In the luxurious reception room of Crescent Manor, Mo'an, Rod, Xuanyu and Lucia were sitting together. In fact, when the pocket watch was scrambled by two parties as the key to open the door to the treasure, it was destined that they would discuss cooperation here today, after all, Moan needed Rhodes's gem and everything he knew about the treasure.www.biquge.info

Rod no longer concealed it, after all, his life was saved by Mo An's people, and after pouring a few glasses of wine, he began to tell his story from the beginning:

"My name is Rod Epoch, and my father is James Epoch, a famous explorer. I live with my parents and my sister Christie, who is five years younger than me, on an island in the Principality of Frankva. Later, my mother died of illness, and my father became more and more addicted to adventure, and from that moment on, my sister and I followed him across the ocean. However, I did not help my father, and every time he was left to take care of his young sister alone in a nearby hotel or private house. Although it was hard work, with the treasure found by our father, our life was quite manageable. ”

"I was nine years old. There are guests in the house. Through the crack in the living room door, I could hear my father's cheers of surprise, and that evening we packed our bags again and set off for Agrim. The guest who came during the day was nowhere to be seen, and I heard that he would be waiting for us there. At the time, I didn't know that it would be 20 years. ”

"When we arrived in the country, my father placed my sister and me in a small hotel, as is customary, and my friend and I went out early and returned late every day, and sometimes even when we came back early, we spread out a table of paper rolls and tools, and calculated what we were doing. As for my father's friend, he didn't always appear, and the occasional visit was late at night, and even if he did, he couldn't remember what he looked like, and he vaguely remembered that he was in his early twenties. ”

During that time, my father was addicted to this treasure hunt, especially with this treasure. But after several months of repeated results, there was still no gain, which was not only not a blow to his father, but even more ignited his fighting spirit. Finally, one night, he stayed up all night, and it was not until the next evening that he returned to the hotel in a panic. ”

That day, he was in a very different mood. Instead of his previous calmness, he was calm and calm, replaced by sweaty sweat and panicked eyes. He packed his bags in a panic and even knocked over his suitcase in a few cases. I was worried about him, but he just put his hand on my head and touched it, and didn't say anything. ”

"That night, my father and I left the hotel with our four-year-old sister. It's said to be leaving, but it's actually more like fleeing. My father carried his suitcase, his sister in one hand, and I in the other, and ran wildly under the darkness of the night in Elgrim. From time to time, he looked back nervously, and I didn't know how long I had been running, and I was exhausted. ”

"At the time, I didn't know what my father was afraid of, but it didn't take long for me to know that the pursuers were really coming. There was no time to look back, only to hear footsteps getting closer and closer behind him. Around a big corner ahead, my father took me by the hand and turned into a small alley, which was dark and cluttered, and it was a good place to hide, but it was not a long-term solution.

"My father understood this very well, and he asked my sister and me to hide in a corner and took a notebook from my backpack and gave it to me for safekeeping. I will never forget my father's eyes, his love, his apologies, his tenacity, and his farewell...... He covered us with bamboo baskets and rags he had picked up nearby, and repeatedly told us not to make a noise and not to come out no matter what happened. ”

"We had just been hidden, and the pursuers had already appeared at one end of the alley, and when they saw my father, they surrounded him. At that time, I was so scared that I covered my sister's mouth with one hand and my own mouth with the other, and my body stiffened, for fear of making a little movement. Slowly, the pursuers approached my father, and gradually came into my sight, and through the gap in the bamboo basket, I saw that they were wearing soldiers' clothes and a badge. I didn't know it at the time, but the appearance of the badge was always imprisoned in my mind, and when I grew up, I realized that it was the badge of the Royal Praetorian Guard!

Rod's expression stiffened a little as he said this, and his hand holding the glass full of fine wine squeezed hard, if it weren't for a solid gold cup, I am afraid that it would have been deformed by this time. Mo An frowned, especially when Rhodes said about the Royal Guard, his face twitched, as if he saw something terrible. Xuanyu's expression was completely different, he propped one hand on his temple, his expression indifferent. Lucia wasn't sure if Xuanyu was really listening, all she knew was that she had great sympathy for Rod's childhood experience, and that the bizarre experience piqued her curiosity even more.

"And then?" Lucia urged Rhodes to continue.

Rhodes drank the wine from his glass and said, "My father tried to stall for time by negotiating terms with them, and he asked why he was arrested, and the other party replied that someone had told me that my father was a spy of the enemy country. What a joke, the famous James Epock who did not know, this is just a trumped-up charge. There was no use in arguing here, my father knew this better than anyone else, so he asked the man who had betrayed him, and then I heard the word 'Attbo', which was the name of the guest who informed my father of the treasure of Agrim, and who was my father's assistant during the treasure hunt, how could it be him! ”

"Later, they started fighting. My father was very skilled, and it didn't take long for him to stand out from the encirclement. I thought he would come back to pick us up, but no. In hindsight, how could his single-handedly father beat so many Praetorian Guards, he just wanted to lure the pursuers away. ”

"My sister and I waited in that corner for a long time, but we didn't dare to move. It wasn't until early in the morning that my sister said she was hungry that I remembered that I hadn't eaten last night. So, I hid my sister and ran out to find something to eat, but there was no food nearby, and I kept going, and at last I saw a family that asked for food, and when I turned around, I saw that the alley where we had taken shelter before was full of soldiers, and I hurriedly hid and watched secretly. ”

"I saw a soldier come out of the alley with my sister in her arms, my sister was crying, my mind was blank, I rushed out, shouting 'let her go'! My actions had caught the attention of the soldiers, and two of them were coming towards me. At that time, my mind was full of this word, so I quickly got up and ran away. I still don't know if it was a mistake to abandon my sister and run for my life. ”

Rod laughed self-deprecatingly and continued: "Later, I ran to the nearby dock and hid in a boat, and the soldiers left without finding me. But what I didn't expect was that I fell asleep, and when I woke up again, I found that the ship had already left the port. I didn't know the ship's destination, but when I realized something was wrong, I couldn't get out of it. This was no ordinary cargo ship, and the sailors were strange, and as soon as they left the port, they took off their uniforms and cursed as they took out the weapons hidden all over the deck. After a while, the ship's flag was lowered, and a flag with a skull pattern was raised, and I realized that this time I was really on the thief ship. ”

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