Chapter 23 Going to the Royal Capital

Those who escaped from the nightmare of Cecil's land were lucky, but also unfortunate.

The burning houses, the earth corrupted by the forces of the elements, the terrifying giants striding out of the fog of chaos, and the relatives and friends who died tragically under it all—everything haunts every escape like a nightmare The people of heaven, even if they have escaped to the safe town of Tanzania, even with the protection of knights and soldiers, fear has never subsided from the hearts of the survivors even for a moment.

Because even those soldiers wearing armor, in fact, few can sleep soundly these few days.

Many people have to use alcohol to anesthetize themselves, and those poor people who can't even get drunk can only suffer. In addition, in this era, they are living in the territory of other lords as refugees. The living environment is getting worse.

Not to mention maintaining the order of the refugees, Knight Philip now even maintains those soldiers and makes them feel a little powerless to report the situation regularly every day.

But fortunately, the lord returned safely, and he also brought an unexpected powerful pillar.

Outside Tanzanian Town, Rebecca looked at the territorial people gathered in front of him. These people were ragged and haggard-although Viscount Andrew did achieve basic accommodation and food distribution, the nobles of this era had no regard for the commoners. The alms given are extremely limited, and it is already a manifestation of the Viscount Mr. Viscount's exceptional kindness and far superior to his colleagues to allow these people to die without freezing and starvation. Rebecca can't ask too much for this.

And for those who escaped from Cecil Land, the presence of the lord is a sufficiently effective cardiac booster.

The commoners of this era did not have high awareness and psychological quality, and they were not really loyal to the lord, although Rebecca was a kind and friendly lord (the main reason was that the little girl was not good at brains, and She can't learn the cunning and greed of noble colleagues), but after all, she has only been in office for less than a year. Given the poor transmission of information, in fact, many territorial people don't even know what their lord looks like.

But the appearance of the lord is still an inspiration. For these poor people who have been in panic for many days, it is enough for someone to stand up and announce that they will continue to protect them. They don't care who their master is or what she looks like. The centuries-old feudal system has made the commoners lose a lot of thinking ability, but it has also made them very easy to satisfy. In Gawain's view, this is A kind of cohesion based on ignorance and ignorance - it works.

Only a small number of people came to see them off. More people stayed in Tanzania Town, looking after property or working in exchange for everyone’s food. Rebecca looked at these people and wanted to say a few words, but she really didn’t know. What should I say, I looked at Knight Philip: "These people are still up to you to take care of, Knight, before we come back, try to ensure that there are not less than one of them."

"I promise you with my oath!" Philip straightened his chest, "I will protect every citizen and property of Cecil's family for you!"

"And don't forget to tell you what to do," Gawain said, "Viscount Andrew will provide the necessary help, you just need to send out those who are smart and smart - don't begrudge money, they will do it. things are more precious than money.”

"Yes!" The young knight replied loudly, but he still couldn't hide his confusion. As a person who lives in a closed age and specializes in martial arts, it is difficult for him to keep up with Gawain's thoughts, "But those things Is it really that important?"

"Of course it's important," Gao Wen laughed, "It's a rumor when it's small, and it's a public opinion effect when it's big, but don't underestimate these invisible forces, once everyone starts talking about the same thing, even the king will Restless."

After some arrangements, Gawain and Rebecca boarded the carriage provided by Viscount Andrew, accompanied by Betty as a maid and the loyal Knight Byron.

The super-robber Amber, and twelve family soldiers—these soldiers can’t be called carefully selected, because there are only a dozen soldiers who broke out with Philip Knight, plus the ones who ran out with Gawain and the others. Two, there are less than 20 people in full, and in this case, 12 fully equipped soldiers can be said to be the only face of the Cecil family.

The mature and stable Hetty was left behind to maintain the situation here, but this "Aunt Hetty" was obviously quite worried about her niece's upcoming trip to the capital. She stood under the carriage, holding Rebecca's hand urged thousands of times: "Be sure to remember your identity, don't humiliate the face of Cecil's family, but don't conflict with the nobles of the capital; you must be respectful when you see the king, and don't break the rules. ;Don't hit people with big fireballs, the king is no better than our country; don't rush to answer when you don't understand things, ask your ancestors or Byron knights to discuss, because every word you say will be guessed many times; The important thing is to listen to the ancestors, especially when dealing with nobles, you are not good at this, but the ancestor is the grand duke, he understands..."

Gawain listened to Heidi's explanation, and his heart became heavy, because he really didn't understand...

Not only did he not understand, but the real Gawain Cecil didn't understand either. When the founding hero died, Ansu was still in power with a bunch of scumbags. At that time, the rules of the court basically revolved around drinking wine and being in court. To scold the street with the king, seven hundred years later today should be different from that year...

But in order not to drive the already nervous N-tier great-granddaughter completely crazy, he still pressed Hetty's shoulder and gave him a reassuring look: "Don't worry, I understand."

So under Heidi's relieved smile, the carriage carried Rebecca, who didn't understand anything, and Gawain, who seemed to understand everything, on the road to the royal capital.

At the same time, Knight Philip also dispatched personnel according to Gawain's arrangement before his departure.

Those are the astute people found from the territorial people, as well as the quick-witted and convenient people hired in Tanzania Town. Among them, there are even gangsters and rogues who can be bought with a few coins. Dealing with these people makes the young knights separate. It's awkward, and what these people do makes the knights feel inexplicable - the only thing they have to do is to set off in all directions, go to every place where people gather, get into bars, get into the black market, get into In the smelly shacks of the slums and then bragging about it with the locals.

Best to also catch the passing bards bragging.

So in the following period of time, such a scene frequently appeared in the southern region: the dusty strangers with strange accents appeared in various crowded places, with mysterious but sworn expressions, and said the content is almost the same things:

"Hey, have you heard? An accident happened to the Cecil family in the south! The territory was destroyed by monsters and dragons! It is said that the dead souls in the ground were also disturbed, and the legendary ancestor of the Cecil family rose up... You heard that right. It's the legendary Gawain Cecil, who has awakened from his long sleep! He must be destroying those monsters...

"Hey! What am I lying to you for? People in the south are spreading the news. You can go to Tanzang Town or Linmu Town to inquire about it. And have you seen my clothes? I'm fleeing from the southernmost place. Come out, let me tell you, when the ancestor of the Cecil family was resurrected, I saw it with my own eyes!"

Almost everyone said the same thing, and they would swear in the end that these bizarre things were what they saw with their own eyes - even if it wasn't the people who were originally sent out by Knight Philip, the guys who spread the rumors in the future are probably nine out of ten. will say the same thing.

If there is one person who can gather all the rumors into one place, he will be surprised to find that at least a thousand people stood in the burial chamber when Cecil's ancestor was resurrected - and the grave outside There must be 10,000 onlookers...

However, in this day and age, people who have the ability to do this will not pay attention to these rumors in the streets and alleys, and those who listen to and spread these news...they don't think too much at all.

While on the carriage heading for San Sunil City, Gawain was boredly looking at the scenery outside the car, while thinking about how to face His Majesty the King who was sitting high in the Silver Fort in San Sunil City.

He didn't know how effective what he had asked Philip Knight to do - in fact he wasn't even 30% confident about it. This is a contradictory and ignorant world. The existence of magic makes many things more convenient, and even more convenient than the times. However, supernatural powers such as magic are only in the hands of a few people, and people in this world have not yet—or Say they don't think it's necessary - to convert magic into wider productivity, so in the underworld that lacks power, everything is unbelievably behind.

Communication relies on shouting, traffic relies on walking, and rumors can spread quickly in a town, because gossip in taverns can be said to be the only entertainment for civilians after labor, but it is difficult to spread news from one city to another. Times, because the barren wilderness hinders most of the circulation activities, and there is also the control of the circulation of people in their own territories by nobles from all over the world - without the permission of the lord, the commoners have to go from the village where they live to the lord next door. Buying a chicken in the village even runs the risk of being hanged!

The pass signed jointly by the Cecil family and the Leslie family (Viscount Andrew's family) can solve the problem of personnel circulation control, but it cannot solve other difficulties.

But making some effort is better than doing nothing at all.

Gawain's purpose is very simple, that is, to spread the "Resurrection of Cecil Ancestor" as much as possible. The hot news between the two, if possible, it would even spread to the level of a bizarre story, a horror story - in fact, those rumors are indeed developing in this direction.

These messages will be processed again and again in the process of dissemination. Those superstitious and ignorant medieval people will add a lot of details to it according to their own understanding. Gawain doesn't care about the specific content of these details at all - he only needs these messages Just keep fermenting.

Then everyone will know that the ancestor of the Cecil family has been resurrected, and that the legendary founding prince was awakened when monsters attacked the kingdom...