Alien Knights

　　Walking on the Yuexi Plain at the foot of the mountain, all the way to the south.

Taking off the conspicuous monk clothes and putting on the farmer’s robe and cloak he found from Huggins, Todd looked at the dark night road with the bright moonlight and other people’s torches, and yawned: "We Where are you going? The night is so late, can't you go again tomorrow?"

　　 Harkins said to him, “It’s only open at night. Besides, with so many things happening recently, we also need some entertainment to relax.”

Um?

　　 Open at night? Recreation and relaxation?

　　 Todd raised one eyebrow, his brain heated up, and he immediately thought of some "unsuitable for children" scenes. While shaking his head and shaking his head, he smiled at Huggins knowingly, and secretly said in his heart, I really can’t tell, brother, you usually look so serious, you turned out to be such a sullen guy, no wonder you let me before you come out. Change the monk's clothes and put on casual clothes.

Unexpectedly, Edgar, who was walking in the front, suddenly turned his head with excitement and joy: "It's really great! The "Downtown Circus" only came to the neighborhood this morning, and it was open tonight. Originally I thought it would take three months for them to perform in the Silver Ring Kingdom. I didn’t expect them to come back in just over 20 days!"

ha?

　　Circus?

　　 So you guys have been talking about this!

　　 found that he wanted to be crooked completely, Todd touched his nose awkwardly, his old face instantly turned red, and his heart was ashamed of the filth deep in his soul. Suddenly remembering the question that bothered me before, I quickly changed the subject: "Huggins, I wanted to ask a question yesterday."

　　 The man pushed aside the bushes that blocked the road with his hand, and nodded for the monk to ask questions at will.

　　 "When I was in Thousand Wood Village, I found that the priests there seemed to be unfriendly to the monks in the monastery. It stands to reason that the priests who belong to the Father, why are they hostile to me?"

　　 Hudgens paused, turned his body and took a deep look at Todd, took a breath through his nose, and slowly said, "Have you heard of the "Ascetics" and the "Church"?"

　　 "No, never."

"I guess so." The man continued on, thinking about it, and said: "The masters and monks of the San Sidro Monastery were once divided into two camps, namely the ascetic and the church. The so-called ascetic refers to Those who focus on spiritual asceticism and religious meditation advocate staying away from the temptation of the world and the noise of the world, abandon the guidance of the church, and only follow in the footsteps of the Father; on the contrary, the ecclesiastical advocates the inclusion of the monastery under the jurisdiction of the church. Maintaining a close relationship with the world is more conducive to spreading the glory of the Father and increasing the number of believers."

　　 Todd nodded while listening, and then asked: "I just heard you say a word, ever?"

"Yes, about ten years ago, the most serious dispute between the two factions occurred in the monastery since the establishment of the monastery. As a result, the ascetic faction won a great victory, while the leaders and followers of the church faction were banished. And you The Master Miles I knew was one of the leaders of the asceticism at that time."

　　 The monk apprentice was a little dumbfounded when he heard this. He didn't expect that Master Myris, who is usually low-key and kind, had such a vigorous record back then.

　　 Seeing the boy's expression, Hudgens laughed, shook his head and said, "Do you really think that the victory of the faction dispute back then depends on those old people?"

　　 "Is anyone else involved?"

The man nodded and continued: "On the one hand, the ecclesiastical group agreed to accept the donated lands for the "transcendence of souls", and on the other hand, they advocated the introduction of ecclesiastical power into the San Sidro Monastery. Taboo. So, it was not so much a dispute between asceticism and ecclesiasticalism, as it was a dispute between the church and the kingship. It would be more accurate."

　　 Todd was waiting to ask again, but Edgar in front of him let out cheers.

　　 "Here! Here! Just ahead!"

　　Following others, turning over the high **** in front of him, the monk stood on the high ground and looked down, secretly sighing in his heart, what a lively scene.

In the huge clearing, one after another tall tents were erected, colorful lanterns, flags fluttering in the wind, beauties playing with flying knives, brawny men with flames, clowns on stilts, and loud voices of people. In the ears, one or two animal calls can be heard from time to time, all of which make the landscape in front of you colorful and dreamlike. All kinds of people shuttled between stalls and tents like a bazaar, women in costumes, gorgeously dressed; robust young people talking and laughing; kind old men sitting quietly with a smile; naughty children playing happily.

The location of 　　 downtown circus was not only close to the San Sidro Monastery, but also in the middle of several large towns in the Kingdom of Silver Ring. Perhaps it was because the camp was opened on the first day. Although there were a lot of people coming, according to Hudgens, there will be more people here in a few days, and the most one night passenger flow can even exceed 20,000. Although this number is quite low in previous lives, it is definitely considered to be a large-scale bazaar in the Middle Ages, when the population was scattered and sparsely populated.

　　 Following in the footsteps of the other three, Todd approached the camp of the circus and discovered something interesting.

　　Unlike imagined, the downtown circus is open. In other words, the play here is completely free of fees, and only when you enter a specific tent to watch a program, a certain amount of viewing fee will be charged. At first glance, this charging method reduces total income, but it attracts a large number of people with poor economic conditions. Together with the income from self-operated or rented booths, it forms a profit model of "customer cluster additional industries".

Walking on the trails of the circus is different from Hudgens’ eyes without squinting. Edgar is like a "little tour guide" who has opened the chatterbox, every performer, every stall, every kind of juggling, every snack , He knows everything is endless and every word is meticulous.

Seeing the curiosity of the monk around him, UU Reading www.uukahnshu.com, a kid who likes to lively, but only eleven or twelve years old, scratched his head embarrassedly, and said, “Because I run fast, it’s almost a circus in the city. Every time the group performs, no matter how far away, I will sneak from the monastery to watch. But before I didn’t have money, even when I got here, I could only watch the open-air performance from afar. If the guards of the tent show were relatively loose, I would I'll try to sneak in. But it's different now! I have this!"

　　 Edgar untied the purse from his waist and swayed in the air as if to show off. The sound of silver and copper coins crashing was crisp and pleasant.

　　 Holding the reward for refined silver, the tugging expression on the child's face reminded Todd of his previous life, those bear kids who were showing off their wealth outside with family money.

　　 rolled his eyes and sighed. Huggins was about to stretch out his hand to reward the kid with a thud. The dangling figure in front of him made him stiff and his eyes stared in a daze.

　　 "I have something to do first, I have to go one step first."

　　 As soon as the voice fell, the man squeezed into the crowd and disappeared instantly.

　　 Todd was dumbfounded, and quickly shouted: "Hey! Hey! Where should I go now?!"

　　 suddenly felt that someone was pulling the corner of his clothes and looked sideways.

　　 Edgar triumphantly pointed at himself with his thumb: "I know where to go!"

　　 Looking at the other's confident expression, Todd suddenly had a bad feeling.

as predicted.

　　 Five minutes later, the kid also ran away. Before leaving, he left a sentence, "Wow, the exclusive show of Hercules Madra! Silly big guy, you take Todd to find the black sheep, I'm going to see this! 』

　　Looking at Edgar's distant figure, Todd and Jerry, with black lines on their faces, looked at each other. The silly smile on each other's face made him completely lose hope.