Whispering Poems

Chapter 1560 Assassination and the Furren Brothers

"Galina will regret it sooner or later. Look, this tent is really shabby."

Her Royal Highness, who used Dorothy's body, looked at the tent where the furniture was being arranged, and after glancing at Tifa who was holding Mia, she asked Shad again:
"Do you want to live here tonight, or go to Galina Manor, or go home?"

Because the competition lasts for four days, getting used to the venue in advance, or getting close to your own horses, can obviously achieve better results in subsequent competitions, so many contestants in previous years will live here directly.

"Of course it's going home, and it's only an hour's journey home."

Rezia smiled, which was completely as expected:
"Good luck to you then, my knight. Let Dorothy take a good look at your valor for me, and I shall be here until the last day of armor duel on Thursday."

She kissed Xia De's side lightly, then closed her eyes.

The first day of competition was not difficult for Xia De. Although today's unexpectedly good weather made the sun a little dazzling, so that once the target was facing the sun when aiming at the target, it was almost impossible to see the target, but Xia De relied on archery. Instead of her own eyes, "she" corrected the position and strength of the arrow little by little in Xia De's ear. Xia De only needs to follow the steps.

Outside the arena is a lively market, and the arena is full of spectators who have bought tickets.The 36 "knights" entered the arena one after another and were divided into 12 groups, with three people in each group, shooting red, green and blue targets on fixed targets and moving targets respectively.

Shad was in a group with two knights who were also from Tobesk, and his goal was the blue target.Coincidentally, the 25-year-old Mr. Ben Sifer, whose goal is the red target, and the 31-year-old Mr. Dunn Wisworth, who is the target of the green target, are both titled knights.It's just that the two of them inherited the title of knight from their parents, which belongs to one of the traces handed down from the old era.

They were quite familiar with Xia De, a famous celebrity in the city's lace news. After greeting Xia De before entering the arena, they talked and laughed and asked him to play Rhodes cards together during the lunch break.

After entering the arena, they got the bow and arrow, and the two who were joking and laughing became serious.They stood in the arena in the order of drawing lots. Amidst the cheers and applause from the audience, they recognized the sound of the whistle, and then drew their bows and shot arrows respectively, looking for their targets in the dazzling sunlight.

It is worth mentioning that Xia De asked before the game that props such as "blackened glasses" cannot be used during the game, so today's game is really harmful to the eyes.

In the morning match, Xia De's group was arranged to enter the arena at ten o'clock.Because there is still work such as getting familiar with bows and arrows, identifying the venue in advance, and packing up the arrows from the previous game, it was almost eleven o'clock at noon when they finished their respective shooting.

Xia De didn't know the results of the other groups, but at least among the three of them, he hit all the targets within the specified time, and his results were definitely the best.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Seaver and Mr. Wisver at the gate of the arena, Shad walked towards Dorothy and Tifa who were waiting for him with a smile.

At this time, the entrance of the arena has completely become the appearance of a market. The dining tables, open-air tavern bar, stables, barber's shop, Rhodes table, butcher's shop, etc. are all mixed together. Teresa Square is even more lively.

Mia lay lazily in Tifa's arms, and she just "meowed" when she saw Xia De approaching.

"The grades are very good, but my eyes are almost blinded by the sun."

"You guys are lucky. Last year's archery competition was in heavy rain. As a result, 54 of the 6 contestants fell ill on the second day."

said Dorothy, laughing, and then, in a low voice, told the amusing story of the morning:

"Earl Lewis also came to watch the game, but we heard the news half an hour ago that he was accidentally injured by an arrow flying out of the arena."

"Oh? Is the injury serious? Where was the hit? The head is still below."

Xia De asked with some expectation as he walked towards his camp with the girls.

"Oh, Shad."

Dorothy patted Shad lightly:
"Tifa sent someone to inquire. The right arm was hit, but it didn't penetrate. Because he needed to stop the bleeding and treat the wound, the earl didn't leave immediately. He's resting in the tent over there now. Do you want to take a look?"

"What's the point of seeing him? Let's go to lunch."

For "Grey Eagle's Mission," Shad didn't think it was enough to just injure the opponent's arm.But he is not in a hurry, he has plenty of time to deal with the other party.

The group's lunch was not made here, but delivered directly from Galina Manor.When the metal lunch box wrapped in thermal insulation cotton was opened, the food was even steaming.

Miss Galina probably thought that Xia De would be exercising vigorously today, so the lunch he prepared was enough for twenty people to eat together.

Although the maids were unwilling to eat with Xia De, they finally had lunch together in the camp under his repeated persuasion.After lunch, it was still early for the afternoon horseback riding and archery session, Xia De temporarily bid farewell to the girls and Mia in the camp, and went to the camp outside the arena.

He didn't take Dorothy and Tifa, of course, because he had to do things himself, and the girls knew that Shade was going to do bad things.

After leaving the camp pretending to be wandering, Shad turned to the blind spot on the side of the tent, then used illusion to hide himself, and then went to the tent where Earl Lewis was trained by Tifa.

There are some ordinary people guarding the tent, but this has no effect on Xia De in the sixth ring.However, he didn't want this "assassination" to arouse the church's idea, so he just stole the gun from the guard, and then aimed at the window of the tent and pulled the trigger:

"Today is indeed a day for competition shooting... Judging from this person's reputation, I should be doing a good deed."

When he dropped his pistol and left, Xia De was still entertaining himself in his mind, and soon mixed into the crowd in the market.Because the market was very lively, the accident at the camp did not affect the people here. As for the poor Earl Lewis who was shot in the lower part of his lower body, he probably won't have to spy on those beautiful girls again.

In short, the matter of assassinating the earl is just a trivial matter for Xia De.

The small turmoil did not affect the lively atmosphere of the bazaar. As the time came to noon, more and more citizens arrived here and nobles who came to watch the fun, and the small bazaar was also expanding to a larger area.The tents of the participating "knights" are all in the same area, and in order to prevent being disturbed, there are special fences to separate them from the outside world.

Xia De didn't stop at the market, and when he returned to the camp area, he unexpectedly saw the Furren brothers from Kasenlik.Their match in the morning was also very smooth. When Xia De chatted with the two at the entrance of the camp, he realized that although the two five-ring warlocks took a little longer than Xia De, they did not miss the target just like Xia De.

Although the Furren brothers were older than Shad's body, they had a very bad temper with Shad.Queen Diana was right, they were both very upstanding gentlemen.

Originally, Xia De wanted to take a walk around so that more people could see him wandering around, while the two brothers originally planned to visit Earl Lewis, who was unfortunately injured in the morning.But as they chatted, they came to the topic of Rhodes cards.

"By the way, Mr. Hamilton, if we remember correctly, you were the champion of the Great City Players in 1853?"

asked Mr. Eric Furlan, the older brother, who wore a monocle over his right eye, his head slightly lowered, interest flickering in his beautiful brown eyes.Mr. Charles Furren also showed a similar expression.

The bazaar can be visited later, and Earl Lewis can't die now.Xia De smiled, and took out the card box containing his deck from his pocket:
"Why, do you want to play a game with me? Oh, gentlemen, I want to bet on special cards."

Lunch was still being prepared in the camp of the two brothers, and there was no place to play Rhodes cards, so the three gentlemen left the knights' camp together. Take a seat at the long table.

A small group of uniformed police officers passed them by. Although the "Pig's Head Tavern" was called a tavern, it was actually just a temporary venue built with counters and a dozen long solid wooden tables with three wagons on its back. .

The four corners of this simple "tavern" stand stone pillars, and the pillars are pulled by hemp ropes to form a perfunctory fence, which is separated from the barber's site next door and the paid painter's site on the other side.At the same time, the colored ribbons are drawn above the pillars, together with the colored ribbons floating above the camp, adding a new scenery to this ingenious event in spring.

It was noon, and two-thirds of the tables in the Pig's Head Tavern were filled with guests, and the middle-aged woman in an apron was entertaining the guests with her thin husband.

Shade considered that he had to participate in the game in the afternoon, and he didn't like drinking, so he only wanted a glass of butter beer.The Furren brothers ordered absinthe and rum respectively.The former is an anise-flavored spirit, which looks natural green in the sun, which looks good; the latter is a distilled wine made from sugarcane molasses, which has an amber color in the sun.

"We still have a match in the afternoon."

Xia De kindly reminded that a glass of rum is not a big problem, but absinthe is a strong alcohol. This kind of alcohol was originally used for medical treatment. this wine.

"It's because of the horseback riding in the afternoon that we drink alcohol. Alcohol can make the spirits of the knights more uplifted."

Mr. Eric Furren said, and then also took out his own deck.

Because there are not many people playing Rhodes cards here, no one has come to watch the game of the three of them for the time being.Like Shad, the two Mr. Furren also used special card boxes to store their decks, and they also engraved their names on the standard card boxes of the Prophet Association.

(End of this chapter)