Chapter 40: Two or Three Things on the Journey
After spending the night peacefully, the convoy started again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although they were in the wilderness, Rogxin could still sense the specific direction by himself, and at this moment they gradually changed to the south along the road, and the mercenaries did not smile along the way, and the team was orderly when they marched, even in this empty and uninhabited place, and they did not slack off too much when they had walked countless times.
Rogxin has no interest in this environment full of weeds or loess, except for Xiao Ai who can't sit still and always runs outside, he and Geely basically don't get out of the carriage. Geely was quiet, holding a tome and not raising his head, only eating in his mouth. Rogxin has also prepared a lot of books for understanding the world in many aspects, but I don't know if it is limited by the times, most of the content in the books is boring, dry, empty and lackluster, even if it is an entertainment novel, it is basically vulgar, boring, and I don't read it for long before I fall asleep. Rogersin brushed the book away, lay on the carriage without any image, and yawned boredly, making people feel that the personalities and ages of the two people were reversed when they looked at the scene in the carriage.
During this time, their journey never seemed to be peaceful, and what they saw and heard along the way also impressed Rogersin, but according to the normal adventure routine, it should have taken a lot of time to plan and pave the way, and various variables occurred on the way, and the story of the ups and downs of the plot ended lightly after he was full of interest!
But this is also a momentary emotion, there are many new and interesting places in the other world, and he is not only interested in the things of fighting, even if he becomes the strongest in the world in the future, he will not really be empty, lonely and cold, just like now, he saw the dense forest in the distance and the smoke rising from the cooking, and suddenly came to the spirit.
Because the road was smooth and there were no incidents, the convoy arrived at a small village outside the edge of the forest before nightfall, where the smoke from the cooking smoke Rogersin had seen earlier. The convoy drove into the small village without hindrance.
The size of the village is not large, and the number of houses is only twenty or thirty households. The three of Rogxin looked at the people here curiously, and found that these "villagers" seemed to be accustomed to the arrival of the convoy, and there were no special looks, and there were no children in the village, all of them were young men equipped with weapons, and several of them greeted the convoy, skillfully pulling the wagon to stop, and did not forget to check the goods on the car. The leader also walked up to old Zhan Lun and exchanged words with him.
The current captain of the mercenaries, Barto, was with Rogxin at the moment, and after seeing his curious look, he explained: "This village is actually a stronghold used to guard the roads in the forest, and the people who live here are all road guards belonging to the Black Swamp Forest. We'll take a break here tonight, and tomorrow we'll head into the forest, where the rest of the road through the forest is the most likely to be in danger in the first half of the trip. ”
"Oh?!" After hearing Barto's explanation, Rogxin had some expectations for the next trip to the forest, and at the same time became interested in these road guards, he looked at them carefully, and found that there were only about a dozen road guards in this stronghold, and the rest were empty rooms for the convoy personnel.
In Rogersin's opinion, how boring it is for more than a dozen people to stay in this desolate place without people, if it were him, he would probably not stay long and go crazy, these guards are undoubtedly resolute people. However, to his surprise, they were not as taciturn and withdrawn as he imagined, and there was curiosity in the eyes of the three Rogersin in addition to vigilance, and Rogxin immediately "used a little trick" to easily mingle with them with a bunch of sweets and snacks that they might not eat once a year. As for what's the use of doing this?he~~ Rogxin didn't think about it at all, he just wanted to talk to these people.
After asking, I found out that there is another team like them, the two teams rotate every three months, the income is not high, but life is not particularly boring, they are all satisfied with their current life, Rogxin asked them why, but they kept silent. In the end, it was the old Zhan Lun who explained to him privately that these people were orphans displaced in the war that year, and the Black Swamp Forest took in a lot of them back then, and trained them to be excellent warriors.
At night, the village was unusually quiet, and Rogxin sat on a big rock at the entrance of the village blowing the night breeze, and there were three people sitting or squatting, in turn, old Jhanlen, Bato, and Mufasha, the captain of the roadkeepers, each with a small silver wine jug, talking and laughing. Rogxin looked at the two bright moons in the sky, and the bright stars that were gathered by many stars and could not be hidden by the moonlight, and couldn't help but feel that such a beautiful scenery that could not be found on the earth could be seen here, and it could not be the reason why he came out in the middle of the night to blow a cold wind.
"It's coming!" Mufasha snorted, and everyone followed his gaze, only to see countless bright spots floating in the forest on the other side, flickering white and green in the wind, like a fluorescent sailboat rising in the wind, undulating in the turbulent waves of the canopy. But as time went by, the bright spots in the sky gathered more and more, and they were connected with the stars in the night sky, accompanied by the rustling sound of the canopy swaying in the wind, as if there was really a surging river hanging in the sky!
Rogersin couldn't help but be fascinated, "Seeing such a wonderful scene is also a great meaning of travel! I will definitely encounter more and more special scenery in my long journey in the future, right?
It's not the first time the others have seen such a scene, and this time they are only accompanying Rogersin. Mufasha stood aside and whispered to Rogsin: " This forest grows a large number of dream vines, they cling to each tree, living by absorbing the life essence of the tree, but every season, they will squeeze themselves to form nutrient-rich seeds, these seeds will be erupted at midnight, the epidermis will fluoresce for a short time, and after a while floating in the wind, it will scatter, nourish the land with its own nutrients, and finally be absorbed by their hosts, only a few can remain intact, dormant in the ground, and will not break through the soil until the following spring. Speaking of this, Mufasha's gaze became deep, and his tone also revealed emotion.
"You know a lot~~" Rogxin didn't know when he had returned to his usual style, and his voice broke the silent atmosphere.
"No, no, this is what a warlock from the Faculty of Learning Association told me, but I was more impressed, so I wrote it down. Mufasa waved his hand in embarrassment.
"Oh, it's really interesting, if you have the chance, you must go to the Duxue Union to have a look!" At this time, the bright spots in the sky were gradually thinning, and Rogxin stood up, said something irrelevant, patted Mufasa on the shoulder, and then swayed towards the village.
Old Jhan Lun glanced at Mufasha with a smile, didn't say anything, beckoned Barto to follow Rogsing, leaving Mufasha alone in place, not knowing what he was thinking.
The next morning, before dawn, Rogxin walked out with two sleepy-eyed yawning little ones, and found that the convoy was already packing. Old Zhan Lun glanced at the three of them, and trotted over with a smile: "Good morning, Your Excellency, you got up so early, I was going to call you later, let's go to Mufasha for breakfast in a while, do you want to go with us? It's better to have something to eat in the morning!"
Of course, what calculations he had, Rogxin naturally knew it clearly, and said in his heart that he was quite concerned about these subordinates.
When everyone had finished breakfast, it was just dawning. The convoy set off again, and they spent four days walking through the forest into the Liao border.
The forest in the morning has a mysterious beauty, the sunlight is divided into patches in the forest, and the water vapor in the air is illuminated to form a hazy pale white mist, like a soft white light. Walking in it, surrounded by mist, everyone breathed in the fresh air, and the sleepiness was swept away.
Coming to the familiar environment, Xiao Ai became very excited, jumping up and down, running back and forth, and Rogxin had to shout out to stop her and tell her to calm down a little. When she was quiet, she pricked up her ears to hear the birdsong coming from the woods, which was small but crisp and powerful.
However, not everyone's mood is as comfortable as Rogsin, you must know that this road was not too peaceful when people were still walking, and after being abandoned, only the smuggling caravan of the Black Swamp Forest often encountered harassment when walking, and the beasts were okay, most of them were not threatening, but some primitive tribes living in the forest would run out to ambush and attack the convoy, although the combat effectiveness was also average, but it would inevitably cause losses, so the mercenaries did not dare to be careless, and they were much more cautious than when they walked before. Bartow separated some of the people who were either in front of them or behind the temple, and their eyes were completely different from those of Rogersin with a happy face!
Walking in the forest is not as easy to walk as the previous road, the road is soft, and the carriage is more laborious to walk, Rogxin had to get out of the car and walk, but he didn't care, even after camping in the forest for a night, it was not a problem for him that his clothes and shoes would get damp and heavy, he could always follow Geely and Xiao Ai to find fun in the forest, and have fun. The day after he entered the woods, he caught a beast about the height of his shoulder, very similar to a saber-toothed tiger. I thought this guy would be a windy mount, but it didn't take long for it to become weak, and he was about to be stunned when he rode on it, so he had to let it go in frustration. This incident was also ridiculed for a long time by the Aroon and his good friend, the axe-wielding warrior.