Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Haiwen looked at the people around, everyone was still resting, no one noticed here.Apparently, the little Ramon didn't tell other people about this matter. Perhaps in the eyes of others, the old Ramon was sleeping soundly at the moment.But Haiwen looked down at old Ramon's face, and knew that he had already returned home.The old man's face was bloodless, and his chest collapsed faintly, like a person who had been dead for a long time.

Haven didn't know what to say. "I'm sorry." He took off his hat.

Little Ramon shook his head, he sniffed, stopped crying, and said: "Old Ramon said, he doesn't want to see people cry for him, and he doesn't want to trouble everyone. He also said, let the adults bring a sachet Go to the wise man Tang Deen. Tang Deen will know that you are old Ramon's friend after seeing the sachet."

Haiwen took out the sachet from his arms - the old Ramon had given this thing to him back then, saying that it could inhale cold air and cure coughs.He has been carrying it with him ever since.

"Did he say anything else?" Haven asked.

At this, little Ramon sobbed again, and he said, "Old Ramon . . . he, he said, said 'forward.

"go ahead?"

"Keep going!" cried Ramon Jr. at last. "As he lay dying, he kept saying, 'Let's keep going!'" After saying that, he threw himself on top of Ramon Sr. and wept.

At this time, people gathered around, most of them didn't know what happened, but some people understood.Laya separated from the crowd. She glanced at Master Ramon and then lowered her head sadly.Laya talked about the corner of her skirt, knelt down on one knee, and said to Little Ramon, "Little Ramon, I have learned the process of doing things in the White Clothes Association, let me save him."

Although Laya is an atheist, it doesn't mean she hasn't learned this kind of thing.In fact, doing things is just a process, which can make relatives feel a little more at ease.Little Ramon nodded in agreement, and then he knelt beside the old Ramon's body.Laya took old Ramon's hand and read the scriptures in her mouth.All the people around mourned.At this moment, Gelie and the others came back from catching the cattle. They were originally happy, but when they saw this atmosphere, they immediately realized that something was wrong.Haven explained the situation to them in the past, and then Gelieta's expression turned extremely bad.

"It shouldn't be! The forest witch gave him medicine." She looked at the crowd in silence in disbelief, "Is there something wrong with the medicine I prepared?"

Hai Wen hurriedly said to her: "The matter has come to this, don't blame yourself. And don't tell others about this, it will add unnecessary rifts in the team."

Gellette nodded, but her eyes were still straight, and she murmured: "It shouldn't be like this, the forest witch's herbs have never been eaten to death." When she said this, she suddenly raised her head, "My lord, do you still remember Is it? I usually test the poison myself before taking medicine, but this time I didn't try it! I didn't! Will this time..."

"Don't think about it!" Haiwen grabbed her by the shoulder and said solemnly, "Gerette, old Ramon is too old, and his health is failing. He had a cough before, and left us suddenly today, and It's not something incredible. If anyone was going to be held accountable... it would be me."

"My lord? You..."

"I pulled him on the road, I chose the wrong route, I misjudged the baron's patience..." Haiwen sighed, "I blame myself now, but I can't do it alone That's it, Gerritta—now, go back to the funeral with me, and don't say anything else."

"All right, my lord."

So Haiwen led everyone to the old Ramon's body. At this moment, Laya had just completed the supernatural power. She took the old Ramon's right hand and kissed his middle finger gently. "This symbolizes 'guiding the way to heaven'." Laya explained, "Now, if you have anything you want to say to him, please say it, and take turns."

Old Ramon is the secretary of the Yizheng Hall, and can be said to be the second in command of the Yizheng Hall.He is honest and kind, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and many people respect and love him.First, people from the Yizheng Hall took turns to bid him farewell, and then Haiwen's cadres.Everyone said a few words of blessing, only Gerrita, she left immediately after taking a look.

Haven was last.Kneeling on one knee in front of old Ramon's body, he took out the sachet and said to him, "My friend, I'm sorry what happened. I know what you said last, and I won't let you down." expectations." He hung the sachet around his neck, "I will move on."

After speaking, he stood up and said, "Let him die in peace."

Laya found a fairly clean white cloth and wrapped old Ramon, and then the men dug a grave by the lake.Little Ramon hugged his master's body at last, and carried him into the tomb with his own hands.

After the burial, Haven decided to say something.He didn't want this pessimism to linger forever.

He clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, we lost an extremely important comrade-in-arms today. Old Ramon, he used to be the secretary of the Yizheng Hall. He was my good teacher and helpful friend. He dedicated himself to our cause. He fell down today. , I am very sad. Little Ramon told me that when he was dying, he only said one word, and that was 'go forward'."

Haiwen took a deep breath and continued: "Go forward, yes, we must go forward. We have no way back. Moreover, we have to do more than just go forward. We will go back one day, when we get justice After strength, we will go back to Mustang Land, get our things back, and do our justice." His speech was deep and solemn, not as impassioned as before.

"Words are empty, and I insist on convincing people with practical things." Hai Wen waved at Zhe Lite, "Bring the cow here."

So Gerette called the two "lower horned bulls" over.The animal was slightly smaller than a normal buffalo, with horns that curved downward on its head, and a strong-looking body.Haiwen said at this time: "Indeed, we have experienced steep mountain roads, heavy rain, mudslides... We lost two people and lost all the carriages. This disaster makes people desperate. But you should also notice that the situation is changing. It's getting better." Hai Wen pointed to the cow and said, "These animals can replace mules and horses, and they can also be used to feed their stomachs when necessary; Xiao Hammer puts away the wheels, and he will be able to rebuild a car soon; there is fresh water in the lake And fat fish, our food is replenished. Now, we have cars, we have food, we have water—are we going to stop at a time like this?" he said aloud. It can get worse and worse, but if you move forward, there may be a turning point—what's your choice?"

Estherite was the first to agree with him: "I choose to move forward, my lord."

Dreyer is the second: "Then me too, my lord!"

Then King Kong shouted: "Me too! I want to keep going!" Little Hammer shouted: "I can finish the car tomorrow! We can go out!" Then people shouted, and finally even Little Ramon Turning grief into strength, he stood up and said loudly: "Old Ramon's last wish is to 'go forward'! I swear, I must fulfill his last wish! Let's move forward!"

"Very good!" Haiwen opened his arms and said loudly:

"Now let's rest, start a fire to grill fish, and set up a tent! We will move on tomorrow morning!"

Chapter 120: The Forest Witch Has Another Trick

Chapter 120: The Forest Witch Has Another Trick

The mourning soldier will win, and the boat will sink. These allusions are not without reason.

That night, everyone ate and drank enough, and then embarked on the journey with the will to "must move forward".The other small hammer craftsmen rushed to make a large cart overnight, and then put all the luggage on it.Lower-horned oxen have more strength and stamina than horses, so they can carry more loads.Gerrit communicated with animals in the same way—she frightened the cow with horse bones, saying: "See? These horses are disobedient, so we eat them! Do you want to become bones too? Huh?"

They left the great lake and headed west, and found that the road widened as they went forward, and after a while they came to a fork in the road.Isrit asked the pigeons to investigate and found a small mountain village on the edge of the northern woods.It looks like about fifty households.At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy finally arrived at the village.

They hadn't seen people for several days, even if it was a small village, it was enough to make everyone ecstatic.

It was a small village built in a ravine, and the houses were all made of thatch and raw stones.This should be the "land of no man" in the mountains.The so-called unowned land means that there will be very few areas in the territories of the major nobles, which are not under the jurisdiction of the nobles.Such areas are often remote, harsh and poor.The cost of managing this place is far higher than the cost of taxation, and the nobles will turn this place into a "land without owner" for such things.People here will live a life of self-sufficiency and isolation.

After a long time, it was forgotten by people, and gradually formed its own way of life.

The convoy stopped in front of the village, and many people who came out of the village stopped to watch.These people wore homemade sackcloth and woolen sweaters, with animal-like numbness and fear on their faces.Haven noticed that everyone was wearing some animal parts, such as dried cat's claws, chicken feather decorations, fur scarves or tooth necklaces.

Among the crowd was an old man wearing an antler crown. He stepped forward and asked with a local accent, "Who are you?"

Haiwen said: "We are passing travelers, we plan to buy some food and clothes from you, and we also need to borrow a house for two days."

The old man nodded silently, then circled around Hai Wen.He observed Hai Wen as if he was looking at some exotic animal, and occasionally smelled him with his nose.This action was very disrespectful, but Haiwen had no choice but to hold back when he thought of asking for help from others.

Not long after, the old man said: "If you can obtain the consent of the tree god and the beast god, then we are willing to trade with you."

"The tree god and the beast god?"

The old man nodded, "They are on the back mountain." The old man pointed to the mountain outside the forest.

Haven didn't know what the god he was talking about was.It might be a statue totem, or it might be some hermit pretending to be a ghost.But Haiwen knows one thing, that is, "Wangshan runs to death".Haiwen visually estimated that it would take several hours to walk to this mountain, and it might get dark after turning back and forth. "Can't you be accommodating?" Hai Wen tried to negotiate with the old man, "We can pay extra. Everyone is very tired and needs a place to rest. Old man, please do me a favor."

The old man shook his head and said: "The tree god gave us wood so that we have houses to live in; the beast god gave us meat to make us full. Everything belongs to the gods. Outsiders must obtain the permission of the gods to use these gifts. I have no right Decide."

The butler came behind Hai Wen and said, "My lord, I think it looks a little hard." Then Master Cat moved his neck and shoulders, and the joints made a pleasant clicking sound.

Haiwen shook his head and said, "Isn't that a bandit? Don't worry, I'll try again—Laya, come here!" He summoned the nun, hoping that the angel in white could use her unique affinity to convince these stubborn people.

Laya walked over, first lifted the corner of her skirt to salute, and then began to talk to the old man.At the beginning, they greeted each other, then bargained, and then the topic developed to man and nature, religion and philosophy, they discussed the meaning of life, the concept of the universe, morality and law... They talked about scriptures, and then they just sat down and talked through.

One thing to say, their conversation was really meaningful.The content is full of philosophical thinking, but it is obviously skewed.Haiwen simply asked everyone to rest on the spot first, and the men began punching and drinking cold water in boredom; the women began to mend clothes and shoes.The small hammer is hammering the oxcart up and down to move the machine; Master Cat is maintaining the weapon and wiping it down; Laya is still teaching the scriptures to the old man, you and me, this picture seems to have entered the great harmony of life.

An hour later, Haiwen finally couldn't bear it anymore.He interrupted the long lecture and asked Raya, "How do you feel about the talk?"

With a serious face, Laya said: "We are trying to fundamentally change each other's beliefs. Either he was persuaded by me to become 'people-oriented'; or I was persuaded by him to believe in 'intimacy with nature'."

"How long will this take?"

"Three years is not too much for preaching and dispelling doubts," the nun said.

"Pull it down!" Haiwen waved his hand, "I can't wait for 3 minutes!"

Raya shrugged, impotent.

At this moment, Gerald came up and said, "My lord, let me try."

"Do you have any ideas, Gerrita?"

Gerette drew an inexplicable symbol with her hand, and then said the classic line: "The witch of the forest has her own tricks, my lord."

In that case, let her try it.

After Zhe Lite got the order, she strode over, as if she was going to fight.The old man looked at her in a daze, and said, "You..." As soon as he said the word "you", he saw the witch raised her hand like a slap in the face.

"Snapped!"

The old man was whipped and turned around in a circle, and was blinded at that time.Then Gelie put her hips on her hips and said proudly: "Ahlaguguer! Adadakuerah!" She just stared at her eyes and murmured some inexplicable words.The old man and the villagers were all scared to death—not to mention they were scared to death, even Haiwen and the others were scared to death.Haven and Laya looked at each other, then shook their heads together.

At this moment, Gerrit suddenly yelled, opened her arms like a scarecrow in the field, and stood in a cross state.Then six pigeons flew up, and three on the left and three landed on her arms.Then Geralte and the pigeons cried out in unison: "Coo! Coo! Coo! Coo!"

After four loud grunts, the old man knelt down with a plop, and then the villagers also knelt down. People kowtowed and murmured inexplicable words.But Haiwen and the crowd behind were stunned, feeling that their IQ was not enough.

"It's done!" Gerrit turned her head and gave Haiwen a thumbs up, "What should I say? The forest witch has her own tricks, right?"

Chapter 120: The Druid Scammer

Chapter 120: The Druid Scammer

So a large group of people drove the convoy into the village in this way, and since Gerrit "had her own clever plan", these stubborn villagers worshiped them as gods.Dreyer said to Haiwen: "My lord, can I be a little bit tougher? It's still Mrs. Witch who does things well, and the whole village is stunned by a big ear! I have fucked so many people, why can't I learn?" Knowing how to do this? Really amazing!"

But Haiwen felt that this matter could not be resolved with a slap.

At this moment, everyone put their luggage, and then lit a fire to prepare to bury the pot for cooking.The people in the village came to help enthusiastically, as if they were afraid of not taking good care of them.And Gellite's status is even more exaggerated. She is sitting on a big chair in the center of the village, with a brazier and rice wine next to it, and there are two men waiting on her; and she actually snatched the old man's antler crown and put it on. , These people are almost going to sacrifice her own mother.In addition, someone was feeding her pigeons.

Haven called Gellite to a place where no one was around, and asked her, "What's going on here?"

Zhe Lite crossed her legs and said, "I have become their third god after the tree god and the beast god! Now they thank me for my gift."

"What? What kind of god are you?" Haiwen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "A pigeon god?"

"It's the Pigeon God!" Zhe Lita said confidently, and she even patted the non-existent wings, "Coo, coo!"

"Don't be kidding! What the hell is going on?"

Gelie said helplessly: "I'm not kidding, I'm the pigeon god! I told these people that the pigeon is actually the creator. Once the pigeon cooes, there will be a woman, if the pigeon cooes twice, there will be a man, and if the pigeon cooes twice, there will be a man. The heavens and the earth appeared, four grunts and the tide of the sea... Anyway, the pigeons grunted a few hundred times, and then there was everything."

"You deceive the pigeons and the pigeons don't believe it!" Haiwen didn't know what expression to make.

"Nonsense, my pigeons are much smarter than them!"

"They're human! Normal people wouldn't believe your nonsense! But... Maybe they're not normal." Haiwen's thinking was also messed up, "By the way, what's the matter with the tree god and the beast god?"

"This one." Gerrit sat down against the wall, "The beast god and the tree god, these two guys should be druids. I heard it when Laya was talking to the old man just now. The old man Much of what is said and many of the allusions quoted is from the druidic school. And they should know a little druidic slang."

"Black talk?"

"There are slang words in all walks of life, such as robbers, scammers, and pimps... so druids also have slang words, and we witches also have slang words. For example, when I say 'catch the rabbit's legs', it means to let you run away the meaning of."

Is it "the wind is pulling hard"?Haven nodded and said, "Continue talking about the druid."

So Zhe Lite continued: "Druids are considered to be a member of the forest wizards. The women of the forest wizards will become academic and liberal witches, and the men are druids. These people are generally in nature, Live an isolated life. Druids are rare in number, but most of them have powerful magic powers. They occasionally need help from humans, and then they will turn into the image of the forest god to exploit humans and become "tree gods" and "beast gods". The thing. The way they deceive humans is to show supernatural powers, magic intimidation... In addition, they don't speak a common language in front of humans, they all speak slang, as if this can distinguish them from ordinary people. Damn, a group of mentally retarded .”

"So you just copied the druid's way of cheating?"

"It's not a fraud, it's a spread of faith." The witch's expression was very subtle, "This is what religion in this world is like. The knight religion and the Vulcan sect also give you an unprovable false proposition, and then fool you crazy Worship. Since they can talk about the creation of the Great God of Light, why can't I say that the pigeon cooed out of the world? Coo!"

Haven nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Maybe we can help these people get rid of these druid scammers."

"No need, they are also mutually beneficial. Druids seek material benefits, and then these people get spiritual protection. And I just asked, the local druids seem to be different from the scammers I used to know, tree gods and beasts The gods are very kind guys, and they often show their grace to these people, and they don’t charge any offerings. If we drop by some other day, we can visit these two great gods, and I can communicate with them—they are all trees People in the circle of elves."

"Oh, that's fine."

In the evening they dine with the villagers.The villagers are full of reverence for Hai Wen and others, thinking that they are the messengers of the "Pigeon God", who gives them the best food and the most comfortable houses.But Haiwen thought it was unfair. He insisted on paying, and then the house was vacated for the elderly, women and children to live in, while he took the men to continue setting up tents outside.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, they bid farewell to the believers of the Pigeon God, and continued northward, preparing to cross the Little Bear Mountain.Everyone ate and drank enough and had a good night's rest. At the moment, they are full of energy and morale is high.Haven bought some food and warm clothes from the village.The supplies in the car were enough to support them over the next mountain, and then arrived at the territory of the Earl of Bear Mountain.Once in the earldom, the road ahead will be easy.

After passing through the woods, they returned to the official road.This road goes up from the foot of the mountain around the mountain. Although it is a bit steep, it is easier to walk than the previous road.The convoy went up the road and crossed the mountain before dusk.They followed the mountain road all the way down the mountain. After going down the mountain, they saw wilderness forests on the east and west sides, and a wide road in front of them.

Isrit released the pigeons to explore the way, saying that the town could be seen after half a day's walk. After hearing the news, everyone cheered.Everyone decided to increase the speed of travel, and strive to enter the next town in time tonight.

After passing the mountain, Haiwen thought: Isn't this the place where the previous "tree god" and "beast god" haunted?Why didn't I see anyone?

I was thinking so.Haiwen suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the east.Then I saw a group of knights on tall horses rushing out of the woods first. The man's face was painted with black and green oil paint, he held a machete in his hand, and let out a piercing cry of "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh——"Then a large group of people sprang out from behind him, these people were also holding knives, and their faces were painted with black and green oil paint.This group of people rushed up like monsters and ghosts, shouting weird numbers, and surrounded Haiwen's convoy in a blink of an eye.

For a moment, everyone panicked, dogs barked, and pigeons flew all over the sky.

Chapter 130: Robbers and Slaves

Chapter 130: Robbers and Slaves

Haiwen looked around, and suddenly cold sweat came down his face—there were about a hundred enemies.Counting the old, weak, sick and disabled, his team has less than 50 people, and there are only a few who can fight.The smiling cat winked at Haiwen and asked him what to do?Haiwen thought to himself, if he can't beat this level, he won't beat it.So he stepped forward and said:

"My friends, it's not easy to go out. If you are willing to let us go, we can hand over all the money we have on us. If we have to tear our faces apart, we will probably die a lot of people—for this little money, the loss outweighs the gain!"

The oil paint geek headed by rode over, looked at Haiwen, and said:

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Obviously a language barrier.Haiwen's face froze, and he quietly put his hand on the handle of the knife - if they can't agree, the only option is to fight.At this time, Zhe Lite came over and said in a low voice: "My lord, hold on for a while, I'm going to fetch reinforcements."

ah?What rescuers can move here?He was about to ask Gellette when he heard the painter shout, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Haiwen didn't know what he was talking about, but judging by his ferocious appearance, I'm afraid it wasn't a good word.At this moment, Smiley Cat and Fasnat were standing beside him, one on the left and one on the right, ready to fight at any time.Haiwen tried to communicate with the other party again, saying: "Do you speak the common language?" But the other party was still yelling.

At this moment, Violet came up and said, "They speak Southern dialect, let me try it."

Haven nodded and asked Violet to try.Violet didn't dare to get too close, so she talked to them from the side.Violet and they should speak the same language, but what she speaks is Wu Nong's soft language, not like the yelling of these weirdos.They talked for a while, and the more they talked, the more excited they were, until the strange man jumped and yelled, and Violet also argued with him red-faced.

After about 10 minutes, Violet backed off.He and Haven said: "As you can see, these people are robbers entrenched here. But they are not from the Gulf, they are slaves from the south. A year ago, there was a slave ship from the Gulf in the South They caught slaves, and these people were captured. Later, when they came to the bay, they escaped collectively, fought and ran all the way, and finally came here as robbers. They were willing to let me and Hyacinth pass because we were also slaves from the south. But you...you can't do it. In their eyes, the people in the Gulf are all heinous and deserve death."

It turned out to be like this.Hearing this, Haiwen didn't want to fight these people anymore. "Violet, you come as an interpreter, I'll talk to them again." He said to Violet.

"Okay, my lord."