"Lister."
Frank said the name: "The Baron of Flower Town, the Earl's third child, Shirley, you must still remember, when you were a child, you always played behind him."
"Brother Liszt, of course I remember." Shirley blinked her eyes, and a handsome face with a little childishness appeared in her mind.
Liszt has been very handsome since he was a child.
However, she has left Coral Island to study at the Horn Academy for several years.
Because of the inconvenience of traveling by boat, he didn't go home even during the New Year's Eve, and his impression of Liszt has gradually faded. At that time, she hadn't reached the age of admiring the opposite sex, so naturally she didn't have a clear memory of a certain little friend.
"What do you think of Liszt?" Frank asked.
Shirley shook her head: "Dad, I have only seen Brother Liszt, who was twelve years old. He was just a child at that time, but now that he is an adult, I have no idea what he has become."
"Yes, I should find a chance for you to meet."
At this time Frank's wife asked: "Liszt doesn't seem to be valued by the Earl, his fief has already gone to the most remote Flower Town."
"It is true that Liszt is not valued by the Earl. The Earl relied on his own determination to forge ahead and created the line of Coral Island. He hopes that his children can go forward bravely." Frank said, "But no matter what, he is the blood of the Tulip family. To be entrusted as an adult, this is not the treatment that ordinary second sons of nobles can enjoy."
"The earl is just the kindness of an adult. He is a dedicated father. Even Rivera has been awarded the title of baron."
The wife said enviously.
Li Weila is very influential among the aristocratic ladies on Coral Island, and hereditary dame is rare in the entire Grand Duchy of Sapphire.
"The reason why the Earl doesn't pay much attention to Liszt is that Liszt's talent is not good and his personality is soft. But from my recent contact, Liszt has been reborn, and he is more and more mature with dignity in peace. The Earl even went to The town of flowers celebrates the Sea Festival, which is a sign."
"What's the sign?"
"What else could it be a sign? The son has regained the trust of his father. The Earl is still in his prime. Of course he hopes to join his sons in gaining more honors as knights."
"Really, but he didn't go to the battlefield, Levi's has already gone to the battlefield."
"Sooner or later, he has the blood of the Tulip family and the Changyu family." Frank felt that his wife had the narrow-mindedness of a small country nobleman, so he simply said to his daughter, "Shirley, Liszt has already prepared his own knight team." , he bought a batch of equipment for the armed knight squad from Tulip Fort."
No praise is as convincing as action.
A country lord with a knight squad is naturally unusual.
Shirley's eyes lit up: "Dad, Mom, when can I see brother Liszt, I think I have my own judgment."
"Our Shirley is smart, beautiful, and of course has her own vision. Dad will quickly find opportunities for you."
…
faltering.
Tired and hungry.
Ivan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at his fellow colleagues with numb eyes with numb eyes. His clothes were dirty and smelly, his hair was a mess, and the dust on his face couldn't cover up his paleness and sallowness. The team couldn't tell the difference between men, women, and children, and even the crying of babies was weak.
"Hurry up, if you don't want to be whipped, cheer me up and keep up with the team!" The clerk holding the whip shouted loudly.
From time to time, the whip was thrown in the air, making a crackling sound.
Ivan's whole body was shaken, and his slightly drowsy head suddenly woke up, and his heavy steps couldn't help but speed up a little. Just now, the companions beside him were whipped by the clerk, their clothes were ripped off, and they were so painful that they shed tears.
"Thunder!"
There was another whip.
Ivan lowered his head and gritted his teeth to make himself faster. He was very afraid of whips. When he was on the ship, his companion who slept in a corner and came from the same town as him was beaten to death by the first mate on the ship. The wailing before he died had given him nightmares for several nights.
Dreams are nightmares.
In reality, it is also a nightmare.
He missed the days of hard farming on the island, although he would not have enough to eat, and there were knights with whips beating serfs who could not pay taxes. But most of the time, he is free to walk around and chat with others. Or even head to the town to catch a glimpse of the beautiful proprietress of the bakery.
But one day, everything changed.
He heard the sound of knights shouting and killing, and then a group of blood-stained knights came to his village and drove them away. Some people didn't want to leave and were killed; those who didn't want to be killed had to follow them. It was on this day that he left his homeland and began to have a nightmare of constant bumps.
He was taken to a market where serfs like himself were sold.
Locked in a cage, eating a little bit of rotten black bread, I was in a daze. Serfs were constantly being taken away, and new serfs were constantly being imprisoned.
Then, he was also taken away.
He boarded the big boat with a group of strangers. He couldn't understand the people on the boat, and he didn't dare to talk to others. Unexpectedly, there was a person on the boat who knew him, and they were from a small town.
"It's the Sapphire Man!" his companion told him.
He instantly thought of the legend of the "barbarians". Every year, there will be barbarians from the sea who come to the Eagle Kingdom to burn, kill and loot. They all come from the Grand Duchy of Sapphire on the sea.
"There are sapphire people on board, and we were sold to barbarians! We were captured by mercenaries, they are more hateful than rats!" The companion said resentfully, "I swear! One day, I will come back and find these mercenaries , kill them all!"
Ivan didn't answer.
He was terrified by his companion's words.
He has been farming since he was a child, and he has never even killed a chicken—because there are no chickens at home—only nobles have killed serfs, and serfs dare not kill.
Unfortunately, shortly after the companion took the oath, he was flogged to death.
Ivan had no one to talk to, and continued to have nightmares from which he could not wake up. He had never been on a boat, and he almost fainted to death due to seasickness. Today, a few days later, he finally set foot on land and came to a completely strange place. He couldn't understand a word the people here said.
I don't know where I'm going to be driven.
He is confused about tomorrow, he doesn't know what he is insisting on, and he doesn't even know what persistence is. It's just that following the driving of the whip, I go wherever I go, never thinking about death, and don't know what fun life is. He didn't know how many times his legs went numb when he walked.
He heard the clerk waving his whip again and shouting something.
He couldn't understand, but the team stopped slowly, and when others stopped, he also stopped, and finally he could rest his legs for a while.
Saw others start to sit down.
He sat down again.
No one spoke, and everyone on board was forbidden to communicate, and they were used to silence by now. He raised his head, and his eyes fell on a female serf not far in front of her. She was preparing to nurse a baby, lifted up her tattered clothes, exposed her shriveled chest, and stuffed it into the baby's mouth.
The baby sucked hard, wondering if he could get any milk.
In the past, Ivan would have swallowed his saliva and greedily peeked at a woman's breasts. He was still young and had never touched a woman's hand, let alone her bulging breasts.
But at the moment, the breasts were not attractive, and he didn't have the slightest thought to think about them—his already hungry intestines were about to churn together.
The sun moved overhead, it was noon.