Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Walos is strong and has plenty of milk, so she became the neighbor's nanny. She had a baby named Carlo. Later, Carlos worshiped Varos as his adoptive mother, and the lion and tiger as his elder brother and second brother. Leopard.This is the "lion tiger leopard" three brothers.

A year later, Varos's husband passed away. Varos mourned her husband, kept festivals for him, and vowed not to marry others for three years.

A few years later, the king of the Black Earth country led his troops to invade the Tongban country. The king ordered all the good men in the country to go to battle to kill the enemy.The three brothers, lion, tiger and leopard, are going to join the army and make contributions.

Walos didn't want to give up her children, so she said: "My husband is no longer, if all three sons leave, I'm afraid that the rest of my life will be bleak, and I won't be able to live forever."

The three brothers thought what their mother said was absolutely correct, so they left their younger brother Baoer to accompany their mother, and the two of them went to join the army.So mother and child are separated.

In March of the next year, a bereaved person came to report with silver coins in white robes, saying that lions and tigers died in battle.Walos was so sad that she couldn't help herself, she hugged her son's battle robe and cried all day long, without a drop of water or rice.

The third son, Leopard, was very sad and angry, so he told his mother, "I want to go to battle to avenge my brother!"

Varos was terrified and said, "No, I only have one son left. If you are in trouble, what do you want from me?"

The third son replied: "My elder brother died at the hands of the enemy. If I live with it, how can I be worthy of being a human being?"

Valos thought so deeply, so she allowed him to fight the enemy and avenge her brother.

Leopard kowtowed three times, bid farewell to his mother, and went to the barracks.

In the twelfth lunar month of that year, there was a cold disaster in Tongban country, and there was heavy snow in the sky.Walosi looked at the snow alone at home and sighed: I have a pity that I have a body of a woman, but it is really useless.At this moment, someone knocked on the door, and when Walos opened the door, she saw a man in a white robe holding a silver coin.Walos immediately cried three times and fell unconscious.

After waking up the next day, Varosi embraced the white robe, pointed at the sky and cursed: "First kill my own son, and then kill my baby, you thief of the Black Earth Kingdom, I will never die with you!" Terrified, he only watched from a distance but did not dare to go forward.

After that, Walos smashed her own pots and bowls, set fire to the house, and went to the military camp with only two pig-killing knives.

In the afternoon, the guards of the barracks were dozing off when they saw a bear-like woman approaching with two knives. They were shocked and asked why.Walos said: "I want to join the army and avenge my son!" The two soldiers said: "Women can't join the army, go and go!" Then they pushed her.Walos didn't move like a mountain, she pushed her back and shouted: "Go!" The two pawns immediately flew several feet away.The viewers were shocked, their faces ashen ashen.

When the general in the army heard about this, he came to Varos and said, "Weak women are not allowed to join the army. This is the rule in the army."

Varos said: "I am not a weak woman!"

The general laughed and said, "Whoever has breasts is a weak woman."

Varos was furious, yelled three times, and cut her own breasts with a knife.Holding both breasts in hand, he shouted: "I am not a weak woman, I am not a weak woman!"

All the officers and men had never seen such a brave woman before, and they were instantly astonished.The general knelt down and said: "Why is the hero here? Please!" Immediately, a famous doctor was invited to heal Shenli Walo with medicine.In the army, there was a legend that night: a "divine power Walo" came.

Since then, Varos has joined the army, eating and living with the men, hoping to avenge her son one day.

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ps: In the future, when encountering chapters where Hyacinth and others tell stories, this episode will appear at the same time w

Chapter 8: The Eloquent Dreyer, a

Chapter 8: The Eloquent Dreyer, a

Today he woke up to Camelia's coughing.

This little slave used to not be able to eat well, sleep well, was abused by others, and had to soak in potions all day long to ensure his complexion, so he was in poor health.Dreyer heard her coughing this morning. She coughed up blood in her sleep, but she didn't realize it.

Camelia is quite sensible. Usually, if she coughs, she will quietly run to the corridor to solve it, and rarely disturb Dreyer.But this time it was obviously beyond her control. She coughed up blood and said that her chest hurt badly.

Generally speaking, this kind of slave has a short service life, and it will have to be replaced with a new one in a few years.Dreyer didn't care, he was rich and could afford as many slaves as he wanted.

Dreyer opened the curtains and saw that the sky was full of dark clouds, as if it was going to rain.The spiers of the castle in the wine city look like a gloomy mausoleum in the darkness.

He came to Wine City last night, and stayed overnight after arriving. Today he is going to meet the nobles and adults of Wine City.He intends to go to the legal jurisdiction of Rotten Flesh Beach. After the mayor of Rotten Flesh Beach was assassinated, this job has been vacant, and no one dared to go there.

In the morning, he dressed neatly, asked Camelia to change into a decent dress, and then took her to the nobleman's castle.People in Liquor City are proud of being able to bring a pale beauty, and bringing Camelia can show his noble status.

The castle in the wine city can be said to be one of the oldest castles in the world. In the wild era after the end of the fourth era, there used to be a great country here.Together with the Great Swamp, the North and the South Islands, it is the birthplace of ancient civilizations.Later, the country disappeared, but the ancient castle remained. After countless renovations and reconstructions, it became the current wine city castle.

The exterior of the castle is almost black, with sculptures of gargoyles and stars and moons hanging on the walls.The pointed tower is like a spear erected, and there are indeed many fourteen-foot spears stuck in the tip of the top of the tower.Legend has it that nobles would impale political prisoners on it for all to see.

The gate of the castle is a huge rusty iron gate, and there are a few pagoda trees growing beside it. The leaves of the tree have all fallen off, and the branches are barking.

Dreyer came to the door.When the guard saw him coming, he came up with a spear.The man threw his spear on the ground with a gloomy face and said, "What's the matter with you? Tell me your name!"

Dreyer said: "My lord, please tell the owner of the castle that he is the winner of this fine wine conference. Dreyer Hanslock asks to see you and wants to talk to him about business." He handed over a envelope.

When Saliva won the award before, the name of Delaire was registered.Before coming here, Dreyer asked the captain of the guard, Magnolia, to write him a letter of proof, which could prove his identity.The most important thing is that there are still heavy gold coins stuffed in the envelope of the proof letter. The guard can feel it as soon as he takes the envelope.

The guard took the money and immediately smiled. "Wait a minute, my lord, I will report to you right away." He turned and entered the castle.

Gold is good everywhere, Delair thought.

It was not long before the guard came back to announce, saying: "Come in, Lord Hansrock." Then the man led the way, leading Dreyer and his lady companion into the castle.

The color of the wine city castle is either dark gray or dark red, giving people a very gloomy and depressing feeling.Legend has it that vampires lived here 300 years ago, and werewolves were locked in the basement. Whenever the moon is full, the red devils of the vampires would come out to hunt.But 300 years have passed, and vampires have become the totem of the local people's beliefs. People in the wine city will worship the night god on the night of the full moon, thanking him for bestowing the night and driving away the hot sun.

Walking through a passage full of gargoyles and obsidian goblins, Dreyer came to a red door. "Please come in," the guard opened the door, "Viscount Ahan Flowers is waiting for you."

There was a warm light and the smell of musk coming from inside the door.Dreyer sniffled and thought to himself: It's the incense of red-tailed musk deer, and it's mixed with some precious spices, all of which have been refined. Burning this thing is similar to burning gold.

He straightened the neckline and hair, checked Camelia's clothes again, and then walked in.

Inside the gate, there was a man standing in front of the window. He turned his back to Dreyer and looked out the window with his hands behind his back.

"Lord Ahan Flowers." Dreyer saluted him, and Camelia followed suit.

The man turned around, and Dreyer saw that it was a man with pale skin.Unlike the artificial whiteness of the pale beauty, his skin color is the natural paleness of the Florus family, and there is a terrible gray in the paleness, which does not look like a human being.In addition, he has a pair of gloomy, melancholy eyes, and a lifeless face.

"What's the matter here?" His accent carried the deep tone of an ancient nobleman.

"I'm here for wealth, sir, I hope to negotiate a business with Liquor City, and then we will get rich together."

The lord held a goblet of red wine in his hand, he drank it in one gulp, and then stretched out his scarlet tongue to lick his lips. "There is no such thing as getting rich together in this world, only plunder and exploitation—it's like sucking blood." He stared at Dreyer with those gloomy eyes, "Since you came here on your own initiative, are you planning to suck our blood? "

Dreyer was stunned for a moment, he quickly apologized and said: "My lord, I am a vegetarian and I don't know how to suck blood. I just want to do a small business. If you are gracious, please promise me." A few things, I have made money, and I will honor you even more!"

Ahan Flowers nodded to him and said, "Then you might as well tell me first, what do you want to do?"

Dreyer said: "My lord, you also know that I am a wine seller. I won an award at the Fine Wine Conference last month. Now I plan to produce more, sell more and make more money. When I make money, I will pay more taxes to the wine city, right?" ?”

Ahan nodded and said nothing, his eyes made people feel terrified.

Dreyer continued: "So, I want these few things. Only after I get these things can I sell wine and make money to honor you."

Aham said, "What do you want?"

Dreyer said: "There are a few items. First, my wine will be transported by water from the inner port of Rotten Beach. I hope the Lord can exempt me from taxes for three years; second, please lend me a few hundred dollars. One soldier, I'm going to the Rotten Flesh Beach to suppress the bandits; third, the mayor of the Rotten Flesh Beach is now vacant, and I want this seat."

Ahan smiled and said, "You have too much appetite, Mr. Dreyer."

Dreyer nodded and said, "Would you like to tell me your opinion?"

Ahan poured a glass of red wine, sneered immediately, and said, "My opinion? My opinion is that you can't get any of these three!"

Smooth Tongue Dreyer, [-]

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Hearing this, Dreyer was calm and said, "Then please tell me, Sir, why not?"

Ahan shook the red wine in the glass, and said slowly: "Sir, the nobles in Wine City don't resist doing business, but they don't do business like this. You made three requests? Okay, let me tell you one by one." He took a sip of his wine, "It is impossible for you to exempt from taxes for three years! You use our family's land, live in our family's house, and take our family's boat to travel our family's river. Why don't you pay taxes? ? Let me tell you, there are four things that a man can’t avoid in his life! Eating, sleeping, having children, and paying taxes! If you say you don’t eat, drink, or fuck women, then I can exempt you from taxes for ten years!”

Dreyer nodded and asked, "What about the second one?"

The count took another sip of his wine and said, "The second one? Are you borrowing troops to suppress bandits? Sir, do you know who you are? You don't have a title, do you?"

"No." Dreyer said.

"Then you are a commoner! The common people borrow soldiers from the nobles, and no king can tolerate this kind of reasoning! If you have money, you can hire a few mercenaries yourself. I don't care if you have less than 50 people. After 100 people come." For my report, if it exceeds [-], it needs to be filed, and there must be a mortgage and a guarantor. What is a soldier? A soldier is a murderous thing, how can you give it to you casually? A joke!" He took another sip.

Delaire quickly apologized and said, "Oh, my lord, I'm so sorry, I'm a rough person who has never seen the world, and I don't understand these things. I really offended you, and I apologize to you!" He bowed bow.

Ahan let out a haughty snort, and then said: "The last one! If you want to be the mayor, this is actually still legal, because the mayor is a commoner. But the mayor of Rotten Routan is not what you want to be." To be able to do so, first, you have to prove to me that you have the ability, and second, you have to really be able to manage that damn place! Mr. Dreyer, let me tell you the truth, there were several mayors in Rotten Meat Beach before, But it’s all bad, and now there is a bad debt in that place, no one can take care of it. I think you are a businessman, you can do business, if you really want to be the mayor of this town! Hehe, please take care Come on, sir." He said and drank the last sip of red wine.

Dreyer saw Camelia trembling from the corner of his eye. The Sir's words obviously scared this stupid slave who had never seen the market, but these things did not scare Dreyer, he had seen big winds and waves people.

"In that case, my lord, I will change my request. I am here to discuss business with sincerity. If the business can be negotiated, it will be good for both of us."

Ahan said: "My patience is limited, I hope you will be a little sincere this time, Mr. Delaire."

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

Then he threw out three new conditions: "First, I hope to reduce taxes for three years, [-]% in the first year, [-]% in the second year, and [-]% in the third year; I'm going to be a mercenary myself, but I need to get more people, more than three hundred, of course, I will file with you; in the end, I want to try to be the mayor first, and I will be a year. During the year, I will clear the bad debts for you, and make up for the bad taxes before, what do you think?"

This time, Ahan's expression was relatively flat. He pondered a little, and said: "Mr. Delaire, I know you are short of money for business, but you must not open any tax cuts! First of all, there is no precedent. If you reduce taxes, then Others come to ask our family to reduce the tax, should I give it? Besides, I can’t decide on the tax reduction. It can only be decided when my father Jiuguang Flowers comes. And now my father has led the army to the north to deal with it. There is a war, so there is no way to do this."

Dreyer nodded and asked, "What about those two?"

Ahan thought for a while, and said: "Nowadays the army is in turmoil, and the marquis is not in the castle, so I don't want to cause more troubles-I can't agree to the three hundred mercenaries. Sir, although I am a nobleman, there are nobles who are nobles." Sorry, please forgive me."

"What about the mayor?" Delair asked.

This time Ahan laughed and said, "This is negotiable. Indeed, Rotten Flesh Beach needs a manager. But it depends on how capable you are, and how much sincerity you have."

When it comes to sincerity, it means asking for money, but Dreyer is happy instead, because the things that money can solve are not things.

"Oh, my lord, let it be like this. You don't want to reduce taxes, and I don't want mercenaries. As for the last one..." He rolled his eyes, "That's right! I see how many statues there are on our castle It has been in disrepair for a long time. This statue is broken. First, it is easy to fall and hurt people. Second, it is disrespectful to the night god. I thought about it and estimated that it would cost seven or eight hundred gold coins to repair the statue. I happen to have some wine on hand In exchange for the spare money, I will pay the money, it can be regarded as a tribute to Master Ye Shen!"

Ahan's gloomy face finally cleared up, and he smiled and said, "You are a pious person. Very well, I will remember this money for you, and when I come back, I will let the treasurer go—"

"Don't, don't, don't!" Dreyer quickly waved his hand and interrupted him, "Don't write it down, I'm making a donation, it's the same as throwing coins into the river during the New Year's Eve! Money donated to the gods , how can I still want it back? If I want it, wouldn’t it mean that I deceived the gods? My lord, please don’t let me suffer this crime, I can’t afford it, I can’t afford it!”

Ahan patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are a good businessman, Mr. Dreyer! How about this, I will write you a document, and you can take office after you go back. As for the money, you just need to bring it as soon as possible. But let me remind you, the later you come, the more statues on the castle may be damaged, when the time comes! You have to show double piety."

You fucking ass-eye! "All right, all right! My lord, you have the final say. I will send someone to bring the money as soon as I go back."

Ahan nodded again and again, and said: "Okay! Delaire Hanslock, the door of the wine city will always be open to you in the future. You are welcome to come here to drink and attend the dinner of the Flowers family at any time."

I drink your mother's blood! "Oh, then I would like to thank Sir!" Delaire hurriedly saluted.

So the lord opened the document for him, stamped it with a red stamp, and they left the castle.After this trip, Dreyer was quite satisfied, humming a little song while walking.When Camelia heard it, she asked him puzzled, "Are you happy, my lord?"

Dreyer glanced at her and said, "Why am I upset?"

Camelia said: "I see you only got one of three requests, I thought you..."

"You little bitch know what a fart!" Dreyer scolded with a smile, and then he explained his approach to Camelia.

Dreyer didn't plan to ask for the three-year port tax exemption right from the beginning, and he didn't even plan to ask for a tax reduction. There was also the matter of borrowing soldiers. He couldn't borrow soldiers from here, and he knew it all.Yet he still brought it up.This is to increase the bargaining chip in the negotiation. When the other party bargains, he can subtract this non-existing bargaining chip, thereby inflating the other party's price.And after the negotiation is over, the other party can still feel that he is very profitable, thereby increasing the degree of favorability after the negotiation, and laying the foundation for long-term cooperation in the future.

"Understood? This is called a business deal!" Dreyer said to her.

Camelia shook her head and said, "I don't understand."

"You don't need to understand this! You just need to know how to sleep with me!" Dreyer flicked his sleeves, "Go, go to lunch, and go back to the hotel to sleep after dinner!"

Chapter 9: Kings Kill Without Swords

Chapter 8: Kings Kill Without Swords

The sun is very dazzling.

This year is a year of the demon, Cade Heworth thought to himself, it should snow heavily in the northern border at this time, anyway, there shouldn't be such a sunny day.

At this moment, the military god of the north was crushed on the guillotine.

Hassan Heron was wearing a prison uniform, with messy hair and lifeless eyes.

The statues of the four guardian beasts stood at the four corners of the guillotine. The white wolf, the eagle, the tiger and the giant bear stared at the death row prisoner in the center with four pairs of sharp eyes, making people afraid to raise their heads.Under the guillotine, the audience blocked the road, and everyone in Eagle Head City came to watch the king kill the general.

The sun shone on the wide stone slabs of the execution ground, and the reflection blinded the little king's eyes.He is always nocturnal, he hates such a strong sun.At this moment, he looked at Hassan Herun and thought to himself: When he framed Kan Zhuen for treason, did he think about today?

As if sensing his gaze, Hassan Heron raised his head, and the two looked at each other. The war god had lost his former vigor, leaving only the desolation of the hero in his twilight years.

Hassan Heron can be regarded as a hero in this life, Cade thought to himself, he was born as a craftsman, from a small soldier to a general, and even a military god.He has only lost one battle in his life. He has made great achievements for my family, and he has expanded the territory for the northern border.

But when it's time to die, you still have to die!Hassan Heron, your mission is over, just die honestly.

In the end, Hassan Heron's three armies did not come to rescue him.Among Hassan Heron's three army commanders, one was captured, one was recruited, and the other was imprisoned. Now that the great knights will be leaderless, who can protect him?

When the tree falls and the monkeys scatter, no one will risk their life for a dying person.

If Hassan Heron was still the invincible military god, then no one would dare to touch him. People would consider their own capabilities, and the king would also have to consider the wishes of the people.But now the myth of Hassan Heron has been shattered, and it is not a small break but a big break.He suddenly became a disgrace to the northern nation from the god of war,

"The time has come, Your Majesty." Duke Lastor said to him.

Then the king said: "Judge, read the crime."

The justice wearing a square hat stood up from his seat and began to announce the crimes committed by Hassan Heron to the people.These include concocting crimes, murdering colleagues, embezzling military pay, delaying wars, losing cities, disobedience, and treason.Originally, people only thought that Hassan Heron was defeated, but they didn't expect him to bear so many crimes. For a while, the crowd was excited, and those who had welcomed the triumphant return of the military god turned into evil spirits, shouting: "Death penalty! !"