Chapter 20: Conversation
Olivier got out of the carriage, he had just gone to the port dock for a while, and looked at the loading progress, with the increase in salary, the speed did increase a little, but it was still a certain distance from the speed he expected, which made him panic.
In addition, the order in the city has become more chaotic, although there is a large number of troops entering, enough to suppress any riots among the lower classes, but corpses have begun to appear sporadically on both sides of the street, and the civilian areas and slums do not know what has become, he used to dare to throw some change copper coins on the road, or throw some black bread and other food out, but now he does not dare at all, not that he is afraid of his own danger, he will be followed by four family forces at any time, but he is afraid that after throwing it out, he will directly let the people who get it die。
After Olivier entered the Merchant Colony's residence, the four armed men who followed went to the building next to it, only one young man followed behind Olivier, Olivier said as he walked: "Sal, although those people will not oppose my decision at this time of the inheritance competition, they will not be willing to take any responsibility either, I guess they have not increased their pay as much as I said, so that the progress is much slower than I expected, so I need you to take a trip." ”
The young man named Thrall hesitated for a moment, but immediately agreed, after all, his feelings for Olivier were different, as a squire who had grown up with Olivier since childhood, he and Olivier were not so much master and servant as brothers, at least their relationship was far better than that between Olivier and his two older brothers, so once Olivier made up his mind, there was no possibility that he would go against Olivier's request.
At this time, Olivier had already arrived in the study, and a second after he opened the door, Thrall was already in front of him, and it was only then that Olivier could clearly see a bald man sitting on the main seat of the study, whose skin and appearance looked seventy or eighty percent similar to that of the Kusha, and Olivier immediately chuckled in his heart, thinking that his conjecture had come true, although at least five or six days earlier than he expected.
But immediately, Olivier denied this idea, because the Kusha people really attacked this port, then now the city is full of shouts and killings outside, and it is impossible for a Kusha to come quietly to his study and wait for him, this is completely impossible to happen, although he is one of the heirs of a merchant group, but first, he is not the master of the merchant group, and secondly, the family merchant group he is in is considered a medium and large merchant group, and it is completely incomparable with those large merchant groups that can control a region, if the Kusha people really plan to find someone to cooperate, it can only go to the rich and noble family like the Vatimio family, how can they come to him?
Thinking of this, Olivier gently pushed Sal away and said directly to the bald young man, "This gentleman, I don't know who you are?"
This young man is Hao Qi, he grinned and said: "I'm here to talk to you about something, uh, also, the two of them haven't eaten anything for a long time, please let someone take them to eat something first, wash them, and change their clothes by the way, that's almost it, by the way, arrange a room for them to sleep for a while." ”
Before Olivier could speak, Sal was already angry, "Who are you? How did you get in?"
At this time, Olivier immediately blocked Sal again, and at the same time said to Sal: "Find someone to arrange for these two little girls to eat, wash, change clothes, and sleep......"
Sal looked at Olivier inexplicably, he saw that there was sweat gushing out of Olivier's face, and Olivier's eyes were bloodshot with the naked eye, when Sal looked at Olivier, Olivier also immediately looked at Sal, and his colleague said in a voice that had been raised a few degrees: "Sal...... Immediately!"
This kind of Olivier, Thrall once saw once, at that time Olivier was the proud son of the family, he was smart, sharp-minded, inferences, was the patriarch of the family and the heir of several elders, because Olivier was only eleven years old at that time, but with his sensitivity and wisdom for the family business to open up a small business route, and his two elder brothers spent every day drinking, and the contrast with him is too strong, is a fool, as long as it is really for the good of the family, will know who the heir of the family should choose。
Then Olivier was attacked, and in that attack, both Thrall and Olivier were almost killed, especially Thrall, who now has a wound scar on his chest that runs through the front and back of his chest, because one of the assassins was actually the family arm guarding Olivier, and the last two survived, thanks to Olivier's dexterity and determination, Olivier's expression was exactly the same at that time.
After that attack, Thrall saw with his own eyes that Olivier took advantage of the moment before the other family's armed guards arrived, he actually took a stone on the ground and smashed it his head, smashing the whole person with blood all over his head, and fainted directly, since then, he has behaved extremely mediocre, and even in many things is not as good as the two drunken brothers, this kind of he was judged by many doctors to have injured his brain, and finally disappeared from everyone, until now, the inheritance can only be obtained by competition。
But it wasn't until this moment that Sal suddenly woke up to the fact that Olivier hadn't become stupid, he hadn't hurt his head, he was still him, just to survive, or to be able to live to adulthood, he had to be stupid and stupid!
Sal didn't say anything more, and left the study with two ignorant little girls, and Olivier didn't seem to be worried about anything, and closed the door of the study directly, and then walked to the chair next to Hao Qi and sat down, and then said to Hao Qi: "What is the matter with me, sir?"
Hao Qi didn't speak, just looked at Olivier carefully, and only sighed after a long time: "It's even better than I expected, it's really reckless, it's more dragon and snake...... If I say, "I'm really just here to talk to you, do you believe it?" If the conversation is successful, then I'll tell you something, and I'll help you something, and my colleagues will also bring you great danger, but if it doesn't work out, I'll bother you for a day at most, and then I'll leave, do you believe it?"
Olivier said categorically, "I believe it, because there is nothing that can make you lie, sir." ”
Speaking of this, in order to express his sincerity, Olivier said: "To tell the truth, I may be a person who may become a witch and a magician in the description of the Holy Sect, not that I have anything to do with these demonic apostles, but my senses are extremely keen, and I have been very keen since I was a child, and I can even occasionally see some inhuman things, I remember seeing a few goblins when I was a child...... I will trust him 100 percent in what he says, because as I said earlier, there is nothing in this world that can make him lie, not the king, not the army, and I don't know if God is feasible, maybe you are the embodiment of God, sir. ”
(Another one?...... )
Hao Qi nodded slightly and said, "Since that's the case, then I'm going to start this conversation, do you have any questions?" ”
Olivier thought for a second and said, "There is only one question now, why did Mr. find me?"
"Because of the way you behave. Hao Qi said directly: "In order to improve work efficiency, your first reaction is to give more salary, instead of using a whip to oppress and exploit, and you treat those lower-class people, and you don't see them as animals of the same kind, although it is different from what I think, but you do treat them as the same kind, at least your empathy is qualified, ability...... It seems that it is qualified, and it will take the following conversation and possible action to verify it, but talking to you and finding you is because of this. ”
Olivier thought for a moment, then nodded, "Then I'll listen to it." ”
"So, the conversation begins ......"
"The first question is, do you think the gods are real?" Hao Qi asked.
Olivier pondered, and Hao Qi didn't urge him, just sat quietly, and after a while, Olivier said: "If you look at my faith, although this belief is almost nothing, but at least I believe in the Holy Religion, and the gods should exist." ”
"The second question is, since the gods exist, in what form should they exist? material, spiritual, or surreal, beyond our language and understanding?" Hao Qi asked again.
Olivier pondered again, and then said: " The material is not a god, because if it is the same substance, and we humans are all flesh, or earth, or other substances, then such a existence should only be a powerful being, not a god, and if it is a spiritual existence, then such a existence is the same as non-existence, if you believe in it, you don't believe in it, you don't have it, it's just a simple idol, so I think gods should be surreal, can't be described in our language and understanding, only such existence is the existence of gods. ”
"Do you have a good feeling, a bad feeling, or any other feeling or idea about ants?" Hao Qi suddenly asked again.
“...... No. Olivier said frankly: " Not to mention ants, unless they are able to interact with me, such as cats, dogs, horses, or intelligent beings like goblins, I will not even be interested in any other existence, either destroy, kill, or ignore, this is my idea, but this is just an ordinary human thought, I am not a god, if the god is really the creator, created everything in this world, then I can't guess the greatness and ideas of the gods, it is true that I and all human beings are ants to the gods, but it is not impossible to be great as gods, and it is not impossible to have a good feeling or bad feelings for us。 ”
Hao Qi suddenly laughed and said, "I won't say that you are not a god, so why should you speculate about God's thoughts and other words, because this will become an infinite loop of sub-non-fish questions and answers...... My next question is, since the gods are so great, do you think it is good or bad for humanity, or for this world?"
Olivier opened his mouth, he didn't open his mouth to make a sound, but fell into a long contemplation, and after a long time, he said with a wry smile: "I can't say in my heart that this is our original sin, although it is so defined in the doctrine of the Holy Religion, these are our sins, and the gods give us reasonable punishments, and the gods will judge the good and evil of people, and the good are blessed, so they are superior, and the wicked are punished, so they are inferior...... I really want to answer you like this, but I can't do it, because of the original experience, when I was a child, I was in contact with a large number of inferior people when I was pretending to be stupid, and even lived with them for a period of time in order to cover up, so I know very well that there has never been any original sin, and there has never been any good reward and evil punishment, and some are just artificially created inferior, artificially oppressed and exploited, so I can't say whether this god is kind or malicious to the world, sir, can you teach me?"
"Yes. Hao Qi suddenly grinned again, his teeth seemed to reflect the light, reflecting the cold light, like an out-of-body sword.
"Since it is impossible to distinguish between good and evil gods, and even the existence of the gods themselves cannot be verified, why not try our own human powers?"
"If the gods really exist, and this world is full of malice, then this is the sin of the gods, why don't we kill the gods!?"
"If the gods don't exist, and the world is full of malice, then why don't we ......"
"Salvation?"