Chapter 616 Black Envelope
After taking allicin, especially allicin that is specially formulated to treat dysentery, the symptoms of Lalor's daughter Tali have been relieved a lot, and she can even drink some liquid food.
Ansel, on the other hand, caught a cold after running around in the rain all day and night without sleep.
But fortunately, Ansel just had a common cold, and his fever subsided after drinking ginger soup and making herbal medicine.
Based on the judgment of several old mountain people, if you lie down for a day or two and rest without catching a cold, you will recover quickly.
"Brother Ansel, Aunt Fohli brought egg soup with cabbage." Bryson carefully brought a wooden bowl and delivered it to Ansel's bedside who was sleeping next to the stove.
Ansel sat up propped up on the bed board, draped the blanket over his shoulders, said thank you in a hoarse voice and drank the egg soup.
The so-called egg soup is actually a few raw eggs mixed with boiled water and hot milk. What can the mountain people eat? This can only be eaten when you are sick or celebrating your birthday.
During the two days when Ansel was ill and bedridden, he ate several birthday meals in succession.
But what bothers Bryson is that even though Ansel fell down after saving this man, why is it that this member of the Scythe Brotherhood is still the same 30 family member?
This mountain man is too stubborn.
Here Bryson was still thinking about something, and Ansel put down the wooden bowl and asked in a hoarse voice: "How is the little Tully of the Lalor family doing?"
< br>"It's much better. I can get out of bed and take a few steps, but I still dare not leave the house."
"Na Mei What's the situation like in Sen's rebellion?"
"No way." Bryson wiped the bedside with a rag and put away the soup bowl. "It's been two days, isn't it urgent? They’re not allowed out, and even the patrolling Salvation Army didn’t come. How can I get any news?”
However, compared with before, although there were still occasional armed farmers wandering around the church to monitor their actions, no one was directly holding him under house arrest like the day before yesterday.
After all, it is impossible for the armed farmers to completely fall out with the public farmers. They are not Henderson, and they have no idea which side the knights are on.
Even if Henderson said it, others would not believe it. After all, it was just empty talk.
Putting the rag and wooden bowl aside, Bryson picked up the hot towel and handed it to Ansel: "Do you have any means? Anyway, martial law is enforced here, or we can just let the Salvation Army move in. .”
“It’s not that simple, but It might cause a chain reaction." Wiping his face with a hot towel, Ansel shook his head repeatedly, "We are a constitutional country, not a warlord. We protect the freedom and life of our citizens. Don't these knights and nobles count? National?
If we don't treat the knights as citizens and treat them equally, wouldn't it be forcing the knights to split the country? The happiest place at that time was the Kingdom of Leia.
We arrest knights without providing evidence. Can knights arrest monks without providing evidence?
We have taken the lead in violating the constitution. Who still takes the constitution seriously? Who still takes the country Qianhehe Valley seriously?
So unless it is a malicious and extreme act, the Salvation Army cannot kill the knights at will, because they are Thousand River Valley citizens!
Even if our army catches them, they must first be transferred to the court and then held on public trial.
Fighting and killing cannot solve all problems. If I started to follow the example of Mason Parish next door in fighting and killing, then the uprising area should also include the parish where they are located. "
"Isn't it said that knights are the devil's lackeys? "Bryson muttered.
Ansel retreated into bed and leaned his head on the railing: "Yes, but these knights are little lackeys, and they can even save some of them. Let's save the Kingdom of Leia first. After defeating this big lackey, it won't be too late to deal with them again.
What if we deal with them now and waste so much time and we are not ready when the Kingdom of Leia comes to attack? "
Speaking of this, Ansel became a little anxious. The monks are not bandits. They pay attention to what they do.
The logic behind the right of permanent lease is "Since part of the power of the lord comes from the people, then the citizens must have a certain degree of autonomy, so freedom and life must not be easily deprived."
The establishment of Baihu District The foundation is to protect the "freedom" and "life" of the citizens and to enable the citizens to be their own masters. But if the people object and the Holy Armament Council agrees, so it can be implemented, then don’t the people still lose their autonomy?
It must be said that although only a dozen knights from the manor participated, they were very accurate. They did not call it rebellion but called martial law and protecting the people.
If the Salvation Army really marched in without any concrete evidence, wouldn’t it mean that “the power of the lord comes from the Holy Father and the people” is just empty talk?
To put it more seriously, does the Holy Armament Council have the freedom to define the good and bad of citizens at will, rather than based on the constitution or the law?
So, the best way should be half-change and half-not-change, not forcing reform, but retaining the power to carry out reform.
However, since Leia’s army is ahead, and the Order in South Mound County does not have enough authority and time to conduct experimental investigations, it can only be implemented in a one-size-fits-all manner.
Ansel sighed. Cardinal Madeleine has now taken over the affairs here, but he doesn’t know what measures will be taken.
But no matter what, the situation had better not be so bad that the Salvation Army needs to be dispatched, especially the Black Champion.
"What's going on at Henderson these days? Do you know?" Ansel asked.
“Don’t underestimate my intelligence network.” Bryson immediately replied, “In recent days, he has calmed down a lot, but there seems to be something going on with the knights today, and many villagers have been called over. Meeting.
Our people followed. Seven or eight households, but they were all shut out. I don’t know what to do, but since he is a knight..."
Bryson didn’t finish what he said, but Ansel could hear the implication. Understand, this knight's position is ambiguous, and he seems to be a wallflower type of person.
He is currently declaring martial law. If people from Mason Parish come here, he may surrender directly.
"Adrian can't be trusted." Ansel coughed, "But don't be afraid. The cardinals have never seen any big storms. They must have something to do."
Bryson nodded worriedly. Nodding, Ansel smiled and said: "This is your first time to host paychecks and collective prayers. Don't be late."
Today is September 18th, which is the payday for wool. According to previous practice, they will pay after the payday. After pay, preach a scripture or lead everyone in prayer.
This part was originally done by Ansel, so this time it can only be handed over to Bryson.
Out of Ansel's bedroom, Bryson looked at the gloomy sky and didn't know what to say.
He first washed his face with cold water, straightened his clothes in front of Qingshui, and forced a smile.
Then he picked up the "Gospel" with a cowhide cover and walked towards the main hall of the village church.
“…………”
But before he reached the main hall, he heard bursts of noisy discussions and even crying in the low main hall. , echoing constantly.
Outside the door of the main hall, a clever mountain man had been waiting there in advance, walking back and forth anxiously.
Bryson immediately realized something was wrong. He took three steps and two steps at a time and rushed to the mountain man: "Why is it so noisy? What happened?"
The clever mountain man did not speak, but just handed over In a black envelope.
This is a common tactic used by bandits or mountain people in fights. They write a threat first and then attack if the other party does not comply.
With his heart pounding, Bryson opened the letter with trembling hands. Inside the envelope was a piece of inferior jute paper, with a few simple lines of small words written on it with crooked and incorrect grammar.
“We are the mountain people’s resistance. We have two knights, twenty swordsmen and fifty archers. Hand over your traveling monks and assistant monks, otherwise, we will attack the village , and forcibly searched and took away the traveling monks.”
(End of this chapter)