The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword
Chapter 16
Pedro thought he was auditory hallucination, but when he saw his nephew riding into his field of vision. He pounced on him like an old hen protecting her chicks.
"My dear nephew, let uncle take a good look at you." Pedro first gave Cherchen a big hug, then covered Cherchen''s little face with his big palm fan like hand, and looked at it carefully.
"Uncle, I stink. Besides, I''m almost out of breath." but Chechen is a little hard to resist uncle Pedro''s favor. Before he could breathe from the bear hug, his uncle covered and pinched his face.
But Pedro did not care what Chechen said. He wanted to express his uncle''s joy for his nephew''s safe return in his own way.
"Pedro, this is your nephew who was kidnapped by robbers."
Finally, the Savior appeared. Franco saw that Pedro behaved like this, and he knew three points about Cherchen''s identity.
"Yes, this is my nephew. Aleval Chechen," Pedro said to Franco.
"Hello, little friend. I''m your uncle''s former comrade in arms. How did you escape from the robbers?" Franco introduced himself and asked how Chechen escaped from death.
"Yes, how did you escape?" obviously, Pedro was also concerned about it.
"In fact, I am," Chechen just said, and suddenly stopped. He felt that he had more important things to do than telling stories.
"Dear uncle, can I take a bath first?"
"Chechen, can I come in?" Yuri shouted with a big bucket of water outside the bathroom.
"Wait a minute, I''ll put on my clothes first." Chechen said in the bathroom.
After a while, Chechen opened the door. Let Yuri bring the water in.
At this time, Che Chen was wearing a clean white shirt with a pair of black wide bottomed trousers. His hair was a little wet.
"Anyway, I have to take a bath later. Why do you put on your clothes first?" Yuri asked Cherchen as he poured water into the bath bucket.
He was puzzled by Cherchen''s behavior. In the village, if anyone did this, he would be regarded as a fool.
"No, it''s impolite to face my friends naked in Spain. And that''s what chivalry taught me," Chechen explained to Yuri.
"Strange customs," Yuri muttered.
"Yuri, my uncle, what are they doing outside?" Chechen asked Yuri. While inside, he heard noises and curses from time to time outside.
"Your uncle went drinking with his friend. That''s the officer," Yuri said.
"Oh, his name is Franco. He is said to be a regimental commander. He looks like a very serious soldier." Chechen recalled and said. She was not impressed by Franco, only remembered his flat face.
"May he and his men suffer from the plague." unexpectedly, Yuri''s view of Franco was not general. As soon as Cherchen''s voice fell, he cursed Franco.
"What''s the matter? Yuri." Chechen was very surprised.
"Those people are robbing us of our food."
It turned out that as soon as Franco and his men entered zamoshya, they announced feodo''s order to collect all the food in the village. Village head Mikhail repeatedly explained that he had paid the rent this year and took out the document signed by the rent collector. But these people still broke into the villagers'' rooms door to door and forcibly searched every corner. I don''t know how many conflicts like Pedro and Aragon occurred in the village. Not everyone is as lucky as Pedro.
"Why are they doing this? Is it because of the war?"
"That''s right. The great Cossacks are about to fight. Of course these noble old men''s dog legs are scared to death. Of course they want the last crazy one." Yuri said gnashing his teeth on the edge of the bath bucket.
Suddenly, he remembered that his "dog leg" and Chechen''s uncle were friends. He quickly shut his mouth.
"Don''t worry. I won''t say it." when Chechen saw Yuri''s appearance, he didn''t know his mind.
"That''s good. Cherchen, you''re really my good friend."
"They took all the food away. Do you have enough to eat?" Chechen thought of the most important question and asked Yuri.
Listening to Chechen''s question, Yuri first raised his head warily and looked around, and then ran to the door. Finally, he returned to Chechen, as if he had made Mo Dadi''s determination to die and said, "Chechen, my brother. I told you this secret. You must not tell others."
"I swear."
"In the name of God."
"In the name of God."
So Yuri told Cherchen the secret of zamoshye village.
It turned out that as early as the meeting when Grandpa fiordo''s grandfather was Lord, the villagers of zamoshye village secretly cultivated many fields in the trees and valleys. Of course, none of these fields were reported to the Lord. Otherwise, according to the laws of the Republic, every field must pay no small rent. So over the years, there has been no increase in the rent that the Smolensk City Lord and his grandfather''s grandfather will get. By these means, the villagers of zamoshye village can support themselves in the famine years.
"But after so many years, no one found it? And this time uncle Franco searched so thoroughly, you didn''t reveal the truth." after hearing Yuri''s story, Chechen was shocked.
"We won''t hide all the food in the village." Yuri scoffed at Cherchen''s question, as if he were saying how such a smart man could ask such a stupid question.
"Ha ha." for Yuri''s contempt, Chechen can only deal with it with a smile.
"Oh, I''ve been talking for so long. Take a bath, or the water will be cold." Yuri reminded Cherchen.
"Well, OK."
"Then I''ll go out first. I have to help my mother cook."
"OK, Yuri."
Chechen walked into the bath bucket. The water temperature in the bath bucket was neither hot nor cold. He lay half comfortably down.
The ups and downs experienced in these two days are more wonderful than all the things I have experienced in the past 14 years. At this moment, he decided to write these down in his diary and send them back to Spain when he had a chance to show them to his parents. Tell them how wonderful they are.
And the knight named Bao Geng. At the thought of him, Chechen was confused and fascinated. What a mysterious man that is! That melancholy look, that gorgeous dress, that uninhibited character and that superb swordsmanship. Everything about Bao Geng leads Chen''s heart.
The steam in the bath bucket slowly rose and filled the whole room. Chechen also fell asleep in the fog.