A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Stuffing the extremely feminine translucent veil into the bundle hanging on the saddle, Garlan raised his hand and put on the hood of the cloak behind him. The shadow of the wide hood covered most of his face, almost covering his face. Faces are hidden.

He looked at the light pink embroidery on the white women's dress on his body, and sighed helplessly.

In fact, Garlan didn't intend to do this at all in the beginning.

He sneaked out of the palace very smoothly. After all, no one would have thought that he would leave suddenly. Even if he bumped into the patrolling guards occasionally, no one would dare to interrogate him as a prince.

However, at the last moment when he left the palace, the atmosphere in the whole palace suddenly became tense, and the number of patrolling guards suddenly increased.

I don't know who is so bored that he ran to find him in the middle of the night... Well, well, he can probably guess who it is.

That guy Heymos didn't take good care of his injuries, and sneaked into his bedroom again in the middle of the night.

Thinking so, Garlan sped up his speed. Fortunately, he managed to leave before the entire palace started to move.

At that time, he was standing in an alley outside the palace, just watching the palace that was originally in the dark light up one after another, but within a quarter of an hour, the whole palace became brightly lit, and he could even hear Among them were the sound of chaotic footsteps and faint shouts.

The gates of the royal city always open very early, as soon as the sun rises above the horizon, Garlan originally thought that the time between the opening of the gates and Tapti waking him up would be enough for him to pass through the gates.

Unexpectedly, his departure was discovered in the middle of the night. Therefore, Wangcheng has been closely guarded since the early morning, and the gates of the city have also been blocked. Hidden in areas where people, rangers, and snakes are mixed.

Later, she was really forced to have no choice but to dye her conspicuous blond hair black, and changed into a woman's attire.

Fortunately, his frame is not too big, and his figure is still slender, so he won't have too much sense of disobedience in dressing up as a woman.Fortunately, for the convenience of horseback riding, fighting, etc., women's clothes are also convenient and neat, and the difference from men's clothes is not too big. Even if he is dressed as a woman, he does not have to wear ankle-length skirts. Barely bear it.

At this moment, after riding the horse on the mountain trail for a long time, a three-way intersection appeared in front of Garlan.

He took out the parchment map and looked at it. After identifying the direction, he put it close to his body.Unlike his time, maps in this world are extremely rare and rare, and the maps that have been circulated outside are very simple and rough, but the map of the palace that Garlan brought out is naturally the most accurate and accurate.

Go left and you'll be on the boulevard, leading to the city.

Going to the right, it is still a mountain trail, a remote suburb.

Naturally, Garlan turned his horse's head around and ran to the other side of the mountain path without hesitation.

According to the efficiency of Brother Kamos, the guards might even reach the cities near the royal city before him. Of course, he can only choose those remote roads.

The mountain forest road is actually a road stepped on by people, which is fairly flat, with lush forests on both sides.Garlan rode his horse and trotted all the way along the path, the bright sunlight shone down and fell on him, and the trotting pitch-black horse seemed to be at ease.

He looked up at the sky, and as far as the eye could see, there were only white clouds in the endless blue sky, occasionally a few birds flew across the sky with flapping wings.

This open feeling made the young man unconsciously raise the corners of his lips. Although he felt a little guilty towards Brother Wang and the others, at this moment he felt an unprecedented sense of comfort.

The indescribable sense of restraint that had been suppressed in his heart since his rebirth seemed to be dissipated at this moment.

From now on, he doesn't need to think about anything, and think about it.

From this moment on, he just has to do whatever he wants.

Garlan reached out his hand to touch the bundle next to him, and smiled contentedly. Don't underestimate the bundle, but the things inside are quite valuable, enough for him to live a prosperous life.

He also kept a small bag of extremely valuable gems close to his body, just in case he needed it.

Well, they were all picked from those specially made ornaments by the royal family. After all, it is too conspicuous to sell royal ornaments directly.

The black horse ran for a while, and in the afternoon, the trail gradually opened up.

Garlan vaguely heard a long music coming from ahead, and it didn't take long before he saw the source of the music.

In front of this mountain road, he saw a long procession. In front of the procession was a carriage pulled by two bulls. The carriage was decorated with flowers, and fiery red cloth strips were wrapped around the carriage, flying in the air. with.

The music he heard was the bagpipes of the men following the carriage.

Although it was daytime, many people in the team were holding torches, reflecting the sun, and the red flames were burning in the hands of the people, which contrasted brilliantly with the fiery red cloth strips flying behind the carriage.

Bagpipes, torches.

That's a wedding in progress.

Gallan reined in and slowed down the steed below him so as not to crash into the wedding procession in front.After all, this mountain road is not wide, and he can't go around it, so he can only follow the wedding procession from a distance.

Fortunately, the wedding procession didn't go very far and arrived at their destination.

It was a small village by the side of the mountain road. There was a group of people waiting for the gate of the village. The gate of the whole village was wrapped with colorful cloth strips. Children were running around the gate with flowers in their hands, smiling.

The sound of the bagpipes grew louder, echoing in the air with the singing of the people who greeted the carriage.

Although the mixed singing voice was crude, under the blue sky and white clouds, it was mixed with joy and cheerfulness, giving people a different kind of flying feeling.

Garlan couldn't help but stop and watch. After all, it was the first time he saw Aaron Landis's folk wedding, which made him a little curious.

He stood there on horseback and looked at it for a while, when he was discovered by the wedding people, who gave him a few pointers, and just when Garlan was thinking about disturbing them and whether he should leave quickly, he saw someone Several people surrounded an old man and walked towards him, as if they wanted to talk to him.

Garlan got off his horse.

The old man with graying hair and beard smiled and spoke.

"Travelers passing by here, you must be guided by the goddess of love, Avdomir. If you feel tired, why not come to my grandson's wedding banquet, have a full meal, and enjoy today's joy together."

In the folklore of Aaronlandis, the travelers who came with the wedding carriage must have been guided by the goddess Avdomir.If they treat each other well and get the blessing of this stranger guided by the goddess at the wedding, then the newlyweds can love each other for life.

Garlan was a little hesitant, but seeing this kind of folk wedding for the first time was really itchy for him, thinking that he was just hungry and could leave after a meal, so he bowed slightly to salute the old man and accepted the other party's proposal. invitation.

Seeing the 'girl' being so polite, the old man who didn't know what kind of gift he had just received nodded cheerfully, and then went into the village with the 'girl'.

As a special guest, Garland was placed to the side to watch the wedding up close.

The bride is a young woman in a long snow-white dress, holding golden ears of wheat in her arms, which symbolizes a good harvest and many children.

A forearm-sized wooden statue of the god of love, Avdomir, is placed on the ground, with flowers enshrined in front of it.

The bride took off the belt around her waist, and presented the belt to the goddess with a shy face.

That meant she was about to give up her virginity and become a woman from a maiden.

While watching with great interest, Garlan took a sip of beer, only to spit it out as soon as he swallowed it.

There are all kinds of alcohol in the palace, but cheap and easy-to-brew beer prevails among the people of Aaron Landis.

It was the first time Garlan drank this kind of folk beer. It was as thick as a milkshake, sour and bitter, with a lot of bran in it, and the taste was so bad.

As soon as he spit it out, a woman sitting next to Garlan burst out laughing. While laughing, she handed him a straw and pointed around. Only then did Garlan realize that the people around him were not drinking beer. Drink it directly, but suck it with a straw.

Garlan tried it out, and it turns out that using straw to suck beer can prevent the large grains of bran from the bottom of the cup, which makes the beer taste much better.

He froze for a moment, then couldn't help laughing.

The beer is very bad, compared to the wine he drank in the palace, it can be said to be heaven and earth, the surroundings are very noisy, the bagpipes are mixed with singing, it is messy, and the thick-handed woman next to him is patting his arm, acting rudely, It is completely two extremes with the maid who served him lightly in the palace.

But I don't know why, but he just feels very happy now.

The beer was obviously bad, but he seemed to be infected by the lively atmosphere around him. Under the enthusiastic persuasion of the people, he drank one cup after another.

Garlan doesn't drink very well.

Considering that he was still on the way to escape, he stopped immediately after feeling a little dizzy, looked at the sky, it was almost evening, and he was already full of food and drink.

Thanking the old man who entertained him, he got up and left the small village after blessing the newlyweds.

Garlan had always been wearing a wide hood, covering most of his face, and never took it off.And those people didn't seem to care much about this, and still treated him warmly.

Leaving the small village, he slowed down on horseback as he rode forward. A slightly drunken feeling filled his body, giving him an indescribable sense of comfort.

After walking for a while, he felt a little sleepy, so he turned his head and looked around, and found a place under a tree with lush grass, not far from the roadside, where there were several huge rocks blocking his view and sheltered from the wind. And hidden.

Garlan tied the horse in the jungle further inside to let it graze, and he nestled in the rock nest for a while to sober up.

He was lying on the grass with his limbs spread out, the sun had already slanted to the west, and the wind that had begun to cool off brushed his somewhat hot cheeks, making people feel extremely comfortable.

He stared at the sky in a daze.

In fact, staying in that small village for one night was the best choice, but he was worried about causing trouble to those enthusiastic people.After all, Brother Wang would definitely not tell the public about his escape, he would only use secret orders to get the soldiers to arrest him.

If he stayed there overnight, the soldiers who came after him would not know about it, and if the methods of arresting him were tougher, the wedding would definitely be disturbed.

Ah, that means I have to sleep in the wild for a while.

Fortunately, I brought a lot of insect repellent powder configured by Taputi.

Garlan, who was facing up to the sky, thought in a daze for a while, until the sun had set halfway below the horizon, and he felt a lot more awake, so he sat up and planned to continue on the road.

But as soon as he stood up, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves coming from the side of the road. Garlan immediately shrank back into the rock, hid himself, and secretly looked at the road through the cracks in the rock.

With a burst of laughter, about a dozen men galloped across the road on horseback.

They all had big and small bags hanging on their saddles, full of piles.

There was a young woman in front of the men without burdens, but those women were not sitting on the horseback, but lying face down on the horseback, and there was a faint cry from the chaotic horseshoes. Come.

The dozens of men passed by like a gust of wind, and ran forward along the road, leaving only their hearty and wanton laughter.

The face of Garlan who was hiding by the side of the road suddenly changed. The women had been lying on their stomachs and couldn't see their faces clearly, but he recognized the dress of one of the women - it was the bride's that he had seen at the wedding not long ago. clothing.

Before he had time to think about it, he quickly pulled out his black horse, turned over, and hurriedly chased in the direction where the group of people left.

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After galloping the horse for a while, seeing that the sun was about to sink to the horizon, the leading man found a remote flat place, and then called his companions to stop.

The man was in a good mood at the moment, even the piercing cries of those women could not disturb his good mood, or on the contrary, the cries of women were extremely beautiful sounds in his ears.

He and his companions carried the woman off the horse and threw it to the ground aside.Anyway, those weak women were tied tightly with ropes, and they couldn't escape at all.

Raising his hand to pat the bulging bundle on the horse's back, the man showed a proud smile.

They were a gang of bandits who dared not go to the towns guarded by soldiers, and could only rob little things in these remote hamlets.

This time they were lucky, they bumped into that small village where a wedding was being held, and the property they robbed was much more than those in the previous villages, enough for them to be happy for a while.

Moreover, they have also snatched several women, although they are not considered beautiful, they are still considered pretty, and they can sell them after a meal for them to vent, which is another profit.

Especially one of them is today's bride, which gave him a strange pleasure.He thought that he would pick this woman tonight, and no one would try to rob him.

This group of robbers is noisily packing up the fire, ready to have a big meal, and they have recovered their energy. Tonight, they will have a good meal with the women they robbed.

The several young women who were snatched shivered and curled up together, their faces covered with tears.Especially the bride with a pale face, today was the happiest day in her life, but the arrival of these robbers made her suddenly fall into hell. And the insult she might suffer next, her tears could not stop falling down.

The fiery red sunset fell on her face, showing more and more the empty eyes and the despair on her face.

At this moment, there was a rush of hoofbeats.

The robbers who were chatting and laughing with each other without any scruples showed vigilance, stood up, and looked in the direction of the sound.

The dull eyes of the young women also recovered a little, and they looked over expectantly.

But in the next second, the hope in their eyes disappeared.

It was true that someone came after them to save them, but there was only one person who came.

It was a young girl with an unfit body.

And they recognized it as a passing traveler whom they had entertained at the wedding.

The vigilant robbers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled again. They just stood there carelessly and casually, watching the young girl gallop across to them on horseback.

Really overwhelmed.

Looking at the long sword hanging obliquely on the side of the saddle, the leading man thought disdainfully in his heart, and he didn't know where the fledgling female warrior who thought he was strong came to save people with enthusiasm, and he didn't even think that he had No such ability.

Yeah.

I just feel that there are ten or so people on my side, and women are not enough, and one more is not bad.

The man glanced at the girl, feeling a little regretful.

This girl's figure is not very good, her chest is almost flat.

As he thought about it, he glanced at the women over there, and his lustful eyes flicked over their towering breasts.

Well, let's choose among this group of women tonight, let whoever likes the flat-chested girl...

Before the thoughts in the bandit's mind were finished, a gust of wind suddenly blew over, blowing off the girl's wide hood.

The long black hair flew up and brushed against the fair cheeks.

The fiery red sunset slanted on the girl's face.

Successive gasps sounded among the bandits.

After the leading robber lost his mind for a moment, there was only one thought left in his mind.

No breasts, no breasts!I'm going to decide on this woman!

The blood all over his body boiled up. He grabbed the big knife resting on the rock beside him, feeling hot all over his body, and wanted to rush over with one stride.

Swish!

Suddenly a sharp arrow shot out from the jungle and hit his feet.

The robber was so frightened by the arrow that his heart shrank suddenly, and he almost fell backwards.

He raised his head angrily and cried out.

"Who!"

He roared, "Which son of a bitch, get out—!"

"Although they are a group of vulgar guys, it is really disrespectful to beauty to use such vulgar and dirty language in front of this girl who is as beautiful as the sunset."

A clear male voice with a smile sounded from above.

The voice was extremely magnetic and moving, as if singing poetry.

"Goddess of love and beauty, Avdomir~~ Your loyal believer will remove all ugly existences in this world for you."

The tall treetops made a rustling sound, and a figure jumped down from the dense branches and leaves, landing in front of everyone.

It was a slender young man, his long jet black hair was tied behind him with a goose yellow hair rope, and his long forehead hair slanted down from his eyes.

He has an extremely handsome face, and he is dressed in a refreshing cyan outfit, which makes people feel good at first sight.

He held the bow that shot the sharp arrow just now in his left hand, and he didn't even look at the group of robbers who were glaring at him behind him, his eyes fell on Garlan without blinking.

Those peach blossom eyes are slightly curved, exuding a romantic and affectionate charm.

He put one hand on his chest and continued his singing-like words.

"Ah, praise to the great goddess Avdomir."

He said, with an intoxicated look on his face.

"Thank you for your blessing, for bringing this beautiful girl to me, so that I can cleanse my eyes that were polluted by those ugly and vulgar things just now."

Gallan: "???"

Can you speak personal words normally?