vs 21 A discussion of the gods
The name of Elhesyn's butler was Maxod, and he and Nuralman hadn't gone far, so Naga and Choi Shibalang quickly caught up with them, and then the four of them took advantage of the night to find a remote place and bury the black-hearted lender for the dead ghost. No one cared about their unobtrusive creatures, so the four of them changed their outfits and returned to Alexandria without any problems.
In Rumbus's tavern, Old Loul sat with Al Hasen, who had changed his name to Al Hessin, with Mussos, "I say, Mussos, is your ship ready?" Then he stretched out his right hand and stretched out to Al Hessin, "This is my friend Al Hesyn, he and his entourage are three people, which means that there are seven of us on the boat, and we have less than ten boxes with us, no problem, right?" β
"Of course, no problem, the ship will be repaired tomorrow afternoon." As Mussos recounted the ship, he looked at the neatly dressed bearded man, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. El Hesyn. β
"Fortunately, Captain Mussos." El Hesian greeted Mussos skillfully in Latin.
"Man, two glasses of wine and a cup of camel milk tea," Luo beckoned to the bartender, then turned to Mussos and explained, "Al hasn't drunk in a long time, let's leave him alone, let's drink tea like an Arab." β
"It's okay, I'm a believer in Dionysus, but I don't exclude men who don't drink." Mussos said casually, "Bartol, you plan to go to Athens first?" β
"That's right, I'm going to see the sights of Athens, Al is a humanist and a fellow traveler." Lao Luo casually gave Al Hesian a name, otherwise Al would not look like a traveler or a businessman.
"Yes, I love the history of the ancient Greek period and plan to see it for myself." With Lao Luo's prompt, Al Hesian handled it casually.
"Well, it is said that there should be many scholars in Athens who have studied that period of history, although I haven't been back for a long time." Mussos took the glass from the bartender and said, "Bartol, there was that Soratinok on this boat trip, remember?" β
"Soratinok? That chubby fur merchant? Lao Luo has always had a good memory, "He is in the same boat with us?" β
"No, he has his own ship," explained Messos, "except that he is going to Salonica, supposedly to deliver to that side, and is only going to go with us." β
"Oh, that's okay. It's good to have a fellow traveler you know. Lao Luo didn't care about the caution of these merchants, as long as they weren't heavily armed soldiers, there was nothing worth caring about.
"Well, that's good, we'll go back to Crete to replenish fresh water and food," began to explain the itinerary by sea, "if you need anything special to carry, it's best to prepare it in advance." β
"No problem, I don't think there will be any accidents here, and I can leave the morning after tomorrow." Lao Luo turned his head and asked Al Hesyn, "Al, are you okay?" β
"No, so be it, I'm ready." Although it had been planned for a long time, when it came to the end, Al Hesian was still a little uncomfortable, and just spoke hard.
So when I returned to my accommodation in the evening, I couldn't help but complain a little, "Bartol, we're going to leave the day after tomorrow?" β
"That's right, Al, what's wrong with you?"
"I just feel that I feel that I am going to run far away all of a sudden, and I am a little uncomfortable."
"Oh, hehe, it's nothing, Al, listen to me, and you'll know later that this ball under our feet isn't really big." Lao Luo enlightened Al Hessin, and he also had this feeling in the later life, sometimes when he woke up in the morning, the first thing he had to determine was which city he was in. However, after walking through many places, there are no special emotions such as so-called nostalgia.
Soon two days passed, Naga and the other four people returned, integrated people, sorted out the luggage and other trivial things were quickly completed, as for the things that should be brought on the road, the important ones are basically in Lao Luo's ring space, although it inevitably caused Al Hessin's doubts, but no one asked, this is an era when miracles have not long been retired, even scholars like El Hesian still maintain respect for the gods. And Lao Luo is obviously not an ordinary person, Al Hesian pressed this doubt in his heart, but he trusted Lao Luo even more.
On this departure, there was no one to see them off, except for the big lighthouse in Alexandria. The Mediterranean is already cool in October, and in the early morning drizzle, two merchant ships sail through the light fog towards the open sea, and the big lighthouse stands like a giant standing behind the fog.
Al Hesian looked at the big lighthouse in the distance with some confusion, "I wonder if there are really gods, and in what form do they exist?" β
"No one can confirm this, I only know that I am a believer in Poseidon, the god of the sea." Mesos said as he leaned on the steering wheel.
"Mussos, aren't you a believer in Dionysus?" Lao Luo also stood on the deck and turned his head to look at him.
"The Greeks did not have a single belief in their gods, and the gods never blamed their own people." Mussos laughed and said, "What's more, Poseidon himself is also a drinker. β
Or does God only demand respect from the people? And without asking for absolute faith? Al Hesian was again interested in researching, and asked Methos about the question.
"Al Hesyn, don't ask about that." Seeing that Mussos did not answer, Lao Luo stopped Alhesian and said: "We don't know the world of God, and we can't confirm it, I said that this is the world in front of us, and we just need to do a good job of the people in front of us." β
"That's right, Bartol has a point," Messos actually couldn't tell the gods about it, after all, the gods who believed in Zeus and Zeus's system were very old, and he didn't know it, "I sailed on the sea, and I never allowed anyone to say anything offensive to Poseidon, the god of the sea, and I only did my job as a captain." β
"Bartol, this is what you Orientals sayβbelieve in God, God is there; Isn't God to blame if you don't believe it? "Al Hesian remembers what Lao Luo said to him when he was in Cairo.
"Actually, there are different systems of gods in the East, and the people on the seashore believe that the sea is governed by the dragon king, so every time they go out to sea, they always worship the dragon king and pray for peace." Lao Luo casually talked about some oriental myths and legends, then looked at Mussos and said, "Just like when they got on the ship just now, Mussos and the sailors worshiped the sea god Poseidon." β
"Well, do the gods of the East also take charge of different places like the Greek gods?" Al Hesian also knew that it was inappropriate to discuss the Greek gods in front of a Greek captain, so she simply asked about the gods of Lao Luo Dongfang.
And Mussos couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the two were no longer discussing the matter of the sea god, but he began to be quite interested in the oriental god system that Lao Luo said, and listened to it with great interest.
"That's right, in the oriental god system, it is very similar to the government of the world, and different gods have different functions," Lao Luo paused, and looked at the people around him with a smile, including the accompanying El Hesyn's butler Max Oud, Nuralman, and the two black guys are naturally no exception, and even Cui Shibalang has never heard his family talk about the Oriental mythological system, not to mention the captains and sailors on the ship who are curious about the Orientals, "Every river has a god who manages the river, a mountain god in the mountain, and a god in the grassland, There are even the same gods of the sun and moon. β
"Such a huge god system, will they also demand the people's faith in them?" Al Hessian made the most of the curiosity of a scholar, which was the hallmark of his profession.
"It's huge, and it's complicated, but the gods of the East are more of a chaser of power and interest, and they don't all care about the beliefs of the people." Lao Luo thought for a while, carefully pondered the wording, and said the overview of the oriental mythological system he knew.
"And how many of them are there?" The question that El Hesian asked was also curious about the people around her, just by looking at everyone's eyes.
"There has never been an accurate number," Lao Luo smiled hehe, anyway, these things could not be verified at all, so he continued: "There are several big aspects that I know, the creation god Pangu, and then there are several great saints, and then there are the gods in charge of heaven and earth, the largest is called the Jade Emperor, and then it is divided into the Five Heavenly Emperors, the Four Great Marshals, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Four Sea Dragon Kings, the Southern Dipper and the Beidou Star Monarchs, and the Twenty-Eight Star Gods...... There are too many to say in a short period of time. β
"I'm ......" Al Hesyn was completely stunned, and gasped for a long time before she said, "There are so many?" β
"That's right, the rumors say that the gods are like Hengsha counting," Hengsha counted Lao Luo in Chinese, and then explained, "It's like the stars in the sky that can't be counted clearly." β
"And how are their functions divided?" It seems that Al Hesian doesn't want to give up without asking clearly, and he can also see that Lao Luo is not very taboo about this.
"Well, the gods of the East are not like the Greek gods, it seems to be a family system." Lao Luo looked at Messos who was holding the steering wheel, and then said: "The gods of the East are a complex of compromises, and the specific functions include the saints who control the rules of heaven and earth, the controllers who are responsible for supervising the duties of the gods, and the gods who are responsible for specific things, such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning, the growth of all things, rivers, lakes and seas, life and death, good and evil...... There are gods in charge. β
"Control the rules of heaven and earth, I ......" Alhasien wanted to sigh "Allah is above", but found that it was really not the right time, I didn't know what to say for a long time, he actually wanted to say "Isn't that much more powerful than the Greek gods?" But he really couldn't say it because there was a Greek captain next to him.
Some of the other people around understood Lao Luo's explanation, and their expressions were different, but they all showed expressions similar to those of Al Heisien, and Cui Shibalang had an expression of amazement and pride, as if to say that my Oriental Immortal is amazing.
After Lao Luo finished speaking, he was actually a little suspicious in his heart. In fact, if it weren't for the things triggered by his own body, he wouldn't believe in the so-called immortals, but the storage ring and space jump confused him, a man who has been in the military for many years. And these days I just practice boxing, but I find that my strength and physical strength are growing day by day, which is completely illogical.
If everything can be explained scientifically, then why are there so many unknowns in the afterlife? Why did some great scientists later move on to theology or the occult? Perhaps it is a superstition to interpret everything in the future to be interpreted scientifically.
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