Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

The second route is the slave warrior brought by Hollander and others.There are about 100 people in this team. These people have dark skin, sharp weapons, and hideous paint on their bodies. They look very scary at first glance.Behind these people, there are two huge wooden horses, which are quickly made by small hammers and King Kong, each of which can accommodate dozens of people.

Haven reviews his troops from a raised rock.These people were trained by himself, and they are his most reliable strength now.I have to say that both Ramon and Smiley Cat are very talented people, and Hewen is very happy to be able to train these people with strict discipline in such a short period of time.

Haven said, "Ramon, repeat what I told you."

"On the second day after you left, immediately divide the troops into two groups, lead people to search the mansions of the Stenier family and the Sarris family, and capture the heads of the two families alive."

"What is your identity this time?"

"The captain of the Bear Mountain Guard, appointed by the Earl."

"very good."

Haiwen said to Smiley Cat at this time: "Each wooden horse can hold dozens of men. Let's send two wooden horses to the Countess's house and make him a magic trick. What do you think?"

"Understood!" the smiling cat said with a sinister grin.

"Very good, then the plan begins now. Ramon, Hollanger, your people are not allowed to leave this place during this period of time. I will bring you military supplies. If anyone finds you, they will pretend to be camping temporarily." mercenary regiment."

The two men replied: "Yes, my lord!"

"Smiley cat, come with me, let's invite a guest."

"it is good."

"The planned date is seven days later at nine o'clock in the morning. Ramon, you need to fight on two fronts and take down two families at the same time."

"Yes, my lord!"

"That's good, disband!"

As his command team dispersed, Haiwen returned to Xiongshan City with the smiling cat.After arriving in the city, there was a letter from a carrier pigeon, signed by the druid of Little Bear Mountain.Sean wrote in the letter that he could no longer participate in this incident. The tree man 0032 fell ill, and he would go to the south in a few days to find the academic witches and find a cure to save his old friend.After reading the letter, Hai Wen replied: I will send someone to send you some money in the next two days, and I would like to trouble you to inquire about Yisruite, I am very worried about her.

After that, Haven took a bottle of wine from the castle and went to the Bear Mountain Garrison with Master Cat.On the way, he had a breath with Master Cat, and gave a general account of what happened next.The two rushed to the barracks on light horses. When they arrived, Brian the Bear was still drinking.Since he became a general, the military discipline of the garrison has been lax, and it has long since lost the strict discipline that Wen Kai had when he was in charge of the army.

A raging soldier, a raging nest.How can such a general manage the army guarding the border?Haven felt annoyed in his heart.When the two major families are down, it's time to rectify military discipline.The old earl's warning is still vivid in his memory, when the little trident comes to power, the bay area will be baptized by the flames of war.Before that, he must have his own army.

But now is not the time, Haiwen came to Brian today to invite him to a dinner together.The tent smelled of alcohol, and the cups and plates were messed up; Brian took off his boots and put his hairy legs on the tactical map, his face flushed from drinking. "Oh! my lord!" he laughed, "have a drink?"

Haiwen put the wine bottle there and said, "I just came to ask you to drink!"

Brian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly, "Sir, are you joking?"

"I'm not kidding. I'm too busy these days, so I don't have time to be idle. I'm surrounded by pussies, and no one drinks with me. I think you're a good drinker, sir. Shall we have a drink or two?"

"Okay!" Brian immediately called the cook to get some side dishes, and then the three of them drank.At first, they were talking bad things to flatter each other, but later Haiwen brought up the marriage of the countess. "General Xiong, the Countess invited me to the wedding. I wanted to go and no one would drink with me, so I asked you to go with me." Hai Wen poured him a glass, "It's okay to go for three to five days. .”

Hearing this, Xiao Xiong's smile froze for a moment, then he drank his wine and said, "The military is busy, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave."

Did he notice something? "It's okay, forget it, let's continue drinking!" So they continued to drink.This time, the smiling cat also drank, probably making the little bear dizzy from drinking, and Haiwen brought up this matter again. "I heard that the Countess of Shrimp Bay is a fat man of three hundred catties!" He whispered to Little Bear.

Little Xiong laughed out loud when he heard this, and said, "I don't even have three hundred catties! She is a bitch, how can she be three hundred catties?"

At this time, the smiling face cat said: "Yes. I am also very strange, but that's it, the young master of the Sarris family is going to marry someone else. Do you think this young master is a bitch?"

Little Xiong laughed loudly and said, "Didn't you crush him to death while you were working?"

Then Master Cat followed suit, saying, "The dick is about to be crushed!" Then the two hooligans laughed obscenely.After laughing, Haiwen saw the smiling cat winking at him.Then Master Cat chatted with Brian, the two were very affectionate, and if they didn't know, they would still treat them as brothers.

The two of them had a relationship for a while, drank a lot of wine, and it was about the time when the fire was ripe, and the smiling cat said to him: "My brother, I think the Sarris family is really a jerk, my son is not a good breed!"

Brian asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Hey! They don't know how to behave. The wedding invitation was sent to Xiongshan, but they didn't invite you?"

Brian was taken aback and said, "Yeah!"

The smiling cat slapped the table, pretending to be angry, and said: "He invited the Earl, and Tang Deen - well, that's all, the Lord and Master Tang Deen are lords, and the other is highly respected, let's not talk about it. But They even invited Laya. You said an unrelated nun, what can they invite? The nuns are all invited, but you, the general, are not invited. Do you think they are bastards? This is contemptuous .”

Brian got drunk, blushed and shouted, "That's right! Why don't you invite me?"

Haiwen said at this time: "It's better than this, I won't go either! They look down on you, General, just look down on me!"

Brian quickly said, "Why bother? Sir, don't worry about me, I'm too lazy to go to their place!"

Hai Wen said: "Bryan, don't worry about it, I will write a letter to explain the truth to the countess. Alright, I've almost had enough wine today, you can rest."

"Okay, my lord, you go slowly."

After returning home, Haiwen wrote a letter to Xiawan and passed it on through the fast horse station.The letter said mercilessly that the Countess despised his general, and said bluntly: I am a close friend with my general. If you don't invite him, I won't go.

It didn't take long for Xiawan to write back. The letter said some polite words, and then attached a brand new invitation: I sincerely invite the Earl of Ambleside and his best friend, General Brian, to attend my wedding——The Earl of Shrimp Bay Yana Dern.

Haven found Brian with the invitation and said, "It's done! That bitch wrote the invitation and wants to invite you!"

Brian was sober at the moment, and quickly declined, saying: "The military is busy, I..."

"Brian, what do you mean?" Haven pulled his face down and said, "I managed to settle the countess, and even said 'I won't go if you don't go, I will go if you go' like that Now that you have repented, aren’t you slapping me in the face? Do you think I should go or not? If I repent, how will we get along with the people of Xiawan in the future? This is not a trivial matter!”

Brian was left speechless by what he said, so Haiwen directly handed him the invitation, saying, "We're leaving tomorrow morning, you can make arrangements for the military affairs!" After that, he turned around and left without giving Brian any chance.Brian yelled twice, then said helplessly, "Okay."

Haiwen's face was expressionless, but he was secretly laughing in his heart: Tune the tiger away from the mountain, it's done.

Now, no one in Bear Mountain will hinder Ramon and the others.

All that is left is to give the countess a big gift!

Chapter 35, Raya at Sands Castle

Chapter 35, Raya at Sands Castle

"Laya, I don't understand," Eros grumbled to her, "what have we been doing these days? We ran from Wind Thunder Castle to Bear Mountain, and then from Bear Mountain to Sand Castle. We walked a lot , I got blisters on my feet." She sat on the edge of the carriage, her skirt was rolled up, revealing a pair of white legs, her feet dangling non-stop.The orc sitting in the back called her: "Don't f*cking shake, I'm upset!" But Eros didn't take it seriously, and made faces at him.

Laya leaned on the wooden board of the carriage, sweat dripped down her neck, and the light blue clothes were stained dark blue by the sweat. "Stop whining," she said to her men. "Toil and pain are a necessary part of life."

"Sweat, too," said the orc.

"It stinks too." Eros added.

"It's good to hear you whining," Aaron said.

The atmosphere among the three froze for a moment, and Laya immediately said: "Our task this time is to meet the Grand Duke Trident. I don't plan to talk to that young master who is out of his mind." Little Trident, he is full of thoughts. The war thing, and he never hid his warlike desires.Laya once participated in the salon held by him in Jinsha Castle. The little trident talked about his tactical strategy to a group of priests, businessmen and scholars. He also took tactical maps and sand table models to rehearse the battle situation for everyone, just like a show Little kid with beautiful toy.The scene was very embarrassing for a while, but he was the young master, so everyone had to accompany him.

The orc took a big sip of water and said, "My lord, we don't care what you do. What we wonder is: what's the point of doing this? The White Council needs gold, swords and soldiers. The bald Earl of Bear Mountain can give us these Something? I think he is very poor!" The old soldier glared at him and said, "I think the Earl of Ambsideside is a man who can accomplish things. What he is doing now may not be the same in the future." Eros also agreed He said, "I can trust Lord Laya's vision."

No, what you said is wrong, Laya thought to herself, I don't want to ask Haiwen for money or food, what I want is a word from him to save the broken Baiyihui.

The White Clothes Society is already on the verge of splitting, and if it does not split, it will deteriorate.Raya is well aware of this matter.Unlike those organizations that can bring actual benefits to the rulers, the purpose of the White Shirt Society is not to support the rulers or to strengthen themselves, but their purpose is to "eliminate suffering".Laya has also been working hard in this direction, but obviously, this kind of illusory doctrine cannot allow Bai Yihui to continue to develop.The nobles will not support an organization that only asks them for money, and the believers will not believe in a religion without heaven and hell.The "people-oriented" Baiyihui that Laya insisted on can no longer hold on.

The other two factions of the White Clothes Society have gradually changed their teachings. The Salvation faction began to sell "atonement tickets" to allow sinners to spend money to go to heaven;Laya didn't want this to happen. Her teacher founded the White Clothes Society. At the beginning, she just wanted to eliminate the suffering in the world, not to create a gangster in the guise of religion.

Elimination of suffering, elimination of suffering, life is suffering, how to eliminate it?Laya doesn't think the teacher's wish can be realized. Compared with the teacher like the Virgin, she is a person who values ​​reality more.So she reorganized the White Clothes Society, established the People-oriented faction, and set a new goal: to stop all meaningless wars.

Natural disasters cannot be avoided, but man-made disasters can.Raya has been mediating in the Gulf War for years.She's intervened in the civil war in the Reach, stopped the Brothers' War at Two Forks, and saved Bear Mountain from a cultist.

But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, and Raya wanted a one-and-done solution.For this, she needs a complete White Council, and most importantly, she needs two secret fragments in the hands of the other two chairmen.With this thing, she might be able to enter the tree elves' secret realm again and look for the real ancient holy relic.

She got three signs the last time she was there:

"When the red star shines, the catastrophe of doomsday will come."

"You will be robbed of the most important things by the devil."

"Your flesh will rot, but your name will remain immortal."

The signs have begun to materialize

The carriage drove slowly, and there was Jinsha Castle in front of you.They cleared the door at the gate of the city, but as soon as they entered the gate, everyone was dumbfounded.

There used to be very few pedestrians on the bustling Jinsha Avenue, and all the shops were closed. The trees, street lamps, and doors of each house were covered with black ribbons and white flowers.

Only one person can get this treatment.

Grand Duke Trident, he died.

Chapter 36: Haven's Journey

Chapter 36: Haven's Journey

The boat is long and the oars are rippling.Haven is very relaxed.

Soon to Shrimp Bay.

This time, Haven went to the Countess's wedding banquet.He didn't bring many people, just a smiling cat, Brian the bear and two teams of followers.At this moment, the large team was walking on the shore. They pulled the wooden carriage and moved forward slowly. This was a big gift prepared by Haven for the Countess; while Haven was sitting in a small boat, spending the midsummer time alone.

There are rivers and lakes along the way to Xiawan, and many places have excellent scenery.The lake is sparkling, clear water and blue sky, dragonflies are touching the water, and swans are high-spirited.Haiwen saw a boatman, so he rented a boat to take a look at the scenery.At this moment, he couldn't help thinking: It would be nice if he could live in peace and contentment in this place.I can buy a few pieces of land with my lover, find a place with mountains and rivers to buy a house, and live the life of a hermit.

Today's sunshine is not harsh, but very gentle. Haiwen fell asleep on the boat without knowing it.After waiting for a while, the boatman woke him up and told him that he had arrived at Prawn Bay.

He disembarked and came ashore.Smiley Cat said before that Xiawan is not a city but a water bay, and it is indeed true now.

Here is a bustling wharf with frequent ships coming in and out.The mast of the largest ship is as tall as a century-old giant tree, and the hull is as tall as a whale; the smallest speedboat and longboat can only accommodate three or five people, but they are as numerous as small fish, and they swim flexibly between the piers.They walked in along the gravel road on the beach, and when they looked up, they saw the castle at Shrimp Bay.

Shrimp Bay Castle is built with blue bay colored rocks, four-color tapestries are hung on the walls, and a statue of the patron saint of Shrimp Bay: Hu Suo, an armored warrior, stands on the top of the wall.It was an octopus with a sword, and it looked very mighty.

This castle looks gorgeous, but it is actually not difficult to attack.First, there are no natural dangers here, and second, there are no high walls. As long as the enemy's ships can stop on the shore, it is not difficult to attack the city.

"My lord, let's go!" The smiling cat was beckoning to him, and Hai Wen quickly followed.While walking, he was observing the area of ​​Xiawan.I remember that Smiley Cat once said to him when he came: "The city wall of Xiawan is made of water." This sentence made Hai Wen a little puzzled at the time, but now he went to the place and saw it, and it suddenly became clear.

There are not many places where you can park a boat in Xiawan, but if you want to go to Xiawan, you have to take the waterway.The guards of Xiawan set up watchtowers on the high ground, and set up bed crossbows and artillery facing the river bank. Obviously, the enemy could not easily go ashore.

There was a long line at the gate of the castle, and there were many guests who came with gifts; but the Earl of Bear Mountain did not need to line up. Immediately after he arrived, someone chanted for him: "The exile, the king of wild horses, the slayer of demons, The Man of Truth, the Cold-Blooded Judge, the Keeper of Bear Castle, the Deputy Earl, Haven Ambleside—come here!"

After the trumpet was sung, everyone immediately gave way.Haiwen and the others taught the invitation, and then walked inside.When the doorman saw the two huge wooden horses, he asked, "My lord, what is this?"

"Oh? This?" Haiwen said with a smile, "This is a congratulatory gift for the Earl of Shrimp Bay!"

"That's it, then please come in quickly." The head guard shouted, and servants immediately followed to move the wooden carriage in.Immediately, Haiwen and the others came to the wedding hall.In the hall, the pre-wedding scene has already begun.Gold-plated tall wax lamps emit noble light, handsome bards are playing and singing, flowers and gifts are piled under their feet; one-eyed and lame clowns are performing acrobatics, making the gentlemen breathless.

The lights are feasting and the air is cheerful.

The wedding is about to begin.

Chapter 37: Red and White Farce, I

Chapter 37: Red and White Farce, I

Ps: (This chapter consists of several small paragraphs of about a thousand words, and the perspective will be interspersed between Haven and Laya.)

In the hall of Jinsha Castle, there is no third color except black and white.

The death of the king took away the bustle and bustle of the past. The ministers, vassals, knights, and princes were all dressed in black and white long suits, with bluegrass to exorcise evil spirits on their wrists. The fragrance of this grass has holy power and can It prevents the guests from being too sad to lose their souls to death, and it also prevents the souls of the dead from being abducted into hell by the devil.

Funeral songs were sung from behind black choir screens, and the voice of the bass was tingling.Laya also changed into a black and white funeral dress, and she entered the hall with three of her entourage.

"Ah, Miss Laya." An old man in black came towards her, "I didn't expect you to come so soon, alas, if only you came earlier, I could see the Grand Duke. "He sighed sadly.Laya knew this man, one of the four stewards of the Grand Duke of the Trident.There is a very long and complicated name that no one can remember, but he is generally called Mr. Nader, or Mr. Quill.The old butler is in his 70s, wrinkled and hunched, but in good spirits.Laya remembered that he always had a quill pen stuck in his chest, and he could write beautifully.

"Boss Nader, my condolences." Laya said to him.

The old man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, choked up, and said, "I knew that such a day would come, but... oh, forget it. Lord Laya, you are also a friend of the lord during his lifetime, please Come on, let's go see the young master first. After meeting the young master, we will arrange a place for you to stay. You came early, and there are still vacancies in the castle."

"When did the Grand Duke leave?"

"The day before yesterday."

It's bad luck, she said to herself, I wish I had come sooner.

Led by the butler, Laya and her party walked through the hall to the corridor leading to the inner castle.Sands Castle is the largest castle in the Bayland, consisting of inner and outer double castles and three spiers.The highest place is as high as a ten-story building, about 50 meters; in the inner castle, there are three towers: the scholar tower, the migratory bird tower and the sun tower.The Tower of the Sun is the place where sacrifices are held, and it is also used for confession and prayer. At this moment, the little trident is in the Tower of the Sun.

"According to the etiquette, the funeral will be held for seven days, and after being buried in the ground, it will be held for another fourteen days. Depending on the situation, it may be extended. Grand Duke Trident is a good king. Both nobles and commoners love him, and there will be many people who come. This paragraph During the day, we will provide accommodation and meals, and come to me if you need anything.”

"Thank you, my lord."

The stairs in Jinsha Castle are very long, and it is very hard to climb up.By the time she got to the Tower of the Sun, Raya was already sweating profusely.She groomed herself at the door, drying off sweat and breathing evenly.

"Let's go," she said to the butler.

"Okay." The old housekeeper knocked on the door, and said loudly, "Master Bagu, the Duke's old friend, Chairman of the White Clothes Society, Laya, is here to pay a visit."

"Come in." A deep voice came from inside.

The door was opened twice, and in the center of the room, Bagu Kahn had to kneel in front of the ancestor totem, like a majestic mountain.

Although Little Trident has a small name in his nickname, he is not small at all. At the age of 40, he is in his prime, with a strong physique, and he is more majestic than his father.He knelt there, as tall as Raya stood.

Laya said: "Young Lord Kahn, my condolences, may my father rest in peace."