The horse's hooves make a gentle sound when they step on the ground that has begun to appear soft. The tender green grass will feel comfortable when it is stepped on. If it grows slightly more vigorously, it will gently rub its calves gently without the horseshoes. At this time, Pagasus's nose will make a light whirring sound.

However, Pagasus felt that the guy on his back obviously did not understand this mood, because whenever he whispered to praise the arrival of spring, he was taught a lesson from both light and heavy. After a few times, Pagasus began to feel that this refreshing and comfortable morning was not so beautiful.

The woods in the early morning were very quiet. Apart from the beautiful chirping of the early cuckoo, there was only the slow sound of horse hooves.

Alexander pulled the reins and prevented Pagasus from running too fast, because it would startled all the birds in the woods and flew past some very tall branches, and he stared vigilantly at the movements in the woods.

Lucrezia was exhausted due to the bumps all night. At this time, she no longer cared that the person behind her was a bandit who kidnapped her. She sat on the side of the horse and curled up her whole body into a ball and snuggled tightly in Alexander's arms, snoring gently. From time to time, she would twist her head because of her uncomfortable posture.

A loud bird cry woke Lucrezia. She wanted to spread her arms and stretch her waist, but when she moved her arms a little, she was wrapped in something soft. When she woke up, she realized that at some point her hands had been wrapped around Alexander's waist from the cloak, and her cheeks were pressing against his chest.

Lucrezia felt a little fever on her face. She didn't mind borrowing a man's chest to keep warm, but this person was the criminal who hijacked her, which made Lucrezia feel that her face was not good-looking.

At this time, the sun had risen high, and the woods were filled with bright rose-like lights. The bright sunlight shone in from time to time from time to time from time to time, making people always flash in all kinds of lights in front of them.

Lucrezia wanted to say something, but because of the embarrassment in front of her, she could only twist her head slightly to look at the woods in front of her that seemed to never get out of.

"I remember we were in this woods before dawn," she finally found a reason to speak, but after she said that, her face slightly changed, "God, you won't get lost."

Alexander smiled bitterly. At this time, he felt that Lucrezia was not cute at all, especially when he opened his mouth and said their current embarrassment.

"Are you really lost?" Seeing the expression on Alexander's face, Lucrezia first laughed and sarcastic, and then the smile on her face could not be maintained. "What should we do? This wood is so big, we will be trapped inside."

Lucrezia began to get nervous. She had heard the legends about the death of being lost in the wild, especially one of her half-brothers. Henry, the former Duke of Gandino, was surrounded by enemies during the battle and eventually died of serious injuries. So she knew that getting lost was not funny at all. If it was in the wilderness where people were rarely visited, it would even be terrible.

Alexander ignored Lucrezia. In fact, he had almost found the edge of the woods at this time, but because he went astray before dawn, he didn't know if he was still on the road to Montina.

After walking forward for a while, the light outside the woods was already very obvious. Lucrezia then breathed a little slow, but she still stared at the front nervously, and at the same time she began to think about how to escape from this person.

He was only one person now, and those Bohemians were being chased by those who came to save her, and although they were still in his hands, it was much easier to escape from one person than to a group of people.

Lucrezia stared at the clearings not far ahead where there seemed to be a road. She knew that there were not many opportunities to escape, so she carefully hid her mind and waited for the opportunity.

As Pagasus's horseshoe landed on the solid ground, Alexander looked at the sides of the road separately, then looked up at the sun in the sky.

In the direction of the sun, he knew he should go to the left, but looking at the road leading down the hillside, he was also worried about whether he would encounter the cavalry.

Alexander was not worried about the Bohemians. If they did not want to fight with others, then no one could stop them. This is the advantage of the light cavalry. Even if the opponent was a light cavalry, it would be unlikely that the other party would easily catch up with them. Moreover, the other party obviously caught up overnight. It is difficult to compare with the Bohemians who had been resting for a while.

"Be careful."

Alexander reminded himself that there is no one around him now. Once he is discovered, would he really use Lucrezia as a hostage? If that is the case, he will be nowhere to be found.

Thinking of this, Alexander decided to continue his previous journey for the time being and then turn to Montina when it is almost done.

The woods were obviously very big, but they had reached the end of the woods, so the more they walked along the road, the more they looked sparse the more they walked along. When they came to a wide open land with a good view, they found that a town had appeared in front of them.

"I'm going to wash up," Lucrezia suddenly said. She quietly glanced at Alexander and found that he didn't seem to object. She continued to say, "I'm a little hungry, I didn't eat much of what you gave me yesterday."

Alexander nodded. In fact, he was a little hungry, and yesterday's jerky and bread tasted hard to swallow. This reminded him of Uriu. If the Moors could at least have a decent meal, it made him decide that no matter where they went in the future, it made him decide that he would take the Moors with him.

The people in the town ahead had obviously risen. From a distance, it seemed that the town was not small.

Alexander urged the horse to move forward slowly. He had to be careful. Even if he didn't have Lucrezia around him, he had to be cautious. In this era, if he was careless, he would probably lose his life casually.

Moreover, he could not help but admit that with Lucrezia's appearance, even if she didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, maybe the trouble would come to her.

The arrival of Alexander and others caused a small commotion among the people in the town. A group of children who had helped their parents throw away the sieve of fat particles in their hands and run not far away. Some simply ran to the front to report to the adults.

Alexander slightly used a blanket to pull Lucrezia into his arms, and at the same time, his hand hidden under the blanket pressed hard on her waist, secretly warning her not to act rashly and act cleverly.

The town is not small, with grocery stores on one main street, but all the houses in the town look very dilapidated, and the indifference in people's eyes when they look at them, which makes Alexander secretly alert.

The best building in the town is the church that looks not too tall and has become a little decayed.

What surprised Alexander and the others even more was that the church door was actually blocked.

Seeing this scene, Alexander couldn't help but secretly touch the handle of the musket hidden under the cloak.

In today's era, there are no priests in a church in a place, and the gates are even more blocked. This seems a bit strange, and strange things will always happen in strange places.

A town citizen who seemed to be quite young last year came over. He first stood up from a distance and then walked to Alexander and looked up at him.

"Foreigners, who are you?" The old man's nose was very big and red, obviously because of his long-term alcoholism. This made Alexander feel a little strange. Although people in this era lived much better than those in the dark medieval times, it is rare for residents of a town to drink rosacea.

"Where is this?" Alexander asked carefully.

"Is this?" the old man looked around and smiled on his face. "This is Noldesi, this is the largest town nearby."

"How far is it from here to Montina?" Alexander's hand was still secretly pressing on the handle of the musket, and he felt that the town was a little strange.

The old man was a little stunned when he heard this, as if he was thinking about where Montina was. Then he shook his head and said, "Oh, that's still far away, and you seem to have taken the wrong path. If you want to go to Montina, you should go back from the way you came before."

Alexander nodded. He knew that the old man was right. Just as he was about to speak again, Lucrezia, who had been honest and silent all the time, suddenly poked her head out of the blanket covered and asked, "Why is the church here sealed? Where is the local pastor?"

Seeing Lucrezia, the old man's face suddenly appeared a hint of dullness. He looked at Lucrezia in shock, as if completely stunned by the beautiful girl who suddenly appeared, and even forgot to answer her question.

"Pastor, where is it?" Alexander slowly repeated the question, but his hand hidden under the blanket pressed hard on Lucrezia's waist and issued a warning, but then his hand was held down by Lucrezia, and the two of them secretly competed under the blanket.

"The pastor was driven away," the old man was a little crazy and seemed to be unreliable. He pointed at the gate of the church that was sealed with wood and said, "The pastor was going to send the holy communion, and then a patrol priest came, a very powerful man. He taught the pastor and asked someone to whip him. It was there that wooden rack for the tying of animals? The priest asked someone to tie the pastor to the rack and whip him, and then drove him out of the church."

"It's a communion ceremony," Lucrezia whispered in Alexander's ear, "The pastor can give the communion, but he has no right to hold the ceremony. This is blasphemy."

Alexander frowned. Although he didn't quite understand what the ceremony Lucrezia said meant, he couldn't help but think of another thing similar to what happened in this town, which made him vaguely feel that something was wrong.

"Where did that pastor go?"

He asked with a serious expression.

"Go..." The old man raised his hand and turned around in the same place, then pointed in the distance casually with some confusion. "Go there, when he left, the priest asked the people of the town to drive him away with a whip, and asked the children to throw garbage on him, and then he walked into the woods alone."

Lucrezia looked at Alexander a little strangely. She didn't understand why he suddenly became interested in the pastor.

As for her intentional conversation with this old man, she has her own thoughts.

Lucrezia believed that her beauty would definitely impress the people in this town, so that as long as those who rescued her could come to this town, she could know her whereabouts with just a little inquiry.

Alexander seemed not to notice Lucrezia's trick, and what he was thinking was actually another thing.

He took out a gold coin from his arms and threw it to the old man and said, "Give us some food and drinks, hurry up, give you the rest."

The old man said happily and couldn't wait to bite the gold coins with his teeth. Seeing the shallow tooth marks on it, he immediately bowed and bowed.

"Don't worry, Master, I'll send it to you soon."

The old man laughed and turned around and ran away. Behind him, a group of children gathered up and chased him to the grocery store on the street.

"Don't we take a break?" Lucrezia asked with some annoyance. "I'm very tired. I want to have something to eat and have a nap. If possible, I want to take a shower."

Alexander ignored Lucrezia and shook his head silently.

Somehow, he felt a slight uneasy in his heart, as if something was about to happen.

The old man came back shortly after he went there. He was carrying a basket in his left hand, containing some things, and a stone ceramic wine bottle in his right hand. He raised his head and drank it while walking over with his feet floating.

Along the way, a pungent smell of poor wine came to my face.

Lucrezia turned her head aside in disgust, and then she saw Alexander seemingly staring at the closed gate of the monastery.

The old man walked over and shook the basket in his hand, and said vaguely: "I brought you food and drinks, and there are some other things you will definitely like."

Alexander bent down slightly to bear the basket in his hand. Seeing the bread in the basket and a large piece of fat meat with white lard hanging on it, and a bottle of wine that looked the same as the old man's hand, he frowned and took it.

"And this," the old man was nagging, while trying hard to take out a mess of things. "I gave it to you, thank you for buying me wine."

"What is it?" Alexander asked strangely.

"It is a sign of atonement. This is approved by the Pope. No matter what sin you commit, you can be forgiven. Of course, the price of big and small sin is different. However, for your gold coins, all of them are given to you, which is enough for you. It doesn't matter even if you commit the most unforgivable crime."

As he said that, the old man glanced at Lucrezia with a slightly obscene look, and opened his mouth to reveal his dirty black and yellow teeth.

Alexander was a little stunned, and then he understood what the old man meant.

It was obvious that he regarded the two as lovers who had an affair, which made Alexander both angry and funny.

Lucrezia's face turned red from anger.

She turned her head and stared at the old man, and looked at the atonement talisman in his hand and said angrily: "You dare to cheat in the name of the pope. Do you know what crime this is?"

The old man laughed loudly, and he looked at Lucrezia sarcastically, as if she had told a joke. Then he put away the atonement talismans in a little annoyed, and kept nagging: "I don't believe that I am recognized by the Pope. You must know that even when Pastor John was still here, he did not forbid me to sell the atonement talismans."

"That's why the pastor was driven away," Lucrezia said angrily, "that man who blasphemed the communion ceremony should be extorted."

"Oh, you woman is really amazing."

The old man muttered impatiently, but before he could speak again, Alexander had already taken his horse around him.

Alexander wanted to leave the town as soon as possible. For some reason, he felt uneasy when he looked at the sealed church.

There is only one main street in the town, and the church is almost in the middle of the town. Just continue walking forward for a while and then walk along the slightly turning street for another section and you can get out of the town.

Alexander decided to leave here as soon as possible, and he didn't want more people to see them.

Lucrezia is so beautiful that she will definitely attract a lot of attention in such a remote place. Anyone who has seen her will definitely be impressed, which is very unfavorable for him who is evading pursuit.

The old man was still nagging, but his feet were fast. Perhaps because of his drinking too much, he actually started running on the street and soon surpassed Pagasus.

Lucrezia reached out and patted Pagasus' head with some dissatisfaction, as if she wanted to make it run faster, but Pagasus did not speed up. Instead, it suddenly stopped and his two erect ears suddenly shook.

Looking at Pagasus' strangeness, Alexander's heart suddenly moved.

At the same time, he vaguely heard a strange sound coming from the direction of the town entrance at the opposite corner.

Alexander couldn't help but take the reins and listen carefully, and then his face suddenly became solemn.

Lucrezia also heard something at this time. She first looked at the entrance of the town inadvertently. After confirming what the sound she heard, a hint of excitement and joy suddenly appeared on her face.

But at this time Alexander had already turned around with his horse. Just when Lucrezia had not had time to make a sound, Pagasus had quickly rushed into the empty alley between the two low earthen houses.

Just as their figures disappeared into the box, several figures had appeared at the entrance of the town. As the sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground became heavier, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared at the entrance of the town and rushed into the town in a swarm.

Silhouettes passed through the alley, and the sound of horses' hooves hit the ground. At this moment, Alexander suddenly felt Lucrezia moving in front of him!

Alexander responded quickly, and he grabbed Lucrezia's two struggling arms from behind with both hands, and at the same time he pushed her into his arms with all his might!
Chapter completed!