Chapter 43: The Strange Old Man

I don't know how far I ran, Ellie and Ah Zi really couldn't support it, they both collapsed to the ground, seeing that the group of people were chasing after them, for a while I was also panicked, and when I looked up, I suddenly found a small courtyard next to the road, the courtyard wall was not high, I immediately hurriedly threw the four girls over the courtyard wall, and then I also turned over and jumped in, and when I landed, I found that the original yard was a flower garden, all kinds of strange flowers and plants were competing for beauty, and an old man and two children seemed to be taking care of it there, We were all taken aback when we suddenly climbed over the wall.

"Hey, who are you? How did you trespass!?" The first to react was the two children, who immediately shouted at us, and at this time there was already the footsteps of the group of people outside, I was immediately frightened and did not dare to make a sound, and hurriedly pointed outside, and made a gesture of please to the three of them, the old man seemed to understand something, and hurriedly instructed the two children not to speak.

"Hey, I obviously saw those people coming this way, why can't I find them in a blink of an eye..."At this time, there was the sound of the group of guys talking outside, and after a while, the voice suddenly lowered, and then I heard someone calling the door outside.

"Is Mr. Charlinger here?"

"Charlinger!?" How do I feel so familiar with this name, I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while, it seems to be the name of this old man, I hurriedly looked at him suspiciously, I don't know how the other party will choose.

"William, Harry, you two take those men and hide in the woods first." At this time, the old man suddenly commanded the two children beside him, the second child nodded when he heard it, and hurriedly came to our side and carried Ellie and Ah Zi, signaling us to go with them, at that time I couldn't help but hesitate a little in my heart, I couldn't help but be a little hesitant in my heart, I couldn't tell whether the other party was friend or foe, but I heard the sound of the door more and more urgently, and we had no way to retreat, in desperation, I had to help the princess and Xiao Jia to hide in the grove with the second child, and then returned to the old man's side after settling down the second child, only to see the old man and a few words to them, After that, I saw that the red-haired boy stayed where he was and accompanied the old man to continue to make repairs to the courtyard, while the other blonde boy ran to answer the door.

"Who are you!? It's noisy!" Don't look at the blonde boy is not very old, the pie is not small, as soon as he opened the door, he shouted outside, and at this time, the middle-aged man with a pale face immediately greeted him respectfully.

"Oh, it's little William, excuse me, I'm Jarvis, I visited Mr. Charlinger last time I was here, do you remember?"

"Oh, it's you, what's the matter?"

"Actually, it's nothing..."

"William, who is it that is so noisy outside!?" Before Jarvis could finish speaking, the old man suddenly asked in a loud voice in the courtyard.

"Sir, it's the Jarvis who came to give gifts at the beginning of spring, and he also brought a group of his subordinates, all of them fierce and vicious, I don't know what to do?"

"Oh, it's Jarvis, then invite them in."

"Yes." William Jr. hurriedly opened the door and made a gesture of invitation to Jarvis.

"Please."

"Thank you, thank you." It's strange to say, this guy named Jarvis is the leader of so many people, but in front of Little William, he is respectful, and even a little scared, it is obvious that he is not afraid of a child like Little William, but the old man named Charlinger.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Charlinger, I'm sorry to bother you again."

"Oh, it's Uncle Jarvis, it's been a long time, why, what advice do you have for bringing so many brothers today?" The old man straightened his waist and looked calm and idle.

"Don't dare, don't dare, sir, you're serious, in fact, we're chasing a few people, but we just got lost in the vicinity, and we didn't look around, so I want to say if they will escape to you..."

"Oh, that's weird, the three of us spent the whole afternoon tidying up the courtyard here, and we didn't see any outsiders coming in. Did you two see that?" The old man turned his head as he spoke, and asked William, Harry.

"No, wild cats and wild dogs have seen a few, but they haven't seen people." Okay, that kid named Harry is okay, and this mouth named William is too damaged, doesn't this mean scolding? Jarvis's gang obviously heard it, but because the old man didn't dare to attack, he suddenly made a look of embarrassment.

"Do you hear that? None of the three of us have seen any outsiders come in, so you should look elsewhere. Or do you not believe us?"

"Don't dare, don't dare, of course we believe what you say, but..."

"Just? You still don't believe it! Okay, then you can bring someone in and search me inside and out now, if you find out, I will move out of the Misty Forest tomorrow and never come back, if you can't find it... Huh." Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but sneer.

When Jarvis heard that the old man was really angry, he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't get me wrong, I just thought about your safety, and I didn't mean anything else. Since your old man said that he didn't see it, it's probably because we guessed wrong, let's leave, I'm sorry to bother you for so long, next time I have the opportunity I will come to apologize again. Say goodbye today, you stay, you stay." Jarvis withdrew with his men as he spoke, and after a while he disappeared without a trace, and when they all left, the old man breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, come out."

Hearing the old man say this, I hesitated for a moment, and finally walked out of the woods slowly.

"Thank you for your help." I came to the old man and bowed down in thanks.

"Alas, it's okay, that's what I should do..."The old man's reaction surprised me a little, as if he was in some huge trouble, could it be because he offended that Jarvis? No, those guys were so scared of him.

Seeing my blank look, the old man smiled: "What, you don't know who I am?"

"Oh, I just heard them call you Charlinger, a name that seems familiar to me, but I can't remember it for a while, sorry..."

Charinjie looked at me, the expression on his face was a little complicated, and he muttered to himself, "Sure enough, you haven't woken up yet..."

"Ah, what did you say?" At that time, I didn't understand the deep meaning of his words at all, and I couldn't help but say with a puzzled face.

Cha Linjie smiled: "It's nothing, let's carry your companions to the house first, if they are anesthetic, it will be very troublesome if they are not dealt with in time."

"Ouch." Listening to Charlinger say this, I remembered that there were still four lying in the woods over there, and at that moment, I and William and Harry worked together to carry the four girls to the back room, which is a somewhat old two-story stone house, the furnishings inside are very simple, and the relatively conspicuous one may be the one in the corner of the wall. This old man is... For a moment, a bold idea came to me... But it's impossible, if that's the case, this old man will be more than 300 years old this year, can humans really live that long? For a moment I couldn't help but be confused.