Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 531 Meeting

That's right, this Countess Farnese was the object of his oath of allegiance after he became an attendant knight; it was also the chief culprit who caused him to finally make up his mind to run away from his hometown to join the mercenary army; The only daughter and his half-sister.

Therefore, at this moment, Raphael only felt full of surprise and gratitude; because, at least in this chaotic world, he was no longer alone, and had such a flesh and blood relative.It's just that her waist-length hair was cut into a pot head, and her face was deliberately plastered and blackened.

Coupled with the linen lining and leather armor; therefore, it looks like a fledgling knight with no hair on his mouth; instead of a silk dress and brocade cloak that should have been worn by many noble children. Surrounded by the nobles, they went in and out between hunting and banquets.

"In this case, you are the only person I know well." However, Farnese's words at the next moment made him unable to calm down on the spot: "That squint-eyed fox, let's get married! Then, you will inherit Ke Luoke's family name and surname, and the title of Marquis!"

"This...this kind of thing, how can you decide casually, and we will talk about it later..." Raphael could only sway him and change the subject: "You...you...can you let me go first, and then tell me well What happened to me, the castle, the Marquis and the others?"

"..." However, after hearing this sentence, Farnese's expression suddenly collapsed, and his tone became extremely low: "I am the only one left in the family; the only people left in the castle are all It's here." Then she got up in a dispirited manner, and blew a whistle.

A moment later, this dilapidated small monastery was also opened from the inside out.Immediately, a group of timid figures came out, but they were basically a group of middle-aged men, teenagers and children holding various weapons; there were also several strong women with big arms and round waists wearing nail armor and holding sticks and hammers.

Then, in the midst of the chatter, Raphael followed Farnese to the incomplete terrace on the top of the monastery, listening to her talk about the past that happened in the castle after she left the family.Like the choice of most nobles in this era.

Not long after Raphael left, the Marquis of Liege was also invited to the provincial capital, and members of the royal party organized by the old-school aristocrats elected him as one of the founding members of the so-called "Iris Light" group; The new aristocratic group engaged in continuous and fierce invasion and struggle.

And this small monastery hidden in the deep forest is the last shelter prepared by the Marquis of Liege for family members; it stores a lot of food, wine and weapons, and even seeds and agricultural tools.Therefore, Farnese took this opportunity to take in many orphans who escaped from the castle.

"This nanny is a highly respected orphan rescuer and baptized when you were born; I believe she will explain and introduce to you the main deeds and truth about the Freedom Army... In addition, there is no Marquis Liege anymore, I am now Baron Serra of the New Dynasty."

It is full of irony that the Generalissimo's Allied National Salvation Army ignored his small resistance; instead, the armies of the princes of the Netherlands who passed by one after another attacked the castle in turn like a revolving lantern, and completely looted the castle. The surrounding family territories and many manors were destroyed.

As the only legal heir of the marquis, and the bloodline inheritance of the Countess Farnese, it became the focus of contention among these thugs.But no matter how harsh and stern the Marquis of Liege is usually, and how lustful he is, he has made arrangements for his only daughter early.

"Fanny...you?" However, upon hearing this, Raphael suddenly choked on his own saliva, and coughed violently, which then turned into a sigh of infinite pity and sadness: "I'm just a timid Oathbreaker, it's really not worth it for you, it's not worth it for you to do this."

"So, was it my fault? Was it all my delusion all this time?" Hearing this, Farnese suddenly seemed to lose all his strength and blood, and stepped back a few steps like a fountain of tears. At the edge of the terrace: "Since this is the case, I will never be in your way."

In the end, after more than ten years of armed conflict and political assassinations, the Royal Party of the Marquis of Liege also successively defeated the Liberals, Republicans, and Chartists supported by successive capital governments; forcing the National Convention to compromise with them, and acquiesced Factual status of the Loire region.

"That's good. If you have the military rank and rank of regimental commander, you will have a better chance of becoming a nobleman and inheriting the title." Farnese began to plan the future on his own, and then he was stunned for a moment. : "Wait! The Liberty Army, aren't they the traitors in the South?"

Then, the first time the fortress was breached, there would naturally be a second time; and as the population in the castle fled one after another, the members, vassals, and servants of the Marquis of Liege's family were more and more unsustainable under the heavy casualties ; so, after the Marquis was accidentally wounded and deteriorated to death,
The hearts of the only people left in the castle were completely scattered.Whether it was the knights and retinues who swore to follow in the past, or the servants, attendants, and stewards of those generations, they lost the last rational and moral constraints, and wantonly robbed and built silver in the castle, and even attacked each other in groups.

At the same time, Rodriguez and his fellows, who were rushing all the way, also crossed the central plateau and arrived near the city of Lance along the ancient highway that traversed the east and west of the kingdom.However, apart from the complicated mood of meeting the King of Knights in the holy land of Lance, he is more emotional from what he has seen and heard along the way.

"You...you... what you heard, what an absurd thing." But Raphael's face twitched when he heard it; then it turned into a sigh.Immediately, he turned around and shouted to the people below: "Go and ask Sister Flore from the Tzu Chi Nunnery in the provincial capital to come over here."

However, the good times didn't last long, and the National Convention was soon replaced by the Burgundian dynasty; the Marquis of Liege also rejected the canonization from the city of Seine.But when the former Grand Marshal of the kingdom, Mortiler, raised the king's banner on the spot to call on the old troops of the Flanders Legion, and established the government of the National Salvation Alliance.

The Marquis of Liege, who was usually cold and stern, who emphasized the distinction between superiority and inferiority and class rank, stood on the opposite side of the generalissimo; he not only led the garrison in the provincial capital to resist tenaciously.After the failure, he fled back to his hometown and summoned the vassals and strong men near the castle to stand on their own.

"At the beginning they wanted to marry me to a certain country in the Netherlands, so I destroyed my purity with my own hands and pretended to be pregnant." Farnese suddenly leaned into his ear and said without hesitation : "So, I have no reputation and no purity. I can only count on you."

"So if you want to be a robber, I have no choice but to give up my life to accompany you." Countess Farnese glanced at the soldiers under her command and said, "But you must swear on the last honor of the family; Because, I will never accept other men except you."

Compared with the territory of the holy kingdom that is fully contracted today, it seems that this place has hardly been affected by the change of the celestial sphere.The only conspicuous ones are probably the rangers who appear on the road from time to time, and the self-defense militia behind the reinforced wooden walls.

"Actually... Fanny," at this moment, Raphael could only take out his ribbon and military badge as identification with a face full of helplessness: "I am now a cavalry commander, serving for the Freedom Army and Serving to save the national government is really not a bandit leader..."

After the change of the celestial sphere, the bandits who roamed the roads temporarily disappeared, but the mutated beasts in the mountains and some strange creatures that suddenly appeared; became the biggest threat to this group of survivors.Therefore, the remaining people, young and old, were forced to take up arms to protect themselves.

"I heard that under the leadership of the heretic who claimed to be the King of Knights, they slaughtered nobles recklessly and robbed all their property; they destroyed churches and monasteries, and forced priests and nuns to perform filthy blasphemy; Sacrifice hundreds of people to maintain strength."

Then, bandits and aliens followed one after another; finally one day, under the cooperation of inside and outside, the castle was secretly opened at night... Although, with the strong resistance of the main family members, the sneak attack was repelled Bandits; but also paid a heavy price for it.

Therefore, on the night when the Marquis of Liege died, Farnese, as the only daughter, did not even make the final confession. Instead, she escaped from the family castle through a secret passage accompanied by several armed servants; All kinds of tragic fates that may follow.

Because, from the lower Pyrenees in the southwest, to Toulouse and Aveyron in the south, to Livzin and Auvergne in the central plateau; Inland, and then to the hinterland of the kingdom where there are frequent water and land business travelers.

The next moment, she fell outwards with a wry smile on her face, like a bird wanting to be free; she was hugged and dragged back.Then there was Raphael's helpless and sad voice: "When did I say that I was going to abandon you, I haven't forgotten the original oath yet."

According to the proud declaration of the escort sergeant, the Freedom Army has been sparing no effort to eradicate and eliminate those aliens hidden in the darkness since the city of Avignon.Therefore, under this kind of foresight and foresight to prepare for a rainy day, the impact of the changes in the celestial sphere is also suppressed to a minimum.

Especially thanks to the repaired roads and the rebuilt communication system, the threats and destruction caused by mutated beasts and abnormal events can always be known at the first time, and the army is quickly dispatched to suppress and extinguish to control losses and injuries.

In contrast, the many problems and disadvantages inherited from the history of the numerous knights and provincial armies in the Holy Kingdom prevented them from fully devoting themselves to the work of suppressing and pacifying the anomalies and helping the subjects. It can only be sighed.

Among the nobles, even the blasphemy and depravity of collusion with other species appeared. This is why Rodrigo did not hesitate to bear the reputation of defection, and finally made up his mind to come to the Kingdom of Sealand; he only wanted to find a relatively correct answer here. Or where the effective path lies.

(End of this chapter)