Chapter 3 Chapter two
His knuckles were white and he held onto the saddle tightly. After bouncing on the horse for what seemed like hours, Ren suddenly reined in the horse, causing Alex to almost fall off the horse headfirst.
"Hold on tight," he growled, grabbing her closest to him, which was her burning thigh, and she gasped in pain. "Quiet!" he ordered, "There, right there Behind the tree, see?"
Wiping away tears with her sleeve, she fixed her eyes for a moment before seeing a family of wild boars attacking the bushes.They realized the abnormality and raised their heads alertly, staring around with pairs of sinister small eyes, while tensing their bodies and making ear-piercing snorting sounds.
"Catch me," as soon as the next day fell, Renn had already charged forward, with his spear stretched out obliquely, "clamp the horse's belly with his knees." Alex opened his mouth and watched the biggest wild boar rushing towards them .Compared with the horse's thin legs, it was really huge and amazing.
Ren suddenly leaned forward sideways, almost touching the ground.Since Alex hugged his waist, he also turned sideways.But she lost her balance and fell off her horse, clinging desperately to Rain as he thrust the spear into the boar's back with perfect precision.The death scream was horrific, and Alex buried his face in Ryan's broad back.
"Let me go!" Ren roared, throwing the boar off the point of the spear, and then broke away her fingers that were holding his chest. "You almost killed us both. Hold on to the saddle hard." He rode forward again, Push aside the surrounding branches all the way, and chase another wild boar back.After finishing two more cleanly, he paused to unclip Alex's fingers from his stomach.She didn't know when she hugged him again, and she was glad that he didn't criticize her cowardice again.
After breaking off her fingers, he got off the horse and walked carefully towards the wild boars with a few leather slings, binding their four squeaks, "Come down," he waited patiently for her to obey.When she got off the horse, her legs were paralyzed again.Ren ignored her this time and threw the dead pig onto the horse's back. When the horse started to see the blood, he immediately went to appease it.
"Lead the horse and follow me." After speaking, he turned around and walked forward.
Taking a timid glance at the sweating horse with pricked ears and frantic eyes, Alex swallowed his choked fear and stretched out his hand to hold the rein.But the horse immediately jumped aside, she jumped up in fright, and quickly glanced at Ren, but his back was almost swallowed by dense trees.
"Come on, good horse," she coaxed, and slowly approached again, and the horse jumped away again.
In desperation, she just stood there looking into the horse's eyes, and hummed softly. She tried several tunes, and finally found that it liked a very old and simple melody.After the horse seemed to have stabilized, she stretched out her hand to turn the rein, and her singing became more vigorous with her confidence restored.
After a while, she proudly led the horse to a small clearing, where Wren waited impatiently with the third wild boar.
"It's a good thing I have guards," he said, throwing the wild boar's carcass onto his horse, "otherwise the noise you made would have attracted everyone within a mile."
Alex was dumbfounded.Since she was ten years old, she only listened to people praising her music, and now she is accused of being "noise".She let him drag her onto the horse in a daze, and sat in front of him against his chest.
When he entered the camp, he turned over and dismounted, regardless of her still sitting on the saddle, untied the wild boar and threw it to the campfire, and then threw the reins to Joss who came over, "teach this little watch to take care of the horses." He strode toward his camp.
After giving Alex a comforting smile, Joss led the horse and walked towards the place where the horses gathered.
"Little Biao!" Alex grumbled, grabbing the saddle and sliding down, "Little Biao, do this, Little Biao, do that. That's all he can say." After Joss undid the saddle strap, she tiptoed to pull the saddle, As a result, the man and the saddle fell to the ground.
Joss took the saddle with a suppressed smile, and Alex rubbed his chin bruised by the saddle. "Ren made you suffer?"
"He did the best he could," she said, snatching the saddle and trying three times before she finally put it in the wood. "Oh, Joss, I'm so tired. He made me clean his armor this morning, and made me Spent hours on that deadly sword. Now it's hunting again, tending to that gigantic horse."
At this moment, the horse rolled its eyes and danced again. Without thinking about it, Alex sang a few words to calm the steed.Jos was amazed that she could subconsciously use her voice.
"Rain has to take care of a lot of people."
"You mean that many people have to regard him as a monarch." She snorted, like Joss who wiped the horses.
"Maybe. Maybe someone like Ryan is used to taking responsibility, so he just takes it without thinking about it."
"I don't like being ordered all the time," she said. "Why does he order everyone? Why does he think he should rule over everyone? Why doesn't he let us go and let us rest?"
"Rest! You should see what the hell this place was like before he came here. It's like a London slum, where people cut people's throats for a few pennies, and there's so much theft that people have to guard their property all day long." .Those insane peasants, living at the mercy of murderers—"
"So when the great Ryan Montgomery arrives, there's a lot of discipline, right?"
"Yes, he did."
"Has it ever occurred to anyone that he did it because of his natural right to rule over those lesser than himself?"
"Why are you so cynical at such a young age?"
Alex stopped what he was doing, "Why are you here? What role do you play in this group? You are not a murderer, and you don't look like someone too crazy to work. The only thing I can think of is that someone A jealous husband is after you," she teased.
Joss immediately shook off the bristle brush, "I have to go back to work." He said in a cold voice, turned his head and left.
Alex froze for a long time.She really had no intention of insulting Joss.He was the only one she could talk to, sing along to—
"After finishing the horse, bring me some water from the river." A sharp voice behind him interrupted Alex's thoughts.
She turned slowly to Blanche.Although Alex scolded Ryan for being arrogant, she still had class pride.The woman was dressed in rags, her voice was shrill, and her tone of voice was uneducated. It was obvious that she was not of the same class as Alex.Alex glanced at her and turned back to her work.
"Little Biao!" Blanche shouted majesticly, "Did you hear what I said?"
"How could it not have been heard. I dare say half the battalion has heard it."
"You think you're better than me because your clothes are prettier than mine, don't you? Humph, don't think that just because you've followed him for a day means you can follow him every day."
"Go to your own business, woman. I have nothing to say to you."
Blanche turned her around rudely, "Before this morning, I was serving Ryan and getting food for him, and now he actually ordered me to make a bed for you in his tent. What kind of bloody hell are you? boy?"
Alex was stunned for a while before he understood what she meant, "If you know a little about nobles, you will know that they have followers. I just do my duty to be a good follower."
Blanche immediately stood up straight pretentiously, trying to act like an aristocrat, "Of course I understand aristocrats. You heard me clearly, Ren Montgomery is my man, and I take care of him in every way just like his wife." He, don't try to get his idea." After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked into the woods proudly.
"Ma'am!" Alex mumbled as he took some grain to feed the horses, "that kind of unqualified person would know what a lady is?" Filled with righteous indignation, she didn't notice the passage of time until she heard Ren's voice approaching.
"Xiaobiao," she jumped up, "move faster. There's still a lot of work to do."
"Anything else?" Her sad expression made Renn laugh.She immediately decided not to give him another chance to laugh at her.
Putting down the bristle brush and humming a few notes to the horse, she obediently followed Ryan back to camp.He made a beeline for the group of men gathered around the campfire, and his haughtiness made them look coarser by comparison.
"You three rounds of the first guard." He instructed.
"I don't want to stay awake and run around in the woods." One of them got up and walked away.
Grabbing the guy back with one hand, Ren kicked his ass and made him lie on the ground, "You have to work after you eat." He said in a cold voice, "Everyone, go stand sentinel, and I will take care of you later. Go on patrol, if anyone is caught sleeping by me, it will be the last time he sleeps."
With a solemn face, Ren watched them disappear into the forest one after another, murmuring like a child all the way, "This is your friend."
"They're not my friends!" she sniffed.
"Pineil isn't my friend either!" he retorted.
She stared blankly at his back.She knows it's true.She has no right to hate another man for what he did.
"Brangey!" Rain yelled. "Food!"
Hearing this, Alex immediately chased after her because she was starving.Blanche had prepared roasted wild boar, bread and hot wine waiting for them in the tent, and Alexander said he would take his seat immediately, and began to attack the food with a stormy momentum.
"That's right, Xiaobiao!" Ren laughed happily, and slapped her on the back, causing her to almost choke to death. "Continue to eat like this, and you will grow stronger in a short time."
"Continue to make me work like today, and I'll be dead within a week!" She gasped, trying to cough out a piece of wild boar in her throat, too lazy to talk to Ryan who was laughing so hard.
After drinking and eating, Alex looked longingly at the bed.Rest, she thought, just lying still for a few hours was heaven on earth.
"Not yet, Xiaobiao." Ren pulled her up cruelly again, "There is still a lot of work to be done before going to bed. We have to check the sentry and check the animal traps. We also need to take a bath."
She woke up in shock, "Take a shower? No, I won't."
"When I was your age, I had to be forced to take a bath. Once my elder brother used a horse brush to bathe me."
"Someone made you do something?" he asked in disbelief.
Ryan's dignity seemed to be in jeopardy, "Well, to be honest, to subdue me, my two brothers have to go out at the same time. Gavin also got a black eye and went back that time. Well, let's not talk nonsense, let's go. We still have a life Do it."
Alex followed him reluctantly, but no matter how hard she tried, her steps were still limp.She followed him through the forest like a wandering spirit, sometimes tripping over stones or bumping into big trees for no reason.He went around the outer edge of the camp to check whether the sentry was lazy, and took out rabbits and other small animals in the trap.At first he explained what he was doing and how he threw rocks to see if the guards would react, but he stopped talking when he saw her exhausted face bathed in moonlight.
When he got to the river, he told her to sit and wait for him to take a bath.Resting her chin on one hand, half asleep and half awake, she watched absently as Ren stripped off his clothes and stepped into the icy river.Propping her body on her elbows, she lay on the bank of the river and looked at his solid body bathed in the moonlight for a moment.This was the first time in her life that she saw a naked man, and something... what?Of course she knew about copulation, and had heard newlyweds gossiping and exchanging information, but she had never been interested.
Desire, she thought, sitting up straighter.Pure and simple desire, this is how she feels.She wanted him to touch her, kiss her, lie next to her, and even touch his smooth skin.Recalling the feeling of riding on his back, she began to tremble slightly, her legs seemed to come alive, and even the soles of her feet felt warm.
She almost didn't open her arms to him when he came ashore to her.
"You're so lazy." Ren wiped his body, "You really don't want to go down and take a shower?"
Alex watched him wipe his whole body with complete obsession, shaking his head absently.
"I warn you, Xiaobiao, if you smell so bad that I can't stay in the tent, I will help you take a bath myself, and that bath will not be comfortable."
Yasuo stared up at him, her breathing changed slightly.The monstrous giant is going to bathe her, she thought.
"Are you alright? Little Biao?" Ren asked with concern, knelt beside her and frowned at the weird expression on her face.
Small watch!She grimaced.He thought she was a little watch, a boy.What happens if you reveal your true gender?He came from a noble family, and she was just the daughter of a poor lawyer.
"Aren't you going to catch a cold?" He asked in a stern voice, turned and walked away not to watch him get dressed.After he got dressed, she silently followed him back to the camp, and she didn't fall asleep until Ryan also lay down.
Alex lay on the bank of the river and looked at his own reflection, realizing with disgust that she really looked like a boy.Why isn't she born beautiful, with lovely facial features, no matter what she wears, she won't be mistaken for a man?Her curly hair is messy, the color is even more inexplicable, her eyes are round like a baby, and her lips are like elves, none of which is what a woman should have. Just as tears welled up in her eyes, "Are you cleaning the armor again?" Joss suddenly startled her. Sighing, she continued to work at hand, "Ren really doesn't know how to cherish wearing armor. It's really exhausting to find the place where the bump needs to be repaired today." "You seem to love his things. Is it possible that you've come to believe that nobility has its own value?" "Regardless of his background, Ren's existence is valuable." She was really blunt, and she turned her face away in embarrassment after she said the words. She has been in Rennes' camp for a week, and she has followed him all the time, and her perception of him has changed a hundred and eighty degrees. At the beginning, she thought he was the king of the land, but now she thinks it is this group of outlaws forcing him to take care of them.They need his favor like children, and once he grants what they want, they will rebel in turn.He is the first to get up every day and the last to go to bed: he takes care of everyone's safety, urges everyone to be self-sufficient, if there is any slack, they will be lazy, waiting for him to arrange everything as if it is their right. "Indeed," she said, "Wren does have value. It's just futile and nobody appreciates it. Why doesn't he just get out of this damn place and fly away from England? He's rich and powerful, and he should be able to make himself comfortable." Safe home." "Maybe you should ask him. You are closest to him." Closest to him, she thought.She was hoping to be close to him, even closer.Now her muscles are stronger, her morning training is no longer a problem, and she has even gradually adapted to the camp lifestyle. Blanche's status in the camp is so high that everyone believes she's sharing Rain's bed!And he obeyed her.Alex tried his best not to think that Blanche had slept with Ren, and only wanted to believe that his vision was not so vulgar.Alex also found that Blanche was afraid of Joss. Extraordinarily handsome, courteous and considerate, Joss is the Prince Charming of every woman in the camp.Alex had seen women try their best to lure him over, but Joss had never accepted any invitations.He'd rather do his job, be with Alex, though Blanche did always avoid him without mentioning it.Every time she saw him, she immediately turned around and ran away. Besides Joss, the only decent one was Rosamund.She always bowed her head, suffering from all disobedience and hatred.Once Ryan caught two men making a bet on whether they would sell their souls if they raped her.As a result, he was punished with twenty lashes and expulsion; seeing that Renn protected the beautiful female doctor so much, Alex was a little bit disgusted. "Alex!" There was a roar from the woods, and it could only be Ren.At least he can call her by her name Yuzi now. Using her dantian, she yelled back at him, "I'm working." That guy was a workaholic himself. Coming out of the bushes, he grinned at her, "Your voice gives me hope that you will grow up, but no matter how I look at you, you feel that you are getting smaller and smaller." He looked critically at her stretched out The two legs in front of you. With a faint smile on her face, Alexin saw that at least part of her body was absolutely feminine.The hard work of the past week had only made her long legs and curvy buttocks look stronger.Maybe she could reveal herself as a daughter now, and—what?She'd be thrown out of Wren's camp, and he'd be in the care of that whore again, Blanche.Reluctantly, she put the steel leggings on her legs. "I'll grow up," she snorted, "when I grow up, I'll take your sword and pin you to the ground," she squinted and found that he was confused about something. "What do you want to do with Alex?" Joss said amusedly to break the silence. "Oh, yes. I asked him to write some letters for me, and read them to me. I have a messenger here. You can read?" Driven by curiosity, Alex jumped up hastily, "Of course." She picked up the armor and followed Ren back. A well-dressed man sat outside the tent, waiting patiently for Ren to order. His tights were embroidered with golden leopards.With a random wave of his hand, the man backed away, his attitude of absolute obedience was very different from that of the people in the camp. There are two letters in total, both addressed to Ryan.One was written by his brother Gavin and the other by his sister-in-law Judith. Pawen's letter brought bad news.The letter mentions that his other sister-in-law, Brianna, was taken captive by the man who captured his sister Mary. Brianna's husband was restless all day long, waiting and waiting, not daring to act rashly, for fear of Roger Choate Earls would kill his wife. "Your brother Steve," Alex asked tentatively, "does he love his wife?" Ren just nodded, his lips were tightly pursed into a line, and his eyes were focused and turned a blind eye. "But here it says she's taken prisoner in Scotland. Why is she in Scotland? Scots are all rough, savage people, and—" Pursing his lips, Alex unfolded Judith.Montgomery's letter, and felt his eyes soften as she read it.The letter was full of prayers for Ryan's safety, persuading him to leave England temporarily to avoid the limelight, asking about his health, caring about whether he had enough food and clothing, and so on. Ryan giggled, and Alex was jealous of his wife-like tone. "Does her husband know that she cares so much about her uncle?" she asked defiantly. "Don't say that about my family," he snapped, and Alex hung his head in embarrassment.She had to disguise herself as a boy, and it wasn't fair that she couldn't get his attention.If only she could wear a nice dress.Maybe he'll notice her, but she's still not a Buddha even with the golden outfit. "Stop daydreaming, Xiaobiao, and listen to my dictation." His voice brought her back to reality. "Can you dictate? I want my brother's people to take the letter back." After the necessary items were all in place, Ren began to dictate.The letters she penned to his brother were filled with rage and determination, and he vowed to stay by their side as long as he could, waiting for his chance to avenge Chottles.As for the king, he was not intimidated, as the vast majority of his income came from his professed traitors.He told Gavin that King Henry would pardon him if he would give most of the land. Ren turned a deaf ear to Alex's startled gasp. Judith's reply was as tender and loving as her letter. The letter even mentioned his new follower, saying that Alex thought he had no brains and didn't know how to take care of himself, and would often get up at night to cover him.She lowered her head and wrote quickly, preventing Ren from seeing her blushing cheeks.Little did she know that he knew that she often crept around the tent at night, pulling the fur blanket over his bare shoulders. What followed was just a sketch of Alex, too embarrassed to read what she had written. At the end, she unfolded the letter for Ren to sign.When he leaned over to sign, his face was next to hers, making her smell his hair and want to bury her face in his thick dark curls.Of course she didn't dare to be so rash, so she just reached out and touched his hair, watching it curl in her fingertips. Ren suddenly raised his head as if on fire, his face was only an inch away from hers, and he stared at her with wide eyes.Alex raised his heart and held his breath.He'll know, she thought.Now he'll say I'm a girl, a woman. Frowning, looking at her as if he couldn't determine what happened, "Enclose the envelope and take it to the messenger." After speaking, he turned around and paid the bill. Alex sighed, tears blurred his eyes.Ugly, she thought.That's what I am - very, very ugly.No wonder there are men who have never persuaded the pastor to insist on marrying her.Why fight for an unattractive prize?Who wants a wife with a flat chest and a boyish voice?No wonder Ren didn't see through her disguise. After seeing off the messenger and returning to the camp, what greeted her was a commotion, and the center of the commotion was Ren. "It's your fate if you didn't kill her," he yelled at two men, one was a pickpocket and the other was a murderer. beggar.They are both guards this morning, "Alex, get your horses ready." She immediately ran wildly, and as soon as she was saddled, Ren rushed out of the tent with a tomahawk and a hammer spear.He got on his horse, pulled her to sit behind him without waiting for her to ask questions, and immediately galloped the horse through the forest at a breaking speed. After galloping for a while, he jumped off his horse when the forest was too dense to ride.Alex took the reins, moved into the saddle and rode the horse to follow him.She got the first glimpse of what was happening; a beautiful woman with big brown eyes, shivering in terror against a tree trunk, surrounded by three guards from the camp who were pointing swords at her. "Go away, you guys." Ren growled and pushed them away. The woman looked up at Ren in disbelief, "Ren," she whispered, then closed her eyes and began to slide. Ren stepped forward to hug her in time, "Annie," he comforted softly, "you are safe now. Alex, bring the wine, there is a bag in the saddle bag." Alex sent the wine bag over in a daze, watching him sit on the ground against the tree trunk with the woman in his arms. "Annie, drink this," he comforted, and the woman blinked her eyelashes and took a few sips obediently. "Tell me, why did you come to the forest?" The woman was in no hurry to leave Ryan's lap, Alex thought sourly, admiring her beautiful dress.She was wearing a very dark red silk, the only one Alex had ever seen in a church, embroidered with rabbits, deer, goldfish and other animals.The square collar was opened very low, exposing most of her plump breasts, and the collar and waist were studded with golden and red dazzling jewels. "Alex!" Ryan stuffed the wine back to her impatiently, "Annie," his tone was so gentle, he held the woman in his arms like a child. "What are you doing here, Ryan?" she asked softly. Alex immediately concluded that she was not singing material.Her voice was weak and weak. "Henry sees me as a traitor." He dimpled again. Anne smiled sweetly at her. "Want your property, don't you? But what did you do to give him a reason to seize your land?" "Rogier Chotels has captured my sister, Mary, and Steve's new wife." "Jottles!" she screamed. "Isn't that woman Gavin had a crush on before marrying into the Chottles family?" "My stupid brother," said Wren with disgust, "that woman is the cheapest whore in the world, but he is blind and loyal to her. When he first married Judith, he loved Alice. Joe Tells for a while." "What does that have to do with you being here?" Why doesn't she stand upright on her own legs?Why, she thought, was she sitting on a man's lap with such poise, speaking grandiosely, as if she were in some nobleman's hall? "It's hard to say," Wren said. "Alice was disfigured in an accident, and she was also mad. Rogier has been taking care of her since she was a widow. Maybe she poisoned his brain. Because it didn't take long for Rogier to take care of her." Jill then challenged my brother to take the wife that King Henry promised Steve." "So I think about it, that incident seems to involve a large industry." "Steve's Brianna is a rich woman. But he wants her people and her land." He smiled, "Once Chotels refused to admit defeat, he insisted on capturing them and threatening Steve." "It doesn't make sense. But how could King Henry—" "I heard that Mary was taken captive, and I was leading the Imperial Forest Army to Wells, so I resolutely led my troops back to pursue Chotels." "With the imperial army?" He nodded, and she frowned, "No wonder Henry wants to declare you a traitor. That's why you dressed as a farmer and wandered in the forest?" "Well. You look better, Annie. It's been a long time since we—" She jumped up suddenly, smoothing the beautiful dress that Alex wanted to touch, "Don't try to seduce me again, Rain Montgomery. My father has promised to find me a husband as soon as possible. I'm leaving the court, so I don't want to listen to your sweet words." She turned around and looked at Alex for the first time, "Who is this little boy who opened his mouth to see us?" Alex immediately shut his mouth and turned his face away. "This is my follower," Ryan said with a smile. "Although he is forced to live in the forest, I still enjoy it quite a bit. He not only works hard, but also can read and write." "I knew you couldn't learn with a dumb head," she spat. "Rain! Don't look at me that way. You can't get cheap with me. Do you have a name, boy?" "Alexander Bright." "Brett? Where have I heard that name?" A notice offering a reward for my capture, Alex thought in horror.Why didn't she change her name?Now this woman will definitely reveal her true identity to Rennes. "That's a common surname." Ren said casually, "Alex, go back to the camp and wait for me." "Don't go, boy!" said Annie. "Rain, I mean it to you. I won't let you take advantage of me, or be alone with you again. You have to send me back to the hunting party, they must be in Look around for me." "I have guards on guard." Ren wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her between his legs. "We have plenty of time to be alone. Go away, Alex." "I want your beautiful follower to stay," Annie pushed his shoulders with both hands, "You have been hiding in the forest for so long, maybe your taste has changed, you would rather take a beautiful little boy than—" She Before he had a chance to say the following, he was kissed hard by Ren. Alex watched with wide eyes curiously.She had never seen someone kiss like this, with their bodies pressed together and their heads twisted, which made others feel fascinated when they saw it.She wished it was her who was in Ryan's arms at this moment. She was intoxicated by the scene in front of her. When the first arrow pierced through the air and landed an inch away from Ren's leg, she just stood there in astonishment, not knowing what happened.But Ren immediately took action, he quickly jumped up and threw Alex and Annie to the ground at the same time. "They're coming for me," he said calmly. "Alex, you're small enough to move in the woods. Find a way to sneak over to the horse and get the weapon." "What about you?" Another arrow whizzed over, and she gasped in fright. "I must take Annie to safety. Go!" he ordered. Without thinking about it, Alex began to crawl forward.Every time an arrow pierced through the air above her, her body tensed with fear.She didn't dare to turn her head, for fear of seeing Ren lying stiffly on the ground, so she continued to move forward.When she came to the collapsed tree, she carefully got up and ran with her body down.But there was already someone beside Ren's mount, struggling with the furious horse to grab the reins.If the horse was captured, they could not even try to fight, because most of the weapons were tied to the saddle.Damn Rain, she thought.He just kept flirting with that woman, forgetting all important things. After praying silently for a while, Alex opened his mouth and sang the tune that the horse loved to hear.It immediately calmed down when it heard the sound, and let the man grab the rein to control it with its ears erect. "As stupid as his master," Alec murmured, before playing the screeching note the horse hated most.It immediately protested with a hiss, and forcibly broke free from the man's captive.Alex watched it galloping towards him with trepidation, took a deep breath and made another melodious note, and it obediently allowed her to climb onto the horse's back with hands and feet. "Now please follow my lead," she whispered, and it looked back at her.Nostrils flaring, eyes wide open, this trained warhorse is not used to carrying a man as light as a feather on its back. "Go!" she commanded in the tone she used to scold twenty-five overly lively choir boys. The horse pulled its legs and galloped in the wrong direction. Alex pulled the horse's head around with all his strength, and walked towards her. "No, Ryan, don't!" As soon as she took control of the war horse under her crotch, she heard Anne's sharp cry.When she rushed to the scene through the forest, Ryan had already killed a man with a sword and was pressing on the other two, while Annie was holding onto Ryan tightly. "They're my father's people," she screamed. "They're coming for me. I told you they'd come." Anne let go of Rain and threw herself at the man lying on the ground. "Take him back as soon as possible." She glared at Ren angrily. "Why don't you listen to what people say?" She spat, "Why do you have to draw your sword before you speak?" Seeing from the sidelines, Alex was so angry that he immediately jumped off his horse.From the expression on Ren's lips tightly closed, it can be seen that he didn't intend to defend himself at all, "They attacked my lord first!" She stood up and said, "When an arrow flies towards him, you want him to stand still!" Get up and ask who shot it before drawing your sword? Miss, you didn’t complain when he used his body to protect you just now, but now you blame him for the person you left behind. Do you have any conscience? " "Alex," Ren stood behind her, putting one hand on her shoulder, "Remember, you can't talk to a lady like that!" "Hell no!" she growled, turning to face him, "that bitch—" Ren beat her mouth with one hand and pulled her over, and she struggled desperately with her back against his chest. "Annie, forgive me and this little watch. He has no training. Take your men to the stream, and I will send you out of the forest." "Ren, I didn't mean to—" "You go, Annie, if you see my family, tell them I'm fine." She just nodded, let a warrior support her on the horse, and then walked away with the injured warrior.After they walked out of sight, Ren let go of Alex. "They want to kill you!" She glared at him angrily, "That woman also blamed you for hurting her people." Ren shrugged, "Who can understand a woman? She has always only cared about money and property." "So you know her very well," she rubbed her chin, still feeling his big hand on her mouth. "Her father suggested that I marry her." This made Alex froze, "Did you decide to decline, or did she refuse to marry you?" He smiled wickedly, showing his dimples, "She met my requirements in every way, except that I never proposed to her. She is half-hearted and not determined. She can't even decide what to wear today." That dress. I bet she'd never settle for being a faithful wife, and I really don't like beating women." "You don't like—" Alex stammered. "Now," he stood up and left the tree trunk he had been leaning against, "if your class on knowing women is over today, I want to deal with my leg." Only then did she lower her head for the first time and saw the dark red blood staining his tights.
Alex lay on the bank of the river and looked at his own reflection, realizing with disgust that she really looked like a boy.Why isn't she born beautiful, with lovely facial features, no matter what she wears, she won't be mistaken for a man?Her curly hair is messy, the color is even more inexplicable, her eyes are round like a baby, and her lips are like elves, none of which is what a woman should have. Just as tears welled up in her eyes, "Are you cleaning the armor again?" Joss suddenly startled her. Sighing, she continued to work at hand, "Ren really doesn't know how to cherish wearing armor. It's really exhausting to find the place where the bump needs to be repaired today." "You seem to love his things. Is it possible that you've come to believe that nobility has its own value?" "Regardless of his background, Ren's existence is valuable." She was really blunt, and she turned her face away in embarrassment after she said the words. She has been in Rennes' camp for a week, and she has followed him all the time, and her perception of him has changed a hundred and eighty degrees. At the beginning, she thought he was the king of the land, but now she thinks it is this group of outlaws forcing him to take care of them.They need his favor like children, and once he grants what they want, they will rebel in turn.He is the first to get up every day and the last to go to bed: he takes care of everyone's safety, urges everyone to be self-sufficient, if there is any slack, they will be lazy, waiting for him to arrange everything as if it is their right. "Indeed," she said, "Wren does have value. It's just futile and nobody appreciates it. Why doesn't he just get out of this damn place and fly away from England? He's rich and powerful, and he should be able to make himself comfortable." Safe home." "Maybe you should ask him. You are closest to him." Closest to him, she thought.She was hoping to be close to him, even closer.Now her muscles are stronger, her morning training is no longer a problem, and she has even gradually adapted to the camp lifestyle. Blanche's status in the camp is so high that everyone believes she's sharing Rain's bed!And he obeyed her.Alex tried his best not to think that Blanche had slept with Ren, and only wanted to believe that his vision was not so vulgar.Alex also found that Blanche was afraid of Joss. Extraordinarily handsome, courteous and considerate, Joss is the Prince Charming of every woman in the camp.Alex had seen women try their best to lure him over, but Joss had never accepted any invitations.He'd rather do his job, be with Alex, though Blanche did always avoid him without mentioning it.Every time she saw him, she immediately turned around and ran away. Besides Joss, the only decent one was Rosamund.She always bowed her head, suffering from all disobedience and hatred.Once Ryan caught two men making a bet on whether they would sell their souls if they raped her.As a result, he was punished with twenty lashes and expulsion; seeing that Renn protected the beautiful female doctor so much, Alex was a little bit disgusted. "Alex!" There was a roar from the woods, and it could only be Ren.At least he can call her by her name Yuzi now. Using her dantian, she yelled back at him, "I'm working." That guy was a workaholic himself. Coming out of the bushes, he grinned at her, "Your voice gives me hope that you will grow up, but no matter how I look at you, you feel that you are getting smaller and smaller." He looked critically at her stretched out The two legs in front of you. With a faint smile on her face, Alexin saw that at least part of her body was absolutely feminine.The hard work of the past week had only made her long legs and curvy buttocks look stronger.Maybe she could reveal herself as a daughter now, and—what?She'd be thrown out of Wren's camp, and he'd be in the care of that whore again, Blanche.Reluctantly, she put the steel leggings on her legs. "I'll grow up," she snorted, "when I grow up, I'll take your sword and pin you to the ground," she squinted and found that he was confused about something. "What do you want to do with Alex?" Joss said amusedly to break the silence. "Oh, yes. I asked him to write some letters for me, and read them to me. I have a messenger here. You can read?" Driven by curiosity, Alex jumped up hastily, "Of course." She picked up the armor and followed Ren back. A well-dressed man sat outside the tent, waiting patiently for Ren to order. His tights were embroidered with golden leopards.With a random wave of his hand, the man backed away, his attitude of absolute obedience was very different from that of the people in the camp. There are two letters in total, both addressed to Ryan.One was written by his brother Gavin and the other by his sister-in-law Judith. Pawen's letter brought bad news.The letter mentions that his other sister-in-law, Brianna, was taken captive by the man who captured his sister Mary. Brianna's husband was restless all day long, waiting and waiting, not daring to act rashly, for fear of Roger Choate Earls would kill his wife. "Your brother Steve," Alex asked tentatively, "does he love his wife?" Ren just nodded, his lips were tightly pursed into a line, and his eyes were focused and turned a blind eye. "But here it says she's taken prisoner in Scotland. Why is she in Scotland? Scots are all rough, savage people, and—" Pursing his lips, Alex unfolded Judith.Montgomery's letter, and felt his eyes soften as she read it.The letter was full of prayers for Ryan's safety, persuading him to leave England temporarily to avoid the limelight, asking about his health, caring about whether he had enough food and clothing, and so on. Ryan giggled, and Alex was jealous of his wife-like tone. "Does her husband know that she cares so much about her uncle?" she asked defiantly. "Don't say that about my family," he snapped, and Alex hung his head in embarrassment.She had to disguise herself as a boy, and it wasn't fair that she couldn't get his attention.If only she could wear a nice dress.Maybe he'll notice her, but she's still not a Buddha even with the golden outfit. "Stop daydreaming, Xiaobiao, and listen to my dictation." His voice brought her back to reality. "Can you dictate? I want my brother's people to take the letter back." After the necessary items were all in place, Ren began to dictate.The letters she penned to his brother were filled with rage and determination, and he vowed to stay by their side as long as he could, waiting for his chance to avenge Chottles.As for the king, he was not intimidated, as the vast majority of his income came from his professed traitors.He told Gavin that King Henry would pardon him if he would give most of the land. Ren turned a deaf ear to Alex's startled gasp. Judith's reply was as tender and loving as her letter. The letter even mentioned his new follower, saying that Alex thought he had no brains and didn't know how to take care of himself, and would often get up at night to cover him.She lowered her head and wrote quickly, preventing Ren from seeing her blushing cheeks.Little did she know that he knew that she often crept around the tent at night, pulling the fur blanket over his bare shoulders. What followed was just a sketch of Alex, too embarrassed to read what she had written. At the end, she unfolded the letter for Ren to sign.When he leaned over to sign, his face was next to hers, making her smell his hair and want to bury her face in his thick dark curls.Of course she didn't dare to be so rash, so she just reached out and touched his hair, watching it curl in her fingertips. Ren suddenly raised his head as if on fire, his face was only an inch away from hers, and he stared at her with wide eyes.Alex raised his heart and held his breath.He'll know, she thought.Now he'll say I'm a girl, a woman. Frowning, looking at her as if he couldn't determine what happened, "Enclose the envelope and take it to the messenger." After speaking, he turned around and paid the bill. Alex sighed, tears blurred his eyes.Ugly, she thought.That's what I am - very, very ugly.No wonder there are men who have never persuaded the pastor to insist on marrying her.Why fight for an unattractive prize?Who wants a wife with a flat chest and a boyish voice?No wonder Ren didn't see through her disguise. After seeing off the messenger and returning to the camp, what greeted her was a commotion, and the center of the commotion was Ren. "It's your fate if you didn't kill her," he yelled at two men, one was a pickpocket and the other was a murderer. beggar.They are both guards this morning, "Alex, get your horses ready." She immediately ran wildly, and as soon as she was saddled, Ren rushed out of the tent with a tomahawk and a hammer spear.He got on his horse, pulled her to sit behind him without waiting for her to ask questions, and immediately galloped the horse through the forest at a breaking speed. After galloping for a while, he jumped off his horse when the forest was too dense to ride.Alex took the reins, moved into the saddle and rode the horse to follow him.She got the first glimpse of what was happening; a beautiful woman with big brown eyes, shivering in terror against a tree trunk, surrounded by three guards from the camp who were pointing swords at her. "Go away, you guys." Ren growled and pushed them away. The woman looked up at Ren in disbelief, "Ren," she whispered, then closed her eyes and began to slide. Ren stepped forward to hug her in time, "Annie," he comforted softly, "you are safe now. Alex, bring the wine, there is a bag in the saddle bag." Alex sent the wine bag over in a daze, watching him sit on the ground against the tree trunk with the woman in his arms. "Annie, drink this," he comforted, and the woman blinked her eyelashes and took a few sips obediently. "Tell me, why did you come to the forest?" The woman was in no hurry to leave Ryan's lap, Alex thought sourly, admiring her beautiful dress.She was wearing a very dark red silk, the only one Alex had ever seen in a church, embroidered with rabbits, deer, goldfish and other animals.The square collar was opened very low, exposing most of her plump breasts, and the collar and waist were studded with golden and red dazzling jewels. "Alex!" Ryan stuffed the wine back to her impatiently, "Annie," his tone was so gentle, he held the woman in his arms like a child. "What are you doing here, Ryan?" she asked softly. Alex immediately concluded that she was not singing material.Her voice was weak and weak. "Henry sees me as a traitor." He dimpled again. Anne smiled sweetly at her. "Want your property, don't you? But what did you do to give him a reason to seize your land?" "Rogier Chotels has captured my sister, Mary, and Steve's new wife." "Jottles!" she screamed. "Isn't that woman Gavin had a crush on before marrying into the Chottles family?" "My stupid brother," said Wren with disgust, "that woman is the cheapest whore in the world, but he is blind and loyal to her. When he first married Judith, he loved Alice. Joe Tells for a while." "What does that have to do with you being here?" Why doesn't she stand upright on her own legs?Why, she thought, was she sitting on a man's lap with such poise, speaking grandiosely, as if she were in some nobleman's hall? "It's hard to say," Wren said. "Alice was disfigured in an accident, and she was also mad. Rogier has been taking care of her since she was a widow. Maybe she poisoned his brain. Because it didn't take long for Rogier to take care of her." Jill then challenged my brother to take the wife that King Henry promised Steve." "So I think about it, that incident seems to involve a large industry." "Steve's Brianna is a rich woman. But he wants her people and her land." He smiled, "Once Chotels refused to admit defeat, he insisted on capturing them and threatening Steve." "It doesn't make sense. But how could King Henry—" "I heard that Mary was taken captive, and I was leading the Imperial Forest Army to Wells, so I resolutely led my troops back to pursue Chotels." "With the imperial army?" He nodded, and she frowned, "No wonder Henry wants to declare you a traitor. That's why you dressed as a farmer and wandered in the forest?" "Well. You look better, Annie. It's been a long time since we—" She jumped up suddenly, smoothing the beautiful dress that Alex wanted to touch, "Don't try to seduce me again, Rain Montgomery. My father has promised to find me a husband as soon as possible. I'm leaving the court, so I don't want to listen to your sweet words." She turned around and looked at Alex for the first time, "Who is this little boy who opened his mouth to see us?" Alex immediately shut his mouth and turned his face away. "This is my follower," Ryan said with a smile. "Although he is forced to live in the forest, I still enjoy it quite a bit. He not only works hard, but also can read and write." "I knew you couldn't learn with a dumb head," she spat. "Rain! Don't look at me that way. You can't get cheap with me. Do you have a name, boy?" "Alexander Bright." "Brett? Where have I heard that name?" A notice offering a reward for my capture, Alex thought in horror.Why didn't she change her name?Now this woman will definitely reveal her true identity to Rennes. "That's a common surname." Ren said casually, "Alex, go back to the camp and wait for me." "Don't go, boy!" said Annie. "Rain, I mean it to you. I won't let you take advantage of me, or be alone with you again. You have to send me back to the hunting party, they must be in Look around for me." "I have guards on guard." Ren wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her between his legs. "We have plenty of time to be alone. Go away, Alex." "I want your beautiful follower to stay," Annie pushed his shoulders with both hands, "You have been hiding in the forest for so long, maybe your taste has changed, you would rather take a beautiful little boy than—" She Before he had a chance to say the following, he was kissed hard by Ren. Alex watched with wide eyes curiously.She had never seen someone kiss like this, with their bodies pressed together and their heads twisted, which made others feel fascinated when they saw it.She wished it was her who was in Ryan's arms at this moment. She was intoxicated by the scene in front of her. When the first arrow pierced through the air and landed an inch away from Ren's leg, she just stood there in astonishment, not knowing what happened.But Ren immediately took action, he quickly jumped up and threw Alex and Annie to the ground at the same time. "They're coming for me," he said calmly. "Alex, you're small enough to move in the woods. Find a way to sneak over to the horse and get the weapon." "What about you?" Another arrow whizzed over, and she gasped in fright. "I must take Annie to safety. Go!" he ordered. Without thinking about it, Alex began to crawl forward.Every time an arrow pierced through the air above her, her body tensed with fear.She didn't dare to turn her head, for fear of seeing Ren lying stiffly on the ground, so she continued to move forward.When she came to the collapsed tree, she carefully got up and ran with her body down.But there was already someone beside Ren's mount, struggling with the furious horse to grab the reins.If the horse was captured, they could not even try to fight, because most of the weapons were tied to the saddle.Damn Rain, she thought.He just kept flirting with that woman, forgetting all important things. After praying silently for a while, Alex opened his mouth and sang the tune that the horse loved to hear.It immediately calmed down when it heard the sound, and let the man grab the rein to control it with its ears erect. "As stupid as his master," Alec murmured, before playing the screeching note the horse hated most.It immediately protested with a hiss, and forcibly broke free from the man's captive.Alex watched it galloping towards him with trepidation, took a deep breath and made another melodious note, and it obediently allowed her to climb onto the horse's back with hands and feet. "Now please follow my lead," she whispered, and it looked back at her.Nostrils flaring, eyes wide open, this trained warhorse is not used to carrying a man as light as a feather on its back. "Go!" she commanded in the tone she used to scold twenty-five overly lively choir boys. The horse pulled its legs and galloped in the wrong direction. Alex pulled the horse's head around with all his strength, and walked towards her. "No, Ryan, don't!" As soon as she took control of the war horse under her crotch, she heard Anne's sharp cry.When she rushed to the scene through the forest, Ryan had already killed a man with a sword and was pressing on the other two, while Annie was holding onto Ryan tightly. "They're my father's people," she screamed. "They're coming for me. I told you they'd come." Anne let go of Rain and threw herself at the man lying on the ground. "Take him back as soon as possible." She glared at Ren angrily. "Why don't you listen to what people say?" She spat, "Why do you have to draw your sword before you speak?" Seeing from the sidelines, Alex was so angry that he immediately jumped off his horse.From the expression on Ren's lips tightly closed, it can be seen that he didn't intend to defend himself at all, "They attacked my lord first!" She stood up and said, "When an arrow flies towards him, you want him to stand still!" Get up and ask who shot it before drawing your sword? Miss, you didn’t complain when he used his body to protect you just now, but now you blame him for the person you left behind. Do you have any conscience? " "Alex," Ren stood behind her, putting one hand on her shoulder, "Remember, you can't talk to a lady like that!" "Hell no!" she growled, turning to face him, "that bitch—" Ren beat her mouth with one hand and pulled her over, and she struggled desperately with her back against his chest. "Annie, forgive me and this little watch. He has no training. Take your men to the stream, and I will send you out of the forest." "Ren, I didn't mean to—" "You go, Annie, if you see my family, tell them I'm fine." She just nodded, let a warrior support her on the horse, and then walked away with the injured warrior.After they walked out of sight, Ren let go of Alex. "They want to kill you!" She glared at him angrily, "That woman also blamed you for hurting her people." Ren shrugged, "Who can understand a woman? She has always only cared about money and property." "So you know her very well," she rubbed her chin, still feeling his big hand on her mouth. "Her father suggested that I marry her." This made Alex froze, "Did you decide to decline, or did she refuse to marry you?" He smiled wickedly, showing his dimples, "She met my requirements in every way, except that I never proposed to her. She is half-hearted and not determined. She can't even decide what to wear today." That dress. I bet she'd never settle for being a faithful wife, and I really don't like beating women." "You don't like—" Alex stammered. "Now," he stood up and left the tree trunk he had been leaning against, "if your class on knowing women is over today, I want to deal with my leg." Only then did she lower her head for the first time and saw the dark red blood staining his tights.