Roddy left the Duke's Cottage in the afternoon, said goodbye to Miss Nicole, and returned to the barracks.
As soon as he entered the barracks, he felt the strange gazes around him, the soldiers were all looking at him with a little smile, several high-ranking people had already walked over, patted Roddy on the shoulder vigorously, and when everyone pulled him into the big tent in the barracks, what was waiting for him was a cheer.
Luo Di couldn't smile bitterly, these people cheered, as if they had won a battle, and the last officer shouted loudly, which meant that his lord would pursue the most beautiful flower in the circle of the imperial nobility, what a proud thing.
Although alcohol is forbidden in the army, but under the strong demand of everyone, Luo Di still took everyone out to find a tavern to drink, these emotional officers and soldiers, I don't know how many wine glasses were broken, how many barrels of liquor were drunk, and then shouted the slogan of victory and returned to the barracks.
The next thing is relatively simple.
Roddy made public appearances with Nicole every day, various events and banquets held in the aristocratic circles of Xiqiu.
Both of them attended together, and in front of everyone, they were like a couple in love.
It's just that now his relationship with Nicole has just been made public, but he can't go to see Miao Ge, otherwise if someone finds out that the lover of Duke Tulip's sister is there, there are other women, it's big news As the news gradually spread, the relationship between Viscount Luo Di and Duke Tulip's sister has been known to everyone, and even people who are far away in Yanjing have gotten the news.
Some people couldn't help but suddenly realize that the last time His Majesty the Emperor proposed to Miss Nicole and was rejected, it must be because Miss Nicole had a lover for a long time.
It's just that the identity of this Viscount Roddy is really strange, as if it came out of thin air, could it be that he was really just an ordinary little junior officer, and after the Imperial War Minister Marquis Caroline got the news, he fell into deep thought, Roddy and Nicole The old marquis sighed: It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is still courting the Tulip family.
After a war, the Tulip family's position is firmly established, the power of the first family of the empire is deeply entrenched, and the strongest legion of the empire, the Whip of Thor, has sworn allegiance to the death.
Duke Tulip was named the marshal of the empire and that Roddy should be His Majesty's illegitimate son, his relationship with Miss Nicole hummed, and he still needs to ask Naturally, it was the Emperor's Majesty's instructions.
It's just that this matter is a little strange, first Lao Tzu's pursuit of others was rejected, so he let his son go out, but the old marquis didn't care too much, this kind of thing involving power, what weird and complicated things are normal.
It's impossible to win over the Tulip family, and the only thing that can revitalize the Lionheart family is probably that kid Roddy Could it be that His Majesty has the intention of making that illegitimate son the crown prince?
With complicated thoughts, the old marquis shook his head, no matter what, he had to get a good relationship with that kid from Roddy.
Fifteen days after Duke Tulip was recuperating from his wounds in Xiqiu, a group of strange guests arrived at the military camp in the east of Xiqiu.
These people were dressed in neat samurai uniforms, except for a middle-aged man in the middle, who was dressed as an ordinary nobleman.
The middle-aged man introduced himself as Baron Gadar from Yanjing, and asked to see Viscount Rodi of the Royal Guard. and claimed to be Lord Luodi's friend in Yanjing.
The officers of the Guards had a strange smile on their faces, and told them that Lord Roddy was not in the barracks at the moment, and that they could go to the hunting grounds on the outskirts of the city to see that Lord Roddy had been ordered to take someone to guard Miss Nicole early this morning, and that the nobles of Xiqiu had held a hunting party on the hunting grounds in the suburbs today.
The hunting ground in the northern suburbs outside Xiqiu City is the property of the tulip family.
This is a black forest, and the perimeter of the forest is surrounded by a simple rough wooden fence, and there are naturally local auxiliary officials to take care of it, and a team of soldiers take turns to guard here.
The hunting ground was a hunting activity for the nobles, which was only practiced in aristocratic circles, and was very popular in the Empire.
The martial culture of the empire and the law of succession to titles made the nobles of these empires retain the habit of martial arts, and hunting is the best sport to exercise their martial sword skills.
It was already late autumn, the leaves on the trees were falling, and a dozen ornately decorated carriages were parked outside the hunting grounds.
Seeing that it was already noon, the coachmen in the carriage were lazily resting on their seats.
On the road leading to the hunting ground, a group of armored Royal Guards and Thor's Whip held the handles of the road, and dozens of Royal Guard soldiers stood at the door of the hunting ground.
Baron Gadar and his party were held back at all times, and finally after he showed what proved his identity, the soldiers let him in, but his attendant warriors had to stay outside.
According to the regulations, each nobleman who enters the hunting ground can only bring a maximum of two guards.
This is an old tradition of hunting among the nobles of the empire, and since they go hunting, it is for the purpose of practicing their riding and archery skills.
If you go in with a large number of guards, and a large group of people hug each other, then what is the difference between hunting and picnic This kind of activity is popular in aristocratic circles because it carries a bit of excitement and adventure, and what is the meaning if it is guarded by a large number of people in size Baron Gadar took two of his retinue warriors, took three bows and arrows and a few quivers, and rode into the hunting grounds.
The tulip family's hunting ground covers an area of more than a dozen square kilometers, and there is a dense black forest in the middle of the hunting ground, and in the middle of the forest is a small lake.
It means that the season is approaching late autumn, and many animals have begun to come out to forage for food in order to survive the winter, and it is undoubtedly the best time to go out to hunt at such a time.
Baron Gadar was responsible for leading the cavalry of the Royal Guard, and the news I got half an hour ago was that Miss Nicole and a group of nobles were moving near the lake in the middle of the forest, and the nobles would contact the guards outside every other hour, and the method of contact was a special salute flower, tied to an arrow and shot into the sky, and sparks would be released in the sky, showing the direction of the archer.
After all, hunting is always a bit dangerous, and although the hunting ground is guarded, it is inevitable that some idle people will occasionally run into it in a dozen square kilometers, or some large beasts will appear.
After galloping for a while on the road in the forest, they finally approached what they called the central lake.
A shrill whistle was heard from the direction of the lake in the distance.
It is a whistle that is blown to drive the prey to run when people are hunting, and this method drives the frightened prey to a pre-set ambush, and then encircles and annihilates, which is a common method to deal with some larger prey.
In the dense woods, along a low slope, a dozen men rode in a circle, and Gadar and the others immediately leaned up, and before they could get closer, two horses came sideways and blocked their way.
Gadar looked at the two knights who were blocking his way, and immediately perked up These two cavalrymen wear the standard Thor's Whip armor and uniformsThor's Whip are responsible for guarding Miss Nicole, so presumably the looking Roddy is in front The cavalry of the two Thor's whips were obviously elite soldiers, although they were only standing in front of them on horseback, but they made Gadar feel a chilling murderous aura, a temperament that could only be honed after the most thrilling baptism of life and death on the battlefield The cavalry of the Royal Guard who brought them in went up and negotiated with the two Thor's whips, and the two horsemen looked at Gadar vigilantly, and then slowly let them go, but Gadar noticed that their hands were always pressed on the hilt of Gadar was sure that if there was anything wrong, the opponent's earth-shattering Thor's whip scimitar would be pulled out The two Thor's Whips got out of the way, but they still followed them closely.
Gadar's face was calm, but his two attendant warriors couldn't help but have a bit of indignation on their faces.
One of them couldn't help but whisper: "So arrogant, what's so great about Thor's whip" Gadar immediately turned his head and glared fiercely at this subordinate, and couldn't help but peek at the two Thor's whips following behind, and the two cavalrymen obviously heard the words of their men.
But the expressions on their faces did not show any irritation.
The expression on his face remained resolute and indifferent, with a kind of unwavering pride and confidence.
It's just that there is a faint disdain in the eyes that float over.
Gadar can feel that the other party's self-confidence and pride are not pretended, but the real dignity from the heart after being tempered by wind and rain.
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And he could even feel that the other party looked at the gaze of the retinue warrior under his command who had just spoken wildly, and the disdain in it was like a fierce wolf looking at an earthen dog with its teeth and claws open and clawed at him Suddenly, there was a roar of applause from the front, and someone shouted: "Lord Roddy, good archery" When I finally approached the circle, I saw a radius of more than ten meters, three wild boars had been driven to the middle of the circle, a group of nobles and their guards surrounded the three wild boars in the middle, the bows and arrows in their hands were ready, and there were people roaring loudly, intimidating the prey in the circle.
One of the boars was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground, struggling weakly.
Hearing the cheers just now, it was obviously that Roddy who shot it.
Although the guards were sitting on their horses, they had already prepared their spears and pointed at the beasts in the circle from a distance, for fear that the beasts would hurt their masters in charge of guarding them in the last time.
The three wild boars let out a high-pitched cry, their manes standing on end, and their bared teeth baring their fangs.
Lying on the ground, he watched vigilantly at the hunters who had defended them, as if they were ready to strike at any moment.
Gadar rode slowly closer to the encirclement, and saw two people sitting on a tall white horse standing on the opposite side of the circle Sitting in front of the horse was a woman in a thick fur suit, with long golden curly hair, revealing half of a snow-white beautiful face behind the high collar of the fur, with a somewhat nervous and fearful expression on this face, looking at the wild boar with fangs in the field from afar, and her body tightly curled up in the arms of the man sitting behind her.
Roddy held the reins in one hand to Nicole in the landlord's arms, and a spear in the other.
His bow and arrow had already been put down, and at the moment he was just saying something softly in Nicole's ear, his eyes had long since stopped looking at the prey in the field, his eyes were gentle, just looking at the lover in his arms.
Gadar only glanced at it, and immediately affirmed that this blue-haired man with an angular face was the person he was looking for on this trip.
At that moment, there was a commotion in the field.
The besieged prey has finally begun its final game.
Two wild boars that could still move, one after the other, scurried out in the direction of the north, and these cunning prey seemed to have been discovered, and the north seemed to have the least people And Roddy and Nicole are riding a horse, which happens to be just to the north Seeing the prey rushing towards her, Nicole couldn't help but let out a low cry, the woman's natural surname made her forget for a while that she was also a powerful magician, and the weakness of the natural female surname made her only reaction was to lean into her lover's arms.
The hunters who had been preparing for a long time around shot their arrows one after another, and this shot made a difference.
Many of the nobles were obviously lacking in training, and the arrows they shot were off target, but the guards and samurai were not allowed to release their arrows because of their prior orders.
So after a rain of arrows, there was only one boar with two or three arrows stuck in its body.
However, the soft force caused the arrow to penetrate its thick skin tightly, and it could not inflict fatal damage on its prey.
And in the Desperate Bo, the prey has long been crazy Luo Di put his arm around Nicole, smiled in a low voice, and waved the spear in his hand casually, only to see a cold light, Peng's muffled sound, and a wild boar in the head was knocked away by his spear, and after smashing a few meters hard, he couldn't move after falling to the ground, but he was trembling all over, and his mouth was full of blood.
Roddy's casual blow had already broken the boar's internal organs.
If he didn't dare to use his fighting spirit, even a wild boar, a beast with rough skin and thick flesh, would have turned into a mess of flesh and blood.
The howl of the beast was heard again, but Roddy did not know when he threw the spear, and the spear was inserted into the running boar, nailing the behemoth firmly to the ground In the midst of the cheers, Roddy didn't look at the field, turned the horse's head and walked slowly behind.
Because he clearly felt that Nicole was a little disgusted by this bloody scene just now.
Those cheers behind him who gradually moved away, and only two cavalrymen with Thor's whip with them followed behind, Roddy looked at Nicole with an unnatural expression in his arms, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This woman, obviously not like this bloody scene, wants to go out hunting with her.
After half a day, she obviously encountered a few antelopes and hares or something, but she couldn't bear to do it, so she didn't force herself to let her prey run away, but let her go to the camp in the middle of the lake to be with those noble ladies, but she didn't want to, she just wanted to be with herself.
The two of them are now acting very intimately, and they all look like glue in front of them, although there was originally a bit of drama in it, the purpose is to make everyone accept this fact as soon as possible.
But later, there are fewer and fewer elements of drama in this kind of intimate action, whether it is a word or deed, the two are completely sincere, and men and women who have just fallen in love are like this.
The two rode a horse together and gradually reached the lake.
The water of this lake in the forest is unusually clear and clean, and the locals say that the lake is not a stagnant water, and the lake is unfathomable, with a low undercurrent flowing all year round, and it can be reached far into the mountains in the distance.
On the edge of the lake, some aristocratic ladies who had come to hunt were waiting in the camp, and a few barbecue racks had been erected in the simple camp, and a few guards were using knives to divide and clean the prey.
The aristocratic ladies in fur were resting by the lake, and there were two or three young men who had not participated in the hunt just now, and they were talking to the aristocratic girls beside them, obviously coming out to pick up girls through the hunt.
With the sound of horses' hooves behind him, the crowd behind just now had quickly caught up, and the entourage had already transported the three wild boars they had beaten, and several knights picked up the wild boars with spears, and several people carried their horses at the same time.
Nicole saw the bloody carcass of the animal, still frowning and closing her eyes.
There is already some game on the barbecue grill that has been roasted for a long time, and it gives off a slight aroma.
Roddy rolled over and dismounted, then took Nicole in his arms, reaching out and gently brushing the leaves from her hair.
The people around looked at him with envy.
Roddy was used to this kind of gaze.
Hearing a cough from behind him, Roddy turned around and saw a middle-aged man walking over with a smile.
The man was in his thirties and less than forty, dressed in a simple aristocratic attire, but unlike the hunting outfits worn by most men today, it was just a simple robe.
He had two beautiful mustaches under his snort, and he smiled in a friendly manner.
It's just that it looks a little raw, and it seems that I haven't seen it in Xiqiu.
"Your Excellency Viscount Roddy, hello."
The man stretched out his hand and smiled, "My name is Gadar, Baron Gadar.
He smiled gently, even with a faint respect: "I'm from Yanjing." ” Roddy was a little dazed in his heart, but he still stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party.
Nicole said, "Baron Gadar, well, you are Baron Gadar of the Rigin Place, aren't you?"
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Luo Di didn't know each other yet, but when he heard the name "Ruijin Fang", he immediately remembered it.
Ruijin Fang, that is the largest weapons manufacturer in the empire, and many of the weapons of the Imperial Army are purchased from Ruijin Fang.
Speaking of which, it's a very powerful family.
Because of the supply of weapons and equipment to many imperial armies, the relationship between this family and the emperor is said to be very close.
Baron Gadar bowed gracefully to Miss Nicole, then looked at Roddy and laughed in a low voice: "Your Excellency Roddy, can I talk to you?"
To be continued: