第十七章 特殊囚犯

span>额头上还有刚刚结痂的伤痕/span>碧绿色的双眼透视着颓废的眼神/span>老者看都不看那胖贵族一眼/span>仍然埋头于他的写作之中/span>

    /span>你聋了吗/span>/span>老者的傲慢态度让胖贵族暴跳如雷/span>/span>给你5分钟/span>我再进来时/span>还没看到你收拾好的话/span>会让你好受……你们两个/span>给我看好他/span>/span>

    胖贵族对站在旁边负责看守的两名手执长矛的士兵吩咐道/span>然后瞪了老者一眼/span>转身离开船舱/span>笨重的脚步声渐行渐远/span>

    那位戴着黑铁手铐的老者对胖贵族的威胁视若无睹/span>鹅毛笔未有半点减缓/span>很快/span>一张羊皮卷就已经被写满了/span>老者从容地从身边一个脏兮兮的小木箱中取出一张新的空白羊皮卷/span>铺开在桌子上/span>

    五分钟并不长久/span>

    船停止了颠簸--明已经靠岸了/span>尽管吊在舱顶上的煤油灯仍在摇晃/span>胖贵族/span>信守承诺/span>又一次出现在船舱里面/span>当他看到这个年老的囚犯关没有如他所愿/span>贴贴服服收拾好行李/span>而是傍若无人、依然故我地愤笔疾书时/span>胖贵族悖然大怒/span>

    /span>你这老东西/span>/span>胖贵族一脚踢翻了老者面前的桌子/span>一卷卷写满字的羊皮卷散落在地上/span>黑色的墨水洒得老者满身都是/span>得势不饶人的胖贵族从一名士兵手中抢过长矛/span>骂骂咧咧地将并不尖锐的那一端举了起来/span>对准老者迎头砸下去/span>

    抡到一半的长矛硬生生地停了下来/span>胖贵族怒而转过头去/span>只见一名红发骑士站立在自己身后/span>左手拽住长矛/span>/span>你这混蛋/span>/span>胖贵族一边骂道/span>一边双手抓紧长矛/span>使劲想将长矛从红发骑士手中抽出/span>然而当他用尽了吃奶的力气之后/span>却发现自己的力气根本连那红发骑士的百分之一都不如/span>

    /span>想造反吗/span>/span>胖贵族怒道/span>

    /span>伯爵大人/span>/span>红发骑士微微弯腰/span>/span>请别为此事动怒/span>我会好好劝一下将军的/span>/span>

    /span>你还叫他‘将军’/span>/span>胖贵族从衣服里抽出一张名贵的丝质手帕/span>夸张地擦拭着刚刚接触过长矛的右手/span>/span>如果不是因为你父亲的颜面/span>刚才那两个字足以把你丢进监牢里了/span>/span>

    /span>还是交给我处理吧/span>伯爵大人/span>/span>红发骑士和颜悦色地请求道/span>

    /span>随你的便/span>/span>胖贵族转向朝门外走去/span>走到门口时/span>他停了下来/span>/span>别怪我不告诉你/span>这家伙是陛下最痛恨的囚犯/span>别跟他靠得太近/span>否则就算你父亲是王国重臣也救不了你/span>哼/span>/span>罢/span>将手帕当垃圾一样扔在地上/span>扬长而云/span>

    等那胖贵族走远之后/span>红发骑士蹲下来/span>捡起胖贵族扔下的丝质手帕/span>替老者拭擦身上的墨水/span>

    /span>非常抱歉/span>将军阁下/span>我是负责保护您安全的军团骑士卡迪鲁帕·汉森/span>小人得志、奸臣当道/span>忠诚的骑士反遭牢狱之灾/span>实在令人心寒/span>/span>红发骑士咬牙切齿地/span>/span>虽然我能力缈小/span>但只要在我的剑能到达的范围内/span>绝对不会再让那种狗仗人势、毫无荣誉感的蛀虫靠近您/span>我一定会用生命来守护您/span>/span>卡迪鲁帕咬紧牙关/span>如同宣誓一般/span>

    老者本来正一言不发地捡起散落一地的羊皮卷/span>把它们整齐地叠好/span>依次放进小木箱里/span>可当他听到卡迪鲁帕要用生命来保护自己时/span>老者突然停了下来/span>

    /span>用任何东西都行/span>但千万别用生命/span>你必须留住生命/span>才能肩负起王国的未来/span>/span>老者的语气缓慢而沉重/span>

    /span>不/span>我的力量微不足道/span>只有将军您这样的模范骑士/span>才有足够的力量和品质来承担王国的未来/span>我们每一位将士都期盼着将军带领我们凯旋而归/span>/span>

    /span>凯旋而归/span>/span>老者不禁哑然而笑/span>/span>在这场如同绞盘般的消耗战中/span>王国已经不可能取胜了/span>可是国王陛下和他身边那群大臣却仍未醒来/span>在极端的狂热中迷失了方向/span>任由失控的马车载着国家冲悬崖/span>就算以我这风烛残年之躯投入战场/span>亦无法改变王国必定战败的命运/span>/span>

    将军的话令卡迪鲁帕极不好受/span>他双手拽紧了拳头：/span>莫非真如传闻所/span>是陛下以将军的家人作为要胁/span>阁下才被迫出征的吗/span>/span>

    /span>也不完全是被迫的/span>/span>老者拍拍卡迪鲁帕的肩膀/span>/span>我之所以会踏上这条船/span>并不仅是为了救妻儿/span>更重要的是/span>我必须在战争的泥潭将全体将士彻底淹没之前/span>把他们平安地带回家/span>/span>