That night, Chechen was silent. Although later he wanted to say to Fatima in a relaxed tone, "it\'s nothing. I already have you", after all, he didn\'t say that.

Fatima didn\'t say anything, but stood with Cherchen for a while and went back to her room.

Fatima left sadly, which Chechen knew. Natalie is a taboo for him and Fatima. As they get closer and closer to the Republic of Poland and vidava, they both face the problem of facing Natalie.

For Fatima, she can be said to take advantage of the opportunity and forcibly snatch Cherchen from Natalie\'s hand. Although Fatima doesn\'t think she\'s wrong, she\'s worried about Cherchen. She\'s worried that Cherchen will revive after seeing Natalie. For Fatima, Cherchen and her baby are everything.

For Chechen, he also doesn\'t know how to face Natalie. Because he still has feelings for Natalie, which he can\'t deceive himself. And Natalie didn\'t know about being with Fatima and having children. If Natalie appears on the day when she returns to vidava, it proves that Natalie still has feelings for herself, but how should she face her at that time? Will she be sad? If Natalie doesn\'t show up that day, it shows that Natalie is still remembering and hating herself and letting Christina go. Such hatred also makes Chechen uncomfortable.

A cool wind blew from the direction of the Balkans and disordered the paper on the desk

The next morning, Chechen was shaken up by Pedro from his sleep.

"Get up, get up. My nephew, kiajan has something to see you." Pedro said loudly, shaking Chechen\'s body.

Chechen finally opened his heavy eyelids. He stood in front of the windowsill all night last night and didn\'t lie down in his chair until it began to turn white.

"What? Uncle, you\'re back at last? Did Ji Ayan come here to ask for the bill?" Chechen asked.

In the small town near the castle lived a Jew named after Chechen\'s housekeeper in vidava, also known as kiajan. He knew that Pedro was the deputy head of the mercenary regiment living here, so he changed his way to please him.

His uncle is a man who can\'t stand the temptation of sugar coated shells. He swelled up when he was praised and complimented by keayan. I miss the casino every day under the leadership of kiajan.

In the past two days, Pedro lost nearly 1000 tales. Of course, these are not Pedro\'s private money, but the salary of the deputy head he received from Ingrid. Chechen didn\'t know he lost so much. But one day, father spasokukotsky saw Pedro in and out of the casino again, and the priest stabbed him to Chechen.

As an honest man and a devout priest, sparso kukotsky hates gambling. He believes that being addicted to gambling is being seduced by the devil. Since he lived in the town, father spasokukotsky\'s footprints have spread all over the corners of the town. Once he found that soldiers of the mercenary regiment were gambling, the priest came forward to persuade him, whether he was Catholic, Protestant or orthodox.

Due to the identity of father sparsokukotsky, most Polish mercenaries, after hearing the priest\'s advice, whether they are willing or not, say they will no longer gamble; The Hessian mercenaries and the Russian and Ukrainian soldiers under Xie Miao also fled before he began preaching because of their status as an officer of the priest\'s mercenary regiment.

But for Pedro, father spasokukotsky has realized that his preaching is useless - Pedro is a real veteran. His mouth can be sweeter than honey, but his heart is harder than stone.

Spasokukotsky advised him several times in the name of God. Pedro talked one thing and acted another. With the deputy head taking the lead, other mercenaries who had vowed not to gamble secretly began to gamble again.

Father spasokukotsky believes that if Pedro, the deputy head of the mercenary regiment, can be reformed, it will have a good demonstration effect on the soldiers of other mercenary regiments. The so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is not right. Now I have straightened the upper beam, and the lower beam has no reason to continue to skew.

To convince Pedro, we must hit his weakness. His only weakness is his relatives, Chechen, the head of the mercenary regiment.

After listening to sparso kukotz\'s report, Cherchen didn\'t care at first. The so-called small gambling is a rare period of relaxation. My uncle has such a hobby. He is not easy to manage as a nephew. But when the priest mentioned that deputy head Pedro had lost no less than 1000 tales, Chechen realized the seriousness of the problem.

A thousand tales is not much. It can only be regarded as small money for uncle and nephew Chechen now. But if the money is spent on the construction of the mercenary regiment, it is almost a year\'s employment fee for ten Hessian mercenaries.

Now, the war between Poland and the kingdom of Sweden, czar Russia and zaporoze Cossacks continues. After the mercenary regiment returns to Poland, King Jan kazimiz will not let himself and the mercenary regiment idle for too long. Once back on the front line, guns, ammunition, food, bedding and clothing will cost money. Although the mercenary regiment now has the fief of vidava, it can never afford to support a mercenary regiment of 2000 people (according to Ingrid\'s estimation, the mercenary regiment has to invest money in order to make vidava\'s sustainable output in the future). Therefore, Chechen should definitely talk to his uncle and let him be more restrained.

But at this time, Chechen made a mistake. He asked father sparsokukotsky to find Pedro. After the sincere priest found Pedro and told him that Chechen wanted to see him, Pedro didn\'t know that the priest had brought the lawsuit to Chechen. In order not to be preached by his nephew, Pedro slipped away with oil on the soles of his feet by urinating.

After that, Pedro hid, and Cherchen and the priest couldn\'t find him. But in other towns, it is said that a fat man followed by a Jew appeared in the casino.

Today, uncle Pedro, who had been hiding from himself, finally came back. Of course, Cherchen\'s first reaction was that his uncle lost all his money and was brought to debt by Jewish usurers.

"Not that kiajan!" cried Pedro, and then he paused. "Although that kiajan wants to see you, it\'s our manager in vidava, kiajan."

"It\'s him!"

Hearing that it was Ji Ayan, the steward of his own family, Cherchen immediately jumped up.

Arriving here from vidava not only has to cross the Balkans, but also hundreds of miles. Kiajan will suddenly come. Something must have happened.

"Call him in quickly!" Chechen ordered the guard outside the door.

"No, I\'ve taken him to the door."

The door was opened and kiajan, dressed in black and wearing a black hat, came in. After a year\'s absence, kiajan became thinner. When Ji Ayan approached, Cherchen found that Ji Ayan\'s clothes were full of burned and torn holes, and his eyes were bruised, as if he had been hit with a heavy fist.

"My benefactor, protector."

Keayan went to Chechen. He knelt on his knees and raised his hands above his head, as if praying to God.

Seeing keayan so, Pedro\'s eyelids on one side jumped slightly undetectable. Kiajan\'s opening remarks sounded so familiar to him. In the past, when I prayed for something to fiordo obhovic and yanush raziveu, the same was true of the first opening sentence.

"This guy\'s words must not be believable." Pedro compared his heart to his heart and made a judgment on kiajan.

And when Chechen saw Ji Ayan\'s style, he couldn\'t adapt for the moment. He just helped Kian up and asked Kian why he came here and why he looked like this.

Kiajan stood up, but he bowed and looked respectful.

"Master," cried kiajan, "I betrayed your trust. Your manor was burned and your warehouse was robbed."

"What!" Chechen and Pedro said in the same voice.

Compared with Chechen, when he heard the news, Pedro seemed more excited and angry. He forgot what he had just warned himself that "kiajan\'s words are not credible", rushed forward and grabbed kiajan\'s collar.

"What are you talking about? My manor was destroyed? Who did it! What about bachit and them? Why didn\'t they stop it!" Pedro shouted, ignoring Cherchen\'s stop.

Compared with Chechen who has never been to vidava, Pedro has deeper feelings for vidava. He has made it his home and is ready to pass it on to Chechen\'s unborn child. Now he suddenly heard that his home was gone. Of course he couldn\'t stand it.

In the face of Pedro\'s question, kiajan appropriately showed his fear. He stammered: "master, it was bachit\'s the people of bachit who destroyed your manor."

"What!"

This time, it was Cherchen\'s turn to be surprised. Then, he was even more incredible. Because bachit\'s gentle and vidava is where they live, they shouldn\'t do such a thing anyway.

"Master Chechen,"

By this time, Pedro had released his hand and kiajan fell to the ground. He raised his head and cried: "This is absolutely true. You should know that bachit and his gang were originally robbers and were not decent people. They still had some scruples when the master of Pedro was still there, but when the master of Pedro also went to Crimea, he regarded vidava as his own private property and regarded himself as the master. They violated all the rules set by the master of Pedro Of course, my son and I can\'t let their treachery succeed, but because we are alone, we can only do our best to protect your master\'s manor and warehouse. But just a few weeks ago, these thugs finally attacked the manor and warehouse. They rushed into the manor and took everything they can take away. The thugs also tried to take the key of the warehouse, me and me How can your son let them succeed? So buddy fought desperately, but he was outnumbered, and the key still fell into the hands of the damn bachit. Master, you have no wine, no wheat, no cattle, sheep and horses, nothing. "

As he spoke, Kia yang beat his feet and beat his chest. He looked sad and angry as if his property had been lost.

One by one, the "gone" pierced into Pedro\'s chest like a needle. He scolded bachit for feeding an unfamiliar white eyed wolf.

But Chechen heard a different flavor from keayan\'s words. It was precisely because he had no real feelings for vidava that he did not lose his mind like Pedro, but could look at problems objectively.

Keayan said that bakhte\'s people were burned, killed and looted in vidava, but in the whole thing, only keayan and his son were injured. When Chechen asked about the death of those people, keayan either reported some strange names or said he couldn\'t remember clearly. This is extremely unusual, because as Jewish administrators, kiajan and batiko have always boasted of their amazing memory and never forget.

Second, kiajan said that bakhti\'s gang are still in vidava and have the posture of occupying the mountain as king. But a few weeks ago, the news that he wanted to return to Poland should have been sent to vidava, and bachit should know. If he really committed these crimes, he should run away immediately. After all, after Pedro took away the squadrons of the two mercenaries, most of the people who stayed in vidava were old and weak. He could not have predicted that he would dissolve the Hessian mercenaries in the middle to give them a holiday. Then he would stay in vidava and wait for his troops to come back, so he would be waiting for death.

With these two questions, Chechen feels that he can\'t listen to and believe keayan\'s words.

"Uncle, take it easy."

Chechen first persuaded Pedro, who was in a hurry, then helped kiajan up and said calmly to him, "kiajan, you and your son did a good job and didn\'t waste my uncle\'s trust in you. My uncle and I know everything. You go down to take a bath, change clothes and have a good rest. When I gather the team, we will return to vidava."

Seeing that Che Chen was so unhealthily, he also asked himself to have a rest first. On the contrary, Ji Ayan showed his worried eyes. However, this is Chechen\'s decision. There is nothing wrong with it. Instead, he cares for himself. Of course, keayan has nothing to say. He thanked a few words in a hurry, and then went out backwards.

When kiajan closes the door, Pedro shouts to Cherchen: "Nephew, I can\'t wait. I\'m going back to vidava right away. Give me a warrant and I\'ll gather the cavalry scattered in various towns first. I\'ve been running all over the towns these days and know that there are only twenty or thirty Hessian cavalry who haven\'t left yet. I\'ll take them back to vidava day and night, and I\'ll be able to kill that guy bachit by surprise!"

Facing the impatient Pedro, Chechen first comforted him and told him not to be impatient. Then, when Pedro\'s mood calmed down, Chechen said the two questions he thought of.