Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 530
It's gone, it's gone, standing on the ruins of a vast castle, Rafael Castroot sighed full of regret and loss.The memories of his youth and youth, as well as the accompanying love and hatred, have all become the past along with the ruins.

Whether it is a city gate tower decorated with various sculptures and reliefs, lined with family flags; or a bustling suburban town and residential area, it has been submerged in a piece of crazy overgrown grass and ruins after repeated fires. room; not even the street in sight.

At this moment, Raphael, who is the commander of the cavalry regiment, can only order the engineering brigade and temporary auxiliary company to clear out a temporary passage leading to the interior of the castle; The ruins of the castle were their first choice for overnight camping.

When the camping began to be arranged and arranged, the smoke rose from the part of the city gate that had been cleared out temporarily; more and more bones were also dug out from under the weeds and broken bricks and tiles, and then were sent to the armed warriors accompanying the army, After the requiem mass was conducted intensively, they were buried in a newly dug pit.

This is also one of the experiences and lessons accumulated during the march, mainly to reduce the probability of nighttime mutations; although this kind of abnormality in the field that accidentally recovers may be easily dealt with by a trained soldier, but for ordinary soldiers accompanying the army The civilian husband is not a little frightened.

However, just after most of the cleaning in this large castle was completed.Raphael, who had just inspected the incomplete city wall and set up defense lines and sentries, received another report from the peripheral patrols and investigators: "Have you found traces of someone's activities?"

Afterwards, he rode his horse to the hill west of the castle; and in the open space shaded by trees, there was a large area of ​​man-made vegetable beds and thorn hedges; Pineapple, kale, and squash vines that don't seem to be doing well.

And between the ridges, there are some abandoned wooden farm implements and water containers, as well as messy footprints; obviously, the arrival and approach of the ranger sentry had alarmed some people who were working.However, Raphael couldn't help feeling a little joy in his heart.

Compared with the tragedies and tragedies he saw along the way before; obviously, how precious is a group of people who are willing to work to support themselves!Therefore, on the one hand, he ordered his subordinates to calm down, so as not to scare the other party; at the same time, he searched for traces that went deep into the woods.

Led by the best hunter scouts in the army, Raphael easily ruled out those signs that were obviously used to mislead and confuse the eyes, as well as simple traps; he walked through the woodland to the edge of a river; And in the dense forest on the opposite bank, a corner of the building is impressively exposed.

It was an attacker wearing a pot-shaped helmet with a honeycomb mask, and his whole body was covered in light plate and chain armor; almost half of his body was pressed on Rafael, and a stubby five-finger sword was pressed against it. Ke Raphael shouted in a vicious tone between his unprotected chest and neck;
"Damn bandit leader, you are my prisoner, why don't you hurry up and let them all retreat."

Therefore, after a while, they found a few low-quality wooden bows that had been hastily discarded; there were also faint exclamations from the building not far away, and the movement of hastily moving heavy objects to block the door.Immediately afterwards, this small monastery-like building was surrounded by groups.

Although the descendants of later generations gradually changed from sword (military honor) nobles to ribbon (civilian) nobles because of their closeness to the royal family, and became a well-known judge family in the kingdom;Even as the title of the family castle passed down from time to time.

Because, the experienced scout captain has already seen that these arrows are all fired by light hand crossbows or simple hunting bows; and from the arc and angle of firing, as well as the penetration force, they are obviously powerful Insufficient to full.Therefore, the sprint pace was accelerated.

And on the sandy land by the shore, some wet footprints have not yet dried.Therefore, following Raphael's order, the members of the scouting team unloaded most of their burdens, leaving only a light hardwood shield, and began to wade towards the opposite bank, slowly pushing forward.

Then, under the only surviving mosaic mural of "The Virgin Embracing Christ"; he saw his biological father for the first time.He is also the most prominent local figure, the revered and revered master of Liege Castle, the Marquis in black and black robes, with a carved face and eagle-eyed eyes.

However, at the next moment, amidst the whistling wind above his head and the exclamation of the surrounding soldiers; Raphael only had time to raise the sword with its sheath, and then was thrown heavily to the ground.Amidst the roaring and scolding, Raphael, who had bumped into each other, also saw the other party clearly.

The Marquis of Liege, as the name suggests, is a lowland city from the Southern Netherland, which once belonged to the Earl of Zeeland.Because the ancestor of the Marquis of Liege was one of the generals of the Flanders Legion and made great contributions in the Northern War, he was rewarded with this city as a fief;

His destiny has thus embarked on a completely different path.So at this moment, Raphael walked forward like a ghost, and slowly stroked a very inconspicuous engraving on the outer wall; it was a mark that he thought he would meet the old knight in the future.

However, just as they landed on the opposite bank one after another and formed a guard formation, a lot of cold arrows suddenly shot out from the forest, nailing aggressively on the wooden shields raised by the soldiers, and slanted into the sand at their feet. inside.However, this strengthened their determination to advance.

However, when he saw this small monastery with an extremely simple appearance and many severely dilapidated places; Raphael couldn't help showing nostalgic and deja vu emotions.Because he suddenly remembered himself in his youth, as if he was brought here by his adoptive father and old knight one night.

The contemporary Marquis of Liege is also a border circuit judge; he is mainly responsible for the adjudication of all civil and criminal proceedings in the defense area of ​​the Flanders Legion, and even the duties of military trials.Therefore, being able to become a servant and vassal of his family is simply the dream of most people in this county.

However, Raphael, who heard this voice, froze as if struck by lightning, and then glanced at the five-fingered sword on his chest, and uttered a few words with difficulty from his mouth in disbelief: " Is that you, Countess Farnese?"

This time, it was the opponent's turn to froze.Then he pushed aside the iron mask with one hand, revealing a short-haired female face who was equally astonished, and asked in a way like seeing a ghost: "Squint-eyed boy from the country?" "Black-tailed fox... Lafei you?"

However, upon hearing these words, the tense and confrontational atmosphere at the scene suddenly relaxed a lot; one even burst out laughing on the spot.Because no matter how stupid people are, they can see the relationship between Rafael and the attacker.

　That's all for now

　　
　
(End of this chapter)