I rode my horse and paced small steps on the great plains outside the city.

I got up late today, and I was still in the city for so long during the day, but now that the sun has tilted to a certain angle, I will soon be able to see the sunset.

From an astronomical point of view, the planet Nairn, where the continent of Tamriel is located, also has a similar way to the Earth: it rotates around its axis of rotation and orbits the sun. The only difference is that there are two moons in this world.

For me, two moons are no different from one, which only shows the universality of the law of gravitation. The planet Nairn and the Earth are very similar in terms of mass, rotation speed and other indicators, the surface gravitational acceleration and rotation period of the two planets are very close to the Earth, intuitively speaking, the length of the day basically does not change, and the discomfort of weightlessness or overweight does not appear to me. There is even a striking correspondence in the calendar - three hundred and sixty-four days a year, only one day less than the earth in December.

As the saying goes, human beings have chosen the earth, and the earth has chosen human beings. Because the general environment is the same, similar organic organisms are born on the earth and Nain, echoing each other from afar; Because of the subtle differences, the two worldly civilizations eventually embarked on different paths of development.

Thanks to God over there, and the Holy Spirit over there, I held up the mead I had bought at the mead estate outside the city and toasted to their miraculous work.

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The sun rises and the sun sets, and the farmers who have been working all day return home. Some of them live in wooden huts built on the edge of the fields, while others live in snowy cities. I poured the mead and slowed down the horses to avoid colliding with pedestrians and causing traffic accidents.

But not everyone has the same idea as me, such as female drivers in the United States who have a higher annual lethality than cancer, such as the comic comparison between being killed and being killed in the monthly stupid lack collection...... No, there is a car accident scene in front of me.

When I got off the horse and took a closer look, I realized that no one was injured, and it was just a traffic accident of a very ordinary nature. But if it was just an ordinary accident, it wouldn't have attracted me to stop and watch. The carriage fell to the ground, and one of the wheels fell off and rolled aside, which made me curious when I saw the carriage in an accident for the first time. Then there is the owner of the carriage, a clown in fancy dress. It turns out that the continent of Tamriel also has a clown profession, which is really interesting.

There are constantly people gathered around to watch the excitement, but no one will stay here for long while the wife and children are waiting for them to eat. Someone may want to do something, but this clown is dressed strangely and constantly talking to himself nervously, making it difficult to approach.

The carriage is loaded with a bulky-looking cuboid wooden box, which the Joker must fix before he can get back on the road. There was also a farmer besides us, who stayed here because the carriage broke right in front of his house, and he had just finished an argument with the clown.

"!" The farmer dropped a dirty word, turned around angrily, and returned to his house.

……

As the sky gets darker, the bright sunset reflects the dim sky in fiery red, and the originally noisy avenue gradually quiets down. There were only two people left next to the carriage: the clown and me.

"Ahh Upset! Bewildered! It's here! Stuck! My mother! My poor mother, motionless and lifeless...... "The clown turned his gaze to me and grumbled at me.

I stayed here and didn't leave because the boxes on the carriage gave me a quirky feeling. When I learned from the clown's sloquy that it was his mother, I cast a detection spell on the chest, and it showed that there were no bodies or living creatures in the chest, but I got goosebumps at the sight, like something was smiling weirdly at me.

But I couldn't open the box in front of anyone else to see what was going on, so I gave up on the idea of the box for a while and listened to what the clown had to say.

"What's wrong with you? What's in this box? ”

"Poor Cicero is trapped, can't you see? I am sending my dear mother. ”

"Your mother? It's a sealed box. ”

"It's not her, it's her corpse, she's dead! I'm sending my mother to a new home, a new grave. But...... Yes! Wheels! Damn the wheels! It turned out to be broken! Don't you see? ”

"And what are you going to do now?"

"Help me, friendly stranger!"

"I don't have the craft of a carpenter."

"Rorius, go and convince Rorius to fix my wheels, if you do, poor Cicero and his mother will thank you!"

……

Well, judging by the clown's startled tone and bizarre grammar, he must be a schizophrenic and anxiety sufferer. If he did what he said, maybe his mother would get up from the coffin and thank me. I don't really want to have anything to do with this guy. But there was no one else around but us, and he insisted that only I could help him, and he pestered me.

Let's help him, it's definitely not a good thing for this coffin with a strange aura to stay here.

"You mean the farmer just now?"

"The farmer is on his farm, where else can he go? He called Rorius, went talk to him, and persuaded him to help poor Cicero! ”

……

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Are you...... What's the matter with you? The farmer opened the door and recognized me as a passer-by who had been leading his horse outside to watch the bustle.

"I suggest you fix the car for that psychotic, it's not lucky to have a corpse in front of your house."

"Hmph, that madman, what's Cicero's name, and all the strange things that are inexplicable...... Don't mention him. I was going to look for the guard after eating, and this guy deliberately broke the car with the corpse in front of my house, obviously trying to extort my money! ”

Belch...... A witty farmer can actually come up with such an "ingenious" routine. But this is clearly not the result I would like to see.

I took out a gold coin. A silver coin would suppossibly suffice, but the coffin made me feel very uncomfortable. If this happened in front of my house, as long as I could send the coffin away quickly, I would be willing to pay ten gold coins.

"This is my reward for you on his behalf."

"Pay me? You think it's a matter of money? The gold coin glittered in the light of the lamp, and the farmer's eyes lit up. But there seemed to be something hidden in it, and after some difficult choices, he finally pushed my hand away.

"Oh? Is there something wrong with that clown? A single gold coin won't let you help him? ”

"Did you see that person? He's completely insane. A clown? Here, in Skyrim? Right now he's shipping a huge box. He called it a coffin and used it to bury his mother. Forget it, he probably has anything in it. Smuggling, arms, contraband, Skuma, and even the remains of a victim who was not his mother at all...... I don't want to get involved in this. ”

After listening to the farmer's analysis, I suddenly felt the lack of my own life experience. But if the box really contains smuggled contraband, I'm relieved.

Judging from the farmer's expression just now, money is still a lot of temptation for him, and if I take out ten gold coins, he will definitely go to repair the car, and he will not care about what is hidden in the box. But ten gold coins is not a small number, and it is only enough to spend it on Kemira, so it is obviously impossible for me to spend it here. I decided to persuade him in another way.

"You can also see that the clown is a madman, if the guards arrest him in prison, at most he will be released for a while, are you not afraid that he will seek revenge on you in the future?"

"You still want to get revenge on me like this?" The farmer was unmoved, and his tone was full of disdain.

Case...... I glanced at his wife, who was eating, lowered my voice and continued to persuade: "The madman has no bottom line when he does things, so you don't worry about your wife?" Or will he burn down your house while you sleep? Poisoning your well? ”

These tricks were a bit ruthless, and the farmer immediately hesitated after hearing this: "That...... What do you mean? ”

"It's not a problem to leave him outside, and to report it to the guards for fear of retaliation from a madman. So you help him fix the carriage, that guy still has to hurry, after the carriage is repaired, he will naturally roll as far as he wants, and what happens after that will not have anything to do with you. This gold coin is considered to be a reward. ”

"Tell him that I'll go fix it for him after eating, and let him stay honest and don't wreak havoc."

Eventually, the farmer agreed to my request. He muttered as he put the gold coins in his pocket, "Damn, you still have to be a grandfather now?" ”

……

"Poor mother, her new home, out of reach......" the clown muttered to himself as he paced in place. When he saw me walk out of the house, he immediately ran to me. "Did you do it? What did he say? ”

"Well, he promised you that he would help you fix the carriage after eating. You, honestly, stay here. ”

"Oh, stranger, you make Cicero so happy, and his heart is so happy! Ecstasy! Not only that, but my mother has to thank you too! ”

WTF！ I pressed his shoulders and said to him word by word in an accentuated tone: "Listen, when he repairs your car later, you, one, one, word, all, no, accurate, say!" Leave here as soon as it's done. ”

"Here! Here! I'm sorry for you. Glittering gold! Good people are rewarded! Peace all your life! Thank you, thank you again. The clown, so immersed in joy that he paid no attention to me, took a heavy-looking pouch from the car and stuffed it into my hand.

Well, that's how much you weigh...... The clown really had a problem with his brain, and if he had taken out the gold coins and showed them to the farmer in the first place, there would have been nothing to do.

"Leave the gold to the farmer who repaired your car, I don't lack it."

"No! You have fulfilled my commission, and Cicero must pay you! Unalterable principle! Righteousness and strictness! ”

I was about to excuse myself, but I didn't expect the clown to be so powerful that he forcibly loosened my fingers and shoved the money bag into my hand.

…… Why would a clown have so much energy? Your show in the circus is a big rock in your chest!

As for this money bag, why must it be handed over to me and I am not allowed to refuse? Barguf gave me the benefit, I can still understand, what is this clown's intention to give me so many gold coins? What's more, this is just a horse-drawn carriage, and it is not polishing and waxing nuclear warheads...... There must be a conspiracy, and he can't pull his IQ to the same level as him.

By going to the river to drink, I turned my back to the clown and cast all the kinds of detection spells I knew of on the money bag, but I found nothing. This not only did not dispel my doubts, but made me more careful. Taking advantage of the darkness that the clown didn't notice, I stuffed my money bag into a cabbage. It's not a small amount of money to weigh, but I'm more afraid of potential pitfalls.

Without saying goodbye to the chattering clown, I quickly got on my horse and turned around and left the farm.

The Joker didn't care, he shouted happily at my swiftly departing figure, "I'll wait for Lorius!" Mother and I will be waiting here! Until he fixes our wheels! ”

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Longxiao Palace in the evening, the brightly lit front hall.

"Provantes, are there any tourist attractions near Snowman?"

"Tourist attractions?" The Governor was puzzled by the borrowed word.

"That means I want to go out and have fun, so show me a location."

"If you say so...... the manager returned to his office and took out a black dagger with a distinctive shape and angular shape, and handed it to me. ”

"Mishap?" Looking at the slightly depressing dagger in my hand, I didn't understand for a moment what it had to do with it.

"There's an ancient glittering sanctuary to the east of Snowman, have you heard of it?"

"Oh! The priest of Ginareth told me about it not long ago, an ancient and magical tree. I did mean to take a look, but what kind of errand are you talking about? ”

"Don't let this matter out. The snowy golden tree is showing signs of withering, and Danica Springs needs to get some ancient sparkling sap to rejuvenate the golden tree. I'm about to pick someone with a strong mouth to do this errand, and since you'd like to see it, I'll take a little sap and come back. ”

"And what about this dagger?"

"Danica says that only this dagger can cut through the bark of the 'ancient glitter'."

"How do I get there?"

"Ladia will guide you. As for safety, don't worry, the Ancient Sanctuary of Lights is a very famous place of worship on the continent of Tamriel, where fanatical believers will destroy all obstacles that stand in their way. ”

================== the author's words ==================

Still in 4E201, on the 29th of Lastseed, the protagonist hooks up with a strange clown.