Of course, the distress of Count Raymond, who was far away in Laudisia, was not felt by the foreigners, at least Agnes in Seleucia was still lingering here and did not want to return to the court of Tarsus, she spent sweet and delicate nights with Wen Ruomina and other beautiful maidens here, and did not want to go back to Gawain to submit the fleet plan and the inspection report of Alallman's "ladder water wheel workshop". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the morning light, Wen Ruomina **** her upper body lay on Agnes's chest, both of them were wrapped in a light silk blanket and fell asleep, the long night passed, the blue-gray shimmer shone through the window lattice on the furniture, floor, bed curtains, and the incense burner was still bubbling with a faint fragrance.

Until there was a terrible trumpet sound under the Acropolis, and the startled little sunfish shouted, "Spare my oyster seeds!" Got up and pushed away the dazed Wen Ruominna, jumped off the bed, and then took out her underwear and robe from the closet and hurriedly put them on.

"What's wrong?" Wen Ruomina covered her body with a silk blanket, her eyes half-open, and her hair was scattered.

Knock knock knock!

There was a quick knock on the door outside, and after a while, three other Ani maidens came in, scrambling to gesticulate: just now, an elite guard soldier entered the city gate.

In the spiral staircase down the Acropolis, the little sunfish kept nervously asking who the commander of the guards was, what his purpose was, and kept reminding Wen Ruomina behind him, "Put on your men's clothes, and when someone asks, they will say that you are a subordinate of the bartender of Starauracos, a castrated young eunuch." ”

As a result, in the fort, accompanied by many guards soldiers, Agnes came out and saw clearly: the commander was Hertomia's young husband Dorus. Lambert, "The Patron and Caesar have brought me from Vanka to welcome Welf and Ida, for I was a native of Mainz, with whom my late father had dealings. ”

"Go, it scared me." Agnes was half disdainful, half ashamed.

Lambert did not stay long in the fort, and beckoned the soldiers to their way as soon as they had rested, "Set up camp at Alalmanburg, and wait for the dignitaries to enter - and Lord Plani, the Grand Guarantor reminds you that the return date is near, and you must not forget to inspect the great waterwheel workshop there." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Agnes replied lazily in annoyance, and then called for her mount to be brought in, and the rest of the men followed Lambert's ceremonial guard towards Alalmanburg.

On the way, Wen Ruomina also skillfully rode a mule to follow, she was an Adigai and a skilled horseman, she saw the ceremonial guards of Tarsus: this group of tall soldiers, with a mustache that is said to imitate the patron of the Great Lord, with a domed iron helmet with beautiful feathers on it, no chain mail outside, but a long jacket lined with armor, printed and dyed crimson, and wearing the badge of the Red Hand Seven Ridges on the chest, a total of dozens of people, all carrying halberds, with single-edged sabers hanging from their belts, As soon as they walked, the pure iron shin armor moved in unison, because they were all veterans selected from the three-wing brigade, and this kind of formation and walking was familiar to them, and it looked very majestic.

"What's the origin of this Lambert?" On the way, Wen Ruominna asked cautiously, staring at the imposing commander in front of her.

"He used to be the second son of a poor knight in the wilderness, and he was penniless, and before he left, he pawned a half-broken mill to make up the fare. Later, the kingdom of Tarsus became prosperous, and the great lord not only gave him the castle of Barbalun, but also gave him many military merits under the city of Tarsus, and now he is the son-in-law of General Orsin, and his wife is also a royal ink official in the court, and can barely be regarded as a rival to me—barely. Agnes deliberately emphasized the last word.

But the shrewd maiden Adigei, though silent, soon saw that the little sunfish did not have as much status in the state and court as she had previously boasted. In addition, the girl also knew that in this country, she had seen before, that the male patron was very powerful, at least with the female Caesar, what kind of word, "against the court" - in the end, the structure of this country is horizontal rather than vertical, as long as there is a skill, even if it is an alien immigrant or even a slave, it can come out.

In the morning breeze, Wen Ruomina, who was on the back of a mule, bit her thin lip and began to think excitedly and excitedly in her heart.

As a child, under the seaside peaks of Adigai, looking at the roaring waters and the barren villages behind her, she asked her pale and sickly mother, who was sitting under the trunk of a tree, "Why do we have to live here, full of mountains, full of seawater, full of bitter women and drunken men?" ”

"Because the Lord has placed us here to feel the sins He has suffered for the world." The mother barely squeezed out a smile, deceiving her daughter and deceiving herself.

A ship in the distance was sailing out, and there was a noise on the deck, heading towards the foggy south in the waves, "What is the world like over there?" ”

The mother, who had been a port waiter, also looked away, and with the white sails, she said faintly, "The world is full of dreams and opportunities, but its doors are made of iron, and it will always have nothing to do with us." ”

"No, Mother, now I have something to do with the world. I really have to thank the previous rain from the sea, I have to meet a noble person. Just as she was thinking, the high slopes and pastures east of Alalmanburg appeared in the eyes of Winjominna, and Agnes pointed triumphantly to the high hill opposite with her horsewhip, "Behold, that is my proud work." ”

She was amazed to see that there were towers (windmills) with spinning wings on the embankment beside the castle, and that peasants were working on the fields everywhere below, and then at the point of "Master Plani": large houses of wood and stone, connected like a staircase, covering the river that rushed down the hill, and there was a loud roar that continued to be made from them.

"That's the sound of a water wheel, come with me to patrol the patrol."

"Of course, it seems that all the new and spectacular things in this kingdom that I have never seen before are your masterpieces!" Wen Ruomina happily agreed, and followed closely behind Agnes.

This made the little sunfish very useful, because the three Ani girls were really not interested in machinery, so they set up red umbrella covers and tents directly on the leeward side of the hillside, and lay down on the autumn grass to rest and play. Only this slave girl from Adigai is really smart and motivated, and of course she is quick to accept the "novelties" that only girls and girls can have.

As the two rode their mounts to the Hydraulic Workshop, Lambert, who had just set up camp, received a report from the riders: in the deep valley of the north, a small group of men and horses had suddenly appeared, claiming to be the Countess of Austria.

"What?" Lambert was taken aback. (To be continued.) )