On the Seven Towers

Victor is a stocky man in his early forties with dark complexion. He looks like he has been working under the scorching sun for a long time.

"Nature's blessing!" he said, "I went fishing two days ago, just like usual. As you all know, those magicians' followers let me do this every day, and I was the best fisherman they could find. That day Good luck. God gave me two nets of good fish. I was very happy. The biggest fish was as long as my arm. You all know how happy the fisherman is when he sees the big fish, just like the farmer when he cuts the wheat. I was so happy that day that I just packed up the big fish and threw some small fish on the deck. When I thought about putting the small fish back into the water, they had already been burned to death by the sun. Oh, the sun was too hot that day. These fish should have returned to the water and grown into big fish, but now they have no chance. I was too careless.”

Victor looked remorseful and babbled, giving the impression that he had lost a large amount of money.

"Any more?" Kara asked seriously.

"No, not anymore." Victor looked a little nervous.

"The God of Nature knows everything. Think carefully about what you have done this week, especially after drinking." Kara emphasized, staring into his eyes.

"I, I..." Victor lowered his head and said in annoyance: "I had a fight with someone on the way back to the camp after drinking at the dock. We overturned the ridges and fought in the wheat field for a while, crushing some crops. . But I swear, they were the ones who made the first move, and that idiot punched me in the face, right here." He pointed at his black face, but no one could see any trace.

"Duke, judge him guilty."

"Duke! I swear, I only crushed wheat as much as two body lengths!" Victor added anxiously.

"Shut up! Do you think you can bargain like at the fish market?" Kara yelled.

"Ten marks for the little fish. Ten marks for the wheat field. Thirty marks for hiding. Forty marks in total." Duke said.

"Do you think it's fair?" Kara asked.

"Fair." everyone said.

With a sad face, Victor lifted up his clothes, and Kara started beating him hard with a branch in his hand.

Ji Yijun sneered, and Catalina gave him a strange look.

"A group of idiots who can't even figure out math in kindergarten, and a group of idiots who talk incoherently are actually judging crimes in a serious manner." Ji Yijun said disdainfully.

Catalina counted on her fingers, her face turned red involuntarily, and she whispered, "I can count. Sister Karanda taught me."

"What about multiplication and division? What about equations? What about analytic geometry?" Ji Yijun asked a few questions in a row, confusing Catalina.

Her face turned redder and redder, but this time she was angry. She argued: "Of course you superiors have time to learn these inexplicable things. We have to spend most of our time trying to earn a few coppers." , don’t let yourself starve to death!”

"You don't know how to study. Now you don't have to sleep in the open and go to the newly opened night school at night. Otherwise, you have to count on your fingers. How will you manage your husband's money when you get married?" Ji Yijun said.

Catalina didn't know what she thought of. She was stunned for a while and then stopped.

Ji Yijun pointed at the believers in the distance and said, "The same goes for these people. If you have the time to do this, you might as well learn to be smarter first! If this group of people is plotting evil behind the scenes, I will wake up laughing in my dreams."

The two watched for a while, and each member of the Trappist Order came out to confess their sins, and then got beaten for trivial matters. Ji Yijun was too lazy to read any more. Catalina was the same, she asked: "Are we still watching? Or should we check elsewhere?"

"Wait a minute. Look at this." Ji Yijun was about to leave when he suddenly noticed that something had happened in the place. In the past, it was adults who confessed and were beaten, but this time a seven or eight-year-old girl and her mother were named by Kara.

"Lilith, tell me your daughter's sin."

"Kara. Annie is just an eight-year-old child. It is her first time to participate in the 'Prayer of Teaching'. She, will she also be guilty?" The woman named Lilith was a little thin and looked very weak in front of the strong Kara. . And her daughter Anne seems to be carved from the same mold as her, she is thin and small. She had been frightened by the punishment of whipping her body before, but now when she heard Kara calling her, she was so frightened that she hid behind her mother.

"Everyone makes mistakes. Come to the 'Prayer of Teaching' without thinking about what mistakes you have made. Do you just want to get some food after the sacrifice?"

"You know, I don't think so. I just want Annie to understand the teachings of the God of Nature and accept the gifts of the God of Nature." Lilith said with a trembling voice.

"Then you should admit your sins. If you admit, you will be on the wrong path!"

"What are you talking about?" Lilith asked in surprise.

"You sent her to a school set up by magicians!" Kara said, pointing at Annie.

"But all the children in the camp have gone to class." Lilith said. "The generous magicians allow the children to speak, recognize numbers, and teach them magic words. This is a good thing that I never dared to think of before."

"Humph, a good thing? I prepare lunch for them every day. They talk about various principles and knowledge in class, but no one has ever mentioned the God of Nature! We all know that everything is the God of Nature. Created, but the person who tells this knowledge does not mention their creator! What will the children who gain this knowledge think? How can they have the place of the God of Nature in their hearts? Moreover, there is a teacher who especially likes to talk about a monkey! The story of the fight with the Emperor of Heaven, what is the Emperor of Heaven? He must be a false god! Isn't this blasphemy? Moreover, even a false god cannot be challenged, and the false god can only die in the hands of the true god. "

"I, I don't know what you are talking about. We are leaving." Lilith picked up her daughter and wanted to run away.

"Stop! Stop them! Duke, Victor, catch them." Several men stood up and stopped the thin mother and daughter.

"Duke, judge their crimes! Figure out how to punish those who waver."

"I think..., I think..." Duke looked at the aggressive Carla tangledly. The thin mother and daughter were unable to make a decision for a moment.

"You're wrong! The teacher said that Sun Wukong is a hero who tells us that man can conquer heaven. God has nothing to fear. If it is not good for us, we will defeat it." Annie suddenly said loudly behind her mother. Perhaps because Carla insulted her hero, Annie was suddenly very excited and less afraid of the fat woman in front of her.

Kara's face changed color, "Listen! They actually said such nonsense that man can conquer nature. Small people actually want to fight against nature. It is really terrible to hand such things to children." People around heard Annie say this , their expressions also changed greatly. Lilith covered her daughter's mouth in horror.

"Don't you admit that sending her to class is a terrible thing?" Kara asked.

"I, I was wrong. But for the sake of her being young, please let me accept the punishment for her."

Kara hesitated and said: "You can collect part of the penalty for her, but she must be 'taught' at least twenty times. This is the price of blasphemy. I am doing it for her own good, otherwise she will have no face to face it in the future. Where is the God of Nature?”

At this time, Annie broke away from Lilith's hand and said loudly: "Mom, don't listen to this bad woman. The things she said are all nonsense. Only bad people will fight and bully everyone like her. Personally. But everything the teacher told us is printed in the book! How can the things written in the book be wrong? If we tell the teacher these things, the teacher will protect us. "

Kara's color suddenly changed and she shouted loudly: "Lilith, get out of my way!"

Lilith had never seen Kara look so angry, and was so frightened that she took a step back without thinking, and Annie, who was glaring at Kara, was exposed in front of Kara.

Without saying a word, Kara picked up the branch and pulled it towards Annie. However, at this moment, a stone flew over and hit her hand, and the branch suddenly fell to the ground. She screamed and looked up in the direction where the stone flew. I saw a young man dressed as an outsider and a girl walking out of the bushes.

Ji Yijun kept throwing a stone in his hand and approached the circle of people. When he walked to Kara, he threw the stone at the big tree, and the stone flew away with his fighting spirit, making a deep hole in the big tree with a bang.

It seemed that Ji Yijun was very merciful when he hit Kara's hand, otherwise her hand might have been blown to pieces. Kara and the others were just ordinary people, and when they saw Ji Yijun's behavior, they all fell silent.

Anne was still standing in front of her, the thin little girl looking very lonely. Ji Yijun touched her head and said: "There is a saying that 'it is better to believe in books than to have no books at all.' It means that there are also many written nonsense. However, you are right about everything else. This fat woman You're a bullshit guy indeed. You were brave today and I'll tell your teacher."

When Annie saw Ji Yijun's dress, she knew that he was in the same group as her teachers. She suddenly rushed over and hugged Ji Yijun's waist, trembling and crying softly. Lilith watched from the side, stretching out her hands to hold her, but hesitantly put them down.

While Ji Yijun patted Annie on the back, he glanced provocatively at everyone present. Seeing his sword-like gaze, everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him. Only Kara was covering her hands and glaring at him fiercely.

Ji Yijun snorted coldly and said: "Who asked you to fight here? The camp has camp rules that prohibit all private conflicts, prohibit all lynchings, and protect minors. People like you who gather to fight and cause harm, Anyone who abuses children at the same time must be detained by me and disciplined!”