Law of the Devil Chapter 573: [Other courtyard]
Chapter 573 [Beijing]
This is a small, remote place dozens of kilometers away from the empire. A small town, there are only about hundreds of people and more than a thousand people.
The name of this town is: Yuema Town. And beside the town, there is a strangely shaped hillside, a narrow valley in the middle, which cuts the original hillside into two halves. This hillside has a name that once made Du Wei vomit blood: Brokeback Mountain.
This is a very remote place. If you look at it from the official map of the empire, you must find it carefully and carefully. It does not produce any precious minerals, and its geographical location is far from the commercial road.
The only road outside the town, as long as you walk along this road for about an hour, you can come to the official road to the imperial capital, and if you run on horseback, you may reach the imperial capital in one day.
If you walk ... I'm afraid it will take more than two days.
Even in history, there didn't seem to be any big names. Naturally, such a town is rarely known. The status of Yuema Town is like the humble point on the map ...
Of course, no one knows that this obscure town is the hometown of Roland Gandov, the greatest magician in the two hundred years of Roland.
The folk customs of the town are very simple, and even many people have lived together as neighbors for generations. There is only one tavern in the town, two tailor shops, and two grocery stores.
Such a humble place does n’t even have its own place of worship. Believers in the town often even drive a carriage together and go for a few hours to pray at the nearest place of worship in the Imperial City. .
Residents in the town. Most of them are farmers, but every year on the farmland, there will be some young villagers who are very prosperous, and will go to the capital, or a bustling Acropolis around the capital, to find a short-term job in a horse and carriage company to earn some extra money To subsidize households.
Suffice it to say, if it wasn't for Du Wei's accidental intervention. This town is a humble backcountry.
But about half a year ago, a noble man in a Chinese suit, said to be from the imperial capital, came here in a beautiful carriage. The old man visited the mayor politely and talked with the mayor for an entire afternoon.
Finally, the mayor convened a meeting of all residents in the town, and announced an exciting thing in public:
The prince's most powerful and powerful man, Lord Duke Tulip, decided to "invest" in this remote town, although most villagers did not know what "investment" meant. Not even the mayor. But it doesn't matter, because the noble master from the imperial capital, who claims to be a subordinate of the Duke of Tulips, is called Mr. Zach.
He announced that he would represent the Tulip family. Pay for the entire Brokeback Mountain! The official land sales procedures of the Empire have been completed.
As for the purchase of the entire broken-back mountain money, a portion of it will be taken out and divided equally among all the residents of Yuema Town. Each person can get two silver coins.
The matter was immediately warmly welcomed by all residents.
I don't know though. The Brokeback Mountain behind the town, what attracted the Duke of Tulips to see his place in the land is a hillside without any minerals. Except for the woods on the mountain, this mountain has only stones and the others have no value. Something out.
And Zach announced on behalf of the Tulip Family that after purchasing the entire Brokeback Mountain, from this moment, Brokeback Mountain is the private territory of the Tulip Family. No one is allowed to walk into Brokeback Mountain at will!
Every grass and tree on the mountain, even an inch of land, is the sacred and inviolable property of the Tulip family.
Okay ... everyone has no disagreement, because this command has little effect on everyone: except for some widowers who live by cutting firewood into the mountains. But there are other woods around, and it's a big detour in the future. There is only one hunter in this town. In the future, they will not be able to go hunting in the mountains. This is not a problem, because the mountain is not large, and only small things such as hares or pheasants can be found in the mountains. Stop talking about wolves. Not even a fox!
In addition, Lord Duke Tulip is very kind. He also opened a workshop in this town, and bought the grain of farmers in the town to make wine. This workshop also recruited many people from the town and provided them with jobs.
This place is indeed a good thing. For a long time, the residents of Yuema Town have been very rich, and everyone has praised the kindness and kindness of Lord Tulip.
In the next few months, soon there were three hundred heavily armed cavalry in the town!
These villagers, most of whom have never seen the world before, are shocked to see those enthusiastic and enthusiastically riding horses and wearing bright armors. These cavalrymen soon reached the back of the broken mountain.
Later, it took almost less than a month and a new land manor appeared in Houshan.
The manor is built on the mountain, the location is very good, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the area behind the mountain is very large, and the horse is no problem. If you want to go in, you must pass through the valley in the middle of Brokeback Mountain.
During that time, strangers often appeared in the town. Those were from the Tulip family. There have been more than 500 private troops of the Tulip family here.
Foreign news, it is said that the Lord Duke Tulip saw the scenery here. He built a separate house after Brokeback Mountain, which was used to come to vacation in the future.
Well, most villagers can't guess the minds of such a tall man like Duke Tulip. Anyway, I got enough benefits in my pocket. Who cares so much about others?
Moreover, with so many foreign people coming in, those of the tulip family live in Houshan. They always have to eat and drink. On weekdays, they bring a lot of consumption to the town. Let the town become increasingly prosperous.
It just seems that the rules of the Tulip family are a little bigger.
Since then, on the Brokeback Mountain behind the town, warriors of the Tulip Family have been patrolling back and forth, and no one is allowed to approach the hillside again.
A coward in the town once tried to approach, but was politely driven away for the first time, and the second time, the covetous man tried to sneak into the mountains to cut firewood because he would have to go elsewhere to cut firewood. Some way. As a result, the tulip soldiers of the mountain patrol tied them up politely and threw them into the town.
No one in the town sympathizes with the coward. Because he also sold two silver coins when selling the mountain! Now that you have the money, of course, you can't just run on to other people's territory.
At this point, most people in the town are still simple.
The tulip family's courtyard in Houshan is surrounded by a high fence and built on the mountain. In addition to soldiers patrolling the mountains, there are cavalry patrol teams around the clock. Looking at this level of defense seems to be a big deal. Because, Lord Duke Tulip has never been here on vacation.
It doesn't seem necessary to guard such an empty courtyard. So the people in the village often also secretly guessed whether the Lord Duke raised any mistress here ... Isn't this kind of thing very common among the nobles?
In the other courtyard, the tall courtyard wall is a flat pasture. The simple wooden buildings in the middle were repaired in a short period of time, and every day, in the wooden sheds, there was a sound like the howling of a cub.
To cover up this voice. Outside the manor, Zach built a row of stables to keep horses.
In the evening of this day, the manor finally welcomes its true owner.
Du Wei didn't have a big fanfare, but took a very simple carriage and brought a small team of guards to this manor.
When the carriage drove into the manor, Dewey was very satisfied with the vigilance of the defensive surrounding area.
When entering the valley. Dark whistle has been arranged on both sides of the hillside. If it is an enemy's hard drive, then the dark whistle on the side of the hillside will launch a strong crossbow! Dozens of strong crossbows arranged on both sides can blast a carriage into pieces in a short time! And there are guardian archers, even if hundreds of people try to break in, they will definitely be set up as hedgehogs!
And below. There are also a hundred tulip family goblin cavalry inspecting. These cavalry were mobilized by Dewey from the northwest, and they were all really elite in the Tulip family. Both his birth and family background have undergone strict investigations, and he is also absolutely loyal to the tulip family.
Even, even these guarding teams can only be stationed on the periphery of this manor, and are not allowed to enter it!
So, what secrets are in this manor, even these soldiers don't know.
When the carriage entered the manor, and finally stopped next to a small stone-built building, Little Zach stepped off the horse for the first time, came to the carriage, and opened the carriage door himself.
Later, Dewey's guard elder smoked, detained Dewey from the carriage and put it in the prepared wheelchair.
Du Wei ’s body was covered with a thick layer of leather robe and a mink scarf covering his face for a little while. He was sitting in a wheelchair with a thick layer on his legs. Thick blanket.
It looks like he fits a "sickly ridden" person.
Only he knows how ridiculous this dress is.
It is true that he is seriously ill, but his body is not so weak at all. On the contrary, I am afraid that his physical condition has never been so good! No muscle in his body was full of elasticity and strength. Even in winter, he wouldn't feel a bit cold even if he was only wearing a close-fitting coat. His complexion was ruddy. If the whole person looked purely from the surface, he would be extremely healthy!
But he had to be wrapped in a blanket, pretending to be seriously ill.
Because he was "paralyzed."
In order not to cause more verbal troubles, it is difficult for you to explain to others why you are obviously ruddy and shiny, but you cannot move your body. Obviously the muscles are full of vitality and elasticity, but they can't even raise their arms.
In the royal palace, Prince Chen has called him twice recently, and he was avoided by Du Wei under the pretext of serious illness. So he had to "pretend to be sick", even if he was really sick, but he had to make " "I'm sick."
So Du Wei had to dye her cheeks in wax yellow when she saw her on weekdays.
Lao Yan pushed the wheelchair and entered the small building.
Du Wei then met Hussein in this small building.
Hussein watched Dewey's slumped in a wheelchair, his brows tightened tightly.
"Don't look at me like this, this is temporary. It won't be long before I'll be alive in front of you." Du Wei gave a haha.
Hussein is wearing a white cotton robe. When Du Wei came in, he was gently wiping the blade with a sharpening stone in his hand.
Lao Yan walked out of the room smartly and closed the door with his backhand.
"How's it going?" Du Wei sighed. "You have lived here for several months. Are you still used to it?"
"Okay." Hussein never had the habit of bullshit, and he went directly to the subject: "Since last month, someone has spied on us from the outside. The patrolling soldiers have had two frictions with those guys, Drive them away, we have no casualties. But judging from the soldiers' report, I think it is likely that the church members did it.