Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

"Money is innocent, Charles."

Charles nodded and said, "You're right, these things are dead, how can they be guilty?" He smiled wryly, "My lord, I've had enough of this life. Now I have nothing, I want to be free now alive."

After experiencing such a thing, it is difficult for Charles to stay in Bear Mountain.Haiwen thought to himself, although I want to keep him under my command, it is obvious that he does not have this idea.

Charles stood up, the joints of his legs creaking, "I have made myself a useless person. Wine, meat, women, these things have hollowed me out. My lord, I want to really live."

"What is real life?"

"I'm going to the south," he said. "The south has the most beautiful girls and the most romantic stories. I think there will be something waiting for me in the south. Now that I am completely free, I can live in any city. Maybe There I will meet a love—as it is often said in the drama." He laughed, "In any case, I don't want to continue to do the usury business, I want to change my way of life."

"Your fief and title will remain for 100 years." Haven said to him.

"Thank you, my lord." Brunei Charles looked into the distance, raised his brows and the corners of his mouth, the sunlight illuminated his side face, and the camouflage removed brought him back to the original.

Sunrise, travel, romance, encounter—these are words that would normally belong to a noble knight, and now they belong to this Mustang town bully.

Brunei Charles, his soul, is free.

Haven's Verdict, XI

Haven's Verdict, XI

Charles was leaving next morning, and he had not brought much, but a carriage and two attendants.

This time, not only Hai Wen came to see him off, but also other people who knew him.

With the death of Manto Charles, the grievances between Hewen and the Charles brothers were also wiped out.After learning that Charles was going on a long journey, many people spontaneously sent gifts, including Smiley Cat and Violet.In addition, those who fought side by side with him also came, such as many militiamen and mercenaries in Mustang Town, and some people he knew.

At this moment, Charles was standing at the gate of Bear Mountain City, and behind him were Haiwen and other people who saw him off.Although Charles is a bit of a jerk, he is still loyal.He treated his servants and the militiamen who came with him well, so many people came to shake hands and hug him, and some people were infected by the atmosphere and cried.After these people said goodbye to him one by one, the smiling cat walked up.

Charles has always been afraid of Smiley Cat, so he feels uncomfortable when he sees Smiley Cat.However, Master Cat patted his arm naturally and said, "What are you afraid of?"

"No, no!" Charles said quickly, "It's just... I'm flattered to see you here, and I don't know what to say."

The smiling cat smiled as always, "If you don't know what to say, don't say it. Now the grievances and grievances are over. Although you and I don't have close friends, I respect you as a man." He said and took a knife from the package Come on, Charles was startled when he saw the shining blade, quickly took two steps back, and asked, "Master Ranger, what do you mean?"

The smiling cat laughed and said, "This knife is for you! Come and get it!"

Charles didn't dare, and quickly said: "I don't know how to use a knife, so you stay!"

Smiley Cat ignored him, and stuffed the knife into Charles' carriage. "This is the sharpest knife I have. It was given to me by an old sword master of the Murphys clan. He said that this knife is possessed by gods and drinks the blood of treacherous people. The master gave me this knife because In order for me to always remember that I am a righteous ranger, otherwise I will be cursed by this righteousness and wounded by the gods in the sword. Now I pass this curse to you. Before you do anything, you should 'think of the sword before acting' .”

Charles quickly agreed and said, "Okay, okay!"

The next person to say goodbye to him was Violet.

"I don't have a gift for you, but I want to give you two." After Violet finished speaking, she pulled out two girls from behind.Haiwen saw that the two girls looked familiar, and he recalled for a while before he remembered that they were the two female slaves of the Charles family.He had seen these two girls when he was a guest at Charles' house.

Charles was taken aback after seeing the two girls, and asked, "What's wrong with them?"

"Why don't you take them away?"

"They're only slaves," said Charles. "I don't need a slave girl on my way." When he had said this, the girls bowed their heads sadly.

"You bastard." Violet said mercilessly, "When you left them here, did you consider what they would do in the future?"

Charles waved his hand and said, "I'll leave it to Lord Haiwen!" Haiwen was stunned when he heard that, and Hyacinth next to him squeezed his hand hard, and she lowered her voice but said loudly: "No! want!"

Violet sighed and said, "But they want to follow you."

"But they're just..."

"Not just slaves." Violet interrupted him, "They are human and have feelings just like you. They may be the only two people in this world who love you." After saying this, Violet Push the two girls over.Charles was stunned for a moment, and then asked the two of them: "Jasmine, Lily of the Valley, I beat you and scolded you, are you still willing to follow me?"

Two girls, one of them nodded repeatedly, with tears in his eyes; the other threw himself into Charles's arms and wept bitterly, crying, "You beat me and scold me as you please, but please don't abandon me! Please!"

Haven saw the astonishment and sadness on Charles' face. He was holding the two girls, looking at a loss.At this moment, Violet said: "I have asked these two girls, one of them knows the knowledge of herbal medicine, and the other is proficient in women's red, these are very practical abilities. And they are all southern girls, and they can serve as you when they get there. Translator, you should take them away, both emotionally and rationally."

Charles let go of the two girls, and bowed to Violet. "Thank you, ma'am," he said very politely.

Violet shook her head and said, "I'm only doing it for these two girls—Charles, treat them well. You are lucky in your life to be accompanied by such a good girl."

"Yes, it will." Charles nodded vigorously.

Finally, Haven.

Haven walked up, but this time it was Charles who spoke first. "My lord, my brother said that he would donate his property to those victims. I did so according to his will. I will give you all the money and you will distribute it. I believe in your character."

"I will definitely do it," said Haven.

"And my share." Charles said solemnly, "I only brought enough money for the trip, and the other money... the money is too heavy, it is too heavy, and it is too heavy to live with so much gold on your back." Too tired. You can dispose of the rest as you like. You can spend it yourself, or distribute it to the poor, and return it to the original owner. This is the contract of the Iron Bank. I have written your name and fingerprinted it. You take it Go." He said and gave Haven a roll of parchment, which was exactly the one he showed in court.

"I'll keep it for you." Haven said.

"Money is worthless if you don't spend it." Charles smiled, "Bear Mountain is short of money, I know this. So I will give you the money. Money is evil in my hands, but in your hands, it will definitely be able to use it. deserved value."

"Then I thank you." Haiwen said and brought a package to Charles, "You take this away."

"what is this?"

"There are three things here. The first one is the seeds of tea leaves. I asked Master Tang Deen for this. This thing is suitable for planting in the south and can be soaked in water to drink. The habit of drinking tea came from the oriental people. Legend has it that It is very popular in another continent, but there is no such custom in our continent now, you can try it; the second one is the tea-making process, which I made with Tang Deen in my spare time, and you should also include it Take it away; the last one is the recipe of distilled alcohol, you can use it to match the alcohol with extremely high concentration, the southerners drink better than the people in the bay area, you might as well try it. You are a businessman, you must be better than me in how to operate these things Clear, I will not say more."

Charles was stunned after taking the thing, and he murmured: "My lord, this is too expensive, it may... be more expensive than all my family properties combined, much more expensive."

"Take it away." Haiwen said, "You just need to remember that I don't give you the seeds of wealth to make you rot again, but I hope you can use them to grow beautiful flowers in another piece of fertile soil. Money can Do evil and do good—you know what I mean, right?"

Charles nodded solemnly, and the smiling cat next to him said, "Remember, think before you act."

Charles thanked him again and again, and then drove away.Haiwen watched his figure gradually disappear at the end of the road before returning to the castle.

For Haven, the story of Brother Charles has come to an end.Although the ending is not perfect, it is not satisfactory.

But a problem exposed this time made Hai Wen very worried and dissatisfied——

The Code, and the old nobles attached to the Code.

He was about to sharpen the knife, the faster the knife was sharpened, the more enjoyable it would be to cut the tumor.

Chapter 15: Isrit felt helpless, a

Chapter 15: Isrit felt helpless, a

"The murderer must be among us!"

The cuckoo witch wandered around the room with her hands behind her back. The witches sat around a long table with a candle lit in the center.

It is daytime, but this is an underground warehouse, and the candle is the only thing that can provide light.The candlelight flickered, and Isrit's face flickered.

This morning, another one of them died.

This is the second victim, who was disemboweled and disemboweled in his own house.The whole scene is bloody and bloody, making it hard to look straight at.

All this is no one knows how it happened.At the beginning, the horses died one by one, and later they were inexplicably besieged by giant wolves at night.After arriving in Qingni City, everyone thought they could finally sleep in peace, but they didn't expect two people to die in succession.

On the morning when the first person died, the cuckoo witch immediately notified the local guards, and the guards invited the captain of the guard, and the captain went to invite the city lord... People in Qingni City are used to leisure, and when encountering such a thing, they immediately They are also at a loss.After tossing all morning, the city lord found a witch doctor who looked similar.

It was an 80-year-old man covered in dark green oil paint and smelled of moss.After the witch doctor came to the scene, he sprinkled medicinal powder on the corpse, and then chanted a spell.Legend has it that the south is the place where all gods live, and every city, every village, and even every household in every village may enshrine different gods.Take this witch doctor as an example. He claims to be the messenger of the god of frogs and toads, and has the wonderful power to pass through life and death.After listening to it for a while, Isrit felt that his spells and prayers were close to those of the water witch doctor in the Bayland, but the medium of casting spells was completely different—he needed frog saliva, toad venom, child urine, women Menstrual blood and other things, and the water witch doctor in the bay area only needs water.

After a series of regular procedures such as dancing and chanting, the witch doctor said to them: "I know how this woman died. There is a powerful evil spirit that possesses you among you. Every night, it will come to you." Turn into a demon and cast a spell to kill one of you."

"What kind of evil spirit is this?" Witch Cuckoo asked.

"Mostly these are resentful spirits. Some animals are tortured before death, so they are full of resentment when they die. After death, this resentment turns into a resentful spirit and entangles the animal. When someone eats this unclean meat, he will be killed." The evil spirit possesses and becomes a murderous devil. Now I will exorcise all of you. If nothing happens tomorrow night, it will prove that the evil spirit has been expelled. Before that, each of you should have a separate room and lock the door. I'll put frog oil on your doors so the wraiths can't get in."

"Thank you very much," said the cuckoo witch.

So the witches did, and the next morning the guard came to open the door and found the witch in the east corner dead, a young Southern woman with a lovely face.But now her guts were gone, like a pie that had been hollowed out and cut in half.

After seeing the scene, the witch doctor Toad said that he was helpless.The city lord of Qingni City even came forward in person and said to the witches: "Since this is the case, I can't let you stay here any longer. I will give you some money, and you can wish for yourselves."

So they were forced to leave Qingni City.

It might have been safer in the city before, but now in the wilderness, wouldn't that be fatal?For a while, the whole team was in danger.Witch Cuckoo said that she would take everyone to Hummingbird City. There are not only academic witches with high magic powers, but also all the great wizards of the Southern Principality. They must have a way to expel the curse.But Yisrit felt that they might not be able to reach Hummingbird City.

There are still eight of them now, but if they want to think about Hummingbird City, they need to walk for seven days—the summer swamp is very dangerous, full of mud traps and poisonous insects and beasts, they really can't walk fast.If the evil spirit kills one person every night, it can kill everyone before it reaches Hummingbird City.

Isrit asked Gerrit what she could do, but the witch said, "No way, I can only hope that the academics die first."

They set off in the morning until the afternoon, when they found an abandoned timber warehouse, where they decided to spend the night.

But the night was destined to be unbearable.

The cuckoo witch led them to the dark underground warehouse, lit a candle, and nailed the door.While walking back and forth nervously, she said in her mouth: "We can't go on like this, we must take measures——you know, the murderer is among us!"

Everyone looked at each other.Now counting the Dujuan witch, there are still eight people on the field, and each of these eight people is suspected.

"There is a spirit among us! We must find it, and burn it! Then no one dies at night."

"How will I find it?" cried a young witch.

The Cuckoo Witch pondered for a while, and said, "Let's vote, and those with the most votes will be burned to death."

"What?" Isrit screamed in surprise.

The cuckoo witch continued: "Voting, each person has one vote, and coins will be thrown when the votes are tied, but we must burn one person before going to bed every day, until we can spend a peaceful night."

"This is too barbaric." The young witch said before, Esrit looked at her, and found that the girl was probably younger than her, that is, a little girl who had just grown up, with some freckles on her face, Her appearance is not good-looking, but she is not annoying, just like an ordinary peasant girl.

The Cuckoo Witch nodded and said: "It is indeed barbaric, but we have no other choice. We must get rid of this evil spirit. The witch doctor told me that the evil spirit's mana is limited, and it can only kill one person every night." , so that gave us plenty of time to find it and kill it."

The witches were silent, and Estherite asked: "This means, we have to bet, we have to bet that there is a ghost pretending to be a human among us. We have to find a way to find it, and then ... burn it to death."

"Yes."

"Then what if it burns wrong?"

"If it's wrong, it's wrong," Witch Dujuan said indifferently, "then we'll burn another one the next day."

"I don't agree to do that."

"Then we'll burn you on the first day." The Cuckoo Witch stared at Isrit, her eyes almost killed her.Estelle felt a shock and was speechless for a while.At this time, Witch Dujuan asked the others, "Does anyone have any opinions?" Many witches chose to remain silent—silence is the default. It seems that the game between the evil spirit and the witch can begin.

The Cuckoo Witch sat down in the middle of the long table and said, "Tell me everything you know, all the clues. We have an hour to discuss, and after an hour we vote, and the person with the most votes will be burned to death." You can vote for anyone you think is a suspect, including me of course." No one agreed with her, and there was a deathly silence, and the candles flickered like will-o'-the-wisps in the dark.

"Now, let's start." Witch Cuckoo said, "Who is the evil spirit?"

Estelle felt helpless, two

Estelle felt helpless, two

A total of eight witches were present, and there was a murderer here—only possible.

Counting from herself to the right, Isrit is herself, Gerrit, a bald middle-aged witch, the cuckoo witch, a young witch with freckles, a thin witch with a wounded hand, an old witch with white hair, One-eyed, hunchbacked witch.

The murderer is among these people.

Isrit and Zerette looked at each other, and Zerette spread her hands, expressing that she had nothing to do.At this moment, the oldest witch suddenly said, "I think it was done by the liberal witches. I'm going to vote for that woman with curly hair. If it's not her, then it's her apprentice."

Zhe Lite smiled and said: "Okay, you can burn me to death, try it if you have the guts!" As she spoke, she slapped the desk, rubbing her hands together, and a faint light came out.

The Cuckoo Witch said, "Sit down, no one said they were going to burn you to death."

Gerette drew a crooked smile, then sat back.Isrit couldn't help shouting: "This is ridiculous! Why can't we go to Hummingbird City separately? Then the evil spirits won't be able to harm anyone!"

"Then this will be a disgrace to the academy!" Witch Cuckoo said loudly, "and this is the best chance to get rid of the evil spirit. If we let it go, it will definitely hurt the people in the south, academic witch We are all defenders of civilians and defenders of justice, and we swore an oath the moment we joined the academy that we would dedicate ourselves to the world—this is the biggest difference between us and the liberals.”

"You can brag about yourself, but don't belittle others." Geerette said immediately, "Liberal witches dedicate their lives to nature, and you are to human society. There is no contradiction, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior."

"I don't think it's a noble thing to sacrifice one's life to animals," said the Cuckoo Witch.

Zhe Lite did not give in: "Then I don't think there is any nobility in your following others."

The Cuckoo Witch did not continue to argue with her on this issue, but said: "The most urgent task now is to find that evil spirit! Tell me what you think—Liberal Estherite, start with you, take turns."

Isrit was not ready to speak at all, but seven pairs of eyes in the darkness were watching her, and she had to say something, or she might very well be the one to be burned.

"I..." She swallowed and looked at the witches around, "I don't know any of you, and I don't know your details, so in my opinion, everyone is suspicious."

"Fart!" shouted the bald witch, "You vicious bitch, you are the most suspect!"

"Don't interrupt her, let her finish." Witch Cuckoo held down the irritable woman.

Estelle thought for a while and continued: "Although I don't know you, you are familiar with each other. Think about it, there should be a reason, or a process, for being possessed by an evil spirit. You can recall who Is there such a possibility of being possessed? Or who has such abnormal behavior?" She nodded, "That's all I said."

"Go on." The Cuckoo Witch said to Gerrita.