Goddess Wanhua Mirror

"Son, I know you have feelings for the Ratmen, but after all, they went astray and were tempted by evil forces. They chose this path of destruction themselves, not your responsibility."

Hearing Lude's words, Romi Ann raised her head. Lude saw her crying pear blossoms with rain, so he took out a handkerchief and handed it over.

"Wipe away your tears, and send your sister Migne off for the last time."

After the battle, Lu De did not go back to the court immediately, but ordered the militiamen to clean up the battlefield and collect the remains of the dead for burial.Regardless of humanitarian or environmental considerations, it is not a good choice to let the corpses in this place be thrown into the wilderness like this.

So everyone got busy immediately, and Nid Hogg saw that he had nothing to do, so he greeted Lude and immediately disappeared.

When the first ray of sunlight shone into the camp in the valley the next morning, the militiamen had basically cleaned it up, and they razed the altar of the rat people directly to the ground, adding hundreds of graves.

The actual number of deaths of the demihumans is definitely more than these, but most of them have died without a whole body, so there is not even a single grave.

What's interesting is that the militiamen also captured more than 200 surrendered demihuman captives in the camp. These unlucky people were completely frightened and trembled when they saw humans, and they dared not resist at all.Lude didn't make it difficult for these poor people, and ordered that the captives should not be abused or killed at will, and then let these captured demihumans help with some physical work of digging graves.

After dawn, after everything was dealt with, Lu De solemnly performed a mourning ceremony for all the victims to express the mercy of the victors, and then allowed these demihumans to leave on their own.

Lu De was not worried that letting go of these weak demihumans would turn into "letting the tiger go back to the mountain", but felt that they could rely on their mouths to spread the name of human strength and benevolence, so that at least three generations of them would not be able to think of crooked ideas thought.

However, the effect of the mourning ceremony was surprisingly good. Most of the captured demihumans did not leave, but stayed voluntarily, hoping to follow the powerful human priest.

In fact, for these weak demihumans, being the dog next to the strong is the greatest happiness, and finding a backer seems to be part of their survival instinct.

Lude thought for a while, these demi-human races can also provide faith, and they are all good labor, so it is not a loss to accept them.

In this way, after everything was dealt with, everyone returned triumphantly as victors.Everyone was in a good mood, and I didn't know who started it. As we walked, we sang a song taught by Lu De, which was "We Walk on the High Road" with localized lyrics.

This song is the zipper chant that Lude taught them during the training of the militia, and it will be sung every time they run to train their physical fitness.

The accompanying knights were very cold at first, but the militiamen couldn't help singing more and more vigorously, so they were gradually infected by this atmosphere.

Looking at the appearance of everyone singing heartily, Lu De couldn't help but smile, this is what people have confidence in, and it's never a bad thing.

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The incident of the sub-humans finally ended successfully with the complete victory of human beings. Pine Tree Village was miraculously unscathed. Hundreds of people took the initiative to attack the camp where tens of thousands of sub-humans were entrenched. die.

This made the villagers feel that their village was no longer simply protected by the goddess, it was as if the goddess lived in their village!

Interestingly, on the second day of their triumphant return, Pine Tree Village received "reinforcements" from the Earl of Lumley.

It was their old acquaintance Captain Jie Gang who led the team.

Three days ago, the person Sha Luo sent back to deliver the letter finally arrived in Wolfhelm City.Due to a little accident on the road, the two messenger knights were attacked by monsters in the wilderness.Although the people are fine, the horses are gone!

In desperation, the two unlucky people had to go on foot, and returned to their hometown six full days later than expected.

After reading his daughter's letter, the earl looked up at the captain Jiegang and the great magician Hamilton who said that they might have been killed. He laughed very unkindly on the spot, and then circulated the letter to them. .

Realizing that there was most likely a misunderstanding, Captain Jie Gang immediately volunteered to go to Songshu Village.

The earl had heard a lot about priest Lude from him and Master Hamilton before, and he believed that the judgment of these two people must be more reliable than his frizzy daughter, so he agreed to Jie Gang's request and prepared to He sent a handwritten letter and a gift for Jie Gang to bring to the old priest, apologizing for his daughter's rudeness.

It can be seen that the earl still knows his daughter very well.

However, when Captain Jiegang arrived at Songshu Village during the starry night, what he saw was peaceful, as if nothing had happened!

Seeing that Jie Gang was safe and sound, Sha Luo immediately greeted him happily.Jiegang is Shaluo's swordsmanship teacher and the senior she admires the most. She has always wanted to be a model knight like Jiegang.

When he learned that he came out of Wolfhelm City, he happened to pass by Jie Gang and others. Sha Luo smiled wryly and said that it was because he didn't know that he had such a misunderstanding with Master Lu De. She has made up for her mistakes.

Seeing Jie Gang's puzzled face, Sha Luo happily told Jie Gang about his great achievements like presenting treasures.

Only now did Jie Gang know that such a big incident had happened in Songshu Village. While he was glad that the village was safe and sound, he felt a little guilty for not coming in time for reinforcements.

So, Jie Gang paid a visit to Lu De, presented the Earl's personal letter and presents, and then inquired carefully about what happened, and asked if there was anything else in the village that needed their help?

After learning that everything in the village was safe and protected by the dragon, Jie Gang finally felt relieved, and then said that he came here mainly to bring back Shaluo and her warlord knights.

After all, the border area is directly under the jurisdiction of the royal family. Although the earl's knights came to rescue them, staying too long will inevitably lead to criticism.

In fact, some rumors have already spread to the capital at this moment.Although Earl Lumley is a good buddy of the king and has always been deeply trusted, this does not mean that other forces in the kingdom have a good relationship with them. There are always some jealous guys trying to drive a wedge between the Lumley family and the royal family.

And Sha Luo's actions in the border area this time just gave those people with ulterior motives an excuse to tell tales.

Especially when Sha Luo first arrived in Ximu Town, if the series of operations that he had done in the local area were placed in the earl's territory, then naturally there would be nothing to say, it was just a normal handling of the internal affairs of the territory.

But Ximu Town did not belong to the earldom, and Sha Luo not only hanged the mayor, but also whipped the priests of the Four Seasons Goddess Cult in public. Play tricks in the dark.

So out of the need to avoid suspicion, Jie Gang had to bring all the knights back when he came this time, so as not to be exploited by others.

Here, Jiegang gave Ludk a little bit about the "Noble Territory Law" of the Kingdom of Duran. The royal family has express regulations for the feudal nobles below, and the territory of each family is sacred and inviolable, unless treason or conspiracy A top-level felony, otherwise the fiefdom would not be cut.

But while the fiefs of the nobles cannot be easily reduced, they cannot be increased casually.You can subdivide your own land to the knights or retainers under your command, but you can't expand the territory without authorization.Even if you want to exchange a part of the fiefdom with other nobles at equal value, you must first ask the king for permission before you can conclude a deal.

certainly!There are actually many things that can be manipulated here. The actual scope of influence of some big nobles is far beyond their own fiefdoms, but this kind of thing is tacitly understood by everyone, and generally they will not do it too obviously.

However, the situation in Songshu Village is a bit special. The large area around this area with a radius of nearly a hundred miles is newly developed land in recent years. Although it is far away from the royal capital, it is at least nominally directly controlled by the royal family.

However, once the five-year tax-free benefits of the local pioneers are over, the king usually will not send someone to directly manage this "enclave", but will choose one of the other two processing methods.

One is to directly use this area as a fief, and directly reward the new nobles who have made meritorious officials, while the other is to exchange land.

The specific method is somewhat similar to "passing flowers by beating drums". The royal family will take a piece of fiefdom from the nobles adjacent to the center and merge it into its own central directly-controlled territory, while the nobles who cede land to the royal family will renew it from the more peripheral nobles. Take one piece of land as compensation, and pass it on to the last one, and this new land will belong to the border nobles.

And because the newly opened area is relatively backward, the royal family will generally make certain concessions, only exchanging fiefs equivalent to two-thirds of the size of the new land, so that the rest of the nobles participating in the land exchange can share some dividends.

In view of this, there is indeed a certain probability that the area around Pine Tree Village will be merged into the Earl of Lumley in a year and a half, but they are not the only nobles who are greedy for this land. The Duke of Gamelin in the southwest also wants to Nine out of ten people who want this piece of new land and take the opportunity to attack them this time are this one.

It is worth mentioning that the Duke is a very devout follower of the Four Seasons Goddess Sect, so in his territory, only the Four Seasons Goddess Sect is allowed to set up temples for missionary work, and other sects will be forcibly driven away.

The reason why Jie Gang took the initiative to mention this is to send a message to Lude on behalf of his own earl. In case this fief is really taken by the Duke of Gamelin in the future, Earl Lumley will welcome the arrival of the God of Medicine. .

The Earl is also looking for an opportunity to meet and have a good chat with Lude.

(End of this volume)

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Spring, a season of revival of all things!When green plants and colorful flowers replace the snow and cover the land again, the thriving scene always makes people feel hopeful from the bottom of their hearts.

With the official start of spring plowing, Lu De has been fulfilling and busy these days. The villagers suddenly discovered that the priest seems to have a lot of research on farming, and he would go to the fields for a long time every day. They were given a lot of novel farming skills, and it seemed that they were planning to do some water conservancy projects and planned to dig an aqueduct.

Some villagers know what water canals are, and they heard that they are only built in some more developed areas in the south. They are very useful for farming and irrigation, but poor villages with few people generally cannot afford to build them.

But the current situation in Songshu Village is different. Although they are poor, there are quite a lot of people, and there are many free laborers.

These laborers are the demihumans who were captured not long ago. They took refuge in Pine Tree Village after the war. There are nearly 500 people in total. They are currently being re-educated in Ludd's civilized society.

For these alien races, the village was actually very repulsive at first, and some elders even thought that they should be "disposed" away, and keeping them would only become a burden or even a disaster to the village.

It was Lude who once again defied all opinions, saying that these demihumans should be given a chance to reform themselves.I will find a way to teach them how to correctly integrate into civilized society and live in harmony with human beings, and killing more than necessary will only further intensify hatred.

Seeing that the priest had spoken, everyone stopped objecting.

Facts have also proved that these weak demihumans generally believe that the law of the jungle is the law of the jungle, and it is only natural for the weak to obey the strong.Back then, the powerful races asked them to fight humans together, but now that humans have defeated those arrogant and domineering powerful races, they naturally have to obey the stronger ones.

Lu De himself did not fully agree with this concept, but considering that it was convenient for him to manage at this stage, he did not correct them immediately.

Thanks to a lot of relief food sent by Shaluo before, the village currently has enough energy to support these demihumans, and at the request of Lude, they all converted to the God of Medicine and participated in the development of the village as a basic labor force. Going under construction.

However, Lude soon discovered that if he really wanted these demihumans to integrate into civilized society like elves and dwarves, he first needed to get rid of many of their bad habits.

There is nothing to say about hygiene habits, just follow the human villagers in Songshu Village.If you don't wash up, you can't eat. This "iron law" has been quickly integrated into their bones along with delicious food.

What really gave Lude a headache was the "drug addiction" of these demihumans!

During the previous transformation into the camp, Lude discovered that races like gray goblins have the habit of smoking ghost headweed.This thing is an ideal anesthetic when used in the right place, but it can become a drug when used wrongly.

In order for these demihumans to completely quit drugs, Lu De confiscated the ghost-head grass in their hands and strictly prohibited anyone from holding it privately, physically isolating them, and at the same time tried to use religious means to help them get rid of it psychologically. dependence on it.

"I always feel that the workload is increasing recently, and the available staff is still not enough!"

In the current Medicine God Sect, the problem of insufficient manpower has become more and more prominent. The core members do not include Lude himself, but just one hand. If the actual personal ability is considered, the two goddesses, Aina and Shanisi, may join together. Together, it's not as good as Elaine, a ghost who can write and count!

The recruiting of the church has become an urgent problem.

However, considering their new sect, there are too many internal secrets that cannot be disclosed to the outside world, so they must be extra cautious in the selection of newcomers, so so far, they have only recruited a new apprentice nun experimentally.

The road to the development of the God of Medicine Sect still has a long way to go.

Thinking of these headaches, Lude decided to go for a walk in the yard to soothe his nerves a little, so he got up and left the study.

After the spring blossoms, the first thing Lu De did in the backyard was to plant half of the spice seeds he had bought from Hamilton.Many of them have germinated so far. If all goes well, you may be able to eat the long-lost hot pot this autumn.

It has been a year and a half since Lude traveled through time. Whenever I think of the hometown that I can never go back to, apart from missing my relatives, I also miss all kinds of delicacies in my hometown. I feel that I can hardly remember the taste of many things.

With this expectation in mind, Lu De went straight to the vegetable field when he came to the backyard, only to find that someone was carefully tending the crops in the field. When the other party saw Lu De approaching, he quickly got up and saluted him.

"Good afternoon, Master."

"Good afternoon, Sister Romi Ann."

Looking at the timid dragon girl in front of him, Lu De smiled and nodded at her.

Since the destruction of the Rat Man, this girl had nowhere to go, so Luther took the initiative to accept her as his apprentice, developing her into his first substantive disciple and the only ordinary mortal in the entire church.

Because Lude has the original fire in his body, and his soul is a person from Earth who has traveled over, many times he doesn't know whether a "stitch monster" like himself can be regarded as an ordinary person.

The little girl didn't dare to agree at first, not because she had any resistance to becoming a nun, but because she felt that she was lowly and unqualified.Especially after meeting Aina and Shanisi, I feel that I can't compare with these two beautiful and mature big sisters.Even more inferior.

For this reason, Lu De kept comforting her. He wanted to take her as a disciple because he saw that she was pure in nature and wise, and believed that she still had a lot of room for growth.

So under Luther's tireless persuasion, Romean finally worshiped under his sect and became a trainee nun in the temple.The little girl was very grateful to the priest for taking her in, and she took the initiative to underwrite most of the chores in the temple without ordering, and the sensible person couldn't help crying.

Looking at the well-growing seedlings in the field, Lu De told Romeo to pay more attention to rest and not to rush to work every day. Her two senior sisters were about to become lazy.

"It's okay, mentor, senior sisters Aina and Shanisi have treated me very well, and I am really happy to be able to help everyone."

"Oh, good boy!"

Expressing emotion again, Lu De gently touched the girl's head, then looked down at the fat and big coarse cloth robe on her body, thinking that the nun's clothes customized by the village tailor should be ready, just in time for him to go For a walk in the village, I might as well take Luo Mi'an with me and go over to change into new clothes.

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Following Lu De, Romi walked out of the gate of the temple, and walked together in the village with some anxiety.

The little girl actually didn't dislike Pine Tree Village, it gave people a sense of prosperity, and it always reminded her of the place where she lived with her mother.But the psychological shadow that has not been completely eliminated made her still feel very panic when facing humans, so she followed Lude closely as soon as she went out the gate, almost watching her feet walking.

Compared with humans, the subhumans in this world belong to a typical ethnic minority. Only a few elite races like elves and dwarves can get relatively equal treatment from humans, and others are more or less subject to some human discrimination.

There is also this kind of atmosphere in the Duran Kingdom. Fortunately, there are a bunch of people who have broken through the lower limit at the bottom, so it is not so bad to contrast the dwarfs with the big ones.

Noticing that Romi Ann's mood was obviously a little nervous, Lu De smiled and comforted her, telling her not to keep her head down all the time, but to look around more. The people in the village are very friendly, and with him around, no one will hurt her.

Hearing Lude's words, Romean raised her head cautiously, and saw that it was indeed as he said, the surrounding villagers were actively greeting them with smiles on their faces, and their mood immediately stabilized a lot. There is a trace of dependence and respect in people's hearts.

Soon, the two came to the tailor's shop in the village. The shopkeeper's aunt saw that it was the priest who came, and she also brought the Argonian girl who caused a small topic in the village. The finished nuns' costumes were brought out from under the counter.

"Good afternoon, Lord Priest. Are you here to get the clothes? I just finished them here and am about to send them to you. I didn't expect you to come in person."

"Come here to do something, so I brought her here along the way. Romi Ann, don't be dumb, come over and say hello to Auntie Manny."

"Good afternoon, Aunt Manny."

Seeing the well-behaved and polite Romi Ann, the tailor aunt smiled and nodded at her, then handed over the nun's dress she had made, pointed to the dressing room beside her and said.

"Try the clothes to see if they fit first! This is my first time making clothes for the demihumans, so I can change them for you. Damn girl! Why are you being lazy again, come here quickly for my old lady! "

With a loud voice, the old tailor called for her daughter and apprentice, and asked her to teach Romi Ann how to wear her new suit.So Romi Ann followed the other party into the dressing room, while Lu De chatted with the tailor aunt Manny at the counter.

Aunt Tailor is a new villager who joined last winter, and she is currently the best tailor in the village.Lude had given her some clothing designs drawn by himself before, and asked Manny if she could make such clothes, but the aunt was amazed by these "designs" of Lude.

In fact, not only Manny, the tailor, but almost everyone in the village will be amazed at the erudition of the priest after being in contact with Lude for a period of time. A lot of novel knowledge that others don't know at all.

Whenever this happens, Lu De will thank the motherland for allowing himself to live in an information age of information explosion.The misunderstanding of the villagers also provided a cover for his identity as an old man to a certain extent.

The two exchanged ideas on clothing design for a while. At this time, Romi Ann came out of the dressing room. The girl had already changed into a special nun's costume specially designed for her body shape, which made people's eyes shine.

The style, overall design style and color tone of this nun's costume are the same as the two suits on Aina and Shanisi, only some improvements and adjustments have been made to some parts, mainly adding a backless back and rear skirt opening to allow Romean's wings and tail can be stretched out.

Considering the local sub-frigid climate, the careful Aunt Manny was worried that the little girl would catch cold with her backless for a long time, so she specially prepared some "cold protection equipment", including a wool shawl, a pair of leather gloves and a pair of white cotton knee length socks.

It is worth mentioning that in order to prevent the loose cotton stockings from loosening and slipping downwards, a suspender waist ring was added to the sock opening with buttons. This special design was also provided by Lude.

"Hmm! As expected of my craftsmanship, the little girl looks really good in it."