Lorelei's Reef

Char raised his hand, and a topographic map of Germany appeared beside him, floating and slowly opening.

Based on the names of places on the map, he followed the Rhine and soon found the location of Lorelei.

Although his clairvoyance can observe the whole world, it cannot observe every corner at the same time.

In other words, in fact, it can, but it is too brain-consuming, and the amount of information contained in the whole world is very huge, and a lazy person like Char obviously will not do it.

As Cage said, the river was very deep, the reefs were quirky, and the river was not as clear as the place they were staying in.

Char's gaze searched the surface of the river beneath the river, but he couldn't find what looked like a treasure.

Or is it obscured by magic?

His eyes were filled with magic again, and soon he found something under the riverbed.

It seems that it is indeed here, but there are still some things or steps to get there.

There was a curse on the treasure, so after killing Siegfried, Hagen did not take the treasure for himself, but threw it into the riverbed.

But apparently, he still has a craving for treasure, so he still has some entrances, such as the key to open the treasure.

He should have given the key to his descendants, and the English on it was apparently written by later generations.

Char actually wanted to go there and see it for the first time, but ......

He lowered his head and looked at the sleeping beauty in his arms, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and a smile on the corner of her mouth.

They lay on a hanging basket.

The hanging basket was made by Char a few days ago, and it was placed on the side of the courtyard, and it was covered with pillows and futon bedding, so that it could lie horizontally.

Lying here, watching the surrounding lake and mountains, gradually moving away with the action of the castle, the hanging basket swaying gently, accompanied by the breeze, it is very comfortable to take a nap here.

Scientifically speaking, when people are in close contact such as hugging, the human body can secrete a hormone called "oxytocin", which can regulate nerves, relieve stress, and greatly improve people's sense of well-being.

When men and women hug, women will secrete more oxytocin than men, almost three times, so that hugging brings more happiness to women than men, so women prefer the feeling of hugging.

As the saying goes, where there is a need, there is a desire. Women's cravings for hugs are stronger and more frequent than men's.

So Alicia likes to sleep with Char in her arms, and she may be a little reserved at first, but then she has no scruples.

The timing of such a change should be after Isabel left.

The eldest sister is like a mother, and in front of this sister, Alicia still has some scruples.

in a word

Char looked at Alicia who was sleeping soundly in her arms.

Let's wait for her to wake up

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Cage and Hei Lang did not hesitate too much, although Hei Lang's injuries were not yet healed, but time did not wait for him.

After a simple tidying up, they got up and left Cage's house.

But not long after they left the house, they walked into the alleyway.

Suddenly a dozen people jumped out of the rooftops around them, dressed in stabbing clothes similar to those of Heilang, wearing hoods and their appearances hidden in the hoods.

Cage obviously didn't realize that they were wearing the same clothes as Heilang, and he subconsciously took a step back and said to Heilang a little nervously.

"Are they the ones you said you were from the Order?

What to do now, run? ”

However, just as he was about to turn around and run.

The dozen or so assassins bowed their heads to Hei Lang in unison.

"Mentor."

This is certainly not the title of the leader of the Brotherhood, as the founder of the Brotherhood and the imparter of the Brotherhood's Assassin spirit, the members of the Brotherhood are happy to refer to him by this name.

Cage looked at Heilang.

"They're all my people." Heilang explained.

The Assassin at the head pulled his hood back, and it was the assassin named "Hoover" that Char and the others met during the Headless Horsemann incident.

Among the three people I met at the beginning, two men and one woman, one of whom was older and calmer, was Hoover.

Three years later, there are two more obvious nasolabial folds on both sides of his nose.

"Our people have been looking for you around here for a long time." Hoover said, "It's okay if you're fine, next time please don't go it alone, wait until our men are here." ”

"Time waits for no one." Hei Lang sighed in a low voice, "However, although I didn't get the key, I also found some useful information. ”

He gestured to Cage beside him.

"His name is Nidara Cage, his ancestors were magicians, and our message is from him."

Hearing that Cage's ancestor was a magician, Hoover and the few assassins behind him looked at Cage with expressions that were not quite right.

Cage was also a little strange, to be honest, in his memory, all the people who heard that his ancestors were magicians were definitely unconvinced, and even had a kind of vigilance, and would have a preconceived feeling that he was a liar.

Because there are actually a lot of examples of people who have dressed up as wizards to deceive people in this way.

Germany is very close to Beichen, and the natural sciences in this world originated from Beichen in a sense, so the thinking of people here is naturally influenced by Beichen.

To be honest, this actually surprised Char a little.

Confucianism advocates self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country and leveling the world, starting from the knowledge of things.

The meaning of learning from things is to study the principles of things and gain knowledge, which can actually become the origin of scientific thought.

However, in Char's world, later generations did not develop this idea into science.

Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty interpreted the "thing" in Gewu Zhizhi as "the thing of the world".

Zhu Xi's view is to gain knowledge by studying facts. Zhu Xi made two interpretations of the meaning of "Gewu", one is that "Gewu" is implemented in things; The second is that "Gewu" is the profound truth of pursuing things.

Lu Jiuyuan, a contemporary, held the opposite view of Zhu Xi, believing that "learning from things" meant to seek heavenly principles by saying that he wanted to go to material desires, and opposed to seeking knowledge from exhaustive reasons outside his heart.

Wang Shouren of the Ming Dynasty also opposed Zhu Xi's "principle of the exhaustion of things", saying: "The first Confucianism understood that things are things in the world, how can things in the world be qualified?" And it is said that every grass and tree is also reasonable, how to go to the grid now? How can you get your own intentions? ”

Therefore, Wang Shouren believes that "Zhizhi" is to conscience, and "Gewu" is the right thing, so he said that "Gewu Zhizhi" is "Zhizhi Gewu", that is, "to the conscience of my heart to things and things"

However, whether it is Zhu Xi, Lu or Wang, the significance of their "knowledge of things" lies in personal moral cultivation, not in the understanding of natural physics.

These scholars have always adhered to the idea that only the study of scriptures is orthodox, and therefore only regarded the study of mathematics and natural sciences as unorthodox in the service of productive development.

They believe that they can only understand the world by improving their self-cultivation and constantly thinking.

For them, the knowledge of things is just a tool, not the main means.

Therefore, in ancient China, there were very few people who regarded the study of science and the exploration of the principles of the world as their lifelong ideal, and only those who wanted to benefit the people through scientific research.

In this way, science itself already does not exist subjectively.

Philosophically speaking, the later Confucian understanding of the relationship between man and nature clearly referred to the relationship between man and man, and believed that reason ruled all things in the world.

In this way, to a certain extent, the problem of studying the objective world will be transformed into the study of man himself, and science will not be formed.

Taoists use the Tao to unify the objective world, and put forward many dialectical views, but their ultimate goal is not to explore nature, but to achieve the state of self-freedom.

None of these ideas provide a philosophical basis for science.

Although the historical process of this world is still respected by Confucianism, it encompasses a hundred schools of thought with the inclusiveness of Confucianism, so that the knowledge of things has been extended.

That's why the country is so big.

Char felt that the North Star of this world might have had one or two traversers in the past.

In short, the attitudes of these people made Cage feel a little different.

He obviously didn't know what Hoover and the others had been going through three years earlier.

"Let's go back to Montney first." "Let's go back and talk about what's next." ”

"Yes," Hoover nodded, "there is a new batch of Assassins in the manor who need you to guide them to the Brotherhood. ”

Then the group of them left the town on horseback, and the place they were about to go was not far from here, and they were only a few hours away on horseback.

In the past three years, it seems to have been blessed by fate.

The Brotherhood was well developed under the operation of Helang.

While battling the Nightmare Order, they are also on an assassination mission, assassinating the nobles and elites who exploit the people.

They redistributed a portion of their wealth and used the other part as the Brotherhood's running capital.

They met some like-minded friends and were happy to support the fraternity.

So they actually have a lot of wealth.

About a year ago, Heilang took the place of a nobleman and obtained a fief, which was not large, but was a small manor-like village.

This is the headquarters of the Brotherhood, where the weaving of the assassins and the forging of the Hidden Blade actually come from.

When Cage arrived near the manor, the first thing that caught his eye was the tall city walls.

The walls are built according to the contours of the mountain, which are roughly circular in shape, with a total length of 570 meters.

There are 14 equally spaced towers and 2 gates, and the main street connecting the two gates is roughly in a straight line.

On the main square, there is a Romanesque church with a simple façade, as well as residences of nobles and merchants in the Renaissance style.

The small streets outside the main square give way to houses and small shops facing the garden. In times of war, these gardens could provide the food necessary to survive when surrounded by enemies.

Entering the manor, he stepped onto the bluestone path, where the people in the shops on both sides and the people on the street greeted Heilang and the rest of the Assassins.

Some of the civilians here were the families of the Assassins, while the other part was saved by the Assassins from the nobles, and they were placed here with nowhere else to go.

"Daddy!"

A young girl ran out from one side and happily threw herself into Heilang's arms.

"You're finally back!"

The girl is about seven or eight years old, very watery, tied with a pair of delicate braids, with a little freckles on the face of the doll with a pair of big watery eyes, and the little rabbit teeth that are exposed when smiling are very cute.

Hei Lang touched her head softly, and took something out of his pocket and gave it to her.

"This is what I did for you."

It was a grasshopper made of straw, very delicate and small.

The girl seemed to like it very much, and she had a happy smile on her face.

"Thank you, Dad!"

"Well, I'll go to the secret room with the other uncles to discuss something, and let's play by myself." Heilang said.

The girl was also very well-behaved, and knew that she shouldn't bother Hei Lang at this time, so she turned and left.

"Do you have a daughter of this age?" Cage said in surprise.

"She's, my adopted child from the south of Britannia."

Hei Lang said as he stared at her departing back with deep eyes.

As if not wanting to continue the discussion, he continued to walk with Cage to a villa inside the manor.

"We are a group of people who are united by like-mindedness.

Although our current enemy is the Nightmare Order.

But they are not our only goal. ”

His words paused and continued.

"After my parents were killed, I experienced unprecedented despair.

For my enemy is not only the unknown Order, but also a nobleman with military power.

He looked at my family's factory, so he helped the Order to put a trumped-up charge on my family.

However, I was also fortunate to have met one of the most important beings in my life, who taught me a lot of knowledge and gave me a creed that I will carry out for the rest of my life.

I succeeded in avenging my revenge and killing the nobleman, but many thoughts crossed my mind as my Hidden Blade plunged into the man's chest.

That kind of aristocrat is not an exception, there are too many people in this world who are exploited and bullied by the aristocracy.

These elites wield unimaginable wealth, power, and land.

They already have everything, but because of this, the demon called desire swells infinitely in their hearts.

I'm thinking, when I encounter this kind of thing, I can meet nobles, but when the rest of the people encounter this kind of thing, who should I rely on?

Who can give them justice and dignity?

The law? ”

Black Lang looked at Cage with a deep gaze.

"Can you believe it?"

Cage fell silent.

"That's why we exist here."

Hei Lang looked around and muttered softly.

"When the law doesn't bring justice to the person concerned, we are when we show up.

I know we may not be able to save everyone, and we may not be able to do our best, but at least, we can light a lamp in this long dark night that will give the lost the courage to move forward again.

Let the good stop weeping, and let the evil receive the punishment they deserve.

Until dawn comes.

We are the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of those exploiters.

We are a brotherhood.

We are assassins. ”

Listening to these words, Cage's heart stirred slightly.

Truth be told, when he first met Heilang, he thought it was just a hapless guy who had been robbed by robbers.

But after hearing his story and seeing the group that suddenly appeared at this moment, he knew that this was not a simple person.

But no matter which time, the shock to him was actually not as good as what he said.

He couldn't describe how he felt at the moment, and he didn't know what it was that shook him.

If there is a modern man here at this moment, perhaps he can answer him.

That's an ideal, it's a belief.

Hei Lang led Cage straight into the villa, and opened a secret passage down to lead him down.

This is a circular hall built by the original owner of the villa, but there is actually a secret passage leading directly to the outside of the manor.

It had now become the council chamber and oath place for the Assassins.

Entering this hall, there is an unfinished statue standing against the wall in the middle of the hall, only faintly carved with an outline.

But for some reason, Cage always felt that this statue seemed to have been seen somewhere

(End of chapter)