"You must be wondering why I put the meeting place here. Roland picked up a sausage with a fork and put it in his mouth.

"According to our hometown, you are a public figure, so you naturally need to avoid the eyes and ears of others. The tavern is unremarkable, and it's not a place where important people would come. I think it's a good choice. Xiao Chen said.

Roland laughed, cut off a piece of sausage with a knife and said, "You may not know, I am from the royal capital. My childhood home was not far from here. And the Goldtail Tavern is the place I yearn for the most. At that time, the owner was still the great-grandfather of the owner, and he had a unique skill, which was to make sausages, which were much more delicious than those made at home. My dad only brought me twice, but it was the happiest thing I did as a child. Later, I became a priest and came here several times a year. Today is the first time this year, and the first time that guests are invited to eat this together. ”

"Is that the case?" Xiao Chen looked at the sausage on the plate in front of him.

"Nope. Little Pander's craft has not yet reached home, and it is far worse than his great-grandfather. But sitting here, sitting among these people, allows me to stand underneath and think not as a priest of the temple of nature, but as an ordinary person. Just like today, I can listen to the stories of young people as an old man with some curiosity. ”

"It turns out that this is a place where a strong man like you goes deep into the masses. Xiao Chen said.

"Reaching out to the masses?" is a very fresh saying. It seems that in your hometown, this is a very common practice?" Roland asked with some curiosity.

"Our mainstream view is that there are a lot of officials who can't do that, but there are a lot of people who practice it. Because in our opinion, they are the ones who hold the real power. ”

"You mean them?" Roland glanced up at the guests in the tavern, who were drinking and frolicking, unaware that a strong man was scrutinizing them.

Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Yes, those who have real power are neither priests, nor magicians, nor temples and kingdoms. And it is these ordinary people, who are the subjects of what I call real power. ”

"You, or I, can take the lives of everyone in the tavern in less than a minute. Roland cut a sausage with a knife, as if killing everyone was as simple as pressing a knife.

"The real power is not in killing, but in building and producing. Otherwise, how could mankind have come from drinking blood to this point? The river in front of us separates the royal capital in half. It seems that the kings, ministers, priests and nobles in the opposite half are more powerful. But if the people here disappear, and these 'nobles' lose their provisions, and they can survive in their gardens and palaces for a few days? Who, you say, holds the real power?"

"But how can these people be able to judge right and wrong when they are confused and weak?"

"Yes. I'm sure if you reveal your identity and then identify me as a bandit, I'm afraid everyone in the tavern will believe that. They are often confused, confused, and easy to manipulate. ”

"I have this confidence in this. Roland smiled.

"But I'm not talking about right or wrong for a moment. Rather, the standard of right or wrong actually comes from the will of these people. For lions, it is right to eat an antelope. For antelopes, it is only right to escape the predation of lions. It is right for man to let the race continue better and more efficiently.

Even if the Kingdom made a law, it would not be possible to enforce it if everyone objected. The so-called rule means that the ruler and these people have reached a consensus and formed a kind of 'right'.

Everyone, including you and me, knows a limited amount of things, and they can be blinded for a while, or even for a lifetime, but it is impossible to be blinded from generation to generation. One dynasty after another, one after another, one by one, the strong man died, and even one by one the spirits fell or fell asleep, only they have always existed, which in itself shows that they have been on the right path, or in other words, the path they have gone to will be the right path. ”

"In that case, what is the point of the existence of those of us?" asked Roland, "according to you, everything is ultimately decided by ordinary people. Do you need the wise, what do the strong do? Is it just to use our wisdom or force to live a life that surpasses them?"

Xiao Chen savored the meaning of the other party's words, and in the conversation, he found that he had a complete lack of understanding of this temple priest, perhaps what he saw in the slave camp was only a very small aspect of him, and it seemed that the things he was concerned about were far beyond Xiao Chen's prediction of him.

Since this is the case, Xiao Chen decided to express his thoughts more openly and honestly: "Because the wise and the strong can lead people to move forward faster." We may see a little farther than they do, and then take them to fewer detours and overcome more difficulties faster. And who's to say we're not one of them? You sometimes think of yourself as a normal person, don't you?"

"Only occasionally. ”

"Now you're strong, and maybe sometime in the future, most people will be able to do what you can. ”

"Will that happen?"

"The so-called wise man or strong man, this is just a person who is one step ahead in some aspects, in ancient times, the one who can make fire is the wise, and the one who can throw a stone farther is the strong. Later, those who could count were wise, and those who could shoot arrows were strong. Until now, only those who are well-read can be called wise, and those who have fighting spirit, bloodline or magic can be called strong. It can be seen that the definition of the wise and the strong is always changing. ”

"Magicians can summon flames, freeze rivers, read minds, and cut through space. If one day, ordinary people can do these things, then magicians are also ordinary people. We help them move forward, let them catch up with us, and that's the ultimate meaning of our existence. ”

Roland ate the last sausage, put down the fork and said, "It's wonderful, I agree." ”

"What did you say?"

"I agree. Any questions?" Roland asked rhetorically.

"Uh, no, it's just ......"

"It's just that you think I should be more stubborn, and then argue with you? No, this is the true way of nature, to survive, to grow, to evolve, to make a population more and more perfect, how can a priest of a natural temple like me disagree?"