Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong took the two princesses - yes, two princesses, one real princess and one his princess - to visit his residence for three hours.

He was already prepared for a sword fight. After all, both of them were Ante Niu, so there was no such thing as a subtle statement. They were all straight shots.

But the situation turned out to be much better than he expected.

At first, Wang Zhong was still a tour guide, but gradually Lyudmila took over this position, taking Olga to "visit" the military camp, and treating the soldiers' training subjects as entertainment.

While the real and fake princesses were happily shooting machine guns, Wang Zhong couldn't help but ask Neli, who had been following her: "Is this normal? They get along so harmoniously, could it be the calm before the stormy sea behind them?"

Neli looked at Wang Zhong and asked, "Why, do you really want to abandon Liu Da, marry Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and become a prince?"

Wang Zhong: "No, I don't have such an idea. But the princess has always been very straight, so I thought they would be able to use swords and swords..."

Neli: "What are you talking about? Even if you marry Liuda, you can still have a lover. If a woman doesn't have a lover, it means she is really in love with her husband. If a man doesn't have a lover, it means he has no charm."

Wang Zhong: "Ah? Is that so?"

"yes."

When Neli said this, Olga started to operate the machine gun and Lyuda acted as a secondary shooter holding the bullet belt for her.

The two of them were lying on the ground, feeling like their chests were used as cushions.

Wang Zhong stopped temporarily and looked at the fluctuations caused by the recoil of the machine gun.

The military uniform Lyudmila wore was okay, but the princess's outfit - wow!

Olga laughed loudly when the machine gun bullets smashed the brick wall behind the target.

Wang Zhong opened his mouth in an O shape and thought to himself, no matter who I marry, I don't dare to have a lover, otherwise I will be shot by a machine gun.

At this time Neli continued: "In the future, if the Crown Princess really gets married, she will keep looking for you as her lover. There is no love in aristocratic marriage, so it is normal for both husband and wife to have lovers."

Wang Zhong was shocked: "What do you mean? So Liu Da can do it too?"

"No, she loves you." Nellie said.

Wang Zhong: "I love him too, so shouldn't we both get along with each other? But according to what you just said, I need to have a lover?"

Neli: "Yes, it proves that you are an excellent man. Even if you never have this lover, you still have to have one. Liuda probably thinks that the princess is very suitable."

Wang Zhong was greatly shocked: "Is that so?"

So in "Quiet Don", why did Grigory's love affair with Aksinya lead to Natalia's suicide?

Wang Zhong fell into thinking.

Nelly seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said: "Only nobles are like this. For civilians, if a woman cheats on her, the man will challenge her to a duel, and one of the two men will always die.

"When a man cheats on her, the girl will feel unattractive and may commit suicide."

Wang Zhong: "The difference between nobles and commoners is too big. No, I can't accept it."

Nelly blinked: "I made up all the above."

...I made it up!

Also, if you think carefully about the Russian literature that Wang Zhong had read, nobles did not say anything about accepting their lovers calmly. For example, in "The Insulted and Hurt People", Nelly's mother was abandoned by the nobles because her lover wanted to marry a real noble lady.

Um?

Wang Zhong turned to look at Neli: "You...are the daughter of wet nurse Liu Xia, right?"

Nellie: "Yes. My mother is also your wet nurse."

Wang Zhong: "Oh, that's right. You...are not the illegitimate daughter of some duke, are you?"

Neli looked at Wang Zhong with pity, as if he was an old man suffering from dementia due to illness.

Wang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, it was just the same name.

Also, Nellie does not have the stubbornness and strong self-esteem of the girl in the story.

Of course, precocious maturation and full of maternal brilliance are the same.

When Wang Zhong read the novel, he felt that Nellie (in the story) could be my mother.

However, the novel is so sad at the end, it really crushes all the best things, leaving only a ray of light.

Many of Maozi's stories are very sad, such as "Quiet Don". In the end, Grigory lost everything, including Aksinya, who fell in love with him, and Natalia, who loved him, and she fought hard to The military ranks gained: those of the White Army and those of the Red Army were all lost.

In the end, he even threw the weapons that had been accompanying him into the Don River.

But at last, his child ran to him.

Wang Zhong actually doesn't like children very much, but when he saw this scene while reading this novel, he actually felt that the child was like an angel descending.

It’s amazing, Russian literature.

When Wang Zhong looked at Nellie thinking about this, Nellie's expression became even meaner: "Master, if you tell me that you won't choose either of them, I will get angry even if it's a joke."

Wang Zhong: "What will happen if you get angry?"

"I'll pour scalding tea on you," Nellie said.

Wang Zhong: "Is this what a wet nurse's daughter would say? Are you the daughter of a duke?"

Nelly: "The secularists are in power and my mother is a free and salaried person."

"I'm sorry. It was my fault." Wang Zhong sincerely apologized for his gaffe.

Instead, Nellie was embarrassed: "Huh? No, it's not to the point where I need to apologize..."

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At this time, Lyudmila and Olga exchanged positions, but did not start shooting, but looked to the side together.

Olga: "What do you think?"

Lyudmila: "He was very attached to the nanny when he was a child. Maybe he saw the nanny's shadow in her daughter."

Olga: "You are so nervous!"

"No, we have lived together since childhood. We are like family. I always think that Alyosha is the younger brother and Nellie is the youngest sister."

"This is the most dangerous thing!" Olga said, "You will be separated from him on the battlefield, right? The maid has been with him all the time! As time goes by..."

Lyudmila smiled and said: "No, I'm going to start shooting. Princess, you should experience the feeling of holding the ammunition belt."

After speaking, Lyudmila started shooting, but Olga did not react at all and was startled by the rolling of the ammunition belt.

Lyudmila stopped: "Hold the ammunition belt carefully."

At this time, the machine gunner explained: "The old machine guns we use actually don't have a problem if there is no assistant shooter to hold the ammunition belt. It can still shoot. Without the assistant shooter, it just increases the failure rate, which does not mean that it will definitely malfunction."

"That's it." Olga stood up and patted the mud on her body - in fact, they were lying on the rainproof cloth, so they were not dirty.

Lyudmila also stood up: "Don't play anymore?"

Olga: "I wanted him to come over and guide me in shooting, and even hold the ammunition belt for me himself! But he was teasing the little maid!"

Lyudmila glanced over there: "It's okay. And don't be so loud."

At this time, a soldier shouted: "General, are you sure he is the prince?"

Lyudmila: "I am the general's fiancée."

The priest who was supervising the training said: "Shurov! Go run a circle! Run until you are conscious!"

"yes!"

Olga looked at Lyudmila: "You...are you engaged? I mean, there was a ceremony, with a ring? I noticed that you didn't wear an engagement ring yet."

Lyudmila: "There is no ceremony yet. Duke Rokosov was martyred in August. And my family's fiefdom and the Duke of Rokosov are all over Borsk. My family should be busy participating in the defense of the museum now." Ersk. In this case, no one has time to arrange our engagement ceremony and prepare documents.”

Olga: "Then you are not his fiancée. I still have a chance."

Lyudmila: "He said personally that he only regards you as his sister."

"You also said personally that you regard him as your younger brother."

"Not anymore," Lyudmila said.

The fierce direct ball attack and defense made everyone subconsciously stay away from the two "supremes".

Olga: "I recognize your current leading position, but I remind you that if General Rokossov becomes a prince, he will be able to more directly influence the policies of our army..."

Lyudmila: "But you are only the Crown Princess, not Catherine III. In addition, you should also be able to see that Rokosov is closer to the secularists. Do you think the nobles will accept it?" Such a prince?

"Of course, I won't mind if he treats you as his sister. After all, he has such a close relationship with the late Crown Prince. In extreme cases, for the sake of the entire Ante Empire, I can even tolerate some strange things between him and you. rumor.

"It should be said that considering his past misdeeds, if I can't bear it at all, marrying him will become a torture. May I ask... are you prepared for this? Are you prepared to have a good relationship with Ye Bao? Are the socialites sharing your favorites?

"As far as I know, he has 51 lovers in Yebao. He can go on a date with one lover every week, and they won't be the same for a year."

Olga: "Isn't it right? Then there is one less?"

"The remaining week is mine," Lyudmila said.

Olga stared at Lyudmila, who looked at her without fear.

Finally, Olga sighed: "Okay, okay, my brother is pretty good too. But... maybe the church feels that it needs someone close to them to serve as a bridge between them and the nobles?"

"I think you are also very close to them." Lyudmila smiled.

Olga: "...That's true. Let's continue to express condolences to the frontline soldiers."

Lyudmila: "Huh? I thought it was a visit to a huge military amusement park."

Olga: "Of course not."

After saying that, she turned to the soldiers, cleared her throat and sang: "Just when pear blossoms are blooming all over the world..."

Lyudmila immediately picked up the second part and began to harmonize.

After all, both parties received a complete elite education, and their musical literacy is not low.

Even General Rokossov stopped talking to the maid and looked here.