Volume Two: The Iron-Blooded Baron Chapter 261 Advent (9)
Hearing the crowd's booing, Jennifer's face turned even redder, and she lowered her head shyly, while Bess pretended to be angry and yelled at everyone. This way, instead of scaring everyone, it actually pissed them off.
There was a burst of laughter.
After everyone was quarreling for a while, Bellion said to Beth and Jennifer: "Brother Beth, sister-in-law Jennifer, just go ahead and let's go. By the way, sister-in-law Jennifer, tonight, you don't have to worry about our dinner. Please stay with us."
Stay with Brother Bess."
After saying that, Balian winked at Bess. The bad look that gave Bess a crazy hint made Jennifer turn away directly and no longer wanted to deal with these bad guys.
Bess gave Balian a roll of his eyes, then turned around and left with Jennifer in his arms.
With this episode, the already cheerful atmosphere became even more cheerful. Although Huck had mixed feelings in his heart, he knew that his mother's happiness was more important. His mother had sacrificed too much for him, and now he finally had the ability to support himself.
, able to protect her.
In this case, the mother went to start a family with her childhood sweetheart. This man was a brave and upright knight, and had a high status in Nolandenburg. He also loved his mother very much, and he had no reason to stop them.
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When people are fettered by responsibilities, how can they pursue feelings without hesitation? But now, the responsibilities on them are light, and they have to take responsibility for themselves.
Along the way, Balian told Huck a lot. The core point is that people are not free and cannot be free. As long as you exist in social relationships, you must be responsible for the people around you, and you can also be responsible.
, but the consequences of irresponsibility are terrible, harmful to others and ourselves.
For most ordinary people, when doing things, their responsibility to others comes first.
After returning to Nolandenburg, it was almost dusk. There was a person waiting for Balian in his study all afternoon. When the guard saw Balian returning, he hurried over to inform him.
Balian took off his gloves and boots that were wet outside, and said to Mark with a smile: "Hey, Dunhill is here, why didn't you tell me? He didn't come yesterday either."
"Hahaha, sir, it's not that I didn't tell you. It was Father Dunhill who repeatedly asked me to keep the secret before he saw you alone. For the sake of his friends, of course I will do it." Mark smiled.
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Hearing this, Balian smiled and shook his head, "You two, it's really... Okay, I'll talk to him later, and we'll talk about the people Ganji brought here during dinner."
After finishing speaking, Bellion seemed to have remembered something, and he told Mark: "By the way, Jennifer is not here tonight, so there is no need for the kitchen to prepare many things for the dinner. The wild boar that was not roasted yesterday was cleaned up and roasted.
, we are getting some fresh fish to make fresh fish and tofu soup, and let them taste the specialties of our Nolandenburg!
As for the other things, you can just make some simple ones. However, as for wine, you must use good wine. These people are accustomed to being rich. Although they are in trouble now, they probably still can’t get used to ordinary wine."
After Mark listened, he nodded and said, "Master, I have written it all down. Don't worry, just leave this matter to me. You can go and talk to Father Dunhill in peace of mind. Can we have a meeting at Nolandenburg?"
As for your own priest, it’s up to you whether you still need to spend money to hire a priest for weekly worship.”
Balian smiled and hit him on the shoulder, "Okay, my Chief Mark, I will definitely handle this matter to your satisfaction."
As soon as the door of the study room opened, Dunhill, who was sitting there in a daze, immediately stood up. When he saw Balian, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, Baron Balian. In one year, you have gone from a trainee knight to a senior knight."
A baron with outstanding military exploits is rare in the entire continent of Verin."
"No matter what your status is, I will always be your friend, my Father Dunhill." Balian said, and went over to give him a hug.
These words and actions made Father Dunhill, who was a little uneasy, feel much more relaxed. After the hug, he looked at Huck and Bran, and then at Balian, who had always had a keen eye.
How could Leon not understand what he meant?
"Huck, Bran, you go out first and help in the kitchen. We will probably have to prepare a lot for tonight's dinner." Balian ordered them.
After the two attendants left, Balian and Dunhill sat at the small round table, facing each other. Balian poured him a glass of water with his own hands, which made Dunhill feel flattered.
"This time, before the city of Amundine was attacked by the Toba pirates, I was worried. I was afraid that the city of Amundine would be breached. But I was just worried. At that time, I was not sure that the pirates could break through the tall city wall and thousands of people.
The popular city of Amondin.
That's why I only asked my aunt, cousin, cousin and Gamgee to come to Nolandenburg without informing anyone else. If I had known about it, I would have sent someone to inform the bishop so that everyone could be prepared."
Rather than letting others have doubts, it is better to speak directly and untie the knot in the other person's mind.
After hearing this, Duncil sighed and said, "Hey, Lord Balian, what happened in the past is in the past, and there is nothing more to say. The only blame is that the God of Fire did not bless us."
Father Dunhill, as the chaplain of Aemond and Sir Pippin's coalition army during the war, was captured by the Toba pirates.
In the eyes of the Toba pirates, all pagans who believe in paganism deserve to die, but the spokespersons of paganism are not a matter of death, but should be tortured to death.
Therefore, Dunhill suffered a lot after being captured by the pirates, but torture was torture. Although the pirates spared his life, they planned to take Dunhill and the other priests back to Toba.
Island, when the time comes, they will use their blood to offer the top clergy living sacrifices to the god of the ocean they believe in.
However, since the living sacrifices did not require so many people, the Toba pirates' accompanying priests used various means to force several priests, including Dunhill, to agree to change their beliefs and switch to believing in the God of the Sea. This way they could survive.
It would be fine if this was just the request, but the sacrificial priest who accompanied the army actually asked them to abandon their own beliefs and spurn the God of Fire, in order to prevent them from pretending to believe in the God of the Ocean in order to survive, but in their hearts they were not.
A strong priest refused to accept it. He was so strong that he hit his head against the wall and killed himself. He could not abandon his faith. However, most priests did not have such determination. However, although they did not have the courage to commit suicide, they were unwilling to abandon their faith.
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The priest who accompanied the army saw that these priests were stubborn, so he used harsh measures on them. In addition to torture day and night, he also used the unique interrogation method on Toba Island, which was very effective in dealing with male mortals.
This kind of torture does not involve beating you, nor starving you, nor depriving you of sleep, nor will it leave scars on your body, but the torture and pain it causes are huge. Balian remembers his previous life
Historically, the famous pearl of power in the Qing Dynasty refused to admit his guilt under other tortures, but under this punishment, he immediately admitted it.