Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

"I want you to lead 5000 people to guard Jinshan Fort to prevent the northerners from coming from the Heavenly Father Pass."

The general froze for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, 5000 people are too few! If the northerners come—"

"I'll just give you five thousand, and no one else will give you more! I want you to stick to the Sands Castle. If the castle is gone, you won't have to see me!" said the little trident.

Solista's face showed a sense of desperation. He gave a military salute and said loudly: "Yes, Your Majesty! I will definitely defend the castle to the death."

"Okay!" Ba Gu nodded in satisfaction, "I'm relieved to have you here, Solista, I'll leave the Golden Sand Castle to you. I will solve the matter of Xiongshan myself! I want these guys to know that they have offended me. price!"

The prime minister who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up, and he asked in a frivolous voice, "Oh? How many people do you want to bring with you, Your Majesty?"

Bagu glanced at him and said, "I bring as much as I fucking have!"

The prime minister, Lan Que, laughed and said, "That's great, you took all the people away, what will happen if the northerners come in?"

Bugu's eyes widened, and he shouted: "I will make a quick decision. When the northerners come, I will have finished my work. If they don't leave, I will clean them up! There is General Solista in Jinsha Castle , I am very relieved!"

The corners of Lan Qu's mouth were raised higher, he shook his head and remained silent; while Solista's face was already ashen.Others are "watching their noses and noses and their hearts", as if they have nothing to do with themselves.

"Okay, the meeting is adjourned!" Ba Gu dismissed the first imperial meeting in this way.

The ministers left the field one by one, and finally only Ba Gu and Lan Zuo remained.When they were all gone, the two of them laughed at the same time. "You are really aboveboard, my majesty the king!" Lan Zuo said.

"You fucking little bastard!" Bagu scolded, "Stop laughing, hurry up and take someone to lie in wait in the valley of Heavenly Father's Pass. I'm going to find Solista now, hurry up, the clock is ticking!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

So the two left quickly, Lan Chu wanted to go straight to Tianfu Pass, and Ba Gu wanted to find Solista, Minister of Military Aircraft.

The king walked quickly down the dark corridor. It was already evening and everyone was very tired.However, Ba Gu was still very excited, and then he trotted all the way and rushed directly to the room of the minister of military aircraft.

"Solista!" He pushed the door and entered.

Solista was asking his servant to dismantle his armor. When he saw the king coming, he and the servant were startled. The servant knelt down with a plop, and Solista bowed to salute, "Your Majesty!" he said loudly .

"You, pick up [-] infantry from each of the four barracks in the north, and then lead them out immediately!"

Solista blinked and asked, "Where are you going? Isn't it defending the city?"

Ba Gu said: "Guard your mother's city! You go to lie in ambush in the valley of the Heavenly Father Pass, here is the map!" He handed the map drawn by Lan Zuo to Solista, "After that, set up camp. , but no fire is allowed, and no movement is allowed. If you expose your movements, we will punish you according to military law!"

Solista looked blank and asked, "Your Majesty, who are we going to ambush?"

"Northern!"

"Ah... what about Bear Mountain? Also, what about the guards of Sand Castle?"

Ba Gu had to explain to him: "Xiongshan is not a rebellion at all, but a play we performed. Everything is within the expectations of me and Lan Zuo, General! I released a so-so-true to the northerners False information. From the perspective of the northerners, at this moment, the stupid King of the Gulf has led people to suppress the rebellion, leaving only a group of old, weak and sick to guard the Golden Sand Castle. This is a great time to attack! They will definitely rush through the sky Father Guan, go straight to Jinsha Castle! And I, I will face the enemy at Jinsha Castle! When they find out that something is wrong, you and Lan Zuo will take their back route, and none of us northerners will let go Go! Do you understand? If you understand, get out of here! Now, now!"

Chapter 9: First Days of College, a

Chapter 9: First Days of College, a

North of Hummingbird City, Migratory Bird Town, early in the morning——

Isrit is saying goodbye to Gerrita.

"Teacher, are you really leaving?"

"Yeah, Isrit, the academy sent me out with witches, and there is no place for me here." Gerrit's face lost her usual smile, "Isrit, I really want to Watch your child be born, but the witches will not allow me to stand in their land. I have the breath of a liberal witch in me, and they will find me wherever I hide."

Today is the time of parting.

At dawn, the sea of ​​flowers was still moving, but Estherite was no longer in the mood to appreciate all of this.Geralte was carrying her bag and her curly hair was tied tight.There were no wreaths on her head, no scent of flowers on her body, only the wild fragrance of a liberal witch.Ye Xiaoxia landed on her shoulder, and the bird insisted on walking with her.

Zhe Lite said to her: "Isrit, I will go to Bear Mountain first, and I will tell Haven about your situation here, so that he can rest assured."

Hearing this, Isrit could not help but feel envious and even jealous.However, her rationality quickly eliminated these thoughts. She nodded and said to Gerrit: "Please tell your lord that I am about to give birth to a child for him. Please let him name our child."

"I'll bring some people and money back, Isrit."

"You just need to bring back the news of Lord Haven's safety, Teacher Gellite! I miss him so much, I, I..." Estherite couldn't help sobbing at this point.Geralte came up and put her arms around her shoulders, trying to persuade her not to be sad, but Isrit said: "As long as I hear that he is healthy and safe, I won't be sad."

"Okay, I'll come back with good news," Geralte said to her.

So they parted at this point, and Gerrit embarked on a journey back to Bear Mountain, while Isrit stayed here with her two orc followers, and she was going to participate in Madam Vian's assessment next.

According to the Countess Aldrom, Essrait must be among the top three in the assessment to be eligible to become Aldrom's apprentice.Isrit left her hometown, trekked across mountains and rivers, and endured so much hardship all the way, just for this matter, so she was determined to win.

Migratory Bird Town is located behind the mountains of Hummingbird City, next to Whitewood to the north.Every winter, geese fly in groups from the north. These birds often linger in Migratory Bird Town for a long time, hence the name of the town.

The entrance to Witch's Mystery is here.In Bailin, there is a big tree named "World Grandpa".The tree hole is the entrance to the witch's secret realm, and Mrs. Wei'an and the others are also practicing here.

Bailin is a forbidden place for academic witches, so Estherite can only go in by herself.She was very excited as she walked along the tree-lined path stepped on by her predecessors.This feeling is no less than the impulse when falling in love.

After passing through the oak forest, saying goodbye to butterflies and flower mushrooms, she finally saw the big tree called "grandfather".

"Grandpa" is not tall, but very strong, and the trunk is like a house.Its roots are very strange, they are born on the branches, and these roots hang down and are buried in the soil, just like small trees.She suddenly remembered the knowledge that Gerrit had given her before, and realized that "grandfather" was an ancient banyan tree.A forest of banyan trees.

The academic witches practiced under the "grandfather".Grandfather's huge shade tree is their roof, people are sitting on the ground, and an old witch is preaching to them.

Estelle felt that it was not polite to interrupt their class, so she watched from a distance.However, at this moment, a few barking dogs suddenly came from behind her, she turned her head suddenly, and saw a black and white hound barking at her: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!"

"Shh!" She raised her index finger as a gesture of silence, but it was too late.The witches stopped their lectures and turned their eyes to her.Estelle was very uncomfortable being watched by these people, she glared at the dog angrily, but the dog was rubbing its head against her leg at this moment, sticking out its tongue.Isrit found she couldn't be angry with it.

The old witch at the head came to her and said, "Who are you? Don't you know that no one is allowed to enter here?"

It was a gray-haired woman, tall and bulky, with the walk of a waddling bear.Isrit had heard about Mrs. Vian's appearance, so she said in advance: "Hi, Mrs. Vian. ​​I am a newcomer here to participate in the study and witch assessment. Isrit."

"Apprentice witch?" She came to Estherite and asked Estherite in a very puzzled tone, "I don't think you look like a witch at all. Which teacher did you learn from?"

"My mentor's name is Gerrita," she said.

"I've never heard of this name, what level is she?"

"Gerette is a liberal witch, Madam Vian, and this is the first time I'm learning academic witchcraft."

Mrs. Vian stared at Estherite with needle-like eyes, and said: "We don't accept liberal witches as apprentices. Liberal witches should look for goats as apprentices, not us." When she said this The tone was serious, but the witches behind them all laughed.

Estelle was angry and annoyed, but she had something to ask for at the moment, so she had no choice but to say in a low voice: "Mrs. A member of the School of Witches."

"Take a look."

So Estherite gave the dried tulip to Mrs. Wei'an.This flower came from the countess's private estate, and had been soaked in potions, exuding a pungent smell.Mrs. Wei'an sniffed and sneezed suddenly. Isrit was unable to dodge in time, and was sprayed with saliva all over her face.

So dirty!She wiped her face with the back of her hand.Mrs. Vivian glanced at her, she was startled, and quickly put her hand down.However, this little action still made the old woman unhappy, she said with a sour face, "I think there is something wrong with your token."

"What?" Isrit was stunned for a moment.

Madam Wei'an asked her, "Where did you get this token from?"

Estherite said: "It was given to me by the Countess herself."

"But I don't look like it." She was fiddling with the token, and suddenly pinched it with her hand, crushing the dried tulips.Estelle stared wide-eyed and asked, "What are you doing?"

"A few days ago, one of my apprentices lost the countess's token, so I suspect that you picked it up or stole it. I want you to go back to the countess and get back the same one."

The cold sweat on Isrit's face immediately came down - are you going back to get one?Not to mention the nearly three-day journey, even if I see the Countess, how can I talk to her?

At this time, she saw that many apprentices behind were laughing. It seemed that this was not the first time that the old witch had made things difficult for others.

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ps: I will ask for leave tomorrow to sort out the manuscript.I will start writing war scenes next week

first day of college, two

first day of college, two

Isrit put on a straight face and said, "I will tell the countess all this truthfully, Madam Vian."

The old witch sneered, and said, "I will write to her too, and I will write it now. You can try it, whether the countess believes in you or me."

"You..." Isrit gritted her teeth, and she looked at the apprentices behind, hoping that someone would come out and speak for her.However, those witches were either indifferent or laughing, and obviously no one wanted to help this stranger.

They're watching my jokes, Isrit thought.

Estelle realized that if she left in such a disheveled manner, her college career might be ruined; even if she could get the token back, she would not be able to hold her head up in front of these people.

The dog barked at her and wagged its tail excitedly.Isrit stared at it, thinking: It's all your fault for barking just now!

But the dog couldn't understand it, it seemed that it only barked at Isrit.Isrit stared at it for three seconds, and suddenly thought of an idea.

She raised her head and said to the mean old woman: "I listen to you, I'll go back to Hummingbird City now and bring back another token."

The corners of the old woman's mouth raised, and the apprentices behind her also laughed.Isrit ignored all this, she knelt down, untied the dog's rope, and held it in her hand.

Madam Wei'an looked at her and asked, "What are you doing?"

"It's nothing, I'll go back and find the Countess."

"Then why are you bringing this dog with you?"

Estelle touched the dog's head and said, "I want it to testify against me. Because dogs can't lie! Mister Witch!"

Mrs. Wei'an's face darkened, and she said, "Let go of it, it's my dog!"

"Really? Why don't I think so?" She said while stroking the dog's head.

Madame Vianne cried, "You have no right to take it, liberal little slut!"

"Okay, I'll let it go." Estherite said as she untied the dog from its leash.However, the moment she untied the chain, the dog swished away and disappeared.Mrs. Wei'an shouted from behind, but the dog ignored her and ran further and further away.

"You used witchcraft on my dog?" the witch asked her loudly.

Isrit shook her head and said, "I just let it tell the truth."

Estherite is very talented in animal communication. She knows both liberal animal language and academic telepathy.In this regard, Mrs. Wei'an might not be her match.She easily captured the hound and let it work for her.

This time the old witch finally failed.As Estelle said, dogs don't lie.Then she said a few scary and cruel words, thinking that this could scare Esriette.However, although Yisruite was young, she had experienced many storms and waves with Haiwen, so she didn't care about this kind of intimidation.She wanted to be soft, she said that she had just been dizzy for a while, and she told Isriette not to mind, and said that she would definitely take special care of Isriette in the future...

However, Yisruite refused to accept it.

"I want you to admit my identity and give me the qualifications for the assessment. Let's follow the rules, and I won't make things difficult for you." Estherite said to her.

Mrs. Wei'an really had no choice but to agree to her.Afterwards, Estherite said: "Mrs. Wei'an, I don't want to make our relationship so rigid. After all, we are still masters and apprentices. I just want to tell you and every friend here that I am a person who obeys the rules. Let's follow the rules in the future, so we won't have these troubles——Madam Wei'an, what do you think?"

Mrs. Wei'an nodded with a gloomy face, and said, "Okay, come to class."

So Estherite became a student of the academy witches.Mrs. Wei'an ignored her, and gave lectures and experiments to the apprentices as usual.Estherite looked at it with a half-knowledge, and asked her classmates after class, and she realized that she had missed at least one year of class.In other words, she has to learn knowledge for fifteen months in three months, and she must get the top three results.At that moment, her heart was cold, but after a few lessons, Estherite realized that she was not hopeless.

Because these witches are not diligent.

They only have classes in the morning, and in the afternoon they will do farm work or go home to sleep.Only a few people will study their homework.And Mrs. Wei'an, who is a good teacher, is even worse. She is lazy and gluttonous, and she is also a serious alcoholic.She likes to drink her own medicinal wine, which, according to her classmates, can take her to a "witch's paradise", where there are fine wine, strong wine, rum, and naked men with hard dicks.

So Estherite has to redouble her efforts, she believes that she can catch up with the latecomers.

On the afternoon of the first day, she was about to come for the previous class notes—of course, she bought them with money. Each of the witches here had a notebook, but no one was willing to lend it to her.After she asked for the notes, she copied them by herself, and went to Mrs. Wei'an for questions when she encountered something she didn't understand-of course, this also cost money.

Whenever she asked a question, Mrs. Wei'an would scold her first and then teach her.And Mrs. Wei'an only taught it once, if she didn't understand, there was nothing she could do, she could only figure it out by herself.Estelle asked her to borrow books for a fee, but the woman refused.

Estelle argued with her, saying: "You said to follow the rules, I am your student, it's fine if you don't have the patience to teach, why don't you even show me the book?"

Mrs. Wei'an was proud, "My book is not for you to read!"

"But I see that you have lent the book to other disciples, why didn't you lend it to me?"

Mrs. Wei'an sneered, and said, "I think you are very smart, and you can learn without reading! I am here to cultivate your thinking ability, for your own good."

Estelle realized that there was no reason to talk to her, so she had no choice but to give up.However, without books to read, her learning speed would be greatly reduced. In desperation, she bribed the mouse in the town and asked the mouse to steal books from Mrs. Wei'an.Fortunately, the mice lived up to their fate and brought out all the books she asked for.The mice also told her that Mrs. Vivian hadn't cleaned her library for several years, and there were a lot of spider webs in it.

It will be easier if you have a book.She lights up the lamp and stays up late just to learn more knowledge.Isrit lives in the hotel in Migratory Bird Town, and there are a few of her classmates living in the hotel.Among them was Adeline, a witch with a pockmarked face. When she was reviewing at night, Adeline passed by her room, and the witch asked her half-jokingly: "Why are you working so hard? Do you want to be a star-level witch?" ?”

Estherite answered her: "I must at least be No.3 in the assessment, and then the Countess of Ultraland will accept me as an apprentice."

The woman laughed and said, "But you are a liberal witch, maybe you can get the top three in Jumping Goat, but I don't think you can do it if you are a scholar."

If you can't do it, you have to do it!Isrit thought to herself, for the sake of Master Haven, and for the sake of Teacher Gerrit, I must get this quota.

It was with this feeling that she fell asleep that night.

However, early the next morning, she found that her clothes were all wet.And it was covered with dirty water and oil, as if someone had thrown all her clothes into the slop bucket.She knew that someone was making things difficult for her.

But this bit of suffering was not enough to make her surrender. Although Esritre was a daughter in body, her heart was stronger than a man's.

The top three are not enough, I must get No.1!

Not for Haiwen, not for Gerrit, just for this breath!

She gritted her teeth, put on her dirty clothes and went out.