Although Tart and Egrim are adjacent to each other, they are much larger in size, and they have not yet reached the Qingyu Sand Abyss after a full day's walk. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info especially considering Louis's injury, before it was dark, Rod ordered to stay in the hotel.

Although the journey was tiring, Louie was the captain of the Praetorian Guard with superb swordsmanship, and his foundation was still good. Coupled with the fact that Rhodes had taken good care of her all the way, Louie's spirits were significantly better when they rested.

Once the physical pain is gone, the brain starts racing. This is a problem that Louis can't get rid of, especially after listening to the story narrated by Rod all the way, and she is even more excited.

"You mean that the 'Blood Rose' wasn't attacked by merfolk back then?" Louis sat for a long time after dinner, when he suddenly said.

"That's right," seeing that Louie wasn't sleepy, Rhodes was happy to chat with her, "the survivor I found wasn't actually the sailor on the Blood Rose. ”

"Is it a guest?" Louis guessed.

Rod shook his head: "You listen to me slowly. He sat down on the edge of Louie's bed and continued the conversation that had not been finished during the day.

"When I found the man, he found that he was not only blind, but also on the verge of a mental breakdown. Although the place was extremely deserted, there were still one or two families, and after asking them, I learned that this person had been like this for more than twenty years. Later, when I mentioned the Bloodbriar to him, he was so nervous that he took me as if I was on board at the time, and trembled and apologized to me, saying that I had acted according to the instructions from above, and told me not to blame him!"

"I see. Louis said, "This so-called survivor is not the sailors on the 'Blood Rose', but another group of people who killed them! That is to say, the sinking of the 'Blood Rose' was caused by man!" Thinking of this, Louis suddenly remembered something, she struggled to sit up, dipped her hand in some water, and drew a figure on the table.

Rhodes frowned and blurted out, "Shark?"

"Yes, it's a shark!" Louis drew the image on the sign found on the Blood Rose, and she remembered that a few days ago, Princess Kate had translated the following ancient Tartic script in front of Xuanyu and herself, which meant "shark".

"How do you know this?" asked Louie eagerly.

"Of course I know that this 'shark' has a lot to do with our 'wolf'!" said Rod, also dipped in some water, and added a few more strokes to the dried-out figure on the table, "the correct figure should be this, the cone above the sea is shark teeth, flanked by scimitars and daggers as guards, and if I remember correctly, the word 'shark' should be written in Tartic ancient script underneath." Where did you see this figure?"

"On the Bloodbrier, of course!" Louis said the name, and Luther gave her expected look of surprise.

"Listen to me!" Rhodes, who was full of worries because of too many questions, just wanted to open his mouth to ask, but was pressed by a finger of the other party's lips, and his heart suddenly beat wildly. Rod didn't know whether Louie's move was intentional or unintentional, but the feeling of instantaneous electricity at that time made Rod go from head to toe, so that he didn't listen carefully to Louie's story.

"Did you really listen to me?" Rode's attention only focused when Louis asked this sentence, and he tried to recall Louie's words just now, "You mean Xuanyu found a brand?"

Louis nodded: "I told you just now, the ship was pushed by Diama and other mermaids from the Strait of Lorraine. This also confirms that the site of the sinking of the 'Blood Rose' was indeed there. I also boarded the ship to inspect it, and although there were some bones left, it was impossible to tell what happened because of the age. However, the small sign that Xuanyu showed me later was a clue, although we didn't know the intention of the brand and the text on it at that time, but by mistake, I met the real Princess Tart after going to sea, and she translated it to know that the text was 'shark', but I still don't know the origin of this brand. ”

"Back then, our 'wolf' was famous in Tart as the king of robbers, and the main target of our father's hijacking was the caravan, because it was easy to get oil and water, and it was rich. The king of Tart sent troops to encircle and suppress him several times, but he did not make any profits, and at that time it was really beautiful, and even the merchants of neighboring countries were terrified when they heard the word "wild wolf". "But my father-in-law never spared any item in any caravan. Over time, the merchants had to switch to the sea route, and the business of our 'wild wolves' became more and more difficult. It's just that there will always be people to grab the fat, and even if they take the waterway, those merchants are still not peaceful. ”

"You mean pirates?" Louis guessed.

"Piracy was rampant in those years, and the most harassed was of course Egrim, and it is said that nearly half of the ships passing through the docks, many of them were royal merchant ships. With that, Rodt paused, glancing at Louie, waiting for her response.

"The Blood Rose is probably one of these ships!" Louis said to the rails.

"Clever!" continued Rhodes, "this pirate's name is 'Shark'! This 'Shark' is agile and well-informed, and most importantly, its attack power is so amazing that if it targets any ship, even if it has wings, it will not escape the sharp teeth of the 'Shark'." ”

"That's why there are items and weapons belonging to the 'Shark' on the 'Blood Rose', so that everything makes sense......" Louis muttered to herself, and suddenly she thought of something, and her face changed, "Wait, something is wrong." ”

"Sure enough, you thought of it too!" said Rhodes.

Louis nodded: "If the 'Blood Rose' was attacked by pirates, then why did the ship's cargo appear in the underground palace?"

"Not only that, but twenty years ago, this invincible 'shark' suddenly disappeared, and there was no more information. Speaking of this, the corners of Rod's mouth rose slightly, "But fortunately, the survivor I found was once a member of the 'Shark'." Upon inquiry, he told me a shocking secret. ”

Hearing this, Louie's brows twitched inadvertently, as smart as she was, she could guess what Rhodes was going to say next.

"It all started with my father, James Epock was an adventurer, and although he made a living by finding treasures, there was never so much treasure waiting for him to dig up. So in his spare time, he also took on some bounty tasks, and yes, when he arrived in Agrim, he also took on a job because he was shy of money, and that was to investigate the 'Blood Rose'!"

"I don't know how deep my father's investigation into this matter has been, but I should be able to be sure that he already knew that the 'shark' had done it, and when he finally entered the underground palace and saw the goods that should have been stolen by the 'shark', at that moment, he figured everything out;

Although the watermark of the "shark" pattern on the table gradually dried up, all the traces of resentment and unwillingness condensed in Rod's ice-blue eyes became clearer.

"'Sharks' are in cahoots with Egreme's government!" Louis said coldly.

"What a show!" Rod said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "the soldiers and bandits are the unlucky people and the innocent businessmen. ”

"The relevant archives record the frequent incidents of piracy in those years, and there were more than 100 cases in a year. The looted goods were of great value, and none of them were redeemed. Assuming that Egrim's government was in league with the pirates, the money might have been used to build the Underground Palace. Louis speculated.

"What that money was used for, I don't know. But I can guess what happened to my father and Artebor in the underground palace. Artebor said that his father wanted to keep the treasure for himself, but this was not the case. After recognizing that it was a sum of stolen goods, my father probably thought of making it public, and the stolen goods naturally could not be touched. Of course, Artebo couldn't understand it, and when he got into a scuffle with his father, he was unfortunately soaked in the face by the Wuji Immortal Dew, so he held a grudge against his father. Artebra took revenge by exposing my father, and the Praetorian Guards at the time probably didn't want to make it public, so they went with Attal to besiege my father, and that's what happened that night. Rod told Louis all what he was thinking in one breath, and then fell into an inexplicable silence, as if venting the slump after venting.

Louis had nothing to say, she had thought of it long before Rhodes said it, and she thought of more about the magic team, about Prince Skil, about the initiators of the collusion with the pirates in the first place...... But all this is just speculation, time has passed, and there is no evidence. Suddenly, she thought of the Golden Society, and her eyelashes drooped.

"What do you want to do?" Louis said in an almost questioning tone, "revenge?"

Fang Cai's silence calmed down Rhodes, hiding the anger that was about to come out of his heart, and he only gently hooked the corners of his mouth: "Arteb, who betrayed his father, is dead, and the king of Egrim, Jesalph IV, is no longer alive. Time has passed, and now I am confused, and I don't know who to ask for justice. ”

"Is your father no longer alive?" asked Louis cautiously.

"Although I couldn't accept it emotionally, reason told me that he had indeed been killed. Rod said calmly.

There was silence again. The lights of the hotel flickered, imprinting their silhouettes on the walls, their silhouettes sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, like their unknown future.

"You just asked me what I want to do?" Rhodes seemed to remember something, and suddenly took Louie's hand: "Actually, I still have a younger sister, although they were separated when I was nine years old, but I can't let go of it, I always feel that she is still in the world." I want to find her!"

"You said her name was Christie, and if she was alive, it would be ......," Louis said, glancing uncertainly at Rod.

"I should be twenty-four. Rod sighed, "Twenty years!"

"Even if you were to meet her face to face now, would you be able to recognize her?" said Louie.

Rod shook his head slightly: "Don't they all say that the eighteenth year of the female college has changed, but I have other ways......" As he spoke, he fiddled with the stud earring on his left ear.

"How are you going to find her?" Louis said.

"I wanted you to help me!" said Rod, holding Louie's hand and staring at him affectionately, "but I don't want to force you." ”

"Do you want me to help you find out who took your sister back then?" Louis knew very well what Rod was thinking, according to common sense, he should indeed help him with this, but at this time her eyebrows condensed, and her face was tangled, "Part of the reason why I chose to go with you is because I don't want to face something." Besides, Egreem's situation is already very messy, and even if I go back, I won't be sure...... How can I help you......"

"Actually, this is my business, if you can't help it, forget it. There was some disappointment on Rod's face.

"Isn't there any news from your father-in-law?" Louis looked directly at Rhodes, taking in the look on his face.

Rhodes nodded, and after being silent, he smiled with relief: "Maybe my sister is no longer alive, it was originally a shadowless thing, and it is in vain to think about it now." ”

"Well," Louis buried his head in Rod's arms, "can you see your father-in-law when you get to the green sand abyss?"

"I wanted to take you to meet him," Rod looked downcast, a thought flashed through his mind, he frowned inadvertently, closed his eyes tightly, and dragged Fang Cai's thought into the darkness.

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