Planetary Museum

93 Techniques of Persuading Captives

This is not the first time Fam has heard about the abilities of the envoys.

But every time I learned about a new ability, I couldn't help but be amazed.

The envoys said that the rain would stop at noon. Just after lunch, the rain stopped as expected.The officers had already given the order to leave, and everyone began to pack their little luggage.

Most people felt a little uncomfortable with the march. Compared with the half-month period of eating free cakes in Elis City, the more than a week of coming out was undoubtedly much more difficult.Not only do you have to walk the prescribed distance every day, but you also have to carry a prescribed amount of load—usually these loads are food.Moreover, waste and stealing of these grains is strictly prohibited. For violators, the king will make a certain part of his body disappear permanently.

But for Fam, the experience along the way is indescribable in this life... Although he also felt very bitter, the strange thing is that he was very happy when suffering.

Fam couldn't explain why he was happy even though he was suffering, but happiness was happiness.Every day when he heard the marching instructions, he would whistle excitedly.

Fam has been a farmer all his life. From his birth to the present, the biggest trip in his life is from his hometown to King Elis.When I was walking on the road that time, because most of the time I was worried about the cookies, I didn't feel that traveling was anything special.On the contrary, like other people, in a strange environment and with so many strange people, there will always be a sense of precarious fear—leaving the farmland, he has no idea where to get his next meal.

The life in King Elis City somewhat calmed his uneasiness.It was during the time of following the large army that Fam could finally enjoy the journey without any worries.

He saw strange villages and cities, wide rivers, vast grasslands, and majestic mountains.

In the past, this kind of scenery was only described by merchants when they passed by their village a few times a year. Of course, in their narrations, there were often terrible things hidden in these scenery. things, such as ferocious beasts, murderous robbers, ferocious tax collectors, or sudden storms...

But in Fam’s travels, none of these negative factors existed. God Envoys were invincible in front of them. Wherever they passed, no matter whether they were enemies or robbers, they dared not appear in sight. Farmers, when they saw them, nodded and bowed, politely.

When Fam searched for firewood and water in their village, the villagers had to carefully guide him.

Even if something unpleasant happens, such as two days ago, Fam started to have diarrhea after drinking water, he can still place his hope on the angel.God sent adults to take medicine for all their sick patients, and their illnesses were cured in one afternoon.

For this former farmer, he could have something to eat, something to do, new scenery to see every day, and God to ask for help when encountering problems—a god who can truly perform miracles. In the sweetest dreams Fam had ever had as a farmer, I'm afraid it was unimaginable.

But this kind of happiness is only for Fam. Obviously, not everyone in this team is as easily satisfied as Fam.

When they assembled, the soldiers who led them showed them the latest work of King Elis, two rows of hanged corpses.

After confirming the authority and the consequences of violating it, the soldiers again clarified the discipline to everyone: there are still those who want to escape, and this will be the end if they are caught!Now that they have eaten the bread entrusted by God, they must follow the path guided by God all the way to the end.

Among the corpses were people Fam knew. Some people really died unjustly, but they were not used to this kind of long journey away from home, either because they regretted and wanted to go back to find their families; or because they were afraid, because of the long journey. The itinerary has just begun; there are a few others who are purely lazy, and they came with the team for the cookies, but the cookies on the march, no matter the quantity or taste, are definitely not as satisfying as those in the city— —These people think it’s not worth it and want to go back.

But the king told everyone clearly by hanging that those cookies that they could not stop eating were indeed not for nothing.

To put it mildly:

Once you eat it, you have no right not to eat it!

Yesterday was a heavy rain, and these people wanted to take advantage of the heavy rain to run away at night, but these people never thought that the plan they had just discussed was overheard soon, and the whistleblower just wanted some candy, and they all sell.

Towards evening, they passed the ruins of a castle.

The soldiers conveyed to them the news they had heard - this castle was breached not long ago by their envoy, and it only took half a night.The angels summoned thunder and lightning from the sky that could split the gates of the city.

Fam couldn't imagine how big and terrifying the lightning that could split the city gate was.He can only marvel along with the others.

The muddy road gradually slowed down the marching speed of the team. Fam followed the example of others and took off his shoes and hung them around his neck. They were arranged by the soldiers to help push the horse carts and ox carts.But because the road conditions were so bad, we had to unload all the food from the car and let people carry it.

Fam was assigned twice as much food as he used to carry, which made his originally easy travel less comfortable.Along the way, Fam was in no mood to chat with others and discuss various new topics as usual.So did most of the others, and the weight on their backs silenced everyone.

Fortunately, it was very late at this time. After walking for more than an hour, they began to rest on the side of the road as usual.

Because he had carried the grain before, Fam got the right to rest.Together with many people, he picked a relatively dry stone in the woods by the road and began to wait for dinner.

At this moment, cheers came from many people in front of the team. Fam and others subconsciously stood up and looked in the direction of the sound.The soldier who was in charge of them had already moved over to listen to the news that the other soldiers had just received.

After about a while, the soldier came back, and he announced triumphantly to everyone: "From tomorrow onwards, everyone will be comfortable! My lord has brought us a large number of captives!"

Everyone around Fam cheered along with the others, only Fam was worried about these "captives" he had never met—these people were much more pitiful than himself.

When their dinner was ready and it was time to eat, Fam, as usual, formed a square formation with everyone on the side of the road.Two pieces of pancakes have already been delivered to their hands, and everyone has rubbed their hands clean before—the emissary said that it is not easy to get sick, just waiting for the whistle of the soldiers, and they can start enjoying the happiest time of the day.

But the soldiers' attention was attracted by a team coming from the opposite direction in the middle of the road.

Fam stood in the front row, so he could see the most clearly.The men looked covered in mud and had expressionless faces.Their right hands are all tied with a thin rope, which is then continued to the next person.Everyone was dragged by the rope and moved forward step by step.When these people passed by Fam, Fam noticed the eyes of these people, they were all staring at the pie in their hands.

The eyes of these people reminded Fam of the expressions of the people around him when he went to Elis King City for the first time and waited in line for pancakes. They were exactly the same as them.

And when these people stared at the pie in Fam's hand, Fam couldn't help staring at the faces of these people.

Because quite a few of these people are women.

The queues of these teams were extremely long, and the soldiers had apparently received new orders—they needed to wait for some prisoners to replenish their phalanx before they could continue today's dinner.

The hungry belly and the cake in hand made the wait extraordinarily long.Several times, Fam couldn't help the saliva from his mouth, dripping onto the cake.The other people around looked similar to him. Every once in a while, everyone couldn't help but look down at the pie in their hands, and then subconsciously look at the whistle of the soldier.

But on this day, the soldiers didn't pick it up for a long time-which meant that they couldn't eat for the time being.

The sky was completely dark without knowing it, because it was cloudy and there was not a trace of moonlight in the sky.Except for a few people standing around and behind him, Fam could hardly see the faces of others.

The soldiers who managed them had already left, probably to collect their captives and cookies.

If you eat it secretly at this time, the soldiers will definitely not find it.Fam couldn't help thinking about it.When he thought this way, he couldn't help but look at the left and right, as if he wanted to see if they were both eating - and then Fam found that the left and right were also looking at their left and right, and when they noticed each other's pie, they would both Picking up the cake and showing it to the other party, the subtext is obvious: this is a complete cake, I didn't steal it, don't try to report me!

The soldier was soon back, and behind him a long line of captives was led before Fam.These people were drenched by rain, and it was cold at night, and after walking for so long, Fam found that each of them was shivering after standing still.

"In Elis, even when eating, you must obey the discipline! Now, study hard, and you must follow the same steps when eating in the future, or you will be hungry!"

The soldier picked up his whistle and gave an order to everyone: "Hold up the cakes in your hands! Let me see which blind person dares to eat while I'm away."

Fam held up the loaves, and the soldiers just glanced at them from a distance at one end of the line before passing them.After checking all the queues in this way, the soldier smiled and said, "Very good! Next, listen to the password."

The soldier put the whistle in his mouth.Fam withdrew his attention from the captives in front of him and focused on the pie in front of him.

With a whistle, Fam started today's dinner.While eating the cake contentedly, Fam looked at the eyes of these people in front of him from the corner of his eye—they all stared at him with indescribable envy. Fam could even hear the stomachs of these people being hungry. The roaring sound.

A strange emotion welled up from the bottom of Fam's heart. Fam didn't know what it was like, he just felt that the cake in his mouth was sweeter than any time he had eaten before.

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