Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Miner's Secret
In the labyrinth forest, the three of them walked along the rugged mountain road, deep and shallow.
Perhaps it was out of the oppressive atmosphere in Moonlight Town, or perhaps it was lubricated by gold coins that the middle-aged man began to become talkative.
His name is Home, a generation of miners, and after opening the conversation, he never stopped.
"Actually, the labyrinth mountain or something is to scare you outsiders. We have lived in this land for generations, how can we let such a large area of mountains and forests go unentered? ”
"In the dead of winter, we go into the woods to collect dead branches for firewood. When some of their children grew up, they went into the woods and cut down trees to build new houses. ”
"Or hunters go into the mountains to hunt, rabbits, mountain mice, chickens, even moose, wild boars, moon bears, everything."
"Although the good meat must be handed over to the lord, it is also fragrant to cook a pot of various hoof tendons, large bones, and offal to stew in a pot."
"Oh, by the way, in the spring and summer rainy years, there will be a lot of mushrooms growing in the forest."
"Most mushrooms are non-toxic, wash them and put them in a jar, add a few meat bones, a few potatoes, then add water, add a little salt, boil it into a thick pot of soup over a warm fire, drink a sip, that taste, tsk, it's even more pleasant than a godmother!"
In the first part, Chabolai agreed, but in the last sentence, he disagreed.
"You fart, how can there be anything more pleasant in the world than a godmother?"
As soon as Rosen heard this, and then looked at the miner Holm's disapproving expression, he knew that a mountain debate was about to begin.
Sure enough, Holm laughed: "Master, there are many things in this world that are happier than godmothers." ”
Shabolai grinned: "You are talking about it?" ”
"After three days of constipation, eat a bowl of black croton to vent happily, or drink a bowl of thick broth in the ice and snow."
"Or, after a week of working in a dark and damp mine, when your whole body is hard and painful, you will have a good sleep on a dry bed during the Moon Worship Festival."
"These are all happier than godmothers."
Shabolai had obviously not experienced these drudgeries, but he had also wandered outside, and he knew the pain of life in the wilderness, and he also knew the thrill of suddenly feeling comfortable after experiencing it.
However, he still thinks that this kind of pleasure is not as good as that of a godmother-in-law.
He smiled and said, "Home, what you said is indeed refreshing, but it is still far from enough. ”
"You Yuehui Town is too poor, women can't eat, everyone looks dry, of course it's not pleasant to do it, but if it's a beautiful girl, it's very different!"
Home, at first glance, is stubborn, the kind of wild mountain cannon who doesn't care whether he is justified or not, but the debate must be won.
He stiffened his neck: "Master Xia Bolai, what you said is not right." ”
"No matter how beautiful or ugly this woman is, fat or thin, when she blows the lamp at night, she can't see anything in the dark, isn't it all the same?"
"Could it be that the mother-in-law in the city can grow more milk foam than our mother-in-law in the countryside?"
Shabol sneered: "Who told you that you must blow out the lamp when you are a godmother?" ”
As soon as these words came out, it was a dimensionality reduction blow in material conditions.
Holm was stunned for a long time, unable to find a rebuttal.
Shabolai also likes to be quick to speak.
When he saw that the other party had no words, he knew that he had the upper hand, and immediately smiled proudly.
"I'll tell you, those pretty girls are different from the girls in the countryside of Yuehui Town."
"The leather of the people is white and slippery, and it feels like silk to the touch, and when the candlelight shines, it seems to shine."
"The body of the people, the concave and convex, the convex and convex, obviously the chest and buttocks are big and round, but the waist is as thin as a bee, and it can be held with one hand. Let's talk about the face, the eyes are big and bright, and they emit a hazy vapor......."
These words, although they are praising the girl, they are also showing superiority, and the class contradictions become very prominent.
Holm snorted coldly: "Hmph~ Those beautiful women in the city, who don't do anything all day long, know what is the difference between seducing men and prostitutes?" ”
"Such a girl marries into the family, and the family affairs can't help at all, and it adds to the chaos, so it's better to raise a sheep!"
Xia Bolai was not convinced: "Hey~ Godmother-in-law said the benefits of mother-in-law, why are you talking about other things?" ”
Holm didn't quit again, and after a while, he said, "I also know a pleasure, a hundred times happier than a godmother!" No, a thousand times! ”
"Don't be stubborn, but let's hear it."
At the critical moment, Holm shrank back, and he
Shook his head again and again.
"You are strangers, and I cannot tell you this."
Rosen's heart moved: 'Is there still a secret?' ’
He immediately reached out and pulled out 1 gold kronor from his money bag and handed it over.
"Uncle Home, there is no one else in this deep mountain and old forest, you tell us quietly, we don't talk nonsense, who knows about others?"
Holm looked at the gold coin, a greedy light flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously reached out to take it, but halfway through his hand, fear flashed in his eyes, and his hand retracted.
It seems that the power of money is still not enough.
Lawson pulled out another 2 gold crowns.
"Uncle, you're really not interesting, let's come all the way, and we're friends? Can you be a little sincere to your friends? ”
The power of money suddenly doubled, coupled with the bewitchment of words, Uncle Home's psychological defense suddenly collapsed, and he reached out to take the gold coin like lightning, and said in a word that was close to a whisper.
"You must swear first, swear to the Golden God, and promise not to spread it!"
Chapole was not stupid, he was also aware of the problem, and he glanced at Rosen and reached a tacit understanding.
"The Golden God is above, and we will never spread it."
After taking the oath, Holm was relieved and whispered the town's secrets.
"Let me tell you, a few months ago, a wizard came to the town, and he could buy a potion from there, which is quite expensive, and he can exchange it for a silver clay for a bottle, or he can exchange it for moonglow."
"That potion is amazing, after drinking it, all the pain on your body will disappear, and you can see many celestial fairies dancing around you."
"Each of those fairies wears beautiful clothes, and they dance and dance to hook your soul."
Xia Bolai frowned: "Psychedelic potion? This is a poison that is forbidden to be sold by the temple! ”
Holm was taken aback: "Poison? Can't you? ”
"The Baron also knows, in the beginning, he also gave a banquet to entertain the wizard, and sent someone to build a wooden building for the wizard in the mountains."
"Besides, many people have drunk that potion, and no one has been poisoned."
Xia Bolai was even more surprised: "There is still such a thing? How come the Baron never mentioned it? No, I need to meet the wizard. ”
He looked at Holm, "Do you know where the wizard lives?" ”
Holm shook his head again and again and waved his hand: "I don't know, I don't know~ How can I, a miner, know about this kind of thing." ”
Rosen immediately said, "You don't know where he lives, how to buy potions?" ”
"He would sneak out of the mountain every few days. Every time he went out of the mountain, the baron would send someone to buy medicine from him. The baron also bought the most, and we little people can only wait to buy the rest of the baron's ......"
As he spoke, a look of fear appeared on his face again.
"I tell you, the Baron forbids the spread of wizard news! Several people have already been hanged for this, so don't spread the word about it! ”
"No, no, don't worry, Uncle Home."
Lawson comforted again and again, and when he saw that the other party had palpitations, he said, "Then let's not talk about it, you continue to lead the way." ”
Holm suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay~~"
He continued to walk in front of his head, and as a native of Moonlight Town, he was indeed very familiar with the mountains and forests.
I saw him walk a few hundred meters east and a few hundred meters north, and after walking for more than an hour, he came to a depression.
As soon as he arrived, his eyes widened and he was amazed.
"It's strange, the camp is obviously here, why is there nothing?"
He was afraid that Xia Bolai would not believe it: "Two masters, I really didn't lie to you. Just some time ago, there was indeed a hidden camp here. ”
He trotted into the depression and rummaged around, looking for evidence of the camp's existence.
"Why is there nothing? The footprints are gone! ”
"How is it possible, I've lived here for most of my life, how can I remember it wrong?"
He looked confused and a little worried, probably afraid that Shabolai would ask for the money back.
Shabolai did have a feeling of being deceived, and he was about to have a seizure, but he was stopped by Rosen.
"Uncle, I just took a closer look around, and there are indeed traces of people's lives, but most of the traces have been deliberately erased."
Shapole was shocked: "The last envoy found the camp and died of drunkenness that night. Now the traces of the camp have been erased...... I'm afraid there's something big going on here! ”
Rosen nodded in agreement, and raised his voice to shout to Holm not far away.
"Uncle Home, we believe in you. You have also led us to the land, and we have known the way, so go back. ”
When Holm heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Two masters, I'll go back. Because of my son's affairs, my mother-in-law is crazy, and someone has to take care of her at home. ”
"Go, go, go."
Holm slipped away without a trace.
In the mountains and forests, there are only two left, Shabolai and Rosen.
Rosen already had a plan in mind.
He picked up some firewood, raised a bonfire, roasted the meat of the mouses, and beckoned to Shabolai, who was still looking around.
"Uncle, don't look at it, I've already found traces. Let's fill our stomachs first, and then chase all the way. ”