There's always trouble in the story in Chapter 5

"I heard that you want to help us solve the problem of those fishmen?" After some exchange, one of the merchants walked out and said a few words to the village name, and then saw a dry and thin middle-aged man surrounded by several sturdy young people walking over, the middle-aged man looked the man in front of him up and down, and glanced at the woman behind him contemptuously and greedily, "First of all, I won't pay you a deposit, who knows if you will take the money and run away." ”

"How dare you!" Hearing this, the woman suddenly rushed forward with an arrow, she clenched her teeth, her willow eyebrows were raised high, her eyes were red, as if she felt that the words had insulted her, she grabbed the saber at her waist and wanted to unsheath it, but found that her other hand had firmly grasped the counterweight of the saber so that she could not pull out the knife, so she turned her head, her eyes were full of questions, and her mouth was dissatisfied and shouted: "Sir!?"

"......" The man looked at her without saying a word for a while, and the strange thing was that it was just a simple look at each other, but little by little the woman's anger decreased, her momentum declined little by little, and finally sighed slightly, and let go of the grip of the saber, so the man spoke, "Richelieu, go and lead our horses to the stable over there and let them drink some water." ”

Richelieu nodded silently, turned and led the horse away—kicking a rock away as hard as he could.

"I'm sorry to have frightened you because of my apprenticeship. "Seeing Richelieu go away, the man turned his head and continued to face the rest of the village—obviously, because of Richelieu's appearance of wanting to draw his sword at the slightest disagreement, the other people present were shocked to varying degrees, and this was especially evident in several villagers, especially the middle-aged man, who even stood behind the young men when the man turned his head to look at him," She's been so influenced by the strange novels, you know, the weird chivalric tales that the bards made up to trick girls and drinkers. ”

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay, these noble ladies are always like that. "The last time I went to Vol Manor, the eldest lady of the manor was also holding a novel about knights and reading it with relish, and she was also addicted to making the gardener of the manor pretend to be a knight in the novel, saying strange things like 'glory is my life,' 'Your beauty makes me unable to extricate myself,' and so on. Seriously, I'm glad that the future of our country isn't for them sometimes. ”

"It's great that you understand. The man shook his head helplessly, "I don't know where the education has gone wrong - forget it, let's not talk about this, let's move on to the problem of the fish people." Where did we just go?"

"Well, we said, I won't—" The middle-aged man said as he glanced at the merchant, and then suddenly changed his words, "I mean, we need your help very much, and you can see that we don't have much money in our village, and that group of demon hunters doesn't know where to go now, and although the young people in the village are strong-blooded, they don't know how to fight, let alone fight monsters." So we beg you, beg you to help us a little bit here, as long as you can ......"

"Okay, okay, don't come to this set, red face is tired of singing white face, I saw too much of you when I was walking the rivers and lakes. The man interrupted the middle-aged man's complaint with a wave of his hand, "Do you still want to be deceived with your acting skills? I don't make any money from it now, I'm just in a hurry, and I'd better get on the ship of St. Quentin to-night. So you just tell me where the fishmen are and I'll help you solve their problems, and then you solve my ferry problems, and then everyone will be happy. ”

"This ......" The middle-aged man looked at the faces of the merchant and the others with some hesitation, but he didn't receive any signal, so he could only nod, "Okay then." We don't know where the fish-men came from, but this morning the village fishermen went out fishing and suddenly came out of the water and injured them - thank God, it wasn't the weapons of the sea. ”

"Well, the ...... that popped up this morning In other words, did you migrate here for some reason......" The man crossed his arms and thought for a moment, then continued to ask, "Has there been a rainstorm or anything like that around here lately?"

The middle-aged man was a little stunned, it was obvious that this kind ......of thing was a little too far away for him, who had been living in the village, so it was impossible for him to know.

But at this time, a merchant in the crowd stood up and spoke: "Two days ago it rained heavily on Fim's side, and I heard that a sound similar to rolling thunder was heard in the rain, but it did not cause any damage. ”

"I see, thank you for the information. The man nodded at the merchant, "I think I know what the hell is going on, and I'll start working on it." With that, he simply turned around, waved at Richelieu, who was not far away, and walked out of the village.

Richelieu led his horse and followed.

After watching the two of them gradually move away, the middle-aged man turned to the businessman who was playing a round and asked, "Mr. Karen, why did you ...... just now?"

"Why?" Karen asked with some amusement, taking his pipe from his chest pocket, then pulling out a match and lighting it, taking a deep breath, "Why do you think so?" He exhaled the smoke ring heavily, then squinted at it and watched it fade into the air, "You just look at that chick who looks white and beautiful, but do you notice the navy saber on her waist? ”

"But it's just a knife. It was clear that Howson still didn't understand what it was for, and he frowned, confused as he tried to understand something, but it was clear. It's just in vain.

"Just a knife?" said Karen laughing, taking another drag on her cigarette, "I've been through most of France, but I've never seen a knife as well-made and richly decorated as the saber that the young lady wore, and do you think such a knife would fall into the hands of a commoner like you—oh no, even some down-and-out nobleman?"

Horsen ...... Clam up.

At the same time, Richelieu, who had already walked some distance from the village, finally spoke in anger, "Sir, why don't you let me teach some lessons?!" she took the reins of the two horses and followed closely behind the man, the leather reins being wrinkled in her hands, "You are clearly trying to help them, but they treat you with such an attitude, and even insult you with such words, simply because he is not willing to pay for this kind of ...... such a thing" Speaking of this, Richelieu thought for a moment with some confusion before picking up a word she thought fit, "Price." ”

"Because they're just a bunch of villagers, and they're not worth venting your anger. The man stopped, turned back to her and explained," You must understand, Richelieu, that it is the year 1666 A.D., and that the people of this day are not as full of reason and knowledge as you have recorded in your memory bank, and that most of the people of this age are illiterate, that they have no education, that they have no contact with culture, just like the villagers just now, they are just a bunch of wilderness villagers, who may not even be able to write their own names in their lives, let alone talk to them about honor and other things, they will not understand. ”

"But sir, do we have to let them trample on your good intentions and honor because they are ignorant?" Richelieu retorted angrily, and she exclaimed her opinion in a loud voice, and the birds of the forest quieted her in fright, "I can't accept such a reason!

"Then where is my honor if you teach them a lesson?" the man did not react at all, but he still said calmly, "Richelieu, have you ever thought about it? If I let my students beat them up just because of the offensive words of a few villagers who don't know how to behave, then am I really still the person you think I am?"

Richelieu was stunned for a moment. She looked away with some weakness, and then said in a snort, "This...... Mr...... I ......"

The man sighed, then reached out to straighten Richelieu's hair, which was a little messy from the venting of anger just now, "I am very happy that you will lose your temper for me, but you must also know that now you and I are one, and everything you do is linked to me, and we will both prosper and lose." Moreover, the so-called glory is not something that the actors in those ridiculous knightly tales can casually put on the table, and glory cannot make me more noble and inoffensive than others. With that, he turned his attention away from Richelieu's hair, only to find that Richelieu's eyes were bright and he looked ...... Somewhat happy.

"Sir. Richelieu looked at him and said, "So what is glory?"

"What is glory?" the man laughed, "that's a good question. He withdrew his hand, then turned and continued to walk southwest, Richelieu saw this and hurried to follow," The champions who stand on the podium and hold high the trophy are glorious, and their glory comes from the sweat and hard work of their past days; the soldiers who guard the border gates, they are glorious, and their glory comes from the smiles of the people in the interior of the country enjoying peace; the teachers who teach and educate people, they are glorious, and their glory comes from the innocent smiles of the children and the inheritance of knowledge; the farmers who produce food, they are glorious, and their glory comes from the healthy faces of those who do not have to endure hunger; and the workers working on the construction site, they are glorious, and their glory comes from the beautiful city under the early morning sunThe father who worked late into the night was also glorified, and his glory came from the sleepy sleeping face of the children at home after frolicking, and the bard who said goodbye to you this morning was glorious, and her glory came from your face that was happy because of the good deeds you had done. He stopped, and then waited about a minute before he asked, "Now, Richelieu, do you know what glory is?"

Richelieu fell silent. Then the man stopped talking, and the two men continued to walk quietly and tacitly, until the man stopped before he stood in a mess.