The rapid and intensive sound of horse hooves sounded.
I saw a man wearing an iron helmet, bright armor, an exquisite long sword on his waist, and a riding whip in his hand, riding on a tall brown horse on the road leading to the small village of Nisei.
Speeding all the way on the dirt road!
The horse was very fast, and not long after, this fully armed man rode to the wooden fence in front of the small village of Nisei!
Instead of stopping or slowing down, the man slapped the horse's butt and sped up and rushed into the small village of Nisei.
Weird! This was the first feeling of the armed man after he came in.
There wasn't a soul around.
Empty.
Where are the people? Where have they gone?
Moreover, the scene of the village in front of him was very different from the scenes he had seen before.
But the problem is, this armed man can’t tell the difference!
The thatched houses seem to have remained unchanged, the road conditions are almost the same as before, and even the large piece of gravel next to the village entrance has been left there for so many years.
It seems that there is no change at all, it is still so shabby, still so dirty...wait, dirty?
A flash of lightning flashed in the armed man's mind, and he finally remembered what was wrong!
The small village of Nisei has become cleaner!
When he came to the small village of Nisei last year, he could smell the disgusting smell of human and animal feces in the village from a distance. All kinds of dried or fresh feces could be seen everywhere.
But, now everything is gone, the disgusting smell is gone, and the disgusting feces are no longer visible.
This is really a miracle! How did the small village of Nisei do it? Even the city of Patras cannot do this! The naked armed men outside looked at them in amazement.
Also, there seem to be a lot fewer weeds in the village.
The perception of the entire village suddenly improved a lot.
If it weren't for those low and dilapidated thatched houses, the armed man would have thought he was visiting a country manor owned by a great noble lord.
The only question is, where are the people?
The armed man's eyes became more solemn, he held the riding whip tightly in his hand, and drove the big horse slowly towards the village.
If the armed man remembered correctly, there was a low-quality mud house in the center of the village.
That was the meeting place of the small village of Nisei in the past.
After turning a corner in front of him, his eyes suddenly opened up, and at the end was the earthen house he remembered.
The most important thing is that he finally met someone.
The armed man saw a person!
A thin boy in tattered clothes was holding a basket in both hands and was struggling towards the earthen house.
He seemed to be working very hard, his forehead was covered with hot sweat, and his face was dark and red. After walking a few steps, he had to stop and take a rest.
But his expression was excited, and his eyes were filled with joy.
The armed man's eyes fell on the thin boy's basket and found that it was covered with black and yellow solidified lumps.
stool!
The armed man suddenly understood why the village had become cleaner.
It's because someone is collecting it!
Strange! These untouchables are not lazy by nature on weekdays. If they are asked to do something, they will do it slowly. They will definitely not do anything they can't do.
Why did he become so active? Still collecting feces? Still using baskets to collect feces?
These untouchables, whose eyes only see their own nostrils, are willing to use baskets to hold feces?
Questions arose in the armed man's mind.
He suddenly wanted to see the boy Baron!
There is no doubt that all these changes occurred after he came!
So, how did he do it?
"drive!"
With this question in mind, the armed man slapped the horse's buttocks.
"hiss!"
The big brown horse neighed, sped up, and ran in front of the thin boy with a clatter.
"Untouchable! Stop!" the armed man shouted, his voice loud and clear.
The tall horse and the heavily armed appearance frightened the thin boy. With a shake of his hand, the basket of excrement fell to the ground, and part of the excrement was knocked out of the basket and landed on the ground beside it.
Seeing this scene, the thin boy's eyes suddenly showed panic.
However, the armed man did not notice this.
"Dear Sir, what can I do for you?" The panic in his eyes flashed, and the thin boy quickly asked respectfully.
"Untouchable, tell me, where is Baron Dickas?" the armed man asked rudely.
"Baron Dickas? You mean our lord! He is..." When he said this, the thin boy suddenly thought of something and stopped talking!
The armed man was obviously not a good-tempered man. He cursed in an angry voice, "Why didn't you say anything? Where is Baron Dickas?"
The thin boy looked at the basket at his feet, hesitated for a moment, and then asked cautiously, "Dear Sir, may I ask your honorific?"
"You humble untouchable, you don't deserve to hear my name!" The armed man's eyes flashed with disgust and he refused without hesitation!
"Then, sir, please forgive me, I can't take you to see our lord!" The thin boy mustered up his courage and said loudly on purpose.
The armed man didn't expect that an ordinary poor man would dare to speak to him like this, so his anger rose. He held up his riding crop and swung it out of the air, hitting the boy hard, "How dare you, a bitch who grew up in a mud ditch,
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There was only a "whoosh" sound, and the whip came down with the sound of wind, and it was about to hit the thin boy in the blink of an eye.
If the boy was hit, it would probably not be a bloodstain, but in severe cases he would even die on the spot.
The thin boy was so frightened that he closed his eyes in despair, and his father, mother, and brother flashed through his mind.
"Farewell!" the thin boy said sadly in his heart.
A strong gust of wind suddenly swept over him, and at the same time there was a slight sound, "Chi."
The thin boy couldn't wait for the expected whip, and felt strange. He opened his eyes and saw a thick figure standing in front of him, holding the tail of the whip in his hand, competing with the armed knight on the horse.
!
The two of them looked evenly matched.
Although it was just a back view, the thin boy recognized his identity at a glance.
"Lord Baron!" the thin boy shouted excitedly.
There is nothing more joyful than surviving a catastrophe.
Yes, it was William who helped the skinny boy grab the whip.
As soon as the armed man stepped into the small village of Nisei, he was detected by the magic mirror that was always on, and William was notified who was practicing the knight training method.
William thought he was a killer sent by the Scarlet Hand, so he remained anonymous and observed in secret.
It wasn't until the thin boy who refused to reveal his location was about to be beaten to death by an armed man that William showed up and saved the thin boy!
Hearing the cheers of the thin boy, William looked unmoved, but the eyes of the armed man on horseback moved slightly.
"Are you Baron Dickas?" the armed man asked.
"Yeah!" William nodded solemnly.
"Everything is just a misunderstanding, Lord Baron Dickas! I am a knight under Lord Viscount Green. My name is West, Knight West!" The armed man said while releasing his kindness and exerting his strength on his hands.
decrease.
Of course, he didn't release all his strength immediately, so his good intentions turned into bad intentions!
No matter what, William is always a legal baron of the Principality of Fadil!
"A man from Viscount Green? Not a killer?" William frowned slightly. Feeling the change in the strength of his hand, he also reduced the strength, and then released the tail of the whip.
The riding crop was taken back by the armed man, the so-called Knight West.
"Knight West, Lord Viscount Green sent you to come to me. Why do you do it?" William's tone could not be said to be very good!
Also, if he whipped his own subjects at will if they disagreed, he really thought William was blind!
The armed man West Knight pulled up his mask, revealing a rough and somewhat handsome face with Chinese characters.
"Lord Baron Dickas, Lord Viscount Greene wants to invite you to attend the noble dinner tomorrow night. Please be sure to attend!"
Knight West said it was an invitation in name, but his tone contained a hint of command.
You should know that although the title of Viscount is higher than that of Baron, the relationship between the two people is not directly that of a lord and a vassal.
In a sense, the two are equal.
But this so-called Knight of West spoke to William in this tone. Did he know what William wanted?
What's even more outrageous is that from beginning to end, Knight West was sitting on horseback, talking to William from a high position, looking condescending!
William's face darkened, was this a show of force?
"Lord Baron, this is an invitation! Please accept it so that I can reply to Lord Viscount." West took out an invitation made of parchment from nowhere, and William saw a complicated coat of arms on the invitation.
.
If William remembered correctly, it should be the coat of arms of the Gryen family that old John reminded him of.
Judging from the situation, it is indeed an invitation from Viscount Green.
It's just that this attitude...
"Even if Viscount Green wants to invite our Lord Baron to the banquet, it's not your invitation method, right? He doesn't even get off his horse. Is this the courtesy he should have when facing a nobleman? Mr. Knight
!" Old John's voice came from William's back, accusing the West Knight as he ran.
He had just returned from the excrement-filled pit behind the village. He heard West's voice from a distance and ran over in a panic!