Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Laya asked at this time: "Master Tang De'en, ancestor worship seems to be a good thing. But you also said that northerners don't allow it. If we openly worship ancestors, will it cause any problems?"

Tang De'en said loudly: "What do you want the northerners to allow? The northerners are nothing! The little trident is allowed? A few days ago, I heard the news from Jinsha Castle that the little trident had already been publicly sacrificed during the autumn harvest celebration." An ancestor. The future duke has taken the lead in offering sacrifices, so what are we afraid of?"

Laya said in a puzzled tone: "But I heard that the little trident is just offering sacrifices to our ancestors, and what you said about ancestor worship..."

"It's all the same thing!" Tang Deen interrupted sharply, "The people in the Gulf are all the sons of the sea god, who is not a sacrifice? Laya, you are also from the Gulf? Don't you just want to watch the northerners come?" Care about us? Are you willing to forget our ancestors?"

"That wouldn't be..."

"Then it's settled like this!" Master Tang De'en said urgently, "Master Haiwen, please give me your permission, whether or not? If you agree, I will do my best to help you and regard you as the king of Xiongshan Mountain; No, let's get together and get away!" The old man stood up as soon as he slapped his thigh, Hai Wen hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master, sit down and talk!"

"What do you sit on? I'll ask you if you agree or not? You kid, would you like to sacrifice to the ancestors in the Gulf with me?"

Haiwen and Laya looked at each other, and immediately said: "Of course I am willing! It is only right and proper to sacrifice to the ancestors!"

"Okay, that's great!" the old man said with wide eyes, "I think you are the king of Bear Mountain, I promise you!"

Haiwen hesitated for a moment, but he could only say, "Then thank you, Master."

Once things are settled, everything will be arranged later.Haven confessed to Tang Deen that he was asked to come to the square of the castle in the afternoon and prepare a few supporting lines.Tang De'en readily agreed, this kind of thing is easy for the old bachelor.

Afterwards, Hai Wen invited Brian the Bear, and compared to Master Tang De'en, this guy was easy to deal with.

"I don't care who is the earl, I want to be the commander of the Bear Mountain garrison anyway! Whoever makes me the commander, I will make whoever is the earl."

Hai Wen originally planned in this way, and now only Xiao Xiong can command the Xiongshan garrison, and no one else can.So Haiwen agreed to his request and let him be the general.The Xiongshan garrison is good, with nearly half of the casualties and can still maintain combat effectiveness, but this force must be united under Brian's banner, and Haiwen still needs to train more elite combat effectiveness in the future.

So in the afternoon, Haven appeared in the square under the castle.Tang Deen, Laya and Brian all came to stand for him.Then someone in the castle rang the big bell, and people gathered around the square.

"People of Bear Mountain!" he said loudly, "I am Haven Ambleside, the current Lord of Bear Mountain! I have something to tell you!"

Chapter 170 Three: The Return of the Wild Horse King

Chapter 170 Three: The Return of the Wild Horse King

After he mentioned Lord Xiongshan, the crowd below was noisy for a while, some whispered to each other, and some looked at each other.A young man with scabies shrieked, "I've never heard of it!" His voice was funny, and the people below laughed too.

At this time, Tang De'en stepped forward, pointed at the man and shouted: "Then have you heard of me?"

The old man shouted with full of air, his voice was louder than Haiwen, the young man immediately fell silent and shrank back into the crowd in fright.Then Master Tang Deen said: "People of Xiongshan Mountain, listen carefully! Mani Chris and his son Lavidia Chris colluded with foreign enemies in the north, spread cults, and framed Zhongliang. Now we have Fa-rectification on the spot! Now the Earl of Bear Castle is dead, and there is no one to manage Bear Mountain. After discussing with the elders and celebrities of all parties in Bear Mountain, we recommend Lord Haven Ambleside to temporarily manage the town. With him, you can live through This year's severe winter will not freeze the streets to death!"

As soon as she heard that she was freezing to death on the street, a woman burst into tears. She knelt on the ground and shouted: "My house is burned down, and I still have two children! There is no place to live here, what can I do!" Then there was a lot of response, and many people whose houses were destroyed cried and rushed to the ground.Haiwen said loudly: "Silence!"

Then he said loudly: "In the next month, I will open the vault and granary of Bear Castle, and use the money to build houses for you and give free bread to those who have no food. But you also know that Bear Castle has never been Not a rich place!"

"Liar!" Someone yelled at the bitter man, scratching his neck, "The aristocrats are the richest! You pretend to be poor, liar!" Then many people responded to him and shouted: "Liar! Liar!"

In this era, it is normal to hate the rich, and it is strange not to hate the rich.Poor people will stubbornly think that every rich person is bad and every word is a lie.Haven believed that even if he let people visit the vaults and granaries, he would not be able to convince these people that he had no money.They'll just say, you hid your gold and grain elsewhere.

Master Tang Deen asked him with his eyes if he needed to give him a voice.However, Haiwen felt that, as the king of Bear Mountain, he could not rely on Tang Deen's prestige everywhere, so he said: "I know that every poor person among you doesn't believe in nobles! I know how nobles, rich people and slave owners exploit you Every winter night, they drink mulled wine and eat oily barbecue in the warm castle, and let the poor drink the northwest wind; the food of the rich is piled up to rot, but there are frozen bones on the road. It will go on forever, and the sons and daughters of the rich will still inherit the family property, while the sons and daughters of the poor will still be caught in the wind!"

People looked at each other, not knowing what he was going to say.Haiwen walked around the stage twice, and continued: "As you can see!" He shook his thin clothes, "I don't wear fancy clothes, I don't wear a crown, I wear the same clothes as yours and Shoes. I eat the same black bread and vegetable soup as you. My father is an ordinary farmer and my mother is a farm daughter. There is not a drop of noble blood in our family. I am not noble, never have been!"

His words caused a commotion below.This is a place that emphasizes family background. Usually, officials who take office have to show off their illustrious family. If there is nothing to show off, they have to force their relatives to raise their value.

However, people like Haven have never seen it.

"I'm as poor as you are, and I know how bad your situation is. I know people who live off grass roots and bark, and people who hide in cow dung to keep out the cold. Is there anyone who hasn't eaten meat in a long time? Is there someone Work for landlords, no house and no land? My compatriots! I have seen children starve to death on the street and then fed their bones to dogs. I have seen 30-year-old men with no money and graying heads; The father died of illness at home, but the children couldn’t afford a cemetery…” He took a deep breath and said loudly, “I’ve seen mothers drown children who can’t support them in the toilet!”

What he said was the real tragedy of the poor, so everyone was silent in solemnity, and some even started to cry.

"I, Haven Ambleside, have always been a man of practical things. I think that promises and oaths are meaningless. Nobles, politicians, and all rulers, they will promise, They touch lips to lips, and then swear to the gods, as if this would be infinite merit! But in reality? Nothing has changed! It's all fart!"

He said there was an old man shouting: "It's all fart!" Then others followed suit: "It's all fart! Fart!"

"So I don't promise, I want you to see with your own eyes what I have done. Each of you has eyes! Come and see for yourself. First of all, all prisoners of this war will be labored. I will use these people Help you build houses. Then, I will give you jobs, as long as you have skills, you can come to the castle to apply. I need clerks, craftsmen and people with any other abilities. Finally, I will post under the castle every quarter The notice tells you what I have done during this time. I will let you know what you have spent your taxes on.”

The people below let out a burst of exclamation, and Master Tang Deen also gave him approving glances and said to him: "It's amazing." But Haiwen has more to do than that. He was limited in everything he did when he was in Mustang. , Many things he wanted to do failed to do; now that he is the king of Bear Mountain, he can let go of his hands and feet.The population of Bear Mountain Town is at least 10,000, more than ten times that of Mustang Town, and if he can become the earl, then he will not only own Bear Mountain City, he will own Bear Mountain Land, Pine Forest Land and Mustang Land.He has a population of [-]+, two cities and four towns from south to north, and the ideas of road construction and trade mentioned earlier can be realized.

"At the same time, I will also rectify the agriculture in Bear Mountain! Before coming to Bear Mountain, I was the mayor of Wild Horse Town. Last year, the farm I led led to a historic bumper harvest in Wild Horse Town. It is worthless to double the grain output. Now I want to bring a good harvest to the farmers in Xiongshan. I will popularize knowledge, add farm tools, and reform the system, so that the agricultural production of Xiongshan will increase and the farmers will have enough to eat! Only when the farmers are rich can they promote the development of the city and increase productivity. , Xiongshan can also become rich."

Getting rich is what people care about.These words hit the pain point of the poor in Xiongshan, and someone immediately shouted excitedly.For a while, there was a lot of voices.At this time, a farmer in the wild horse field shouted: "The king of the wild horses!" Then everyone in the wild horse field shouted, "Long live the king of the wild horses!"

Many people in Xiongshan didn't know why, but they were infected by the atmosphere, and they also shouted: "King of wild horses!" Gradually, the whole square resounded with shouts of "King of wild horses".

The king of the wild horses, yes, the king of the wild horses.Haiwen nodded silently, thinking in his heart: After a year, I finally came back.

But this time I'm not Mayor of Mustang Land.

I am the king of Bear Mountain.

Ps: In the next three days, I will update a super long episode, mainly about the process of robbing the prison from the perspective of pigeons, you should not miss it

After the extra episode is over, the final chapter of this volume will be updated.

The Legend of Seven Pigeons and Five Righteousnesses Shaking Mountains, Chapter [-], Part [-]

The Legend of Seven Pigeons and Five Righteousnesses Shaking Mountains, Chapter [-], Part [-]

The last book said that the six Pigeon brothers made their home in Xiongshan.There is a local chicken in Xiongshan Mountain, called Chicken King.The chicken said that the pigeons were not allowed to eat his family's rice, and even hurt Mimina.The brothers couldn't get angry, so they stood up for the younger sister and fought against the chicken king.However, it is precisely because they don't know each other that they don't know each other. After such a erroneous fight, the chicken king became friends with the pigeons.Ji'er admires Ye Xiaoxia, and the pigeons are also willing to make this friend.

A few days later, the King of Chickens called together heroes from all walks of life in Xiongshan, saying that he wanted to set up a "rice noodle feast" to welcome the pigeons.Pigeons are not willing to eat other people's rice for free, but the King of Chickens is too generous, insisting on showing his kindness to the landlord, all the pigeons can't shirk it, so they agree to go to the banquet.

In mid-September, King Jier and General Heng Ha came to invite the pigeons in person.The pigeons followed him all the way south to the door of a barn.This barn is very rich, and all kinds of rice, wheat, corn, sorghum...all go out the door.

The rooster crowed loudly at the door and cried, "Three great rivers flow eastward!"

Three high-pitched voices answered in unison: "If you enter the sea, don't look back!"

The chicken shouted again: "The two mountains in the north and the south are fighting for the master!"

Someone inside shouted with a broken voice: "The sky basin is turned upside down and the tall building is turned upside down!"

Ji'er laughed three times and called out, "Meha, meha!"

They all said in unison: "Hula-hula!"

Then the gate opened to both sides, and a duck and three mice came out. The four immediately bowed down and shouted: "I have seen the king of chickens!"

"Brothers are welcome!" Chicken King stretched out his wings and pointed to the pigeons behind him, "Come and meet my new friends! Come, let me introduce you..." He said and put the pigeons one by one Introduced again.After introducing the pigeons, the chicken king introduced the three mice and one duck to the pigeons.

Ji'er talked about the mouse first, and said: "This is the three brothers, the Chin-Mao Mouse, the Spotted Mouse, and the Sky-Squirrel, also known as the Three Mouse Heroes. Food, moved out to help the poor."

Ye Xiaoxia waited for the bird to come quickly and said, "I have seen three heroes!"

Sanshu hurriedly said: "Don't dare! Brother Ji'er told us that the six are the real heroes. We don't count, we're just a bunch of rats."

Ji'erxia introduced the duck again, and said, "This is Qiao Da, King of Flat Mouth, and the world of Xiong Shan Shui belongs to him. This brother is very powerful. He is the owner of Xiong Shan, duck and goose, and the only king of water."

Ye Xiaoxia said: "I have seen the King of Water!"

The duck said in a rough voice: "Hey! What kind of king of water, everyone, this is a shame for me. If there is a king in Xiongshan, he is also a king of chickens, I don't count." The king of chickens said quickly: "No No! The King of Chickens is not as powerful as these brothers—well, please sit down."

So everyone just found a place to sit, they were all birds of the rivers and lakes, and they didn't pay that much attention.Today, the chicken king is having a big banquet here, and he can eat all kinds of food casually.There are also fruits, vegetables, all kinds of fresh live worms.Chicken King brought a red worm to Mi Mina, and said: "This is the best red worm, give it to you to taste it, and I will make amends." Seeing his sincerity, the pigeons said : "No way! It's long gone."

Lalani was curious about what they said before, so he asked the chicken king: "What do you mean by those... what are the mountains and water?"

King Ji'er smiled and said, "Then I'll tell you something. Let me tell you, I'm the oldest here. Brothers respect me for my seniority, and they call me big brother, and they all obey me. Here it says "The three big rivers flow eastward, and don't turn back when they enter the sea!", firstly, it is a secret signal to open the door, and secondly, it is also about our brother's relationship. The three big rivers refer to the three eastwards on the second and fourth fork roads in the Gulf. River, these three rivers are equivalent to the three brothers of Shuer; "Going east" refers to me, because the sun rises from the east, and I call the sun every day, so I say this. , is as firm as a great river entering the sea.”

Lalani nodded again and again, and asked again: "What about those two sentences?"

"Those two sentences are about me and King Bianzui. 'The two mountains in the north and the south are fighting for the top, and the sky basin is turned upside down to build a tall building'. There is an allusion here. Brother, you are young and you have few places to go. I'm afraid you don't know it. , I’ll come and tell you about it.” King Ji’er said and drew two lines on the ground with his mouth, “There are two big mountains on this continent, the north one is called God’s Punishment Mountain, and the south one is called God’s Grace Mountain.”

Lalani asked, "Why such a name?"

Ji'er said: "The legend says that the mountain range in the north is a punishment from the gods. The left side of the mountain range is the western desert, and the right side is the rich northern plain. The same is true for the mountain range in the south, with desert on one side and forest on the other, people think that this mountain blocked the footsteps of the desert god, so it is a divine favor."

Lalani said, "What does that have to do with the King of Flatmouths?"

Ji'er said: "People often argue about which of the two mountains in the north and the south is the tallest, but they don't know that the highest mountain is the Tianpen Mountain in the northwest. This mountain is a huge uplift, like an inverted basin. The huge rock is called the skyscraper, and this skyscraper is the roof of the world. So this is called "the two mountains in the north and the south compete for the top, and the sky basin buckles the tall building." When the flat-billed duck king competed with a red-crowned goose king, they failed. Thinking of the comparison between the two, they are not my opponents at all. Isn't this just "the two mountains in the north and the south are fighting for the top, and the sky basin is turned upside down to build a tall building"? Since then, the Duck King has worshiped me as his eldest brother, and then there is such a cut. "

Lalani exclaimed, "That's right! Ah, where is the red-crowned goose king?"

Chicken laughed and said, "Who knows? It must have been roasted."

There is not only food in this barn, but also a lot of things like rice wine and ale.The brothers opened the wine jar, scooped up the broken eggshells and drank the wine.After drinking for three rounds, everyone was a little drunk, and the chicken man hiccupped with his red crown on his face, and said, "Then who, Bianzui, call some girls!"

King Bianzui agreed without hesitation, and staggered out the door.Not long after, I heard a clucking outside, and soon many hens came in.The chicken king went up and put his arms around one of the biggest chickens, and said: "These are my sisters, you are welcome, you can choose for yourself!"

Ye Xiaoxia hurriedly said: "We are all well-behaved birds, we don't play this kind of thing." When he was speaking, he saw that Lightning was already riding on a hen, and Lightning was startled when he heard this, and said: " What? Are we regular birds?"

Ye Xiaoxia scolded him, saying: "Idiot! Your sister is still here, what a shame!" Lightning came to his senses, quickly got off the hen, and even plucked a chicken feather before leaving. .

King Bianzui said to Ye Xiaoxia: "A good man should be a romantic, what's the matter!"

Ye Xiaoxia said: "I have my own heart, and I have no intention of messing with flowers."

King Bianzui nodded his head when he heard this, and the chinchilla on the side also helped: "Yes! What's so good about a hen, if there is a female cat, we would be happy to prostitute, oh! I have done it before. That black cat at the east end is so exciting!"

Ye Xiaoxia didn't know how to answer, so he nodded silently. At this time, Lightning said eccentrically: "What's the matter with the mother cat, my big pigeon wants to whore women, people! Do you understand?"

Hearing this, King Bianzui and the mice all exclaimed, "Hey! It's amazing!" At this time, Wu Yun slapped Lightning and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, come back!"

Ye Xiaoxia felt that his face was dull, so he said: "I have drunk enough today, please leave first, little brother, and please forgive me." When Ji'er heard this, he stopped him quickly and said, "Ye Xiao Xia, don’t be angry! Everyone is drunk and talking nonsense—come and see, I will show you a chicken and a dog!”

After finishing speaking, King Ji'er and General Hum Ha fit together, everyone immediately applauded, and Ye Xiaoxia stayed because he was too embarrassed to lose face.Later, Jierwang performed chicken-and-duck, chicken-and-mouse, and chicken-chicken together to entertain everyone, which is another story.

After eating this meal, the pigeons have become friends with the local snakes in Xiongshan Mountain.When we have nothing to do, we will have a meal together, and we will give each other gifts during the New Year and holidays, and come to pay respects to the pier.About a year passed like this, and suddenly something happened one day.

That day, Haiwen and his party went out to run some errands, saying that they were going to send a group of southern slaves home.The pigeons felt that this matter had nothing to do with them, so they all stayed at home and waited.Unexpectedly, there was chaos outside the city in the afternoon.When the pigeons went up to the sky, they saw the Xiongshan garrison marching with drums, and thousands of military divisions marching eastward. They didn't know what to do; the pigeons didn't know what happened, so they were very puzzled.At this time, Ye Xiaoxia said: "I see things are weird, we should report to Lady Gerrit."

But Lord Gerrita also went out, and she didn't tell the pigeons where she went beforehand, so there was nowhere to look for her.And others don't understand Niaoyu, so they can only worry.

About the next day, the witch came back in a hurry.Ye Xiaoxia was shocked when he saw it, and saw that Zhe Lite had disheveled hair and a lot of blood on her body, and she looked very embarrassed.The pigeons hurriedly asked, "What happened?" Gerrit and the pigeons said, "Pigeons, it's not a big deal! Everyone was taken into prison by the lord."

The pigeons asked, "What's going on?"

Zhe Lite explained all the twists and turns of cause and effect here, saying that Wen Kai turned his back on his promise and framed Zhongliang, and then Lavidia killed his brother Wen Kai and blamed it on the robbers in the south, and then the old master came out to turn right and wrong , Shut down Haiwen and his party...

The pigeons heard about it, but they knew that their master had been tricked by Earl Xiongshan and was now locked up in prison.Pigeons usually eat Haiwen and use Haiwen, but now that something happened to their master, they can't ignore it.So Ye Xiaoxia said to Zhe Lite: "My lord! Don't panic, we brothers are united, and we will be able to rescue Lord Haiwen."

Gelette asked, "Birds, do you have an idea?"

The pigeons all looked at Ye Xiaoxia, and Ye Xiaoxia said: "Let's go to rob the prison!" The pigeons immediately cooed and were very excited when they heard about the prison robbery.But Zhe Lite said: "Don't be kidding, Bear Castle is heavily guarded, even I can't do anything about it. How do you rob the prison?

Ye Xiaoxia was not convinced, and said: "Master Zhe Lita, although the bird is small in size, it is not small. We brothers are united, we can embrace the moon for nine days, and go into the sea to catch turtles. There is nothing we can't do!" The sisters muttered in unison: "Exactly!"

Zhe Lite sighed, and said: "Then it depends on what you have. I will discuss it with other people first, and you should also make up your mind."

The pigeons replied: "Good!"

There is a saying that "one hero has three gangs, and one fence has three stakes". It is indeed difficult for the pigeons to do this by themselves, but if there is a Xiongshan local snake to help, it is not necessarily so.So the pigeons decided to find King Chicken and ask him to help.When I was about to go out, I heard someone behind me say: "Pigeons, I want to go too!"

When everyone looked back, it was Uffin, the super cute dog raised by Gerrit.This Uffin usually eats poultry, so naturally he has nothing to do with the pigeons.However, the situation is urgent today, and everyone can't take care of the door-to-door meeting, so they take him with them.

When they arrived, Chicken King was entertaining with his arms around two fat hens, and General Hum Ha was playing around in the courtyard, jumping around, very lively.The pigeons landed next to the chicken king, and said the matter in a few words.Hearing this, the chicken king immediately widened his eyes, pushed the two fat hens away, and then yelled at Gouzi: "Come on! Haha, Second General! Follow me to find all the brothers!" The two old dogs snorted After yelling twice, he opened the way and set off.

One chicken and three dogs brought the pigeons to the barn last time, and the King of Bianzui and the three heroes of Shu'er were there.As soon as everyone talked about it, the flat-mouthed king straightened his face and said: "Accordingly speaking, brother's business is my business. I can't help with this, but I am the king of ducks. Bear Castle is not my domain, and I can't help it!"

At this time, the Chinchilla said loudly: "Hey! The King of Flat Mouth can't help, but we can! We have been to the Bear Castle Dungeon several times, and the iron gate can stop people, and it can also stop us mice. Is it?"

Ye Xiaoxia hurriedly said: "That's great! I thank the three mouse brothers first."

Chinchilla quickly said: "Don't be in a hurry to thank me! Although this castle is easy to enter, this matter is still troublesome."

"how to say?"

The spotted mouse took over the conversation and said, "There are two big worms in this bear castle, one is called Heihu and the other is called Huabao. They are so powerful! Even if our brothers go in, we can't beat them."

Chicken King asked: "What two big worms, why don't I know?"

The spotted mouse said: "Your Majesty, I don't know. These are two cat brothers. One black cat is called Heihu, and the other is called Huabao. These two cats are very bad, and they like to kill innocent people..." He said When he got here, the chicken king shook his arms and shouted: "Damn chicken! What's so scary about two rambunctious cats? My name is Heng Ha Er, and I will follow you, and bite the flower!" After hearing this, the two dogs shouted Heh heh, he was very energetic, but Wu Fen next to him glared fiercely, and heh heh, the second general froze.

The spotted rat shook his head and said, "The entrance to the Bear Castle is very small. I'm afraid the second general, Huh Ha, can't get in. Only we mice can get in."

Ye Xiaoxia asked: "Can we enter?"

The spotted mouse said: "You can enter, but you birds can't beat the cat! Even if you can beat the cat, it will alarm the jailer! You are here to rob the prison, not to tease the cat."

Ye Xiaoxia said in his heart: The piebald mouse is right, we brothers are afraid that we will suffer if we go in rashly.But if you don't go in, is there any other way?The six pigeons discussed each other with each other, but after talking for a long time, there was no clue.Just when everyone was at a loss, Wufen suddenly barked and said:

"I have an idea."

To be continued.

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ps: A large chapter of 4000 words will be updated today and tomorrow, so these two days will be single updates, and it will be stopped at 4:[-] pm. Chapter [-] is coming soon. Before that, I have to write a bunch of new city settings, draw map sketches, set up a lot of new supporting characters, and sort out several new story lines. In short, it is very troublesome, so I will take the Let’s have a good time watching it first.

ps2: Breaking chapters is the basic skill of novels, I hope you can enjoy the thrill of being tortured by suspense.Some readers told me: "It's okay to break chapters, but it's even worse." Yes, I also think the same way.