The corpse in front of him made Locke scratch his head a little, and he found some old people from Golden Spike Fort to identify the appearance of the corpse, and these people said that they had never seen it.

For a while, Locke was also a little confused, so he could only ask Allen's opinion.

At first, Alan also insisted that this was Owen, the eldest brother of Othman, but after thinking about it carefully, the previous incident in Rocky Valley suddenly came to mind, so Alan decided to go to the prison and ask Field.

In the afternoon, under Locke's protection, Alan stepped into the prison of Golden Spike Castle, and a stench like feces and urine mixed together came to his face, making him involuntarily cover his nose.

"Why is this guy still here? Didn't you inform his family?"

Alan frowned, pointed to Ridan, who was gnawing on bones in the cell, and asked Locke beside him.

If there is no particular deep hatred, Alan generally does not mistreat the captives, and although he only has two meals on weekdays, he will give them some food every week.

But Alan didn't know why, and when he saw Lidan's appearance, he felt a little disgusted in his heart.

"Informed, young master,"

Locke looked at Ridan in prison and smiled bitterly, "But the reply letter from the Diess family has nothing but condemnation......"

"Hmm, is the ransom too expensive?"

"20,000 gold coins, I think it's ......"

Generally, the ransom of nobles is between 3,000 and 7,000 gold coins, and Allen asked for 20,000 at once, which is really unacceptable.

"I'm leaving room for the Diess family to bargain, I offer, he makes a counteroffer, won't he come and go......"

Alan touched his chin, and there was a slight doubt in his heart, could it be that his method was wrong?

He walked up to Lidan's prison and called softly, "Lidan, don't eat yet." ”

"Good day, Lord Ellen. ”

Lidan hurriedly put down the bones in his hand, rubbed the oil stains on his hands on the straw, and simply sorted out the tattered clothes.

"What do you command, sir?"

"Didn't you say that your family is rich? Why haven't they come to pick you up after two months?"

Allen's inquiry embarrassed Ridan, who rubbed his hands together and replied hesitantly, "Probably...... It's busy, haha......"

"Busy?"

Alan tilted his head sideways and squinted at Ridan, apparently for this reason.

"Actually, it's because my father has too many children, and he shouldn't have the heart to care about me. ”

Under the pressure of his gaze, Lidan told the truth,

"My mother alone bore him five children, two sons, three daughters, and in addition to this, my father had many lovers, and the remaining illegitimate children of the maid alone were seven, and many more......"

After hearing this, Alan was completely shocked.

This Earl of Lund of the Diss family can be described as a real stallion!

"So, although your family is rich, it may not be able to ransom you?"

Ritan nodded silently, if his status in the Dis family was really high, then he would not have traveled so far to the Peters family to take the daughter of a baron.

Alan breathed a sigh of relief, this time it was a miscalculation.

"Wait a minute, Lord Baron!"

Just as Eren was about to leave, Ridan's suddenly shouted to stop him.

"What, you're going to pay the ransom for yourself?"

"No, my lord, I don't have any money,"

Ridan stood up, his eyes shining, staring straight at Allen, which instantly made him feel a chill.

"But I have someone, my lord, you can support me like you supported Miss Ou Siman, and when I become an earl, the entire Dis family will be yours!"

Looking at Lidan's appearance, Alan was very surprised, he didn't expect him to have such an awareness and take the initiative to apply to betray his family.

"It's not impossible, the Diess family is too far away......

And do you know what Othman has paid? She has made a devil's pact with me that if she betrays her, she will be reduced to ashes. ”

Alan looked at Ritan with a smile and asked slowly, "Would you like to?"

"I do, my lord, if I can't stand at the top, then what if I turn to ashes?!"

"Okay, wait until I think about it. ”

Lidan's decisive answer surprised Allen, "Let's change Mr. Lidan's clothes first, they all stink." ”

After leaving these words, Alan walked straight to Baron Field, as for the matter of the Diess family, let's talk about it later.

Alan was very honest and didn't abuse him too much after Field's honest cooperation, but letting the former aristocratic baron live in this kind of prison was a kind of torture in itself.

"Good day, Lord Baron. ”

Field, who had long since lost his former appearance, saw Alan coming, and hurriedly got up from the haystack, bent over to salute, and looked very haggard.

Alan nodded, without much nonsense, and asked straight to the point: "Who is the person who wants the Ranshi Valley Salt Mine behind your back?"

"Huh?"

Field was visibly stunned, "My lord, I don't know what you mean......

"Don't pretend to be confused, I know there's someone behind you. ”

Field smiled bitterly, "The salt mines in the Troubled Stone Valley are an important way for the Peters family to open up the northern trade routes, and there is no one else behind it, I don't know why you said that, Lord Baron?"

"I don't want to know why you're hiding it, I just want to know who it is. ”

Alan stared at Field for a moment, not wanting to continue to idle with him,

"If you don't say it, then I'll have to make people use some means. ”

As he spoke, Alan raised his hand, motioned for the guard in charge of the prison to prepare the torture equipment, and instructed Locke to ask him what he wanted to know, and turned around to leave.

"Wait, sir!"

Field looked at the busy guards and hurriedly called out to Allen, "Where did you hear about this?"

"You don't have to ask, all you have to do is tell me who that person is. ”

"My lord, there really is no one else's ......"

"Let's do it. ”

After receiving the order, the guards quickly opened the cell door, escorted Field out, tied him to the torture rack, removed the black-stained torture instrument from the wall, and began to work.

"Don't do that, don't ...... Ahh

Field's screams resounded throughout the cell.

"Alan, you can't do that! You promised me you wouldn't torture me...... Ahh

The guards for the execution were not too professional, but they were enough for a role like Field, and after a while he couldn't hold on.

“...... Stop it...... Quick, I said......"

Alan looked away and waved at the two guards, motioning for them to stop for a moment.

If it's not professionally coerced, it's not good, and it's really disgusting to get blood all over the ground.

"Well, hurry up, I'll have someone take care of your wound after that. ”

"Allen...... I really ......."

"You're really, why did you suddenly become so tough?"

Alan sighed in confusion and asked the guards to continue.

"Don't!

Field shouted with all his strength, "It's the gods who want to mess with the Stone Valley...... Uh-uh......"

Just as he was spitting out the word, Field's throat seemed to be suddenly choked by something, and there was a sour grinding sound!

The two guards hurriedly wanted to step forward to check, but they saw Field's mouth crack suddenly, and countless cyan transparent moths gushed out of it!