Greathelm City, a small cold city located in the far north of the continent of Cadhiria, was the capital of the Kingdom of Virgil in the early years, but it fell a year ago and is now part of the Kingdom of Wald. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info here is covered with ice and snow all year round, the days are long and the nights are short, and the weather is extremely cold.

Most of the residents here live on the ice sea on the edge of the giant helmet city to fish, and there are icebergs floating above the ice sea all year round, and the icebergs are rich in the furs of snow apes and snow wolves, which are deeply loved by the nobles in the city.

The clouds in the sky floated slowly, and it seemed that another wind and snow would come.

Somewhere in the dark, damp, sewage-ridden sewers of the Greathelms, a group of the lowest people on this continent lived, in the deepest part of the sewers, where the garbage was piled up, dirty, and smelled disgusting. There seemed to be a small hole in the stone wall, and a faint glow of fire shone in the hole.

At this time, there were several people in torn cotton jackets in the cave, led by a middle-aged man, who was holding a piece of jade that was green and transparent, and looked very valuable, and looked at the thin fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in front of him with an angry face. The girl's face was sallow, her messy hair covered half of her face, and her bright black eyes looked at the big man in front of her with fear.

"Smack!"

The middle-aged man directly slapped the little girl in front of him to the ground, and then scolded angrily: "You dead girl, not very old, not too brave, can you steal this thing, damn, if those nobles find out, we will all have to die!" ”

The girl's hands covered her red and slightly swollen face, her body trembled with fear, and she didn't dare to say a word.

At this time, in a corner of the cave, a thin young man got up and walked up to help the little girl up and said, "Uncle Qiao, don't be so angry, it's just a piece of jade, is the matter so serious?" ”

When the middle-aged man known as Uncle Qiao heard this, he was immediately furious: "You stinky boy, you know how to have an egg, Lao Tzu just looked at the words engraved on this piece of jade, I am afraid that it is something from the Earl of Claif in Giant Helmet City, if it is discovered, even if we escape to the border of the empire, we will not escape death!" ”

Hearing this, the young man took the jade from Uncle Qiao, and then looked at it carefully, as if he realized the seriousness of the matter, and frowned. The Claif family has existed in Greathelm City for hundreds of years, and they have a deep heritage, which is not something that their group can afford to provoke.

The young man returned the jade to Uncle Qiao with a heavy face, and said, "Uncle Qiao, this place is very hidden, and it is not so easy to be discovered, why don't we hide here for a while, and wait for the rumors outside to subside, and then go out." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he also calmed down a little.

"Now it's only like this, don't go out during this time, I'll bring you food, especially you, stay here for me, don't go out a single step!"

When the little girl heard this, she cowered and hid behind the boy and lowered her head.

The young man's name is Agil, an orphan, more than ten years ago, old Nick picked him up from the dirty garbage heap, I don't know which pair of parents, actually couldn't bear to throw their child less than a month old in the garbage heap, if not for the kind old Nick, I'm afraid he would have frozen to death in the snowstorm.

The people who live here are scavengers, orphans. Old Nick too, but he died a few years ago, and he didn't even know where his body was found. People here feel very sorry, the old Nick people are very good, and also teach them to read, listen to him, the old Nick was an adventurer when he was young, and he traveled to many places on the mainland, and he was also involved in the wars over the years, and his family died in the war, and he himself was wandering on the streets.

The atmosphere in the cave was quiet, and the faint candlelight kept flickering, as if it would be extinguished in the next second. All that was there was was the sound of water rushing through the sewers. After Uncle Qiao left, there were only seven or eight teenagers and girls sitting around here, the oldest was only 17 years old, everyone's face was not very good, and the little girl before grabbed Agil's arm.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and it seemed like there was more than one person!

Everyone's hearts suddenly chuckled and their eyes were raised, and everyone's eyes were full of nervousness and fear.

One of the teenagers said in a trembling voice.

"No, it won't be from Count Kleff's family!"

"No way, they won't find this so quickly." Aegil said in a deep voice. Although he said so, he was actually very nervous in his heart. The little girl next to him grabbed his arm tighter.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and everyone's hearts were beating non-stop, and they couldn't do it with fear. There was a tense atmosphere in the air.

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As the footsteps got closer and closer, the sound of someone talking could be heard in the sewer outside the cave.

"Captain, I can't stand it anymore, there's nothing to search in this place, it's impossible for someone to hide here!"

The man who spoke was a young man in silver-gray armor and holding a silver spear in his hand. At this time, he was pinching his nose, and his face looked like he was gagging.

There were about a dozen people in this line, all dressed exactly like the young man, and each of them had an eagle's head engraved on their gauntlets, which should be a symbol of status.

"Yes, yes, captain, this place is so stinky, how can there be anyone, I think that middle-aged homeless man is probably fooling us." At this time, another young man chimed in.

"Captain, what Bai Luo said makes sense, let's go!" Another young man said.

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“……”

Everyone suddenly shouted and wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. At this time, Agil and the others listened in the cave with a heartbeat, they now knew that most of them were members of the Claif family, and now they could only pray that they would leave quickly.

When the middle-aged man led by the group heard this, his face suddenly turned cold.

"Shut the fuck up!"

Suddenly, everyone quieted down, lowered their heads, and didn't dare to look directly at the middle-aged man.

"If that homeless man dares to lie to me, I will definitely not spare him, this time the matter is not small, but the young master's favorite jade is lost, if we can't find it, we will all lose our jobs."

When the group heard this, they were all silent, and followed the captain towards the depths of the sewers.

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After a while, the young man named Bailuo found a hole.

"Captain, come and see!" Bai Luo exclaimed.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he walked over to take a look, then sneered and said

"Get out of the way."

The middle-aged man made a lot of momentum, and then waved the silver spear, and hit the small hole fiercely, and with a bang, the hole suddenly became a little bigger.

The captain bore the brunt of the attack, picked up his spear, and strode in.

At this time, in the cave, Agil and the others were all huddled in the corner, looking at everyone with fear on their faces.

"You, who are you!"

Agil asked boldly.

"Humph! A few little thieves, who are not so daring, have stolen everything from the Claif family. The captain held the silver spear and pressed it against Agil's neck, and under the light, the tip of the spear shone with a palpitating coldness, as if it would pierce Agil's neck in the next moment.

A drop of cold sweat ran down Agil's head.

"I don't know what you're talking about, my lords, you're mistaken, we don't have the guts to steal the Claif family."

Seeing that Agil was being held against by his silver spear, and was still so calm, the middle-aged man was a little surprised.

"Hehe, dare to be hard-mouthed, Bai Luo, search their bodies!"

When the young man named Bai Luo heard this, he suddenly looked reluctant.

"Captain, let them hand it over by themselves, those little thieves are so dirty, I don't know how many days I haven't taken a bath......"

"Let you go! Don't give me. ”

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by a middle-aged man, Bai Luo had to step forward, and when he saw him like this, the people behind couldn't help but cover their mouths and snicker.

"You guys go too, don't be stunned!"

This will talk about their bitter faces again.

Several people searched very carefully, for fear of soiling their armor.

After a while, the search was over, and only Agil remained.

"Looks like you're the only one left, Bai Luo!"

Bai Luo walked up to Agil, touched his pocket, and found the jade in the left pocket.

"Hehe, boy, what else do you have to say?"

It would be Agil's turn to be surprised, his face full of doubts, and then after thinking about it, he smiled self-deprecatingly, turned his head to look at the little girl who had already let go of his arm, and saw that the other party's gaze was evasive, and Agil was even more convinced that it was her.

Before Uncle Qiao left, he was afraid that it would not be safe to take the jade, so he gave it back to her, and she had been holding her arm before, just because she was afraid that if someone really searched her, she would take the opportunity to put the jade in my pocket, which was really a good means.

"Boy, what are you laughing at?" Bai Luo was very puzzled, this kid was all caught, and he still had the heart to laugh, it should be a bad brain.

"Nothing." Agil said lightly.

"Since you have nothing to say, then take them all, no one here can get out of the relationship."

"Wait a minute!" Aegil said.

"Boy, if you have something to say, let it go." Bai Luo said impatiently. Because he really didn't want to stay in this filthy place anymore.

"I stole this jade, it has nothing to do with them, they are all orphans, children who have been abandoned by their parents since childhood, and I ask you adults to give them a way to live."

Agil sighed and said. Then he glanced back at the little girl, whose head was so low that she couldn't see her face at all.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man at the head thought for a few seconds and said.

"They've been caught anyway, boy, and it really has nothing to do with them? If you dare to lie to me......"

"I really stole it, they didn't know about it!" Agil said lightly.

"Alright, Bai Luo, take him away for me."

The middle-aged man glanced at the other teenagers and girls in front of him, who were already frightened and shivered in the corner.

"You don't look like people who dare to do such things...... Let's go, if the young master knows that the jade has been found, he will definitely be very happy. ”

Agil was escorted by two people, and before he walked out of the cave, he looked back at the people deeply, and he knew that he must be dead or alive when he went.

I hope you can live well......

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