Lord of Hyranza

Shan De stared at the strong man twice, and asked him with a smile: "How does this long leg taste?"

The strong man came over, and he was not polite, shaved a piece of raw meat from the ice blue deer's leg with a knife, stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "That's it... I haven't seen you in business for the past two days, I'm going to do something Anything else?"

"Besides being able to cut meat, what else can I do?" Sander cut another large piece of venison leg and handed it to the neighbor.

The strong man was not polite either, he took it with a knife and put it into his mouth, and then said: "There are always some magicians coming to you these two days, probably because of the salamander you brought back last time." Meat, be careful recently..."

The strong man patted Shande's shoulder, then stretched his strong arms, grabbed a handful of snow from the eaves, and rubbed his hands and face with the snow vigorously, until his skin was flushed red, before taking a step Walk back to the cabin.

Shan De stood up and tidied up the frozen meat on the meat case, and was about to turn up the small stove in the wooden house, order less boiling water, and fill his stomach with scones.

Sensing someone behind him, he turned his head suddenly, and saw Suerdak standing at the door, holding on to the door frame, his face looked a little pale.

Since yesterday, Sander has been looking forward to Suldak's appearance soon, and now he is surprised to see his weak appearance.

But he knew what he should ask and what he shouldn't ask, so he said, "Master Suldak, why did you come here today? You missed yesterday's auction."

"Sell all those crystallized salamander meat?" Suldak sat down on the stool by the door and asked Sander.

"It's a pity that you missed yesterday's auction. Those salamander meats are very popular. Oh, this is the record of each transaction and the breakdown of commissions in the auction house. Let's take a look first. These are the salamander meat auctions. All proceeds."

Suldak looked at it carefully for a while, and was going to look for any miscalculations in the account book. He didn't care about the little money, he just wanted to let Sander know that he could understand the sheepskin Schedule on paper.However, Sander calculated every transaction very clearly, and Suldak couldn't find any problems for a while.

It was the heavy pocket that surprised him. According to Suerdak's estimation, even if there was a premium for the crystallized salamander meat at the auction house, it would not exceed 20.00% of the value of the salamander meat itself. The proceeds from this auction should not exceed three hundred magic crystals.

But when he took the money bag in his hands, he realized that his estimate was far from the actual income.

Turning to the last page of the account book details, Suldak saw the words 530 magic crystals written on it. Such a crystallized salamander can be changed into three sets of magic pattern structures. No wonder there are so many adventures. The regiment went deep into the mountains criss-crossed by monsters, risking their lives to hunt and kill those valuable monsters.

Suldak thought that when he was looking for Shande, he wanted to sell the crystallized salamander meat for one gold per pound. If he really sold it like that, it would be a loss to grandma's family.

Suldak counted thirty magic crystals from his pocket and handed them to Shande. Sander held these bright and shiny crystals in both hands, his mouth grew wide, and he was a little speechless with excitement, although he Selling monster ingredients in the magic free market also earns [-] to [-] gold coins per month, and the annual income is about [-] or so magic crystals.

But in one transaction, he earned the previous year's income, counting the magic spar in his hand, Shande was still a little excited.

He has never sold ingredients for high-level Warcraft. One of the reasons is that he does not have so much capital, and the second reason is that he cannot find a reliable source. He never thought that such a good thing could still be his turn, but now , the facts were in front of him, Shande suddenly found himself lucky.

"When will the next batch of salamander meat be available?" Shan De asked excitedly.

Suldak thought for a while, and felt that it shouldn't be a big problem to ask Gulitum to cut leeks in the lava cave in a few days.

Then he said: "Probably don't have to wait too long. I've been in Bena City recently, and we can still trade in Bena City. I'm afraid it will be troublesome after a while. You may have to take a magic airship to Hailansa City to buy goods." .”

Sander did not expect that Suldak was from Hailansa. He was not familiar with the Tarapakan area in the northern part of Bena Province, so he repeated: "Is it Hailansa City?"

Suldak nodded with a smile.

Leaving the Magic Free Market, Surdak found a restaurant, casually ate some stewed meat and baked wheat cakes, and then walked towards the 'Shire' tavern.

……

The Shire tavern is usually open at night, and Suldak went there a little early. Although the door of the tavern was open, the tables, chairs, and benches inside were still piled up. Two waiters were cleaning up with twig handles. , a few liquor girls sat on the high stools in front of the bar, staring at the delicate makeup on the side.

They were not too afraid of the cold, even though the temperature inside the tavern was very low, they still only wore black stockings and short skirts, chatting non-stop together.

When Suerdak walked to the entrance of the tavern, he was stopped by a waiter. He said apologetically, "My lord, I'm sorry we're not open yet. I'm afraid you have to come later!"

Surdak looked inside, then smiled at the waiter and said, "Can I sit inside for a while? I have nowhere to go at this point."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of copper plates from his pocket and stuffed them into the hands of the waiter. The waiter grabbed the stack of copper plates and said to Suldak with some embarrassment: "...This does not comply with our regulations. The manager saw it. , I will be scolded!"

"Let him in!" The bartender yawned, standing inside the bar, scrubbing the glass.

Only then did the waiter get out of the way, and bowed his body to invite Suldak to enter the tavern.

The bartender poured a glass of ale for Suldak, put a plate of nuts on the bar, and asked Suldak to sit down. The group of liquor girls looked at Suldak with a smile. The wine girl sat down on the high stool beside Surdak and said to him provocatively, "My lord baron, can you buy me a drink?"

Suldak nodded and signaled the bartender to pour her a glass of wine too.

At this time, the ale girl took the opportunity to stick most of her upper body on Suldak's body, and whispered in his ear, "Would you like to sit with me?"

At this time, the bartender pushed a glass of ale over and reminded the liquor girl: "Hella, he is Sophia's customer, so you can find someone else to do business with!"

Hearing what the bartender said, the wine girl curled her lips, but she didn't dare to refute, she turned around and left with her wine glass in hand.

"Wait for a while, Sophia probably hasn't gotten up yet, just tell me what you want to drink..."

The bartender said to Surdak.

Suldak raised his glass, and the bartender nodded.

He was eating salted cat's claw nuts, a kind of nut that needs to be cut open with a dagger to get the crispy and sweet kernel inside, which is just a good thing to pass the time.

Taking a sip of the cold, mellow ale, his thoughts seemed to drift back to a certain summer in his previous life.

Chapter 628 News from the Thieves Union

Sophia yawned, wearing black linen loose-fitting trousers, her upper body was tightly wrapped with a linen bandage, and she walked out from the corridor behind the bartender wearing a pair of slippers.

She has a well-proportioned figure, and her upper body is quite fit, but her face is a bit ordinary.

"Why did you come so early?" Seeing Suldak, Sophia said to him, "I just sorted out the news that was sent last night, and it probably is what you want. "

The bartender took out a plate of white bread and a piece of ham from the cupboard, sliced ​​them on the wooden board and placed them on the plate, and poured her a glass of milk. Sophia took it naturally, turned and walked into the room.

The bartender moved out of the way, and Suldak followed Sofia in.

With a plate of nuts in his hand, Suldak sat in front of the table in the single room and said to Sofia, "I just passed by, so come and see!"

Sophia put the dinner plate on the table, turned around and went out, and brought back a booklet bound with parchment in a short time, and sat opposite Suldak, eating a sandwich while facing Suldak Ke said: "Now I'm going to talk about the current situation of the Gefiro family. As long as you go to the tavern outside and work hard, you can always collect this information. Therefore, you only need to charge one gold coin for sorting out these basic information."

After finishing speaking, she placed the booklet in her hand in front of Suldak, and opened the first page. It really recorded the founding time of the Gophero family and the patriarchs of the Gophero family in detail. Sophia introduced: "As a traditional force in Bena City, a veteran noble, his family still has a certain influence among the nobles."

Sophia bit the sandwich and explained to Suldak:

"However, the credibility of the Gophero family has almost fallen to the bottom. Everyone lacks the most basic trust in the current Earl of Gophero. The Gophero family has been declining in recent decades. Even the original plane The mine industry has also suffered frequent blows, and the Gophero family has no private army, so they cannot completely solve the troubles in the private plane. These troubles continue to increase, and more than half of the plane's industries have been shut down."

"You mean that the Gefiro family is currently facing difficulties?" Suldak asked.

Sophia's expression was a little exaggerated, she took a sip of water, swallowed the food in her mouth, and then said a little exaggeratedly: "It's not just a predicament, if there is no way to improve the current situation, the Gopher family will probably leave Take the road of the Bradburys."

Sophia flipped through the last few pages of the parchment one after another, and said:

"The current situation of the Gopher family is even more rotten than it appears on the surface. Recently, many investments in the family have frequently failed, especially after the outbreak of the war of planes. Investments on many planes have been forced to stop. Now Gopher The debt pressure facing the Luo family is very high, and it has almost reached the point where it has begun to sell the family property to pay off due debts."

She pondered for a while, and then added: "There are many members of the Gophero family, and the Earl of Gophero also raised dozens of rice worms who usually don't need to work and live a luxurious life. A bad account."

……

Suldak asked Sophia, "Can you comment on Count Gophero for me?"

Sofia glanced at Suldak, and then Suldak remembered that there was a fee for the consultation, so he took out a gold coin from his wallet and handed it to Sofia as usual.

Sophia took the gold coin, and immediately became more energetic, with bright eyes, and said to Suldak:

"He is the most useless patriarch of the Gophero family in the past, but he is still an arrogant paranoid. The series of actions he took after he took office not only failed to reverse the family's predicament, but also accelerated the decline of the Gophero family. One outrageous thing is that he did not hesitate to break with Marquis Luther and insisted on snatching a red copper mine, but that mine only completed preliminary exploration, and was forced to give up because of the unstable situation in the plane."

Suldak didn't expect Earl Gophero's evaluation to be so bad.

Sophia added: "When he inherited the title, he once wanted to form a private army to expand the family's territory, but unfortunately many measures ended in failure. That's right, Earl Gophero is such a person. Young At that time, whether investing in mines or developing plane territory, they all ended in failure, and now they want to maintain the glory of the family..."

Sophia looked at Suldak and said, "I have another piece of news."

Suldak quickly took out a gold coin from his backpack and handed it to Sophia.

Sophia continued: "Count Gophero has been in frequent contact with a southern lord recently, probably because he wants to help the Gophero family overcome the current difficulties through marriage and business cooperation."

"The lord of the south?" Suldak finally found the reason why Count Gophero was hostile to him - the lord of the south.

Sophia nodded and said: "That's right, the representative of the southern lord has been staying in Bena City for nearly a week, and the first heir of the Gopher family, Baron Harvey Gopher, is leading the A representative inspects all the properties of the Gophero family in Bena City, and wants to find an opportunity for further cooperation."

Suldak hurriedly asked: "Do you know the name of the representative of the southern lord?"

Sophia's face was filled with the look of 'I knew you would ask this'.

She said proudly: "Of course, we not only found out the name of the representative of the southern lord, but also knew some of his background and current address. His name is Jack Kennelly, and he is a second-class baron. Kennelly The Li family is an old family in the province of Brancasa. It owns a vast land and has always been the largest slave owner in the area. It operates a large wheat field in the south and provides high-quality and cheap high-quality wheat flour for the Green Empire. It has nearly [-] people in its hands. Plane native slaves."

"Where does this Baron Jack Kennelly live now?" Suldak asked more curiously, and took out a gold coin again.

As his competitor, it is likely that he has already won the full support of Earl Gophero.

Suldak had a strong urge to go and see that Baron Jack Kennelly.

Sophia didn't hide anything, and told Suldak directly: "Baron Jack Kennelly lives in the same hotel as you! And Earl Gophero intends to marry the Kennelly family to strengthen the relationship between the two parties. But it seems that this Baron Jack Kennelly has not taken a fancy to the daughters of Earl Goffello."

"..." Suldak was speechless, he didn't expect to live under the same roof as that Baron Jack Kennelly.

Seeing that Suldak remained silent for a long time, Sophia coughed lightly twice, and said to Suldak: "Our thieves union still accepts assassination orders, or we can create a few rounds of unsuccessful assassinations... ...to scare him away, but the price of such an order is a bit expensive..."

Chapter 629 The Truth in the Eyes of the Guard Battalion

The castle of the Newman family is located at the northernmost end of the central axis of Bena City. The building covers an area of ​​nearly forty acres, and the entire building complex is like a castle in a city.

The entire building complex is in a typical Rococo style. All the buildings are very gorgeous, exquisite, and detailed, and many places in the corridors and arches have a taste of the ocean. The patterns of fish scales and shells are found in almost all buildings.

The Castle of the Newman Family can be regarded as the most magnificent and exquisite building in the entire city of Bena, several times more magnificent than the Master's Tower in the East and the Temple of Liberty in the West.

The Newman family has controlled the province of Bena for nearly 800 years. The biggest problem faced by many aristocratic families is that there are no descendants with good enough blood to accept the family inheritance. The leaders of each generation of families need to have extraordinary abilities in order to lead a huge family in Running on the track of history, there are almost few such old aristocratic families left in the Green Empire, and many old families have already completed their curtain call on the stage of history.

Located in the lobby on the first floor of the administrative building, the cast iron throne on the main seat is still empty. It should have been the seat of Duke Newman, but the Duke is currently leading the Benar Legion to fight in the Warsaw plane. The last time I saw Newman It was only three months ago that the Duke sat here.

Mrs. Dorothy was sitting on a chair under the stage. Behind her stood two maids. The female swordsman Talis Newman stood behind Mrs. Dorothy. Several other powerful people in the Newman family, including the castle The family members, including the captain of the guards, also took their seats on both sides of the hall.

As the younger sister of the Duke of Newman, Mrs. Dorothy now holds the business management power of the Newman family. She will determine the direction of the Newman family's business development in the next few years. In the past few years, Mrs. Dorothy has opened the trading firm of the Newman family to several other important provinces of the Green Empire, with outstanding achievements, and is deeply trusted by Duke Newman.

The chief officer of the guard battalion, Grand Knight Glenn, sat across from Mrs. Dorothy and told Mrs. Dorothy the whole incident of the night a week ago.

The hall was very quiet. The Glenn Knight's voice wasn't too loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly.

"This incident started when the witcher Cagle Coward reported to the guard camp that he found a black magician hiding very well in the Maple Leaf Enclosure Hotel. The person on duty that night was Viscount Kincaid, the second captain of the Knights of the Guard Battalion, immediately led his subordinates to the Wailou Hotel after hearing about this incident. In the corridor on the third floor of the hotel's aristocratic area, I saw Baron Suldak from the High Lansa Guard Camp."

"Everyone must be thinking, why did I mention this Baron Suldak, why not get into the topic quickly..."

Everyone in the hall listened very carefully, and when they heard Grand Knight Glenn laughing at himself, they would all smile, which made the atmosphere a little easier. Only Mrs. Dorothy heard the name 'Suldak' When I was slightly taken aback.

Great Knight Glenn captured this moment, and asked casually: "Mrs. Dorothy, do you know Baron Suldak?"

Mrs. Dorothy still looked haggard, she nodded slightly, and replied: "I have a deep impression on this name, because it is very special, because he has no surname but is an aristocrat, I a few months ago I met this baron on the airship flying from Hailansa City to Bena City. He met Earl Iter of Hailansa City. We played cards together on the magic airship. He gave me a very good impression. Deep, a silent knight."

After such a long time, she only met once on the magic airship, and she can still clearly remember Suldak's name. I have to say that Mrs. Dorothy's memory is outstanding.

"It turns out that you know Baron Suldak, so something makes sense." Great Knight Glenn raised his brows and said loudly.

When other members of the Newman family heard the name Suldak in the castle hall, they also started whispering and discussing, but no one had heard of the name.

Grand Knight Glenn put his fist to his mouth, coughed lightly twice, and then said:

"Please allow me to finish the whole process of this matter, we can have at least one day for discussion."

The hall immediately became quiet.

Grand Knight Glenn continued: "Due to the wrong information from the demon hunter Cagel Coward, the guard battalion did not find any traces of the black mage in the siege hotel, so Viscount Kincaid immediately decided to lead the knights back to the guard camp. At that time, they decided to leave through the north gate of the Weilou Hotel, considering whether they could find some clues of black magicians on North Street, but when the knights of the guard battalion walked to North Street, they found There was a fight in the row loft and even a chair flew out of the window and fell into the street."

All the nobles in the hall exclaimed, and the Great Knight of Glenn seemed to have brought everyone to the North Street that night.

The Great Knight Glenn glanced around, and continued: "It was snowing heavily at night, and a group of Tarapagan hunters were guarding the roof of the attic in the dark. Our knights rushed up immediately, and before we could give them a routine After asking questions, a street fight started. The group of hunters carried a large number of bows and arrows and suppressed the knights of the guard battalion on the roof. Our knights rushed into the room where the fighting took place. Four guards and maidservants died together. When we found Swordsman Algernon on the second floor, he had died on the spot, and those hunters took Mrs. Dorothy and escaped through the back door, leaving only one set of footprints on the scene."

"Because the heavy snow covered many traces, and it was late at night, our guard battalion knights did not catch up with the group of people, but we also took some remedial measures. Viscount Kincaid immediately applied for martial law at the city gate and surrounded the building with maple leaves. The hotel serves as the center point and spreads out to investigate and arrest."

Mrs. Dorothy knew that the Guard Battalion of Bena City had summoned almost all the knights for a city-wide search that night.

Great Knight Glenn said: "On the next morning, the Tenth Battalion of the Guard Battalion in the south of the city got a clue that there were three hunters hanging from the giant tree square in the civilian area in the south of the city. Our knights rushed over, and one of the hunters They had already froze to death that night, and the other two hunters had only weak heartbeats, and their bodies suffered from severe hypothermia. After being inspected by the knights of the guard battalion, these three hunters were the culprits who kidnapped Mrs. Dorothy."

"They have been living on the second floor of the civilian area of ​​the Dandelion Hotel during this time. That night, Mrs. Dorothy should have been taken to the second floor of the hotel by them. She was rescued and moved to a room in the noble area with a better environment."

"In fact, as far as we know, Knight Surdak left the Maple Leaf Enclosure Hotel that night with a female companion, and what's more, he also stayed at the Dandelion Hotel with that female companion that night."

Madam Dorothy raised her head, looked at Grand Knight Glenn, and said with some surprise: "You mean, Baron Suldak is related to this kidnapping incident?"

"Although his name was not left in the register of the Dandelion Hotel, the investigators of our guard battalion learned from the lobby manager of the Dandelion Hotel that night that the nobleman who stayed that night was basically the same as the Baron Suldak we described. In fact, the room you slept in that night was arranged by Baron Suldak, and he even hired a maid to watch the fireplace."

"So we have every reason to prove that it was Baron Suldak who saved you, and at the same time he subdued those hunters and hung them on the giant tree in the square. We tortured the two hunters on which mountains, and they didn't know Suldak baron."

Grand Knight Glenn shared the information collected by the guard camp, and Madam Dorothy knew who was helping her behind the scenes, but she immediately asked in confusion: "Then why didn't that Baron Suldak Willing to show up?"

He stood up and walked a few steps in the hall before saying: "Regarding this, our guard battalion has also conducted a detailed investigation these days, and we have some clues so far, but since we have not received confirmation from the person involved, these are just Some guesses."

"This topic has to go back to the time when the demon hunter Kagel Coward reported to the guard camp. He said that he found a black magician, and according to our understanding, there is a female companion beside the Suldak knight. , and this female companion is very likely to be a black mage, so Suldak is reluctant to show up in public this time, after all, the Grimm Empire Magic Union wants to arrest black mages all over the country."

Lady Dorothy asked: "You mean that Baron Suldak has a close relationship with the Black Arts Priory?"

Great Knight Glenn said: "On the contrary, Suldak and the Black Magic Priory should have some grievances. As far as we know, Suldak followed the Hailansa Guard Battalion to completely eradicate the local black magic in Hailansa City. The Hidden Research Institute of the Priory, and when dealing with the Red Dragon Treasure incident later, members of the Black Magic Priory also participated, and we are sure that some of the Black Magic Priory died at the hands of Baron Suldak's knight squad."

"Is there any other reason, then?" asked Mrs. Dorothy curiously.