Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Although the vegetarian dishes of the witches are light, they are very delicate, and they look more stylish than meat dishes: a plate of beetroot mixed with honey, a bowl of fried bean cakes, a large plate of golden fried egg mushrooms, a large pot of steaming Bacteria soup (Isrit smelled a wonderful aroma of beef in this soup), lemon juice petals, spicy sautéed mushrooms, berry cake.The drink was nectar in wooden mugs and a jug of orange mixed juice.

She had never seen vegetarian food cooked like this, so she tried every dish.After eating, she couldn't help feeling: Even if she was a vegetarian for the rest of her life in Hummingbird City, she wouldn't feel bored.

Isrit intends to learn it together with the recipe, and cook it for Haiwen in the future.

At the dinner table, Aldram asked Isrit and Gerrit some questions about liberal witches.These questions involved advanced witchcraft, and Isrit couldn't answer them, so most of the time it was Gellette who dealt with them—such as transfiguration, illusion, potions, and the liberal witch mystery.

They asked and answered, and after a while Aldrom said, "Ms. Gerrit, what rank are you in the Liberal faction?"

Gerrit said: "Liberals don't pay attention to rank, everyone is the same."

"Then how long have you practiced?"

"I can't tell you that." Gerrit raised the corners of her mouth, "Unless you can tell me how old you are first, Lord Earl."

Ao Zhulan's face stretched, she didn't answer Zhe Lite's question, but said: "Since you have already learned something, why do you still want to study here?" She glanced at Isrit, " And with your apprentice?"

Zhe Lite suppressed her smile, and she said solemnly: "The liberal witchcraft is lacking, and I need to make up for it with the knowledge of the academic school."

"Oh!" said Aldrom with a subtle exclamation, running her fingers around the hair hanging down her temples. "Then you mean to say that you think liberals are inferior to academics?"

Zerette said: "Of course not, liberal witches are number one in the world. I came here to study to share knowledge, not out of admiration for you."

"Mentor!" Isrit called in a low voice.

"Oh, that's right." Ao Zhuolan nodded silently, and she tapped her fingers on the table, making an impatient voice.The dining table also fell silent.Isrit exchanged glances with Gellite, signaling her not to be so reckless, but Gellite held her head high and showed no sign of remorse.A liberal witch is no worse than anyone else, her eyes said so.

At this moment, Aldrom spoke: "Liberalism and academicism have been opposed since ancient times, so, Isrit, you can stay; Ms. Gerrit, you must leave!"

"Okay, take your leave." Gerrit got up and left the table, "Thank you for your hospitality, Lord Earl!"

Author's message:

Tomorrow I have to ask for another day off, the following pov (Haven/Tang Deen) is critical.

This includes laying several hidden lines, filling several pits, and new character relationships.In short, it is difficult to write, and I need to finish writing it before posting it.

This part of the plot is really difficult to write, I have been writing with all my strength, but the speed is slow, please forgive me.

Chapter 7: "That place is not up to you.", a

Chapter 7: "That place is not up to you.", a

[This volume will be composed of two pov perspectives, Haiwen and Tang Deen. 】

The carriage was already locked up at the gate of the castle. The morning was cool and the air smelled of earth.Haiwen has already packed up the salute and is about to set off.

Smiley Cat and Ramon accompanied him to the Sands Castle, and he temporarily handed over the affairs of the castle to Myrick and Laya.The performance of the bachelor Myrick these days has won the trust of Haven, so Haven has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

In the morning, Tang Deen came to see him off.

"My lord, it's a coincidence that you left." The old man said, "The day after tomorrow is July to worship ancestors. I want to open an altar on Xiongshan Mountain and beg the gods to pray. You should really participate."

"I won't participate." Hai Wen said, "I have already given you the identity of the Xiongshan priest and sacrificial wine, and you can arrange the rest by yourself. Although the sacrifice is important, the matter of Jinsha Castle is even more important now. What do you need? Just go talk to Merick, I said hello to him."

"Thank you, my lord." Tang De'en said, he pondered for a while, and said, "I still have to remind you that it is dangerous to go to Jinsha Castle. My lord, instead of confronting the little trident, it is better to stay here to participate in the sacrifice. The ancestor worship ceremony requires With you here, many monks from the Sea God Sect will come, you can show them your favor, and even ask them to give you the title of honorary bishop, in this way..."

"Okay." Haiwen interrupted him, "Tang Deen, I have to go this time."

"Well, I wish you a safe journey." Master Tang De'en saluted him.

So Haiwen and his party set off. It would take ten days at the fastest to get to Jinsha Castle. On the way, Haiwen felt very uneasy.The ingredients of this mood are very complicated, and he can't explain it clearly.

It was already ten days after arriving at the Sand Castle. Along the way, Hai Wen saw a large number of mercenaries and rangers rushing towards the Sand Castle.The closer you get to the Sands Castle, the more people there are.He also saw military camps stretching for miles outside the city.At dinner time, hundreds of puffs of cooking smoke rose.There was also an endless stream of carts transporting grain, and the mule was bent over under the weight of three stacks of dry grain on its back.

The grand duke's funeral was hastily ended by the little trident, and the shops in the city reopened.And the most prosperous is the blacksmith shop. There is the sound of iron hammering everywhere in the city. The blacksmiths are rushing to work day and night. You don't need to ask Haiwen to know what they are doing.

The sound of clanging iron makes people feel nervous.Every time the blacksmith strikes the hammer, the battle is brought closer.Hai Wen ordered the driver to speed up and head straight for Jinsha Castle.

When he arrived, the gate of the castle was already full of carriages.Neither the horses nor the chariots were common people. Obviously other nobles had arrived.Haven came to the door, and Ramon chanted for him behind him: "The exile, the king of wild horses, the murderer of monsters, the man who holds the truth, the cold-blooded judge, the guardian of Bear Castle, Haven Ambside , came to Jinsha Castle.”

There are two guards at the gate, a man and a woman. The man wears black armor and the woman wears white armor. Both of them have shaved heads.The two looked at Haiwen's ID, and said, "Master Earl, please unload your weapon and go to the inner castle. The prime minister is waiting for you."

So everyone unloaded their weapons and passed the guards. At this time, the man stopped the smiling cat and said, "The knife in the crotch is also unloaded."

Master Mao was taken aback, took out four knives from his crotch and threw them on the ground.

"It's all here," said the smiling cat.

However, the female guard pointed to his crotch with her chin and said, "There is still one."

The smiling cat cried, "No more! That's my dick!"

Although the female guard was a young girl, she was more decisive than a man in her actions.She grabbed Smiley Cat's crotch and searched for a knife.The smiling cat screamed: "How did you grab my dick, girl?" But the woman ignored him, scratched it a few times, and suddenly said, "Your dick is hard enough."

The smiling cat stared and shouted: "Nonsense! Can the dick be hard?"

"It's not only hard, it's also very sharp." As she spoke, the female guard pulled off his belt and took out a small knife from her crotch. "You use this to sleep with a girl?" She said and threw the knife away. on the ground.

The smiling cat pulled up his pants in embarrassment, unable to speak.Haiwen was even more surprised when he saw this scene. He had never seen the fifth knife in the crotch of Smiley Cat before.This knife is sharp, short, thin, and a concealed weapon, and the smiling cat is wearing thick leather pants. I really don't know how the woman can see it.

A guard is so powerful, so the master must be no bad, Hai Wen thought to himself, this trip probably won't be easy.Thinking this way, he walked into the castle.

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Xiongshan City, the big tent for sacrifice——

The king of Xiongshan Mountain has been away for ten days, and Tang De'en's sacrifice has also been arranged for ten days—no, more than ten days, the secret arrangement has been 70 years.

70 years ago, the northerners invaded the Gulf in the name of quelling the civil war in the River Bend, but they actually wanted to control the Antler Pass.When the iron hooves of the northerners stepped on Bear Mountain, the young Tang Deen witnessed with his own eyes how cruel these people were and how weak his country was.His family, career, relatives and love were all destroyed in that war.

Tang Deen has read many books, especially history books.The history of the Gulflands is glorious. Before the northerners ruled the four duchies, the king of the Gulflands was once the king of the world.A brilliant marine civilization was born here, it was the birthplace of classical music, and it was once a trading capital.

However, the glory of the Bayland no longer exists. Looking at the history books and the withered land, the young Tang Deen couldn't help but bleed.At that time, Tang Deen, who was still an ordinary bachelor, made up his mind to save his motherland.

For this reason, he traveled all over the world to find the way to save the country. He went to the Bachelor's Tower in the north, the Witch City in the south, the Sanctuary in the west, and finally returned to the Great Library in the Bayland.He had been to Sands Castle, Wind Thunder Castle, and White Bird City, but the nobles were either short-sighted or weak.He once expected the Grand Duke of the Trident to save the Gulf, but that man failed him.

In the end, Tang Deen joined the Poseidon Cult, and together with the sons of the sea, he sought a way to save this land.

However, it is not enough to have a passion, he also needs sufficient strength and a proper opportunity.He has been waiting, has been waiting.He has suffered so much for a lifetime, for seventy years—70 years, enough to turn a child into a grandfather, enough for a mother to give birth to ten children; 70 years, enough to decay the strongest castle Sang Tian; 70 years is enough to wipe out all great will and make heroes become mediocre...

Yet he persisted.

70 years of wind and frost can't blow out his blood, Tang De'en, he will burn at the end of his life, shining brightly like the flame on the altar.

"It's time," he murmured, looking at the Ancestral Fire.

"That place is not up to you.", Two

"That place is not up to you.", Two

"Master Haiwen, please follow me." The young housekeeper said to Haiwen.

Different from the luxurious palace in his fantasy, the interior decoration of Jinsha Castle can be described as bleak, there are no decorations to be seen here.There are no ornate chandeliers above their heads, no soft carpets under their feet, only stones and stones; the tapestries and oil paintings on the walls have also been removed, leaving empty hooks and walls with abrupt colors.The only decorations are all kinds of swords. Little Trident loves swords, so he put sharp swords on the walls of the corridor as decorations.

The Jinsha Castle was full of chills. Walking in the corridor of the sword, Hai Wen also became nervous.He had heard many rumors about the little trident, and people said he was a crazy tyrant, but Haven felt that he must have something special.Otherwise, the nobles of the Bayland would not submit to his rule - they would not even give him a chance to rise to power in the first place.

In other words, behind the tyrannical rule, at least half of the nobles recognized the little trident.

"Lord Earl, this is it." The butler stopped in front of a door, and then bowed to salute.

Haiwen walked into the door, but the entourage behind him was stopped by the butler, who said: "The prime minister said in advance that only the earl is allowed to go in alone."

Smiley Cat and Ramon wanted to step forward to argue with him, but Haven stopped them and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

So he walked through the door alone.

However, the person inside the door is not Little Trident—because this person is too thin, too young, and even looks a little haggard.It is said that the little trident is a monster with a height of three meters and a weight of half a ton. This person is obviously not suitable.

The man was wearing a clean white robe and his hair was combed neatly. He looked a bit like a scholar in a scholar's tower, and a bit like a monk in a temple.He came up to shake hands with Haven, and said, "Lance Crest."

"Haven? Ambleside," Haven shook hands with him, "Nice to meet you."

According to the law, the prime minister is an important minister of the empire, so he does not have to salute like a nobleman.Moreover, Lan Yu is about to inherit the title of Marquis of the White Bird. When that time comes, Haiwen will say "Master Marquis" when he sees him.

Lan Zuo asked him to sit down in the room, and then called off the left and right waiters.Immediately he said, "Lord Haiwen, what are you here for today?"

"I'm here in peace," said Haven.

"Then you may have gone to the wrong place. Jinsha Castle has everything now, except for peace. You must have seen it on the way here—the war has already begun."

"I don't expect to change the overall situation by myself, but I must be responsible to my people. Your Excellency, as the guardian of Bear Mountain appointed by Jinsha Castle, I will naturally be loyal to our king, but I cannot support him in the war. behavior. I think this war has no meaning, no value, and no good results."

"That's why I don't let you see the king, Your Excellency Haiwen." Lan Zuo smiled, "The king has a bad temper, and you are too straightforward. If you let you talk one-on-one, I'm afraid there will be a quarrel. To avoid this In this case, I, the Prime Minister, will meet with you instead of him. I know what you want to do, and I can understand why you do it, and I even admire your integrity and courage, but I have to say something—” His tone He sank down, and the smile on his face disappeared, "Facing the bloody facts, all of this is useless. Obey and share honor; resist, and the result is death."

Haiwen realized that he wanted to increase the bargaining chip in the negotiation, so he said: "I must remind you, Mr. Prime Minister. Xiongshan holds the Antler Pass in your hand. If you want to fight, you can't go around here. For the victory of the war, and for our friendship , I hope we can sit down and talk slowly."

Lan Chu shook his head and said, "Antler Pass is not your bargaining chip, my lord; it's not even Xiongshan City anymore."

Hai Wen suddenly felt his back go cold, and he asked loudly, "What do you mean by that?"

"You will know when you return to Xiongshan Mountain." Lan Qiao said with a smile.

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"Rachel, clean the chair," Tondell said to his young wife.

Rachel nodded and said, "Yes, my lord."

She walked towards the gorgeous chair carved with coral and jade, and wiped it repeatedly with sea water.She stroked the surface of the seat with her hand and said, "It's a nice chair, smooth and cold."

"Only a true descendant of the sea god is worthy of him." Tang De'en said.

"Yes." Rachel nodded and said, "Only the descendants of the true gods can." She continued to wipe the chair.

One after another, the guests have entered the big tent.Two hours later, they will be here to witness the return of the descendants of the true God.Before its arrival, believers have to enter the venue early and wait to show their piety.

Those who can observe this ceremony are not simple characters. They are either rich, talented, or have made great contributions to the church.Tang De'en stood at the door, welcoming the guests one by one.

The first to enter was a dark-skinned witch doctor with blue tattoos.He stepped on the door with a strange beat, and Tang Deen said to him: "Long time no see, Grando."

The water witch doctor Grando saluted him, the bells on his body jingled, and said, "It's only ten years, not a long time."

Tang Deen asked: "Are you still treating patients in the Mustang area?"

"Occasionally, I have spent most of my time studying history in the past few years." He looked at the coral chair and said, "Master Tang De'en, is that lord still here?"

"It's not here yet, you can find a seat and wait."

"it is good."

Water witch doctor came under the chair, sat on the ground, staring at the empty chair intently.

A second guest came, the governor of Whitewater Bay, and with him the captain of his warship.The governor of Baishuiwan is a capable middle-aged man.The governor of Whitewater Bay, Kling, is an honorary knight, but the land is bigger than the baron's.He occupies the inner harbor of Baishuiwan, and is very rich, but unlike ordinary wealthy and gentry, he is very courageous and governs the fief with strict laws and regulations.Kelin Knight was born in the army. He has experienced three battles, and it was the war that tempered his spirit.

Governor Kelin shook hands with Tang Deen and said, "Master Tang Deen, how is your health in recent years?"

"The more you live, the more energetic you are," Tang Deen said with a smile, "I don't think it's a problem for me to live to be a hundred years old."

Kelin sighed, and said with a wry smile: "But I'm getting older and more useless. Now my whole body hurts everywhere." He glanced at the chair and asked, "Is this seat still available?" where?"

"An hour later, please stay calm." Tang De'en said.

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"That place is not up to you.", Three

Then two more businessmen came in the big tent, one named Chavin and the other named Bruce.One of them is fat and the other is thin, one is covered in jewels, and the other is dressed like an ascetic.The two of them are merchants from the generation of Wind Thunder Castle. They roamed the Reach all the year round, dealing in spices and religious supplies.They are also church members of Tang Deen, and Tang Deen knew them ten years ago.

They exchanged pleasantries, and then Bruce asked, "Master Tang Deen, how much money have you prepared here?"

"One hundred thousand." Tang De'en said.

Master Cha Wen widened his eyes and asked, "Is there so much? How did you do it?"

"This is thanks to the sacrifices of the Sarris and Stenier families." Tang Deen said, "They are the most devout believers. They have tried their best to save money for us over the years. Together, they have raised 10,000+ gold coins .Now one part of the money is in Pinewood Castle, and the other part is in Baishuiwan. It's a pity they didn't make it to the last moment."

Chavin asked, "What happened to Sarris and Stenier?"

"They were all ransacked by the Earl of Bear Mountain. I barely saved the life of Master Stenier, but the Sarris family was ruined."

The fat businessman next to him asked, "Why did the Earl of Bear Mountain raid their house?"

"Killing makes you powerful." Tang De'en said so, but actually thought to himself: It's because the two of them have gone too far.

About 30 years ago, Sarris and Stenier were ordered to raise funds for the activities of the Sea God Cult. To this end, Tang Deen opened up noble relationships for them and used his popularity to maintain them.The two families have done a good job in "raising funds", and they are also very devout in their beliefs. However, many of their behaviors have broken through the bottom line of morality. As time goes by, Tang Deen can't stand it.In the end, Tang De'en didn't want to work hard to protect them anymore, so he simply ransacked their home with Hai Wen, and then transferred all the assets to other places.