Chapter 377: The Wasteland
"What are you looking at?"
Brad leaned in, craned his neck and looked curiously, holding a silver flask containing a refreshing Victor, and after a day in the town, almost everyone fell in love with this delicious and intoxicating wine. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Map. ”
"I think you're a magical person more and more, and I heard from your old buddy that one day, about a year ago, when you were working as a laborer at the docks, you were hit in the back of the head by a cargo box, and you woke up in a coma and you were a different person. ”
"Yes. Zheng Fei smiled simply, then stopped silent, and thought about things seriously.
Brad was also quite sensible, and seeing that he didn't want to talk much now, he quietly left, and rode his horse alone on the vast plain, enjoying the pleasure of the wind blowing in his ears.
The red morning sun, spreading with heart-warming brilliance, is rising.
The horse's back jolted, pulling Zheng Fei out of his contemplation, he looked around, and when he was about to continue thinking, he suddenly realized that there was no one around him.
"What about Santiago?" he asked casually.
"Oh, the big guy is in the carriage in the back, and it's been in there early in the morning. Hans said with a smile, shrugging.
This aroused Zheng Fei's interest, you must know that Santiago dislikes riding in a carriage the most, because of his large size, he will feel depressed in that small space.
Zheng Fei jumped off the horse, asked Hans to help hold the reins, walked a few steps slowly to the carriage, and raised his hand to lift the curtain.
"You...... What are you doing?"
The moment he saw the scene in the car, he was actually stunned and a little blind.
There were two people inside, one was Santiago, and the other was a middle-aged man, who looked polite with glasses and a handful of noble-looking goatees.
The man, a refugee from Constanta who had followed the convoy and had paid two thousand silver coins, had been a teacher in a count's family and had to flee because of the war.
To Zheng Fei's surprise, Santiago was actually learning to write.
Santiago was stunned for a moment when the curtain was lifted, then smiled and picked up the yellowed paper to show off his work, on which were written a dozen Latin words shaped like dogs.
The goatee man recognized Zheng Fei as the leader of the convoy, rolled his eyes, and guessed that the two should have something to say, so he consciously bent down and got out of the carriage.
"What are you doing fat man?" Zheng Fei was really pleasantly surprised when he saw Santiago's progress, and a pleased smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Santiago carefully put away the pen and paper, tightened the cap of the ink bottle, looked into Zheng Fei's eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly spit it out.
Zheng Fei had never seen such a serious and serious Santiago.
"Yesterday evening in that field, you told me that since people think I'm stupid, I just have to try to change. I've thought about it, it's not just about changing my appearance, I know very well that what I lack most is knowledge and cultivation, so ......" Santiago shrugged, his smile mixed with a hint of helplessness, but more of a fighting spirit.
"How does it feel to start learning these things now?"
"It's painful, but so what, as you once told me, as long as you are willing to put in the effort, nothing can't be done, I believe I can, in order to be recognized and loved by people, fight!"
Hearing this, Zheng Fei couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and give him an encouraging look.
"Do you know, in fact, many cultivated nobles are inferior to you, because their cultivation is all pretended, and their lives are not real at all, far less than your casualness. ”
"When you say that, I'm very happy. Santiago laughed, but held his smile coldly, and said with a straight face: "My teacher was scared away by you, what do you say?"
"There's a question, why would he want to teach you?"
"I paid for it, ten silver coins a day! I feel distressed, it's all my hard-earned money~"
"Don't howl, I'll call him back. ”
As he spoke, Zheng Fei lifted the curtain and gestured to Santiago before leaving: "Fatty, come on." ”
"You too. ”
Looking at Zheng Fei's back as he walked away, Santiago frowned and said to himself, "Why should I say that you too? You are a guy who lacks nothing, son of God." ”
......
Half a month later, the convoy arrived in a small town again, but did not stop here, only briefly repaired for half an hour before continuing to set off.
Because, there are more men and fewer women in this town.
During the break, Zheng Fei measured the latitude and longitude with a continuously improved sextant, confirmed the current location, and marked it on the map.
The boredom of the journey may only be understood by travelers.
A car, a dog, and a piece of music are a journey.
Zheng Fei straddled the noble English thoroughbred, holding the reins, and stared up at the sky, the pale blue canvas dotted with a few wisps of clouds.
Take a sip of the bar, he thought.
Reaching for the flask, Brad handed over a packet of beef jerky.
"Thank you. He took it.
Brad smiled back, was silent for a moment, and asked, "How long will it take for us to get to England?"
"A month or two. "This is a conservative estimate, if everything goes well.
"Oh. Brad hung his head and put on a brimmed hat to shield him from the sun, and his scalp was burned.
"Homesick?"
"It's not a lie to say that I don't want to, after all, it's a place where I've lived for nearly twenty years, and there's my best memories there, and so does Senna. After a pause, Brad sighed lightly: "You say, even though Senna is the person I once hated so much to frame me, but I don't have even the slightest hatred for him?"
"The bonds of old enemies. Zheng Fei looked at the mountains in the distance and said softly.
Silence again, lingering in distress, Brad rubbed his brow.
"Maybe. ”
As soon as the words fell, Brad suddenly teased: "Hey, your little friend is coming to you again." ”
Zheng Fei glanced out of the corner of his eye, and really saw Amanda coming on horse.
"I'll go ahead and help me hold her down. With that, Zheng Fei raised his hand and threw up his horsewhip and galloped across the endless wasteland.
After this period of running-in, his horseback control skills have been quite proficient, straddle the horse and lean over to feel the wind blowing in his face, but there is an indescribable refreshment.
In this way, ten minutes passed, and he rode his horse to the top of a small slope, looking back, the convoy was vaguely like ants, and it was already separated by several thousand meters.
Dismounted, stood at the top of the slope, unscrewed the lid of the flask, took a sip, and looked at the wasteland that stretched to the horizon, and a sense of open-mindedness rose in his heart.
The corners of your mouth are raised and your arms are extended.
Suddenly, I was shocked.
Within the field of vision, an unkempt man appeared, who was squatting under a long-dead tree, licking his chapped lips and staring at Zheng Fei with hostility.
Subconsciously, Zheng Fei took off the spear he was carrying on his shoulder and held it in his hand. (To be continued.) )