Chapter 5 Chapter Four

Gray had forgotten whether he was from the sixteenth century or not. "Tell me about it," she said almost unconsciously. He stopped pacing, stared at the stone tomb, and sat down beside her after a few minutes. "I have some lands in Wales," he said slowly. "I was told my property was under attack and I raised an army. But in my haste I forgot to ask the Queen for permission to set up The army. She..." Nikai looked into the distance, his eyes were cold and full of anger, "She listened to the slander and mistakenly believed that I organized the army to help the young Queen of Scots."

"Mary Queen of Scots?" Gray said in a questioning tone. He nodded. "The process of my trial was very short, and I was sentenced to beheaded immediately. You summoned me here, and there are only three days left before I will be sent to the execution platform." "You're lucky in that way!" Gray said. "Cutting off heads...is disgusting. We don't have that in our day." "Oh! Then how did you punish the nobles who committed crimes?" Before Gray could answer, he continued, "Listen to me first. My mother is quite powerful and has many important friends. She has been working hard Trying to wash away my grievances; if I don't go back, she will be implicated, and even become a poor person because her family property is confiscated."

"The queen will take everything?" "good!" "Did you know? Who on earth told the queen that you intended to help Mary take her throne?" "No idea at all," he said despondently, burying his head between his hands. Gray's grandfather, Hank Meng, was a labor union organizer and leader in his youth before returning home to take over the Warbrook Transit Company.Although he is old now, he hates any form of injustice. Even if he sacrifices his own life, he vows to pursue justice in the world. Perhaps it is inherited from his inheritance. Gray also has this kind of character of fighting against injustice since he was a child.

"My father is a professor of medieval history," Gray said. "I have done some research work for him. Maybe you and I are destined to meet so that I can help you a little bit in this regard." Besides, how many women, after being abandoned, would still consider being a man wearing lantern shorts and holding a sharp sword?" Nikai was a little puzzled at first, but then stood up angrily. "Are you laughing at my attire? This thing." He pointed to the zipper of his trousers and said, "It hurts so much!" Gray couldn't help laughing. "If you put your underwear on first, maybe the zipper won't hurt you."

"Pants? What's that?" "Elastic, remember?" "Oh! That's right!" he said, laughing too. Gray suddenly stopped and pondered for a long time, wondering whether he wanted to continue the four and a half weeks of traveling with Robb and Grey, or to help this man explore his own past. "Huh!" She heard her own voice say? "I would like to help you." Nikai sat down again, squeezed her hand and raised it to his lips to kiss her passionately. "You are such a good-hearted girl. Who would have thought why God would connect me with a commoner girl?"

"You—" Gray almost blurted out that her uncle is the king of Southern Conia, but she didn't say it after all, "Should I call you the Earl?" She said in a sour tone. He frowned thoughtfully. "I've thought about this question, but I really don't understand everything in this era, I often..." He looked away. "Make a fool of yourself." "Although I am a modern person, I often make fools of myself!" "But, you are a woman!" "We have to make it clear that women in this era are no longer slaves, let alone playthings for men."

Nika turned slowly to look at her. "You modern people think that women in our time are just playthings?" "That's right! Women in that era had to obey men's advice in everything, and stayed in the depths of the castle all their lives. They couldn't receive education, and they were just constantly called tools for not passing on the family line." Nicky laughed. "I must tell my mother that she married three husbands, but they all died. King Henry said that these three men took death as a pleasure, because they were not as good as my mother. Can't get an education? My mother is proficient in four languages ​​and has a lot of research in psychology."

"Your mother is an exception. I believe that in that era, women were deliberately demeaned and bullied." He gave her a meaningful look, "Could it be that modern men are all gentlemen and gentlemen? They never abandon their female companions and leave them alone and helpless?" She blushed and turned her head away. "Okay! You're right." She looked at him again. "Come on, we need to find a store to buy some toiletries." She sighed. "Like toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss..." She suddenly stopped and looked at him, "Let me see your teeth."

"Miss!" "I want to see your teeth." Modern people usually have the experience of filling teeth; if he was a person in the sixteenth century, dentists of that era could not understand this technique. After a little hesitation, Nika finally opened his mouth obediently.Gray looked and found that he had three molars missing, and one other tooth that had been decayed, and that neither row of teeth showed any signs of modern dentistry. "I have to take you to the dentist," she said. "My teeth don't hurt enough to need to be pulled out." "Is that why your three molars were pulled out?"

His gesture of affection seemed to say: "Of course, do you still need to ask?" So she showed him where she had filled her teeth, and told him about the job of a dentist. "Oh! You are here!" The pastor came out from behind the church with a relaxed expression. Gray smiled and stood up. "We still have a lot of things to do! Let's take our leave, Nikai, can we go?" Nikai looked at each other with a pair of smiling eyes, and at the same time took her hand and went outside the church. "What's that flickering, flickering thing over there?" Nikai said, looking at a tombstone.

Ge Li fell in front of that tombstone.So Gray walked over curiously, and saw Ge Li's $5,000 diamond bracelet lying under the grass and soil, and Gray bent down to pick it up. "The diamonds on this are not bad," Nikai said. "However, these emeralds are not worth much." Gray smiled and squeezed the bracelet tightly. "That's good," she said triumphantly. "He had to come back to me." She turned back to the church and asked the pastor to tell Robb when he came back to look for the bracelet, saying that the bracelet was at Gray's place, and she also left the name of the shop where she and Nikai stayed. When she left the church, she was in a very good mood. If everything finally came to an end, Robb would be grateful for the diamond bracelet she found. Maybe she would return home with Robb's proposal! "Let's go shopping first." She said happily to Nikai.Along the way, she had already listed the items she needed in her mind, and she only hoped that when Luobo saw her again, he could see her most beautiful side. First, they went to the ancient coin trading shop and sold a coin worth 1,400 pounds. At the same time, Gray called the hostess of the hotel to reserve three more stable rooms for herself and Nikai. Then, they came to a supermarket selling all kinds of daily necessities. "What's this?" Nicki whispered, staring at rows of beautifully packaged goods. "Shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, all daily necessities." "I've never seen one!" "This is for washing your hair." She opened a bottle of papaya-scented shampoo. "Smell and see." Nikai leaned his nose close to her words, and then smiled at her happily. "This one smells like cucumbers," she said, opening another bottle. "This bottle smells like strawberry." Then, she took down a bottle of men's shaving cream. "Do you want to shave off your beard?" "Modern people don't seem to have beards." "In that case, I'll go to a barber to shave it off." He said after a short pause, "Are there still barbers in modern times?" "some." "The kind that sticks silver hair in your teeth?" Gray laughed and said, "No, modern hairdressers and dentists are not two different professions. You choose a bottle of lotion to use after shaving, and I will find shaving cream and razor blades." She picked up A shopping basket, put shampoo, conditioner, hair comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, and hair curlers for travel.When Gray was happily choosing cosmetics, she suddenly heard a voice behind her. It turned out that Nikai wanted her to go over. Gray looked around the corner and found that a bottle of toothpaste was opened and the toothpaste was squeezed everywhere. "I just want to smell it," he said, rather embarrassed. Seeing him like this, Gray couldn't bear to scold him.He grabbed a box of tissues and began to clean the shelves, as well as the toothpaste he was about to bring. He picked up a piece of tissue, "This is paper." He said, with joy and fear mixed in his expression. "Stop it! Don't waste paper like this. They are unused and very precious." She didn't understand what he was talking about? "Face fingers are meant to be thrown away after use." "Could it be that modern society has reached this level of affluence?" Gray just remembered that since the sixteenth century, paper was still produced by hand. "Maybe we are very rich in terms of material!" Gray said after a while.She put the opened tissue paper into the shopping basket, and then put in face cream, shaving cream, razor, deodorant, large towel, and a full set of cosmetics one after another. When paying the bill, Nikai complained about the high price. "The price of this bottle is enough for me to buy a horse." Gray came outside the store with a shopping bag full of things. "Let's take these back to the hotel first," she said, "and then—" Gray suddenly stopped talking: because Nikki was standing in front of a glass window of a shop, touching the glass in a gesture of almost awe. Text and graphics. It was a bookstore, and Nikai's eyes fell on a book devoted to medieval armor. Next to this book, there was a series of books about Henry VIII and Elizabeth. "Come on!" Grass smiled and dragged him into the bookstore. She left the shopping bags at the counter, and then accompanied Nikai into the rows of bookshelves. Many expensive books were laid flat on the table, and Nikai stroked their smooth covers with his fingers. "It's beautiful." He said softly. "Here is your Queen Elizabeth," she said, holding a large colorful hardcover book. He took the book and opened it, staring at the portrait of the queen printed on the book. "Look at her clothing, is it the most popular style?" She glanced at the date at the bottom of the page, 1582.She took the book back from Nikai. "It's not appropriate to let you know about the future." As soon as the words came out, she laughed secretly, what were they talking about!1582 is actually the future? "That's a good book!" She handed him a copy of "Bird World". He almost dropped the book on the ground - because suddenly there was a burst of music in the bookstore.Nicki looked around. "I don't see anyone playing! What kind of music is this? Is it jazz?" she said with a smile. "Where did you know the name jazz? Well! I think your memory must have begun to recover!" "Mrs. Bislin said." He meant the hotel landlady. "I played for her." "What to play?" "A Xing like a harpsichord, but with a completely different sound." "Perhaps the piano." "You still haven't told me, where did the music come from?" "It's a piece of classical music, Beethoven, I guess, from a tape machine." "Machine," he said softly. "It's a machine again." Seeing that he seemed interested in music, Gray bought some classical music cassettes and also bought a Walkman with headphones. When I returned to Nika, he was standing near the stationery department. She introduced highlighters, ballpoint pens, and pencils to him one by one. What is he writing?She couldn't help wondering whether he had the ability to read or write. When leaving the bookstore, the second shopping bag was full of notebooks, highlighters of various colors, tapes, walkmans, and six books about travel. Gray bought a stack of watercolors for Nicki on a whim paper and a set of Winsor and Newton miniature paintings. "Now, we can always carry our things back to the hotel, right?" Gray hugged two shopping bags, his arms barely broke. But Nika stopped again, this time, he stopped in front of a women's clothing store. "Buy some clothes for yourself!" His tone of voice was full of orders. "I have clothes, but I'm not around for now." "I don't want to go with slobs," he said obligingly. Gray stuffed the bookstore shopping bag into his arms. "You wait for me over there." She pointed to a bench under a tree. An hour later, when she reappeared in front of him, it was as if she was a different person.At this moment, she is radiant and energetic, looking like a pretty girl with a very healthy body and mind. The clothes she chose were simple yet elegant, and Ni Kai stared dumbfounded at her walking across the street in claret and dark blue. Seeing the expression on his face, Gray couldn't help asking with some satisfaction: "How?" "It's too beautiful to say anything." He said softly, then got up and kissed her hand lightly. "Is it time for tea?" Gray complained secretly.Men, ancient and modern, are all the same.First, I will praise you for your well-dressed clothes, and then I will ask: What are you having for dinner? "Now we're about to get into an unbearable side of British culture, which is: lunch. In Britain, breakfast is good, afternoon tea is good, dinner is okay, but - lunch is indescribable." He listened intently. "What is lunch?" "You'll find out in a moment." She led him into a small but elegant tavern.After sitting down, she ordered a cheese salad sandwich and beer for each of them.She then proceeded to explain to Nikay how pubs in America were different from pubs in England. "Don't all the women have attendants?" Niki asked. "Like me? Modern women are very independent." Gray replied. "Most of them are capable of taking care of themselves and don't need men to follow suit." The waitress brought their food and drinks.Nikai picked up something decently and drank. "Do you still like it?" Gray asked. "It doesn't smell at all," Nikki said. "Beer is even more bland and unpretentious. I like delicious food, and I prefer life to be colorful." She smiled sweetly. "Is it okay? We still have a lot of things to do!" "I'm leaving, but what about lunch?" "You just had lunch!" He raised an eyebrow at Gray. "Where is the owner of this shop?" "The man behind the counter seems to be the boss, and the lady may be the chef. Wait a minute, Nicky, don't make trouble! The British don't like trouble, I'll go..." However, he has stood up. "Whatever the year? Food is still food, no! You stay here, ma'am, and I'll figure out how to get a decent meal." She watched him go to the bartender. The two men talked intently for several minutes. The cook was summoned. She didn't say a word, but listened attentively to what Nikai had to say. After a while, he returned to his seat. A few minutes later, as if by magic, many dishes appeared on their table one after another, including chicken, various vegetables, salad, beef, and pork stuffing.On this occasion, they also specially served Nikai a glass of dark beer that didn't look like much. "Miss Meng." Nika said, looking at the food on the table. "Now you can start teaching me how to find my way home." The first thing Gray taught him was how to use a fork properly.Next, she took out a pen and paper, "First of all, before we start planning our actions, I need to know everything about you. Your birthday?" "June 6th, 1537," Nikay replied, as he wolfed down his food. "Full name, or title?" "The full name is Denikel, and the titles include Earl of Savick, Earl of Burkeshire, Earl of South Eaton, and Earl of Farien." She blinks. "Is there any more?" "I'm also a baron in some places, but those are not important." "It turns out that the baron is so worthless." She then asked a lot of questions. While she was taking notes, Nikai also listed the properties under his name, which were located between East Yorkshire and South Wales. between.In addition, he also owns more land in France and Ireland than these. Gray finally closed the notebook. "In my opinion, we soldiers should have a way to find out more information about you." After lunch, Gray took him to the barber's for a shave.When he sat up from the chair refreshed, her handsome face made her breathless. "Ma'am, am I all right?" he asked with a chuckle. "Pass." She replied with a smile. Back at the hotel, Mrs. Bi said that they had vacated a suite with private bathroom facilities for them.Gray knew that Cai should ask for another room, but she didn't ask.After getting settled, the two went around to the church and learned that Luobo didn't come to ask about the hand-made chain, so they went to several grocery stores and bought cheese, fruit, meat products, bread, wheat cakes, and pastries. , plus a bottle of wine. When tea time came, Gray was exhausted. "My valet can't seem to hold on anymore," he said to her with a smile. Gray also really felt that he was a little bit overwhelmed.The two strolled back to the small hotel, took out the newly bought books in the morning and went to the garden to enjoy a good afternoon tea.The red, green and green in the garden, with the breeze blowing slowly, makes people feel refreshed and happy. Nikai was lying on the ground, eating wheat cakes while carefully turning the pages of the book. "Here!" He suddenly yelled, and then turned over and sat up. "This is my newest mansion." He moved the book in front of Gray. "Shavik Castle," Gray said as he put down his teacup. "Built by Nikay, Earl of Savick, in 1563..." She glanced at him, who was lying face-on on the ground, as if he had finally found something to prove his existence. "...was confiscated by Queen Elizabeth I in 1564, when..." she read no further. "Go on!" Nikai whispered, but the smile on his face was gone. "...Back then, the earl was sentenced to death for treason. It turned out that his charges had not been fully confirmed, but all the evidence-search work was terminated overnight. Because..." Gray's voice became lower and lower, "He was found to have died suddenly at the desk. At that time, he was still writing a letter..." She raised her head, her voice was almost inaudible, "...a letter to his mother." Nika looked at the white clouds in the sky, and spoke after a long silence. "Does the book mention what happened to my mother later?" "No, it's just a description of the old castle. It is mentioned in the article that the castle has never been completely completed. During the British Civil War, it was even reduced to an abandoned house, and it was not partially rebuilt until 1824—" She paused . "Now it is a two-star luxury hotel." "My home has become a hotel!" Nikai said with great regret. "It was supposed to be a center of knowledge and learning, it—" "Nikai, that was hundreds of years ago, and we might get a room there, I mean, maybe we could get a room with you?" "I live in my own home and have to pay for it?" She spread her hands. "Okay! Then don't go. For the next twenty years, we will stay here and go shopping every day." "Your mouth is really unforgiving." "I'm just expressing my opinion." "For the man who abandoned you, you were very kind." She wanted to stand up angrily, but he grabbed her hand. "I'll go, and agree to pay the rent." He looked up at Grey, and gently kneaded her hand. "Come with me, okay?" She withdrew her hand violently. "I will never go back on what I promised you." Gray returned to the room and called Shavik Castle. At first, the clerk in charge of the reservation told her that the reservation must be made one year in advance, but the clerk was called off in the middle of the call. When the other party came back, he told her Grey, one of the best suites in the castle was unexpectedly vacant, and she booked it without hesitation. After hanging up the phone, she didn't seem to be surprised by this unusual good luck. It felt as if some kind of power was helping her to realize every wish. Every time, when she expected something, the result almost came true .She prayed to the warrior in golden armor, and he appeared in front of her immediately. She hoped to have money for emergencies, and Nikai had a bag of coins of great value. Now, she hopes to live in a high-end hotel that is only reserved for a small number of guests. God still let her wish. Gray picked up the phone again, this time calling the pastor of the church. On the one hand, he wanted to know if there was any news about Robb - of course there was no news, and on the other hand, he asked the pastor for the address of the nearby dentist. Fortunately, Unfortunately, because someone else canceled the appointment, Gray was able to book Nicky's appointment at the dentist the next morning. On the way back to the garden, Gray conveniently brought a few American Apparel magazines to Nikai to see his joyful appearance. Graydon felt relieved, and she took out the newly bought suspense novel to read. "You read it to me, will you?" Nickay said suddenly. Gray then read the description aloud while Nicky looked at the pictures in the clothing magazines. At seven o'clock, the two drank fine wine and ate cheese, bread, and fruit for dinner. As the minutes passed, she found that she liked being with Nikai more and more, and the idea of ​​Luo in her mind Bai's memory is also relatively less and less obvious. As night fell, the two returned to the room, and Gray told Nikai how to use the lotion, shampoo, conditioner, teeth, and toothpaste. "I'll teach you how to shave tomorrow." After the shower, Gray put on her plain pajamas and went to bed, and she and Nicki had a rather heated "discussion" about his having to take a bath every day.In the end, although Nikai was full of reluctance, he had no choice but to raise the white flag. When he entered the bathroom to take a shower, the temperature of the hot water must have been adjusted quite high, and since he hadn’t come out for a long time, wisps of steam frequently seeped out from under the door. Finally Nika opened the door and came out with only a towel on her body. Seeing him like this, her heart almost jumped out of her mouth. Fortunately, Nika caught a glimpse of the bedside lamp at this moment. Now, it took her fifteen minutes to let him get it. Knowing how to turn on and off the light, Nikai was as excited as a child, turning it on and off frequently, which drove her almost crazy. In order to lull him to sleep, she had to agree to read another short passage to him. When Nikai took off the towel and climbed onto her own bed, she blushed and turned away, "Pajamas," she said to herself, "I must remember the pajamas tomorrow." At night, the sound on Nikai's bed woke her up. She found that he was haunted by nightmares, so she pressed his shoulder and called out. "Nikai." But he didn't respond, Gray shook him, seeing that he was still awake, so she had to sit down beside his bed. "Nikai, wake up, you are having a nightmare!" Like lightning, he stretched out his powerful arms suddenly, pulling her to his chest. "Let go of me!" Gray struggled. Nikai didn't let go, but he slowly regained his composure, as if hugging her would bring him the greatest satisfaction, she used all her strength to open the hands that hugged her, but she hadn't gotten back under the covers yet Nika, who was in the next bed, turned over again, moaning, and she went to his bed. "Nikai, you must wake up," she said aloud, but there was no response. She sighed helplessly, lifted the quilt and lay beside him, and he immediately hugged her tightly, like a frightened child holding a beloved doll, Gray told herself that she did this purely for Nikai, but she knew deep down that she might be as lonely and afraid as he was, so she put her face on his shoulder and fell asleep peacefully. At dawn, she opened her eyes, and really wanted to lean up to kiss Nikai's warm skin, but she immediately forced herself to go back to her bed and lie quietly. Soon, Gray couldn't bear the ups and downs of thoughts in her head, So she got out of bed to get the Walkman, she moved lightly, put a roll of rock tapes into the Walkman, put the earphones next to Nikai's ear, and pressed the "Play" button, and Niki seemed like Jumping up like a flying arrow, she couldn't help giggling when she saw the astonished expression on his face, and at the same time turned off the Walkman. Nicki opened his eyes. "What is that loud noise?" "Music!" she said with a smile. "Just kidding with you, it's time to get up!" He was still staring at her without saying a word, and she couldn't laugh anymore, she thought, maybe medieval men didn't like this kind of humor. Twenty minutes later, she rushed out of the bathroom angrily. "You put shampoo on my toothbrush!" "Ma'am, are you talking about me?" Niki asked innocently. "You—" she angrily grabbed the pillow and threw him down. "I won't let you go." "Is it possible that you plan to play 'Music in the Morning' a few more times?" He blocked the oncoming pillow with his arm. Gray couldn't help but chuckle. "Okay! Even if it's my fault, can we go have breakfast?" After dinner, she asked him to take him to the dentist. She estimated that he would stay at the clinic for a while at least, so she told the nurse Xiaojie, and when Nikai was about to finish his visit, she called the library next door to inform her.In the library, Gray used books such as travel guides to try to find out the current situation of the eleven manors mentioned by Nikai.It is a pity that, except for the Shavik Castle and another manor provided for the public to visit, the rest have either been destroyed or turned into private houses.About two and a half hours later, Gray received a call from the dental office and hurried back. The doctor showed Nikai's X-ray to Grey, and pointed out that Nikai's three missing molars were indeed pulled out by force, and the doctor expressed his criticism of Nikai's previous doctors. "I didn't intend to prolong your stay here." The dentist said, "It's just that the skills of the doctor before him are indeed worrying. He..." The doctor suddenly laughed softly. "He really asked a lot of questions? Don't you want to go back and apply for the dental department?" She answered with a smile. "He was just curious. Thank you." Come outside the clinic. "This guy is nothing like the barber I used to have," Nikai said.He smiled and rubbed his lips where the effect of the anesthetic had not yet faded. "I really want to take him back with those machines!" "That rest is electric." Gray said angrily. He grabbed Gray's arm and forced her to turn to face him. "What upsets you?" "Who are you?" she yelled hysterically. "Why are there marks in the mouth where the jawbone was broken due to tooth extraction?" Nika looked at her with smiling eyes—because, he could tell, Gray was finally starting to trust him a little bit. "My name is Denikel, Earl of Savick, Buksha, and South Eton. I was in prison two days ago, awaiting my guillotine, in 1564. " "I don't believe it," she murmured. "I won't believe it, it can't be true." "What can I do to convince you?" he asked softly.