Lord of Hyranza

"Hmm!" Suldak replied very concisely.

"The robber group not only robbed the sixteen yellow sheep in the village, but also robbed a lady named Selina in the village?" Karl asked the second question according to the script.

"Hmm!" Suldak was still unwilling to say a word.

Karl glanced at Suldak helplessly, and there was nothing he could do about the fact that Suldak had no tacit understanding with him.

Just when the clerk wanted to record the third question, Carl said without warning: "Okay!"

The clerk wanted to record this sentence, but found that there was no need to record this sentence, so he looked at Lord Baron Karl Casement with some surprise.

I saw Karl drooping his eyelids, looking at the last line of the parchment, and announced to everyone present: "After verification, there was indeed a looting incident in Wall Village, and the initial judgment should be related to the robbery of the Hoyle Manor in the southern suburb of Hailansa. The case is the same group of robbers, I will apply for support from the higher authorities, and try to conduct a net-like investigation in the Pagros Mountains this morning, and try to catch that gang of robbers as soon as possible. In addition, I will suggest to the sheriff in charge of this area Therefore, it is best to form a joint guard team among the villages to patrol the area, and report to the Hailansa City Guard Battalion immediately if a bandit group is found."

"..."

The clerk never expected that Baron Karl Casement would announce the end of the interrogation after only asking two questions, and it seemed that Karl did not plan to ask anyone else, which meant that this time the Wall Village The investigation was officially over. Looking at the remaining ink on the quill pen in his hand, the clerk was speechless for a while. He could only wipe off the remaining ink on the quill pen and put it in the pen holder.

Carl came out of the stone house, stretched his body on the steps at the entrance of the courtyard, and said loudly to the assistant and the clerk: "Next, let's taste the delicacies from the Pagros mountain area!"

He squinted his eyes and saw the bonfire burning in the central square of the village in the distance. The laughter was coming from there. The men in the village seemed to have just returned from somewhere, and the village held a banquet in the central square. , according to the past practice, the old village head will kill a gazelle and gather the whole village to drink sheep soup.

The dinner in the village was upgraded this time, and the old village chief decided to kill five fat sheep and hold a decent bonfire party of roasted whole sheep. The men who returned from the outside took the wind. The original Wall Village was very poor, but five consecutive batches of sulfur mines were transported into the warehouse, and the old village head suddenly realized that the village seemed to be able to afford mutton.

By the time Karl, Suldak and his party came to the central square of the village, many villagers had already gathered here. When the villagers saw Suldak and Karl standing together and talking cordially, the expressions on their faces were different. But no matter where they went, the villagers would stand up and salute Karl and Suldak.

Karl felt that the villagers of Wall Village were warm and simple, full of awe of the nobles, and their quality was higher than that of the common people in Hailansa City.

The wood on the bonfire has been completely turned into charcoal fire. After the five gazelles were skinned, they were erected with wooden sticks. Several older villagers turned over the brackets hanging on the charcoal fire beside the wooden frame. The smell of mutton, Selena was holding a brush to spread the sauce on these roasted whole lambs, when she saw Suldak approaching, she turned her head and put on a sweet smile to him.

When Selena turned to leave, Karl leaned close to Suldak's ear and asked quietly, "Are all the beautiful ladies in the village more or less related to you?"

"...Do you think so?" Suldak said with a smile. "This one is indeed, the others are not..."

"I don't believe your nonsense!" Carl rolled his eyes and said angrily.

Carl is not the kind of person who sees a beautiful woman unable to walk, and the sourness in his heart lasted for a while. The old village head, Uncle Brett, led a group of village elders to meet them. These old people were dressed in clean clothes. The linen clothes showed that the welcoming ceremony was very formal. Uncle Brett first expressed his thanks to Baron Carl for coming to Wall Village, then invited Karl to sit down, and then called Selena to present some roasted yellow lamb.

After Selena finished her work, she sat down next to Suldak. The rough linen dress could not conceal her natural beauty. Seldak lifted Selena's long skirt and wanted to pass a piece of roast lamb to her. Signa, who was under the skirt, saw the girl's mouth was stuffed, and suddenly saw Suldak, and choked.

After drinking a large glass of water, Signa's breath was relieved.

Knowing that Selena and Suldak had some relationship, Karl still couldn't help but glance at Selena's beautiful figure occasionally, and Selena carefully sliced ​​the roast lamb for the two of them.

Rita and Natasha were sitting with the women in the village. Some people saw that Selena was blatantly sitting next to Suldak at the banquet of the whole village. Everyone felt wronged for Natasha. They gave Natasha advice one after another, asking her to exercise the power of the hostess in a timely manner, at least giving Selena a little bit of color.

Natasha has a soft personality and won't cause trouble at all, not to mention that she is only Suldak's wife in name, and she can't refuse him to find a new love at all. With Natasha's appearance, she could only sigh lightly, complaining in her heart that Natasha was not active enough.

People in the village like to dance around the bonfire, especially the men who have left the village for more than half a month. At this time, everyone invites the women to circle around the bonfire together, and the atmosphere of the dinner party suddenly becomes lively.

Seeing that Karl was almost done eating, Suldak took the opportunity to ask Karl about the wagon.

"Do you want to buy a truck? It's easy. I know several car dealers in Hailansa City. I can go with you. I believe they will give you a very reasonable price." Carl's eyes lit up, and he will He straightened his chest and said, tapping on it with his fist.

Suldak remembered the words of the old village head, and then asked Karl: "What if I only buy the axle part?"

Karl waved his hand and said to Suldak: "Of course it's okay, but I don't think you need to be so troublesome. I will be in Hailansa city recently, so you want to buy a wagon. Just come and find me."

Every time he asked Carl for help, Carl would readily agree and never ask for anything in return.The more Karl was like this, Suldak felt that he should make up for it appropriately. After thinking for a long time, he remembered that there were still some bandit leather armor and weapons hidden in the oak forest near the mountain pass.

Suldak felt it was time to take them out.

When the dinner was over, Suldak patted Karl on the shoulder and said to him, "By the way, Karl, I still have something to give you."

"What?" Carl asked curiously.

"I'll take you to see it later, and you'll know. You may be able to use this thing," Suldak said.

Suldak pulled out a Gubolai horse from his home, came to Karl and his party, and quickly got on the horse.

Carl and his party also came from Hailansa City on horseback. They also led the horses out of the residence arranged by the old village head, and then took advantage of the bright moonlight to walk out of Wall Village overnight and cross the mountain pass. Suldak led Karl to a dark oak forest. Karl was followed by five knights. The clerk was not very good at riding, so he stayed in the village.

Those who followed Karl here were all Karl's cronies.

Suldak searched for the marks left along the way, and rode into the oak forest, as if walking into the darkness all of a sudden. Recently, Suldak's five senses have improved, and he has walked this road twice before. I have some memories here.

Relying on his memory, Suldak found the tree hole where the bandits' weapons and leather armor were hidden. He jumped off his horse, reached into the tree hole, pulled out the machete that the bandits used to use, and handed it to him. Carl's hands.

For this dark red scimitar, Karl, who was the chief knight of the guard battalion, recognized it at a glance. It was the weapon of the robbers.

"Could it be...all these things, right?" Carl took the heavy machete into his hand, and suddenly understood that these were the so-called gifts of Suldak.

"You guessed it..." Suldak said noncommittally.

Seeing Suldak take out more than a dozen scimitars and 22 sets of leather armor from the tree hole and pile them up in front of Karl, Karl looked at the pile of rags on the ground, and asked Suldak, "Are you going to take the Give me these bandit leather armor and weapons?"

These rotten leather armors and scimitars are useless to Suldak, but they can be exchanged for some merits for Karl.

"Yeah! It's useless for me to keep it, I just thought that maybe these things can be of some use to you." Suldak said with a smile to Karl.

Karl ordered people to tie up these leather armors and weapons, and he was busy until it was almost dawn before he was done.

Returning to Wall Village this time, when Carl passed the mountain pass, he looked up at the wooden cross on the top of the mountain seriously. Although he already knew the truth of the matter, every time he saw these crosses, Carl would still secretly exclaim ...

Then I began to brainstorm the entire battle process, every time I thought of Suldak beheading all twenty robbers by himself, the leader of the robbers was at least at the level of a mid-level warrior, and the punishment weapon Hammer Karl also tried to hold it, such a heavy hammer of punishment is still very difficult to hold, but the bandit leader can easily swing it, which shows that the bandit leader is much better than Karl in terms of strength.

Karl turned his head and said to Suldak: "When I passed the mountain pass, I was thinking...how did you make more than [-] wooden crosses on the top of the mountain by yourself, and hang them all on the cross by yourself? of."

Suldak and Carl kept pace. He briefly talked about the origin of the three large wooden boxes, and then said: "It is actually very simple to make a wooden cross. At that time, I removed some wooden boards from the three wooden boxes and put them together again. It became these simple crosses. However, the top of the mountain is also covered with limestone, and there is no way to nail the wooden cross into the cracks in the stone, so it took a lot of effort to erect it on the top of the mountain.”

A group of people talked and laughed and returned to Wall Village, and saw the clerk of the guard battalion squatting at the entrance of the village alone, watching Karl return safely with a few of his men, and greeted him excitedly, as if worried that Karl might be killed at any time. Forsake him.

After Carl ate the breakfast arranged by the old village chief, he took a group of people back to Hailansa City.

And the autumn harvest in the village has also started in full swing, and Wall Village is full of busy scenes.

The old village chief, Uncle Brett, is going to go around the surrounding villages again, intending to lobby the village chiefs of each village to form a joint patrol team, otherwise, once the robbers appear, no matter which village is capable of fighting against them Robbers, this kind of thing is united, and everyone is twisted together to fight against those robbers.

The wheat field in Suerdak’s house was harvested yesterday, and today the wheat should be dried in the field, and then the grains on the ears of wheat should be crushed with a stone mill and put into sacks...

Chapter 281

The sulfur mines mined are full of warehouses, but the rocky area is not that big, and the rocks containing the sulfur mines are all stalagmites protruding from the solidified magmatic rocks. According to the current mining progress, the pustule mountain It doesn't seem to take too long to extract all the sulfur in the rocky area.

In the past half a month, nearly 40 villagers from Wall Village have entered the rocky area one after another, and have almost dug a small half of the stalagmites in that area. They want to hollow out all the stalagmites in the entire rocky area. It can be completed before the first snow falls after winter.

It is a lava channel formed by the solidification of a lava river. The magma in the lower reaches of the channel has completely solidified, but if you climb up the pustule mountain, you will see hot magma rolling in the channel without going too far. Here There are still some stalagmites, but this part of the stalagmites came out of the hot magma.

The vicinity of the magma is very hot, and ordinary people can hardly get close to it, so even some sulfur mines upstream cannot be mined at present.

After discussing with the old village chief, Suerdak decided that at least until the sulfur mines in the rocky area were cleaned up, they would go to Hailansa City to sell these sulfur mines. When the news leaked out, the villagers in other surrounding villages also Flocking here, this is not the worst situation. The worst thing is that if the nobles in the city know the existence of this open-pit sulfur mine, once they submit an application for fiefdom to the city hall of Hailansa, I am afraid that the pustule mountain will To become the territory of a nobleman.

It is related to whether Wall Village can get rid of poverty, and Uncle Brett has repeatedly warned the villagers not to let this secret out.

……

I heard that there is a group of bandits fleeing into the mountain, preparing to rob the autumn grain of various villages. The old village chief, Uncle Brett, has been running around for several days in a row to form a guard patrol team.

For the mountain people in the barren land of Paglos Mountain, the autumn harvest is almost the main ration for the next half year.

In the cold winter and dry spring, it is almost impossible to get any food. If you want to get food that can fill your stomach, at least you have to wait until the rainy season comes.

The wheat in the village has almost been harvested, the grain field is full of wheat stacks, and some wheat stacks are also piled up in the wheat fields on both sides of the ravine.

After the men who dug the hole in the pustule mountain came back, everyone began to plan to go into the mountain pass to collect some chestnuts. Most of the mountains inside the mountain pass are the territory of the Hailansa nobles. In addition to some oak trees, there are also There are some pines, hazels, chestnuts, and a great variety.

Of course, if someone blatantly walked into the territory of a certain nobleman's house to pick chestnuts and was discovered by the guards patrolling the forest, his leg would be broken.

After living in the barren land for so many years, the villagers have already found some survival rules. For example, although they cannot enter the noble territory to pick chestnuts, they can pick chestnuts in the forest belt at the junction of the two noble territories. The division of territories between the nobles is almost always calculated according to the top of the mountain, so the boundaries between the territories are not clear. In order to avoid unnecessary disputes, the nobles usually reserve a public forest belt of about [-] meters at the junction of the territories. .

Villagers living in the barren land outside the mountain pass would go to those mountains in groups every autumn to pick chestnuts in the public forest belt, and of course some other mountain products, such as hazelnuts and mushrooms.

You can pick up anything in the public forest belt, but the nobles have three requirements for these disheveled mountain people: first, they are not allowed to hunt, second, they are not allowed to cut down trees, and third, they are not allowed to pick acorns.

Although there are few monsters in the forest, some wild boars, bobcats, and lynxes can still be seen frequently, and occasionally black bears can be seen. Women and children usually dare not enter the forest rashly. After the men in the village came back, Everyone started to discuss how to go to those public forest belts to pick chestnuts, because there are more than a dozen natural villages around, and everyone will go into the mountains, so it is very important to seize those public forest belts with rich products.

Only the most experienced hunters know where the most chestnut trees are. In the past, the old village head, Uncle Brett, took the lead in this matter, but this year, Uncle Brett will discuss with other village chiefs about gradually guarding the patrol team, so this year The matter of leading the men into the mountains to pick chestnuts and mushrooms fell on Charlie and Luke, two young men. They had learned from the old village head for these years, and they also had their own understanding of the forest.

What the old village head has to deal with is the other village heads. Now that the autumn harvest is coming, it is the time when labor is needed everywhere. The village heads of each village have their own ideas in their hearts. It's hard to do patrol well.

Although Suldak also wanted to go into the mountains with Rita and Natasha, and it was a rare opportunity to take a stroll in the mountains in this crisp autumn weather, but the old village chief proposed to let Suldak stay in the mountains. The purpose is to find Suldak in time if there is news of the bandit group.

Only with him was it possible to deal with the bandits for a while, and to take the opportunity to report to the guard battalion of Hailansa City.

So... As long as the children in Wall Village can carry the basket, they will follow the adults into the mountains. Only a group of old people who have difficulty walking are left in the village. They have to stay at home to take care of some younger children.

On the grain field, Suldak is leading two horses and pulling a big stone mill, pressing the ears of wheat on the ground. It looks round like a big golden blanket, little Peter Running happily behind Suldak, old Sheila was always worried that little Peter would be kicked by the horse, and she tried to dissuade him while carefully caring behind him, but little Peter didn't listen at all.

Old Sheila dragged the reluctant little Peter away, and she also wanted to prepare lunch.

Near noon, a few old people in the valley field threw the wheat ears scattered on the ground into the golden blanket, and then went home to have lunch, and came back to pick the wheat on the valley field in the afternoon.

Only Suldak and Selina, who was holding a sheepskin book, were left on the valley floor. She was responsible for counting the stacks of wheat. Only Selena knows who the stack belongs to.

Suldak led the two horses to the stone trough at the edge of the valley, untied the rope from the stone mill, and let the two horses drink some water and eat some forage.

Selena leaned against the edge of the wheat stack, and she was also busy all morning.

In autumn, it is usually cool in the morning and evening. Selena put on a yellow wool sweater over the linen shirt, and a long linen skirt on her lower body, and sat against the stack of wheat.

At noon, the glare of the sun was shining on the valley, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose. The sun made Selena's fair face flushed, and she wiped off the sweat from her forehead and temples with a silk handkerchief...

Chapter 282

The stone mill is pressed over the grain field covered with ears of wheat, and the full grains of wheat will fall off from the ears of wheat.

Surdak clumsily used a rake to pile the flattened straw into a pile, exposing the grains underneath.Selena took a linen bag, and Suldak picked up a wooden shovel and put the wheat mixed with a small amount of hay leaves into the bag. Let the wind blow away the broken leaves of hay mixed in the wheat, so that pure wheat can be obtained.

Take the wheat to the mill and grind it into flour.

Several nearby villages share a mill. The mill is located in Digo Village, which is about fifteen miles away from here. The north wind is blowing all year round. The mill is built on the edge of the canyon. The north wind in the canyon blows the windmill and provides sufficient power for the stone grinding disc of the mill. Because several villages work together to build it, so as long as the wheat Back there, you can grind into whole wheat flour for free.

The sun shone on Suldak's body, and the monster's leather armor was like a tin can. It was extremely hot, and Suldak reached out to untie the leather armor, only wearing a linen shirt, which made him feel much cooler.

Selena took Suldak's leather armor, and hung the sweaty leather armor on the branch beside it.

Although the matter between the two of them has been brought to light, everyone in the village knows that Selena is Suldak's woman, and even old Sheila has acquiesced in this matter, but the two of them have never broken through the last layer.

In the morning, old Sheila chatted with Selena on the edge of the valley, and took out two pieces of cheese from a handkerchief, one for Little Peter and the other for Signa, although Signa He wanted to take it very much, but he still pursed his lips, raised his fair face, and looked at Selena asking for her opinion with questioning eyes, until Selena nodded in agreement, then stretched out her small hand to take the piece of cheese.

Signa only took a small bite, narrowing her eyes and savoring the sweetness of the cheese carefully. The sweet smile on her face seemed to melt the coldest heart.

She ate half of it, and handed the remaining half to Selena. The tenderness of that scene made the old Sheila wipe tears secretly, and said to Selina: Children from poor families are sensible early, and Signa will definitely be a good person in the future. capable.

After the two of them put all the wheat on the valley field into the linen pockets, Suldak stood up straight and said to the flushed Selena:

"Take a break!"

Selena walked to the edge of the valley and poured a glass of water for Suldak. The two sat down on the haystack by the edge of the valley. Selina smiled and said to Suldak: "There are many knights in Hoyle Manor, but no one has ever been willing to do the work of a farmer!"

Only in front of Suldak, Selena would joke without any scruples, and this time she actually talked about her past in Hoyle Manor.

Suldak leaned on the wheat stack, looked up at the white clouds floating high in the sky, and asked Serena, "How many years have you been a maid in Hoyle Manor?"

Selena shook her head, expressing that she couldn't tell, then she measured it with her hands and said to Suldak: "When I was about this tall, I was sent to the Hoyle Manor by my father, At that time, Miss Hoyle was just born, and I was very thin at that time, and I had to use all my strength to hold her. Later, Miss Hoyle grew up, and I grew up, and she continued to grow up, so did I. Get stronger and stronger."

She leaned closer to Suldak, putting her shoulder against Suldak's shoulder, and Suldak turned to look at her side face, with sexy lips under the straight bridge of the nose, and asked her: " Where does your family live?"

Selena stretched out her hand to hold Suldak's hand, and said lightly:

"They moved not long after they dropped me off at Hoyle Manor."

Suldak was a little speechless and surprised:

"How could they do that?"

There was a helpless smile in Selena's eyes, and she whispered:

"After they found out that I believed in the Goddess of Darkness, they worried that I would hurt them, so they sent me to Hoyle Manor. Baron Hoyle is a sincere believer in the Statue of Liberty. They hope that Baron Hoyle can use his actions Touch me."

Seeing Selena lying next to him was very hard, Suldak stretched out his hand and let her rest on his arm, so that it would be more comfortable.

"Then did the baron influence you?" Suldak then asked curiously.

Selena smiled like a naughty child, as if she could finally share a long-buried joke with others, and Suldak said with a smile: "Actually, 'Thanks to the Statue of Liberty' is just his catchphrase. Every time I speak, I like to thank the Statue of Liberty, including eating, sleeping and going to the bathroom."

Suldak pressed his forehead and yelled, "It's still like this..."

Selena leaned on Suldak's arm, turned sideways, a pair of beautiful green eyes looked at the man in front of her affectionately, her long chestnut hair was spread out, and she was so beautiful, Suldak fingered Pushing away the messy hair on her face, she said to her, "Did Goddess Celine teach you some life skills?"

"Huh?" Selina was confused for a moment.

Suldak said to her: "Two days ago, Karl and I discussed the priests in the Temple of the Statue of Liberty, how they lived a high-quality life, of course, there is a certain financial subsidy from the Grimm Empire, But that money is not enough to support them to live in that kind of palace-like temple. In the Green Empire, except for the Angibold royal family, the priests in these Statue of Liberty temples are the richest, so their Where does the wealth come from?"

"..." Selena couldn't speak.