Chapter 23 Heading to the Royal Capital

Those who escaped from the nightmare of Cecil Land were lucky but unlucky.

The burning house, the earth corrupted by the elemental power, the terrifying giant striding out of the fog of chaos, and the relatives and friends who died tragically under all this - everything is like a nightmare. It haunts everyone who escapes. Even if they have escaped to the safe town of Tanzania, even if they are protected by knights and soldiers, fear has never faded from the hearts of the survivors even for a moment.

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

Many people had to use alcohol to anesthetize themselves. Those poor people who could not even get drunk could only suffer. In addition, in this era, they were living as refugees in the territory of other lords. It is impossible to have a good living environment, and the situation becomes even worse.

Not to mention maintaining order among the refugees, Knight Philip now feels a little unable to even maintain the soldiers and make them report the situation regularly every day.

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

Outside the town of Tanzania, Rebecca looked at the people gathered in front of her. These people were in ragged clothes and looked haggard. Although Viscount Andrew did provide basic resettlement and food distribution, The charity given by nobles in this era to the common people was extremely limited. Keeping these people from dying of cold and hunger was already a sign that Mr. Viscount was extraordinarily kind and far superior to his colleagues. Rebecca couldn't ask for too much from this. .

For those who escaped from the Cecil Territory, the appearance of the lord was an effective enough shot in the arm.

The common people of this era did not have a high level of awareness and psychological quality, and they were not very loyal to their lords. Although Rebecca could be considered a benevolent and friendly lord (the main reason was that the little The girl is not very smart and cannot learn the cunning and greed of her noble colleagues), but after all, she has only been in office for less than a year. In view of the poor transmission of information, many people in the territory actually do not even know what their lord looks like.

But the appearance of the lord is still an encouragement. 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. Hundreds of years of feudal system have caused civilians to lose a lot of thinking ability, but it has also made them very easy to satisfy. In Gawain's view, this is A cohesion based on ignorance and ignorance - but it works.

Only a small number of people came to see them off. More people stayed in Tanzanian town, taking care of property or working in exchange for food. Rebecca looked at these people and wanted to tell them something. But I really didn’t know what to say, so I looked at Knight Philip: "You still have to take care of these people, Knight. Before we come back, try to make sure that no one is missing."

"I promise you my oath!" FeiliPu straightened his chest, "I will protect every citizen and property of the Cecil family for you!"

"Don't forget to do what I told you to do," Gao said. Wen said, "Viscount Andrew will provide the necessary help. You just need to send out those people who have flexible legs, feet and brains - don't be stingy with money, the things they have to do are much more valuable than money."

"Yes!" the young knight replied loudly, but he still couldn't hide his confusion. As a person who lived in a closed era and specialized in martial arts, it was difficult for him to follow Gawain's thoughts, "But those Is it really that important?”

“Of course it is,” Gawain laughed. “It’s just rumors at a small scale, and public opinion effect at a big scale. Don’t underestimate these intangible things. Power, once everyone starts talking about the same thing, even the king will become restless."

After making some arrangements, Gawain and Rebecca got into the carriage provided by Viscount Andrew and went with them. They include Betty as a maid, the loyal Knight Byron, the super-powerful thief Amber, and twelve family soldiers-these soldiers cannot be called carefully selected, because there are only a total of soldiers who broke out with Knight Philip. There are more than a dozen people, plus the two who ran out with Gawain and the others, there are less than twenty people in total. In this case, twelve fully equipped soldiers can be said to be the only remaining face of the Cecil family. .

The mature and steady 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 royal capital. Standing under the carriage, he grabbed Rebecca's hand and warned her: "You must remember your identity and don't insult the Cecil family's face, but don't conflict with the nobles of the royal capital; when you see The king must be respectful and not break the rules; don't hit people with big fireballs, the king is no better than us in the countryside; when you encounter something you don't understand, don't rush to answer, consult the ancestors or the Byron Knights, because every word you say will be ignored People speculate many times; the most important thing is to listen to your ancestors, especially when dealing with nobles. You are not good at this, but your ancestor is a grand duke, he understands..."

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

Not only did he not understand, but the real Gawain Cecil actually didn't understand either. When the founding hero died, Ansu was still in power. The court rules at that time basically revolved around drinking and swearing at the king in the court. I think it should be different today, seven hundred years later, than it was back then. Same...

But in order to prevent the already neurotic N-level great-granddaughter from going completely crazy, he still pressed Hetty's shoulder and gave her a reassuring look: "Don't worry, I understand everything.”

So with Hetty’s reassuring smile, the carriage drove 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 sent out men according to Gawain’s arrangements before leaving..

Those are astute people found among the people in the territory, as well as flexible people with flexible legs and tongues hired locally in Tanzania Town. Among them are even some gangsters and scoundrels who can be bought with a few copper coins, and Dealing with these people makes the young knight extremely awkward, and what these people are asked to do makes the knight feel even more baffled - the only thing they have to do is to set off in all directions, go to every place where people gather, and get into bars. , get into the black market, get into the smelly slums of the slums, and then brag with the locals.

It would be best if you could also catch the bards passing by and brag about them.

So in the next period of time, this kind of scene appeared frequently in the south: dusty foreigners with strange accents haunted various crowded places, with mysterious but solemn vows. The expression on his face said almost the same thing:

"Hey, have you heard? Something happened to the Cecil family in the south! The territory was destroyed by monsters and dragons! It is said that it also disturbed the souls of the dead underground. The legendary ancestor of the Cecil family rose up... You heard it right! It was the legendary Gawain Cecil who woke up from his long sleep! He must be to destroy those monsters...

Almost everyone said the same thing, and in the end they would swear that these bizarre things were all seen with their own eyes - even if they were not the people originally sent out by Philip Knight, they would later spread it The gossip guy will most likely say the same thing

If one person could gather all the rumors in one place, he would be surprised to find: at Cecil's house. When the ancestor was resurrected, at least a thousand people stood in the tomb to pay attention - and there must be 10,000 onlookers on the grave outside...

However, in this era, it is possible to do this The people who are involved in the matter will not pay attention to these rumors among the muddy people in the streets, and the people who listen to and spread these news... they will not think too much at all

And they are driving towards St. In the carriage in Sunil City, Gawain was looking at the scenery outside the carriage boredly, while thinking about how to face His Majesty the King who was sitting in the Silver Castle in Saint-Sunil City.

He didn't know how effective what he asked Knight Philip to do would be - in fact, he didn't even have 30% confidence in it. This was a contradictory and ignorant world, and the existence of magic made many things particularly convenient. The convenience is beyond the times, but supernatural powers such as magic are only in the hands of a few people. People in this world have not yet - or they think it is not necessary - to transform magic into wider productivity, so they lack power there. The lower class society is incredibly backward.

Communication relies on shouting and transportation relies on walking. Gossip can spread quickly in a town, because tavern gossip can be said to be the only entertainment project for civilians after work, but it is difficult for news to spread from one city to another. Ten times more, because the desolate wilderness hinders most circulation activities, and there are also local nobles who control the circulation of people in their own territories. Without the permission of the lord, civilians have to go from the village where they live to the next door. Buying a chicken in the lord's village even risked being hanged!

The pass jointly signed 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 efforts is better than doing nothing.

Gawain’s purpose is very simple, that is, to spread the news about “The Resurrection of Ancestor Cecil” as much as possible. The wider the spread, the better. It can’t just be a secret known among the noble circles. , but should become a hot news among common people and even poor people. If possible, it should even spread into a weird rumor and 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 does not care about the specifics of these details at all. Content - He just wants the news to continue to ferment.

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