Chapter Ninety-Six: Leaving Hawley
Early in the morning, a carriage depicting the badge of iron thorns drove past the Shenghui Boulevard, and the crisp sound of horses' hooves banged on the cobblestones, like a tinkling bell, disturbing people's dreams. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Maybe the nobles are still hiding in the courtyard of the deep mansion and snoring and sleeping, but at least it disturbs the sleep of the guards guarding the gate, you must know that there is no better thing to sit in front of the city gate after getting up in the morning.
The four sleeping guards muttered to their feet and went to open the door sleepily. As he did something, he complained: "You people from the Iron Thorn Clan are either late in the night or early in the morning. Everyone is a hard-working subordinate, who can show him so diligently?", Al sat in the car and understood as soon as he heard it, daring to love that these people regarded him as the steward who had been in and out these days. Freeman, who was driving the car, threw his whip in the air, and the "snap" in the air made the guards tremble.
Freeman shouted, "Blind your dogs, this is the Marquis of Al Edward, can you criticize behind your back?", so frightened that the guards almost fell to their knees on the spot.
At this time, a young male voice came from the carriage, and only his voice was heard, but no one was seen. "Alright, Freeman. Don't be embarrassed by these people, staying here from morning to night, it is inevitable to complain. I ask you, is Mr. Downtor here?"
These guards were pardoned, and praised the kindness and generosity of this young master El, but they couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when they heard Al's question. Tang Se is the gatekeeper, of course, it is impossible to be on duty under the city gate with these big-headed soldiers, this lord will never come until the sun is up, as long as it is a little dark every day, this lord will yawn and go home. It's just after the rooster crows, and it's still early for Chief Tang Se to come on duty. It's just to tell the truth, if Chief Tang Se knows about it in the future, maybe he will blame them for not doing things well, give them small shoes, and make them stumble.
However, there was a guard who was quite clever, and he made up a lie after only a few breaths, "Back to Young Master El, Chief Tang Se has been on duty hard for the past few days, and his body is a little unwell in the wind and sun, so he just went back to rest." You see, it's just so unfortunate that you missed it. This is also a temporary trick on his part, for fear that Al will say something like "I'll wait here for a while", and then there will be no people inside and out, and the rat will go to the lampstand - and he will not be able to sit on the wax.
Al really stopped pestering, and said, "Say hello to Mr. Donser for me." There is no follow-up. Seeing that these people were dumbfounded, Freeman scolded impatiently: "What are you still doing to make Young Master El wait? Hurry up and open the city gate." The guards hurriedly answered, opened the city gate with all their hands, and watched the two carriages gradually move away.
When it was almost noon, Chief Tang Se finally came late, and the lying guard told the story in order to ask for credit. I wanted to receive some praise and get some benefits, but who knew that Tang Se didn't say a word, he just slapped his mouth, and slapped the guard straight to the meat, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, I don't know what mistake he made, and he was very aggrieved in his heart. But seeing that Tang Se's eyes were red, he sighed, and almost beat his chest, "You bastards who have not achieved enough and have more than enough to lose, ruined my chance." Even if you haven't been to my house, you know the address, won't you just run over and call me?", he regretted missing out with Al.
It is said that since accompanying Al to buy slaves that day, Tang Thor has been like a dream lover for Al in his heart. It's just that after parting that day, the two never met again. He was a man who wanted to save face and suffer crimes, and he was as timid as a mouse, and he did not dare to visit him in person, so the matter dragged on. The so-called human affection, people have to deal with each other to have affection, if you don't move, the favor will fade after a long time. Tang Se also understands these truths, and these days he is also tossing and turning, and he can't sleep, and he is very anxious. Who knew that this was such a good opportunity, but it was ruined by these fools.
But on second thought, this young master El went out of this gate in the morning, and there was always a time to come back. So he didn't dare to slack off, and worked hard to stay in front of the door until the dead of night, and it was three watches in the middle of the night, but he never waited for Al to come back.
In the next few days, Tang Se was diligent, like the legendary Wangfu Stone, guarding the city gate, exposed to the sun and rain, unwavering. Every day, they rushed to the city gate before the rooster crowed, and only went home after midnight to rest. His eyes were red and his face was pale, and this man was going to run out of oil and the lamp would dry up. Some of the merchants in the nearby Manny district were surprised that they didn't know what was going on, which led to another far-reaching event.
Putting Tang Thor's business aside for the time being, Al sat in the carriage and slowly walked towards the Westland Comptoir's shop in Manny's district. Along the way, I also listened to Freeman's rare complaints: "Master Al, can you not always let me play this bad guy role." This was the case at the auction house last time, and it was the same at the city gate just now. I don't think it's going to be long before I become the character of this Saint Radiance City's hateful dog. ”
Al couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and hit his head on the compartment with a "bang" without paying attention, "Laugh and laugh, you know laughter, is it that funny?", Freeman said angrily, there was no outsider, and he spoke a lot more casually.
"Yes, yes. Al replied repeatedly, but in order to prevent Freeman from becoming angry, Al hurriedly comforted, "All this is also for the honor of our Iron Thorn Family. You must know that these big nobles are all very perverted, and the honor of the family is greater than life at every turn. Don't say it's scolding, even if you say the wrong word, it's all on the line, which makes the chickens and dogs restless. We don't care if we are offended, but in the eyes of others, we despise the honor of the family and will be looked down upon. had no choice but to play one with a white face and the other with a black face, and continued the play. I can only wronged you, Freeman. ”
Freeman was silent for a while, then spoke, "Then what do you think, the honor of the family is more important than life. Master Al. ”
Listening to Freeman's question, Al was a little surprised, he thought about it carefully, and then gave his answer: "It's hard to choose, in fact, a family is like a person. The life of a family member is the flesh and blood of this person, and the honor of the family is the soul of this person. If all the members of the family are dead, this person will cease to exist, and if the family honor is lost, this person will lose his soul, and he will only be a living dead in a mess. Sometimes we have to sacrifice some flesh and blood, like our limbs, to defend this honor. But according to my thoughts, only people can have a home, and a person's life is only once, the most precious, but if someone scolds or spits on the name of the Iron Thorn Family, I will never sacrifice my life for this, nor will I sacrifice the lives of family members for this. ”
"I have always believed that it is extremely despicable and shameless to use violent means to force others to sacrifice in the name of justice. As the saying goes, standing and talking without backache is required, at least with the consent of the person, and the person who makes the decision must sacrifice himself at any time. ”
"If you don't have the consciousness to sacrifice yourself, how can you afford to sacrifice others? ”