with Miss Raya, she can lose face in front of anyone, but she doesn't want to lose face in front of Miss Raya.
"Miss Raya is ready, ready for us to go."
"It's ready, but there's something Miss Raya asked me to tell you." An Li rode on the horse, and saw that the horse's resistance was not great, so she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Miss Raya let us take turns to lead the way, so that the trip will not be too tiring." ”
Xu Siling couldn't help but worry: "You can't do it alone."
"I'm sure I can! As long as my horse is okay. Ann Li plucked up confidence and patted her chest, "You give me the horse and get into Miss Raya's carriage." ”
"Is this appropriate?"
"What's the matter, Miss Raya also wants us to take turns to accompany her to relieve her boredom, otherwise it will be boring to be alone in the car."
Xu Siling didn't bother to say anything when she saw this, and after handing over the horses to An Li, she specially told her not to be reckless, and to call her if she had a problem.
The last time he went to Tamu Fort, he still remembered the unexpected situation of An Li riding a horse.
Enter the noble carriage.
Phil didn't wear a gown today, but a slim-fitting robe with elaborate embroidery.
The shawl hung on his body, and the head with blond hair was tied with a turban, which gave him a childish and strange mature taste.
The azure eyes were a little lazy, and when he saw Xu Siling coming in, he was subconsciously happy and yawned lightly.
After Xu Siling got in the car, An Li took the lead in leading the way, and the group officially set off to the north.
"You didn't get a good rest yesterday."
"It's the first time I've been away from home, and I've spent most of my time in Raya. Especially. This is different from going to Tamurburg, this time I went to Paris, I am afraid that I will not be able to return in a short time. ”
"You're worried again."
Fei'er sighed slightly, and her immature face showed bitterness: "I listened to you well, but after all, I don't feel at ease to hand over so many things to them. Whenever I think that as long as I'm not in Raya Town, Raya Town is facing some problems, these people may make bad decisions, and I can't close my eyes. ”
"You said it might, then maybe they'll do a good job." Xu Siling couldn't help but smile and shook his head, "Besides, it's not terrible to make mistakes." ”
Feeling the bumps of the carriage, Fei'er's little hand touched Xu Siling's chest, and then patted it gently.
"This leather armor is hard and uncomfortable to the touch."
"Your topic is the same as a split, and the transfer is really large."
"Hmph, I have nothing to do, I'm so bored along the way, what's wrong with you."
Xu Siling coughed lightly: "Next time, this kind of word will be used less." ”
Fei'er just likes to see Xu Siling's expression pretending to be calm.
No matter what Xu Siling faces, he will always be so calm, as if the pouring rain will not make him frown.
And making Xu Siling's face move is Fei'er's favorite thing to do.
"Xu, tell me, have you slept with Ella?"
"Ahem, ahem!"
In the face of Fei'er's direct inquiry, Xu Siling coughed violently, and his face was difficult to calm down.
Does this kid know what he's asking?
"Looks like I'm asleep." Fei'er sighed lightly, "Ella is very good-looking, and she is the wife who came to the door for nothing, how can there be any reason not to sleep." ”
Xu Siling touched his face, he was not ready to deny it, after all, it was related to Ella's dignity as a wife.
There's Falina alone in the house, and it's good to know that he and Ella haven't slept with each other.
Ai sees himself as a wife, nothing has happened to him and Ella, and Ella is actually thinking about it in her heart, but she just doesn't say it.
But if everyone else knows that he and Ella have never slept with each other, everyone will only think that he doesn't look down on the stupid and silly Ella, and this situation will definitely hurt Ella's heart.
"Why are you asking this?"
"I'm just curious Xu, you tell me, what is Ella's stuffy gourd like in bed? It's also like life, don't you feel bored? ”
Xu Siling felt her scalp tingle and resisted the urge to knock Fei'er's head.
"Or does her life seem so boring, but in fact she is very open at night?"
Fei'er thought wildly, holding her little face melon seeds.
"I find that your mind just can't sit idle all day." Xu Siling taught a lesson, "It's not easy to go far away, you don't have to care about the affairs of Raya Town, you can't let your brain rest." ”
"On the one hand, curiosity. On the other hand, I want to know your preferences. Phil's azure eyes blinked.
"My preference?" Xu Siling couldn't help but be speechless.
"I had a brief exchange with Ella earlier, and Ella said that you like a good body, such as Farina."
Xu Siling touched her forehead helplessly, did women in the Middle Ages be so open in private, and talked about any topic.
"But I don't think so." Fei'er smiled slyly, "I don't think you like people with outstanding figures, you just like petite people like me, right?" ”
If allowed, Xu Siling's toes could buckle a Raya town on the board of the noble carriage.
What kind of tiger and wolf words are these?
"You"
Seeing that Xu Siling couldn't say anything, Fei'er didn't feel that she was wrong, or that she never thought that she had missed this idea.
She figured out the time when she appeared with Ella and Farina, and found that she was the first woman to appear next to Xu Siling.
And she also believes that she is the first woman to be liked by Xu Siling.
Otherwise, Xu Siling was so desperate, paid for her, did so many things for her, and then didn't ask for anything in return, didn't ask for power or money.
Thinking that she canonized Xu Siling as a knight in front of everyone, Xu Siling's expression was still unwavering, and she didn't seem to care about the identity of the knight.
You say that such a man doesn't care about money, status, or power, so what does he have to care about?
Isn't it just that you care about yourself, like yourself, and love yourself as a person?
Phil was convinced of this answer and never doubted it.
So Ella said that Xu Siling likes to be in good shape, but Fei'er doesn't believe it.
I don't know when it began, Phil, Ella, and Farina have become a strange circular relationship.
In Ella's eyes, she felt that Falina was a threat between husband and wife, but in life, Falina could not pose a threat to her, but Phil had always kept Ella vigilant.
And in Fei'er's eyes, there is only one threat in Ella's eyes, and Falina can't get into her eyes at all, and now she doesn't get much sense of crisis from Ella.
The reason is very simple, Phil is two years younger than Ella, Ella's body is gradually growing, Phil feels that Xu Siling likes to be petite, and she is obviously more in line with Xu Siling's aesthetics.
So Ella is a threat in Phil's eyes, but this threat won't last long.
As for Farina?
It can be said that Falina is the most heartless of the three, since she came back from the wooden house, she didn't treat anyone as a threat, she just felt very happy to be able to live next to Xu Siling, more like a conciliator in the relationship between the three.
Of course, Xu Siling didn't understand what Fei'er was thinking, but he was very helpless and didn't know how to refute it.
He's not Lolicon!
"If you say this again, I'll get out of the car and change An Li to accompany you."
"Eh, don't, I can't tease you anymore."
Fei'er covered her mouth and laughed happily, her eyes were crooked, in her eyes, Xu Siling was angry like this, obviously to save face.
Xu Siling sighed and rubbed her eyebrows.
Fei'er looked at the family heraldic robe on Xu Siling's body and couldn't help but say.
"Have a chance to make yourself a family coat of arms, your estate is getting bigger and bigger, and sooner or later you can use it."
Xu Siling couldn't help but be stunned, he remembered that knights couldn't put up their own family flags.
"I think your family's coat of arms is pretty good, why change it."
"Stupid, of course you can use my coat of arms, but in the future, your vassals will become more and more, and your vassals should use your family coat of arms instead of mine. You always don't pay attention to this aspect, don't talk much, be careful of being laughed at by others. And I only have you as a knight, and I don't have them. ”
Xu Siling didn't know much about this, so he couldn't help but be curious.
"Fei'er, when I heard the official document read out before, I called you Sir Sir before, so what is your noble title? Are knights considered nobles? ”
"Me? I'm Viscount Raya, of course. Fei'er blinked and explained, "The knights are barely noble." ”
Under Fei'er's explanation, Xu Siling understood clearly.
As an authoritative title, the viscount originally existed in medieval France, and the status of the viscount was mainly associated with land, and after the division of the Garin Empire, the viscounts of the West Frankish kingdom could become a prince.
However, the number of viscounts is less than that of earls.
The title viscount was once used in England to refer to the county warden.
But this has nothing to do with France.
It is worth mentioning that dukes, marquises, counts and viscounts, women can also inherit, but the titles are different with suffixes.
"There are four main titles of nobility in the kingdom now, the top title, the senior title, the intermediate title and the low title." Fei'er said slowly, "The viscount belongs to the middle-level noble title, and the knight belongs to the low-level title, so the knight is barely considered a nobleman. But Xu, you're a nobleman, but not a knight. ”
Xu Siling was stunned: "I'm not a knight?" ”
"Yes."
It turns out that there are three low-level titles, namely Servant, Knight, and Knight of the Banner.
Ann Li belongs to the Hu slave column.
As for when Hu Cong was classified as a class of medieval nobility, Fei Er can't remember very well, only that the nobles have acquiesced among themselves.
Below the knight's subordinate title, its Latin word is Scutiferi.
It means shield-bearer, warrior.
At the moment, Hu subordinate usually refers to the children of nobles who have not yet been ordained knights, or those who have been specially selected by the nobles for training.
Ann Li is the latter.
As a child, Ann Li was brought to the Raya family, became Phil's playmate, and also received various military training, and provided various services to Phil and the family's nobles.
Hu Servant also fought on horseback on the battlefield, and his equipment was not much different from that of ordinary knights.
Xu Siling always thought that he was a knight, but this was not the case, he was a knight of the square flag.
Strictly speaking, the knight of the banner in Europe was not a hereditary title, but a rank title in the knightly army.
But in England and France in the high Middle Ages, those who held the title of knight of the square banner would be recognized as a nobleman, and their status was naturally higher than that of ordinary knights.
At first, the knights of the square banner carried their own banners on the battlefield and led their companions in battle.
His banner was usually square in shape, as distinguished from the pennant held by knights of lower rank.
France and England, the difference between the knights of the square flag is.
As long as the title of a nobleman is a viscount or higher, France can appoint his subordinates as knights of the banner.
In England, the canonization of the knights of the banner must be controlled by the king.
As an important member of the medieval army, the Knights of the Banner not only needed to be strong in personal force but also brave in battle.
And they will lead their vassals into battle, and they are the grassroots leaders of the fighting team of the nobles of each territory.
In France, there was a more important way to distinguish between knights and knights of the flag.
It is to see who has the canonized territory on both sides.
Ordinary knights have no territory and have to rely on nobles for support, so it is impossible to have their own vassal troops.
On the contrary, the knights of the square banner will have a territory given by the nobles and have a certain economic strength, so there will be vassal knights and troops.
In addition to being associated with the lord's family emblem, the banner and burqa of the knight of the square flag will also have the characteristics of their own family.
That's why Fei'er asked Xu Siling to take the time to get his own family coat of arms. (End of chapter)