Chapter 44: Naxi 1
(Second watch, ask for a Sanjiang ticket, since a book friend said, then let's go to the third watch today, but I'm a turtle speed, I may not be able to get out before 12 o'clock, anyway, it may be uploaded in the early morning.) )
Just because Count Carter poisoned Baron Andre, Gehr and him are already out-and-out mortal enemies, coupled with a series of conflicts some time ago, and the two things that were attacked by Bull and the possible problematic horse crash are also estimated to be inseparable from Earl Carter, so Gehr did not intend to put the pressure on the royal family at the beginning and hide under the wings of the royal family to survive.
The best way to do this is to uproot your opponent.
That's what Gehr is aiming for right now.
Now, with the fall of Earl Carter's most elite power, the hand of the jackdaw, it is the time when the entire Garro family is at its weakest, and it is also a good time to crush the entire Garro family into powder, and it is difficult to miss this time to have such a chance again.
As for the reason, it is very simple, personal enmity between nobles is enough. As long as Count Carter is dead and the Garro family is history, then Count Carter is a worthless thing, and the most worthless dead man, even if there are nobles who will help him with a long sentence, but he will not make any death, not to mention that there is still the behemoth of the royal family standing behind Gehr. The presence of Earl Carter was the biggest stumbling block to the royal family's efforts to enter Roberna County, and now someone could kick it off for them, and they would be happy to see it.
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The city of Mora, a suburb of the northeastern district of the city.
Garro Estate.
On the turquoise grass beside the road, the core of the manor, consisting of several small buildings of three or four storeys high, sits in the center of the walled enclosure.
There are many flower bushes scattered on the meadows of the manor, among which the main ones are Naxi flowers. Now is the season of Naxi flowers, pink and white flowers in the garden, making the whole manor feel like being in a white fog. At this time, the sun was setting, and the orange-red sunlight poured over the entire manor, as if the manor had turned into a lake, and the golden water of the lake slowly flowed in it.
A carriage slowly drove into the manor, some children who were playing in the manor and the maid on the side greeted them, and Earl Carter also got out of the carriage with a kind smile on his face, and had some conversations with the children, talking while walking, and entered the small building in the crowd, and the manor was full of peace for a while.
The smell of the Naxi flower is sweet, in the words of the troubadour, a happy sleep in the embrace of a lover, and this fragrance not only permeates the entire interior of the manor, but also covers a large area outside the manor, such as the small mounds that are some distance from the manor wall and covered with dark green.
It was at the edge of this small mound that Gehr couldn't help but sneeze and accidentally hit the back of the telescope with his eyes, causing some pain.
Retracting his glasses, Gell rubbed his nose, he didn't know that he was still a little allergic to this floral fragrance, although it was a little troublesome, but it was not a big deal, as long as it was another night, he would not come here again.
Retreating into the grove behind, it was full of warriors sitting on the ground, most of whom had been following him for almost three days in a row, were a little tired at the moment, but if they were given a little time to rest, they would immediately recover to being good lads who could fight and kill.
It's just that there are some problems with the war horse. Although each person has two war horses to rotate, but the loss of war horses is a bit large, and now there are only more than half of the war horses left before departure, and most of them are exhausted, and when it comes to the later attack time, most of the people here must be transferred to infantry.
However, this was not a problem, and Tavron used all the power of the Brotherhood of Steel in the north to carry out a news blockade regardless of the gains and losses, which successfully prevented Earl Carter from learning of the destruction of the Jackdaw's Hand during this time, so that he did not have time to become vigilant, as can be seen from the fact that he returned to the manor today and did not hide in a well-defended city.
The arrival of Earl Carter also kicked off the imminent assault.
Gehr was not going to delay the attack until late at night, although that would be more conducive to weakening the defenses in the manor, but now every minute and every second is precious, Gehr doesn't want any accidents, at this point in time, it is the time when the main figures of the Garro family in the manor are most concentrated, as long as they are all killed, even if there are some clansmen left outside, it doesn't matter the overall situation.
Without the corresponding amount of strength but with eye-catching wealth, I believe that there will be many nobles who peek into the wealth of the Garro family without the need for a royal greeting, and the nobles have always been good at this professional skill.
"Ilsod, get them ready to attack. ”
"So, my lord, what are you going to do with these people?"
Ilsod was referring to the unfortunate ones who had been gagged and tied up and thrown aside, all passers-by who had strayed into the woods.
Gehr looked at these people who kept making "woo woo" sounds, and didn't know whether to beg for mercy or curse, and told Ilsodd very casually: "Let it go after this operation is completed, and it will not affect the overall situation at that time." ”
The senseless killing was not what Gehr needed, and when the news of Earl Carter's extermination came out, whether or not these passers-by testified did not affect Gehr at all, so it didn't matter if he let him go afterwards. Besides, after this period of contact, Gehr also understands that Isolde is a very chivalrous person, if he orders the mandatory killing of these innocent passers-by, Isolde will eventually obey the order, but it will inevitably cause a gap between Gell and Gehr, which is not what Gehr, who regards Isolde as a good subordinate, is willing to see now.
Gehr's voice was not loud, but it was enough for these people who were not far away to hear it, and suddenly a large part of it relaxed, and the rest of them had a much smaller sense of resistance.
"Alright, let's go and prepare, and start attacking in thirty minutes. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
Seeing that Isolde was starting to get busy, Geer found a tree and sat down, took out some dry food and ate some, and after about 6 or 7 minutes of fullness, he stopped and began to close his eyes and recuperate.
But Gell didn't notice that among the bound men was a fair-skinned girl who was secretly watching him.
Miss Evelyn Crookson has always been an outlier in the aristocratic circles of Mora.
She doesn't like to socialize or dress up, likes to read all kinds of books about knightly legends and listen to the epic stories of troubadours, because she is too obsessed with personal fantasy world, so she has a strange personality, and has always been the one who has been excluded in the aristocratic circle, if it weren't for her father being the deputy speaker of the noble council of Jobna, it is estimated that her situation would be even worse.
Evelyn was also indifferent to the situation, and she didn't like to hang out with young ladies who didn't have a common language, and often went out alone and pretended to be civilians, and the Third Avenue Fountain Square in downtown Mora was her favorite place to go. It is the largest gathering area of troubadours in the north, and troubadours from all corners of the world arrive every day, bringing countless legends and poems to the city of Mora, and every day can give this alternative aristocratic lady a new experience.
Today, Evelyn heard a foreign poet in Fountain Square say that the Naxi flowers in the Garro Manor outside the city are in full bloom, so she came over in time to enjoy the most beautiful Naxi flowers before sunset.
When Evelyn saw that the bodyguard sent by her father to protect her not far from her was also caught, and she was beaten up for resisting, her heart suddenly cooled. What kind of abuse, beating, rape, and then dismemberment, a series of taboo novels that she peeked at all rushed into her head at once, and she was so frightened that she couldn't give up, and the excretory organs of her body almost failed.
It wasn't until Gehr came into her sight and decided to let the captives go when they talked about what to do with them that Miss Evelyn breathed a sigh of relief.
Only then did Evelyn have the strength to look at the boy who looked about her age but had become the leader of this group of fierce warriors.
He is not a handsome face, but he has a calm, firm and confident temperament in his march, especially his eyes, which left the deepest impression on Evelyn when they first met were the slightly purple eyes in the somewhat narrow eye sockets, which had a very sharp aura. This, coupled with the respectful looks of those warriors who were much older than him, highlighted his leadership temperament, and immediately made the noble lady match Gehr with the knights she had created in her fantasy world.
"This is the legendary knight? It's too similar, this temperament! Purple eyes, my hair is also purple, we are very fateful. ”
Without the persecution of external threats, some noble ladies who had lost their lines began to think crankily again.
As an aristocratic lady who has been brainwashed by legendary novels and thinks she has great ideals, Evelyn's greatest wish is to find a knight like her imagination to be her future lover. It was a great ideal—for herself, but for her parents it was a ridiculous ideal, and she was ready to send her to the academy in the imperial capital to be educated and reformed. But now she seems to see hope.
Gehr suddenly felt that someone was staring at him, and when he opened his eyes and looked at the feeling, he saw a captured girl hurriedly shrinking her head and closing her eyes tightly.
Apparently it was the girl who was secretly watching herself just now.
"My lord, everything is ready. ”
Just when Gehr was a little confused, Isolde came to his side and informed him that preparations for the attack were ready.
"Well, let's get moving. ”
Gehr stood up, patted the dust off his body, and was about to turn away.
At this time, Gehr found that the girl who had just peeked at him suddenly struggled, her face was also red, and her eyes were staring straight at him.
After thinking about it, Gehr walked over to the girl, took the cloth that gagged the girl's mouth, and saw what she wanted to say.
"You...... Are you a knight?" The first time I tried to strike up a conversation, the noble lady was a little shy.
Gell thought that she was asking if she was a knight, frowned slightly, and replied patiently, "Yes." ”
In an instant, Evelyn became excited, she had never felt so close to her dream, and suddenly a hot current rose from her abdomen, and flowed all over her body with a tingling feeling, but at the same time she felt a little embarrassing thing, as soon as she was excited, she felt an urgency to urinate, and it was about to be too late......
"Knight, I'...... I think...... Convenient...... It's convenient ......" Evelyn was embarrassed for a while, this was the case with the first official meeting, which made her too embarrassed.
But the embarrassment is yet to come.
Hearing this request, Gell raised his eyebrows, directly stuffed the fabric back into her mouth, and left a sentence "It's so convenient." Then he turned around and left.
The naïve aristocratic lady was dumbfounded.
How is this completely different from the novel!