Chapter 37: The Cycle

In order to ensure Zhou Lie's safety, Randy will always be by Zhou Lie's side, also to watch out for the officials of this empire, and Tuesday's two servants, Su Wen and Su Wu, will also follow behind.

Zhou Lie still remembers the liveliness of the Frost Festival, he is very curious, such a small town, what will happen to hold a festival, looking at the scale of the town, it is said that there are 10,000 people, I am afraid it is very reluctant, and it is impossible for everyone to devote themselves to enjoying the festival, there will be a lot of people who support and operate this festival, will this festival really be very lively?

As long as you think about anything carefully, you will find that it is not as simple as it seems on the surface, just like the streets of the town now, every household is ready to deal with the arrival of the Running Bull Festival, but Zhou Lie always feels that something is missing, and this kind of question, those young people wandering on the street answer are all in a unified voice.

"The lord will arrange it. ”

"Do you know who the lord here is?" asked Zhou Lie.

"I don't know. Randy shook his head, "Actually, in Marston, the nobility no longer has this kind of autonomous territory, and we imitate the county system of the Xia Kingdom, so that these lands are returned to the imperial power to avoid rebellion." ”

"That's strange, people here say that their bull running festival is presided over by the lord, and you say that this kind of nobility should not exist anymore. ”

"There is no longer in the empire itself, and most of the lands occupied in recent years are still under their original management methods in order to maintain their rule, and only in large cities like Oslin, they will arrange special consuls to implement our management plan. ”

"Oh. Hearing Randy's explanation, Zhou Lie put aside his doubts for the time being, although he felt a little strange in his heart, it may also be the customs here, probably before the festival, they didn't consciously make any preparations in advance, just waiting for the lord to bring people to come and cheer with each other.

"Hey, Layla!" Seeing the familiar figure in front of him, Zhou Lie greeted loudly from afar.

Layla turned her head and saw that it was Zhou Lie, and also waved at him, Zhou Lie caught up in two or three steps, and found that there were two or three adventurers with bows and swords on their backs beside Layla, who also looked like they were shopping.

The two parties briefly introduced themselves, and Zhou Lie knew that these people were adventurers who had teamed up with Layla, and they were hired to protect the caravan.

"Are you also going to wait here for this Sunday's Bull Running Festival?" Zhou Lie asked.

"That's right, the merchants who hire us are going to do business here, so we're going to wait here for a while, and the Running of the Bulls sounds like a lot of fun. Layla laughed.

Zhou Lie nodded, looking like he didn't have to worry about this little girl's adaptability.

"Layla, we still have to settle the commission, you hurry up. One of the swordsmen who had walked ahead of Layla shouted back.

"You still have a job here?"

"Yes, there is no adventurer's union in this town, so adventurers who see us passing by will entrust us with some work, and this time we only need to go to the farm to help, and we can earn a little money for the journey. Layla waved her hand at Zhou Lie, "I won't talk about it if I have a job, let's go first!"

"Well, be careful. Zhou Lie waved goodbye, thinking to himself, the life of an adventurer is really troublesome, I don't know what this little magician will become after traveling, I hope she has a safe journey.

Tired of listening to others bragging and singing in the tavern, walking around the town in his spare time, these days rely on Zhou Lie's own feet, the town has been walked all over again, and on the day of the festival, he still led the way, talking about a few adventurers who have not been out of the tavern and brought them to the square.

There was also a small episode in the middle, Randy's money bag strap was broken, according to Randy, this money bag was given to him by his father after using it, and it was a pity that the belt was broken at the moment, and he buried one in the store, and the old belt was tied to his hand as a souvenir.

At this time, there is a high platform on the square, and there are nine sturdy cows at the bottom, covered with colorful steps, all of them are full of energy, this should be the cattle that are about to compete.

It seems that the lord was to appear as the beginning of the festival, just as Augustus had to attend the bonfire that night to give a speech.

"These nobles are slow enough. Zhou Lie was dissatisfied in the crowd, he had already seen the vendors selling snacks appear around the square, if he didn't cherish his extremely convenient location, I'm afraid Zhou Lie would have run to the side to enjoy those delicacies.

Finally, after a long wait, the pot-bellied lord appeared in view, ascended the high platform, and began to make the opening speech, which could not match Auguste, and finally, under the instructions of the lord, the Running of the Bulls officially began, and the nine competition bulls mooed.

"The cow that clears the runway and runs first to the exit of the town wins, and the reward is fifty gold coins. ”

With the lord's loud announcement, the bull running race began.

The scene of nine cows walking side by side in a street can be said to be very spectacular, at this time Zhou Lie somewhat understood why this town needed such a wide road, it was originally used for cattle as a runway.

In addition to the Bull Running Festival as a big bull race, as a Sabbath, it is naturally a holiday for many farmers, in fact, it is similar to the Frost Festival in Osling, it is another festival to celebrate the harvest and pray for a good harvest, but they are placed in early spring.

The merchants who wanted to stay and make a fortune put out their treasured goods and recommended them to the locals in the cheerful atmosphere of the festival, and the shouts were mixed with the music, which looked very cheerful.

The carnival is nothing more than the ultimate in eating, drinking, and having fun, but Zhou Lie found that he was followed by three stiff-faced heels, and his originally good interest was instantly reduced by more than half, but fortunately, there was still a delicious barbecue to fill Zhou Lie's heart.

The carnival lasted from day to night, Zhou Lie patted his bulging belly, lying on the bed contentedly, he had to get up early tomorrow and set off, so he couldn't follow those townspeople to carnival.

The next morning, when he got up, Zhou Lie yawned and came to the first floor, and the daughter of the innkeeper came to Zhou Lie and the four of them with a menu card, waiting for the order with a smile on her face.

"Well, as always, just give us four breakfast sets, little girl, your business was good yesterday, right?" Zhou Lie said with a smile.

The little girl made a note of the menu, then tilted her head and thought about it, and said, "You didn't come yesterday, and there were no people in the hotel, but the Running Bull Festival is coming, and there will be more people in the hotel, and then our business will be good." ”

"Hahaha, have you forgotten, yesterday you just had the Running Bull Festival, I saw the scene of the nine cows running on the avenue of your town in the morning, it was really spectacular. ”

"Huh?" the little girl tilted her head, her face full of confusion.

"Palace, young master, do you take the things in your dream as reality, the Running Bull Festival is six days later, and this Sunday, you still need to wait six days to wait for the Running Bull Festival you want to see. ”

Well???

Zhou Lie looked at Randy beside him suspiciously, "Are you kidding? It's time for us to leave today, have you been confused?"

Randy also looked at Su Wen and Su Wu on the side with a puzzled face, and then said, "I'm very happy that Your Highness is leaving now, but it's true that we've only been here for one day, and yesterday Your Highness was going to stay here for another seven days." ”

This time, it was Zhou Lie's turn to be a little overwhelmed. Could it be that what I just did was all a dream?

That's right, the strap!

Zhou Lie grabbed Randy's right hand and found that his wrist was empty.

"Where's your money bag?" asked Zhou Lie with a solemn face.

Randy was confused, took the money bag from his waist and handed it to Zhou Lie.

The strap of the purse, which had obviously been used for a long time, was now intact on Randy's purse, showing no signs of breaking.

Is it really his dream? Zhou Lie shook his head, he can't confuse dreams with reality.

The surrounding adventurers were discussing the death of the Running of the Bulls in a few days, and the merchants who got up early were discussing the problems of the shop, and a few of the words still sounded familiar to Zhou Lie, as if he had heard them not long ago.

What's going on?

With doubts, Zhou Lie did not leave directly, but came to the street, he remembered that a big platform was erected in the square yesterday, and there should still be traces today, and there are also traces of the cow coming out during the game on the road, these can't disappear overnight.

They returned it and disappeared overnight.

The empty square has no traces of stalls around it, let alone a high platform, and no trace of people indulging in carnivals.

Did you really remember it wrong?

Suddenly, a familiar back appeared in front of me, it was Layla.

"Hey, Layla!" Seeing the familiar figure in front of him, Zhou Lie greeted loudly from afar.

Layla turned her head and saw that it was Zhou Lie, and also waved at him, Zhou Lie caught up in two or three steps, and found that there were two or three adventurers with bows and swords on their backs beside Layla, who also looked like they were shopping.

"Are you also going to wait here for this Sunday's Bull Running Festival?" Zhou Lie asked.

"That's right, the merchants who hire us are going to do business here, so we're going to wait here for a while, and the Running of the Bulls sounds like a lot of fun. Layla was stunned, then said with a smile.

Zhou Lie nodded, looking like he didn't have to worry about this little girl's adaptability.

"Layla, we still have to settle the commission, you hurry up. One of the swordsmen who had walked ahead of Layla shouted back.

"You still have a job here?"

"Yes, there is no adventurer's union in this town, so adventurers who see us passing by will entrust us with some work, and this time we only need to go to the farm to help, and we can earn a little money for the journey. Layla waved her hand at Zhou Lie, "I won't talk about it if I have a job, let's go first!"

I remember this conversation!

Zhou Lie shouted in his heart, can his dream predict the future?

But even the details of this dialogue are exactly the same, and that's terrifying.

"Fool, no one can predict the future at all, and the moment the future is predicted, the future has been rewritten. Frem's voice came out of his head, "What you see now is what you've experienced, that's why it feels familiar." ”