第十三章 承诺

p;那人正是在约翰的/span>光速冲击剑/span>下捡回一条命的波勒叛徒/span>皇家骑士亚历士·莫森侯爵/span>在表面看起来/span>他的伤势已经痊愈得差不多/span>背后重新披上了象征莫森家族的蓝色披风/span>而身上的皇家战甲也恢复了原状--这就是秘银合金战甲的奥妙之处/span>只要不是被整件粉碎/span>脱离了战斗后/span>秘银合金战甲就会在几天内自动复原/span>

    只见亚历士一面狐疑地看着对方：/span>怎么/span>你不跟我打了/span>快拔出你的剑/span>你要为你刚才的话付出代价/span>/span>

    /span>算了吧/span>我不希望别人我打赢一个受伤未愈的人/span>/span>都里斯/span>/span>你回去吧/span>等你把伤养好了再来找我/span>/span>

    /span>哼/span>/span>亚历士此时的心情冷静了一些/span>也稍稍恢复理性/span>他把剑收回剑鞘/span>转身离去/span>

    都里斯把眼睛闭上/span>并没有目送亚历士离开/span>因为他知道/span>亚历士一定会再回来的/span>但不是为了决斗/span>

    从小在权术斗争的环境中熏陶的都里斯明白一个道理：想要一个人永远臣服于你/span>必须先给予他彻底的绝望/span>再给予他希望/span>

    这就是人类社会的政治/span>其他别的种族根本就读不懂--这也是人类几乎称霸奥洛帕的主要原因/span>之一/span>

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    /span>公主殿下/span>公主殿下/span>你醒醒/span>/span>苏珊在模模糊糊之中/span>听到一把非常熟悉的声音/span>

    /span>啊/span>约翰叔叔/span>/span>苏珊幽幽传醒/span>随后/span>她感觉到全身筋骨传来了阵阵酸痛/span>睁开双眼后/span>第一个映入眼帘的/span>就是她最关心的叔叔的脸/span>/span>你没事就好了/span>/span>

    /span>哇……/span>苏珊扑进叔叔的怀里大声嚎哭/span>/span>呜呜……叔叔突然病倒……呜呜……吓坏我了……呜呜……我已经没有亲人了……如果连叔叔你都……呜呜……/span>

    /span>傻孩子/span>叔叔不就在你面前吗/span>/span>那叔叔轻轻推开了苏珊/span>/span>话又回来/span>这里是什么地方/span>这些孩子又是谁/span>/span>那叔叔指着仍然横七竖八倒在小溪里的四个小男孩/span>

    /span>啊/span>是欧文他们/span>/span>苏珊尖叫着/span>/span>快去救他们啊/span>/span>

    经过一阵忙活/span>四名小男孩都被救了上来/span>其中欧文、乔伊卡、雷三人很快就醒了/span>他们醒了之后/span>无一例外不叫疼/span>唯有卡修斯还没有醒/span>他喝了很多水/span>本来就已经很大的肚子变得更鼓了/span>叔叔帮卡修斯摁了很久/span>才把喝进胃里的水全部挤出来/span>此外/span>还吐出两条活崩乱跳的小鱼/span>

    此时/span>天已经亮了/span>

    /span>这么/span>你就是苏珊的叔叔啰/span>/span>欧文问那叔叔/span>

    /span>嗯/span>可以是吧/span>/span>从苏珊口里知道这些孩子都是为了救自己才掉进小溪之后/span>那叔叔对孩子们非常亲切/span>

    /span>可是叔叔不是病了吗/span>怎么突然好了呢/span>/span>这回是乔伊卡问/span>

    /span>我也不知道/span>我醒来后就泡在水里/span>大概是这里的水治好我吧/span>/span>

    /span>叔叔/span>听你是个骑士/span>对不对/span>/span>

    /span>叔叔/span>给我讲冒险的故事/span>好不好啊/span>/span>

    /span>叔叔/span>可以讲讲你是怎样在决斗中打败敌人的吗/span>/span>

    /span>叔叔/span>我也要当骑士/span>可以教我怎样使剑吗/span>/span>

    /span>叔叔……/span>

    四名小男孩忘了疼痛/span>竟一个劲地向那男人问个不停/span>

    那个中年男人实在招架不住了/span>他摆摆手：/span>孩子们、孩子们/span>请听我/span>好吗/span>/span>这些孩子一下子安静了/span>那男人继续：/span>叔叔很感激你们帮了我和苏珊/span>但是/span>我们有很重要的事要做/span>我的病又已经好了/span>所以我们要离开了/span>/span>

    /span>啊/span>叔叔你们不要走嘛/span>/span>

    /span>对啊/span>留在塞尔村啊/span>/span>

    /span>咱们跟苏珊才刚认识呀/span>/span>

    几名男孩听叔叔要带苏珊走/span>都极不情愿/span>那叔叔望向苏珊/span>她也非常不高兴/span>叔叔走过去对苏珊：/span>苏珊/span>我知道你刚刚认识了几个朋友就要离开/span>很舍不得/span>但别忘了咱们还要事要干/span>不能留在这里/span>而且咱们不在这里/span>对他们也有好处/span>/span>

    苏珊想了想/span>然后走到沉默的孩子前/span>

    /span>苏珊/span>你真的要走吗/span>/span>欧文问/span>

    /span>欧文、乔伊卡、雷、卡修斯/span>很高兴认识你们/span>但是对不起/span>现在我真的要跟叔叔走了/span>要不这样/span>以后我一定会回来看你们好不好/span>/span>然后苏珊拿出一个鼓鼓的布袋/span>交到欧文手上/span>/span>叔叔/span>谢谢你们帮了我们/span>这是给你们的筹劳/span>/span>

    欧文打开布袋/span>里面装的全是金币/span>所有孩子都不由自主地/span>哇/span>的喊了一声/span>在他们的记忆中/span>这是第二次见到真正的金币；第一次见到金币时/span>是一个到乡下打猎的贵族/span>他从马上摔了下来/span>村里的人抬他到梅可内大叔那里治疗/span>最后那个贵族赏了梅可内大叔一枚金币/span>而梅可内大叔又把金币送给村里的人/span>听一枚金币等于一百枚他们平时用的铜币/span>那一次/span>全村的人都高兴了很几天/span>这一次得到这么多金币/span>那全村该高兴多少年/span>

    欧文最先把目光从金币里移开/span>他对苏珊：/span>你过的/span>一定要回来看望我们/span>/span>

    /span>嗯/span>我一定会/span>/span>苏珊从身上取下一条白色手绢/span>把它撕成两半/span>一半系在欧文手腕上/span>另一半系在自己手腕上/span>/span>这是我们之间的承诺/span>我会回来的/span>/span>

    于是/span>四名小男孩跟苏珊还有她叔叔依依不舍地挥手作别了/span>

    看着那一大一小的背影逐渐消失在地平线上/span>欧文仍然舍不得转过头去/span>他抬手看着自己的手腕：/span>承诺吗/span>/span>

    /span>人都走了/span>快回去吧/span>/span>乔伊卡拍了拍欧文的肩膀/span>这时欧文才转过身去/span>

    /span>看/span>村子里好像有很大的烟冒出来/span>/span>雷突然指着村子的方向/span>

    /span>呵呵/span>是你妈妈给你哥做饭/span>谁知烧糊了/span>/span>乔伊卡不忘嘲笑一下卡修斯/span>

    /span>放屁/span>/span>卡修斯非常生气地/span>/span>我妈妈是天下最厉害的厨师/span>她才不会把饭烧糊呢/span>/span>

    /span>不对/span>/span>认真观察的欧文发现问题/span>/span>除了烟之后/span>好像还有火光……该不会是--/span>

    /span>村子着火了/span>/span>四个孩子同时大喊道/span>