Forward and backward pinching.

In a dilemma.

Xu Siling's nose twitched, and the smell of spices brewed from her body temperature came to her face.

Chrissy's aromatherapy smell is heavier, while Blanche's flavor is lighter and a little softer.

Of course, now is not the time to talk about comparing this.

Xu Siling only noticed the stiffness of Blanche's face earlier.

His previous comments on art hurt Blanche?

It shouldn't be.

Although he commented on the uselessness of art, the so-called uselessness was said from the perspective of real material.

In times of war, art is truly useless.

In times of peace, art is useful.

The reason why he said the previous remarks was to see that Blanche was very fond of art, and simply stimulated her and charged her interest for the previous bullying of her.

I didn't expect that just a slightly sharp artistic remark made Blanche's expression.

Blanche's beautiful gloomy face looked pitiful and dejected.

Now it looks even more pitiful.

Chrissy squeezed Xu Siling's back, holding her hands in her voice, her tone slightly nervous.

He said softly in a voice that only the three of them could hear.

"It's my father and brother"

Xu Si was inspired to be strange, and he was not an outsider, why did he hide and hide?

Doesn't it be rumored that Chrissy is extremely favored in the family?

Chrissy took her friend into the library to look at a painting, so she shouldn't be so frightened.

But Blanche didn't say anything, and he didn't bother to say anything.

It's just that

Xu Siling looked down.

Blanche is still in a state of distraction, and there is no difference between the two bodies and sticking together.

He can't afford to enjoy this warmth.

"Miss Chrissy, can you please step back a bit?"

Chrissy reacted and took a small step back, trying to avoid exposing herself anyway.

Xu Siling was able to catch his breath and was able to turn around without coming face to face with Blanche.

Through the small gap in the bookshelves, Xu Siling saw two men sitting at the desk.

The man seated on the throne, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and majesty, was none other than the Marquis of Langton Boggs.

The young man sitting in front of the desk is Chrissy's brother, but looking at the side face, he is not too old, but similar to Chrissy, and should not be the eldest son in the family.

If Fei'er was here, he would immediately recognize who this person was.

Catalino Boggs.

Before the Battle of Tamu Fort began, Phil and his troops had just arrived at Tamu Fort and were setting up camp on the hillside.

Catalino and Hamis got along well, and before leaving Tammyburg, he acted as a lobbyist for Hamis, bringing him to Fier.

The conversation turned out to be simple, of course.

Phil refuses to talk, and the negotiations fall apart.

Catalino was helpless, he was not the heir of the Boggs family, he was not so powerful, comforted Hamis, and left Tamuburg.

Fei'er knows Catalino, which does not mean that Xu Siling knows.

Compared to who Catalino was, Xu Siling wanted to know why Chrissy was hiding with Blanche with him.

"I didn't expect my father to be in Paris."

"The king is coming, and it seems that he has some strange idea."

And the next conversation between the two fathers and sons aroused Xu Siling's interest.

Marquis Boggs waved his hand: "I'll talk about him later, I'm even more curious now, you wrote to tell me before that you have mastered a secret matter about Phil Raya, what is going on." ”

The conversation involved Xu Siling's lord Fei'er, and Blanche was able to come back to her senses, but Chrissy looked suspicious, and her attention was on Xu Siling.

"Before you say this, what do you think of Miss Raya's knights?"

"Xu Siling?" Marquis Boggs hesitated, "I haven't been in contact with him, but since he came to Paris, his fame has grown day by day, and it has not faded until now, and there must be a royal family behind it." ”

"It's not just his fame, his father, but also his strength."

"I know, I know Chrissy told me. I asked a few friends about it, and the knight joust was crazy. If it is really as everyone says, Raya Knight can be regarded as the first knight of the kingdom. ”

Marquis Boggs suddenly thought of something, and immediately asked: "You should know about the Battle of Tamuburg." In terms of time, you have stayed at Tamu Fort for a while. ”

Catalino smiled bitterly and nodded in acknowledgement: "Not only do I know, but before the war is about to start, I also worked as a lobbyist for both sides. ”

"Looks like you didn't make it."

"I underestimated Miss Raya's steadfastness." Catalino sighed softly, "Lord Khamis is a very interesting elder, well-informed, I have a good conversation with him, it's a pity."

"Does that mean you know more about the details of the Battle of Tamuburg than anyone else?"

"So to speak, father."

Marquis Boggs waved his hand: "Let's hear it, I'm curious about the difference between the real situation of the Battle of Tamuburg and the battle report we got. ”

Catalino was silent for a moment, and instead of answering, he asked, "What does Father want to ask?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"If you ask about the battle situation, the data on the battle report is accurate, and Miss Raya did not make a false report."

Marquis Boggs's eyebrows were erected, unbelievable, but he could think of Xu Siling's shadow in it, and he held back his doubtful heart.

"Less than 500 people can break through the well-defended Tamu Fort, which has more than 300 soldiers? Not to mention the battle injuries and deaths on Raya's side, compared to the past siege battles, it is really not worth mentioning. What the hell is going on? ”

Many nobles, including the king, subconsciously questioned when they got the battle report of the Battle of Tamubao for the first time.

It is normal for war reports to be false, and many nobles are willing to give themselves a close face, or give a certain knight a reputation and false report of their war exploits.

But like the battle report of the Battle of Tamuburg, it can be said that in the history of France, there is no one before or since.

If Philip VI hadn't ascertained the authenticity of the battle report through other means, he wouldn't have believed that Xu Siling had such ability.

The siege war is extremely difficult, on the basis of keeping the casualties low, the number of attackers and defenders is not a crushing state, you want to say that someone can break through the inner and outer forts of Tamu Fort in less than a day, who believes it.

But Catalino, his youngest son, is not going to lie.

"The reason why Miss Raya was able to win easily was due to three points, one of which was the siege machine." Catalino knew a lot, and told his father one by one: "Miss Raya's camp has capable people, trebuchets and siege towers, all of which have been built and used on the battlefield in a short time. The second is that the morale of the soldiers on both sides is very different. Miss Raya's soldiers, their morale was high and high, and the morale of Lord Hamis's soldiers was terrifyingly low. ”

The Marquis of Boggs believed in the superiority of the siege equipment, but when it came to morale, he shook his head.

"I've seen the soldiers of Khamis, not to mention the elite, but they are all well-trained, how can there be a morale problem?"

"This has to be mentioned, there is one thing that is not written in the war report."

"What's the matter? What does it have to do with the secret you said? ”

"So to speak."

Catalino sighed, "Before the Battle of Tamufort, Lord Khamis opened the witch trial and invited many nobles to visit. ”

"I know that."

"That's where the conflict between Lord Khamis and Miss Raya comes in." Catalino continued, "Most of the so-called witches captured by Lord Khamis are women from the territory of Raya Town, and now that Lord Khamis wants to judge her people in front of Miss Raya, of course Miss Raya will not be willing. ”

"The two sides discussed this matter at the banquet, in front of many nobles, and the process was full of gunpowder, Miss Raya did not get a good result, and was even covered by Lord Hamis, and the reason why Raya Town was not affected by the Black Death was because of the hat of the help of witches, and indirectly denied God's revelation and miracles."

"The relationship between the two sides was completely torn apart."

Marquis Boggs frowned: "So this is the real reason why the Battle of Tamuburg broke out." ”

"Maybe"

"Catalino, what do you mean?"

"I've been in contact with Miss Raya, and she doesn't make me understand. I suspect that even if the two sides had not collapsed, sooner or later Khamis would have died at the hands of Miss Raya. ”

"You mean to say that Raya's goal, from the very beginning, was to go to Hamis? How can it be. I don't remember any deep hatred between the two families before. ”

"I didn't believe it at first." Catalino pondered, "Father, do you remember, I said that before the Battle of Tamuburg broke out, I acted as a lobbyist for both sides. Miss Raya's request was simple, Lord Khamis had to hand him over."

"Hah!" Marquis Boggs slapped the table with a smile, "Then according to what you mean, he Khamis is looking for death!" The troops were approaching the city, and Raya even had siege equipment ready. For the sake of the life of a worthless witch, Khamis insisted on going to war with Raya and was unwilling to bow his head and hand over someone? ”

"Of course Lord Khamis is not so stupid, if someone can really hand it over, Lord Khamis will definitely hand it over, and no one wants to go to war for no reason."

"What the hell do you mean, my child?"

"Because. Before Miss Raya and Master Khamis left Tamu Fort, Miss Raya had arranged for someone to rob the prison and successfully rescue the witches. ”

"Then why is she?" the Marquis of Boggs stopped halfway through his words.

"That's why I deserve to be a lobbyist. Miss Raya insisted that Lord Khamis hand over the people, but the problem was that those people had already been rescued by Miss Raya, so how could Lord Khamis still be handed over? This seemingly extremely reasonable request for collegiate talks, in the eyes of Lord Hamis, is a straightforward declaration of war, and there is no room for turning back, and Lord Khamis has no other way but to respond. ”

Catalino smiled bitterly: "Just like the possibility I raised earlier. Miss Raya, she probably didn't take the lives of those witches seriously from the beginning, she just needed an excuse to deal with the legitimate excuse of Lord Hamis. ”

"So to this day, I am curious about the witch trial of Lord Hamis, and it is incredible, and there are many mysteries in it, which I find difficult to understand."

Marquis Boggs interrupted: "That's not right, my child, I really don't know what you're talking about, but what does it have to do with the low morale of the Khamis soldiers?" I'm even more curious, since Miss Raya's request for a joint negotiation is so unreasonable, he, Khamis, can send someone to seek the intervention and help of other nobles, Miss Raya is initiating an unprovoked war! No nobleman could accept such a thing! ”

"Because. It was the robbery that happened, blocking all possibilities. ”

The Marquis of Boggs was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it in silence, it was even more strange.

"The more I think about it, the more I feel that something is wrong, kid, Catalino, you didn't lie to me."

"Father, how could I lie to you."

"According to what you said, the relationship between the two broke up at the banquet, and Koraya didn't have many people at all, how could he easily take so many witches away in the heavily defended Tamu Fort?" Marquis Boggs wondered, "Did Raya arrange for people to enter Tamu Fort in advance?" ”

"It's not." Catalino's face was bitter, and his expression was strange and indescribable.

"Father, the man who robbed the prison. Miss Raya arranged only one. ”

"What's the fun"

The Marquis of Boggs looked incredulous, but halfway through his words, he seemed to be gagged by something.

His expression changed rapidly, then confirmed.

"Xu Siling?"

"That's right, he's the only one."

The three people on the bookshelf were all caught up in the conversation between the Boggs father and son at this time.

The matter of the battle of Tamu Fort was well known among the nobles, but not much about the female nobles.

At best, I know that something like this is happening.

The details of the battle of Tamuburg already attracted the ears of Chrissy and Blanche.

But when they heard that Xu Siling was robbing the prison in the heavily defended Tamu Fort alone, the two couldn't help but look at Xu Siling in surprise.

And Xu Siling didn't give any response to the two, just listened carefully.

He himself didn't expect that two days after he disappeared from prison, a strange butterfly effect occurred.

Phil asked for someone from Hamis, and it was he Xu Siling who wanted him, not those witches.

But Fei'er didn't know that he and Falina had already successfully broken through and left.

And Khamis didn't know that Phil had never wanted those witches.

Xu Siling did not think that if the talks went well, the two sides would cease fighting.

According to his and Phil's plan, destroying Khamis was a necessary part of the plan.

Even if that didn't happen, there would be other reasons to kill Hamis.

"How is it possible" Marquis Boggs shook his head involuntarily, "alone, facing so many soldiers?" ”

"If it were me, I wouldn't believe it. But it happened right in front of my eyes. ”

Catalino rubbed his fingers, as if remembering something he didn't want to face.

"Knight Raya robbed the prison, and in order to buy Miss Raya time to take people away, he guarded the streets of the dungeon alone, not letting anyone leave."

"Facing the siege of more than a dozen soldiers alone, it was unbelievable that he really did it."

"What was left for Khamis was the corpse of the soldier, it was the wounded soldier, and from the mouth of the wounded soldier, this matter was confirmed."

Marquis Boggs was surprised: "Then this is not right, according to your statement, he left alone to deal with the aftermath, even if Miss Raya can take people away smoothly, as long as Khamis closes the city gate in time, Raya Knight has no possibility to escape unless he puts on his wings." ”

"In fact, it is. You can't think of the Knight of Koraya with common sense! ”

Catalino's expression was a little hideous, and he was trying to calm his emotions.

"He made sure that Miss Raya left without any problems, and when the gates were about to close after Master Khamis sounded the alarm, he broke through in the face of the siege of the soldiers' bunks, and although he was picked up in time, it was still incomprehensible."

"Father. Do you know. ”

"I happened to be at the side of Master Khamis at that time, and I went up the wall with him, and saw with my own eyes that the knight of Raya was alone, wielding two one-handed swords, and was not afraid of the siege of the soldiers, as if. . . It's like Satan with a skin on it. ”

"As he escaped the gates on horseback, Lord Khamis gave the order in time for the soldiers on the walls to raise their bows and shoot at him, bound to shoot down this unreasonable Raya knight!"

Catalino recalls that night, with one hand over half of his face, his expression uncontrollable, hideous and trying to calm down, extremely struggling.

Marquis Boggs stared, his expression incredulous.

He subconsciously thought that no matter which knight it was, no one would be able to survive in the face of the soldiers' crossbow aiming and shooting, not to mention that Xu Siling didn't even have a shield, how could he survive the rain of arrows.

But looking at his son's expression, and the unreasonable recognition of the Raya knight, he was frightened in his heart.

He guessed the answer.

On the inside of the bookshelf, Blanche and Chrissy held their breath when they heard this.

It was as if they were at the scene, facing the siege of the soldiers, and when they fled, the rain of arrows flew in the sky that was difficult to dodge.

The suffocating sensation on their faces made them afraid to breathe.

"But. . . The Raya knight is Satan in a skin! ”

"With only two one-handed swords, he is not afraid at all in the face of the rain of arrows in the sky!"

"It's unbelievable, the sword in his hands, like a storm, blocking everything from approaching."

"None of the arrows that were fired threatened him."

"Shoot him down one by one!"

Catalino smiled bitterly with a horrified expression.

"Father, you ask me why the morale of Lord Hamis's soldiers is low?"

"To be honest, I can't find it. A way to restore their morale. ”

"After the Raya knight escaped successfully, it rained."

"That rain doused everything in Tamufort."

"Like. A shadow named Xu Siling looms over Tamu Fort. ”

At this time, Blanche and Chrissy on the inside of the bookshelf.

Their expressions were dumbfounded, looking at Xu Siling's indifferent side face, their faces full of disbelief.

And Xu Siling, his expression didn't care, his eyes just looked at Catalino through the gap.

It seems that the story Catalino told has nothing to do with him. (End of chapter)