Lorelai's Reef?
Char raised his hand, and a German topographic map appeared floating beside him and slowly opened.
Based on the place names on the map, he followed the Rhine River and quickly found Lorelei's location.
Although his clairvoyance can observe the entire world, it cannot observe every corner at the same time.
In other words, it is actually possible, but it is too brain-consuming. The amount of information contained in the entire world is very huge, and a lazy person like Xia obviously will not do it.
Just as Cage said, the river here is extremely deep, with many rocks, and the river surface is not as clear as the place where they stayed.
Char looked through the river and searched under the river, but he didn't find anything that looked like a treasure.
Or is it covered by magic?
His eyes were once again filled with magic, and soon, he discovered something under the river bed.
It seems that it is indeed here, but there are still some things or steps needed to get there.
There was a curse on the treasure, so after killing Siegfried, Hagen did not keep the treasure for himself, but threw it into the river bed.
But obviously, he is still greedy for the treasure, so he still leaves some entrances, such as the key to unlock the treasure.
He should have given the key to his descendants, and the English above was obviously written by later generations.
Xia actually wanted to go there and see for herself, but...
He lowered his head and looked at the beauty sleeping soundly in his arms. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and there was a faint smile hanging on the corner of her mouth.
They were lying on a hanging basket.
The hanging basket was made by Xia Ya a few days ago and placed on one side of the courtyard. It was covered with pillows and quilts and could be laid horizontally.
Lying here, watching the surrounding lakes and mountains, gradually disappearing with the action of the castle, the hanging basket is gently swaying, accompanied by the gentle breeze, taking a nap here could not be more comfortable.
Scientifically speaking, when people have 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 happiness.
When men and women hug, women secrete more oxytocin than men, almost three times as much, so that hugs bring more happiness to women than boys, so women like the feeling of hugs more.
As the saying goes, where there is a need, there is a desire. Women's desire for hugs is stronger and more frequent than men's.
So Alicia likes to sleep with Chara in her arms. She may be a little reserved at first, but then she has no scruples.
The time when such a change occurred was probably after Isabel left.
An eldest sister is like a mother, and Alicia still has some scruples in front of this biological sister.
In short
Xia looked at Alicia who was sleeping soundly in her arms.
Let's wait for her to wake up first
. . . . . .
Cage and Heilang didn't hesitate too much. Although Heilang's injury hadn't healed yet, time was not waiting for him.
After simply cleaning up, they got up and left Cage's house.
But not long after they left the house, they walked into the alley.
A dozen people suddenly jumped from the surrounding rooftops. They were wearing assassin uniforms that were very similar to Heilang's. They wore hoods, and their appearance was hidden in the hood.
Cage obviously didn't realize that they were wearing the same clothes as Heilang. He subconsciously took a step back and said nervously to Heilang.
“Are they the ones from that cult you mentioned?
What to do now, run? "
However, just when he was about to turn around and run away.
These dozen assassins all bowed their heads to Heilang.
"tutor."
This is of course 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 use this title to call Heilang.
Cage looked at Heilang.
"They are all my people." Heilang explained.
The leader of the assassin pulled his hood back. He was the assassin named "Hoover" that Char and others met during the Headless Horseman incident.
Among the three people I met at the beginning, there were two men and one woman. One of the men was older and calmer, and that was Hoover.
Three years later, he has two obvious nasolabial folds on both sides of his nose.
"Our people have been looking for you around here for a long time." Hoover said, "As long as you are okay, please don't act alone next time. Wait until our people 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 pointed at Cage beside him.
"His name is Nidala Cage. His ancestor was a magician. Our information was given by him."
After hearing that Cage's ancestor was a magician, Hoover and the assassins behind him looked at Cage with expressions that felt a little wrong.
Cage was also a little strange. To be honest, in his memory, most people who heard that his ancestor was a magician would definitely not believe it. They would even be wary of it, thinking that he was a liar.
Because there are actually many examples of people pretending to be wizards to deceive people.
Germany is very close to Beichen. The natural sciences in this world originated from Beichen in a sense, so the thoughts of people here are naturally influenced by Beichen.
To be honest, this actually surprised Xia Ya.
Confucianism advocates cultivating oneself, regulating one's family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world, starting from studying things to gain knowledge.
The meaning of "investigating things to achieve knowledge" means to study the principles of things and obtain knowledge, which can actually be the origin of scientific thinking.
However, in Char's world, later generations did not develop this idea into science.
Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty interpreted the "thing" in the study of things to achieve knowledge as "things in the world".
Zhu Xi's point of view is to obtain knowledge through investigating affairs. Regarding the meaning of "Gewu", Zhu Xi gave two explanations: one is that "Gewu" is implemented on things; the other is "Gewu" is the pursuit of profound principles of things.
Lu Jiuyuan, who was at the same time, held the opposite view to Zhu Xi. He believed that "studying things to achieve knowledge" meant to eliminate material desires and seek the principles of nature through words and expressions, and opposed to seeking knowledge outside the heart by exhausting principles.
Wang Shouren of the Ming Dynasty also objected to Zhu Xi's idea of "impossible principles for things", arguing: "The ancient Confucian understanding of things is to check things in the world. How can we get the things in the world? Moreover, it is said that every plant and tree is reasonable, so how can we check it now? How can we get the plants and trees vertically, but how can we get our own ideas sincerely?"
Therefore, Wang Shouren believed that "to know things" means to have good knowledge, and "to investigate things" is to know the right things, so he said "to know things to achieve knowledge" as "to know things", that is, "to develop my conscience in everything"
However, whether it is Zhu Xi, Lu, or Wang, the significance of their "investigation of things to achieve knowledge" lies in personal moral cultivation, not in the understanding of natural physics.
These scholars have always adhered to the concept that only the study of classics is orthodox, so they only regard the study of mathematics and natural science as unorthodox as serving the development of production.
They believe that they can understand the world only by improving their self-cultivation and continuous thinking.
For them, studying things to achieve knowledge is just a tool and cannot be used as the main method.
Therefore, in ancient my country, there were very few people who considered studying science to explore the principles of the world as their lifelong ideal. There were only people who wanted to benefit the people through scientific research methods.
In this way, science itself no longer exists subjectively.
From a philosophical point of view, the later Confucian Neo-Confucian understanding of the relationship between humans and nature clearly referred to the relationship between humans and believed that principles govern all things in the world.
In this way, to a certain extent, the problem of studying the objective world is transformed into the study of people themselves, and it is impossible to form a science.
Taoists use Tao to unify the objective world and put forward many dialectical views. However, their ultimate goal is not to explore nature, but to achieve a state of freedom.
None of these ideas provide a philosophical foundation for science.
Although Confucianism is still respected in the historical process of this world, the inclusiveness of Confucianism encompasses hundreds of schools of thought, extending the study of things and knowledge.
This is why this country is so large.
Xia Ya felt that Beichen in this world might have had one or two time travelers in the past.
In short, the attitude of these people made Cage feel a little different.
He obviously didn't know what Hoover and others had experienced three years ago.
"Let's go back to Montney first." Heilang said, "Let's go back and discuss the follow-up plan."
"Yes" Hoover nodded, "There happens to be a group of newly trained assassins in the manor who need you to guide them to officially join the Brotherhood."
Then, a group of them left here and left the town on horseback. The place they were about to go was not far from here, and they could arrive in a few hours on horseback.
In these three years, it seems to be the blessing of fate.
The fraternity flourished under Heilang's operations.
While fighting against the Nightmare Order, they also carried out assassination missions, assassinating the nobles and upper-class people who exploited the people.
They redistributed part of these people's wealth, and used the other part as operating funds for the fraternity.
They met some like-minded friends who were happy to provide financial support to the brotherhood.
So they actually have a lot of wealth.
About a year ago, Heilang took over the identity of a noble and obtained a fiefdom. It was not big and was a small manor-like village.
That is the headquarters of the Brotherhood. The textiles of the Assassin uniforms and the forging of the Hidden Blade actually come from here.
When Cage arrived near this manor, the first thing that caught his eye was the tall city wall.
The city wall was built according to the outline of the mountain, roughly circular in shape, with a total length of 570 meters.
There are 14 equidistant towers and 2 city gates. The main street connecting the two city gates in the city is roughly in a straight line.
In the main square, there is a Romanesque church with a simple facade, as well as Renaissance-style residences for nobles and merchants.
The small streets beyond the main square give way to houses and small shops facing the gardens. In times of war, these gardens could provide the food necessary to survive when surrounded by enemies.
Entering the manor and stepping onto the bluestone-paved path, people in the shops on both sides and people on the streets were greeting Heilang and the other assassins enthusiastically.
Some of the civilians here are the families of these assassins, while the other part are the assassins who rescued them from the nobles. They have nowhere to go, so they settled here.
"dad!"
A girl ran out from one side and happily threw herself into Heilang's arms.
"You are finally back!"
The girl is about seven or eight years old. She is very tall and has a pair of delicate braids. Her baby face with some freckles has a pair of big eyes, and the little bunny teeth exposed when she smiles are very cute. .
Hei Lang touched her head with soft eyes, took something out of his pocket and gave it to her.
"I made this for you."
It was a grasshopper made of straw. It was very delicate and small.
The girl seemed to like it very much, with a delighted smile on her face.
"Thank you dad!"
"Be good, I'll go to the secret room with the other uncles to discuss some things, and you can go play by yourself." Hei Lang said.
The girl was also very good and knew that she shouldn't bother Heilang at this time, so she turned around and left.
"Do you have such a big daughter?" Cage said in surprise.
"She is the child I adopted from the south of Britannia."
Hei Lang looked at her leaving back with deep eyes and said.
As if he didn't want to continue discussing this topic, he continued to take Cage to a villa inside the manor.
“We are a group of like-minded people who come together.
Although our current enemy is the Nightmare Order.
But they are not our only targets. "
He paused before continuing.
“After my parents were killed, I experienced a level of despair I had never experienced before.
Because my enemy is not only the unknown religious sect, but also a noble with military power.
He looked at my family's factory, so he helped the sect lay an unfounded crime against my family.
However, I was also lucky. I met the most important person in my life. He taught me a lot of knowledge and gave me a creed that I will carry out throughout my life.
I succeeded in getting my revenge and killed the noble, but when my hidden blade penetrated the man's chest, many thoughts came to my mind.
That kind of noble is not an exception. There are too many people in this world who are exploited and bullied by nobles.
These upper class people control wealth, power, and land that are unimaginable to ordinary people.
They already have everything, but because of this, the demon named desire expands infinitely in their hearts.
I was thinking, when I encounter this kind of thing, I can meet a noble person, but when other people encounter this kind of thing, who should they rely on?
Who can give them fairness and dignity?
Law? "
Hei Lang looked at Cage with deep eyes.
"Do you believe?"
Cage fell silent.
"This is also the meaning of our place."
Hei Lang looked around and murmured softly.
“We show up when the law fails to bring justice to those involved.
I know that we may not be able to save everyone, nor can we do our best, but at least, in this long dark night, we can light a light that gives the lost people the courage to move forward again.
Let the good ones no longer cry, and let the evil ones receive the punishment they deserve.
Until dawn comes.
We are the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of those who exploit.
We are a fraternity.
We are assassins. "
Listening to these words, Cage's heart was slightly agitated.
To be honest, when he first met Heilang, he thought he was just an unlucky guy who had been robbed by robbers.
But after hearing his story and seeing the group of people who suddenly appeared, he knew that this was not a simple person.
But no matter which time it was, the shock it brought to him was actually not as shocking as what he said.
He couldn't describe what he was feeling at the moment, and he didn't know what it was that shocked him.
If there was a modern person here at this moment, maybe he could answer him.
That is an ideal and a belief.
Hei Lang led Cage directly into the villa, and opened a downward secret passage to lead him down.
This is the secret room built by the original owner of this villa. It is a circular hall, but there is actually a secret passage that leads directly to the outside of the manor.
At this moment, this place has become the meeting hall and place where the assassins take their oaths.
Entering this hall, there is an unfinished statue standing against the wall in the middle of the hall, with only a faint outline carved out.
But for some reason, Cage always felt that he had seen this statue somewhere before.
(End of chapter)
