Volume 1 Chapter 41 Manhattan's Scheme
In the southeast corner of the Yedd city, in Duke Lucius's mansion, a young man stood in the shadow of the corner and said to Duke Lucius, who was grooming the shepherd Daiwang: "Lord Lucius, Manhattan went to the northwest corner near the river, and carried a few perch caught from the river, and then went to a mansion that occupies an area about the same size as yours, which seems to be Lord Gallina's residence, and it seems that he used to sell perch to people from somewhere. ”
"Lord Gallina's mansion?hehe, this kind of intelligence is also to deceive a brainless person like you, there are not many mansions in the entire Yed City, and they are all inhabited by nobles above the earl, and a viscount has a mansion in the Yed City that is on par with the Duke? Is his brain not even as good as a dog? Or is your brain not even as good as a dog?" After speaking, Duke Lucius affectionately touched the head of the sheepdog.
The young man standing in the shadows didn't know what to say, his head bowed, and a little cold sweat broke out on his face.
Lucius played with Dai Wang's fur and said, "I can't even do such a trivial thing by going to get thirty whips myself." ”
"Yes. By the time the words fell, the young man standing in the shadow of the corner had disappeared.
"A boy who hasn't grown all his hair will come to fight me, even if all the old things in your family are here, I, Lucius, are not afraid of them. After saying that, the Duke patted the head of the shepherd dog, and then said to Dai Wang: "Go and bring the frisbee, let's play for a while~"
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In the harbor in front of the spacecraft's berthing area, there was a large parasol, but it didn't cover the sunset. Two soldiers in blue engraved armor were snoring underneath, the sun was already about to set, and judging by the eyes of the Salmatian helmets they were carrying, the two men were not about to wake up.
Manhattan sneakily touched this place, avoiding the sight of all the docked ships and coming to the docked port. He looked at the soldier sleeping under the parasol, and on the table next to him there was a little rum, a sweet wine he hadn't tasted for too long, and he felt a little dry in his mouth, and said in his mouth, "What a fat errand." Then he quietly walked over, and was about to reach for the bottle when there was a sudden movement next to him.
One of the soldiers lying there suddenly jumped up and said, "Who? I didn't drink much, I'm on duty." The soldier's helmet was deflected a little to the left because he was jumping so fast that only the eye part of the helmet was covered, obscuring his vision.
"Who, who blindfolded me. The soldier staggered left and right, and finally realized that his helmet was crooked, and after straightening it, he revealed a pair of groggy eyes inside, he looked at the standard long sword scattered on the ground, hurriedly picked it up and said: "I'm not lazy sir, I'm on duty very seriously." As he spoke, he kicked another soldier who was lying on the side in a daze.
The soldier was kicked and rolled over, then went back to sleep.
"Sir, he's the wine he drinks, and it has nothing to do with me. The soldier said in a daze.
"Sir, I think you're misunderstood, I'm not a soldier, I'm just an ordinary citizen of Ruhr. Manhattan said as he retracted his hand.
The soldier who had just straightened his helmet rubbed his eyes at this time, then glanced at Manhattan and kicked it directly, but he stumbled and fell, Manhattan helped him up, and then the soldier scolded: "Get out, you pariah, since you dare to pretend to be Lao Tzu's commander, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will kill you now." ”
As he spoke, the soldier was about to draw his sword and slash it, but in a daze, he stretched out his hand several times, but did not put his hand on the hilt.
"I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to disturb you, and I didn't pretend to be your boss, I came here to see the chief on duty very seriously. Manhattan pressed the soldier's hand to draw his sword, then took out a golden soldier from his bosom and said, "I've come here for some business, and I want to bother the sir." ”
The confused soldier rubbed his eyes when he saw Huang Cancan's gold coin. Manhattan didn't think the guy in front of him looked like a drunken person, and suddenly came to his senses after seeing the gold coin.
As the garrison of the port of berth, he only has two gold coins a month, so it's no wonder this guy's eyes lit up after seeing the gold coins.
The soldier snatched the gold coin, kept rubbing it in his hand, and after taking a bite, confirmed the authenticity, and put it into his arms with peace of mind. The soldier raised his head lazily: "Hiccup~ Say, what's the matter." ”
"I'd like to ask you about a few important criminals, a few people who have just come out of today's bounty announcement, a guy named Cook, a pirate from the shores of Sori, and an outlaw prisoner who escaped. Have you heard of this?" Manhattan let out a sigh of relief, asking the soldier in front of him a little nervously.
"What do I care about what they do, aren't those things that the federal army and the garrison in the city should worry about? Do you think I can solve the guy who can be an outlaw prisoner? Besides, even if they escape from me, I can pretend to turn a blind eye, and when the regular army asks about it afterwards, I have to pretend to be injured and point out the direction of the bastards to the regular army. "Lao Tzu hasn't lived enough, but he won't hit the knife edge of that group of outlaws, burp~ Damn, why have you been burping after drinking this wine." ”
Manhattan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then despised the coward fiercely. It seems that he doesn't know about today's bounty notice, but for this matter, he deliberately ran all over the city and tore off Kane's bounty poster, for fear that others would recognize this guy and get the bounty first.
"I've got one more thing to trouble the sir, I want to know the biggest ship over there, their route, and their destination. Manhattan said with a hint of pleading.
Although the mooring officer looked down on civilians like Manhattan, he still had a little conscience, and he had to be right about the gold coin.
The drunken soldier shook his head, then picked up a sheepskin bladder beside him, took off his helmet, and after pouring a handful, he felt much clearer, and said: "Hiccup~ It's really not easy for you to earn this gold coin, wait here, Lao Tzu will come back in a while." With that, the soldier took his helmet and staggered towards the ship.
On the pirate ship, Kane, who was hiding from Kriel, once again came to the top of the plywood, where he felt the gift of nature. Kane, who was blowing the wind on the plywood, saw a guy in armor staggering towards the black pirate ship.
Kane just stared, not knowing what to do, and he was going to get off the ship to have a look.
Approaching the ship, the mooring officer saw a man in a red and white jacket with light blue hair disembarking from the ship. Then he stepped forward and asked, "Hiccup~ Hello sir, I want to ask if you are the person on this spaceship?"
The oncoming smell of alcohol made Kane feel a little unpleasant, he pinched his nose and asked, "Yes, sir, what's wrong?" Kane initially thought that Ruhl had received a notification from the Federation Army here, and it was possible that he had come to arrest him, but after smelling the smell of alcohol, Kane was relieved, obviously they couldn't send only one drunk to arrest him.
"Hiccup ~ The Ruhr City garrison wants to register the information of the spaceship parked, I hope you can cooperate. ”
Kane frowned, not knowing when the Ruhr garrison had one more rule like this.
"Hiccup~ Okay, next, you just have to answer whatever I ask. "Hiccup~ First of all, Lao Tzu will never drink Porter's rotten wine again. ”
Kane: "????"
"Hiccup~ No, let's start with the first question, the name of the ship?"
"Black Pirate Ship. ”
"Hiccup~ Black Pirate Ship, it's good, next your nearest flight route, and the destination you want to reach, we have to do a registration here. ”
When Kane heard this, his heart hung in his heart, and the previous suspicion once again surfaced in his heart, could it be that they had been notified and were aware of it.
"Hiccup~ There was a fierce pirate in our city recently, and now our regular army is searching for it, so please cooperate with Mr. ”
After hearing the soldier's explanation, Kane breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he had done something wrong, and he was still a little weak-hearted: "Okay sir, our nearest flight route is to pass through the Bork Mountains and then fly to the Messiah. ”
"Hiccup~Messiah, well, free city-state, a beautiful and bustling city, are you a free people?" the soldier asked.
"Pure northerners, citizens of North Airland. Kane continued.
After receiving Kane's answer, the soldier began to greet a few things, all polite words such as some hometown.
After getting the answer he wanted, the soldier didn't say much to Kane, and quickly returned to the port of berth. Looking at Manhattan, who was pacing here, he said, "Hiccup~ That spaceship is called the Black Pirate Ship, and it is going to the Messiah, passing through the Bork Mountains. ”
"Hiccup ~ Black Pirate Ship, a little familiar. "Hey, that guy over there. As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier looked at where Manhattan was standing just now, and there was no one left.
"What a fiery guy. After saying that, the soldier took out the gold coin in his arms, threw it, and then carefully put it into his arms.
When he turned his head to look at the small round table next to him, the small half bottle of rum left on it was gone, along with the bottle. Then the soldier looked down at his colleague who was still sleeping, kicked it again, and scolded in his mouth: "Isn't it just a little rotten wine, Lao Tzu just said that you will hide it for me, what a stingy ghost." As soon as the words fell, the soldier lay down with his eyes closed, and after a while he let out a thunderous snoring.
With an empty rum in hand, Manhattan came to a bar. A large beer mug was drawn on it, and the simple and crude word "Black Stone" hung next to the door of the store.