Chapter 1: Crossing
85_85536 Splitting headache ......
Splitting headaches......
After Zhao Hong regained consciousness again, he heard the sound of cicadas chirping and birds chirping, and the wind blowing the leaves. Then, there was the sound of the wheels of the carriage moving forward. Wait a while, then open your eyes again. Only then did he realize that he was lying on the straw stack of a carriage carrying straw.
Zhao Hong worked hard to prop himself up. Look around. He was dazed, and he couldn't see clearly, but he could only see roughly that this was not the street he had been staying on, but like a village. The road is dirt, and on both sides of the road are wheat fields with scarecrows.
"What's going on?" he subconsciously muttered to himself. Then came the shock. He relaxed, and the words he subconsciously said were not standard Chinese Mandarin. It's a language you've never heard of before.
And after he had said this, a voice came from the front of the carriage with a little joy in timidity:
"Have you woken up, Master William, this is very good!"
Zhao Hong turned his head to look over, and saw a middle-aged man wearing coarse cloth clothes with a wrinkled face, holding the reins and driving the car. Turned her head and smiled at him.
Seeing this person, Zhao Hong was stunned again - this person's skin color, hair color, and dress did not look like he was in China. It's not even like it's on Earth. And what he said was also an unknown language that he had relaxed and spoken before. It was the first time he had heard it, but he could understand it!
"Are you calling me?" Zhao Hong then asked - this time in Chinese. When the coachman heard this, he was also stunned. After that, he showed a confused expression. I guess I don't understand.
Zhao Hong then asked questions in English, French, Spanish, German and Russian. But the coachman didn't understand anything. And it looks more and more scared. At last, William repeated the question in that unknown language. The coachman relaxed and replied:
"Yes, yes, Master William. Is it the jolting of the carriage that woke you up? I'm sorry, but the road hasn't been repaired for a long time, so ......."
"Okay, okay, whatever...... What's going on now?" Zhao Hong asked.
"Don't you remember, Master William, you and the other young ladies went hunting, and the horses were frightened and fell to you. There was no shared car to take you back at that time. As a last resort, I used my cart loaded with straw. ”
“...... What a mess. Zhao Hong was stunned for a while, not understanding. Then he asked, "What...... Where are we going now?" Zhao Hong asked impatiently.
"Go back to the castle. The coachman said as a matter of course.
"Castle?" Zhao Hong felt even more strange.
"Hereford Castle, young master. That's your home. The middle-aged coachman continued, and then added, half-cautiously, half-frightened: "You are Young Master William, the son of the Baron." Isn't Hereford Castle your home?"
"My home?" Zhao Hong muttered and repeated. Immediately after that, I felt a sharp pain in my head again. This time the headache was much worse than the previous one. In a trance, countless images flashed in front of his eyes. Start with early memories. One thing at a time. The main characters are all slightly thin black-haired teenagers. These pictures swayed in front of Zhao Hong's eyes. It only makes him feel disgusting. Then, after a groan, he fainted again.
When Zhao Hong woke up again, he found that the surrounding scenery had changed again. The place where he lay was replaced by a small bed. Not on the road in the wilderness, but in the room. It should be early in the morning, and there is no light in the room. It's dark. He didn't move for the first time. Instead, I gathered my thoughts.
For a moment, he calmed down and thought about it. Only then did I understand what was giving him a headache before.
It was a fragment of memory belonging to a young kid named William. Those images, those memories. It's all about what the kid named William has experienced. His Zhao Hong's physical body had just died in another world. William is in this world, and there is a little problem with his soul. As a result, these memories, along with William's soul, became one with his Zhao Hong's soul.
Today's "William", the soul is fused, and he has all the memories and knowledge of the two of them. Consciousness is dominated by Zhao Hong, but in terms of personality, it is influenced by William. As for the body, it is the original William's body.
Zhao Hong & William lay in bed and began to think about the philosophical question: Who am I?
"I ...... This is considered a crossing, a rebirth...... It doesn't seem right. Because I have a memory and a soul, I'm William. But if I say I'm William, I can't seem to count it all.
That's right. This matter should not be based solely on subjectivity, but also on the objective world.
And this objective world. I'm Wilhelm von Hereford now. Everybody thinks I'm William von Hereford. So I'm William.
But I'm not the same William. So, I'm the 'new William'. Yes, the old one was William. I'm the upgraded enhanced version, plus the premium expansion, editor and Forty-Seven DLC of William 2. 47 Edition!"
After thinking about this, the new version of William had a clear mind. I couldn't help but laugh. Zhao Hong's life is not mentioned for the time being. The old version of William left a lot of assets. He was a son of a nobleman. His father was a border baron. His name was Otto von Hereford.
Although it is said that the title is only a baron. But with the addition of the word "border", it is not ordinary. Baron Otto was given the title of baron, but lived the life of an earl. The actual area of the fief is a little larger than that of an ordinary county.
The entire territory consisted of five knightly domains, a parish under the jurisdiction of the Church, a small town, several large estates, and a dozen villages. It had a population of seven or eight thousand, and a baronial guard with more than three hundred standing soldiers. It can be said that it is strong. In the territory of the Wende Kingdom, where they are located, it is also at an upper middle level.
And beyond that, to the north of Barony Hereford, there are vast expanses of uncultivated marshes, forests and moors. There are no hosts in these places. In William's view, all belong to the territory that can be occupied. If all this land can be developed. Then it is certain that the family will be exchanged for the title of a border earl.
Baron Otto is forty-five years old. Fought for half his life, earning this family business for the Hereford family. But William had only one child. His wife died young, and the baron was a man he loved, and he never married again. In this business, there is only one heir to this title, William. It's a certainty, and you can wait for the wealth that you can wait for in bed.
Thinking of this, the new version of William couldn't help but laugh. What a good thing to let him catch up...... But when he thought about it, he was a little discouraged:
"These sound good or good. At the end of the day, it's just a rural place. There is no internet, no cars, no infrastructure, no running water, no hospitals, no health insurance. How will I live this day in the future? ”
The more William thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. The productivity of these two worlds is more than a notch behind. Even the lives of ordinary people in that world are much better than those of this little aristocracy in another world, which is almost a medieval civilization.
For this world, William felt like an alien had arrived in an unexplored and backward civilized world, all kinds of arrogance and awkwardness.
So he thought about it: "...... Otherwise, can you negotiate and let William's consciousness dominate and replace it with Zhao Hong's body? It's not me bragging, although my buddy is not the heir to the baron. But it's not bad to mix on Earth. It's about to graduate from military school. The grades are excellent, and the treatment given by the assigned place is absolutely good. Running on the street to fool the girl with the identity of an officer. Willing to go up the pole and give me a bang can drain two streets. Isn't there anything more interesting than being a little broken baron?"
But that's what he said. Who is this talking to? Who knows how he came here? Who cares if he lives well in this world?
In this way, William tossed and turned on the bed and sighed for an unknown amount of time. He heard the door open, and then someone came in with a lamp and a tray. William then took a closer look at the lights. The man who came, with the same long black hair and black eyes as him, was tall and handsome, with a faint hint of melancholy, and it was William's father, His Excellency Baron Otto.
"Father, why are you here?" William's eyes widened, struggling to sit up.
Seeing him like this, Baron Otto hurriedly took two steps and placed the lantern and tray on the bedside cabinet. Then he straightened William up, put his pillow behind his back, and let him lean against the wall at the head of the bed.
"It's okay, it's okay. Just come and see. Baron Hereford smiled and touched William's head. Only then did William feel that the big bag on his forehead was missing.
"Father Aspen's treatment looks good. It should be fine. The baron said to himself, and then took the small bowl on the tray: "I want the hot porridge from the kitchen, and you can drink it while it's hot." ”
“...... Porridge?" William was stunned for a moment. Just listen to Baron Hereford's words:
"That's all I have left for my family's rice reserves. This thing had to be shipped from Indy, by ship. It's not easy. If you like it, let's buy more next time. ”
"Oh, oh. William nodded. I picked up the hot porridge and scooped it with a spoon to drink. Baron Hereford hastened again:
"Blow it, don't burn it. ”
"Uh-huh, uh-huh. William nodded. I was very touched in my heart.
Since his mother died, his father grew up with him alone. After so many years of hard work, being a father and a mother is really good to him.
Ordinary people only know how heroic this baron is on the battlefield and how serious he is in managing the territory. He is a very dignified man. A model of a knight who is very strict with people and with himself. But what they don't know is that this great knight, who was praised by the nobles of the kingdom, was a loving father who was willing to pay for his children in his bones.
The old version of William was used to being natural, and he was still a child, so he didn't feel much of it. But 2. The 47th version of William has a mature soul and thinking. So he can clearly feel his father's love for him. This made him feel happy and a little embarrassed at the same time. Because before this, when William was still the old version of William, he made his father **** a lot of .......