Heart of the Castle

Chapter 312 Fatal Rumors, Relocation of the Leaders
"Then, pious Mr. Babrupa," Papa Ruhr said with subtle doubts in his voice, "you haven't answered my question yet, what's your business in such a poor country like ours?"

"I came here because I heard on the road that the people living here are kind and pious people. They are most willing to listen to the teachings of my lord Caggino, and what they like to do most is to entertain the visiting priests of the God of the Earth. .” The short man who called himself Babrupa replied with a smile.

"Of course, dear Mr. Babrupa, please come in, as long as you don't think the farmhouse is simple." In fact, the doubts in Papa Ruhr's heart did not disappear, but seeing that Babrupa was just a lonely person , and it didn't look like he was carrying any weapon, so he couldn't help but relax his vigilance.

"Aha, itinerant priests will not despise the humble houses, because we can't always find a place to stay on the road of spreading the teachings of the God of the Earth, even if we use dense green shade as a roof and green grass as There are quite a lot of bedding." Babrupa replied while walking into the room.

As soon as he walked into the house, Babrupa sniffled fiercely, "My lord Caggino blesses you, what a sweet taste it is, oatmeal? And black bread? Kind farmers, you can share some What to drink, for a thirsty and hungry itinerant priest?"

"That's what it should be, serve him a bowl of oatmeal, and then bring him a large piece of black bread and salted fish..." Papa Ruhr's order suddenly paused, and then he patted his forehead, "Oh , Pious Mr. Babrupa, you didn’t swear an oath not to touch meat like those ascetics, did you?”

"Those brothers are worthy of admiration, but not worth learning." Babrupa used practical actions to prove that he did not keep the precepts. He bit off most of the head of the salted fish and chewed it in his mouth. ring. "Lord Yuanshan taught us... Hulu, this porridge is really good... Cherish every kind of produce on the earth, and repay the gift of the earth with gratitude... The bread is a bit overbaked."

Father Ruhr nodded in embarrassment, and had a little more trust in this itinerant pastor who ate and drank while not forgetting to preach the doctrine of the God of the Earth. "By the way, pious Mr. Babrupa, how long have you been a traveling priest?"

"This morning..." Babrupa gulped down the hot oatmeal, and said casually.But he reacted immediately, and covered up in a hurried voice that almost spit out hot porridge, "Oh, damn, I mean, it's been more than ten years, but I just came out from the Viscount Castle this morning, and the knight master there They are also kind and generous, but now they are making a fuss in order to change the owner, and it is impossible to take care of it."

Father Ruhr was completely attracted by the sentence "I just came out of the Viscount's castle this morning", and he didn't notice Babrupa's little slip of the tongue at all. "Did you hear any news there?" He hurriedly asked, and a large group of farmers immediately surrounded him, all with longing expressions on their faces.

"Of course I've heard it. There are both good and bad news, but I'm not sure which one is good and which one is bad. Let your ears and brains judge." Babrupa wiped his mouth Said: "Yesterday... yes, it was yesterday afternoon. The mission sent by His Majesty the King arrived at the Viscount's Castle. Good guy, it is basically an army. There are hundreds of cavalry guards alone. The knights' flags with family crests are full There are many sides, not to mention the swallow-tailed flags of the quasi-knights, which almost block out the sky and the sun, and I can’t count them.”

"With so many people, there is no threat to Master Levi, right?" A young farmer asked.

"Whoever dares to threaten Master Levi, we will fight with him!" Ever since he took the little girl Alyssa to meet Levi Ston, Adam has become an absolute admirer of the young knight.After hearing his companion's guess, he immediately let out a muffled growl.

His words were echoed by many young people, "Yes, let's fuck him!" Several voices shouted.

"Hey, that's right, if anyone threatens Master Li Wei, we will do it with them!" Babrupa said with a smile, "However, those people dare not pretend to be threatening, because Master Li Wei has Countless brave and fearless knights, as well as the Storm Temple and the Earth Temple support him!"

"Do these two temples support Master Li Wei?" Father Ruhr asked in surprise.This kind of situation is rare in his memory, because the reason why the temple supports the lord is to obtain the sole missionary right, and it is rare for two temples to support a lord at the same time.

"Of course, my lord Cageno has blessed this land, and he has chosen Lord Li Wei as his favored one." Babrupa made a solemn expression on his face, "As for the support of the Temple of Storms, I don’t know if you have heard of it, but Master Li Wei once defeated a terrible lich in the city of anti-magic North Aura, ending the plague that threatened there!"

"Praise Mr. Levy for his bravery, and may he live a long life!" Several young farmers shouted at the same time.

"Yes, praise him, but now Master Li Wei is leaving here and going to the land granted to him by His Majesty the King." When Babrupa said this, he lowered his voice and said in a slightly secretive way: "Well-intentioned Farmers, cherish your happy days now, such days will be gone!"

"Hey, Mr. Cargino, the pious Mr. Babrupa, we entertained you kindly, gave you food and drink, and prepared to arrange a bed for you to sleep in. How can you curse us like this?" Lu Father Er said with some dissatisfaction.Behind him, several strong farmers immediately raised their eyebrows, and it seemed that if they didn't respond with a word, they would beat up this short and sturdy guy.

"It is precisely to thank you for your warm hospitality that I tell you these important news." Babrupa said without fear at all, with a sad expression on his face, "If you don't want to listen, then I still Just keep your mouth shut."

"No, no, pious Mr. Babrupa, you still continue to talk, we all listen." Father Ruhr hastily explained with a smile, and waved his hand at the same time, making the angry farmers back a little step.

"Okay, I will continue to talk to you." Babrupa agreed, and then continued to say in a somewhat mysterious voice: "Have you ever thought about where the person who succeeded Li Wei as the lord of this land is? here?"

"I heard it's a royal lord from Firmeyer." An old man said hesitantly.

"That's right, Firmeyer is here, and he is a royal baron. Perhaps none of you have been lucky enough to have been to the City of Glory, it is an amazing place, and the level of abundance is beyond the imagination of a person who has never seen the world." I can think of it." Babrupa shook his oiled tongue, trying to describe a beautiful scenery that these peasants had never even heard of.

"...The peasants there can change into a set of clothes, wear soft satin in summer, and warm cotton robes in winter. The land is unimaginably fertile, and milk and honey can flow out as soon as a hoe goes down..."

"Benevolent Father God, what you are describing is not the capital of the king, but the earth palace of the monarch of the distant mountain." Among the group of farmers who were fascinated by this, Father Ruhr, who had seen a little of the world, was the only one. One who can still keep a little sober, "Pious Mr. Babrupa, what does the richness of the royal capital Fermeyer have to do with us country bumpkins?"

"Of course it has something to do with it, good-hearted farmer." Babrupa blinked at Father Ruhr, "Have you ever thought about it? Would a nobleman who lived on such a rich land know about North Korea?" How barren is the land in the border? Do you know how difficult the life of the peasants here is? Will your pleas touch the hearts of those nobles who are as hard as stone? When they can't get enough land rent, will you? Leaving the last grain of wheat in your barn?"

These four "would" be like four heavy mountains, which made Father Ruhr unable to breathe, and those farmers turned pale, and the whole farmhouse was shrouded in deathly silence.

After a long time, Father Ruhr took a deep breath and murmured, "My kind father, please have mercy!"

"Have mercy, Father God!" Then there was a fearful prayer from the mouths of all the older farmers, but the young farmers looked resentful, with angry flames burning in their eyes.

"My fists aren't vegetarian either, if they dare..." Adang muttered, but before he finished speaking, Father Ruhr turned around and gave him a hard look.

"Shut up, we have nothing but brute force. Do you want to use your flesh and blood to fight head-on with the spears and swords of those master knights?" Father Ruhr cursed angrily, and then turned Turning his head, he bowed deeply to Babrupa and said, "Dear Mr. Babrupa, please help us and show us a clear way!"

"It's not easy, but after all, I've traveled a lot, and I need a little more knowledge. I still have some ideas to come up with. As for whether to adopt it, it depends on you." Babrupa just said his head, but suddenly Shut up.

"Mr. Babrupa, what's the matter? Why don't you continue?" Papa Ruhr asked anxiously.

"Oh, I really want to talk to you slowly, but I can't do it now, my poor throat is about to smoke, I have to have something to moisten my throat." Babrupa replied with a frown.

"That's easy. There's a well in the back. I'll go get some water." Adam volunteered to stand up, but Father Ruhr grabbed his arm.

"Clear water is not good, I'm afraid it will wash away all the whimsy in the pious Mr. Babrupa's head." Father Ruhr said with a wry smile, "Go to the back and get some light beer out .”

Papa Ruhr saw it very accurately, and Babrupa drank the light beer that was brought up in one gulp, smacked his lips, and the smile returned to his face. "It's a bit bland, but the taste is okay." He commented, and after thinking about it for a while, he lowered his voice and said, "You have to move, and you have to leave quickly!"

"Move away?" The farmers in the farmhouse looked at each other in blank dismay. This method was so simple and straightforward that they couldn't believe it was a good method.

"Where can we move to?" Papa Ruhr asked, frowning.

"Of course I'm going with Lord Li Wei." Babrupa said loudly, "What can you get if you stay here? Land rent, mill tax, labor, and countless other unexpected levies are waiting for you, even this ..." He shook the empty beer glass in his hand, "Young man, help me fill it up again... Sigh, I won't be able to drink such a good light beer... unless you pay the brewing tax."

"Your words frightened us all." Father Ruhr said: "Follow Master Levi, no one objected to it, we were discussing it just now. But it's winter now, and the time for the earth to freeze is about to come It’s almost here, what about the house we live in after we pass by? People can build a hut to make do with it. Anyway, there are abundant sources of firewood, but livestock can’t survive in the snow. There is also the cultivated land for next year, which is not yet available. landing."

"Besides, it is said that the beasts in winter have nothing to eat and want to make a scene in the village. There are quite a lot of wolves north of the Xilan River."

Babrupa waved his hand nonchalantly to Papa Ruhr's concern, "These are not problems. According to me, there is Lord Li Wei, the God-favored one, and everyone from the Temple of the Earth and the Temple of Storms is pious." The priests are here, and there are so many knights and soldiers, you don’t have to worry about safety at all, whether it’s wolves or dogs, I think they are all fresh meat.” Babrupa said here , couldn't help but licked his lips, and then continued: "And whether it's a place where people live or where animals live, it's already been prepared."

"How could it be so fast?" Papa Ruhr said in surprise.

"When the evil disaster came, many villages on the northern border were destroyed, but after all, the foundation was still there. Master Li Wei has sent his men to repair it. Now the houses are all ready, just waiting for the kind farmers People are moving in." Babrupa's words made the farmers' eyes light up.

"That's right, why didn't we think of it?" An old man said loudly, patting his head on the door.

"Although the devil killed people and set fire to them, they didn't deliberately destroy those houses. Some of them can be inhabited with a little repair." Father Ruhr nodded again and again.

"And there is still cultivated land. Although it has been left uncultivated for a year, the soil must be plowed again, and the spring plowing will definitely not be delayed next year." Another old man added.

"So, when shall we start?"

"The sooner the better, this way you can occupy the best houses and the best cultivated land. The abandoned villages north of the Xilan River are not enough for all the farmers on the south bank to live in. If you go late, say Maybe there will be only shacks left." Babrupa's words dispelled the last worry of these farmers. "Hurry up and go to the north!"

"Go north!" Adam called.

"Go to the north!" Father Ruhr's voice was not much lower.

The gate of the farmhouse was knocked open, and people rushed out of the door impatiently, and the quiet manor suddenly shouted, "Go to the north!" These cries came not only from this manor, but from other villages, farms and manors. rings in.

How many people dressed as bums spread rumors on this day, and how many people turned around, put on the robes of itinerant priests and began to persuade, no one knows.But if you can look down from the night sky on the Griffin King like Li Wei, you will see countless fire lights swarming from various farms and farms, and then gradually gather into a river of flames, heading towards Zealand The river is rushing towards the north, unstoppable!
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