Chapter 70: Bacon's Confidant
Bacon really didn't want to run away.
When Lucas's gang of robbers arrived, Lin Xia and his group's carriage stopped on the side of the road, because there were too many weeds and leaves on the side of the road, and no one noticed that there was a dirt pit here.
Bacon, the unlucky boy, was the last to get out of the carriage, and when he got out of the carriage, he accidentally crooked his foot, and by chance he fell into this dirt pit, and his head hit the stone in the dirt pit, and he fainted.
The attention of everyone else was on Lucas's gang, and no one noticed Bacon's movements.
It wasn't until the evening that Bacon woke up and crawled out of the pit with great difficulty. However, at this time, Lin Xia and his party had already left, leaving Bacon alone on the side of the road.
Bacon had no choice but to walk in the direction of the city of Düssel, but fortunately there was only one way to the city of Düssel, and Bacon was not afraid of getting lost.
He insisted on walking all night, but Bacon was a magician after all, and his weak body doomed him to not be able to walk much, until the early morning of the next day, but he did not know how far it was from the city of Dussel. And it was night, and not a single carriage passed by that night.
I didn't sleep all night and walked, and I didn't eat for half a day and a night, so I was really tired and hungry, so I had to sit on the side of the road to rest, and unconsciously fell asleep under the tree on the side of the road, and I slept until noon.
By the time he woke up, Bacon was even hungrier, and Bacon even felt that he might die on the road.
Perhaps it was Bacon's fate, but while he was thinking, a carriage came in the distance, which made Bacon very happy. Hurriedly stood up, hid behind a tree, and straightened his mage robes, while pulling out his wand to make himself look a little more unfathomable.
It is worth mentioning that the wand that Bacon is now using is no longer the one full of wormholes, but a brand new wand given to Bacon by Lin Xia, which is made of walnut core, which can be said to be one of the best materials for making a wand. After all, Bacon provided Lin Xia with a lot of help, and Lin Xia gave his wand to Bacon as a reward.
After Bacon was tidied up, he walked out from behind the tree, just as the carriage was about to reach Bacon, and Bacon hurriedly waved the coachman to stop.
The coachman was startled by the sudden appearance of the man and wanted to open his mouth to curse, but when he saw that the person who stopped the car turned out to be a magician, he hurriedly shut up. The magician is not something he can afford to mess with.
After the coachman reported to the people in the carriage, the people in the carriage came out.
This man was about fifty years old, wearing the scholar's uniform of Charlemagne's continent, much like a senior scholar. When Bacon and the scholar met, their eyes lit up almost at the same time, and they were in a mood of mutual admiration.
Both men are thin, and although they are different in appearance, they all share a common trait and look unfathomable.
But both of them have very vicious eyes, similar smiles, the same curvature of the corners of their mouths, and most importantly, the same obscene expressions.
Ordinary people can't see the seemingly unfathomable but actually obscene qualities of the two, and they will only be attracted by the unfathomable temperament. But the two of them can see each other's qualities at a glance.
Bacon and the scholar made up a random excuse that they had encountered a gang of robbers, and that the scene was very chaotic because of the power of magic in the process. After defeating the robbers, in order to prevent the robbers from harming people again, he wanted to pursue the robbers and find their lair, but accidentally got separated from his magic apprentice. And his own money was kept by the magic apprentice, which led to his pennilessness.
The scholar immediately expressed his admiration for Bacon, praised Bacon's actions in eliminating harm for the people, and said that he was also going to the city of Düssel, and invited Bacon to get into the carriage and go with him.
On the way, the two had a good conversation, and at the same time started the "business blowing each other" mode.
Through the conversation, Bacon learned that the scholar's name was Gergil, a famous scholar in the imperial capital, and although this fame made Bacon feel disdainful, Gergil still expressed his admiration.
The Guggill scholar has studied the Lionheart's square characters, and the results are excellent, according to his personal account, the literacy rate can reach more than 80 percent.
Because Gergil turned out to be related to King Lionheart, this made Bacon keep an eye on it, and did not tell Gergil about his relationship with Lin Xia, wanting to see Gergil's purpose from the imperial capital to Dussel City.
Although Guggier had the same qualities as Bacon, the city was not as good as Bacon, and Bacon soon found out the purpose of his trip.
Guggier told Bacon in a conspicuous tone that he had found a clue to a treasure in Don's manuscript two years earlier, most likely the wealth that Don had gathered. You must know that Tang once developed countless scientific and technological achievements for Charlemagne's empire, bringing a lot of wealth to the empire. Although most of this wealth was handed over to the Empire, his personal wealth was still astronomical. Guggier then told the news to the mayor of Düssel, who was a distant relative.
And this time he went to the city of Düssel because he found that this treasure was most likely in the back mountain of Xilin Town by reading Don's manuscript.
Bacon, of course, praised Guggill for his unsurpassed knowledge, and wished Guggill a treasure and a rich man. But he made a decision in his heart, stealing the manuscript and giving it to Lin Xia.
After a day's time, the carriage entered the city of Dussel, and Bacon never found a chance to steal the manuscript, as for robbing it on the road, Bacon did not have the courage to do so, after all, he was only a false magician.
After all the way through the "business nonsense", the two cherish each other. Guggier has a small mansion in Düssel, which was given to him by the mayor of Düssel as a reward for a treasure clue.
Hearing that Bacon had no place to live for the time being, Gergil cordially invited Bacon to stay at his mansion for a while. Bacon gave in and followed Guggill to his mansion.
Gegil's mansion was not very large, it was about the same as the Viscount's Mansion in the imperial capital of the Xilin family, and there were seven or eight servants. The servants were all filled with awe and respect when they saw the magician, which made Bacon a little proud.
After Guggier returned to the house, he prepared to meet the mayor of Düssel to report his new clues, but the mayor had gone out on business, and it would take three months to return.
Bacon, though lewd, also had a lot of cleverness, and soon learned where Guggier hid the manuscript. And he had many chances to get it, but Bacon didn't do that.
Because he rarely enjoyed the respect of a magician in Gergil's mansion, he was reluctant to leave, so he lived in Gergil's mansion for nearly three months.
Three months later, the mayor of Düssel returned, and he seemed to be in a hurry, and instead of summoning Gergil to his mansion, he went directly to Gergil's house.
Bacon was taking a shower when he heard the mayor coming.
Speaking of bathing also made Bacon very happy and nostalgic, because there would be a young maid to help him wipe his back during the bath. But to Bacon's regret, he didn't do anything but wipe his back, and he was embarrassed to force the little maid as a magician.
The little maid told him the news of the mayor's arrival, because the mayor had come suddenly, and Gergil had not had time to inform him.
When Bacon heard that the mayor was coming, he knew that it would be too late if he didn't run again, so he made an excuse to let the little maid go out first. When the little maid went out to herself, Bacon casually put on his coat and jumped out of the window and ran away.
After going to Guggier's room to steal the manuscript, he sneaked out of Guggier's mansion. Bacon was a little reluctant to leave, because his most cherished magician's robe was still in Guggier's mansion because it had to be changed, and the magician's badge was still on the magician's robe.
Bacon reluctantly left Guggier's house, but because he was in a hurry, he was once again faced with the embarrassment of having no money.
Fortunately, he still had a few silver coins on him, and although he had no problem eating, he couldn't afford to hire a carriage. Without the magician's robe and badge, Bacon had no way to prove his identity as a magician, and he had no capital to rely on the magician to cheat money, so he could only rely on two legs to go to Xilin Town.
Probably because of Bacon's braggadocio retribution, he really encountered a robber this time, and the result was that the only few silver coins on his body were also robbed, and he begged all the way to Xilin Town.