When the swinewler had finished speaking, he straightened his shirt and straightened himself with a belt to make it easier for him to work, and he went to the pen, where his pigs were encircled, and he jumped into it, and with a sharp choice of two fat pigs, which were still young, and seized them quickly.

The swineherd is also a master, grabbed the two fat pigs, and jumped out of the pigsty, extremely vigorous, brought them into the house, slaughtered them, burned the pig's hair, cut into small pieces, picked the tip of the fork, roasted them all, brought them in front of him, and the hot pieces of meat were roasted on the fork.

Then the swineherd sprinkled it with snow-white barley, and made spoonfuls of fine wine, which tasted sweet and sour like honey, and put them all in an ivory jar, and then sat down opposite him, and very politely invited him to eat.

The swineherd said, "Eat, strange guest, for our servants will be fed with pieces of small pigs, and the fat pigs have been feasted upon by the suitors, who are not afraid of the punishment of the mighty, and who have no mercy."

"The angels of happiness do not like cruel deeds, but they praise righteousness, and what is right and proper in the world, even if they are ruthless pirates, who land on the beachheads of a foreign land, and the mighty let them take riches, fill their ships, and sail away to their homes.

"Even these people have a strong fear of reprisals in their hearts, so the suitors may have heard the message that our lord had died on the way.

"Therefore they do not want to pursue my mistress in a proper manner, nor to return to their own house, but they devour other people's goods with great swagger, and sweep them with great swear, and they slaughter not one, nor two, day and night when the Mighty One is coming.

"They drink wine like water, and they drink it without moderation, and their masters have too many assets to be counted. Whether it is on the black shelf or on the island near Beishan, there is no richer candidate among Haojie, even if the wealth of twenty people is gathered, it is not comparable to his family property.

"And now I will tell you all that he has, that on the shelf he has twelve herds of oxen, and an equal number of sheep, and an equal number of woolly pigs, and an equal number of goats, bustling with him, collected by the Gentiles he employs, and by the labourers he has sent.

"On this island, at the edge of it, there were flocks of goats that roamed about, eleven in number, and the keepers were his trusted servants, and day after day each shepherd drove out a goat, and offered it to the suitors, the best fat sheep in the herd.

"I myself am responsible for the care and guarding of these herds, and like their cattle herders, I have to take care every day to select the best fat pigs and give them to their insatiable suitors, so that they will be fed all day long. ”

Listening to the swineherd's words, he drank and ate meat quietly, swallowing it without saying a word, and plotting in his heart the suitor's woe, and when he had eaten the food and satisfied his appetite, the swineherd poured wine into his cup, which was full of syrup, and gave him a drink.

He took the glass of wine, and with joy in his heart, he opened his mouth to give winged words, and said, "Tell me, my dear friend, who is the man who, with his wealth, bought you so rich, so powerful, as you say?"

"You say that he is dead, and that he is trying to bring glory to Nowus, and tell me, that perhaps I know this man, and from what you have said, the Mighty know, and there are other immortal angels and the like, have I seen this man, and what can I tell you, I have drifted through many places. ”

Hearing these words of the guest, the swineherd, the chief of the swineherds, replied: "There will be no such come, my old gentleman, with a message to convince his wife, and his beloved son;

"The ronin who has drifted here lacks food and clothing, and he is unwilling to tell the truth, and every time he comes here, he settles here, and sees my hostess, making up nonsense.

"My hostess was warmly acquired, inquired about all the information, and wept for her husband, and tears fell from her eyes, as is usually the case, of a mourning wife, whose husband had died in a distant land.

"Thou art the same, old sir, and may have invented a story if any man would give thee a shirt and a cloak to wear on thy body, but as for my master, the dogs and the flying vultures must have torn off his flesh and bones, and forsaken his soul.

"Perhaps, the fish have devoured him, and in that great ocean lies his bones lying on the banks of the shelf, buried deep under the sand, and in this way he has died there, and his relatives and friends will be tormented and grieved in this life.

"I in particular will never find a master as good as him, no matter where I go, even when I go back to my parents' house, where I was born, and my parents cared for me and raised me, and I am not so sad for them, although I wish to see them with my own eyes, in my hometown.

"My thoughts are attached to Noji, who is no longer here, but even so, my friend, I speak his name with honor, and he cares for my life, and loves me dearly, in his heart, so I call him master, even though he is no longer at home. ”

Hearing these words of the pig herdsman, the illustrious and tribulous Noji replied: "Since you have denied it, my dear friend, that your master will not return, and that your heart is always unbelieving and suspicious, I will not speak as casually as those men do."

"I will swear to you, and tell you that I am returning, and that I shall reward me with the good tidings I have bringed, and when he returns to his hometown and enters the house, he shall give me fine garments, a shirt and a cloak with a collar, and wear them on my body, until then, in spite of the great need, I will not accept your gift.

"I hate the nonsense of those who hate the door of hell of the angel of death, who tells deceitful stories out of the persecution of poverty, and let the angels bear witness, first of all, the Almighty, the Supreme Almighty Angel, and the hospitable table, and the hearth of the valiant self-reversing.

"I have come to this place, and I have pleaded with it, and all that I have said will be fulfilled, and I will return to my house, and at some time in the future, within this year, when the old moon will evaporate, and the new moon will rise.

"When he returns, he will surely take revenge on his enemies, and if anyone will grove to his wife and dishonor his glorious sons, he will surely seek from them the debt of hatred they owe, and he will hunt them to the end of the earth. ”

When he had heard this, the swineherd replied, "Sir, I do not think that the good news you want from me will be fulfilled, because he will not return and enter the house.

"I advise you to drink quietly, and let us talk about other things, and not mention it again, for my heart aches, and I am so whenever there is a talk of my kindness, my generous master.

"As for your vow, we may forget it, but I wish to return to it, and this is the wish of my heart, and it is also the wish of Luo Pei and Jiming, and at this moment, I am deeply grieved for my son, Jiming, and it is difficult to let go of this sorrow.

"The Almighty made him grow like a sapling, and I thought he would excel among mortals, no inferior to his father, and his countenance and body were extraordinary, but it was a pity that the Almighty ones had upset his brilliant mind.

"Or maybe it's some mortal ghost who sent him out to find his father's message, to those treacherous and strange places, where the arrogant suitors are waiting to cut off his family and disappear on the beach of Beishan Island on his way back.

"Now, we have to leave him to his fate, whether he should be caught, or, by the protection of the Almighty, survive: Come, old sir, tell me your sorrows, tell me, tell me truthfully, that I may understand all this.

"Who are you, who is your father, what city are you from, where are your parents, what kind of ship is there, how do the sailors get you here, and where do they claim to be from? I don't think you can come to this country on foot. ”

Hearing these words of the faithful swineherd, the resourceful Noji replied: "Well, I will reply accurately, and tell you all the answers, for you are a man who is faithful to his master, and is exactly the type I admire, though I am only a ronin."

"May there be enough food and sweet wine for you and me to eat quietly in this hut, while others toil in the pastures outside the shed, so that I may tell the whole year of the past, and still tell the sorrows of my heart, the hardships I endured, and the desires of the Almighty.

"My hometown is in Ritter, a vast territory, and I am the brother of a rich family, and like my father's other sons, I grew up in the palace, but they are legitimate heirs, born and raised by a married wife, and my mother is a woman who was bought as my father's concubine.

"Nevertheless, I was beloved by Stoll, like his sister-in-law, the son of the rich Lakos, whom I claim to be my own father, and whom the Riters revered in that land, as if they were angels, and who had blessed glorious sons.

"Sadly, a short time later, awell, the elves of death captured him and sent him to the house of the angels of hell, where the sons of the proud shook the lots, divided his property, and gave me a very small share, along with a dwelling house.

"But I have to marry a wife, and from a rich house, and from a good house, and I am not a vile man, and I have never fled from the battlefield, and now that the former heroes are gone, I think, if you look at the stubble of the crop, you will be able to deduce the fullness of the harvest.

"Since then, I have experienced hardships, but the angels of war and the angels of sheep's eyes have given me courage and the strength to sweep through thousands of armies!

"My lofty soul never knows what death is, but is always the first to fight and kill, far ahead of my companions, and shoots down the enemy, and if his feet are overtaken by my legs, he has nowhere to run.

"I am so brave in battle, but I am not good at the work in the fields and the chores of the house, and although it is a place where people raise their glorious children, I have never liked it, and I am not good at it.

"I love the ships of the sea that are pushed by the pulp, and I love the fight on the field, the throwing spear with the smooth surface, the feathered arrow, the terrible things that others fear when they see it, but I am happy to play with them.

"It must be some powerful angel, I think, in my heart that different people like to do different things, right?

"Before our people boarded the ship to fight in the eastern city, I led my troops on nine occasions, and rode in ships that broke through the waves, and swept the people of foreign countries, and seized a great deal of money, and picked out a great deal of it, and I liked it, and increased it in the apportionment in the future, so that my family property was quickly accumulated.

"Since then, I have earned the respect of the Ritters, and their fear, and they have urged me to fight when the mighty ones who have sown far and wide have devised that hateful expedition, which has softened the knees of many brave men.

"I was accompanied by the famous Menius, who commanded the fleet and marched into the eastern city of Mount Sinai in the Near East, and the matter could not be rejected, and the public opinion was quite harsh, forcing us to set out against the tide, fearless of life and death.

"We fought there for a long time, endured heavy deaths, and in the final stages we finally captured the fortified fortress of the eastern city, and then we sailed away, and were dispersed by an angel who hated us.

"Yet, the resourceful and decisive One has set up more suffering, and has made me suffer even more than death, for this unfortunate mortal.

"I had been in my kingdom and enjoying the pleasures of family with my children and my wife, and in just one month my heart drove me to prepare my ship and sail to the foot of Mount Sinai, taking with me my angelic companion.

"I made nine ships, and the crews gathered together quickly, and for six days the heroic companions ate and drank, and I provided a large number of cattle for them to sacrifice to the great and terrible One, and to prepare a feast of abundance.

"On the seventh day, we boarded the plank, and set out from the wide Ritter, and walked easily by the bright and smooth north wind, as if down the river, and the ship was not damaged, and we were safe and sound, and sat quietly in the boat, guided by the wind and the helmsman, and were unharmed.

"On the fifth day, when the fleet sailed into the rushing waters of Putos, I anchored the warped ships at the edge of the river, and commanded my companions to stay where they were, and to leave the fleet close and guard the ships, while at the same time sending detectives to the outposts to keep an eye on them.

However, the companions, indulged in their own recklessness, and relying on their brute strength, rushed to plunder the beautiful granges of the local peasants, snatched women and young and helpless children, and killed men, and the cries soon spread to the city-state.

"The soldiers and civilians of the city rushed at us at the sound of the shouts, and at dawn hordes of chariots and horses, and infantry going to battle, filled the plains, and everywhere there was a glittering bronze light, and they were dozens or hundreds of times more than ours, and surrounded us and attacked in all directions.

"The mighty one who loves to blow up thunder sows evil fears, and among my companions, no one has the courage to stand firm and fight, and fierce enemies are around on all sides.

"The enemy soldiers have killed many people, and it was my companions who died, and they took away some of my men with swift bronze, and they used them as slaves to forced labor, but the Mighty One on high himself gave me the wisdom in my heart.

"I'd rather meet the angels of fate who will die then, and in the land of strangers, I will suffer less in the future, so since I am not dead, I will fight them to the death.

"I acted quickly, took off the caster's delicate helmet and the great shield, covered my whole body with them from my head and shoulder, and then dropped my spear, fell into my hand, and ran to the king's side, and kissed his knees and hugged them tightly before his carriage.

"The king, having mercy on me, spared me my death, and let me sit in his chariot, and with a sobbing captive, and withdrew my troops, and many rushed forward, spears and spears with ash poles, eager to kill, and furious.

"But the king protected me, and kept them from me, fearing the wrath of the Almighty One on high, and the protection of those who had gone away from the land, and hated the crooked ways more than anyone else.

"I stayed there for a while, and amassed a great deal of possessions, and the natives gave me gifts one by one, and as time went on we entered the last period, when I met a Niki, a master of deceit, a scoundrel of money, who had caused many to suffer.

"He deceived me with his words, and told me to go with him to the land of Nichi, where there was his house and his belongings, and I went with him, and soon came to his hometown, where I lived for some time.

"But as the light faded and the year wore away, and the seasons began a new cycle, he took me on a sea-breaking ship to another strange land, lying about my help in transporting his goods, but with the real aim of selling me there and making a great fortune.

"I went aboard with him, and out of compulsion, full of suspicions, the brisk and swift north wind pushed the boat forward, along the middle of the sea, and on the shore of Rita, while the mighty man on high was plotting death for the men who crossed the sea.

"We left the island of Ritter, and there was no other land shore before us, but the sky and the ocean, and the mighty man who was high up swept up the gray and black clouds, and pressed the deep wooden boats, and the sea became black and heavy.

"At that time, the thunder and lightning on the sea were all deliberately thrown by the Almighty, and each time it smashed our ship accurately, and our originally large and sturdy ship was constantly whirled by the thunder of the Almighty, and the space was filled with the smoke of sulfur.

"Many of the crew members could not withstand the thunder and the wind and the waves, and they threw out of the ship one after another, like a flock of gulls, washed over by the waves, surrounded the black ship, and soon died, and were robbed of their desire to return home by the Almighty.

"Fortunately, the mighty man, in addition to being full of malice towards the other crew members, took personal care for me, and although I was troubled in my heart, he put the thick mast of the black-headed wooden ship into my hand and let me escape from death.

"From that moment on, like grasping at the straw that saved my life, I clung to the mast, followed the waves, faced with the fierce wind, and would rather die than let go, even if those big fish came to fight with me for the only thing floating on the sea, I would not give in.

"So I drifted on the sea for nine days by the mast, and on the tenth day it was a dark night, and the waves washed me up the beach of Rothia, and it was the first time in ten days that I had escaped from the sea.

"The king of the Rhothias, the hero Fidon, took me in without asking for any reward, and there I was treated like a royal guest, and the king himself entertained me, brought out his best wine, and drank with me and conspired to get drunk.

"When the king's son, seeing that I was in distress, emaciated, and afflicted with weariness and cold winds, stretched out his hands, lifted me up, and led me to his father's house, and dressed me in clothes, a shirt and a cloak collar.

"It was in his palace that I heard the message of Noji!

"The king said, 'I have feasted and befriended this man, and on his way back to his homeland I have shown him all his riches, and all his harvest of bronze, gold, and gray iron, which has been painstakingly smelted, in quantities sufficient for the enjoyment of his descendants until the tenth great-grandson.

"'So many treasures, kept in the king's palace, are enough to be called the richest king in the world!' Nojiyi has gone to Dodona to ask the will of the Almighty, to ask from that sacred, towering oak tree how to return to his homeland, the rich North Mountain.

"'Whether it is a secret arrival or a public landing, it has been so long since I was away from home. He swore with his own mouth, poured out the decorating wine in my face, and in his house he informed him that the wooden ship had been dragged out to sea, and that the crew was waiting to carry him back to his dear homeland. ”

"After saying these words, Phedon told me to go on my way, for there happened to be a ship of the Tians going to a place where wheat was abundant, so he commanded the crew to bring me to King Storth, that they should take care of me.

"But those men have evil thoughts against me, and I have to suffer, and when the ships of the sea break the waves are far from the shore, they immediately plot and sell me into slavery.

"They stripped me of my clothes, tore my shirt, took away my cloak, and threw me an old canopy, a shabby garment, which I am wearing, and you have seen it.

"At dusk they arrived at the sunny North Mountain, tied me tightly to the sturdy deck of the ship, with a braided rope, and then left the ship, and after a hasty supper, sat down on the shore of the sea.

"At that time, I don't know which angel saw me pitiful and rescued me from my predicament, and he himself untied the rope that bound me without much effort, and then I was given freedom of movement.

"I did not dare to delay, so I covered my head and face with a torn canopy, slid down the slippery slats used to load and unload the supplies, hid my chest and shoulders from the sea, spread my arms, swam forward, and soon went out of the water and ashore, avoiding the place where the gang had gathered.

"I scrept toward the island, crouching in a thicket of bushes, and the men shouted and searched everywhere, but in vain, they stopped searching, turned back, and boarded the deep sea ship, which must have been an angel to hide me, with ease.

"It was the mighty angel who led them away and did not continue the search for me, the fugitive, that I was finally able to succeed in coming to your shepherd, and seeing a reasonable and good man, so that I still have a chance to live. ”

Hearing this, the swineherd Oss replied: "Ahem, unfortunate stranger, your words have stirred my heart, and told me these details, how to endure suffering, and to drift away.

"Still, I think there is still some fiction in it, and the narrative about Noself does not convince me. Why is it in vain that he lies, a rogue in a difficult situation like you?"

Nuo Ji was also stunned, feeling that he was speaking seamlessly, and he didn't know that he couldn't win the trust of the old swineherd, could it be that his intelligence was declining? Maybe the old swineherd had grown his ability? Maybe it was because it was difficult to prosper the country?

While he was in a state of flux, the faithful old swineherd continued: "Tell you, I know the truth of the matter, about the return of the master. Some ill-intentioned angels hate him!

"Even all those angels who are in charge of life and death, do not let him die in the hometown of the people of Dongcheng, or sleep in the arms of his friends, and go through that battle, so that my country and my people, all the soldiers, will build tombs for him, and it will be his incomparable glory!

"It may also enable him to win the name and great glory of the world for himself and for his son, and this is not just the right thing to do with his own will? Therefore those angels who are very capable against him must let him die in the middle of the way!

"Therefore, in the actual situation, on the way home, on the vast sea, those angels who did not know who they were, all the culprits raged, stirred up waves, stirred up a fierce storm, drove his whole fleet to the bottom of the sea, and swept away Noji, so that he died a dishonorable death.

"As for me, I take refuge here, guard the pigs, and do not go into the city, unless the prudent Luo Pei tells me to go, I will not listen to anyone, and if anyone brings information, from somewhere overseas, I will only regard it as a rumor.

"At that time, people would sit around the visitor and ask for all kinds of details, whether it was a servant who cared about him, or a master who had been away from home for a long time, or a cheerful diner, who devoured other people's property without paying compensation, but in fact everyone was basically the same, and did not care about the master at all.

"I honestly have lost interest in such cross-talking, and since that time I was deceived by a Leah into telling a false story, I have completely lost faith that there is no one to tell credible information.

"The man said that he had murdered his homeland, and then he was chased by his enemies, and he wandered the vast land, and happened to come to my house, and of course he was received with great hospitality, according to the tradition of hospitality established by his master.

"When he spoke of his experience, he said that he had seen Noji, with Menius, in the midst of the Ritters, repairing ships damaged by storms, claiming that the master was about to return, not in the summer, but in the autumn, with a great deal of possessions and angelic companions.

"Therefore I would like to ask you to take your attention, you old man of sorrow, not to forget that it was some mighty man who sent you here that I entertained you, and that you should not try to deceive me by making up lies.

"I say to you the truth, that my warmth, and my hospitality, is not because you have spoken these things, but because I myself fear the Almighty, who is the angel who protects the stranger, and who is also my own pity from the heart. ”

Hearing this, the swineherd replied resourcefully, "It seems that you are suspicious by nature, and even if you take an oath, I will not be able to make you obey or believe, and we may make an agreement that the angelic inspectors who live on the top of Catherine's hill will carry it out."

"If your lord returns to his homeland, to his house, then you will lose the gamble, then you will give me a shirt and a cloak to wear on your body, and send me on my way.

"But if your lord does not return, and it does not correspond to my words, then I have lost the gamble, then, as punishment, you may send out your companions and throw me down the steep cliff, as a warning to the beggars who come after you, not to lie and deceive. ”

Hearing this, the glorious swineherd replied: "Ha, my friend, it will be my virtue to win honor for me, and I am willing to bet against you among mortals, now and in the future."

"If I lead you into the hut, first with hospitality, then with a slew of you, and then take away your beloved life, and then open my mouth to pray, with pleasure with the Almighty, I will not disobey the master's words of hospitality.

"Alright, well, now is the time for dinner, and may my fellow men who are working outside come at once, so that we may prepare a delicious meal together in this shack. ”

In this way, they talked to each other, and you came and went, while the pig herders returned from outside, and harassed the pigs in their pens, and slept for the night in their familiar places, and the latter crowded and coaxed away, and there was a loud noise of snoring.

Seeing this, the glorious swine herdsman shouted to his companions: "Make the best fat pig, let me slaughter it, and entertain the guests from afar, so that I may enjoy it for myself."

"We, the servants of our masters, have always been faithful to the Lord, and have endured the hardships of hard labor for a long time, grazing fat pigs with long teeth and white shiny, and letting others devour the fruits of our labors, without paying honorarium. ”

At that, the companions cheered! Noji's heart was quite touched, and it seemed that these servants were really loyal, and although there were so many people who were there to make a miasma, they did not kill pigs and sheep indiscriminately, and waste their wealth.

The swineherd was also stirred up by this order, and he swung a great brass axe, and coldly slashed at a thick stake, which was like a bamboo, and became a roast wood for burning.

The partners worked together to catch a pig that had been carefully raised for five years, extremely fat, and the fat meat all over the body was tempting, making people salivate when they looked at it!

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