Lord Highlander

  Chapter 198 197. The end

   While the city was searching for the murderer, Suldak and Antonio were sitting and chatting on the tower where Mrs. Miranda was imprisoned all night.

  Mrs. Miranda did not tell about her being imprisoned all night.

Antonio was holding a glass of wine floating with ice cubes, lying on the watchtower on the top floor of the tower, blowing the cool breeze, but Suldak did not drink. As a soldier, he needs to have perfect body control, and alcohol It happens to paralyze the brain, which can easily lead to slow brain response and wrong judgment of the body. This is the habit he left behind in the second team. He absolutely does not drink alcohol before carrying out the mission.

The view here is very wide, with a panoramic view of the central square of the city in the distance, but the Busman family castle is at least ten kilometers away from the central square of the city. quality statue.

From this tower, you can also see the general layout of Busman Castle. This castle complex is much larger than Suldak imagined. Speaking of it, it is more like being built on a high pedestal A group of buildings, those buildings are basically scattered and orderly.

If this high hill in the city must be a big round tree root, then Busman Castle is like a cluster of mushrooms growing on the tree root, each mushroom is a tall building, a group of laundry maids They came back from the well in a neat line with big bamboo baskets full of clothes on their heads, and walked along the stone street towards the back house of the castle.

  Antonio leaned against the stone wall and said to Surdak:

"This year, all the buildings in the north area of ​​Busman Castle will undergo large-scale renovations. The paint on some wooden doors and windows has cracked due to aging, causing the wood to be exposed to the air. The weather in Evelson is hot and humid, so it can't be used. It will take a long time for the wooden doors and windows to rot, so a large number of painters are needed to repaint these wooden windows and wooden doors."

   "Later, we will sneak into the inner courtyard as a painter."

   "I've got my clothes ready, we won't say anything when the time comes, just follow the painters."

Another magical storage belt, Antonio, in the eyes of Suldak, is as magical as Doraemon with any time and space gate. It seems that anything can be transformed from his storage belt, and I don’t know How did he connect these things.

Suldak and Antonio changed into the painter's clothes. The so-called painter's work clothes are basically a pair of suspenders and a linen long-sleeved shirt with red and white horizontal stripes. The straight suspenders are very loose. This kind of jumpsuit There is a large piece of fabric on the chest, and many pockets are sewn around the waist, but these pockets have no bottom, and many brushes can be inserted in them.

  Antonio even prepared two small tin buckets and a few pig hair brushes, which looked quite similar in their hands.

When the two left the tower, Antonio still smelled of alcohol on his face. He was putting on a felt hat. Not long after walking out of the alley, he saw a team of painters being checked by the guards of Busman Castle. The two quickly mingled After entering the team and checking on Antonio, the guard of Busman Castle couldn't help reaching out and pinching Antonio's arm, staring at him suspiciously, and asked, "You are so thin, how did you get selected?" superior?"

   Behind him, Suldak quickly said with a smile on his face: "Our brother's painting skills are very good."

   "Your accent doesn't look like a local..." the guard of Busman Castle stared at Surdak suspiciously, and asked even more suspiciously.

Antonio and Suldak were stopped by the Busman guards who were in charge of the inspection. They were about to inquire about their origins carefully, when they saw a young magician in a robe walking quickly from a distance. An urgent matter to pass through this door, but was blocked by a group of painters and castle guards who checked their identity. The magician in a magic robe asked loudly impatiently:

   "What are you all making noise here?"

  The guards of the Busman Castle knew the magician, and all put on flattering expressions. One of the guards stood up and replied:

   "Mage Ferguson, some painters are needed in the castle, and we are checking the identities of these painters."

  The Ferguson magician stared at the plasterers with doubtful eyes, stopped in front of Suldak and Antonio, and stared at the ground under his feet with some dissatisfaction.

In the eyes of the guards of Busman Castle, it seemed that Antonio and Suldak were blocking the way of the Ferguson magician. These two eyeless painters stood there in a daze, making the castle guards wish Picking up the whip, he whipped the two of them twice hard to make them get out of the way.

But in Suldak's eyes, it was a completely different feeling. The Ferguson magician clearly knew Antonio. Although the two did not have any eye contact, they acted very tacitly, before the Ferguson magician opened his mouth. , I heard the castle guard who was investigating Antonio and Suldak scold them:

   "Ahem, why are you still here in a daze, why don't you hurry up and follow, where did these painters get them, why don't you know any rules?"

  Antonio and Suldak heard this, hurried through the gate, and walked into the north area of ​​the castle with a small iron bucket.

  The two of them didn't even dare to look back, nor did they dare to stop, only to hear the guard say flatteringly:

   "Master Ferguson, you go slowly..."

   "..."

  Antonio and Suldak followed the painters all the way, and even a painter took the initiative to talk to him: "Are you two new here? Why have I never seen you in the union?"

  His life experience had a strong smell of paint, and Antonio immediately reported the history he had compiled long ago, and the painter did not have any doubts.

When a team of painters passed by a huge courtyard garden in the North District, Antonio and Surdak easily left the team on the pretext of going to the bathroom. Then Antonio led the way again and found a suspended corridor in the garden. I walked along this corridor and walked into the inner courtyard of the Busman family.

The inner courtyard of the Busman family is full of tower buildings, and each tower building has a completely independent space. In the space full of green plants, these tower buildings have very different architectural styles, and each building has its own A very private space.

Some maids shuttle freely in these buildings, but there are not many guards in this area, so that Antonio only needs to avoid the unsuspecting maids along the way, and the two sneak into a high tower In the traditional building, instead of directly entering the main hall, he climbed up along the narrow passage behind the side door. Through some exquisite grilles, Suldak could even see the gorgeous hall and many halls inside the tower. Luxurious room.

  They walked through a narrow passage exclusively for maids and servants. They met many maids and servants along the way, and they all looked at them in surprise, but no one stopped them.

The expressions of the two were natural, and they didn't look like sneaky thieves, but they were wearing the clothes of a painter, which looked a bit nondescript, which more or less made people vigilant, and the vigilant servant began to watch their every move, and at the same time Some people went to find the butler, but they did not restrict the freedom of the two.

Just like that, Suldak and Antonio walked to the end of a narrow corridor. They even turned their heads and smiled at the servants following them inexplicably, and then their figures slowly disappeared at the end of the corridor. , and the end of this corridor is just a dead end without any exit...

  (end of this chapter)