CHAPTER XXVI

Sagron's wife was a native of Uxhall, and the women there were famous for their Gu family. She allows Sagron to focus on her work, she doesn't need to go home often, and she takes care of everything at home. She babbled on and on about how much she had bought for the spring seeds; A few sheep were sick; The mill in the village is broken, it is estimated that the bearings are not oiled, and the flour pressed out is very large, and it is not delicious at all??? Sagron listened to his wife's babbling as if he were listening to the most beautiful country idyll. Seeing that Sagron heard it, Sagron's wife asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"No, my dear, go on, I love to hear it."

After the family's warmth was over, Saglon had to return to the team on time. At this time, Sagron learns that the former boss is dead, and now the second boss is assigning work to prepare everyone to ambush a patrol tomorrow. The second boss swore that whoever could take back the boss's head would be the new leader. Sagron began to prepare in a gloomy mood, sharpening his knife in the middle of the night. In the evening, he saw a Kugit who had joined the gang earlier than him sneaking away on horseback, and he did not alarm the others, and he felt that it would be a good thing for this man to let him go. Early the next morning, when he was about to set off with the second master, the Kugit man from the previous night returned, holding a human head in his hand. He raised his head and waited like an emperor for the oath of allegiance from the crowd. Sagron liked the man who was so bright that he walked out and bowed his head. Subsequently, under the extremely resentful gaze of the second master, more and more people went out and bowed their heads to Kazak and swore an oath.

Kazak looked at the young man, his lips twitched slightly, Sagron approached, Kazak said softly, "Don't do it, go home???" Kazak has already decided, this time he will execute the second master, get the ransom, and then divide the money with his subordinates and break up. He didn't want to do it himself for a long time, and the more time passed, the more painful it became, and the sins he committed tormented him all the time. When Kazak was young, he watched his people burn a sorcerer from another tribe, and the sorcerer sat quietly on a pile of firewood and said quietly, "Immortal Heaven accepts everything and gives everything back." Kazak remembered the words. The more he came later, the more he remembered this sentence, and he decided in his heart that this time he was betrayed, and being hit by a poisoned arrow was also Changshengtian's reward for him. He wanted to stop. He always felt that everything he was doing was meaningless, and when he turned away from Elmo at dawn after playing the dombra one day many years ago, he felt that there was nothing worth doing in the world. He once thought that a new environment and a war on the front line would bring a little change to his life, but then another wave of disappointment followed. Everything after that to the present, to Kazak, just?? Like a dream, a senseless dream of a person after losing everything. Kazak was tired, and in Rhine, Kazak saw his aging and the happiness of his youth. Kazak wanted to take Rhine to find a pasture to graze horses and sheep, until one day, he was looking for a safe young man for Rhine. At that time, Kazak thought, he would wait patiently for Rhine to grow to 16, and he would patiently wait for some young man to come and propose to Rhine. Thinking about this, Kazak suddenly remembered the old man who made wine, and he instantly understood the look in the old man's eyes at the ball many years ago, poor old man like a goat.

Kazak looked at the young man: "Stop it???"

Zaitsev was keenly aware of Kazak's desire to retreat after he was seriously injured. He managed to make Kazak understand that if Kazak could not fulfill his promise, then Zaitsev would regard Kazak as a breach of contract. In this case, no one can guarantee what Zaitsev will do to Kazak's men and the little girl, as well as to the two young men they guard. Kazak was weak and angry, but after thinking carefully about Zaitsev's words, he decided to accept this condition, he had to accept this condition, and only after all this could he escape from the people he cared about. This was Kazak's last business. Get the money and give it to Saglon and the rest of his men; caught the second master and executed with the stonemason; Capture the mutineers and fulfill the promise to Zaitsev; Finally, take Rhine with you and leave.

While waiting for Kazak's reply, Zaitsev heard a knock at the door. Then Zaitsev watched in amazement as Kazak walked in, dressed in full clothes. Zaitsev couldn't imagine how much pain Kazak had to overcome. Kazak's face turned pale: "Sir, give us some horses, it seems that those people will not return to Alberton, we must go to them ourselves." ”

An hour later, Kazak's caravan departed, and they waited outside the city for half an hour to receive 10 bows, 30 pots of arrows, 20 skins of water, and 6 baskets of bread from Edward in his wagon.

Edward asked Zaitsev: "What will happen to those people when they have fled?" Will they ever come back? ”

Zaitsev said: "You have to be observant. Because of this little girl, Kazak will not go; Because of those two young people, the few people left will not leave. It's their business, and we don't get involved. None of them are trustworthy people, but what we have in our hands can make them the most trustworthy people. ”

It was raining in Lurens. More than a dozen robbers have been waiting for a few days, and the second boss has not yet come. They stood lonely under the tree, looking in. These people have a vague sense of a terrible thing: have they been abandoned?

It was raining in the sky, and more than a dozen men full of worries watched the intersection where the second master disappeared and waited bitterly. After a day of starvation, they robbed a young man on a donkey, a young pedant who was wandering around, and when he saw the bandits wielding knives and guns, he jumped off the donkey and begged for mercy. The young man said that he could tell fortunes, and hoped that the kings would spare his life, and that he could serve the kings. The bandits were very satisfied with the astrological surgery when they knew that he would do it, and put the knife on his neck and asked him to watch the celestial phenomena at night to see if they were abandoned, and by the way to see where the second master had gone.

The pedant agreed. As a result, it started to rain that night, and nothing could be seen in the sky.

The robbers were disappointed, thinking about how they could predict the future and determine the situation. The young man said that another way was to sprinkle a handful of salt on the fire and listen to the sound of the bang a few times. The robbers said after the negotiation that it was unrealistic, first, that salt was so expensive that they could not afford it; Second, everyone knows where the fire comes from when it's raining.

Once again, the robbers were in deep distress. The young man was optimistic, and he enlightened the bandits: "I am not a passerby, we are not a group of passers-by in life. There's still hope! What is the difference between being abandoned and not being abandoned? Be optimistic. Look, in this reckless world, I have a fate with you, and I can meet here in the wind and rain, this is a good story????"

He wanted to go on, but found that the robbers were spitting, scolding him, and threatening to beat him. So the passers-by didn't dare to say more, and stood solemnly in the rain and felt the loneliness of the robbers.

After a long time, the passer-by could not stand the silence anymore, and he said angrily, "Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Don't you feel cold? Don't you feel that life is unfair? You guys??" Then the passer-by was knocked unconscious by a bandit with a scabbard.

The passer-by wondered why the robbers did not listen to him, for before he spoke, he had been working on a draft for an hour, and had been ready to speak with great emotion, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was beaten unconscious.

When he was woken up by a slap on the face, he found another group of people. These men pointed their bows and arrows at themselves and the bandits from before. The kings of the mountains who had been in power with them before squatted under the tree with their heads crossed. A man with a bow and arrows drew his bow and asked the passers-by to kneel down the tree with their heads in their hands.

At this time, a tall man came over: "You brutes, don't you know how the leader usually treats you?" Why follow the in the second boss to be a traitor?! This time you're finished, and the Kazak leader will spare you, and neither will I, Sagron. Who instigated your rebellion!? ”

The group of bandits continued to hold their heads in their left hands, and pointed at the self-proclaimed pedant with their right hands. The passer-by was looking at the excitement with great interest, but at this time he was in a hurry and argued: "It's not me! ”

Before he was about to say anything, a middle-aged man with a face as white as paper walked over. The man looked bored. He looked at the dress of the visitor and the donkey next to him, and roughly guessed that this person had nothing to do with the second master, so he asked Sagron not to embarrass the passer-by, and took him back to Alberon to ask for clarification and let him go. The passer-by thanked Dade and ran over on tiptoe and kicked the robbers who were squatting in a row with their heads on the ground.

The passer-by listened to the pale man ask the bandits who were squatting on the ground some questions alone, and he vaguely heard "Where is the second master?" "Didn't you come back?" "Brutes" "You idiots".

Later, the middle-aged man asked the man, named Sagron, to go to Lurens Town. After another two hours or so, Saglon returned: "The innkeeper said that three men had been there a few days ago, but they had not come down when they went upstairs. When they went to deliver hot water the next day, they saw a mess inside the house, and there were still three pools of blood on the ground. The man never came back. ”

The middle-aged man thought about it, his face changed greatly, it's not good, go back to Abbron.

The passer-by who had just come out of Abron was inexplicably brought back to Ebelon, and he was forced to ride a donkey and chase after Sagron. But the passer-by did not realize that he was at a loss, and the robbers who were strung together by ropes and ran after him made the passer-by happy, and he shouted: "Gallop!" Visitors of life! ”

When Kazak returned to the Alberon Hotel with the captives, Charlie greeted him, "Oh no, my lord. As soon as you left, the playboy who lived on the second floor rushed into the third floor with a lot of patrols, taking the two young men and the little girl with them. The owner of Zaitsev was also taken away. ”