Kingdom of Kadorn.

An ancient civilization of more than 3,000 years, it has a long history.

Historically, this kingdom was once known as the "Cardon Empire" due to its strong military, prosperous culture, and vast territory.

But that's all the glory of the past.

The kingdom still exists today because there are a group of nobles who are still willing to restore their former glory and rebuild a powerful empire.

But......

This is destined to be an unattainable dream.

As soon as Zhou Ming arrived in this kingdom, he felt a lifeless twilight.

However, after three days of touring around, I witnessed more than a dozen incidents of nobles oppressing commoners, including robbing people's daughters, violently collecting rent, and forcibly confiscating property...... Zhou Ming could see that the people at the bottom of this kingdom were in dire straits.

Even Zhou Ming himself was blackmailed by a nobleman and his doglegs, slandering himself as a spy of the Habas Kingdom, and planning to take him away and interrogate him properly.

When Zhou Ming took out his staff, a "flying technique" floated in the air, and after rubbing a large fireball out of his hand, the other party crawled and fled.

Day 5.

The king of the kingdom of Kadorn is in the city of Rumby, in a remote alley in the south of the city.

Among the many beggars lying on the ground, Zhou Ming found the warrior Defu whose image was no better than that of a beggar.

"Defoe, how did you become like this?"

Zhou Ming asked in surprise, he sent Di Fu to the Kadon Kingdom to inquire about the news, gave him more than 100 gold coins, not to mention, and asked the Continental Chamber of Commerce to help say hello, so that the branch of the Continental Chamber of Commerce on the side of the Cardon Kingdom could take care of him a little, but as a result, Zhou Ming almost didn't recognize Di Fu's appearance.

"That's a long story, sir...... Those hateful nobles, it's really hateful!"

Seeing Zhou Ming's Difu, he wiped his tears as he spoke, his voice hoarse and excited.

Zhou Ming took him to a remote corner and asked him what had happened in the past six months.

Half a year ago, when Defoe just returned to the Kingdom of Cadon from the Kingdom of Adud, his overall image was still good, with a strong physique, a sunny temperament, and he looked very energetic.

The news also went very smoothly, and in the first month, he was clever and found out all the news that should be investigated.

But his most fatal mistake was in his daily consumption behavior.

The more than 100 gold coins he carried on him might not be anything in other places, but in the Kingdom of Kadon, it was definitely a huge amount of money.

A huge amount of money that many forces are jealous of.

Because in the past few years, the Kingdom of Kadorn and the Kingdom of Habas have been fighting for years, the economy has withered, and the people's livelihood has been difficult.

A large amount of money has been invested in the military field, and the common people have no money in their hands, so the purchasing power of gold coins has naturally increased significantly.

Defoe found that for only one gold coin, he could stay in a relatively high-end hotel in the city of Langby, order four or five dishes per meal, and call all kinds of cheap services.

Even going to the population market to buy two servants to serve only costs a few dozen silver coins.

Di Fu, who was carrying hundreds of gold coins, suddenly became the "master" here.

Naturally, Defoe, who spent money "lavishly", was soon targeted.

After finding out the details of Defoe, a young nobleman with a few doglegs rushed into his room, first beat him violently, and then found out more than 80 gold coins he had hidden under the bed, took them all, and walked away.

Defoe was not convinced, and pulled the other party's theory, but the other party framed Defoe as a thief, stole his money, and then entangled him to pull him to the official, directly went to prison, and then sent to the battlefield as a slave soldier.

Defoe had no choice but to let go, scolding "Bitch bastard!"

"What did you say?"

When the other party heard the scolding, he immediately stopped and ordered his subordinates: "Arrest him, I will kill him!"

The sad Defoe, after being tortured by the other party, was put into prison on the charge of "thief...... If the war on the front line is tight, he will be sent to the front line to be used as cannon fodder.

"Then how did you get out of prison?" Zhou Ming asked.

"I was starved for more than three months in prison, and when I was so thin and out of shape, I got out of prison through the crack in the door. Defoe explained.

Is that okay?

Zhou Ming was taken aback, this was too beyond his imagination, and asked again: "Since you have escaped, why don't you go to the Mainland Chamber of Commerce to ask for help, but stay with the beggars instead?"

Defoe smiled wryly: "I went to look for it, but they didn't recognize me, thinking that I was a beggar who wanted to eat mixed food, and wouldn't let me in." ”

He also regretted it a little, he knew that there was today, he was a little low-key at the beginning, and he didn't spend money so lavishly, or he didn't scold the nobleman, and he just forbeared.

Anyway, the suffering he has endured in these months will be instructive for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, the gentleman still found and recognized him.

Zhou Ming just shook his head about what happened to Di Fu in the past few months, but he didn't blame him, in such a country, if you don't cause trouble, things will find you.

"Defoe, what I asked you to inquire about the news of Gerjieff's family, how are you doing, is there any progress?"

"There's progress, everything you want to find out, it's just ......," Defoe said, his face hesitant.

"Just what?"

"Coo~" Before Defoe could answer, his stomach suddenly made a gurgling sound.

"I haven't eaten for a long time, I'll take you to a meal first, and talk while eating. Zhou Ming said, Difu's yellow-skinned and skinny image is strange if he is not hungry.

"No...... I'm not hungry, I ate a lot of bark yesterday. ”

Defoe whispered, scratching his head embarrassedly, but Zhou Ming had already strode out of the alley, telling him to hurry up and follow.

"Yes, sir!"

Defoe hugged his rumbling belly and followed quickly.

……

Inside a restaurant with a deserted business.

On a table by the window, there were eight or nine dishes on the table, each plate was very full, and the portions were very large, mostly meat dishes.

Defoe holds a toasted brown loaf of bread in his left hand and a bowl of broth in his right hand, taking a bite of bread on his left and a mouthful of broth on his right.

Use both hands and gobble it up.

There was no pause.

After he ate for a while, Zhou Ming reminded him: "Okay, slow down and eat, don't kill yourself." ”

"Purr snoring ~" eating sound remains unchanged.

"Smack!"

Zhou Ming slapped his hand with a spoon, and his eating speed slowed down.

After feeling a full and happy feeling of satiety, Defoe sighed and said:

"The warrior commander was betrayed, and everyone betrayed him. ”

"Including his beloved wife, his best friend, his most loyal king, and even his two most beloved daughters...... Everyone, all betrayed him!"

"The Warrior Commander is the most miserable man in the world. ”

Defoe picked up a glass of ale on the table, craned his neck, and grunted down.

"What's the situation?" Zhou Ming asked, what shocking news did Di Fu investigate?

"Sir!"

Defoe suddenly stood up, knelt on the ground, put his hands on his chest and said, "Sir, I can tell you everything I know, but I hope you don't tell the Warrior Commander about this, I don't want him to know the truth." ”

"If the Commander of the Warriors knows, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand it, he may go crazy, he may break down, or he may not be able to think about it and do something stupid. ”

"Anyway, don't let him know the truth. ”

This......

Seeing that Defu was so serious and serious, Zhou Ming was very surprised.

The cruelty of the truth, is it really that exaggerated?

"Tell me, if you say something that is worse than good for Gordjieff, I will choose not to say it. ”

Zhou Ming nodded and agreed to Defoe.

"Thank you, sir. ”

Defoe stood up, sat down again, and began to speak.

It took more than an hour for Defoe to tell Zhou Ming everything he had investigated.

For more than an hour, Zhou Ming rarely interjected and listened very carefully.

The expression is becoming more and more solemn.

After Di Fu finished speaking, Zhou Ming said in a voice in his heart: "Miserable, miserable, really miserable." ”

Among the most miserable men in the world, Gurdjieff is definitely the number one!

Even Wu Dalang, Lin Chong and others in Li are not as miserable as him.

Why?

One, the betrayal of his best friend, Earl Jacobby.

Earl Jacobby was a courteous, handsome, frank and upright nobleman, a fine nobleman and a rare nobleman who did not discriminate against commoners.

He is the most intimate, most contacted, and most trusted friend of all Gurdjieff's friends.

But it was this friend who had been with his wife Natia for more than ten years.

It was this friend who offered a "poisonous plan" in the circle of stubborn nobles to make Gerjeff the commander of the Western Army to resist the attack of the Habas Kingdom.

Two, the betrayal of his favorite wife Natia.

Natia was a beauty, famous throughout the city of Langby, born into an aristocratic background, out of admiration for the hero, she gave up the comfortable and luxurious aristocratic life and married the commoner hero Gurdjief...... Her union with Gurdjieff was indeed out of love at the beginning.

But soon after marriage, her life dropped by several grades, making it difficult for Natia, who had been used to being superior since childhood, to adapt.

Secondly, as a valiant warrior, Gerjeff is qualified.

But as a husband, he still lacks a lot of homework.

For example, he is taciturn, doesn't know anything romantic, doesn't know what sweet words to say, and always can't figure out a woman's mind, and doesn't know what she needs.

At work, he does not go along with others, does not accept other people's property, only abides by his own duties, only takes the dead salary, and even the rewards he has received for meritorious service on the battlefield, and the money he has exchanged for his life, he does not want anything, part of it is distributed to his subordinates, and some is given to the families of the casualties...... I don't take a penny for myself.

Therefore, the family's economic situation has not improved for a long time.

In this case, how could Natia not give up on him?

Of course, Natia also admitted that her husband Gurdjief was really good to her, and gave her all the delicious and fun things, and never messed with flowers outside...... But these virtues, in the presence of the gentle, considerate, handsome and handsome Earl Jacobby, with endless sweet words in his mouth, are simply heavenly and earthly differences.

After only a few meetings with Count Jacobby, Natia fell into his warm embrace.

In addition, although she felt guilty and knew in advance about the nobles' "poisonous schemes" from her lover before Gerjeff went to the front line, Natia could have told her husband about it and could have saved Gergerf's life, but ......

Natia chose to remain silent.

Three, two extremely beloved daughters, all of whom are not biological.

In this regard, Defoe determined after investigation that there is a more than 90% probability that Gurdjief's two daughters were not his own daughters, but were born to Natia and her lover Count Jacobby.

"Why are you so sure that Gejief's two daughters are not his own daughters?" Zhou Ming asked.

Defoe lists two reasons:

"When the warrior was young, his cultivation was excessive, and it caused great damage to his body, and he participated in hundreds of wars, and his body was injured in dozens of places, one of which was in a more critical position, which affected his reproductive function, otherwise he would not have had a child after five or six years of marriage. ”

"I asked a priest who had treated the Warrior Chief, and the priest told me that it was unlikely that the Warrior Commander would have children. ”

And the two daughters of the warrior chief, the eldest daughter Sophia is 10 years old this year, and the second daughter Nicola is 8 years old, both of which are these two daughters that the warrior chief only had after making a friend of Count Jacobby. ”

"A few months ago, I went to Count Jacobby's house, where I lived at Moon Lake Castle, and heard Sophia and Nicola call Count Jacobby 'Daddy'. ”

"Seeing the two children look like Earl Jacobby has many similarities. ”

"So......" Defoe did not continue.

Zhou Ming nodded, these two points are almost enough, Gejiefu's two daughters do have an eighty or ninety percent probability that they are not his own children.

Coupled with his defeat, the king abandoned him.

Captain Gergef, an upright, kind, and brave warrior, has gained nothing in his life except betrayal.

"It's really cruel. ”

"In the face of such a cruel truth, no matter how tenacious and tenacious Gurdjieff is, can he withstand such a blow?"

"Can he withstand the blow that will extinguish all the flames of hope in his heart?"

Zhou Ming shook his head, he didn't know if Ge Jiefu could carry it, but empathy and heart to heart were definitely unbearable for more than 90% of ordinary people!