Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

Charlemagne rides towards the coast of Brittany. "Now let's go and see, and the matter will be decided, Agilulfo, don't worry. If what you have told me is true, if this woman has maintained her innocence for fifteen years, then there is nothing to say , you were well-deserved to be knighted in the past, and that young man should explain it to us clearly. In order to check and verify, I have ordered my entourage to find a midwife who is familiar with women's affairs. We soldiers, for these Things, of course, are not good at..." The old woman rode on Gurdulu's horse and said inarticulately: "Okay, okay, Your Majesty, everything will be done smoothly, even if you give birth to twins..." She was deaf, and she didn't understand why thing miles.

The two accompanying officers entered the cave first, and they held torches, and the two returned in amazement: "Your Majesty, the girl is lying in the arms of a young soldier." A pair of lovers were brought before the emperor. "You, Sophronia!" Ajilulfo exclaimed.Charlemagne asked someone to lift the young man's face: "Torismondo!" Torrismondo jumped in front of Sophronia: "Are you Sophronia? Ah! My mother!" "Sophronia, do you know this young man?" asked the emperor. The woman lowered her head and her face was pale: "Since he is Torrismondo, I raised him." Her voice was as thin as a gossamer.Torrismondo jumped into the saddle: "I have committed a shameful crime of incest! You will never see me again!" He rode his horse and ran towards the woods on the right.

Ajilulf also stabbed the horse, "You will never see me again!" he said, "I have no name! Farewell!" He went into the woods on the left. Everyone was shocked.Sofronia covered her face with her hands. Only a sound of horseshoes sounded on the right.It turned out that Torrismondo turned around and came out of the woods and ran towards this side.He cried out, "What's the matter? She was a virgin not so long ago? Why didn't I think of that right away? She's a virgin! She can't be my mother!" "Please explain to us," said Charlemagne. "Actually, Torresmondo is not my son, but my brother, or it is more appropriate to say that it is Brother Geshan," Sofronia said, "The Queen of Scots is our mother. She gave birth to him a year after the king was away at war, and she had an accidental affair--it seemed--with the Knights of the Holy Grail. When the king announced that he was going to return to the court, the shameless woman (I had to Saying so about our mother) got me lost in the woods under the guise of letting me take my little brother out for a walk. She made up a big lie to her husband who had returned. She told him that I had run away when I was thirteen, out of wedlock and pregnant. Out of a misunderstanding of filial piety, I have never revealed the secret of our mother. I lived in the wilderness with my young brother. Compared with the days when the Duke’s family was sent to a monastery, I was free and happy. Until this morning, I had never met a man. At the age of thirty-two, the first time I met a man, alas, it turned out to be incest..., ,

"Let's calmly see what's going on," Emperor Charlemagne said comfortingly. "Incest happens from time to time, but it's not the most serious thing that happens between brothers and sisters across the mountain..." "Not incest, Holy Majesty! Be quick, Sofronia!'' cried Torismondo, beaming, "In my search for my roots, I have learned a secret I intended never to reveal Of: I thought it was my mother, that is you, Sophronia, born not of the queen of Scots, but of the king's illegitimate daughter by a peasant's wife.The king asked his wife to adopt you as an adopted daughter, that is to say, the person who I now know to be my mother is only a foster mother to you.Now, I understand that she was your mother against her will under the persecution of the king, and she has been waiting for an opportunity to get rid of you.She pushed the bitter fruit of her accidental mistake, that is, me, to you.You are the daughter of the King of Scotland and a country woman, and I am the son of the Queen and the Holy Order. We have no blood relationship, but only a marriage that has just been consensually formed here. I sincerely hope that you will renew the marriage. "

"I think everything has been satisfactorily settled..." Charlemagne rubbed his hands and said, "Let's not waste any more time, and hurry to find our great knight Agilulfo, and reassure him that his name is There is no longer any doubt about the title." "Your Majesty, I'll go!" A knight ran forward and said.He is Rambaldo. He went into the forest and called out: "Knight! Knight Agilulfo! Knight Guelduverny! Gorbein Tratz and Guelduverny of Syracuse and Agilulfo Amor Bertrandino! Knight of Selympia and Fez! The truth is revealed! Come back!"

The only thing that promised him was the echo. Rambaldo searched along every path in the woods, and after checking the path, he climbed over one cliff after another, followed the streams and streams to find traces, sometimes shouting, sometimes listening carefully to the movement around him.He found horseshoe prints.Deeper hoof prints appeared in one place, as if the horse had stayed there, and the horse's hooves have since become shallower, as if the horse had been released here.And on this same spot there appeared another trace, the footprints of iron shoes.Rambaldo followed in his footsteps.

He held his breath.Go to a place with few trees.At the foot of an oak tree, there were scattered things: an overturned helmet with colorful feathers, a white breastplate, panties, armguards, gloves, in short, it was Ady. Some of the things on Rulfoy's pin armor seemed to be intentionally piled up in a regular pyramid shape, while others rolled loosely on the ground.Pinned to the hilt is a note: "I bequeath this armor to the Chevalier Rambardo di Rosilione".There is half a flower pen signature on the lower part, as if it stopped immediately at the beginning. "Knight!" shouted Rambaldo, to the helmet, to the breastplate, to the oak, to the sky, "knight! Put on your armor again! Your rank in the army and your rank in the Frankish Kingdom The title of nobility is beyond reproach!" He pieced the armor together, tried to stand it up, and kept saying loudly: "Knight, you exist, and now no one can deny your existence!" No voice answered him. .The pin armor couldn't stand up, and the helmet rolled to the ground. "Knight, you have persisted for so long with only the strength of will, you always do everything well, as if you really exist, why did you suddenly give in?" He didn't know who to call again: Pin Armor It was empty, so empty that it was different from before. It lost the former knight named Ajilulf, and now he has disappeared, like a drop of water dissolved in the sea.

Rambaldo unbuttoned his breastplate, took it off, put on the white pin armor, put on Agilulfo's helmet, shield and sword in his hand, and jumped on his horse.So he appeared before the emperor and his retinue in full armor. "Ah, Agilulfo, you're back, and everything is fine, isn't it?" But another voice in the helmet answered. "I am not Agilulfo, Your Majesty!" The mask was lifted, revealing the face of Rambaldo. "The knight of Guel du Verny left only this pair of white pin armor and this note assigning ownership to me. At this moment, I only want to go to the battlefield!"

The snare drum sounded the warning.A fleet of brigantines transports a Saracen army to Brittany.The Frankish army assembled urgently. "You have achieved your wish," said the emperor, "and the time has come to fight. Give honor to the weapon in your hand. Although Ajilulfo is eccentric, he knows how to fight as a soldier." The Franks met the invaders and opened a breach in the Saracens' lines, and young Rambardo was the first to rush forward.He fights with the enemy, strikes, defends, excited and angry.Many of Muhammad's followers ate mud on their stomachs.Where Rambaldo pointed, the enemies were stabbed one by one.The invaders retreated in columns, pushing towards the anchored ships.Under the pursuit of the Frankish army, except for those who polluted the gray land of Brittany with their own black blood, the defeated soldiers scattered like birds and beasts.

Rambaldo returned from the battle unscathed; but the aluminum armor, Agilulfo's immaculate white and unbroken armor, was now crusted with mud, stained with the blood of the enemy, and scarred, Holes, scratches, and rips, the feathers on the helmet were snapped, the helmet was warped, and the shield had just that mysterious insignia scraped off.Now the young man felt that the armor was his, that it belonged to him, Rambardo di Rossilione.The discomfort of putting it on at first is gone, and he wears it like a glove. He rode up a mountain ridge alone.A sharp voice sounded from the bottom of the valley. "Hey, Agilulfo is up there!"

A knight came running towards him.The knight wore a lavender cloak over his armor.It was Bradamante who was chasing him, "I finally found you, self-defeating knight." ' Bradamante, I'm not Agilulfo: I'm Rambaldo Canton. He wanted to shout at her, but he thought it would be better to come closer and talk, so he turned his horse to meet her. "You're coming to me at last, you irresistible knight!" Bradamante shouted, "Hey, I want to see you running after me too, you're the only one who doesn't look like those rough Those men who suddenly rushed towards me from behind are really like a pack of hounds!" She said, turning her horse back and making a gesture of avoiding him, but she turned her head frequently to see if he fell into the trap Are your own traps chasing you? Lombardo was eager to tell her: "Didn't you see that I am also a clumsy person? My every movement reveals my desire, my dissatisfaction, my impatience? But all I seek is to be an understanding People who want their own needs!" In order to tell her, he followed her closely.She laughed and said, "This is the day I've always dreamed of!" He lost sight of her.There was a secluded valley with green grass, and her horse was already tied under a mulberry tree.Everything was similar to the first time he had followed her here, and he still wondered if she was a woman.Rambaldo dismounted.She was over there, he saw her, and saw her lying on her back on a slope of fragrant grass.She took off her armor and put on a topaz-colored tunic.She lay with her arms outstretched to him.Rambaldo stepped forward in his white armor.This is the time to speak to her. "I'm not Agilulfo, look at this pin armor you love, you can feel the weight of a body inside, my body is young and flexible. You don't see that this pin armor has lost its inhumanity Is the pure whiteness of the body transformed into a battle robe worn by men who have been charged into battle and withstood attacks from all kinds of weapons, a sturdy and useful protective device?" He wanted to say this to her, but he stood there with trembling hands. There, he moved towards her hesitantly.Perhaps this was the perfect moment for him to reveal the truth, take off his armor, and appear as Rambaldo, who was smiling expectantly with her eyes closed.The young man took off the armor on his body. He was worried that if Bradamante opened his eyes at this moment, he would recognize him... No, she covered her face with one hand, as if she didn't want to disturb others with her eyes. The invisible approach of the existing knight.Rambaldo threw himself on top of her. "Ah, it's true. I've long believed that there will be such a day!" Bradamanti sighed with her eyes closed, "I've always believed that this is possible!" In the relationship, they bonded together, "Yes, yes, I have confidence!" Now that this thing has been done, it is time to look at each other. "She's going to see me," thought Rambaldo, with a flash of pride and hope, "she'll understand all this, she'll think it right and good; she'll love me all her life!" Bradamante opened his eyes. "Oh, you!" She got up from the haystack and pushed Rambaldo away. "You! You!" she exclaimed angrily, with tears in her eyes, "You!fraud. " She stood up, swung her sword, pointed it at Rambaldo, and slashed at him, but with the back of the sword, it landed on the head, and he was struck with stares.He raised his bare hands upwards, maybe for self-defense, maybe to hug her, and all he had time to say to her was: "But, you say, you say, isn't it wonderful...··＠广 Then lost He lost consciousness, and the only answer was a clatter of horseshoes. She left. If it is unlucky for a lover to endure the longing for a kiss he does not yet know, it is a thousand times more unlucky not to be able to regain it after having just tasted it.Rambaldo continued to live his warrior life.Where the melee is fiercest, his spear will go to break the way.If he saw a flash of lavender in the shadow of swords and swords, he would run straight there. "Bradamante!" he cried, but always in vain joy. The only person to whom he was willing to confide his troubles was gone forever.When walking about the barracks, a well-dressed breastplate, or a swift movement of an arm, would make him jump because it reminded him of Agilulfo.Could it be that the knight didn't disappear, he found another set of pin armor and put it on?Rambaldo went up and said: "Colleague, I don't want to offend you, but I would like to ask you to remove the visor on your helmet." Every time he hoped to see a hollow on the opposite side, but there was always a nose protruding above the curly beard. "Please forgive me." He said timidly, and hurried away. Someone is also looking for Ajiluerfu, this is Gulduru, every time he sees an empty pot, a chimney or a wine barrel, he stops and shouts: "Mr. Master! Please order! Master!" gentlemen!" He sat on the grass by the side of the road, and babbled for a long time on a long-necked and pot-bellied wine bottle, until someone called him, "Gulduru, who are you looking for over there?" It was Torismundo, who married with great pomp in the presence of Charlemagne, and rode with his bride to Cuvaldia, where he had been appointed count by the Emperor, accompanied by a retinue of well-dressed squires. "I'm looking for my master." Gulduru replied. "Is he in the bottle?" "My master is a non-existent man, so he may stay in the bottle as in the pin armor." "But your master disappeared into the air!" "Then, I became the groom of the air." "If you come with me, you will be my groom." They came to Kuvaldia.The place was no longer recognizable.Where there had been villages arose cities, with stone mansions, mills, and canals. "Good people, I'm back and I will stay with you..." "Hoo! Long live! Long live the bridegroom! Long live the bride!" "Please rejoice after listening to the news I brought: Charlemagne granted me the title of Count Kuvaldia, and you should salute and thank the holy emperor!" 'Ah.....but....Charlemagne.....produced...” "Don't you understand? From now on you have a count! You will be under my protection from the bullying of the Knights of the Holy Grail." "'Hey, we've kicked those fellows out of Cuvaldia long ago! You see, we've been doing what we're told for a long time... Two. But now we know we can live without paying tribute to knights or earls Well... We farm, build workshops, mills, obey our own laws, defend our territories, and in short, move forward, and we have nothing to complain about. You are a generous young man, We have not forgotten what you have done for us...we want you to stay...but as equals..." "As an equal? ​​Don't you want me to be an earl? But this is the emperor's order, don't you understand: it is impossible for you to disobey!" "Hey, people always say that: Impossible... It used to seem impossible to get rid of the Holy Grail knights who oppressed us... At that time, we only had scissors and forks... We didn't have any malice towards anyone, master, yes You are more different from all others... You are a talented young man, you have seen more than us... If you stay here and live with us as equals without using force, maybe you will be one of us too The leader of the..." "Torismundo, I have suffered a lot, and I don't want to have another twists and turns," Sofronia lifted her veil and said, "These people are reasonable and polite. I think this city is beautiful and rich...Why don't we Try to come to an agreement with them?" "What about our servant?" ’ They will also all become citizens of Kuvaldia,” replied the residents, “and they will get everything they deserve.” "Should I take this groom as a person like me? Gulduru doesn't even know whether he exists or not." "He can learn too... We didn't know how to live in the world... We learned as we lived..."