Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Facing the strong wind and snow

Missing Molly came back to my mind.I resolutely blocked this thought, but couldn't help but lower my head and smell the faint fragrance she left on my shirt shoulder.I smirked to myself, and set off to find Kettricken.I have a job. I'm hungry. This thought invaded my mind without warning, and a feeling of shame welled up in my heart.The events that followed yesterday made me forget to feed it. It's okay to be hungry all day, not to mention that I found a mouse nest in the corner of the cabin.Don't you think I can't take care of myself at all?However, it would be nice to have more food.

There will be soon, I promise it.But I have to do one thing first. I found two well-groomed young page boys in the Kettricken's living room, who giggled when they saw me come in, and couldn't tell where the Kettrickens were, so I went into Master Frightwind's weaving Look at the room.It was a warm and welcoming room where many of the ladies of the castle often met, but Kettricken was not here.Mrs. Qianxun told me that her mistress had gone to talk to Prince Verity this morning, and perhaps she was there. But Verity was neither in the room nor in the map room, where Charin was sorting the parchments from good to bad.He told me Verity got up early this morning, and set off for his boatshed right away.It was true that Kettricken had been in his room in the morning, but she had come after Verity had gone, and she had followed Charlene after she had told him that Verity had gone.Where did you go?He's not sure.

I'm starving right now, and after resigning, I immediately went to the kitchen with the most rumors to find something to eat, maybe someone will know where the princess is.Don't worry, I tell myself, it's not time yet. Buckkeep's kitchen is at its busiest when it's cold and windy, and the steam from the stew is mixed with the smell of baking bread and roasting meat. The shivering stable boy chatted with the kitchen helpers here to pass the time, stealing the freshly baked bread and cheese, not forgetting to taste the delicious stew, until Burrich disappeared like fog when he appeared at the door.I cut a piece of cold meat pudding from the morning's cooking, dipped it in honey and some crumbs that the cook had prepared for lard, and listened to the conversation as I ate it.

Oddly, very few people directly mentioned the events of the previous day, which makes me think that it will take time for people in the castle to let these things go.However, I felt a sense of relief and thought of situations I had witnessed, such as a person whose leg was amputated, or a family who found their child drowned and finally mustered up the courage to face the worst. Situation, be honest with the facts and say, "I know you. You hurt me and nearly killed me, but I'm alive and I'm going to live." That's how the crowd at Buckkeep made me feel .All the people finally acknowledged the serious injury caused by the red boat, and at this moment, a sense of revenge arises spontaneously after healing the wound and relieving the pain.

I don't want to directly inquire about the whereabouts of the princess here. It just so happened that a stable boy was talking about Qingbu. He said that he saw the blood on Qingbu's shoulder yesterday. In fact, part of it was his own. Then a group of people started talking about it. How he opened his mouth and snapped when Burrich tried to heal his shoulder injury, and how he looked like it would take two people to hold his head to stop him, so I managed to join in the conversation, "Perhaps a gentle horse would be better Fit for a queen?" "Oh, no. The Queen likes the pride and spirit of the light step, and she told me that herself when she came to the stables this morning. She came to see her horse herself, and asked me when I could ride him again. Yes Indeed, she told me directly. I told her that no horse wants to be ridden around in this weather, and he has a deep gash on his shoulder. And Queen Kettricken nodded head, stood and chatted with me for a while, and asked why my teeth were missing."

"Then you told her there was a horse that threw your head back while you were riding it and knocked your teeth out! Because you didn't want Burrich to know that you fell while we were wrestling in the hayloft In the stable of the gray pony!" "Shut up! You pushed me, so both you and I are at fault!" Then the two guys pushed and punched each other until the cook yelled and they fell out of the kitchen.However, I found out what I wanted to know, so I hurried towards the stables. The weather outside was colder than expected, and the howling wind blew in from every crack in the door. Even in the stable, the cold wind never missed the opportunity to rush in when the door opened.The breath of the horses made white smoke in the air, and the people in the stables huddled together for warmth.I found Hands and asked him where Burrich was.

"Hewing wood," he said quietly, "for the funeral pyre, and, besides, he's been drinking since dawn." It almost made me forget my mission, and I've never heard of such a situation.Burrich was in the habit of drinking, but only at the end of his evening work.Ah Shou also saw my doubts. "His hound tigress died last night. I never heard of building wood for a dog though. He's behind the sports corral." I turned and walked to the sports corral. "Fitz!" Ah Shou hurriedly warned me. "It's all right, Hand. I know it means a lot to him. The first night he took care of me, he put me next to him and told him to keep an eye on me. He had a puppy by his side. , a big nose..."

A hand shook his head. "He said he didn't want to see anyone. Don't ask him any questions and don't let anyone talk to him. He never told me that." "Okay!" I sighed. Ah Shou looked disapproving. "It's getting old, he should have thought about it. There's no way he's going to hunt with him anymore, he should have replaced it years ago." I looked at Ah Shou.Even though he takes good care of animals, has a gentle temper and good intuition, he still can't really appreciate the relationship between humans and animals.I was once shocked by my unique wit perception, and to expose the lack of wit at this time would be to accuse him of blindness.I shook my head and pulled my mind back to the task I was supposed to perform. "Shou, did you see the queen today?"

"Yeah, but that was a while ago." He scanned my face with worried eyes. "She came to ask me if Verity had taken the truth out of the stables and into the city, and I told her no. The prince, though he had come to see him, left him in the stables. I told her the cobblestones in the streets must be frozen So Verity wouldn't risk his favorite horse walking that way. He hasn't been walking into town much lately, though he's been visiting the stables almost every day. He also told me it was out of breath. Good excuse for fresh air." My heart sank.My insight convinced me that Kettricken followed Verity to Buckkeep Castle.walk?Unaccompanied?On such a bad day?When Ah Shou scolded me for not seeing the Queen's intentions, I took out a mule companion with a good name and steady feet, and before I could rush back to the room to add warm clothes, I borrowed Ah Shou's cloak to cover myself. out of his cloak, then pulled the unwilling animal out of the stable into strong winds and snow.