I built a manor in the Middle Ages

Chapter 67 The Dying Man
Robert felt in his heart that Master Luc's population would surely expand again, and when the number of people increased, Miller would be able to make extra money as a potter.

Serfs can also make money, provided that the lord allows it.

Luc didn't think as deeply as Robert, or rather, he didn't care about the subconscious thought. He simply felt that it was better to have someone help him refine the pottery than to do it himself.

Besides, this is not too difficult.

It is difficult to make ice on a large scale. It is easy to figure out the steps of refining ice, but making ice cubes that can store large amounts of vegetables and fruits is a more complex process than you might imagine.

That night, Luc moved the ice he had made to the cellar at the back and lay down on the bed to sleep. Suddenly, he heard little Charlie, who was tied outside, start to bark non-stop. Luc, who had just been in bed for a short time, immediately got up and
"what happened?"

Ryan hadn't rested yet. He was sewing a scabbard for his dagger. At this moment, he heard little Charlie's barking, looked up in confusion, and said:

"Master, I'll go out and take a look."

"No, let's go out together!"

Luc frowned. Little Charlie never barked easily. The last time, a pack of wolves came over. He was on guard and immediately took the bow and arrow from the wall.

The bow hanging on the deer antlers is different from the original one. Ever since Luc had the idea of ​​using iron arrowheads to make sharp arrows, he has always wanted to make a bow with a heavier poundage. The bow body is still the same bow body, but the string has become deerskin, and the deer tendons are attached to the bow arms with fish glue.

Naturally, the arrow came into being.

Sharp arrows are much heavier and longer than bone arrows. Their range is not as far as that of bone arrows, but they are extremely powerful. The new elk used to make bowstrings and Ryan's scabbard died from a sharp arrow. The arrow pierced through the eye and penetrated the brain.

Luke took off the bow and arrow, took off the deerskin quiver with his backhand, gave Ryan a wink, and Ryan took a dagger and a torch, and the two of them pushed open the wooden door directly.

Little Charlie was tied to a wooden stake, still grinning towards the darkness. Luc looked through the darkness but could see nothing.

"Something weird."

"Ryan, prepare for battle!"

Ryan nodded intently, and saw Luc slightly bend down and quickly rush towards the gate of the fence.

He just looked around the yard and found nothing unusual, so the thing that made little Charlie uneasy was outside the fence!

Luke continued to look, and finally, he found a vague figure by the river!

Luke's eyes widened immediately, and he saw that the figure was staggering, and it seemed that the walking posture was not like that of a normal person. He was limping, but shaking his head, which was very strange.

Night blindness is not a very serious disease, it is more of a lack of proper nutrition.

After a long period of nourishment from the fish soup, Ryan was able to see things at night. Almost right after Luc, Ryan also saw the strange figure by the river. His hair immediately stood on end. He approached Luc with a pale face and said:

"Could the master be the devil?"

"Nonsense!"

Luc's eyes narrowed, "Don't forget that we are in a place blessed by God, how could there be a devil?!"

Luke was completely dismissive of the idea of ​​ghosts and spirits, but he had to comfort Ryan in another way. While saying this, Luke proved his courage with his actions. No matter who came, sneaking up to his house in the middle of the night, most likely he was not a good person!
Luke took out the bone arrow, pulled the bow to its full extent, aimed at the direction of the person coming in the faint starlight, gripped the bowstring with three fingers, and then released it suddenly. The arrow shot out fiercely in an instant!

Unfortunately, the arrow was a little off. Luc aimed at the head, but because of the darkness and the distance, he only hit the opponent's left shoulder. With a scream, the figure fell to the ground holding the arrow.

"do you died?"

Ryan's eyes widened and Luc shook his head, he didn't know either.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was indeed no movement, Luc waved his hand and said, "Let's go and see who it is!"

At this time, there was a noise coming from Robert's house. Robert was holding a hoe timidly, and his frightened face peeked out from behind the door. He didn't know what was going on.

He only saw Master Luke and Ryan walking out of the house with weapons in hand, rushing towards the river. He quickly retreated into the room and said solemnly to his wife:
"It seems that the enemy has come in. I saw the master and Ryan's entourage leaving the house!"

A trace of panic flashed across Mary's face, and a memory of the past that she couldn't bear to recall came to her mind. She remembered that it was on such a dark night that the Lombards broke into the village.
Mary couldn't help but hug Julie tightly, trembling, "Dear, what should we do? We just started to live a stable life, are we going to flee again?"

Robert was spinning around on the ground anxiously. He didn't know what was going on and was hesitating whether to run away.

While Robert's family was struggling, Luc and Ryan were slowly approaching the river bank.

The flowing river seemed even more noisy in the silent forest, or rather, too noisy for Luc and the other man. On the shallows near the river bank, a ragged man was lying quietly on the ground, covering the arrow on his left shoulder with his right hand. Although it was a little far away, they could still see what looked like blood flowing down his body.

Luke looked around and confirmed that there was no one else there. He waved at Ryan and trotted towards the figure, wanting to find out what was going on.

The closer he got, the more he could hear the figure groaning in pain—he wasn't dead yet.

The clearer he heard it, the more Luc felt that he had heard this voice somewhere before, and his brows frowned unconsciously.

Under the shining starlight, Luc finally arrived next to the figure. The first thing that caught his eye was the figure's body, which was almost not covered with any cloth.

Robert's family had been on the run for so long that the linen on their bodies was almost torn into strips, but this man had no clothes at all, only a piece of rag covering his private parts.

On his naked torso, he could see various bruises and scars. The experienced Luc could tell at a glance that some of these scars were from bumps and collisions, but most of them were clearly the result of being beaten.
Luke's face was solemn. He walked quickly over the cobblestones to the figure, stretched out his foot and stepped directly on the man's shoulder, saying coldly:

"Who are you and where do you come from?"

The figure just kept moaning and didn't say anything.

Luc expected that this person should have lost consciousness.

Because he was wet all over, it was obvious that he had just climbed out of the river. The strange posture just now was probably a strange gait caused by his unclear mind and physical pain.

Luc gave Ryan a look, and Ryan, realizing that it was not a devil, regained his courage and turned the figure over, revealing his face.

When Luc saw this face clearly, his face changed drastically and he took a breath.

"Chief of Ward Village?!"

(End of this chapter)