People always subconsciously forget a lot of things when they are in a dream. This kind of situation still exists even in the so-called "lucid dream". It took Lothar a while to remember who she was and where the scene was. And when he came back to his senses, the young blood axe Lord had brought him to the school yard under the castle. The black clothes of the prisoners were particularly conspicuous in the snow, but perhaps because they were just training, they didn''t wear the iconic chain robe armor.
"Today, the son of my dearest friend! Rosa Heishan, the next Earl of Heishan in the Kingdom, is visiting my castle! Do you know what to do? " Harold III, who put the young Lothar on his shoulder, announced in a loud voice to the family members on the school field. His voice received a uniform response.
"Party! A bloody axe party
"Yes, you crows in black! Pull out the toughest cow in the cowshed and let the bear hunter see us. How do you treat our guests? "
At the request of the patriarch, all the members of the Blood Axe family bowed down and scattered to prepare for the dinner party. Hearing the words of pulling the cow out, Lothar suddenly felt uncomfortable, but because he was in a dream, he could not tell where the feeling came from.
In the twinkling of an eye, the fire has lit up the hall of the castle. Naturally, the castle of the Blood Axe family can not match the scale of the royal family and the iron melting City, but the banquet hall can also accommodate all the family members. Only in such a family dinner, the silent executioners would put down their cold masks and exchange cups with relatives and friends like ordinary people. Little Rosa can''t help but be affected by the happy atmosphere on the table, forgetting the worries in her heart.
The banquet gradually reached its climax. The Grand Duke of the Blood Axe stood up and knocked the wine glass in his hand. The clear reverberation quieted the family members who heard it, and they knew that the highlight of the evening was coming. "Go and bring the cattle in." He ordered.
The long table was moved away by the waiter, leaving nearly half the space for the next thing to happen. A restless bull was dragged into the banquet hall by three blood axes. That pair of black cow''s eyes are full of uneasiness, as if foreboding their own destiny. It wants to break away from the human who is pulling it, but its hooves are already bound with chains that restrict its movement.
"Lock it up." Harold raised his chin. More executioners approached the bull, helping their people link their chains to the rings on the floor of the banquet hall, forcing the strong animal to lie on the ground. Obviously, this kind of ceremony is familiar to them.
Little Lothar''s vision wandered back and forth between the bull and Harold III, wondering what would happen next. The reader of this memory, the count of Heishan, who has experienced all this, has recovered his uneasiness. He tries his best to control the body and prevent the next thing from happening, but all this has happened for a long time, and he can''t change anything.
"Come on, boy. Let''s have a look at the hospitality of our blood axe family." Said the big Duke of the Blood Axe and led Lothar to the bull. Little Lothar''s eyes swept around the Blood Axe family members, male and female, old and young, but no matter which face is excited expression. For a moment, the count of Heishan seemed to see his parents in the crowd.
Bull, close at hand. In normal times, the strong animal would have killed an adult with just one impact. The iron chain that can be bound on the body perfectly limits its body, so that it can only kneel in front of human like a weak sheep. Lothar looked at the bull''s eyes, which reflected the figure of him and the bloody axe, and the red light behind them. "Bring it!"
As soon as Harold III reached out his hand, two prisoners in the nearby crowd respectfully handed over a long handled Warhammer to the patriarch''s hand. The handle of this hammer is very long, but the hammer head is small. Obviously, it is not made for actual combat. "For a long time, our blood axes have been called crows in black robes. Almost all the nobles in the kingdom are afraid of us and alienate us. " Dagong put the hammer on the ground and said to the people around him, "what they did is right!"
"We are the blood axe, the executioner of the Kingdom''s law, the spokesman of the king''s will. We represent the justice of Cang lion! Those who are dark and unjust should stay away from us, or their sins will be paid back in the most direct way. "
Cheers, resounding through the hall. Every member of the Blood Axe family was excited by the words of their patriarch. They called out the name of blood axe, Harold, grey lion and justice. Waiting for the cheer to last about 10 seconds, the bloody axe Duke raised his arm and clenched his fist, so the whole banquet hall was instantly quiet. "But, as executioners, we are not bloodthirsty. We are different from those bad guys, we will not torture the guilty, we will only let them accept the most clean trial! This is our glory and our creed. Execution is a science. It needs strength, speed and skill. We use it to prove our loyalty to your majesty and to show the justice of the kingdom to the people. So Rosa Heishan, would you like to be a friend of the Blood Axe family and finish the execution with me? "
"I will." Said the child''s voice, the little hands, which could not hold the quill pen, grasped the handle of the hammer with the help of an adult behind him."Remember this experience, Lothar. It can make you a real warrior." Said Harold III, lifting the hammer on the ground with Lothar. A large and a small two hands holding the blunt instrument in the air to the highest, and then crashed down, mercilessly, mercilessly hit the bull''s skull!
No! This is not right! I never wanted to be an executioner, I never wanted to take other people''s lives, never
The picture is shattered, as if the hammer did not hit the bull, but hit an invisible glass. After a brief absence of consciousness, Lothar''s interior scene reappeared before his eyes. Only this time, it was replaced by a familiar place, the castle Hall of the Heishan family.
The sunlight is blocked by the thick curtain, which makes it as cold as an ice cellar. Two coffins were quietly placed in the middle of the hall, full of flowers. They came from all over the grey lion, from every nobleman who paid tribute to the death of the count and his wife. Little Lothar slowly approached the two coffins. He walked very slowly. Every step seemed to take all his strength.
"And the murderer?" Harold III''s voice sounded from outside the hall, full of anger.
"I killed myself by taking poison..."
"Suicide? Is there a messenger behind it? Check it for me! Turn over the whole black mountain, no, the whole kingdom
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It''s so noisy. The sound outside the hall is far away from Rosa''s ears. The voice seems to be coming from the bottom of the water. It''s noisy. Mother doesn''t like noise. Every time my father''s soldiers were shouting loudly, my mother would frown secretly. No one else noticed the details, not even my father, but I did. So I know, mother doesn''t like noise.
The man in the coffin was covered with white cloth, and now, except for his face, the rest of the coffin is filled with flowers, precious stones and gold coins. Little Lothar held out her hand and, trembling, uncovered the cloth to reveal her parents'' faces. The faces of the dead are always peaceful. Even if they are not at the time of their death, the morticians who deal with the corpses will smooth those ferocious expressions and paint them carefully to make them live.
Vision, blurred up, Rosa''s ear came after a long time to hear the words.
"Do you know how the last count of black hills and his wife died?"
"Yes, the count was stabbed in the heart by an assassin in the back, and the countess was hit in the back of the head with a lampstand, and it is said that her skull was broken at once."
The broken bull''s head and mother''s back quickly switch in front of Lothar''s eyes, and finally overlap.
Ah, ah, ah!!!
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