Reconnaissance (Repair)
Elena got up and went to the classroom.
As soon as she entered the classroom, Elena noticed that Los looked even more depressed than she was.
Hey, what happened?
"Miss Viscount." When Ross saw the Viscountess coming, he immediately knelt down and saluted, and apologized, "I am guilty."
"Are you guilty?" Elena was a little curious. "What crime did you commit?"
Los knelt on the ground and said: "I committed a serious sin yesterday. I didn't take good care of the cows. They fell and were injured. A total of five cows were injured."
Injured five cows? Elena became even more curious: "Tell me in detail, how did you fall?"
Los told the whole story in detail. Due to his low level of education, he spoke haltingly, but at least he made the matter clear.
Elena listened patiently for a long time, half listening and half guessing to understand some of Los's dialect pronunciations, and barely understood the whole story of the cow-injury incident.
Once again feeling the importance of popularizing basic cultural knowledge, Elena magnanimously forgave Los: "This matter is not your subjective fault..."
Thinking that Los might not understand what subjective negligence meant, Elena changed her words to be more common: "You didn't do it on purpose. You didn't mean to hurt the cow. It was just because it rained too long and the road was too slippery. That's why it happened. Don't be afraid, Los. I forgive you."
Los was stunned, staring blankly at the floor in front of him, as if a flower suddenly bloomed out of thin air on the floor.
Although no flowers bloomed on the floor, Elena's words had a similar effect on Los.
He didn't take good care of the cows and they were injured. Five cows were injured, which was a huge loss that he couldn't compensate for even if he sold them.
No lord would forgive him for such a heavy loss, especially since the Viscountess valued him so much that she summoned him and taught him, almost teaching him how to raise cattle step by step, passing on precious knowledge that was not passed on to others, and even planned to let him raise more cattle.
What a great trust this is.
However, he betrayed the Viscountess's trust.
He didn't even fulfill his duties as a cowherd.
The huge feeling of guilt made him breathless and he couldn't bear it, so he took the initiative to turn himself in and accept the punishment.
However, the Viscountess forgave him so easily.
Los' eyes suddenly became hot, and tears welled up in his eyes. He suppressed them tightly, but the tears turned around and rushed into his heart.
His heart felt warm and filled with emotions he didn't know how to describe.
He just felt that if his heart was a piece of land, it would be full of flowers now, full of colorful and beautiful flowers.
Elena forgave Los, but Los just kept kneeling without moving. She frowned slightly, stood up and walked to Los.
When Ross saw the hem of the Viscountess's skirt, he lowered his head even lower.
"What's wrong? Do you have anything else to say?" Elena tried to lower her tone for fear of scaring Los.
Ross took a deep breath and said, "Thank you for your kindness and forgiveness, Miss Viscount. I, Ross, will definitely follow your instructions and raise the cattle in the best and most perfect way."
Elena smiled: "Okay, I believe you."
After the accidental incident where the cow was injured due to slippery road in rainy weather, Elena started to think about road construction again.
After being soaked by continuous rain for so many days, the road conditions outside must be worse. The cows in Abang Village were injured, and the cows in other villages may also be injured.
It's not just cows, people should have fallen and gotten injured too. After all, apart from the nobles, most people still have to work hard to survive, especially the farmers who make a living from the land. They have to run to the fields every day. When there are too many people running, some will get injured.
If the road is repaired, the number of accidents caused by falls due to slippery roads in rainy days will definitely be greatly reduced, and her losses will be greatly reduced.
Yes, her loss.
The cattle are her important property, the people in the territory are also her important property, and everything in the territory is the lord's important property.
Elena pursed her lips and said, the road must be repaired.
After a few more days, the endless rain finally stopped. As Elena had expected, according to the letters reporting from various villages, almost every village had experienced incidents of people, cows, and sheep being injured during this period. Even in the Viscount's mansion, a servant had been injured.
However, even in this series of falls, the five cows in Abang Village were the most injured.
Elena decided to go to Abang Village to see for herself.
The rain that had been falling for several days finally stopped, and the sun shone down from the sky and the clouds, making people feel happy.
After waiting for two days until the sun dried the road, Elena set out with her men.
The Viscountess visited Abang Village again, and Abang Village was bustling with activity again.
"No need to bother. Let the villagers continue working in the fields. We will go directly to the cowshed to take a look." Elena did not want to affect the villagers' farming plans, so she directly instructed the acting village chief.
The acting village chief nodded and bowed quickly, leading the way.
The group headed towards the new cowshed, and halfway there they saw Los, who was hurriedly coming with a basket of fresh grass on his back.
Los nervously rubbed his hands on his trouser legs to remove the dry mud and grass juice. He had just been cutting grass on the hillside when he saw a group of noble people coming to the village from afar. He recognized the blonde girl riding in front as the Viscountess at a glance, so he immediately tied up the grass and trotted back.
Fortunately I made it in time.
"Miss Viscount." Ross stood by the roadside and was about to kneel down to salute.
Elena said, "Okay, no need to kneel, take me to see the cow."
When she arrived at the cowshed, Elena first cast a light cleaning spell on the entire cowshed, and then cast a small breeze spell to make the cowshed free of odors. Only then did she set foot in this place.
Elena looked at the injured cows one by one. It turned out that there were not only five cows injured. Five cows were seriously injured and needed treatment. The other cows also had more or less injuries, but not to the extent that they had to rest and not go to the fields.
Elena frowned and subconsciously wanted to perform a healing spell on the cows. But after she treated a cow, she remembered that something was wrong.
She has taken good care of the cows, but what if they get hurt again? She should teach Los how to heal them.
Elena waved casually back: "Los, come here."
Los came over, bent over.
"You come and treat the cow's injuries. I say, you do." Elena ordered.
"Yes, I will obey your will."
Somehow, Elena felt that there seemed to be crying in Los's voice, crying?
Elena looked back in confusion, and sure enough, Los's eyes were filled with tears.
"What's wrong?" Elena asked, "Why are you crying?"
Los' eyes were filled with tears. "My Lady Viscount, you actually cast a spell on a cow. You are truly so kind and merciful."
Uh, Elena didn't expect that Los would be so moved by this. Is it so exaggerated?
But then she felt a little proud.
Of course, she was just that kind and benevolent, Ross was right.
Elena barely suppressed the upward curve of her lips, suppressed her pride and arrogance, and tried her best to maintain the dignity and majesty of a lord. She instructed Ross, "Alright, now you must listen to my instructions and remember the steps I taught you to heal the wound. From now on, you must follow my instructions when treating cattle."
"Yes." Los bowed deeply respectfully.
Under Elena's guidance, Los treated each cow carefully.
Los treated the cow very attentively, but Elena discovered more problems with the cow during her guidance. These problems combined together made Elena suspicious.
These cows may be injured by falls, which may be caused by human factors.
"Los, where did the cow fall? Take me to see it." Elena said.
Ross led the Viscountess to the bend in the dirt road where the cattle had fallen.
This turning point is outside the village, one mile away from the village entrance. It is the first big turning when going up the mountain out of the village, and it is also the last big turning when going down the mountain back to the village.
Elena stood at the big bend, trying to find suspicious traces. If she was in a game, she could go to the forum to look for a guide. If she didn't have a guide, she could also post a reward to find someone to help her pass the level. But unfortunately, she was in the magical world now and there was no forum.
Elena, who has always been invincible by spending money, doesn't know what to do here except wandering around, searching and analyzing.
Elena irritably pulled a handful of weeds, and the juice got all over her hands, making them sticky and uncomfortable.
Elena was so angry that she cast a water cleansing spell.
Wait, why did she have to look for it herself? Wasn't she the lord? She should have asked her subordinates to look for it.
Elena suddenly came to her senses.
"Neil," Elena called over the knight captain standing guard. "Take a few people and look around to see if there's anything suspicious. I suspect someone tampered with the area, causing the cattle to fall."
Neil had watched the Viscountess walking around here, as if she was looking for something, and was wondering what she was looking for. Now, after hearing what she said, he finally knew what she was doing. Her instructions made him believe that she must have discovered something.
Neil immediately called a few knights and spread out to look for suspicious traces.
Elena stood aside and watched them, waiting for the result.
The sun was shining brightly. Elena hadn't felt the heat just now because she was concentrating on looking for traces, but now she felt very hot standing aside waiting. She quickly cast a water shield and made some simple improvements. In short, there was a dark cloud above her head.
After waiting for a long time, Neil and his team finally found the traces.
Although the rain washed away most of the evidence, the muddy conditions at the time also helped, preserving a few uncleaned footprints on the slope of the hill on one side of the big bend.
Based on the presumption of guilt, everyone agreed that these footprints must have been left by the criminal.
That’s right, a criminal. Anyone who intentionally injures a cow is of course a criminal, and a serious criminal at that.
The acting village chief immediately ran back to the village and knocked on the large iron plate to sound the alarm.
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