Volume I: Chapter 45: The Closing Performance

"Uh... So when will the fog lift? Claudius, the head of the regiment, asked with an embarrassed face, but the old man seemed to no longer want to pay attention to it, turned around and walked towards the thick fog, leaving only a casual sentence. When it wants to disperse, it naturally disperses. ”

The figure of the old man disappeared into the fog, and everyone in the convoy turned their eyes on the regimental commander, Claudius.

Claudius, the head of the regiment, looked at the direction where the old man left and was silent for a while, looking up to see the time, but the sun had long been obscured by the fog without a trace, and he patted the back of his neck helplessly and scratched his hair.

"Did you hear that? Don't stare at it, just clean it up. ”

The regiment commander curled his lips and "tsk", walked to the truck in a few steps, stood in front of the stupid man Rosen, and motioned for him to get up.

The stupid man sat on the board of the car and was stunned, until the regiment commander touched the whip on his waist that he reacted to the other party's meaning, and quickly got up and moved his buttocks.

The head of the regiment lifted the veil from the car and said to everyone.

"Since you are idle, you are idle, even if you make a turnip, you can make money, move guys, start work!"

As soon as the words ended, the words of the regiment commander Claudius made all the members move like an order from the army, whether it was the wounded dwarf or the stupid big Lawson, and the four child laborers got out of the wagon and began to remove the tools from the wagon.

Even Anya seemed very excited and flipped off the roof of the car, only Cesare was stunned by the sudden move.

"You're going to perform? Right now? In this place? ”

Claudius, the head of the regiment, looked up at Cesare and continued to pinch his waist and look around. "It's a little worse, but fortunately, it's a place with living people, and it's good to set up a few tables to earn some dry food on the road."

"Do the people here look like they are going to be rich? Everyone's time is precious, so why not keep on your way? Cesare asked.

A few child laborers had just worked together to lift a table off the truck when they heard Cesare's words and stopped where they were, thinking that they would have to move back if the regimental commander changed his mind again.

The regimental commander, Claudius, also noticed them at this time and scolded loudly. "Look at what! Move! ”

Then he returned to a gentlemanly state, and once again responded in a slow voice to Cesare's question.

"Young master, don't worry, I see people have always been very accurate, the old man said that we can't get out of this fog must not be lying, instead of waiting here, we might as well find something to do." On the contrary, if anyone lies to me... I can see for sure, I've never looked away. ”

Although his words were gentle and powerful, they seemed to Cesare like an invisible deterrent, repeatedly emphasizing that the lie seemed to hint at Cesare something. Cesare was momentarily speechless, and Claudius, the regimental commander, continued.

"If you are in a hurry to go first, I naturally have no right to stop you, whether it is borrowing a horse in this ghost place or insisting on walking on foot, it is your own business, please forgive the villain for being greedy for life and afraid of death and unable to continue to walk with you, and please pay the fare according to our original agreement before leaving."

Cesare had a good idea of what he said, and Cesare had indeed left the strange circus in Kirishiro to find another castle, and when he did get here, he saw the reality of Kirishimun, and it was not a rational decision to put himself in a new unknown in order to escape the immediate risks.

Cesare had already witnessed many lies that it was not safe to have the help of people from the town, and if Cesare had learned anything from this trip, it was to be wary of all "well-wishers" with unknown intentions.

At present, although Claudius, the head of the regiment, is not a good-hearted person, he already knows that he has a defense, and it will be even more troublesome if he encounters a new danger that does not know the truth.

Seeing that he couldn't say anything about the regimental commander, Cesare didn't want to bother with his saliva and followed Anya to get off the roof of the car.

Although it seemed that no carriage had passed by in this place for hundreds of years, the regimental commander Claudius still chose an unobstructed place to set up his family possessions.

The rest of the convoy didn't make much of a scene, there was no need to set up the classic big tent of the circus, the child laborers just planted colorful flags nearby, and set up a few wooden tables and shelves as all the stage, and the ping-pong made a lot of noise after a lot of effort.

Without paying attention, the regimental commander got into his carriage and quickly walked out, holding an oval sack of hemp, which, though he did not fully see the whole picture, knew in his heart that it was Mr. Polognes, who had no limbs.

Claudius, the head of the regiment, walked around the whole field with the "thing" in his hand, and finally placed the human stick Bolonis on a large and exaggerated chair, and tied it with hemp rope to prevent it from moving and falling.

Cesare thought it would be a waste of time to perform in such a place, and how could a group of people who couldn't even make a living be good enough to come and rob the convoy without coming to rob the convoy?

But it didn't take long for the heads of Hei Qiuqiu to poke their heads out of the mist, women, old people, children, their eyes were dull, and their behavior was curious with a hint of vigilance and fear of outsiders, as if the noise from building the site attracted the surrounding townspeople.

"Don't miss it when you walk by! Prepare to be amazed by the strange guys you've never seen before! The shouting of the head of the regiment brought the crowd of onlookers closer, and some bold children came out of the crowd and leaned towards the front row.

The silly Rosen and the little dwarf stood on the wooden platform and held hands, dancing in a very incongruous circle, and the silly man wore a woman's clothes and deliberately imitated the woman's delicate movements.

The silly expression and the deformity of his brain looked funny and weird, and he bent over exaggeratedly to hold the dwarf's hand, causing the steps under his feet to be more of a random kick than a dance.

And the dwarf's side didn't feel much better, not to mention the scars on his body covered by clothes, just for the sake of performance, wearing big and funny shoes, only after practice makes perfect, the ill-fitting shoes were never thrown out.

Because his height is not commensurate with that of a stupid person, he is often picked up by the whole person when dancing, and his two feet swing quickly in the air to make a funny look, and the laughter in the crowd of onlookers gradually breaks the dead atmosphere.

Cesare realized that he might be wrong, and that it was so pleasant for these poor townsfolk to see worse than them believing their lives, and that they had the right to sympathize with or simply make fun of these more wretched people.

When they see these freaks, they may think that although they were born and raised in such a ghost place, they can at least be glad that they are healthy and do not have to be reduced to performing such a shameful show.

The remaining child laborers could not be idle, and the children were performing arhats, grimacing, and juggling with bottles or colored balls.

The local countrymen watched the frowning performances with relish, and a group of women laughed from ear to ear, and there was nothing new about the tricks that Cesare had seen at the school dance.

But he still tugged on Anya's sleeve tightly, and it could be seen from the girl's excited eyes, but if she let go of her for a moment, she didn't know where to run the next second.

Claudius, the head of the regiment, took off his hat to reveal his dark hair color, and flipped the top hat over to show that it was empty. Then, he lifted the hat with his left hand, and put his right hand wearing white gloves into the hat to search for something, seeing him licking his lips with a solemn expression, all the audience held their breath and looked at him curiously.

Suddenly, Claudius seemed to catch something, and lifted it up vigorously, and a big, fat white rabbit was taken out by his ears, and the rabbit blinked as if to confirm that he was still alive. The hillbillies around were all amazed, and began to talk and applaud, and before the children in the front row could saliva on the ground, Claudius, the head of the regiment, threw the live rabbit back into his hat and put it back on top of his head.

His golden eyes carefully observed all the onlookers, and suddenly took out a red rose from his cuff, threw it from his left hand to his right hand, and then from his right hand back to his left hand, and after repeating it several times, he put both hands behind his back.

Claudius walked up to a bearded man and bowed in a gesture. "Hello sir, would you like to make a small bet with me? If you win, then you can take anything from me. ”

"Anything? But I don't have any money," the man said in a bit of a panic.

"The first time it's free." Claudius, the head of the regiment, laughed secretly, and reached out in front of the man with two clenched fists. "Guess which hand the flower is in? If you're right, you can take my hat and return the rabbit. ”

"Uhh Over here? ”

The left palm was spread out, and there was nothing in it, and just as the man was disappointed, the regimental commander opened his right hand again, and there was still nothing inside. Claudius held her hands in front of her red face towel, and suddenly her hand shook, and the rose flower just now was taken out from under the face towel and landed in her palm.

"You, how did you do it!" The man's eyes widened and he exclaimed, then turned his head and shouted at all the onlookers. "It's so godly, it's a miracle!"

Claudius responded to the applause with a respectful salute.

"Anyone else wants to try? Any bet is accepted, bread and dry food are fine, but be declared in advance... It's not that simple, so let your imagination run wild. ”

What is surprising is that such an obvious scam has countless people who want to try it, some have gambled on clothing, some have gambled on poultry, and even some people have actually taken out a few copper coins.

No longer paying attention to the bustling captain, Cesare and Anya turned their attention to the scene on the side of the human stick Polonis.

A group of children circled around Polognes' crippled body, making mocking motions as if they were looking at an immobile monster, and stabbing Polognes with sticks.

Anya's brows furrowed when she saw this scene, and a look of anger inadvertently appeared on her face. "Hey! Don't overdo it. Shaking off Cesare, he walked to the side of Polonnes, the man.

When the mischievous children saw someone coming, they threw down their sticks and ran into the fog, and from time to time they showed their heads to take a look and whispered in the fog.

"Are you alright?" Anya asked with concern, and Cesare slowly followed behind.

"Thank you for your trouble," said the man Bolonis with a wry smile. But my show is to tell stories to these kids... If they don't want to listen, then being bullied by them is also part of the show. ”

As he spoke, Polonis did not forget to peek a few times in the direction of the regimental commander, for fear of being heard, but the latter was busy deceiving a little more from the hands of the villagers at this time, and did not bother to care about him at all.