Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 156
After the old man was full, he stood up and burped comfortably, patted his stomach and said comfortably

"I haven't eaten so full for a long time! The last time I ate so full was more than ten years ago. Thank you very much."

Rhodes roughly estimated that the old man ate less than a quarter of what Baron ate, so he said he was full.

"It's okay, it's just a meal, and it's not a delicacy." Baron ate very fast, and sat down to the side after filling his stomach.

There are no benches on the ground, they can only sit on the ground, and when they stand up, they will definitely be ashes again.

"I'll be content if I can eat another meal of meat before I die, delicacies from mountains and seas are not something people like us can eat." The old man said with a smile.

"Aren't we all human, why can't we eat delicacies from mountains and seas? If you want to eat delicacies from mountains and seas, go to Nord Kingdom. There are wild animals everywhere. If you want to eat seafood, go to Fish Kingdom. You can eat them with a few silver coins." Spit," Barron said.

"It's not that simple. Without the permission of the lord, we can't leave the village without authorization, otherwise everyone in the village will be implicated." The old man shook his head.

It's no wonder why these people don't flee this land. The lord attaches great importance to the population on his territory, after all, it is closely related to his interests.

"How will it be involved? Could it be that you will kill all the people in your village? Even noble lords can't kill so many free people for no reason." Baron said with a sneer.

"That would not be the case, but the lord said that if one of us leaves his territory, that person and his family will no longer be allowed to farm on his land. If we leave our hometown collectively, how will we live without land? " said the old man.

"The war killed a lot of people, and a lot of land was left uncultivated. No matter which lord's territory you go to, a large group of people like you will get a large piece of land for you to cultivate." Baron said, "You just don't have the courage to leave here .”

The old man was a little speechless. He wanted to refute Baron's words, but he couldn't find a reason. He had followed the rules and followed the rules too much in his life, but he didn't think about whether those rules were reasonable or whether he should really be restrained like this.

Although being reluctant to leave his hometown is a reason, it is not his hometown. He fled here decades ago to escape the conscript of the lord and his friends in the village.At that time, this place was ruled by the old lord, the tax was not as high as it is now, and you can still eat meat occasionally, since when did you not even have enough to eat?

The old lord's son had a good life when he first took over, and it seemed that it gradually started after he got married.Over the past decade or so, life has gradually become more difficult. Now the taxes are almost overwhelming, and even trees are not allowed to be cut down.

"Are there any young people among you who want to leave the village and venture out?" Baron asked again suddenly.

"Yes, but he was caught and beaten by us, and after being locked in the house for a period of time, he gave up this idea." The old man seemed to recall some unpleasant things, and his expression was a little depressed.

"Then what happened to that person?" Rhodes asked curiously.

The old man shook his head, unwilling to continue talking.

"Suicide, right?" Baron sneered, "If I'm not mistaken, that person is your son."

Rhodes held Baron back and didn't let him continue talking. If Baron's guess was right, speaking like this would undoubtedly tear open the scar before sprinkling salt.

"Yes, you are right! That man is indeed my son! My only remaining son! My two eldest sons died in the war, he is my last son, I don't want him to die outside after leaving me !" The old man's emotions gradually became agitated, and he was almost roaring at the end of the speech, and began to wipe away tears after he finished speaking.

Thinking of the past, he regretted it very much. If he had let his son escape from this territory, he must be still alive now, and he must have several children now, and his life must be better than his own.

"I said it was for his own good, but I was afraid that I would be implicated." Hammer said suddenly, and Rhodes held Baron back. Unexpectedly, Hammer said such a sentence again.

I don't know what kind of stimulation they received today, and they don't show any emotion when they speak.

The old man trembled when he heard Hammer's words, and he began to think carefully about what he did at the time. Was I really doing it for his own good, or was I afraid that he would implicate myself?

The scene of that day resurfaced in the mind of the old man. He was only in his 30s at the time, still in the prime of his life, and his wife was still alive.At dinner that day, his 16-year-old son happily told him at the dinner table that he wanted to go out and make a fortune.

When he heard this, he was furious and reprimanded his son. His rebellious son ran out immediately after hearing this, and with the help of fellow villagers, he was arrested. Afterwards, the old man remembered that he beat him severely. Then he was tied up with a rope and locked in the room for many days.

The old man remembered that he locked his son in the small room and starved for a few days before releasing him. His wife tried to deliver food to the son who was locked in the room, but he stopped him.When his son was released by him, his son promised that he would no longer have that kind of thought. Unexpectedly, the next morning he set the wooden furniture on fire while he and his wife were out, and set himself alive in the house. burn to death.

All the furniture made before the logging ban was burned, and even the house made of mud was burned red. The most important thing is that his last son was killed by him, and his wife died soon after. , leaving him alone in the world, although he looks very old, but he is just in his early fifties.

Thinking of this, the old man suddenly burst into tears.What he did was indeed for the good of his son. Although he thought that his son would be implicated at the time, what he wanted more was to continue to live an ordinary and warm life together as a family as before.

Seeing the old man crying, Rhodes felt a little embarrassed. It seemed that their behavior as guests was not very good.

"People like you who have never been parents will not understand our thoughts as parents. All I wanted at the time was to continue to live as before with my children." The old man said, wiping his tears.

"I'm sorry." Rhodes said something to the old man, and then pulled Baron and the others away who wanted to continue talking.

"Why are you suddenly so angry today?" Rhodes said after coming to the open space where the horses were tied.

"I remembered something. My father stopped me from going out to take risks. He thought that even though I was only his second son, being an adventurer would damage his honor. He hoped that I could start from a low-level life like my uncle. Officers started fighting on the battlefield, and gained titles and fiefdoms by virtue of their military exploits," Hamer explained.

It is quite normal for Hammer to have a temper when encountering such a thing.

"Do you have this experience too?" Hammer asked Baron.

"I just can't understand people like him." Baron snorted coldly. Get out of here for a better life, and in the end justify your mistakes."

If you regard the lord as a company and ordinary farmers as employees, if the company does not pay well, the employees should change to another company and go to work in a company that pays better, and those companies that do not meet well can only fail if they cannot recruit employees. .

However, it cannot be compared exactly.

"What you said is also reasonable, but don't reveal his scars in front of others. Telling those will only make you feel refreshed, and it won't change anything. It's better to pretend that you don't know anything. If he is so ashamed and angry by what you said that he committed suicide, then your conscience will feel bad." Rhodes shook his head, he didn't think his point of view was correct, but he thought that Baron's approach was a bit extreme.

Everyone will have different ideas about the same thing. With his thinking mode, he will definitely feel that his idea is right, but most of the time it is not necessarily true.

Baron and Hamer believed that the old man prevented his son from leaving the village for his own consideration, and what the old man wanted was to continue living with him as before. That's why I want to go out and wander.

It's hard to judge the right and wrong of this kind of thing, no one is completely right, and no one is completely wrong...

　Thanks for the unconstrained monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)