Chapter Forty-Seven: Weakness in Choosing a Name
Sometimes, the so-called misunderstanding in human society comes unexpectedly.
Just like Sean when he was a child, the world was beautiful, and at most, Xiao Wang next door was reluctant to share those small, greasy pamphlets, which would make Sean feel that the world was not so beautiful.
When he grew up, Sean understood that the world is not so beautiful, and in human society, a few simple words can have great power, as the so-called human words are terrifying.
When he thought he would be able to see the surviving villagers again, and Sean was happy for him in his heart, the villager who had drunk with Sean in Tommy's village saw Sean's eyes open like brass bells, pointed at Sean with trembling fingers, and shouted to the knights who escorted them: "He is the murderer, the murderer who slaughtered the village." ”
Sean was not consulted to discern whether the villager's words were being said because of the huge blow.
Looking at the eyes of the knights who surrounded him, Sean was sure that these guys didn't want to ask for verification either, whether it was because of the knight's guidelines, or because of the fact that they were tired and just wanted to go home and close their eyes and sleep.
If it weren't for the fact that there were so many onlookers here, and the words of that villager reached everyone's ears.
Sean believed that the knights would probably ignore him.
Whether it's for the protection of civilians in the knightly code, to explore the truth, or to give a reasonable explanation to civilians.
"Catch him and put him in a dungeon."
The leading knight said, in the blink of an eye, a vacant space was vacant around Sean, and the people who were still waiting for the knights to pass and go out as soon as possible had already recognized the form and automatically made a vacant space for the knights.
The knights chose to arrest Sean first instead of asking him on the spot.
The melon eaters leaned their heads against their heads and discussed in low voices.
Eat melon A: "Hey, I think this guy is definitely not an ordinary person, but I didn't expect to be the murderer of Tu Village!" ”
Eat melon b: "Come on, you, you said before that this man is very handsome, aren't you still thinking about introducing your daughter to him?!" ”
Eating melon A: "Don't we mention this?" Who would dare to marry my daughter to a murderer, do you want my daughter to be widowed?! ”
Eat melon c: "Don't make any noise. I don't think it's that simple, you see, this man only has a sword, and his thighs are not as thick as my arms, even if the people of a village are nervous and line up to kill him one by one. There are hundreds, you let our village butcher Zhang kill ten pigs a day, and he can't do anything to his mother-in-law at night. ”
Eating melon A: "Hmph, Butcher Zhang is also capable of this." I can't do it seven times in one night, and it's a waste to marry a mother-in-law. ”
Eating melon C looked at eating melon A with a puzzled face.
Eating melon B snorted coldly, "Yes, yes, yes, you are better than Butcher Zhang." Someone, seven times a night takes less than a stick of incense. ”
Eating melons, he blushed and whispered, "You...... How can you smear people's innocence out of thin air!! ”
Hearing the words of the melon-eating people, the melon-eating crowd burst into hearty laughter.
"Did I really slaughter the village? Are you sure? ”
Sean stared straight at the trembling villager, and sometimes, a sentence or two would confirm the truth.
But when I think that I will either be taken into the dungeon, maybe I will be forgotten by others, and I will die alone in the dungeon.
Or, the knights would put themselves and the villager in front of the Lord of Malt......
The thought of meeting the little earthworm of the Marte City Lord again, Sean felt that there was no comfortable place in his body, as if hundreds of millions of ants were eating his flesh and burrowing into his veins.
Sean shuddered.
Surrounded by a large number of knights who only had a sword, it was not an equal battle.
The melon eaters thought so, the knights thought so, including the surviving villager.
From the villager's eyes, Sean saw only anger and the pleasure of avenging the great revenge, perhaps, he entered the village as a stranger, and then the village was slaughtered, and the only reason that the villager could think of was probably the crisis caused by his stranger.
And the paw prints on the walls of the houses in the village, the panicked villagers who were saved by the knights did not care.
I can understand, but I won't accept this fact.
Three inches further, Sean's waist was about to make a close contact with the knight's sword behind him.
Glancing at the villager, Sean sighed silently in his heart, senseless killing was not suitable for him.
Looking at the man who commanded the Knights, in the sword light that dodged in all directions, Sean told his guess.
It is impossible to be hit, and it will not be hit in this life, Wei Yide's body is at ease under the siege of the knights, and if he can't surpass Sean's speed and can't use other means, Sean is an invincible existence for these knights.
No matter how calmly the commander commanded his men to change formations and attack Sean non-stop, cold sweat still soaked through his clothes. Fortunately, Sean did not kill them, otherwise, the tired knights would not have been able to stop the killing.
He kept cursing the mouthy villager in his heart, but the chief knight could not back down, and the reputation of the knights could not be lost. From this time on, he was sure of two things, one was that the black-haired man in front of him was indeed capable of slaughtering a village in a short period of time. Second, there is a high probability that today's situation will be a misunderstanding.
Sometimes, for the sake of dignity, there is no way back.
The knights are still attacking like a storm, and the more daring melons are still holding the line, if there are uninformed people present, they may feel that the soldiers and civilians of Malte City are really one heart, and in such a fierce battle, there are civilians who stay on the front line to cheer for the knights.
Some boredom dodged.
Sean glanced at the undefended city gate and thought to himself that he was
It's better to leave it at that.
I don't want to be caught, and I don't bother to explain.
Since Tommy's village is under the management of Malte City, then the truth is that this group of guys is right to find out, and they don't owe Malte City or anything, and there is no need to tell the truth of their guesses.
Nodding, Sean held the iron sword in his hand, but did not pull it out.
Seeing Sean stop, the knight chief stopped the knights' attack in time, but he sweated in his heart.
It seemed that Sean was tired of dodging the knights' attacks, but the knight captain, who could see clearly from the command position, knew that it was only because the man did not fight them seriously.
There may be a reason why the knights are overworked, but the chief knight is not confident that he will take Sean when the knights are in their heyday.
The speed at which people can't see their figures is something they can't solve.
Sean glanced at the commanding knight with some surprise, he was still surrounded by the knights.
However, as he walked forward, the encirclement moved with him.
It was as if he just wanted to put him in the center of the circle, but there was no next move.
"Do you want to talk?"
Roughly guessing the knight's difficulty, Sean proposed.
"Okay, you evacuate the civilians."
After thinking for a few breaths, the chief knight made up his mind and commanded.
"Knights, you can't let this murderer go, my friend, my lover died at his hands."
The villagers realized that this group of knights wanted to let Sean go, and to be honest, he didn't expect Sean to be so strong and still unharmed under the siege of so many knights.
It's a pity that the desire for revenge took over his whole mind, and without paying attention to the atmosphere, he shouted out.
"Yours, I know."
The knight chief gave a knight next to him a look, and the long-term tacit understanding made the knight understand.
Towards the back of the neck of the screaming villager, a hand knife, and the world fell silent.
Sean nodded with satisfaction, a little depressed why he encountered this unwarranted disaster, he was just honestly queuing up to go out of the city, how could he be wronged.
Whether it was Sean or the embarrassed-looking Knights, it was because of a word from the villagers that led to this unnecessary fight.
Perhaps, the villagers can no longer shout, this is also the punishment he deserves, when he did not dare to speak, he showed himself, a highlight moment, and buried his life.
All the melon-eating crowds have been evacuated, and the gate where the Knights are located has become a no-go zone.
In a pleasant conversation between Sean and the group of knights, the two sides could not resolve the misunderstanding, at least, the truth had been revealed.
Didn't ask why the whole village died, but Sean didn't have anything to do with the stupid question.
When they don't have the ability to make the right decisions, the Knights are just stronger villagers, and the Knight Commander knows this.
"Mr. Sean, please forgive us for being rude."
The knight bowed and apologized.
"It's fine."
Lukewarmly replied, Sean wasn't going to pursue anything.
This city, this Malte City, probably doesn't fit with him.
Whether it was entering or leaving the city, he didn't seem to be able to go well, and even the letter that Haile Caesar asked him to send to the city lord almost blinded him.
Leaving is the main point.
After asking the chief knight for directions to the next city, Sean left.
Seeing Sean walking away, the chief knight glared at the villager angrily and said, "Let's go, let's go and report to Lord Infax first, and then disband." ”
"What! Twenty-four villages under the jurisdiction of the city of Malte, sixteen were destroyed? ”
Infix held the statistics of the chief knight in his hand and looked at the chief knight in disbelief.
No matter how much he was afraid of the man in front of him, the knight chief still didn't dare to fool him, and nodded reluctantly.
This is just a simple trip to inform the villages of this year's tax cut, and to remind them to pay attention to fire prevention, so as not to cause fires due to carelessness, resulting in no harvest throughout the year.
Unexpectedly, what the knights saw was not golden ears of wheat, but villages dyed red.
Just like Tommy's village is full of paw prints, the other villages are similar.
Even the erudite Infix looked at the pattern printed by the chief knight, but he couldn't tell what kind of animal it was, it looked like a wolf's paw print.
But a paw print the length of an adult man's arm is the work of a giant wolf when possible.
"Do you know who it is?"
Infix collapsed in his chair tiredly, not only regretting the loss of so many lives, but also hating the culprit who caused all this.
"Unbeknownst to the subordinates, the subordinates searched the entire village, and found nothing other than these paw prints. When his subordinates found out that the first village had been slaughtered, they hurried to the next one, but the murderer's speed was too fast. It was as if there were not enough people in a village for him to slaughter, and his subordinates were always one step late. ”
The chief knight recounted what had happened, and then, having thought of something, whispered in Infax's ear about meeting Sean this morning.
"I see, it was right not to start a conflict with Mr. Sean. Go and rest first, and come to me in the evening, and be prepared for a long battle. ”
"Yes, the subordinates have orders."
Leaning back in his chair, Infax smiled wryly, how could the person entrusted by the woman do without two brushes.
In the blink of an eye, looking at the information sent by the chief knight in a daze, Infix fell into a long silence.
At this time, the troubadour looked at his children with a smile,
They were so lovely, like angels to him.
Sprinkle the meat out of the bag and say, "Don't grab it, don't grab it, everyone has it." But love appeared on his face.
When his children had eaten and drunk, the troubadour took out the bamboo flute and played a different tune.
Accompanied by the tune, his children danced and were so lively.
Then, the tune changed, and the noise came, and there was a chatter.
The troubadour's children, with red eyes and fangs, roared incessantly against the underground waterways.
The entire underground waterway shook like an earthquake.
"Hamel Piper, it's time to take his children to the earthly world. The city of Malte is the best place for us to be. ”
The troubadour clutched the bamboo flute tightly and shouted excitedly.
From the conversation with the Knight Chief, Sean felt that the current situation was very bad.
Although he is a messenger, it is extremely easy to be misunderstood in such a panic environment.
Not only Tommy's village, but fifteen others were destroyed overnight.
Probably also because of the beastly murderer.
He needs an identity, an identity that can deliver the letter as soon as possible. So that he could get the news about Alice from Hale Caesar and, of course, the books that hurt the eggs.
Now that she knows where she came from, Alice must know her way out of this world.
"So...... Where am I? ”
Sean looked at the big sign in front of him suspiciously, if the Knight Captain hadn't deceived him, Sean should have arrived in Blackstone City.
However, as far as I could see, it was a city, surrounded only by wooden fences, with yellowing grass growing on it, and a red roof peeking out in the distance.
Here, it's not Black Rock City, it's more like a ranch.
Combined with the big sign that reads: The Ranch of the Three Smaer Brothers.
Sean can be sure that he is on the wrong path again.
Life is so helpless, sometimes it is not possible to reach the destination by trying to go in one direction, probably like Sean, the probability of getting lost is relatively high.
"Luckily, there should be someone here asking for directions."
Sean shouted through the fence into the ranch, "Is anyone there?" ”
The matter of uninvited comes needs to be differentiated, and Sean can't just dumb his throat and wait outside.
Perhaps because autumn has arrived, the pasture land can no longer provide fresh pasture, and the owner of the pasture has to buy hay for the livestock to spend the winter.
Sean climbed over the wooden fence to the ranch, but fortunately, the red roof in the distance could be used as a tool for positioning, and Sean was not worried about getting lost.
Ordinary houses, three houses are arranged in a finished font, two of which look like newly built houses, and one of which bears the traces of time.
In addition to the different house numbers, the decoration in the house is much the same, ordinary home decoration.
Huawen, Huawu, Hua Xiaoming.
He is the owner of these three houses.
said that it was the owner, Sean was very skeptical, because the utensils in each house were probably not for normal people.
Whether it was the paintings hanging on the walls or the size of the furniture, Sean suspected that the dwarfs who lived here were either gnomes or not people, but pig people.
In the living room, there is an oil painting that looks like a family portrait, and on the oil painting is three happy and smiling ...... Three pigs.
Standing like a human being, with shoulders hooked on his back, smiling at his eyes, he looked so unhappy.
"I guess the painter wanted to convey a certain meaning, so he painted people like pigs."
Laughed at by his own nonsense, whether the pigman or the painter wants to express something, Sean plans to wait for the owner of the house to return.
Sean didn't find anyone inside, and it seemed that he could only be an uninvited guest.
In Huawen's house, Sean sat on the sofa in the living room, feeling a little embarrassed, and hoped to wait for the return of his master before nightfall.
Dusk had come, and Sean, who had not heard any movement, saw that the house with the most color of the years was lit with candles.
Speaking of the color of the years, this house is also the most dilapidated house.
Probably after many years of wind and rain, Sean could see the blackened red bricks through the tattered walls.
There was a knock on the door, but no one opened it for Sean.
The door was not locked, allowing Sean to enter without a hitch.
Three candles were lit on the table in the living room, but Sean didn't see the so-called pigman.
Three candles pressed against three sheets of paper.
It reads:
Hua Wensmail: As the eldest brother, although I am only a few breaths older than Hua Xiaoming, I am still the eldest brother. Damn Hua Wu and Hua Xiaoming, don't they know that Hemerst can't be fed? We should kill him, eat his flesh, and make a beautiful jacket out of his skin.
Wharwood Smail: Ahhh Oh my God, Hemerst has eaten all my sheep and cows, what else can I give him....... Recently, Hua Wen and Hua Xiaoming have gained a lot of weight, or feed them to Hemerst. So I can feed Hemerst and have the love of Phil alone, hahahaha, just do it, just do it.
Hua Xiao Mingsmeer: Stupid Oudoudou, Lord Phil will only be Xiao Ming's, except for Xiao Ming, no pig can be worthy of Lord Phil. My dear Hemerst, grow up quickly, so that you can send me to Lord Phil.