My name is Ren

Chapter 184 Small people are humble, but small people also have small people's dreams, the power of dreams is infinite
At the same time, in Vernier, the atmosphere was extremely tense.Sean almost took away most of the soldiers in order to capture Xiliu City in one go, leaving only more than 1000 men and 200 cavalry to guard the city.The one who temporarily took over the duty of guarding the city was a confidant in the past, an outstanding mercenary who had experienced dozens of battles, big and small, and was covered in scars.This confidant is called Nick, a very common name. Not to mention one or two hundred people with this name in the entire Venier, there are always seven or eighty people.

After all, civilians are not eligible to have a surname, and a surname is more like a kind of glory and a totem unique to nobles.

Countless people would give up everything for this kind of glory, including dignity and life.

After Xiao En's army set off, Venier City closed its gates, refusing anyone to enter or leave the city.No matter which big shot it is, don't even think about leaving or coming in before Sean comes back.Sean's growth rate is too fast, and this is also related to his sudden awakening. Some people are naturally suitable to be high-ranking people, while some people will never have this talent.Even if he leaves with his own people, it is inevitable that someone will have his ideas on Venier, so he must ensure that the city will not be captured after he leaves.

Squads of soldiers patrolled the streets, and the entire city was under limited military control. Gatherings of more than 20 people were not allowed at any time and anywhere. For this reason, several major markets in the city of Veneer were temporarily closed. The closure of the city made the common people feel a little bit of complaints.They didn't know why Sean went to attack Xiliu City, why the rear city of Vernier was under martial law.

Just like what I said before, the position of the city lord, Sean, is not right. Naturally, it is impossible for many people to surrender to him sincerely.It's like three very good friends who don't distinguish between you and me. Suddenly one of them becomes a big shot. The one who is more adaptable chooses to surrender, while the other with an unbalanced mentality chooses to surrender on the surface. The flames of jealousy in his heart almost burned him to ashes.

Everyone has the same fate, the same experience, I am no worse than you, why are you riding on my head now?I don't accept it, so I'll find a way to hurt you, and let you know that even if you become a successful person, you are still no different from me in essence.

There are not many people with such thoughts, but there are definitely not many. Those who watched Xiao En set foot on Qingyun Road seemed to be bitten by countless poisonous snakes in their hearts. Usually they dare not show the slightest flaw, but now Xiao En is gone. , plus some small incentives, they became ready to move.

If you can do it, so can I!

It is said that desire is infinite and the source of motivation, which is not false at all.Desire drives society, and laziness evolves civilization. This is a wise saying.

"Did anything happen in the city?" Nick placed a chair, a table, and erected a tent on the open space outside the city lord's mansion.Hundreds of soldiers stood guard around him, and every ten minutes, a group of patrolling soldiers passed by, and he would ask casually.

Nick was 42 years old, and his career as a mercenary brought too many injuries to his body in his youth. Fortunately, Sean succeeded in taking over the position, so that this old guy no longer had to travel back and forth for his livelihood and suffer all kinds of torture.

The routine reply of the patrolling soldiers made Nick not too emotional. He nodded and let the patrolling soldiers leave.He picked up a cup of black tea and took a sip, with a distressed look on his face.From being a mercenary at the age of 17 to now 25 years, the number of times I drink tea can be counted on the fingers.Expensive black tea is far inferior to those low-quality drinks that can make him happy. If he was not afraid of drinking too much and delaying his work, he would have drunk himself and lay down in the tent and fell asleep.

In less than 5 minutes, a 38-year-old man came over with two 30-liter wooden barrels, and from a distance of [-] meters, Nick could smell the fragrance that made him faintly excited.He looked at the person with bright eyes, and immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Naki, where are you going to be happy?"

Naki used to be humble mercenaries like Nick and Sean, brothers of a mercenary group.Once they took an order to escort a hundred gold coins worth of goods to Balatan, and encountered a group of powerful bandits on the border of the province.There are more than 300 people on the other side, but there are less than 100 people on their side.The battle naturally started the moment the two sides met. During the battle, Nagi blocked two swords for Sean in order to save Sean who was besieged by robbers.

A sword tore his back, and a sword severed his shoulder tendons.Afterwards, Sean found the best priest to perform ten healing spells on him, but they could only heal those injuries, but they couldn't save his shrunken tendons, and he became disabled from then on.In that era, in that environment, such things happened from time to time, but Sean’s conditions were still very difficult at that time. Sean couldn’t give Naji too much, so he had to retire and become a steward of the station.

Things are often so interesting, Sean's career is getting bigger and bigger, but Najib's mentality is gradually out of balance.Even though Xiao En has always regarded him as a brother, he still acts like a brother, but he is not happy in his heart.When he was alone, he often thought, if I hadn't blocked those two swords for Xiao En back then, I wouldn't be unable to pick up the sword now and be treated as a joke by those newcomers.

Those people often laugh at him. Since he saved Sean's life, why is Sean the City Lord now? He is still in charge of the mercenary group, and he is not in charge of the most important department. An idle steward?
He once tried to do something to prove his worth, and found Sean to make his own request, hoping to add a little burden to his shoulders and make himself a little busy.But Sean didn't agree, because he knew the brother's situation, his right arm was weak, and his left arm was not very flexible, so he couldn't do many things.The most important thing is that Sean doesn't want him to be so busy, and hopes that he can spend this life leisurely.Najib's salary is three times that of others, which is enough to make him popular and hot, and sometimes Sean will give him something.

But in Nagi's own view, this is crossing rivers and tearing down bridges.We can share adversity, but we cannot share wealth.

Facing Nick's question at this moment, Nagi lifted up the two wooden barrels with his left hand and shook them, "The boss is not here, and the brothers have gone a lot. It's no fun for me to stay alone, so I asked you to have a drink or two." .”

Nick hadn't had a drink for three days, and the alcohol bug in his stomach had long protested earth-shakingly. It can be said that it was just right for Nagi to come at this time.He hurriedly laughed, and with a blushing face, he refused to give up and said: "How can I do it, I want to show the boss this mess." He said no, but his Adam's apple kept sliding up and down. The adverb looks insincere.

Nagi sneered in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. He walked up to Nick and placed two wine barrels heavily on the table.He asked someone to bring a chair, and sat down carelessly, "Okay, then you drink tea, and I drink."

How can this work?Nick picked up the teacup and poured out the tea soup in the cup, grabbed a wine barrel, unscrewed the stopper and poured it out.As the slightly yellow liquid rolled into the glass, sniffing the scattered wine, Nick asked in surprise: "What's the matter with you? Don't you usually drink wine with a silver coin and a barrel? This At least three or five silver coins, right?" After finishing speaking, he couldn't wait to pick up his teacup and drink it dry, sticking out his tongue and licking the corner of his mouth, "It tastes good, at least five silver coins."

Nagi nodded with a smile, he didn't know where to conjure up two cups, "It's a good thing if it's a good thing, anyway, that's the thing."

Nick arched his arm against Naki, lifted the barrel and filled the two glasses, "Tell me, let me be happy too." As he spoke, he turned around and said to a soldier beside him, "Go get some beef Come on, mutton is also fine, preferably with bones, I like to chew on bones."

"I'm going to be a father, a son." Naki raised his brows, his eyes sparkled, and he raised his wine glass to touch Nick, "I've decided to give him a big gift!"

Nick was very happy, happy that this old brother finally had a son, and nodded happily, "Yes, I should prepare a big gift for my nephew, and I will prepare it later."

It is difficult for many mercenaries like them to die well.Either he died on the way to the task, or he became a thing of the past in the rush.Even if they are resettled, the pain they have suffered will torture them for the rest of their lives. Several old brothers couldn't stand it in the end, self-harmed themselves, and committed suicide.Being able to organize a family, have a child, and have a stable life is probably the biggest dream of all mercenaries.

Naji played with the refilled wine glass for a while, "We people have worked hard for half our lives. Apart from enjoying ourselves, our biggest wish is to save a legacy for future generations." He said He looked at the wine glass and sighed, "I didn't think about anything before, and I thought it was good to live like this, but since my wife became pregnant, I always think about what to leave for my child."

"I'm just an ordinary mercenary with no great skills. I am grateful to the boss for looking up to me as a cripple and giving me a bite to eat. But I don't want my child to go this way. I hope he can Be like an ordinary person, even if you don’t have a big achievement in this life, you should be safe and sound, not like me.” He raised his right arm with great effort, and the veins on his forehead were popping, before he managed to put his arm on the table .

Nick also fell silent. He has a wife but no children.Sean got a pharmacist for him when he got stabbed in the lower abdomen once when he was young.The pharmacist said it was difficult for him to have children and his chances were slim.He planned to wait another two years, and if it didn't work, he would adopt one.His thoughts were almost the same as Nagi's, and he hoped that his child would be safe.

"What are you talking about? Come, drink." Nagi wiped the wet corners of his eyes, picked up the glass and touched Nick, and finished drinking in one gulp.

He remembered another thing, a person's promise to him, and he also suffered from it, but when he saw that little red monkey sleeping sweetly in his mutilated arms, he finally I made up my mind.

"Complete this task, and I guarantee that your son will have an absolutely bright future!"

That person tempted him like a devil, he was tempted, and he was about to walk into the abyss!

But he doesn't regret it, because his son will never accomplish anything like him, secretly ridiculed, and said to be a cripple.

He slammed the glass on the table forcefully, "Pour the wine!"

(End of this chapter)