On the evening of January 21, Maier and his entourage arrived in a horse-drawn carriage at Pangdi Castle, the capital of the country of Tian Zeguo. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Unlike the five settlements that Maier had visited before, Dyketown looked a little bit more vibrant. The inhabitants of this place are not like the inhabitants of the settlements that Meir has been to before, sitting in groups of three or five doing nothing, most of them are moving around, but their eyes still lack the look that ordinary people would have.

After entering the city gates, Maier asked the locals about the location of the "sanctuary". The sanctuary was the abode of the prophets, and the prophets of the Mingji people could only pray in the sanctuary or divinate in order to receive true inspiration.

The sanctuary is divided into three parts: the inner court, the middle court, and the outer court, which is a place dedicated to prayer and divination, which only the prophet can enter. As long as an outsider enters the inner court, he will be punished by God and die. Before retiring or dying, the Prophet would choose an heir from among his retinue. The Prophet would take the heir to the inner court to pray, and if the heir would come out alive, the Prophet would take off his robe and drape it over the heir.

It is a ritual that signifies that the old prophet has handed over the burden of teaching the people to the new prophet. After that, the old prophet will retire, but he will remain in the sanctuary and will still be called a prophet. When the new prophet encounters a problem that he cannot solve on his own, he often asks the old prophet for advice, or simply asks the old prophet to come forward to solve the problem.

The court was the residence of the Prophet, the Prophet, and his followers, and civilians were not allowed to trespass. Those who trespassed into the courtyard were put to death, and their bodies were hung on wooden shelves for three days, and then they were transported as unclean objects and burned five kilometers away from the settlement, according to the laws of the Mingji people, and the ashes were abandoned there.

The Mingji people advocate burial, and each settlement has a large cemetery, and people born in this settlement are buried here after death. If someone breaks the law, the person who breaks the law cannot be buried in the local cemetery after death, which means that the person has been regarded as an alien by the locals, and is no longer considered a local. If the offender does not even have a chance to be buried in the ground, then he must be guilty of a blasphemous crime. In other words, in the eyes of the Mingji people, blasphemy against the prophet is the same as blasphemy against the living God.

The outer court was the place where the prophet and his retinue went about their daily business, and the common people could enter it. The outer courtyard is very large, with a square that can accommodate thousands of people, and a hotel that can be built especially for VIPs. The hotel is a very special place among the Mingji people, because in the culture of the Mingji people, all creatures other than the Mingji people are unclean.

The law of the Mingji people stipulates that "those who are not in the Mingji will have different meals and different beds", which means that different creatures other than the Mingji people eat at the same table, and they cannot sleep in the same bed with creatures other than the Mingji people. In fact, this law was originally intended to prohibit the Mingji people from bringing their pets to the table to eat and bring them to bed, because it was very unhygienic to do so. However, after the cataclysm, the inflexible Mingji people applied this law to other intelligent beings, and did not allow people of the same race and strangers to eat at the same table and sleep in the same bed.

At the same time, the Mingji people are very intolerant of foreign beliefs, and it is easy to clash with foreign people. In order to solve this problem, Mingji countries have built hotels for foreigners to stay. After the foreigners arrived at the Mingji settlement, if they did not accept the Mingji people's belief in the immortal god, then they had only two options after dark: either stay in a hotel or go to the outside of the settlement to set up a tent.

Some people may ask, can't you sleep on the streets, or live in tents on the streets?

There is a clear provision in the law of the Mingji people, "Sleeping in a hut and a tent", that is, when sleeping, you can only sleep in a house, a shed, a building, or a tent, and no one can sleep on the street or in the wilderness. This is because the world environment and climate of the Mingji people were very harsh, and sleeping on the street or sleeping in the wild is basically a dead end, so in order to prevent someone from dying, there is this law. However, after the cataclysm, the inflexible Mingji people still adhered to this law.

Mingji people must wash their food with water, because the law of Mingji people clearly stipulates that "food is purified by water, and food is not eaten unless it is pure". This is because the world in which the Mingji people originally lived had a very terrible radiation. This radiation can be purified with water, so Mingji people must put the ingredients in water to soak for a period of time before cooking, and the water that has soaked the ingredients must also be poured out.

After the formation of the new world, this terrible radiation suddenly disappeared, so this law was originally useless, but the Mingji people still stuck to this law. When a full-scale war broke out between the Mingji people and the Dugu people, in the later stage of the war, the Dugu people took advantage of the Mingji people's legalistic character to lead the Mingji army to places where water resources were relatively scarce, and then confronted them. The Mingji people did not have enough water to soak the food, and everyone refused to eat food that had not been soaked in water, so that many soldiers could only eat a full meal in a few days, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, which eventually led to the total annihilation of the Mingji army by the Dugu army.

As we all know, some ingredients should not be soaked for too long. But the Mingji people will soak the ingredients in water for at least an hour, which will cause the ingredients to taste bad. The foreigners could not understand the practices of the Mingji people, and they did not want to eat food that had been blistered for so long. In order to meet the needs of foreign guests, Mingji people have set up a "no-wash special zone" in the hotel, so that foreign guests can eat the food they want.

After Maier and his party came to the sanctuary and identified themselves, the Mingji people sent them to the hotel in the outer courtyard according to Han Yi's instructions. The service staff in the hotel outside the city are all foreigners, most of them are Ira, and there are a small number of Taiyong people. They prepared a sumptuous dinner in the style of Mingji - the kind with all the ingredients being properly processed, of course. After eating and drinking, they rested in the hotel in the outer courtyard.

In addition to the thirty guards that Larzi and Bolton insisted on bringing with him, there were also his two fiancées, Yanhe and his three maids, Ista and Ridtin, Stranzie and Sata, Erin and Lulu, Lulu's brother Tar, and the Yan brothers and sisters, Alain and his fiancée, Beamore and Milan, Pershing and his brother Barton, and about thirty other servants who accompanied him.

At present, there are only this group of guests in the Outer Courtyard Hotel in Pangdi City, and the rooms are very wealthy, except for those who are servants, everyone can choose their own rooms.

"Mistress Maier, can I share a room with you?"

The one who spoke was a handsome, slightly shy young man, who was Lulu's younger brother Tár. Originally, he was an introverted teenager who was only a little more extroverted than Lulu, but at some point, he suddenly stuck to Maier and offered to be Maier's follower. When Mair went to a nearby settlement to meet with the local prophet, Taal followed him.

"Hmm...... That's fine. ”

After receiving Myer's permission, Tar's eyes lit up with surprise, as if his whole body had brightened. Maier opted for a double room with two spacious single beds. Mel asks Tal to choose the bed first, but Tal refuses, and has to wait for Marl to choose later.

"Then I'll pick the one on the left."

Mel did not ride in a carriage when he arrived, but rode forward with the guards. Horseback riding, although less strenuous than walking, can also be tiring. Maier knew that he would be received by Hanyi tomorrow, so he was going to bed early tonight.

"Do you want to meditate together?"

Tal comes from a family of Leiting magicians, so he also has a talent for Leiting's magic. But unlike Lulu, Tal was not sent to the Letin-Saktin Academy of Magic from an early age, but was left alone with his father. Without this rebellion, Tal would have appeared on the campus of the Letin-Saktin Academy of Magic two years later as a transfer student.

"Hmm!"

Tal replied with a smile, and leaned into Myer's bed. The two sat side by side cross-legged, closed their eyes and began to meditate. To Mel's surprise, he was actually more efficient when he meditated with Tal than when he meditated with Xiaoye, much to Mel's surprise.

What's going on?

At the end of the meditation, the mentally exhausted Maier lay groggily on the bed and fell asleep within a few seconds. Tarr was too sleepy to open his eyes, but he helped Mel undress and cover the quilt before going to sleep.

In another room, Alice and Ista had long finished their meditation and were chatting quietly. They opted for a quadruple room with two very spacious double beds. While Alice and Ista were meditating in bed on the left, Rytin and Yan Xin were already asleep on the bed on the right.

Alice's misunderstanding about Ista about love has not been solved, she has not talked to Ista about Mel for a long time, and the thin-skinned Ista is too embarrassed to take the initiative to ask, so the misunderstanding has continued until now.

“…… But I always felt that something was wrong. ”

For the first time today, Alice took the initiative to talk about Maier. The fact that Tal offered to share a room with Mel tonight made Alice feel awkward. She knew that Tal was clingy to Maier, and now she was Maier's henchman, but she always felt that something was wrong.

"Hmm...... Although I don't have a younger brother, when I was a child, I heard people say that the age of fourteen or fifteen is the time when boys worship the strong. He must have just adored Mel and wanted to approach him. In addition, Lulu also likes Mel, and she should have said good things about Mel to Tal in private, which is why Tal is so clingy to Mair. ”

After listening to Ista's words, Alice felt a little more relieved. At this time, she suddenly noticed Ista's words, and turned her face in surprise to look at the girl beside her.

"Also? Has anyone else fallen in love with Meier? ”

"Huh? Does anyone like Mel again? ”

Ista also turned her face in surprise and looked at Alice with a slight blush. Alice's brows furrowed slightly, her small mouth pursed slightly, and her pupils unconsciously slid in the direction of the top of her head, revealing a puzzled expression.

"I just heard you say, 'Lulu likes Mel too,' that's why I asked, am I mistaken?"

"Huh?"

Ista was stunned for a moment, and the flush on her face became even thicker.

"That...... Did you forget? ”

"Huh? Forgot? Forgot something? ”

"That's what we said that night......"

"That night?"

Alice didn't know what night Ista was talking about, so she frowned and thought about it, but she still didn't understand what night Ista was talking about.

"I'm sorry, Ista, what night did it happen?"

"Hmm...... It was the night you encouraged me to pursue Meyer......"

"Huh?!"

Alice subconsciously raised her voice, and then she immediately covered her mouth, raised her head and looked cautiously at the double bed next to her. Rising and Yan Xinye were already asleep, and neither of them was woken up by Alice's voice. Alice breathed a sigh of relief and slowly lay back on the pillow, looking at Ista with a look of surprise.

"Have I ever done such a thing?"

"Huh?"

Ista thought that Alice had changed her mind and was now playing dumb with her, and immediately became lost. When Alice saw Ista's disappointed expression, she immediately realized that she must have forgotten a conversation that was important to Ista. She bit her lower lip and pondered, finally remembering the conversation that caused the misunderstanding.

Alice carefully combed through the content of the conversation that night, and finally realized that the person that Ista liked was actually Maier. She immediately jumped up and hugged Isttar, rubbing her face against her face.

"I'm sorry, Ista, I misunderstood that day......"

Misunderstandings come and go quickly.

After Alice spoke, Ista realized that Alice had been matching her and Mel for a long time, and she was very moved. She hugged Alice's body tightly and hugged her, and it didn't take long for the two of them to fall asleep.