Rigg led the soldiers into the manor without any effort, because the old knight did not close the village gate when he returned to the manor after failing the "negotiation".
At first Rigg thought this was the old guy's trick. He hesitated at the entrance of the village for a long time and sent people to test repeatedly before he cautiously brought fifteen soldiers into the manor. To be on the safe side, he also left a dozen soldiers outside the village to guard and provide support.
Rige led a group of armored soldiers and walked aggressively toward the side of the manor. The doors of the low thatched wooden houses along the road were open, and there was no trace of anyone in the sheds.
Following a muddy road full of human and animal excrement, we arrived at the mansion of Sir Logan, the lord of the manor.
Coming here, Rigg became more and more confused.
As a knight for more than ten years, this old guy should have the strength to build a mansion and fortress that is regarded as luxurious in the eyes of the common people (Rige). Even the remote land of Lane has a lord's mansion made of stone. However, as shown in Rieger The mansion in front of me is just a small courtyard of a wooden house with a single-story wooden roof. In the small courtyard, there is only a half-person-high wall made of rubble. Including the stables and granary, there are only four wooden houses in the wall. This kind of scene can hardly be regarded as a "mansion".
Mansion, let’s call it mansion for the time being.
In the mansion, the old knight Logan has gathered more than forty farmers, women, servants, craftsmen, peasant soldiers, and the old knight's family members (an old woman who is older than the old knight) from the entire manor in the courtyard to wait.
He asked everyone to put down their weapons and farm tools, and stand quietly under the eaves around the courtyard, waiting for the enemy to deal with them. Then he ordered all the valuable items in the mansion or the valuables that he thought the looters would be interested in to be neatly stacked in the middle of the courtyard. Then, dressed in neat and bright armor and holding a knight's sword, accompanied by an old woman, he stood in front of the people and faced the courtyard gate.
Rige and a dozen soldiers stood in front of the wooden door frame of the courtyard, staring blankly at everything in the courtyard. They actually did not dare to go in.
He rushed into the manor with his sword drawn. He originally wanted to go on a rampage in the Swabian territory to vent his pent-up resentment. This was enemy territory, and they were enemy troops. They didn't feel much pressure to burn, kill, and loot in enemy territory. However, when Rigg and the soldiers came to the old knight's mansion, the pent-up feeling could not be vented.
“What on earth does this old guy want to do?” The squadron leader next to Rigg had already raised his ax and was about to break down the door, but when he saw the scene in the courtyard, he didn’t know whether he should chop down the ax or withdraw it.
Before Rigg could speak, the old knight walked slowly to the gate of the courtyard. He knew that these Burgundians could not understand Swabian, so he spoke directly to the Swabian civilian interpreter.
After saying this, the interpreter blushed for a while, and then he was kicked by the squadron leader and translated, "Old Sir Logan said that there is property worth approximately one hundred thousand pfennigs in the courtyard, which is all his savings."
“He said that these things were accumulated by his son who participated in plundering the Burgundy border area over the years. His son died in the battle under Wallon Castle on the border of Burgundy two years ago. His son has atone for the cruel atrocities. He hopes that the gentlemen can accept these things and forgive the people here.”
Rigg tilted his head and glanced at the things piled in the courtyard. An iron money box was filled with shining gold cakes and silver coins, two silver goblets were placed on top of the money box, three bags of salt, fennel, cardamom and other dry spices, a few pieces of raw silk and satin, and a small ceramic bottle.
The old knight made a slight bow to Rigg, "Gentlemen, I have put all my property here. You can take it all, but I hope you can let these poor civilians and my family go. If you think these things are too little, you can kidnap me and go to the county town for ransom. The county chief knows me well. I should still be able to get a fortune. "
"In addition, please don't take away all our crops. We need seeds to sow the land after the cold winter..."
The old knight's tone was very calm, as if he was negotiating the price of a piece of leather with a passing vendor.
From the bandits who gather in the roaring mountains and forests to the soldiers of the uncle country who fight in the north and south, Rigg has been accustomed to the so-called glory of those arrogant knights and nobles fighting for dignity with their long swords, as well as the panic and confusion after being defeated and before being killed. This is indeed the first time he has encountered a knight like the old man.
"What?
Then Rigg ordered, "You guys, let me raid the old Sir's mansion again. I still don't believe that the old Sir is really willing to dedicate all his wealth to us."
"You guys, go collect the carriages and animals in the manor and gather them here."
"You guys, show me the people living in the mansion, and don't let them run out and cause trouble."
"The rest of you, let me search the inside and outside of the manor. Don't let the old gentleman hide the money in some untouchable's house and forget to take it out."
"You, go and call half of the soldiers outside the manor to come in and participate in the search."
After the soldiers were all busy, Rigg led his personal bodyguards to the old knight with weapons in hand. He walked around the old knight with his eyes slightly closed, looking at the fine armor worn by the old knight, including long-sleeved mail and various armor accessories made of fine iron.
This fine armor may not be able to withstand half of the manor.
Rigg looked down at his armor, which was broken in several places, and then looked up at the armor on the old knight's body. His expression suddenly changed, "I said, you old guy, the most valuable thing is on you, and you still plan to keep it for yourself?"
The old knight was unmoved. Rigg thought it was because the old knight didn't understand, so he pulled the interpreter standing aside and told the old knight.
The old knight seemed not to want to take off this armor.
"I'm telling you, old man, if you don't take off your clothes, we will use our swords!" Rigg took advantage of the situation to draw his sword, and several soldiers who were on guard around him also faced him with weapons.
The interpreter whispered a few words of advice to the old knight, and the old knight replied and stopped talking.
“Sir, sir, Sir Logan said that this armor was left by his son. He can give you anything, but this armor won’t do it.”
Just let him treat me as his son, so he doesn't have to be sad." Rigg then waved to a few soldiers, "You guys, help take off the armor. Don't crush the old knight with such heavy armor."
Without any hesitation, the soldiers held the old knight down and peeled off his fine armor layer by layer. The old knight just endured it silently. He could no longer swing the knight's sword in his hand.
While Rieger was dealing with the old knight in the courtyard of the mansion, dozens of soldiers had already rummaged through the originally small manor. The soldiers did not suffer the hatred caused by the manor's resistance, so they did not deliberately destroy and vent their anger when searching.
There were no other abnormalities in the entire manor except for people coming in and out of the house. There was not even an arsonist.
Rigg put on the armor neatly with the help of the soldiers, and then threw his iron armor to the squadron leader next to him. As the flag captain, Rigg was qualified to wear fine plate and chain armor, but the legion's fine armor was insufficient, and he had just been promoted, so he kept wearing the iron armor.
The soldiers moved very quickly, or it could be said that the Swabians in the manor were extremely cooperative. In less than an hour, the soldiers had piled everything in the manor that was suitable for them to plunder into the open space outside the manor house.
A Chinese military officer holding birch bark and charcoal sticks in his hand walked towards the commander who was looking at and rubbing his armor. "Sir, Sir, the list of seizures here is as follows - gold cakes and silver coins of 73,260 pfennigs, valuables valued at 3 In case of one thousand pfennigs, four sets of weapons, one set of armor, one carriage, three ox-carts, one riding horse, three draft horses, six oxen, mules and horses, as well as a flock of sheep and eight pigs, for food we took three thousand pounds of finely ground wheat..."
Rigg tugged at the hem of his mail skirt and waved his hand, "Just record it carefully and report the victory to the Chinese army truthfully when you go back."
“Now it’s time to forcefully requisition the second thing. Let everyone who is locked up in the house come out and pick out the craftsmen, doctors, or scholars, as well as their family members. Check to see if there are any of us Burgundians. If there are any, pick them out and take them back.” Rigg was very satisfied. It was a good deal to gain so much without losing anything.
After robbing things and then robbing people, today's forced conquest mission will be completed. He estimates that he will definitely be praised by the Chinese army for successfully completing the village burning mission.
However, Rigg did not expect to receive any resistance after robbing the things. However, when robbing people, he aroused strong resistance from the old knight.
The old knight's weapons and armor have been stripped off. He picked up a firewood stick in the courtyard and blocked the door of the room where the citizens were detained, preventing the soldiers from approaching. He also kept yelling at the approaching soldiers, which was obviously not a gentleman's vocabulary.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden scene, wondering why this old guy suddenly went crazy?
Rigg pushed away the soldiers facing each other with spears and swords, and came to the old knight, "Hey! I said you old guy, why are you so crazy?"
The old knight pointed the firewood stick in his hand at Rigg, looking like he was going to fight for his life, and even cursed at Rigg.
"Is this old guy scolding me? Huh?" Rigg grabbed the Swabian civilian interpreter.
"The old Sir said that you are a bastard without faith and honor. You promised not to kill anyone "
"When did I promise not to kill anyone? Besides, I was just robbing people, not intending to kill them. You guys, hold me down, old guy."
Several soldiers immediately rushed forward and knocked the old knight to the ground.
The people in the manor in the room saw their lord being pushed to the ground by the enemy. Several bold young men rushed out and tried to fight against Rigg's soldiers.
Rige originally didn't intend to kill anyone, but he didn't expect that they made the sheep angry after they suppressed the old man.
The best way to deal with an angry sheep is to beat it to death with a stick. Rigg pulled out his broadsword and raised his sword to kill a man who rushed over.
The Swabian interpreter quickly explained something loudly to the old knight and the Swabians in the room. He probably told them that the Burgundian soldiers did not intend to kill anyone.
After hearing this, the old knight who was pinned to the ground quickly turned his head and shouted loudly to the people in the room. No one in the room rushed out again.
Seeing that the situation was under control, Rigg withdrew his sword, "I was in a good mood and didn't plan to kill anyone, but you have to force me to be a bad guy. You Swabians are really nothing!" Come and I will chop off their lord’s head with one sword!”
The Swabian interpreter immediately ran to the door of the room to convey Rigg’s order to stop the killing...
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"You two really won't come back to Burgundy with us?" Rigg asked the two selected Burgundy serfs.
The faces of the two Burgundian serfs were actually a little rosy. If they hadn't mentioned it themselves, most people would not have been able to tell that they were serfs from the lord's family. "Sir, we have been living here for seven or eight years. Mr. Logan has been very good to us and gave us land for farming. Now the border is raided every year. War, we can't cultivate the land without any worries when we go back. We might as well stay here as serfs for Mr. Logan, and at least we can have enough to eat."
"You are the bastards! Don't insist on staying as slaves when you have the chance to go home and become free people!" Rigg was a little annoyed.
"Master, we are originally untouchables. As long as we can survive, what is the difference between serfs and free people?"
"You! Me!" Rigg was angry.
"Go, go, go!" Rigg waved away the two Burgundians who were kneeling on the ground.
As soon as the two Burgundians left, a black-robed soldier on horseback rushed into the manor. He ran to Rigg and said hurriedly: "Sir Rigg, a squadron of the Third Flag was resisted in a nearby village. The Swabians have killed three of our brothers. The squadron leader asked me to ask you for help!"
Rigg's head was buzzing, and he actually dared to resist!
"Commander, gather the soldiers immediately and follow me to kill all the Swabian untouchables!"
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Rigg caught a glimpse of the old knight sitting in the corner of the courtyard, looking very bleak.
Rigg hesitated for a moment, took off the knight's long sword hanging from his waist, weighed it, and took out the sword from its sheath. The blade had been sharpened countless times and had some dents.
Walking to the old knight, Rigg threw the knight's sword and the scabbard to the old knight, "I don't want any junk, give it to me, take it back!"
After saying that, Rigg turned and left...