Chapter 160 159. Body
Knight Trollope returned the maroon ancient Bolai horse to He Boqiang. When he led the horse into the city, he had to line up honestly.
There are still many people waiting at the gate of the city to enter the city, and some small businesses have emerged at the gate of the city. There are always some small vendors walking around the crowd with baskets of delicious snacks and fruits. In such hot weather, Sugarcane water with ice is the best seller, as well as crunchy melons, which can be bought for only three or five copper coins.
He Boqiang not only bought two melons for himself, but also bought a bag of grass fodder for Gu Bolaima. This kind of grass mixed with bean dregs is Gubolaima's favorite food.
The crowd was full of the smell of food, sweat, cheap perfume, and horse manure. The sun was baking on the top of the head, and He Boqiang stood in the shadow left by Gu Bolai's horse, but he didn't feel very cool. .
Fortunately, I finally waited for myself. The city gate guards had been replaced long ago. After paying the entry tax of 30 copper coins, I asked the guards about the location of the court. The gate guards looked contemptuous, However, he still told He Boqiang the general direction of the court.
He Boqiang led his horse into the city of Handanal, and asked all the way along the bustling streets before he finally found the court.
This alley is far more deserted than those main streets. The entire court is a "back"-shaped building. There are two armored guards with spears standing in the round arched doorway at the gate. It looks quite so. The thing is, the whole building is made of stone strips, every window is very small, it looks more like a direction fortress.
He Boqiang led the horse to the door of the court. When it stopped, the guard in the door came out and shouted at He Boqiang: "Go away, go away, do you know where this is?"
Seeing the guard coming out of the doorway, He Boqiang let go of the reins of Gu Bolai's horse, walked towards the guard, and said to the guard with a fierce face: "I am the knight beside Earl Mond Goss. , I want to see Earl Mond Goss."
While speaking, he took out a handful of silver coins from his pocket and stuffed them into the guard's palm.
The guard's expression softened immediately, and he glanced back at his companion. Another guard came over with a spear in the doorway, and then the guard said, "It's not visiting time, but our brother has a way to take you in." , Waiting to see Earl Mond Goss, we can't delay too long, after all, we still have to be on duty at the gate, if you have anything to do, it's best to make a long story short..."
The guard divided the silver coins in his hand into two parts, and gave one part to his companion, asking him to watch over He Boqiang's horse at the door, while he led He Boqiang into the courtroom and walked through the round arched stone gate. Walking into the atrium garden of the court, there are some tall trees planted in the courtyard, and the arched corridor made of gray stones circles around the court, and there are stairs going up in four directions.
The guard was very familiar with this place. He walked quickly, passed through the dimly lit arched corridor, walked up the stairs, and came to the second floor of the building.
The guard said to He Boqiang while walking:
"Earl Mond Goss was sent in yesterday, why did you come here?"
He Boqiang was very speechless about this. He came to Handanal City only last night. At that time, he didn't even know that Mond Goss lived here temporarily.
The guard said to He Boqiang indifferently:
"In the past two days, we have had a lot of generals from the Duomoyunling Expeditionary Corps, but it seems that you are the only one who came to visit the team."
"..."
He Boqiang just agreed lightly, then heard the guard say again:
"I heard that you lost the battle at Moyunling, and the barracks were taken over by evil spirits?"
If this guard was not needed to lead the way, He Boqiang would have punched his mouth to pieces.
Looking around, the whole building is completely made of gray strip rocks, and the walls appear extremely thick.
Although this cannot be regarded as a prison, it is not much better than a prison.
The rooms on the second floor seem a bit dense. These rooms are not surrounded by iron railings, and each room maintains a certain degree of privacy.
Although the high-level expeditionary forces were imprisoned here, Duke Newman still gave them some basic rights.
This is the place where the war criminals of the Grimm Empire are detained. The Moyunling Expeditionary Army lost the battle.
It was very quiet in the courtroom, the only sound of footsteps and the chatter of the guards was the only sound of the two people walking all the way.
Walking in front of the wooden door between the third and fourth stone pillars on the south side, the guard stopped and pointed inside, indicating that this is the room of Mond Goss, but the door was not locked. He Boqiang Standing at the door, he tidied up his collar and cuffs, exposed the nameplate on his chest, raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door several times, and said, "The sixth squadron of the fourth battalion of the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment Captain Suldak, please see the Earl."
No one answered, and there was no sound. He Boqiang looked back at the guard, but the guard beckoned him to go in with encouraging eyes.
Pushed open the wooden door, the light inside was dim, and He Boqiang walked in.
I saw Mond Goss lying on a wooden bed wearing a linen robe, and a set of magic patterns flowing with magic glow was hung on the wooden shelf next to him. But her eyes were absent-minded, her temples were gray, her cheeks were deeply sunken, and she was so thin that she lost her shape.
Seeing Captain Mond Goss in front of him, he couldn't be combined with the constructed knight who was riding on a horse and holding a storm sword two weeks ago. At that time, he was still so high-spirited, With such high spirits, it seemed that he was full of confidence in the battle of Moyunling.
Now he is completely an old man in his twilight years, a dying person lying on the sickbed with no one to take care of him.
Standing in front of the bed, He Boqiang saw the empty water glass on the table. He reached out to pour some water out of the water bottle, but found that the bottle that was supposed to be full of clear water was filled with corpses of a few dead bugs, and the mouth of the bottle was full. It looked like the water bottle hadn't been used for at least half a year. He Boqiang looked at Mond Goss's dry lips, sighed silently, turned around and walked out with the water bottle.
The guard was waiting at the door, seeing He Boqiang coming out so soon, he said excitedly: "It's over so soon, then let's go!"
He Boqiang didn't move or speak, just handed him the glass water bottle, the guard was a little dumbfounded.
"You want me to fetch a bottle of water?"
He Boqiang nodded.
"Why don't you..."
The guard just widened his eyes and wanted to curse.
Seeing that He Boqiang was holding a glass water bottle with a gleaming silver coin in his hand, the guard's face brightened suddenly, he took the water bottle in He Boqiang's hand with a smile, and said to him: "Okay! You may not know where our kitchen is, I'll make you a pot of lemon tea..."
He Boqiang turned around and walked back to the room. Seeing Earl Mond Goss' eyes on the bed, he found a chair beside him and sat down.
"Lord Earl, the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment was completely wiped out, the Battle of Moyunling failed, and all the soldiers of the 2nd Squadron of the 6th Squadron were killed. I brought back all the nameplates of these people from the battlefield , They are not deserters, they are warriors who died on the battlefield, they are eligible to receive the pension that members of the legion who died in battle can claim, I would like you to sign this list, for every warrior of the second team! "
He Boqiang held a string of nameplates in his hand, and whispered to Earl Mond Goss lying on the bed.
But Mond Goss, who was lying on the bed, did not respond at all. At this time, the guard at the gate brought in a bottle of fragrant lemon tea. He Boqiang took it, poured a cup for Earl Mond Goss, and sent to his mouth and feed him a glass of water.
It's a pity that almost half a cup of tea flowed out from the corner of his mouth, but Earl Mond Goss didn't respond at all.
"What's wrong with him?" Seeing Earl Mond Goss like this, He Boqiang suddenly felt a little cold, and asked the guard.
The guard also spread his hands with a wry smile on his face, and said, "Who knows! He has been so stupid since he was brought here yesterday, and we are trying to find a way to inform his subordinates... Oh, yes! It's you."
The guard said happily, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to find it before you started looking."
"I'm a little worried that if he keeps lying down like this and won't eat or drink, he will easily die of starvation here. The guard force of our trial office has been pulled to the battlefield for the time being. Except for one cook, there are only four people here. If you want to come to take care of him every day, you can ask me to bring you in. If you come twice a day in the morning and evening, you can get free at night..."
"Hey, hey... Knight Suldak, where are you going?"
"Please wait..."
Seeing He Boqiang turned around and walked out without hesitation, the guard immediately chased after him and asked loudly.
In a blink of an eye, there was only Mond Goss lying on the bed with blank eyes, looking like an empty shell...
(end of this chapter)