Xia Zuoyi slowly opened his eyes, and the bright light was refracted through the gaps in the briar grass piled up at the entrance of the cave, allowing him to clearly confirm his current situation.
He saw a young man dozing off leaning against the mountain wall with his head down, covered with a piece of clothing and a slightly worn cowhide water bag beside him.
Apparently, he was rescued.
Xia Zuoyi moved with difficulty, and a slight sound woke the boy up.
The young man quickly grasped the hoe with one hand and picked up the stone with the other. He first observed the situation outside the cave, and then turned his head suddenly in response.
"you're awake?!"
Xia Zuoyi nodded: "Well, I want to sit up."
He was in severe pain all over his body now, and his right arm was completely numb.
Hearing this, Gibran Gino got up and walked over, carefully lifting the person up.
Xia Zuoyi: "Thank you for saving me."
"this is nothing… "
Gibran Gino said carefully: "Do you remember what happened last night? You seem to have rolled down the hill... Does it hurt?"
There are many scratches and redness on the white tender skin of the little nobleman.
As the night passed, it became more and more obvious. The blue and purple alternated, and the contrast was strong. It made people feel that a slight touch would aggravate the pain.
Xia Zoe said, "I remember, it hurts."
His face was pale in pain, and his lips lost blood, but he didn't cry or make trouble, and leaned against the mountain wall quietly.
I don't know what happened to Judit and the others. Are they safe now...
Trying to ignore the physical discomfort, Xia Zuoyi began to think about how to deal with the next situation.
Since the main target of the gang of robbers is him, they will not give up searching for his traces until his death is confirmed and his body is seen.
Xia Zuoyi looked at the young man in front of him and said, "little brother at the market, can you do me a favor?"
He can only ask for help from young people.
Gibran Gino was startled, the little noble actually remembered him.
"How do you want me to help you?"
He thought to himself, the voice of the little noble sounded soft and waxy, and the moist caramel-colored eyes looked more cute and cute.
Xia Zuoyi took out a badge engraved with a thorn rose from his arms, handed it over and said, "Leave Parr Mountain and go to Weissus to find a patrolling knight to come to the rescue."
Commoners and slaves living in Vessus know what the emblem of House Desina is.
Gibran Gino was shocked by the fact that the little nobleman turned out to be the Count of Desinia.
After a while, he took the badge and clenched it tightly. Finally, he found a voice and asked, "But you... Count, what are you going to do?"
Xia Zuoyi: "I'll stay here and wait for you to come back."
If you take him with you, it will undoubtedly affect the speed at which the teenager asks for help, and apart from him, the teenager is safe.
Gibran Gino: "You believe me?"
"I believe in you, you saved me."
Gibran Gino: "It's about 3,100 feet from here to Wessas, and I'll be back in two hourglasses."
"Don't be afraid, I will definitely bring a knight to rescue you."
After saying that, he turned and left quickly.
A common timekeeping tool on the Western Continent is the hourglass or water sundial.
The other is a hammer-driven self-ringing bell, which is large in size and cannot be moved. It is generally placed in the center of a big city, and it is expensive to build, which is not available in rural places like Weissus.
Xia Zoe was a little surprised that the young man could roughly and accurately tell the distance from Parshan to Weissus and the time it took to go back and forth.
It seems that he is very familiar with the topographic orientation of Pal Mountain and so on.
Before leaving, the teenager carefully covered the entrance of the cave, the light in the cave was slightly dim, but it did not hinder the vision.
Xia Zuoyi squeezed his right arm lightly, confirmed the position of the dislocation, and borrowed the reaction force of the mountain wall—with a "click", the joint was reset.
In the past, no, it should be said that his job in the past life was to record the video director of documentaries about survival in the wild. Of course, the "actor" who appeared in the documentary was also him.
He travels all year round, going to the mountains and seas at home and abroad, and surviving in the wilderness.
Injuries often occur, dislocation is the lightest, and the most serious one was bitten by a poisonous snake, which almost killed him. Fortunately, he was out of danger in a timely manner.
In the end, when he returned to China to receive the award, he was hit and killed by a car because he was saving people.
After resting against the mountain wall for a while, Xia Zuoyi checked the reputation points accumulated during this period of time. There were a total of 28 points.
He opened the white building icon and searched for the keyword "Chinese herbal medicine". Among the books listed, he exchanged a copy of "Chinese Herbal Medicine Pictures and Detailed Explanation" for the time being.
The rest of the books are "Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula", "Compendium of Chinese Herbal Ointment"... There are about twenty books listed.
Studying medicine can save lives.
In the future, he can be a qualified alchemist with real materials.
At least he can't let the doctors of this era use hammers and drills to use their brains, suck their blood with leeches, iron enemas for minor illnesses, amputate limbs for fumigation in serious illnesses, and even pray and repent and drink holy water when they are not sick.
Improvement of medical conditions must be emphasized in capital construction plans.
"Blessed by the God of Creation, Lord Earl will be fine." Kelly prayed.
After Xia Zoe rolled down the hillside, Fernandi Edward led the remaining knights out of the siege, taking advantage of the darkening darkness to avoid the pursuit of the "robber".
Watch out for the other party's manhunt all night long.
They tried to find a way to secretly return to the place, followed the hillside to search for the Earl's trail, but they found Kelly who was unconscious first.
Now that the sky is bright, Xia Zuoyi still cannot be seen.
Judit was anxious.
"Isn't there any way to go down the mountain to Weissus for help?"
The knight who went to scout the situation before shook his head: "The gang of robbers are now blocking the mountain road leading to Weissus. If you want to go down the mountain, you can only confront the opponent head-on and force a breakthrough, but the opponent's number is more than us..."
And they are now half of the casualties, lack of combat effectiveness.
Thinking of this, the knight glanced at Fernandi Edward in a complicated way. He didn't expect that a slave would lead them to survive.
Judit: "What other way?"
The knight said: "Turn back."
"Crossing over another mountain road, but this way, it will take too long, and the situation of the Count may be more dangerous..."
"More importantly, the patrol knights guarding Wessas can only be mobilized with a badge engraved with a rose of thorns."
Judit's hair was disheveled, his mind was tense, his clothes were stained with blood, and his irritability and worry made his eyes red and dry.
After a while, he asked, "How confident are you if you force a breakout?"
The knight glanced at Fernandy Edwards.
Judit also turned to look at him.
Fernandi Edward leaned against the tree silently, and there were many bloodstains that had solidified and dried up on the great sword in his hand.
He whispered hoarsely: "It's less than 40%, I was lucky to be able to break through yesterday."
"There is a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and the enemy, and their purpose is not to make money, but to kill us all in Parshan. They came prepared."
The dull atmosphere is spreading.
At this moment, the knight who was monitoring the movement of the robber suddenly ran back and shouted.
"Someone came to the rescue with a patrol knight!"
in the cave.
Xia Zuoyi folded the jacket left by the boy and put the cowhide water bag aside.
He checked the injuries on his body and found that most of them were red, swollen and bruised, and they would recover after a few days of rest, but it took about a month to lift the dislocated right arm.
A long time has passed.
Xia Zuoyi moved to a position very close to the entrance of the cave, seeing that the sun in the sky was about to rise to the center.
I don't know if the boy has successfully reached Weissus and found the patrol knight...
"Where did you say that little brat was hiding? I couldn't find it after searching for it all night."
"Who knows, stop talking nonsense. This time the mission has not been completed, do you want to go back and receive the punishment?"
The voices of two men talking suddenly came from outside.
Xia Zuoyi suddenly held her breath, pursed her lips and picked up the hoe that the boy placed at the entrance of the hole.
"Of course I don't... Wait, do you think there's a cave there?" A man masked with a black cloth pointed to where Xia Zoe was hiding with a sword.
The front of the cave is covered with tall and messy wattle grass, it is dark inside, and there is a tree blocking it next to it. If you don't pay attention, you will indeed be ignored.
"Looks like... let's go and take a look."
…
Xia Zuoyi's heart beat violently.
The two men got closer and closer, and just as the machete was about to cut through the briar grass, a sword slammed and stabbed into a man's chest from behind.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.
The other person was shocked, and immediately wanted to jump into the cave quickly.
But Fernandi Edward leaped like a lion, and the attack of the great sword was unstoppable, killing people in front of the hole in a few seconds.
Gibran Keno successfully brought the patrol knight, and happened to "meet the road" with the robber blocking the mountain road.
Fernandi Edward and others united with the patrol knights he brought to eliminate the robbers.
I wanted to leave one or two alive for interrogation later, but seeing that the situation was not right, the remaining robbers took the opportunity to kill each other.
After that, Gibran Gino brought them here.
"Lord Count!" Judit couldn't help shouting excitedly and worriedly.
The wattle grass covering the entrance of the cave was slowly ripped open.
A small figure came out. The white shirt with the lotus leaf collar was dirty, covered with grass and soil, and damaged in many places, as were the black shorts.
The "miserable state" of Xia Zuoyi's white and tender arms and calves exposed outside made Judit's nose sour.
He walked over quickly and knelt down on one knee: "Lord Count, how are you?"
Xia Zuoyi: "I have nothing to worry about, Judit."
Judit lowered his head and gently held Xia Zuoyi's small hand to his forehead: "Lord Count, please don't push me away in the future, your safety is more important than my life..."
At first, he just wanted to offer his loyalty, but at this moment and beyond, he could dedicate his life to Shazoe Desinia.
The soft little hand suddenly left his palm and pressed it on Judit's head when he was stunned.
"But I hope you can always be my housekeeper."
After a long time, Judit said, "As you wish, my lord, I will."
Before returning to the castle.
Zoe Xia asked Gibran Gino what reward he wanted.
Gibran Gino licked his dry lips: "…Anything will do?"
Xia Zoe: "Yes."
"Can I be your footman?"
Gibran Gino wanted a stable life, and wanted him and his younger brother to stop worrying about food and clothing.
Zoe Xia: "If your family agrees..."
"I only have one younger brother, my lord."
Xia Zuoyi nodded: "You can bring your brother to the castle with you."
Gibran Gino immediately rejoiced: "Thank you! Lord Count!"
Xia Zoe asked a knight to go back to pack with Gibran Gino.
They went back to the castle first.
The Count went out well, but came back with injuries, and the servants were frightened by his poor appearance.
Not to mention the injuries and deaths of the craftsmen and knights who followed.
Xia Zoe asked people to collect the corpses of craftsmen and knights, settle the injured and give them or their families generous compensation.
After everything is done.
Fernandi Edward was summoned to the study.
Xia Zuoyi: "What do you think of the attacker's identity?"
Fernandi Edward: "They were less like robbers, more like a group of well-trained knights."
The old earl, Matt Desinia, was obsessed with alchemy in the castle. He seldom even went to Weissus, and it was impossible to provoke any enemies.
A group of knights, disguised as robbers, attacked them at the exact time he offered the king's salt water... No coincidence.
Xia Zoe said: "Judit, is the territory of Beavis Elliott directly entrusted by the king?"
Judit was stunned and immediately reacted: "No, Lord Earl, the superior lord of Earl Beavis Elliott is Duke Bath Ridges, you suspect..."
Xia Zoe: "It's not suspicion."
"I can now be sure that Bass Ridges is interested. Fort Comoy and Weissus are adjacent to Mount Parr. What is more convenient than letting the leader of Fort Comoy take the initiative?"
On the way back to the territory, the Count of Desinia was robbed by a group of robbers and tragically died.
With no lord, nor any other heir, Wessas will surely be taken back by the king.
However, the salting of the sea will still continue, and the biggest possibility is to seal Weisas to others again.
There is no need to say who this person is.
The old king relied most on the Duke of Bath Ridges.
It is a pity that even if they analyze the truth of the matter, in the absence of evidence, they cannot testify against an earl or even a duke.
You can only swallow this bad breath first.
But it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and a villain to take revenge from morning till night.
He is neither a gentleman nor a villain, so he will take a middle value and find a way to take revenge on the Earl of Beavis Elliott first.
And Fort Comoy is his next target to light up.
Xia Zoe: "Fernandi Edward, do you want to get rid of your slave status?"
Fernandi Edward raised his head suddenly, his eyes flickered, and said in a low voice for a long time: "...I think."
Xia Zuoyi: "You have credit for saving me, but I don't know what happened to you before. I hope you can tell the truth and don't hide it."
Fernandi Edward was silent longer this time.
Xia Zoe waited patiently.
He finally said: "As you know, I am a Gaina, originally loyal to a marquis lord of the Gaina Kingdom, Bruno Green."
"I have a sister who depends on each other. She is very beautiful and kind. She will wait for me at home every day, but when I was fighting outside, she was brutally murdered by the lord's brother..."
"The last thing I saw... was the mutilated body of my sister."
"You know what happened after that."
He should have been executed.
But the lord spared his life, remembering his old feelings.
Xia Zuoyi asked softly, "Do you regret it?"
"I have no regrets. Knights fought for justice against injustice and evil, bravely faced strong enemies, and fought sinners without reservation. I did not violate the spirit of chivalry."
But for his sister, he betrayed his allegiance to the lord.
Xia Zuoyi: "I don't think it's wrong for you to kill the lord's brother."
"But what if the person who killed your sister was the lord? Would you still take revenge without hesitation?"
Family and loyalty which would you choose
Fernandi Edward looked at Xia Zoe suddenly.
He said hoarsely, "I will take revenge."
"After revenge, I will kill myself."
Let the devil take his soul, even if he can't see his sister.
The library was quiet for a while.
Xia Zoe: "After you get rid of your slave status, do you want to become a knight again?"
Fernandi Edward's pupils trembled.