Chapter Seventy-Two: The Old Tree
"Don't be nervous, call your little ones too. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Lucien patted Vivien's head.
Soon, more than forty children sat in a circle around Lucian, and Lucien made an "OK" gesture, took out a stack of one-dollar bills from his pocket, displayed them in front of the group of children, and said, "Now, I'll play a game, and those who answer correctly will be rewarded with one dollar." Remember, raise your hand before answering the question, do you understand?"
The children replied in unison: I understand.
"Now, who can say their own name. ”
Lucien nodded at the boy who raised his hand the fastest and said, "It's you." ”
The boy, who looked to be in his early teens, stood up with a red face and replied, "My name is Nhleko." ”
"Enleko, it's your dollar. The boy ran up cheerfully and took the dollar from Lucian's hand, and was very happy.
One yuan is already a huge amount of money for the children in the village, and a wealthy class like Lucien, who was born on the outskirts of a big city, only had five cents of pocket money when he was a child, let alone the poor and remote village of Faro.
Since the adults in the village were busy with their own business, Lucien could only gather useful information from the group of children.
"Very good, children, let's continue to play this game. Now, I want to know, what are the myths and legends in your village?"
The reason for this is because Lucien is well aware of the logic of academic wizards, and they will never come up with a riddle out of thin air.
Academic wizards have always paid attention to the fact that any problem must have a root, and according to the root, the result is deduced, the argument is repeated, and the conclusion is drawn.
The puzzles must be set up according to this logic.
This village looks very barren, from the material level to the spiritual level, it is very barren, but the more backward it is, the more popular the legend of myths and ghosts, maybe the puzzle is based on this, so Lucien asked.
"Who's coming first?" said Lucien.
"I, I'll come first. A little fat man stood up, his face flushed, and he could see that it took a great deal of courage for him to stand up.
"Very good, little friend, what's your name. ”
"Jerry. The little fat man stammered.
"Jerry, let's get started. ”
"Legend has it that deep in the forest, a villager met a miller who had a large wild boar ......"
"Interesting story, Jerry, your dollar, take it. Who else has a story. ”
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Seeing that Lucien was very approachable, the children's nervous mood eased, and everyone told the legends of the village one after another.
At this time, Phil led the adult men of the village to run through the small square in unison, which was to train the discipline of the villagers.
With the strength of Lucien's seven people, when facing the beast tide, they need to rely on the strength of these mortals.
Fortunately, the villagers here are very strong, with a little organization and training, equipped with iron swords, and relying on fortifications, they should be able to fight.
The person in charge of training this group of villagers today is Feller.
Running to the square, Phil asked an elder in the village to continue to lead the villagers forward, while he stayed where he was, and went straight to Lucien's side, listened for a while, and said with a smile: "Lucian, is this what you said on the road? Listen to a group of children tell stories and find maps? If not, forget it, I'll find it for you, you go and train those mud legs." ”
Although Feller smiled, his words were full of sarcasm, which made the boy who was telling the story a little helpless, and Vivian, who was sitting next to Lucien, looked particularly angry.
In her psychology, Brother Lucien is a good person, not only cares about everyone, eats candy for everyone, but also gives money to everyone in the village, how can this person insult Brother Lucian?
Even if Brother Lucien really wanted to find a map hidden in the village from the story, it was Brother Lucien who thought it was the right thing to do.
What Brother Lucien said was right, she Vivien thought was right.
Thinking of this, she stood up and said angrily: "This uncle, please don't doubt Brother Lucien, he naturally has a reason for doing this." ”
"Uncle?"
Heaven testified that Phile was only 16 years old, and he was actually called uncle, his face became ugly on the spot, he snorted coldly, and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's nothing, I'll just sit aside and learn Lucian's method." ”
As he spoke, he sat down, and Feller shook his head again and said, "I have to train mud legs and find a map, and those who can work hard." ”
Lucien smiled, feeling that this person's hostility towards him was very inexplicable, and he was suspicious of Feller's identity in his heart, but he didn't say anything on the surface, but said to Vivian: "Vivian, you're next, don't be restrained, just say it." ”
Vivien pondered for a moment, then began to tell a legend she knew.
Legend has it that long ago, because there was no mechanical clock in the village, there were often children who missed the school season because they remembered their age wrongly. One day, he went hunting in the mountains, and during his lunch break he met a merchant in a black cloak, and the old village chief asked the merchant if he had any tools to keep track of time in the village.
The merchant glanced at the old village chief, let out a terrible laugh, and said, "Yes! And you don't need money, just a drop of blood in your heart." ”
The old village chief gritted his teeth, hated it, cut some blood on his chest with a dagger, and gave it to the merchant, who in turn gave the old village chief a seed, telling the old village chief that as long as you eat this seed, you can know the passage of time.
After returning to the village, the village chief ate the seed, and sure enough, he was able to know the time clearly, and now the village chief's children no longer have to worry about remembering the wrong age.
However, as time passed, the village chief found that his body slowly grew wooden fibers, and his body began to harden slowly, from the limbs to the whole body fibrosis, and slowly his feet were connected to the earth, and he could no longer walk, and in the end, the old village chief turned into an old tree that could record time......
"Hah!" Hearing this, Phil smiled, "Lucian, if you listen like this, you won't be able to find it for 10 years." ”
Lucien didn't pay attention to Phile, but frowned and said, "If the sundial is a tool to tell people about time through the shadow of the sun, then the tree is a tool to tell people the passage of time through the increase of annual rings, Vivian, do you have an iconic tree in your village?" ”
"Yes, the old locust tree in the west of the village was planted by the first village chief, and it is said that it has been 500 years since now. ”
"Lucian, you don't think the map is hidden in such an obvious place, do you?" Phil asked in disbelief as he followed Lucien to the locust tree.
Lucien didn't look around, he directly communicated with the old locust tree through a natural whisper, and really found the map hidden in the tree, and said to the unbelieving Feller, "You have to understand, those people who hide the map are actually very helpless, so many groups of students, thinking about so many riddles, it's annoying to death." It's better to find a random place to hide, and then think of a puzzle according to the place where the thing is hidden, and in order not to let the map find it so quickly, it is far-fetched to extend to another puzzle, thinking that the logic is very strong. This is the idea of the questioner. And, most importantly, if you don't look for it, how do you know that there is no map hidden here? I also searched blindly, but I didn't expect it to be here. ”
After saying that, Lucien didn't bother to talk to the stunned Feller and began to check the map.
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Night.
After reading the map, Lillian then handed it over to the next person, and then turned around like this, and said, "The final destination is the third peak of the Alterac Mountains, the Chilamach Peak, let's look at the map for yourself." Let me start with today's survey, there is a valley 20 miles east of the village, which is very suitable for defense, and I suggest that all the villagers be moved to the valley. This village is built on a plain, and although there are earthen walls, the village is too open around it to be defensible, and if too many villagers die, our rating will drop, and I recommend moving them all to the valley. ”
"What if the villagers are not willing to give up their homes?" said Math.
"Don't want to?" Feller sneered and said, "Do they dare?"
"Phile, don't forget, we still have to rely on these villagers, the same as before, with equal emphasis on grace and power, and money to open the way. Lucien suggested.
Lillian nodded and said, "Lucian's plan can squeeze the potential of mortals to the greatest extent, just follow Lucian's plan. ”