Chapter 264 of the main volume of Father Mawei: Village, Father, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble
The wooden sticks kept beating the trees, and the leaves rustled. Ma Wei and the others walked through the forest one foot deep and one shallow. It had just rained lightly, and although the air was fresh, the ground became much more difficult to walk on.
It has been two days since the Dickey ran aground. During this time, they have been staying in the forest. When they were hungry, they ate canned food, ate dry hard bread, and drank water from the pot. After two days, their clothes were dirty.
, my hair is messy, stubble has grown out, and my whole body exudes an unpleasant smell, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.
Fortunately, there was no problem with the direction. Every half hour of walking, Ma Wei would take out a map to compare the direction. As a sailor, he was very sensitive to the direction. After all, the most important thing in sea navigation was the direction. Once lost, the consequences would be disastrous.
In two days, they passed two villages. Because the village was too close to the city and there were churches, they did not dare to get close and chose to take a detour.
"Nicholas! I can't do it anymore, take a rest for a while"
It was approaching noon, and the second prince couldn't walk anymore. He sat down on the stone, took out the water bottle and wanted to take a few sips, but the water in the bottle had already reached the bottom. 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, there was no 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.
It's numb.
"Your Highness, your calf is swollen." Archbishop Brandon checked the second prince's physical condition: "If you continue like this, you won't be able to bear it."
Archbishop Brandon is not much better. He is old and his body is not as good as it used to be. He is already exhausted at this moment. He can hold on until now just by holding his breath.
Ma Wei took out his own kettle and handed it to Yunia. He had half of the water left, which was the most among everyone. He waited for Yunia to finish drinking before throwing the kettle to the second prince.
The second prince received the kettle and immediately drank it. After a while, he drank all the water and complained repeatedly: "Nicholas, where are we? Are we close to the border?"
"We should be near the city of Mount Lajoli." Mavey licked his dry lips, took out a compass and sextant and observed the height and direction of the sun: "We are now located in the north of the city of Mount Lajoli.
, we have just walked less than 40 miles, and we are still far away from Paris."
"We haven't even arrived in Paris?!" The second prince suddenly became desperate: "It's over, it's over, it's over now. We only walked 40 miles in two days. When can we go home?"
If it were not for the second prince and Archbishop Brandon, Ma Wei estimated that he would have arrived in London by now. Although it was a bit exaggerated, he had the heart of the jungle and could continuously activate space transformation magic, not to mention how convenient it was.
Now that the second prince and Archbishop Brandon are by his side, he cannot use magic and can only think of other ways.
"Brother, the food is almost gone." Levin checked the food reserves and found that they only had half a day's worth of cans and bread left.
"We have to find a place to resupply."
Ma Wei looked at the map. There were only cities marked on the map, not villages at all. Whether he could encounter a village depended on luck.
After resting for a while, everyone continued to move forward, and luckily found a hunter's cabin. Judging from the dust accumulated on the door panel, no one had been here for a long time.
"Let's stay here today."
Seeing that the sun was setting in two hours, if we continued forward and couldn't find a place to stay, we would have to sleep in the wild. It was better to stop early and spend the night in a hut.
The second prince, who had long been unable to walk, immediately took off his shoes and kneaded the sore and numb soles of his feet. Several large blisters appeared on his feet. He opened them with the tip of a knife and briefly bandaged them. Now even the soles of his feet were white with sweat.
Already.
"Archbishop, you and His Highness rest here, while Felix and I go out for a walk to see if there are any villages or water sources around."
"The forest is dangerous, I will go with you." Archbishop Brandon said.
"No need." Ma Wei shook his head, pulled out the revolver from his waist and said, "I have a gun. I can deal with small beasts no problem. Even if I encounter extraordinary creatures, I can deal with them. You guys should have a good rest."
"That's fine."
"Dad, I'm going too!"
Yunia ran over. She was also very tired, but Ma Wei was going out and she wanted to follow him.
"That's it, Jonas, you stay here to collect some firewood and light the fire."
"good."
After calling Levin and picking up Junia, Mavie left the hunter's cabin. The house was uninhabited all year round and there was nothing useful. They had no water now and needed to quickly find a water source to replenish it.
After leaving Archbishop Brandon and the second prince, Ma Wei didn't have so many constraints. He directly activated the Siren's Tears to rise into the sky. He looked around and found a small river to the north. He immediately activated the Heart of the Jungle and moved to it.
Hua la la. Hua la la.
The river flowed gurglingly and was crystal clear. Occasionally, you could see a few small fish swimming. Yunia ran downstream to wash her face and hands. Levin was watching from the side. Ma Wei took out a kettle and filled it with water, so that he could drink enough first.
Save water.
"Brother, look!"
As evening approached, a few wisps of smoke rose from the distance in the jungle. It looked like a family was lighting a fire for cooking. After checking the location and confirming that it was not the city of Mount Lajoli, Ma Wei immediately decided to go over and take a look.
road.
After activating the disguise magic, the three of them disguised themselves as passing merchants and walked through the jungle to the front of the village. This was a small village that should be the territory of a certain noble. There were not only churches but also tall manor villas in the village.
The wooden houses are built around the farm.
"Do you speak Imperial language?" Ma Wei asked.
Yunia shook her head and said no, and Levin said that he knew a few simple daily expressions.
"What words do you know?"
"Ahem." Levin cleared his throat and said in Imperial dialect: "Dear lady, you are very beautiful. Your eyes are like stars in the sky and fascinate me. Can I invite you to dinner?"
".anything else?"
"I can speak bread, red wine, steak, jam, butter, etc." Levin spread his hands: "I can't speak more advanced ones, but I can do it in everyday terms."
"That's enough. Let's go and have a look."
Attracted by the fragrance, Mawei and the others were really hungry. Apart from drinking water, their food had also run out. Without replenishment, they would have no choice but to leave hungry.
The village was very peaceful. The children were playing in the barn, looking carefree. The men were returning from the fields one after another carrying farm tools, and the women were preparing dinner. The arrival of Ma Wei and others soon
It caught their attention.
The villagers observed the uninvited guests without much alertness in their eyes. Someone came forward and asked who the Mawei people were. Levin immediately said in broken imperial language that he was a businessman from the Kingdom of Frederick. His axle was broken, so he came to the village to seek help.
help.
Hearing Levin say that he had encountered difficulties, the villagers immediately became more enthusiastic. Several men immediately offered to help repair the car. Levin waved his hands and declined the villagers' kindness.
"We are hungry. We need to buy some food and a carriage."
"Oh!" A villager understood and invited Ma Wei and the others to their home. To be honest, the villagers were so undefended. I'm afraid it had something to do with Yunia. Bringing a beautiful little girl by your side always makes people happy.
Let down your guard.
Following the villagers to their home, the other party brought bread, milk and beet soup. As if to entertain the guests, they also cooked a few sausages temporarily, and the aroma filled the house.
Mavi was not too polite and soaked the bread with beet soup. After eating, he took out two gold louis coins and put them on the table, indicating that he would use them to pay for this generous dinner.
"No no no!"
The villagers waved their hands repeatedly, indicating that they could not accept it. He treated Ma Wei and the other three as guests and entertained them for dinner. This was not a transaction, so how could he collect money?
But besides money, Ma Wei really had nothing to repay him, so he drove away the villagers on the pretext of helping to buy a carriage, and then stuffed all the lifre coins he had into the tin can on the cabinet.
According to the currency value of Bonaparte's first empire, 1 gold Louis can be exchanged for 10 shillings, which is half a gold pound. At the same time, 1 gold Louis can be exchanged for 4 Ecu, 1 Ecu is equal to 6 livres, and 1 livre is another
equal to 20 soles
The currency exchange system used by Bonaparte's First Empire was no better than that of the Kingdom of Windsor. Everyone was in the same boat, so no one could criticize anyone.
Before coming to Paris, Ma Wei and the second prince exchanged a lot of local currency, which added up to almost two thousand gold louis. They didn't spend much, and they mostly carried them with them in the form of coupons, and they didn't have many coins for pocket money.
It is not necessarily a good thing to suddenly get a large amount of tickets. In order to thank the villagers for their kindness, Ma Wei took out all the coins he had, which looked like dozens of gold louis, enough to allow the villagers to live comfortably for several years.
life.
"Damn it! Brother!"
Levin, who was talking to the woman in the living room, didn't know what he saw. He hurried into the kitchen with a newspaper in his hand. On the front page of the newspaper, Nicholas, Felix, Jonas, the second prince and cloth were printed.
The photos of Archbishop Langdon and others, even Yunia were not spared.
If there are only photos, that’s it. The key is that there is a reward below the photos:
[Anyone who provides clues or other means of help will receive a reward of 1,000 gold louis and attend the mass hosted by Anatole in person]
1000 gold louis!
Reward of 500 gold pounds!
Such an expensive value is enough to drive many people 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 Potion Company, he is only worth 500 gold pounds?
What a joke.
It’s only 1,000 gold louis, Ma Wei can take it out now!
Isn’t this disgusting!
When he was using the identity of Ma Wei, he was disgusted by being offered a reward. When he was using the identity of Nicholas, he was disgusted again. Ma Wei felt that these people did this on purpose.
"Brother."
Levin pursed his lips 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 to their home and then secretly went to the church to report us?"
"We don't rule out this possibility. Just to be on the safe side, you go and have a look."
"good!"
Levin activated the Heart of the Jungle, disappeared into the kitchen, and ran to spy on the villagers.
Mawei sat in the kitchen and waited patiently. Less than half an hour later, Levin came back. As soon as he appeared, the villagers pushed open the door.
"Sir! I bought a good horse!" The villager said excitedly: "I negotiated the price to 2 gold louis and asked them to give me a cart as a gift! It's just right for carrying goods!"
Levin lowered his head angrily, not daring to look directly into the simple eyes of the villagers. He had mistakenly blamed them.
Although he couldn't understand what the villagers were saying, he could tell a lot from Levin's shy expression and the excited and innocent eyes of the villagers. Mawei put down the newspaper and followed the villagers out of the gate. He saw a strong brown horse behind him.
It also tows a canopy-type truck body, specially designed to carry cargo.
Originally, Ma Wei gave the villagers 5 gold louis coins, which was more than enough to buy a carriage. Unexpectedly, the other party negotiated the price to 2 gold louis and got 3 coins back for him.
Looking at the villagers with sincere smiles, Ma Wei also smiled and said in the imperial dialect he knew little about: "Thank you."
With the carriage, Mawei bought a lot of bread and sausages in the village and took them back to the hunter's trail.
On the way back, it was completely dark, and the tree cover was thick and blocked the starlight. The carriage staggered through the jungle. When encountering trees blocking the road, Ma Wei would activate Siren's Tears to move his position and clear a path.
"Dad, there's someone behind you." Yunia suddenly said while eating fruit candy.
"Is it that villager?"
"no."
"oh"
Mawei continued to drive the carriage forward while thinking about the identity of the other party. They had already changed their appearance when they went to the village. Judging from their appearance, it was impossible for anyone to recognize them, and Levin was sure that the villagers did not tip off other people.
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The stalker must be suspicious of their identity.
"It's probably the priest in the village. He saw strangers entering the village to buy food and carriages, and he became suspicious. Or he was someone from the village."
Throwing a mint leaf into his mouth, Mavey took out the revolver in his arms, stopped the carriage in front, and let Yunia expand the mithril field.
"Come out." Ma Wei said in Imperial language.
There was no response in the dark forest, only the sound of the breeze blowing through the leaves. Seeing that the other party was unwilling to show up, Ma Wei glanced at Levin, who nodded and disappeared instantly.
"It seems that you are still lucky."
Ma Wei took out the Siren's Tears and tapped the ground with his toes. The trees in front of him immediately twisted and squirmed to separate to both sides, leaving an open space and the moonlight shining down.
A panicked man appeared not far away. He was hiding behind a tree and followed carefully, but Yunia discovered him.
The man was wearing a black priest's robe and a golden necklace on his chest. He was the village priest.
Pulling the hammer slightly, Ma Wei raised his gun and pointed it at the man. The man was stunned for a moment, and then he kept saying something and retreating, seemingly begging for mercy. But the next second, Ma Wei pulled the trigger.
boom!
In the dark forest, the fire flashed away, and the priest fell down, clutching his chest and screaming loudly. When he saw Ma Wei coming, he kicked his legs on the ground to get away, and at the same time, the necklace on his chest lit up with bright golden light.
boom!
Another bullet hit the man's chest, and the necklace that had just been lit suddenly dimmed. The man fell on his back, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, his body twitching, his eyes widened, full of fear.
"Sorry, the pain will stop soon."
Ma Wei raised the gun to the man's forehead, thought for a moment, moved the gun down, and stuffed it into the priest's mouth.
boom!
With the sound of a gunshot, the priest's body was shaken violently and he could no longer move.