Chapter 181: Late Love
1 I know that I have spent too much time pursuing things that seem hopeful but are so unrealistic, and I have missed out on too many warm and beautiful things.
For example, Tenaia, she, in my opinion, must be God's compensation for me after I lost Xiaoya. Maybe she just liked the one called Aurius. The kid of Luga is not me, and I, exist in Aurius. In Luga's body, it governs his body, his will. I can't be sure that I am him, and he, that is, me. How to recognize yourself now is probably the most important thing.
After saying goodbye to Fred and Arecio, I took Andrew with me, no, I should say Andrew with me, because I forgot how to go this way.
Andrew told me that the road would first reach Ludinand, and then it would take a long time to reach the legendary Genoa, which would lead to Tenaia.
Speaking of Ludinand, it reminds me of another woman, that poor, kind Anais.
"I don't know how she's doing now." I muttered to myself, thinking of the bread she handed us, which was delicious, though it might make the poor mother and daughter hungry. "It's time to visit her, and if I can, I'd like to take her with me. There is no fate of a savior, and there is no so-called chosen one, so it is possible to always do what you can to make a woman no longer suffer. ”
Well, I made up my mind, and at this time, I felt like I had seized the light of day in my confused life, and then I had a direction to move forward in an instant. In my opinion, that's what it means for me to be born here.
After all the pockets on my body were scavenged, Andrew and I had scraped together less than five denaris, and a few bronze coins of Fuli, and there was really no money to squander except bread.
"Originally, we could have hired a horse-drawn carriage to carry us there, but now, we only have to rely on our feet!"
With the little money we had left, Andrew and I spent a little money on two pairs of leather shoes. With a kettle, I bought some bread and hurried on the road. The weapon in his hand has long been lost, and asking for that thing at this time is just adding unnecessary trouble to himself.
"Yes, my friend." I simply packed my bags and looked at the road under my feet, this is where I rested, I haven't had a good rest, and I'm going to go on the road again.
But this time, it's much easier and safer than the path from Agripena.
Because of the defeat and submission of the Burgundians, the Gallic expedition of Aetius was also over, and it lost its role in war, so the thousands of soldiers became border troops on the spot, responsible for maintaining stability in the recovered areas.
There were very few pedestrians on this road, and the most encountered were soldiers patrolling back and forth on the dirt road, bandits, there was really no one to do that dangerous business even more than the rebels.
After all, it's only a small character, far from having a certain amount of fame like Arecio, and there is no need to worry about anyone recognizing the two of us along the way, let alone the lofty Senate.
After another five days, although the life of eating and sleeping in the open was miserable. I can't help but start to have a great confidence in my current physical fitness, because after all this time, I can still stay healthy, knowing that in such an era of backward medical conditions, maybe a small cold can kill a person.
The first to arrive was the once ambushed woods, the road seemed to be deserted, and sparse grass grew on the ground. There was no sign of man, and the wild birds hiding in the branches dared to poke their heads out and chirp, and the deep sound echoed in the dense forest.
This chirp makes people feel a penetrating feeling, coupled with the white bones in this place. No one paid any attention to the corpses in this place, no one even buried the bones, but chose to forget and abandon them. Stepping on this land that was once full of slaughter, I couldn't help but shiver, because what I saw in my eyes was still the killing and blood of that day. It's so cruel that it still makes people shudder to think about it.
I didn't know where the other road was, so I had to step on the bones of this place and continue to move forward, but in half a day, Andrew and I arrived at Ludinand, a city that had been separated for nearly half a year. At this time, there were endless clouds above Ludinand, and it seemed that a heavy rain was coming.
Ludinand's walls were repaired by this time, and there was no sign of the devastation at all. The only proof that the war really existed was the cross on the main road to Ludinand, on which the crucified Burgundians had already rotted and turned into bones, but the punishment did not end there, and these bones were constantly telling the civilians who came in and out of Ludinand: this is the end of the fight against Rome!
Passing through the woods where the corpses were erected, the gates of Ludinand appeared in front of us.
"Recall that when I stepped through this gate, hundreds of people died." As I spoke, I looked up at the black hole in the city gate, where the boiling oil had taken more than a dozen lives. Fortunately, at least, it didn't take me.
Enduring the oppression of our hearts and the strange gazes cast by the soldiers guarding the city gates, Andrew and I walked into this slightly more lively city.
After the siege of Aetius and the plundering of the Huns, Ludinand, after half a year of recovery, did not recover much, and the destroyed and abandoned houses still occupied the majority.
The road is sparsely populated, the ground is covered with garbage, no one cleans it, desolate, traumatized by the baptism of war. I'm afraid it will take many months, or years, to recover.
It was getting late, the dark clouds overhead were getting lower and lower, and a bolt of lightning illuminated the empty and almost dead city in that instant, and a heavy rain was approaching.
"Let's go, let's go to a hotel and look for Anai tomorrow."
I nodded my head in agreement, and we immediately found a large hotel nearby, and spent two denares to buy the smallest room, and the two of us were crammed together, barely able to stay. When the hotel owner saw our embarrassed appearance, he naturally knew that we didn't have any money, so he naturally didn't say anything about our service attitude.
"There are only the last three denaris left!" Andrew held the three silver coins in his hand and said distressedly.
"Keep this money, and see if there is any cheap bread when the time comes, we can go home if we hold on!"
"Goo-goo..."
was cheering up, who knew that the stomach was the first to protest uncompromisingly.
"Well, sure enough, the stomach does not listen to advice." I rubbed my stomach, let out a long sigh, and pulled Andrew, who was also hungry, to the bar.
"Boss, have another drink!"
Before the two of us could speak, we heard a "dang" sound, and the entire wooden countertop was violently shaken. But such an extremely impolite behavior made the hotel owner nod his head, and he didn't dare to say no.
"Who the hell is it?"
Curious, I turned my head to the side with Andrew, and we exclaimed, "Levi! ”