Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 20
Master Laurie mysteriously said, "I have something to study in my mind," and he got into his tent in a flash, leaving the Lord Lord and a few others to stay where they were, looking at each other in dismay.

No one knows what kind of plane this old man is doing.

However, after the experiment of using zombies was officially declared a failure, now Xia Houyan's whole body is full of irritability, which is flammable and explosive, and Alice is still hesitating how to comfort the lord, the well-mannered Qiao The mayor of Er, has already stepped forward and tried to divert the Lord's attention:
"Sir, if you are free, can you count the personnel and materials in the camp with me?" Mayor Joel asked sincerely, "After experiencing the corpse tide and camping yesterday, we haven't had time to confirm the specific losses."

In fact, Mayor Joel had stayed up all night without sleep last night, and had counted everything overnight, but he felt that it was better to find something to do for the lord who was in a bad mood at this moment.

"...Okay." Xia Houyan knew Old Joel's true intentions very well, but he asked himself, and he really wanted to know the current situation of the camp, so he reluctantly nodded.

Mayor Joel showed an understanding smile and led the lord to the middle of the camp.

Alice and the maid Anjie, who was holding the lunch box, looked at each other and followed suit.

"As you can see, our convoy now has a total of about 500 people, including thirteen guards, sixteen artisans, eighteen chefs and servants from Eagle's Rest Castle, twenty merchants, three scholars, two Doctors, and the remaining 400 people are basically more practical and capable tenant farmers and handicrafts selected from the former Igor collar before departure." Mayor Joel pointed at the large and small camps as he walked. The tent said, "According to His Majesty's will, our migration team in the Igor territory can only take no more than 2000 people from the original territory for the construction of the new territory; therefore, when we set off from Eagle's Rest Fort, we also Divide the troops into two groups, divide a total of 1000 passengers into two teams of [-] each, and set off successively—as you can see, nearly half of the original [-] members of our convoy have been lost during the journey.”

"So many people are missing?" Xia Houyan was a little surprised, and looked back at the maid behind him, "I remember An Jie told me that we only lost more than 100 people in the corpse tide?"

"Miss Randall told you only the losses that could be confirmed at the time." Mayor Joel shook his head heavily, "In addition, there are also scattered convoy members who got lost in the tide of corpses, and we were able to reunite with them. The chances of converging are not great—if this part of the convoy members are counted as losses, then within yesterday, the casualties caused by the wave of corpse attacks would have reached more than 200 people."

A group of four walked past the bonfire in the center of the camp and saw that the guards had finished their lunch and were sitting on the roadside wiping their sabers.Xia Houyan nodded to them, and continued to listen to the mayor of Joel, counting his fingers:

"Except for the casualties caused by the tide of corpses, the other reductions in the number of people occurred before we entered the infected area: when passing through the Duke of Cromwell, many people were invited to stay there, and there were also people in several robber attacks The loss, together with the illness and fatigue on the way, and the lost people in the fog when we strayed into the infected area, the total number of losses reached the order of 500 people."

Although Mayor Joel counted the lives of people, when these lives were reduced to simple numbers, it gave people an unreal sense of illusion.Xiahou Yan pondered for a moment and asked:
"So there was another 1000-man convoy from Eagle's Rest, right? How are they doing now?"

"Unfortunately, we have not received any news from them now." Mayor Joel shrugged, "unlike we crossed the border, that team went south along the west coast of the empire, although the distance was longer and Slower, but a lot safer along the way - given that team was with your sister Miss Catalina, Knight Commander Cousins, and Master Laurie's apprentice Wilson, I'm inclined to think they wouldn't be like us, experienced such a huge loss.”

Katerina Igor... Xia Houyan tried her best to recall her own sister, but she couldn't remember too many things about her: Elliot Igor was sent to the hospital when she was very young In Xuecheng, even the impression of his parents is very weak, not to mention this sister who has never met a few times at all.

Even when Elliot rushed back to Eagle's End from the academy to inherit the title, Katerina Igor stayed in the imperial capital to take care of her father's funeral, and when she arrived at Eagle's End and joined another migration convoy , Elliott's team has already set off.

This also means that the two brothers and sisters passed each other once again, and it has been more than ten years since they met.

But Xia Houyan turned around and thought about it, and felt that he was still trapped in the infected area, and it was absurd to worry about these family matters-how could he find a way to take these 500 people out intact, or at least keep more people in the infected area? How many days to live is what he cares most about now.

"When you were in the academy, Miss Katerina often told us about you." Mayor Joel suddenly stared into the Lord Lord's eyes and said, "Every New Year's dinner, although you can't go home, Miss Katerina will always be there. And Mrs. Anna will still put an extra chair and a set of cutlery for you."

"Uh... so what?" As a transmigrator, Xia Houyan was not touched by the warmth of his family.

"Lord Elliot, Miss Katarina may be looking forward to seeing you in the new territory. If she learns that you died in the infection zone, she will be heartbroken." Mayor Joel said back With his fleshy hands, he seemed to be casually saying, "I heard Mr. Tom Lawrence say that you have the special ability to make zombies retreat, so I thought, why don't you leave the infection zone by yourself?"

Xia Houyan couldn't help but let out a wry smile: Why haven't these people given up and persuaded me to run away...

"Sir." Seeing that the lord did not respond, the mayor of Joel finally showed his sharpness, "You have the ability to disperse zombies, you can walk by yourself, and you can even bring a few followers - you can bring Master Laurie, bring Captain Alice, bring the guards... You can bring Miss Anjie with you too - do you have the heart to watch such a young and beautiful girl torn to pieces by the fangs of zombies? ?"

Xia Houyan couldn't help but look back at An Jie, but the little maid held the lunch box in her arms, bowed her head deeply, and did not look at him.

"These days, your persuasion to me always reminds me of something called the 'tram problem'..." Xia Houyan shook his head with a wry smile, "Sometimes life is so helpless, it often forces you to ask for You have a choice between killing four hundred or five hundred..."

Although he didn't understand the strange words in the lord's mouth, Mayor Joel answered seriously:

"Lord Lord, I am more inclined to think that this is a choice between saving a hundred people and saving none."

Xiahou Yan stopped and looked at the camp.

A tenant farmer and his wife sat in front of the tent, and their child, holding a pinwheel in his hand, ran past his parents with a smile, running away like a happy deer.

"Mayor Joel, actually I've been thinking..." Xia Houyan licked his lips and said slowly, "What did they do wrong?"

"What?" Mayor Joel asked in confusion, feeling that he did not understand the words of the Lord.

"I mean... what did these tenant farmers do wrong? What did the bodyguards who died in the corpse tide do wrong? The tens of thousands of people who were far away in the Duchy of Igor and watched the king's flag change at the top of the city did it again. What's wrong?" Xiahou Yan said softly, "I don't know who is right and who is wrong in His Majesty's execution of my father, I don't know which politician's wise decision this absurd territorial migration is - politics, politics Maybe it will always be such a bad debt - but, these ordinary people who have to leave their homes, throw their blood, tears and sweat on the journey, in the corpse tide, under the horse's hooves, what did they do wrong? Why they, Fallen victim to this aristocratic farce?"

Mayor Joel opened his mouth and sighed after a long time:
"Lord, sometimes... this kind of thing happens."

"So, whether it's compensation or redemption, I always want to do more for them." Xia Houyan kicked the dirt on the ground lightly with the tip of his boot, then raised his head, "Mayor Joel, you're right on one point. ——I do have the ability to protect the people around me. So, I will set off tomorrow, take advantage of the fear of zombies, and try to send a few girls out of the infected area first; then I will come back through the infected area and escort others A few people go - this is not a smart way, maybe the food in the camp will run out before I can send everyone in one trip; or maybe my ability to drive the zombies will suddenly fail, leaving us dead in the infected area - But I insist on doing something, for this group of innocent people."

Mayor Joel reluctantly nodded: Lord Lord's plan is better than staying in the infected area and waiting to die.

Xia Houyan sighed softly and looked down at a sturdy weed on the ground: "Sometimes, life is just a matter of peace of mind..."

However, before the lord could finish the pot of chicken soup for the soul, not far behind, there was a burst of piercing laughter.

The group of four hurriedly turned around and stared dumbfounded at Master Laurie, jumping out of his tent while dancing with his robes. When they saw the Lord Lord, the Master turned around in place, and then let out a burst of hysteria. Laughing wildly, it was a bit more arrogant than the Homecoming Regiment that counted in the counterattack.

"You..." Xia Houyan asked tentatively, "...find your yellow book?"

"Lord Lord!" Master Laurie pointed at the Lord Lord's nose and smiled evilly, "You, owe me a life this time!"

(End of this chapter)