I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 15 The Unlucky Werewolf Mr. Clayland

Clayland didn't want to think about whether Charlie's move meant taking his daughter Louise as a hostage, but even so, what could they do? Although the Duke of Cornwall affectionately called him Uncle Clayland, they didn't. There is hardly any blood relationship between them - His Majesty King John Lakeland was the third king of the Plantagenet dynasty, followed by the Lancastrian dynasty and the York dynasty, the York dynasty followed by the Tudor dynasty, the Tudor dynasty Then came the Stuart dynasty. Charles I was the second king of the Stuart dynasty. There was more than three hundred years between them. But the Serbian werewolves unfortunately encountered double sniping from the church and the Hungarian werewolves. It can be said that he found Charles I after a desperate attempt. Clayland originally only hoped to find a place to live in England, even if it was to serve or serve as an "annuity" given to the church by the king.

Charles I didn't care much about these werewolves. He looked at Clayland as if he were looking at a clown. Under the heavy pressure of state affairs, being able to command a ferocious werewolf like a hound was indeed an amazing thing. Pleasant thing, at that time, let alone acknowledging Clayland's identity, he probably didn't think of Clayland as a person at all.

Although Clayland is indeed not a person, he still has all the self-respect and pride of a person. For the sake of the ethnic group, he had to endure the humiliation of the king, and Charles I, perhaps for the "annuity" - this is the Inquisition to the king and the king. Another special tax levied by the lords (even if they are not willing to obey the will of the church), to put it simply, is the werewolf, wizard or devil on their territory, dead or alive, if they really can't pay it , then the king has to give a large fine.

Of course, the king, or any daring lord, can refuse it, that's fine, but the Inquisition will immediately withdraw from their domain, so that even if the king and lord have castles and armies, their tenant farmers and merchants will become werewolves or wizards. offerings.

For the werewolves, expelling old and weak werewolves once a year, or forcing them to die voluntarily, are two solutions to solve two difficult problems - it can reduce the consumption in the clan, and it can also meet the lord's demand for werewolf fur. .

Serbian werewolves have actually fallen apart. Kleilan used to be a strong and intelligent leader, but the bad thing is that he is too indecisive. Of course, it is better to say that he is too emotional, and he always tries his best to protect him. Everyone knows that this is impossible, especially those young and strong werewolves. Before they need mercy from others, they are particularly dissatisfied with Kleilan's actions, not trying to compete for the position of leader , is to leave alone or in groups of three or five.

   But what would happen to a werewolf who had left the group and lost its protection? The wolf skin that was trampled under the feet of King Louis of France gave the best answer.

Clayland had also looked at the wolf skin. In fact, he didn't even have to look at it, he could smell the smell of his nephew who had left not long ago. Speaking of which, this young werewolf was not as good as other werewolves who had left. He hated Claylan and those old and weak werewolves so much, he just... didn't want to wait to die with this group that was on the way to extinction-but he didn't expect that he would be the first to die.

Therefore, the death of Charles I became the only turning point for the Serbian werewolves. Compared with the cunning and cunning Charles I, his son Charlie was just a young man, not cold enough, and a little naive. He didn't even question why Clayland didn't To save his father - Cleland must admit that he watched Charles I guillotine with joy, but he also did not want to go to Cromwell, the protector was a Puritan, that is to say, for Werewolves, wizards, or anything related to the devil is abhorrent, and he will never cooperate with a werewolf.

   So Clayland chose little Charlie, and when little Charlie nearly died, he, and his people, rescued the king's son, the heir to the throne of England, just in time.

   Little Charlie believed in what he said, which is why he called him Uncle Cleland. He also specially made Cleland's daughter as his maid, and then his sister's female companion. The gracious prince said that this is the treatment that a county master deserves, alas, the county master, Cleland can He swore to his ancestors that he had no such thoughts, he just wanted a small but quiet forest that would allow him to spend the rest of the day peacefully with his more than 100 people.

But that's all for the future. Clayland, while counting a list of people who would support the Duke of Cornwall's ascension to the throne, estimated how much actual support he could get, and walked out of Richelieu Mansion, because he Wearing the clothes of a guard, not many people noticed him, only at the corner of the street, a **** dead dog fell from the sky.

If he was just an ordinary bodyguard, he would have been hit and stained his clothes, but Clayland was a werewolf, and when he smelled the strong **** smell, he raised his vigilance, and the dead dog landed within a distance of him At a distance of three or four feet, the intestines burst out from the belly that had been intentionally cut open, a mess and a stench. Clayland heard someone laughing and someone taunting someone for being too bad--he heard when he was in England that the commoners in Paris, France, like to use dead cats and dogs, or anything that's dead and can't be eaten. Throwing things at nobles or royal guards, it seems to be true.

   As he walked, he pressed his nose with a keen sense of smell. The streets of Paris were really dirty. The ground he stepped on was neither stone nor mud. What was it?

   feces.

Horses, cows, cats and dogs, as well as human feces, animals defecate everywhere, and people leave feces in the bucket, housewives or apprentices will carry the bucket every morning, shouting attention, while putting the bucket inside All the things are dumped on the street, which is why pedestrians try to stay away from the house as much as possible, or when men and women travel together, men will humbly leave women close to the wall, in order to avoid collisions with carriages, The second is to bravely keep the possible "golden dripping" opportunities to yourself.

   These feces will not be cleaned by anyone, nor can they be cleaned, so after years of repeated trampling and rolling by people, horses and wheels, sun exposure, and rain washing, the dregs left behind will naturally become new roads.

  Breland was walking not on the road, but on the dung, which made him miss the Serbian forest all the more intensely.

As he turned the last corner and was about to leave Richelieu behind, Brayland almost subconsciously cast a final glance at the elegant building, and at this moment, the sharp eyes of the werewolf let him see When he arrived at a boy who was standing in front of a window with a drapery full of embroidered lilies hanging down on both sides, he looked solemnly at the street—for a while he didn't expect the identity of this person, but he quickly guessed it because he was the same age as the boy. The similar Duke of Anjou has so far been wearing a skirt.

   Brayland hesitated, but at last he took off his hat, pressed it to his chest, and gave the young king a deep salute.

   (end of this chapter)