Chapter 19: The City of Urs
The Cathy Empire is one of the three major empires on the continent of Vites, bordering the Dead Sea in the south, the Justin Heath in the north, the Diggs Swamp in the west, and the Darim Mountains in the east. The www.biquge.info of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion was originally quite powerful, but in recent decades, it has been fighting against the Carter Empire in the Corinth region to the east, and its national power has gradually declined. However, the starving camel is bigger than the horse, especially in the capital Luohui City, which is still prosperous and busy. On the way to Luohui City from the north, there is a must-pass place - Urs City. The city was first built and developed by the Urs tribe, and it was a big city in the north with its huge livestock and fur goods trade, but the Kaishi tribe was unified at this time, and almost killed all the original tribesmen, but the name of the city has been handed down. At this time, on the road more than ten miles away from the north of the city, there are old and young people resting on the side of the road.
The old man with gray hair sat there hunched over, but he smoked a cigarette in one puff, and the young man looked much stronger, and he was so energetic that he could not sit still at all, and he was fiddling with whatever things he had in his hand, one moment pulling the bow and arrows, and the other wiping the knife. If you look closely, you can see that this outfit is from Orion, and it seems that there is still a large prey in the bag you carry.
"Grandpa, do you think there really are leopards in the wasteland? I haven't seen them yet, and I've heard that they can run faster than the arrows they shoot, and ordinary hunters can't shoot them!" asked the young man, turning his head to the old man.
Suck... Call... The old man took a big puff of cigarette before he spit it out slowly, and under the impatient swaying and pulling of the young man, he said unhurriedly: "You boy, how can you see the leopard once you go?" Besides, if you see it, it won't scare you back?"
"You just retracted!" protested the young man indignantly, "if I see a cheetah, I will have to shoot it with an arrow, like this!"
Gradually, the young man put down his bow and arrows, pointed to the front, and said, "Grandpa, there are two people in front. ”
When I got closer, I found that the two men were skinny, their clothes were tattered, and they looked like refugees on flight. Strangely, both of them were holding weapons, and one of them had a sword that looked quite sharp, which didn't quite match the match, but rather looked like a knight or soldier in distress.
These two people are naturally me and Da Shu, the two of them were frightened and frightened along the way, starved and tired, and after more than 20 days of hard work, they finally found a decent road, and they came all the way. Obviously, we also saw this grandfather and grandson, and thought that there was no danger, so we took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello, we are from the north, how far is it to Luo Hui City?" I politely asked the old man.
"Hehe," the old man shook off the ashes of his cigarette and laughed, "Passing guest, I'm afraid this is your first time going to Luo Hui City." ”
"yes, yes, how do you know?", I asked with a little strangeness.
"As for this road, it's true that you can get to Luohui City all the way south, but how far is it, at least there are thousands of miles. ”
Isn't this the Kaish Empire? Wouldn't it take a few months to walk over, even if there is a road, but how to solve the problem of eating and drinking on this road, if you still hunt and get water like before, it will really be a feast and a camp.
Seeing that the two of us were stunned, the young man laughed, "Grandpa, you haven't been to Luo Hui City either, how do you know it's so far?"
"Haha, I eat more salt than you eat, it's not surprising that you know a place, you kid actually questioned me coming, be careful to go back and beat you." The old man reached out and struck the pipe with his pipe, and the young man was very clever and had already avoided it. At this time, I realized that they were hunters, so I cheekily asked again if there was any food, and the young man generously agreed, "There is also half a yellow sheep, which has just been roasted and eaten." ”
The hospitable grandparents and grandchildren made us feel unusually warm, and in the recent period, a series of things that are difficult to look back have made each other physically and mentally exhausted, but in front of this stranger, there is no barrier at all, which really makes us both return to normal life.
At the time of the full meal, after understanding, it was learned that the grandfather and grandson also came back from hunting in the north, and they lived independently, and did not belong to the tribe, so they did not have a surname, the old man was called Jiali, which is said to mean a seasoned hunter, and the young man did not have a name, only called the little leopard. This hunting was not very fruitful, but it was mainly for young people to experience. More than ten miles south of this road is Urs City, where you can replenish food, buy a few horses or hire a carriage and then go to Luohui City.
After repairing it, we thanked him in every possible way, and prepared to give the bronze sword of little value to the old man, but they resolutely refused to accept it, and after thanking him again, they continued on the road south towards the city of Urs.
Finally, in a hurry, at nightfall, before the gates were closed, they arrived at the city of Urs.
After walking a little inside, I realized that if this was also a city, then the small county town of my family would be the capital. Although I had some psychological preparation, I was still shocked by the architectural style of this continent. Walking into the city, all the houses are basically nailed together with thick wood, most of them have no windows, only a door and chimneys; the road is deserted, maybe it is night, you can only see some soldiers in armor patrolling, and the rest of the people are hiding in their places to live; the whole city feels like a mess, all kinds of livestock manure is all over the street, and they have stepped on it several times, no way, who let this be an uncivilized continent.
Finally, I found an inn. Pushing the door in, the melodious sound of the accordion and the moving singing were heard, mixed with the sound of drunken nonsense, and it seemed that there were still many people gathered here. After looking at it for a while, we walked straight to the counter of the inn and asked the innkeeper:
"Hey, how much does it cost to stay two people a night?"
The boss instructed the waitress to do the work at hand, looked up and smiled: "I'm sorry, the room is full, if you don't dislike it, you can sit here in the hall and rest for a night, only 2 copper coins." ”
The two of us looked at each other, there was no concept of money in the tribe before, the food and goods in the tribe belonged to everyone, and after escaping, they were naturally penniless. The boss seemed to sense our situation, and still smiled and said, "It's okay, I can also mortgage here, no matter what, as long as it's worth it." ”
The two of us looked at this bronze sword, it was really worth a lot of money, but it was really reluctant to let such a sharp self-defense weapon go out like this, and the silver stone taken out of the skull of the skeleton warrior in my hand had a mysterious origin, and I always felt that it was still useful, so after weighing it, I mortgaged the steel knife I took from the mine. The boss is also generous, counting it as the room fee for both of us, and there is a lot of extra wine money, which is enough for us to stay here for a few more days.
The music, the wine, the food, and a comfy chair really put the whole person at ease. The food here is not bad, not only the best mutton, but also pasta such as cakes, mixed with goat's milk, it is really a sense of happiness, as if it has returned to the tribe. Before he knew it, he fell to the ground with a smile on his face and fell asleep, and this sleep reached dawn the next day.