Working Prophet.

Chapter 61 The Mysterious Assassin
What happened in the castle in the afternoon was actually very simple.

Ilea has been busy with various government affairs of the territory recently, and received the Trinidad knight in the afternoon.

The latter rushed from his fiefdom and reported the movements of the lizardmen to the girl.

According to Trinidad, there have been seven or eight villagers who have seen the shadows of those guys near the village, most of them after sunset, those ugly robbers came out of the swamp, sneaking around wandering in the dark.

Fortunately, there have been no casualties, and no property has been stolen.

But because of this, Trinidad became more and more worried, because he felt that the lizardmen were probably spies, responsible for finding out the defense situation in the village and preparing for the subsequent looting.

Only in this way can it be explained why they neither hurt nor stole.

"I'm worried that they will make big moves next," the knight said.

"When and how many people are there?" the girl asked.

"I don't know how many people they will come, and those guys are also afraid of encountering a large army, so every time they dispatch, there may be only three or forty people, divided into several groups, taking advantage of the night, rushing into the village to burn, kill and loot. Light the beacon, and they will retreat, I guess this time it should be the same."

The knight paused, then continued, "I'm not too sure about the time, usually they show up at the time of harvest, so that they can grab food, those guys live in the swamp, and they probably still lack food Yes, thank the gods, otherwise these brigands would be overrun."

"How many people do you have on hand now?" Ilea asked again.

"I, and my two followers, a group of soldiers sent by Lord Ruth to station here, including seven warriors, five archers, and 36 militiamen, all young and strong in the village, but some Half of them are newcomers who have only undergone some simple training.

"Most people don't have armor, and they use wooden spears and axes as weapons. To be honest, there is basically no chance of winning against those lizardmen."

The girl thought for a moment and then said, "Then I will provide you with twenty pairs of cloth armor, twenty spears, and fifteen round shields. In addition, I will send ten more soldiers to garrison there."

Trinidad first expressed his gratitude, "I will always remember your kindness and generosity. With this equipment, I can arm those militiamen. I just need to train harder these days, and when the battle breaks out, I will be able to It can come in handy, as for that team of fighters..."

Ilea knew what the knight was worried about.

Increasing manpower to garrison will of course make his territory safer, but it will also increase additional expenses. Generally speaking, the owner of the fief will pay for this money.

After all, if you ask Feng Jun for help, it's fine for Feng Jun to send troops. It doesn't make sense that even the logistics must be covered together.

But a little knight like him with a small fiefdom doesn't have much land and is constantly harassed by those lizardmen, so he really doesn't save much spare money on weekdays.

It is already a bit difficult to provide a team of soldiers, add another team, don't let the lizardmen not drive away, and go bankrupt first.

Ms. Rabbit, who is also good at budgeting, of course knows where the worries on the other side come from. Normally, the girl would only pay for the equipment and not pay for it, and she might not even give the equipment. You must know that not long ago, the Arias family also On the verge of borrowing.

Ilea is so poor that she can't even raise the money for the banquet after becoming a lord, but now she just made a fortune selling pepper, and there will be new income every 20 days in the future, and the money will continue to fall on her in the bag.

In addition, Trinidad performed well in the Battle of Teacup Castle, and she was one of the few knights who did not accept Vanessa's conscript. The girl has recently won over the little nobles in the territory. Seeing that he is quite pleasing to the eye, she waved her hand Said, "I cover all their expenses on your fief."

"Really, thank you so much!" Trinidad was pleasantly surprised.

He was Ruth's vassal before, so he was no stranger to Ruth's daughter, and he had heard many rumors about Ilea.

Some people say that this girl is not at all like her generous and forthright father. She has an unusual obsession with money and a fanaticism that ordinary people cannot understand.

Trinidad was still worried before leaving. It might not be easy to get support from Ilea, but unexpectedly, it went smoothly, and the final result far exceeded his expectations.

Ilea even took him to the storeroom to pick out weapons, and then sent him out of the castle.

But when the girl returned to the room where government affairs were handled, she found a piece of paper under the table.

There is only one sentence on the paper.

- We will come back and take everything from you.

After seeing the words on the paper, Ilea felt a chill down her spine. She shrank behind Jude almost subconsciously, while shouting, "There are assassins in the room!"

"Huh?" Jude frowned, and pulled out the battle ax from his waist.

However, after looking around, he didn't see the enemy's shadow. When he turned his head, he saw the girl's body still trembling.

If the person who left the note did not leave, but hid at the door, and gave her a knife when she entered, she would almost certainly die.

Thinking of this, Ilea felt a burst of fear, and then endless anger surged in her heart.

The girl has not been away for a long time, and it is still broad daylight. If an outsider sneaks into the castle, without the assistance of the people inside, it is almost difficult to sneak all the way into the room where she handles government affairs unobtrusively. He wrote down the threatening note, and left without a sound.

And Ilea then called the soldiers on the tower and inquired. Except for Trinidad and the four soldiers responsible for transporting the equipment, no one entered or left the castle during this time.

Which means the assassin is likely still in the castle.

After realizing this, the girl made a decisive decision, and immediately ordered people to block the castle, notified her guardian knights, and then thought of Li Yu who was still outside, worried that he would also be in danger, and summoned the purple sparrow knight to find someone.

The above is the whole story of this matter.

Only then did Li Yu understand, when he saw Jordi, why did the latter say that he probably met an assassin.

Because no one has ever seen the mysterious assassin from the beginning to the end, but Ilea's suspicion is not unreasonable. There is obviously at least one ghost in the castle.

But now the problem came, the man took advantage of the gap between the girl's departure and dropped the note, but he didn't actually kill people, but exposed his own existence, what was his purpose?

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