Bang bang

The sticks kept beating against the bushes, the leaves rattled, and Ma Wei and the others walked through the forest one foot deep and one shallow, the sky had just fallen lightly, and although the air was fresh, the ground had become much more difficult to walk.

It had been two days since the Ditch ran aground, and during that time they had been in the forest, eating canned bread and nibbling on hard bread when they were hungry, and drinking water from the pot when they had drunk, and for two days their clothes were dirty, their hair was messy, their stubble had grown, and their bodies had a terrible smell, not to mention how uncomfortable they were.

Fortunately, there is no problem with the direction, every half an hour, Ma Wei will take out the map to compare the direction, he is a crew member, he is very sensitive to the direction, after all, the most important thing in sea navigation is the direction, once lost, the consequences are unimaginable.

In two days, they passed through two villages, but because the villages were too close to the city and there were churches, they did not dare to approach them, so they chose to take a detour.

"Nicholas! No, rest for a while"

Near noon, the second prince couldn't walk anymore, sat on the stone, took out the kettle and wanted to drink a few sips, but the water in the kettle had bottomed out, and he opened his mouth wide and poured it for a long time, but only a few drops came out.

The second prince never thought that he would live such a life, not to mention sleeping in the wild, not even water, his whole body was sore, his back hurt as if it was broken, he couldn't stand up at all, let alone his feet, he was numb for a long time.

"Your Highness, your calves are already swollen." Archbishop Brandon checked the second prince's physical condition: "If you continue like this, you will not be able to bear it." ”

Archbishop Brandon is not much better, he is old, his health is not as good as it was back then, he is already exhausted at the moment, and he can hold on until now, it is purely a breath of breath.

Mavi took out his kettle and handed it to Yunia, who had half of his water left, the most of them all, and waited for Yunia to finish drinking before throwing the kettle to the second prince.

When the second prince received the kettle, he immediately poured it up, and after a while, he drank the water cleanly, and complained repeatedly: "Nicholas, where are we?" Is it close to the border? ”

"It's time to get to the vicinity of the city of Mountari." Mavi licked his dry lips and took out his compass and sextant to observe the height and direction of the sun: "We are now located in the north of the city of Mount Terraoli, less than 40 miles away, and we are still far from Paris." ”

"Not even to Paris?!" The second prince was desperate all of a sudden: "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's only been 40 miles in two days, when will I be able to go home?"

If it weren't for the Second Prince and Archbishop Brandon, Ma Wei estimated that he would be in London by now, although it was a bit exaggerated, but he had the heart of the jungle and could continuously activate the space transformation magic, not to mention how convenient it was.

Now that the second prince and Archbishop Brandon are by his side, he can't use magic and can only think of other ways.

"Big brother, the food is almost finished." Levine checked the food reserves and found that they only had half a day's worth of canned food and bread left.

"We have to find a place to resupply"

Ma Wei looked at the map, there were only cities on the map, and there were no villages, so whether he could meet the village or not depended on luck.

After resting for a while, the group continued on their way, and with good luck they found a hunter's hut, which, judging by the dust accumulated on the door panels, had not been visited for a long time.

"Let's stay here today."

Seeing that the sun is still going down in two hours, and if you can't find a place to stay, you can only sleep in the wilderness, so it is better to stop early and spend the night in the hut.

The second prince, who couldn't walk for a long time, immediately took off his shoes, kneaded the sore and numb soles of his feet, and there were a few big blisters on his feet, which were picked open with the tip of a knife and simply bandaged them, and now even the soles of his feet were soaked white with sweat.

"Archbishop, you and Your Highness are resting here, and Felix and I will go out to see if there are any villages or water sources around."

"The forest is dangerous, I'll go with you." Archbishop Brandon said.

"No, you don't." Ma Wei shook his head, pulled out the revolver on his waist and said, "I have a gun, it's no problem to deal with small beasts, even if I encounter extraordinary creatures, I can deal with it, you guys have a good rest." ”

"It's fine."

"Dad, I'll go too!"

Yunia ran over, she was also tired, but Mavi was going out, and she wanted to follow.

"That's it, Jonas you stay and gather some firewood and light the fire."

"Okay."

Calling for Levine and picking up Yunia, Mavi left the hunter's hut, the house was uninhabited all year round, there was nothing to use, they were now out of water, and they needed to find a water source to replenish it quickly.

Leaving Archbishop Brandon and the second prince, Ma Wei was not so restrained, and directly launched the Siren's Tears to rise into the air, looked around, and found that there was a small river in the north, and immediately activated the Heart of the Jungle to move over.

Boom. Boom.

The river was bubbling and crystal clear, and occasionally a few small fish could be seen swimming, Yunia ran downstream to wash her face and wash her hands, Levin was on the sidelines, and Mavi took out a kettle to fill the water, and by the way, let himself drink enough to save water.

"Big brother, look!"

Towards evening, a few wisps of smoke rose from the far side of the jungle, and after checking the location and making sure that it was not the city of Mauntra Ruoli, Mavi immediately decided to go and have a look.

Activating the disguise magic, the three of them disguised themselves as passing merchants, and walked through the jungle to the front of the village, which was a small village, supposed to be the domain of a nobleman, and the village not only had a church but also a tall manor house, all of which were built around a farmstead.

"Do you speak Imperial Chinese?" Mavi asked.

Yunia shook her head and said no, and Levine said he knew a few simple everyday words.

"What do you say?"

"Ahem." Levin cleared his throat and said in imperial Chinese: "Dear lady, you, very beautiful, your eyes are like stars in the sky that fascinate me, can I invite you to dinner?" ”

"Anything else?"

"Bread, wine, steak, jam, butter, I would say that." Levine spread his hands: "It's not good if it's a little more advanced, and the daily language is okay." ”

"Enough, let's go, go over and have a look."

Attracted by the fragrance, Ma Wei and the others were really hungry, in addition to drinking water, their food was also bottomed out, and if they didn't replenish it, they could only go hungry.

The village was very peaceful, the children were playing in the barn, looking carefree, the men were returning from the fields with their farm tools, and the women were preparing dinner.

The villagers watched the uninvited guests, and there was little alarm in their eyes, and when someone came forward to ask who Mavi was, Levin immediately said in broken imperial Chinese that he was a merchant in Frederick's kingdom, and the axle was broken, so he came to the village for help.

Hearing Levin say that he was in trouble, the villagers immediately became much more enthusiastic, and several men immediately said that they could help repair the car, and Levin waved his hand again and again, politely rejecting the villagers' kindness.

"We, hungry, buy some food and a carriage."

"Oh!" A villager understood, and invited Ma Wei and the three to his home as guests, to be honest, the villagers are so defenseless, I'm afraid it has something to do with Yunia, bringing a beautiful little girl by her side can always make people let down their guard.

Following the villagers to the house, they brought bread, milk, and beet soup, as if to entertain the guests, and improvised a few sausages, and the aroma filled the house.

Mavi was not polite, soaked bread in beet soup, and after eating his fill, he took out two gold louis coins and placed them on the table, indicating that he would use them to pay for this generous dinner.

"No, no, no!"

The villagers waved their hands again and again, saying that they couldn't accept it, and he treated Ma Wei and the three of them as guests and entertained them for dinner, which was not a transaction, how could he collect money?

But Ma Wei really had nothing to repay him except money, so he took advantage of the help to buy the carriage to support the villagers, and then stuffed all the Livre coins on his body into the tin can on the cabinet.

According to the monetary value of Bonaparte's First Empire, 1 louis was worth 10 shillings, or half a gold pound, while 1 louis was worth 4 égü, 1 égü was equal to 6 livres, and 1 livre was equal to 20 soles

The currency exchange system used by Bonaparte's First Empire was not much better than that of the Kingdom of Windsor, and everyone was half-hearted, and no one said anything.

Before coming to Paris, Ma Wei and the second prince exchanged a lot of local currency, which added up to almost 2,000 louis, and they didn't spend much, most of them were carried with them in the form of tickets, and there were not many coins for pocket money.

In order to thank the villagers for their kindness, Ma Wei took out all the coins on his body, almost a few dozen louis, which was enough for the villagers to live a life of food and clothing for several years.

"Hell! Eldest brother! ”

Levin, who was talking to the woman in the living room, did not know what he saw, and hurried into the kitchen, holding a newspaper in his hand, and on the front page of the newspaper was a picture of Nicholas, Felix, Jonas, the second prince and Archbishop Brandon, and even Unia did not let go

If there are only photos, the key is that there is a bounty at the bottom of the photo:

[Anyone who provides clues or other ways of helping will be rewarded with 1,000 gold louis and will personally attend Mass officiated by Anatole]

1000 gold louis!

A bounty of 500 gold pounds!

Such an expensive value is enough to make many people go crazy, but Ma Wei feels that the price given by the God of Wisdom is too low.

As the Pope of the Church of Truth and the founder of the Manstein Potions Company, he was only worth 500 gold pounds?

Are you kidding.

It's only 1000 gold louis, and Mavi can take it out now!

Isn't that disgusting?

When he used Ma Wei's identity, he was disgusted by a reward, and when he changed to Nicholas's identity, he was disgusted again, and Ma Wei felt that these people were deliberate

"Big brother."

Levin pouted in the direction of the living room and whispered, "Do you think this villager will find out that we have a problem?" They deliberately brought us into their homes and then secretly went to church to report it? ”

"I don't rule out this possibility, but to be on the safe side, you can go and have a look."

"Good!"

Levin activates the Heart of the Jungle and disappears into the kitchen to spy on the villagers.

Mavi sat in the kitchen and waited patiently, and after less than half an hour, Levin returned, and as soon as he appeared, the villagers pushed open the door with their hind feet.

"This gentleman! I got a good horse! The villagers said excitedly: "I talked about the price of 2 gold louis, and asked them to give a car body!" It is suitable for carrying goods! ”

Levin lowered his head stupidly, not daring to look directly at the simple eyes of the villagers, he was wrong to blame others.

Although he couldn't understand what the villagers were saying, he could see a lot from Levin's embarrassed expression and the excited and innocent eyes of the villagers, Ma Wei put down the newspaper and walked out of the gate behind the villagers, and saw a sturdy brown horse with a soft van body dragging behind him, specially carrying goods.

Originally, Ma Wei gave the villager 5 gold louis coins, which was more than enough to buy a carriage, but he didn't expect that the other party actually talked about the price of 2 gold louis, and also recovered 3 coins for him.

Looking at the villagers with sincere smiles, Ma Wei also smiled and said in the imperial Chinese that he didn't know much: "Thank you." ”

With the carriage in hand, Mavi bought a lot of bread and sausages from the village and brought them back to the Hunter's Trail.

On the way back, it was already completely dark, the tree cover was dense enough to cover the starlight, and the carriage staggered through the jungle, and when it encountered trees blocking the way, Mavi would activate the Siren's Tears to move his position and clear a path.

"Dad, there's someone in the back." Yunia, who was eating fruit candy, suddenly said.

"Is that the villager?"

"It's not."

"Oh"

As Mavi drove the carriage on, he pondered the identity of the other party, who had been disguised when they arrived at the village, and who could not be identified by their appearance, and Levin was sure that the villagers had not informed the others.

Case

The stalker must be suspicious of their identity.

"Presumably the village priest, he became suspicious when he saw strangers entering the village to buy food and wagons. Either that's the people of the village. ”

Throwing a mint leaf into his mouth, Mavi pulled out the revolver in his arms and stopped the carriage in front of him, allowing Yunia to unfold the Mithril realm.

"Come out." Ma Wei said in imperial Chinese.

There was no response from a dark forest, only the sound of the breeze blowing through the leaves, seeing that the other party was reluctant to show up, Ma Wei glanced at Levin, Levine nodded, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

"It seems that Your Excellency is still holding on to luck."

Ma Wei took out the Siren's Tears and tapped the ground with his toes, and the trees in front of him immediately twisted, squirming and separating to the sides, freeing up an open space and the moonlight sprinkled down.

A panicked man appeared not far away, he was hiding behind a tree, carefully following him, but was discovered by Yunia.

The man, dressed in a black priest's robe and wearing a gold necklace on his chest, was none other than the village priest.

Gently pulling the hammer, Ma Wei raised the gun and aimed it at the man, the man was stunned for a moment, and then said something, constantly retreating, as if begging for mercy, but in the next second, Ma Wei pulled the trigger.

Bang!

In the dark forest, the fire flashed away, and the priest fell down, clutching his chest and screaming loudly, seeing Ma Wei coming, his legs kicked the ground to get away, and at the same time the necklace on his chest lit up, shining with golden light.

Bang!

Another bullet hit the man's chest, the necklace that had just lit up suddenly dimmed, the man fell on his back, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, his body twitched one by one, his eyes were round, full of fear.

"Sorry, it won't hurt anytime soon."

Ma Wei raised the gun against the man's eyebrows, thought for a moment, and moved the muzzle of the gun downwards and stuffed it into the priest's mouth.

Bang!

With the sound of a gunshot, the priest's body shook violently and he stopped moving.

(End of chapter)