I don’t know if it was the little lion who forgot to report it or did it deliberately, when Winters crossed the curtain, there were many Chihe nobles sitting in the tent besides the white lion.

I still remember that the nobles of the Chihe tribe who were championed by Paratu were either furious or surprised, but when they saw the white lion stand up and greet them first, they restrained and did not make any extreme actions.

After whispering a few words to others, the upstart of Akagawa who did not recognize the champion of Paratu, his eyes on Winters were also a little complicated.

Winters never thought that he would appear in this way, nor did he think that the White Lion would put his posture so equally.

Repaying his favor, Winters took off his hat and put it on his chest, and solemnly returned the gift.

After receiving the sign of the white lion, the nobles of the Chihe tribe all tactfully avoided it, and even the guards retreated. Only Winters and the white lion were left in the big tent, and the little lion was guarding outside the tent.

After the others left, the white lion's body language became much more relaxed.

He supported himself, slowly sat on a legless chair, and gestured to invite Winters to sit as well.

As soon as he spoke, Bai Shi asked a difficult question easily: "Have you seen Eerlun?"

Winters' body became stiff in an instant.

He came to Bai Shi with an extremely serious attitude to negotiate. When he faced Bai Shi's unexpected question, he didn't know how to answer.

And he couldn't guess for a moment whether this was Bai Shi's negotiation strategy or whether Bai Shi just wanted to ask casually.

Winters, who was in a state of great emotion, shook his head calmly: "She is also in Qingqiu?"

"Of course." Bai Shi replied calmly: "This is the safest place."

"oh."

Then there was a few seconds of silence, and the white lion seemed to be waiting.

Winters took a deep breath, looked straight into the white lion's eyes, and asked, "Can we do business now?"

The white lion sighed softly in a sensible way and responded seriously: "No...but at least we can talk about it."

Winters finally looked at his bargaining chips in his heart. There are only three things worth putting on the negotiating table: gold, trade routes and iron ore. The rest are all icing on the cake and are optional.

And he only wants the same thing - people.

Winters did not speak rashly. When he was still considering which card to play first, the White Lion picked up a scroll from the desk and handed it to him directly.

Although puzzled, Winters politely took the scroll.

He slowly unfolded the shaft, and his strange names, ages and military ranks flowed out one after another.

A list, a list of captured people.

"All the prisoners that can be found are on it." The white lion's magnetic and mellow voice sounded: "There are still some people in the hands of [East Sea] and [Suz], and there is no way for the time being."

Winters put away the scroll and asked calmly: "They are also in Qingqiu now?"

"No."

“Where?”

Bai Shi smiled: "It should be almost time to Tiefeng County. Don't worry, someone escorts them."

Winters held the scroll and fell into silence.

After a while, he asked Bai Shi seriously: "What do you want?"

"Don't want anything." The white lion nodded gently: "You are a guest, please treat it as a gift."

Winters refused to give in and asked, "What should I give you a gift?"

"I have received your gift in advance." Bai Shi said casually: "In the grassland, exchanging gifts means friendship. If you are unwilling to accept friendship, you can also treat it as reward."

Another silence.

"The golden man of the Teldun tribe is in my hands."

"I know." Bai Shi didn't care: "You told me a long time ago, didn't you?"

"I can give it to you."

The white lion laughed with her palm. He looked at Winters as if he was admiring a proud horse: "At that time, Dexue Chan thought I wanted to recruit you, so he said that you were burning all the karma fires of everything, and stayed there

Being around you will only bring disaster, and I advise me to let you go back to Paratu. In fact, Dexue Chan was wrong. When I saw you for the first time, I knew you would never surrender."

When Winters heard the white lion lifting the old charlatan's tone, he felt uncomfortable, so he didn't answer the conversation.

The white lion asked Winters patiently: "Do you think the sacrifice to the sky is very important to me?"

Winters still didn't say anything.

"It's not important to sacrifice to the sky." The white lion had a smile in his eyes and asked and answered: "There is no sacrifice to the sky - it's very important to me."

...

...

[The camp of the Iron Peak County Envoy, Winters' felt tent]

The wooden bathtub is less than one meter in diameter, and Winters has to take a bath in a "wronged" knee-to-sitting position.

When she was washing Winters' hair, Anna felt that Winters was a little depressed.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked softly, "You seem to be depressed when you come back."

Winters replied without hesitation: "Nothing."

Anna hugged the bad guy's neck from behind: "You can tell me."

Out of self-esteem, Winters wanted to answer "Nothing", but he recalled that Anna said, "I want to know you more."

Winters laughed at himself: "You will laugh at me."

"Don't think so!" Anna bit the bad thing's ear.

So Winters endured the discomfort and told Anna the entire story of the captive, the white lion and what happened in the Akawa Palace tent.

When telling the story, Winters continued to turn his back to Anna, neither having to look nor seeing Anna's expression.

When listening, Anna did not give any judgment, but just hugged Winters quietly.

After listening to it all, Anna asked in confusion: "Hasn't your goal been achieved? Why are you unhappy?"

"The goal may be achieved." Winters's mood at the moment was like a chess player who was instructed to play a game of chess step by step. He said in annoyance: "But I... always feel like I lost."

Anna, who was playing with Winters' hair, burst out laughing: "It's another kind of competitive spirit that concerns manly spirit, right? It's like a puppy grabs bones, it's not enough to eat bones, you must grab the other party's

Only the bones are happy.”

Winters wanted to refute, but couldn't think of how to refute, so he had to defend himself aggrievedly: "I wasn't snatched away by the white lion! And I wasn't happy because of the bones."

"Okay, OK, I believe, if you really grab the bone, the other party will definitely not be able to grab you." Anna continued to scoop water to rinse Winters' hair: "I still believe that although you think you have lost now, sooner or later you can surpass it one day.

He. So... why are you unhappy?"

Winters' mood fell down again in an instant, and he whispered: "Nothing."

Anna noticed Winters' changes and encouraged, "But you saved your comrades, aren't you? Isn't this a thing worth being happy?"

After hearing Anna's praise, Winters felt it was necessary to explain: "If the white lion had not lie to me, the 'the ones that fell into the hands of Chihe tribe and the 'the ones that could be bought by Chihe tribe' have left the wasteland.

.There are also some people who are slaves in other tribes. Those tribes have deep hostility towards the Chihe tribe, and the white lion is powerless, but he promised to help redeem as much as possible. This is roughly the case..."

The more Winters explained, the more silent Anna was, until she stopped talking at all, and her hand movements stopped.

"I don't understand..." Anna asked with some pain: "Why do you deliberately belittle yourself? You deliberately avoid the word "save" and also deliberately avoid the word "comrades--you are deliberately dividing you and what you have rescued

people."

"I'm not deliberately avoiding it." Winters tried hard to explain: "The word 'rescue' is too serious, as for the word 'comrade'..."

He paused for a moment and sighed tiredly: "I don't know if I am still their comrades."

"You did a good thing." Anna kissed the cheek of the 'good' thing: "And you do better than many people. There are many people with more power than you, who did nothing. There are many who should

Those who take responsibility do nothing. When you try to do something, you are already nobler than them."

Winters turned to look at Anna: "You're so good."

Anna pretended to be angry: "You only know?"

"But I'm not as good as you think." Winters' tone was calm, but there was pain in his eyes: "Do you really want to know me?"

"Of course." Anna felt a little uneasy: "What's wrong?"

"Okay, then I'll tell you." Winters took a deep breath, mustered up great courage, and for the first time in his life he said the deepest and most obscure and darkest thoughts in his heart: "Actually, I'm not noble at all.

”

"Today, I saw the list in Chihebu Palace. I realized the same fact-I knew no one on the list, and they probably didn't know me either.

It was at that moment that I suddenly couldn't understand why I wanted to 'save' them? Save a group of strangers?

I will save my subordinates because I have an emotional bond with them. They entrust their lives to me, and I must do my own responsibilities.

But what about the others? They don’t know me, and I don’t know them. Why should I save them?

Has it been because of fighting in an army? Haha, this reason is not sufficient.

So I can't help but wonder, am I really "save" them? Am I really going to "save" them to "save" them?
To be continued...