Chapter 50: A Tragedy in the Jungle
After Bandni went down, the main hall returned to its former tranquility. Witt motioned for Jena to arrange a room for old Danny in the main village, and in the past month, old Danny has been running around with Witt, and Witt also plans to let old Danny rest for some time.
When everything was ready, Witt realized that there was a white-skinned young man standing outside the hall, so familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that this was the prisoner rescued by the bandits of Shuangfeng Village that day, and it seemed that he was the descendant of a wealthy merchant in Riwacheze. Witt woke up suddenly, and had promised to send him back to Riwacheze, but it had been delayed for three months.
"Come here." Witt said, pointing to the boy outside the hall. The young man was stunned, pointing a finger at himself with a puzzled expression.
"Yes, that's you." Witt re-emphasized. When the young man approached, Witt continued: "I will definitely do what I promised you, and I will send someone to send you back, and you can go with confidence." ”
The young man still stood there, his lips open and closed, as if he wanted to speak. Witt also noticed this detail and immediately asked, "What's wrong?" If you have something to say, say it now, and when you go out, there is nowhere to say it. ”
"I ...... I just miss home, but I can't leave here. At home, my father gave me too many rules and regulations, and there were all kinds of aristocratic etiquette to learn from morning to night, which was annoying. And in the village, it is lively and unrestrained, and every day is very relaxed, alas~" The young man explained with a depressed face.
After saying that, Witt looked up to the sky and laughed, and then said: "You are really in the blessing and do not know the blessing!" The people in the city want to come out, but they don't know that the people outside the city want to go in. Some people are born in high positions. Sometimes the comparison between people is like a race when you start the race, but others are born directly at the finish line. Fairness is just a lie fabricated to encourage individuals to make progress through continuous efforts. It is undeniable that you have wealth and opportunities that others may not be able to get in their lifetime, but you don't know how to cherish them. Of course, this is only for you personally, because often many nobles are social elites who have been cultivated in a privileged family background. As society focuses its resources on you, you should cherish the opportunities you already have, and give back to the people when you have achieved something. Although you are about the same age as me and have more resources than I do, you seem to be unreasonable. ”
Witt's words made the young man embarrassed, but he asked stubbornly: "Then as the lord of a village, you have no fewer opportunities than ordinary civilians, but what can you do?" ”
"You and other classes use social resources to cultivate themselves, and for me personally, within the scope of my reach, I will distribute your resources relatively fairly to everyone, so that ambitious people have their own place to display their talents."
The young man didn't seem to understand, and Witt turned to Star and said, "Star, you take your people to send this young man back to Riwacheze!" When he met officers and soldiers on the way, he declared himself to be a young soldier and returned home to protect his master. If you encounter outlaws, report to the guards of Shuangfeng Village. Go ahead! ”
"Subordinates obey!" Star received the order, then walked up to the boy and motioned for the boy to go out of the village with him. The young man had no choice but to go out of the village with Star.
There was nothing to do at the moment, and the big and small matters in the village were almost dealt with, and Witt then went outside the cottage to inspect the surrounding terrain, accompanied by Rumsafin. Since you choose to take the road of robbers, you should first find out your own territory, as the saying goes, know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.
Under the guidance of the guards of the cottage, who were more familiar with the terrain, Witt came to a dense forest around the Shuangfeng Village. The forest is dark and shrubby, leaving only a netherworld path to pass, and beyond the forest path is the vast wilderness and the farmland of the villagers, so the forest path is still a good place to ambush passing caravans. Witt then wandered aimlessly along the forest paths, trying to find several sentry points and the best ambush spots in the woods to make the most of his geographical advantage.
As several people were circling around in the forest, a faint smell of charcoal caught Witt's attention. Witt looked around and found that the smell of charcoal came from the dense forest north of the deep road. Wittur made a quick decision and quietly followed the direction of the charcoal smell. As the smell of burnt became heavier, Wittur became more and more convinced of the right direction, but also more cautious, for fear that something unexpected would happen.
After climbing all the way for about 40 meters, in a clearing, Witt and his party saw a pile of bonfires that had just been extinguished and still emitted a slow green smoke, and the surrounding grass was full of beast bones, and the bones were still with meat scraps, and someone should have been stranded here not long ago.
Suddenly, Witt's eyes sharpened, and he saw some rags of coarse cloth on the grass not far from the campfire, and picked it up and looked at it, like clothes. Looking along his clothes, Witt was shocked to realize that a bare foot was exposed in the bushes not far away, and immediately nervously pulled out the dazzling black axe, and Rum and the others also drew their long swords at their waists to remain on guard.
After staying for a while, seeing that the bare feet were motionless, Witt slowly walked towards the bushes with the black axe. When he got closer, Witt was stunned. I saw two young girls lying naked in the bushes, with swords and wounds of different depths, with many bruises, and their eyes were wide open, and they were already dead. One of the girls had thick twigs stuffed under him, and the scene was so bloody that Witt felt uncomfortable, and wanted to vomit, but he was angry, who was so cruel to do such a beastly thing.
Witt was already angry, and he looked at the ground carefully for a while, and since the smoke was not over, this group of people should not be able to go far. Sure enough, there were still a few footprints left in the dirt on the ground, presumably from them. Witt did not ink, and immediately paced in the direction of the footprints into the jungle, vowing to kill the beasts on the spot if they caught them.
The group followed the footsteps and shuttled through the forest for a short distance, and the footprints disappeared, and they immediately did not know what to do. If Banderey had been here, he would have been a veteran, and he should have more or less some reconnaissance skills, and it would have been much more convenient.
Witt stopped to observe, there was a river in front of the place where the footprints disappeared, and some of the bushes broke their twigs and bent in the direction of the river, and the group must have crossed the river to the other side of the river. Seeing that the river was not deep, Witt immediately crossed the river despite the wetness of his shoes. Sure enough, the footprints of the group of people were seen in the meadow on the other side of the river, so everyone continued to walk and stop in the direction of the footprints. Before I knew it, I had passed through the entire forest and came to a vast and strange field. Shuangfeng Village has long been out of sight, and Witt only knows that this wild land is in the north of the forest, and the dense forest is in the north of the Shuangfeng Village area.
"The owner of the village, several of our brothers have been here before, this wild land is a few kilometers away from the snow, there is the territory of the snow bandits, they are well-equipped, we may fall into danger if we go deeper, the owner of the village thinks twice!" Rum preemptively suggested.
Witt's brows furrowed, and he was also relieved. Suddenly saw a few figures not far away, and then they were angry and rushed away, Rum and the others were helpless, for fear that Witt would miss again, and it would be difficult to explain when they returned to the village, so they immediately followed.
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