Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Bitter Years

"Okay. George swallowed with difficulty, his eyes were full of envy, and he shook his head and said to Plitander: "I really envy that you have two treasures in your family." If one and a half of the few things in my family could be a little more competitive, I wouldn't be an old bone, and I would have to come out strongly, carrying this burden on my shoulders and not retiring. He let out a long sigh.

The old butler patted George's shoulder lightly and comforted, "I can't say for sure, maybe they will suddenly open up one day?"

The next thing was even simpler, George and Plitander agreed on the time to meet before departure, the matters that need to be paid attention to, the things that must be prepared in advance, and other trivial matters, and then they took out thirty silver very happily and handed them to the old butler as a deposit to be paid in advance.

When leaving, the bald Riz volunteered to take on the task of sending off the guests, but unfortunately he was not friendly enough, even if he deliberately put on a smiling face to send him off, most of the pedestrians on the street had a misunderstanding, he was domineering to drive the poor old man and the two young men out of the house, look at his hideous smile under the flesh.

"When you set out, we'll follow us about five miles behind. Hopefully, on this escort trip, we won't meet until the end. In a warm farewell, Ritz told Normer a little secret.

Just after the hour, the lantern under the eaves had been lit with candles, and under the light through the round hole, Ritz's shining head seemed to shine even brighter, and his sincere smile was extremely "wilted", no matter how you look at it, it is evil.

"Although people dislike us for being ugly, we can't dislike other people's dogs for looking down on people, no matter what, we must ensure the safety of others, pitiful! It's not easy to eat these days!" The stout bald mercenary was quite aggrieved, and spat bitter helplessly.

"Oh, okay. Then have a nice trip and see you when the time comes. Normer had a good impression of Ritz, and the other party made a very solemn trip to say such a few words, although the boy didn't understand the specific meaning of the words for a while, he still said that he had received it.

After the breakup, the humble and studious Normer naturally asked Plitander for advice again.

"Oh, that's right. The old butler explained: "When the mercenary group undertakes the escort mission, it usually divides the men and horses at hand into two teams, one team in the light and the other team in the dark. The bright team is responsible for showing up to protect the target throughout the whole process, and the dark team quietly follows behind, sometimes five miles apart, sometimes eight to ten miles, depending on the danger of the mission and the route chosen. Once the team in front of them is attacked or ambushed, as long as they send a distress signal as agreed, the team behind will rush over in time to respond to the siege and relieve it, so as not to be wiped out in a hurry. ”

Normer pondered for a moment, and then asked his own question: "Doesn't this distract the manpower? If you gather all your own living forces together and form them into a fist, isn't the strength greater, and the enemy won't be even more difficult to get hold of?"

"The art of war must be studied and applied, not copied. In many cases, it is not that the more people there are, the better, but that the specific problems should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, taking into account many factors such as weather, terrain, morale and physical strength. For example, the enemy sets up an ambush in the canyon and 'closes the door and beats the dog' at the target. Due to the terrain, as an escort party, no matter how many good hands gather together, it is bound to be dispersed by the narrow terrain, and the large number of people has become a burden, and when you are caught off guard, it is easier to mess up under the enemy's blow, and as a result, you will suffer heavy casualties. ”

"If some of the good players had been assigned to answer in the back, the situation would have been completely different, not only could the trapped front team be rescued, but also the internal and external attacks could be carried out to jointly annihilate the ambushers. The old butler patiently continued to explain, "In fact, there are not too many plains that can accommodate the large army to set up a formation and have an epic Armageddon, looking at the entire continent. ”

At this time, Chenxi came out and raised the bar: "If there is a holy rank in the escort team, won't all the problems be solved? The small canyon ambush will not be difficult to defeat the holy step, right? No matter what terrain you are narrow, you will be wiped out with a sword." ”

"Well, that's theoretical. The problem is how many mercenary groups in this world can afford to hire the Holy Rank, and even if there is really a Holy Order in the group, it does not mean that they can do whatever they want. Since you have dispatched to the Holy Rank to escort here, it proves that the object or item of the escort is extremely valuable and worth paying a lot of money, but you know that the enemy has not been able to invite the Holy Rank to appear, and even surpass the existence of the Holy Order?"

"I see. To put it bluntly, it's the mercenary version of 'don't put all your eggs in one basket'. ”

Normer and Dawn both smiled and understood, following an old fox like Plitander out with an old fox and an old Jianghu, and learning along the way was living and useful knowledge, not rigid dogma, and the two young men benefited a lot.

Plitander was very pleased, everyone liked a good boy who knew a little bit, and he continued to smile and said: "As we move forward, you will also see the truth of the 'beggar's version', the 'legion version' and even the 'officialdom version', and they will appear one by one. The family of gate valves who can survive this year, but they have a deep and thorough understanding of the split betting. ”

When Chenxi heard this, she smiled and said in anticipation: "That's great." I would like to see what kind of wonderful results this principle will produce when applied to officialdom. It is said that civil officials have the most flowery intestines in their stomachs, and everyone uses this trick at the same time, I don't know how wonderful it will be. ”

"What else could be amazing? It's nothing more than a smile on his face and a mother's fart in his heart, talking and laughing with a wine glass in his hand, and kicking his feet under the table, eager to kick the other person to death. In this officialdom, there may not be much else, and some of them are cunning and cunning, and when they catch a handful, it depends on whose Taoism is higher and their luck is better. ”

The old butler kept a straight face, imitating the serious expressions of some officials, but his tone was witty, and the strong contrast outlined a real picture of the appearance of officialdom.

The three of them talked and laughed, returned to the downtown area, and soon entered the procurement process.

In fact, they were quite well prepared before leaving home, and they didn't actually need to add much to their bags, just two men accompanying Dawn to go shopping. The active girl's trip was really suffocating, it was easy to get to the first city, and there was a good reason to undertake the escort task and need to purchase supplementary supplies, so it was strange that Dawn didn't take this opportunity to go shopping.

The girl took Normer around with great interest, and finally at a stall, the boy bought a silver pin with a unique shape for Dawn, which was the first time he used the money he earned in his life to buy a gift for the girl, but the Dawn was so happy, and he didn't care whether the pin was worth anything, so he pinned it to his clothes on the spot, and smiled from ear to ear.

In the evening, in the council hall of the city guards, Sophie was exchanging "experiences" with David during the day's investigation.

"It's calm over there, too?

The arrogant eldest lady looked unkind, as if the young man in front of her was the target of arrest.

"No, nothing out of the ordinary. David replied unhappily, "I squatted at the gate of the city and checked for a whole day, and I can guarantee that I didn't even have a minute of distraction, and I stared at everyone who came and went, but I didn't find any abnormal looks." Regardless of whether there is martial arts in or out, they are all calm and calm. The city guards in charge of identification were also sure that there was no killer of the Stipild family. ”

As he spoke, he poured the tea in the cup into his stomach, as if he was drinking some extremely rare fairy spring nectar. In the past, the tea brewed with such bitter and inferior tea leaves, in the eyes of David, a high-class noble son from the royal capital, let alone drinking, who dared to try to greet him with such inferior tea, it would be good if he didn't kick the teapot directly and then beat people up. However, standing under the sun, after drinking the northwest wind at the head of the city for a full day, David, who had always been picky, had to lower his noble head and drink the bitter tea as nectar.

"Isn't it the lowly cowards you brought with you who are fooling you? I obviously saw the murderer and said that I didn't see him, for fear that I would get involved in the fight and give my life in vain. ”

Miss Sophie asked as she wiped her face with a wet towel and didn't care about her cousin's face. She was also blown by the northwest wind wrapped in yellow sand for a whole day, and she was very discouraged, very worried that this reckless place would damage her delicate skin, and that she would gain nothing, and it was natural for her to have a bad temper.

David glanced at his cousin rather unhappily and sneered, "Don't say it as if I'm just eating dry rice." Maybe the murderer escaped from you, right under your nose, and you don't know it. ”

Sophie blushed suddenly, gritted her silver teeth and was about to reply to a few cruel words, when Pierre, who was sitting next to the two, spoke, and he tapped his fingers on the table: "I said can you two stop and stop?

Coming from an aristocratic family and being a middle-level officer of the royal capital patrol guards, Pierre, like his cousins and cousins, of course looked down on the city guards whose status was much lower than them, not to mention the city guards who were on errands in the most remote and dilapidated town in the kingdom, it turned out that they were either hooligans or ruffians, and it was strange that they could be regarded as the same thing. The problem is that it doesn't matter what you think in your heart, the important thing is not to say it in front of others, which is not only related to aristocratic demeanor and etiquette, but more importantly, no matter how much you look down on them now, you have to rely on these "lowly cowards" to help. Without their cooperation, the dozen or twenty people who traveled by the Renault family alone would not be able to catch the murderer of the city lord's family.

Pierre's criticism has had an effect on the internal side, Sophie and David snorted, no longer attacking each other and raising the bar, but on the other hand, it is useless to appease each other, several noble children speak loudly, especially Sophie's anger is high, the voice is high and high, not to mention that the people in the house can hear it clearly, even the city guard soldiers who happen to pass by outside the house can hear it, once they understand that they are the "lowly cowards" in the mouth of the noble lady When one of them was a member, they all cursed fiercely in their hearts, and they all made the noble lady kneel on the ground, and let themselves have the most intimate and frank "simple communication" scene with her body from behind, to see who was more durable and could reflect the noble essence at that time.

Your sister's bullshit aristocracy!

Johnson Renaud in the back room closed his eyes in pain, he heard the argument outside, but he no longer had the mood and strength to mediate and enlighten.

In short, after tossing all day, whether it was David, Sophie and others who guarded the four gates, or Pierre and his entourage, who were responsible for leading the team to search in the city, in addition to the exhaustion of the tossing people, they only gained countless white eyes from the people whose daily lives were deeply affected, and there were also vicious curses that were indispensable in secret.

It is estimated that in two days, the latest news of Manchester City will reach the royal capital, and those parliamentarians who are accustomed to chasing after the wind and shadows will be working hard to write straight overnight, carry forward the selfless demeanor of hearing the wind and doing things, and the fine tradition of not being afraid of power, and fiercely accuse themselves of many crimes such as disturbing the people, incompetence, and dereliction of duty, right?

When will such a hard time come to an end!

The noble and confident royal nobleman sighed silently, and under the candlelight, the shadow he cast on the wall was stretched long and wide, especially the head, just like the real condition of the shadow owner.