Chapter 8: Luo Lan's Self-Defense

"People often sigh for being immersed in the impetuous earthly world, but they don't know that it is because they are blinded by the fog, and the creator of the fog is precisely the people themselves. β€”The Canon of Light

Before Luo Lan arrived at the camp, he heard the noisy voices from a distance, not as depressed and deep as when he left.

When he walked out of the dense forest with suspicion in his heart, he saw not a crowd waiting anxiously and restlessly, but a neat and orderly convoy again arranged in a marching formation, and the midday sun seemed to dilute all the gloom and mist, and all the gloom seemed to have flowed away with the golden river on the shore.

Something happened during the time he was gone?

Along the way, no one paid much attention to his return, except for a lonely figure standing in a corner away from the crowd and watching him, as if it had never moved.

Seberdeen had a large cloth on his head according to the Burnt custom, and his face was not only dripping with sweat, but also with a sincere smile that came from the bottom of his heart.

Luo Lan's heart seemed to be touched, and he also showed a warm smile.

"Friend, I'm glad you're back safely. Seberdeen patted him on the shoulder and said happily.

"Thank you, Sephere, but ......" Luo Lan looked around, "what the hell happened? Why did everyone seem happy? I thought this would only happen after I came back." ”

"That's right. "A team from the Holy See of Light passed by just now, and when they learned of the situation, they offered to help us get out of here safely, as if they had sent people to clear out the bandits that might appear nearby. ”

The people of the Church of Light? Luo Lan's heart moved, and he couldn't help but wonder, did they also go to the Diocese of Mosha when they appeared at this time?

Seberding stretched out his head, looked behind Luo Lan suspiciously, and said, "What about Mr. Solan?"

Luo Lan sighed abruptly, waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it......"

He suddenly stopped talking, and with a glance out of the corner of his eye, Irina came to him with red eyes, stared at him for a while, and then plunged into his arms, sobbing: "Woo, I thought you would never come back......"

Luo Lan lamented in his heart, I actually can't think of coming back, he looked up at the blue bird hovering in the sky, and couldn't help but feel infinitely sad.

Irina hugged him tightly, and her beautiful eyes were full of affection: "I know that you will succeed." ”

Luo Lan's heart jumped, what did she mean?

This junior sister's words, like her people, always can't see through the real intentions behind them.

Just when he was unsettled, an inopportune voice ruined the "warm" scene in front of him.

"This is Mr. Lantiston, right?"

A knight appeared in front of him surrounded by everyone, this knight in his thirties looked smiling, modest and polite, his deep eyes were slightly melancholy, his mature face had a calm and unfazed appearance, the armor exuding a strong divine aura set off him to be extraordinary, the wisps of fine anti-demon ornaments told people of its great value, and at the waist and crotch was a delicate cross sword, which looked extremely valuable.

Luo Lan took a closer look at the ornaments on his arms and chest, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised, it was actually a paladin wearing a sixth-order bright holy emblem and a silver medallion.

On Apollo, the emblem indicated the object of an individual's faith or allegiance and the role of the rank, the ribbon indicated the person's noble birth, the gold medal was reserved for the royal family, and the silver ribbon indicated that the person's immediate family had the title of Grand Duke.

Irina wiped away her tears, turned and introduced, "This is the Knight of Kaizer Goldbea. ”

Luo Lan was surprised: "You know?"

Irina smiled shyly and said, "I've only known each other for a while." ”

Luo Lan coughed and reminded her that your titular husband and I are still here.

"Mr. Landiston has gone deep into the gangsters' den, and I admire your courage. Kaisel smiled slightly, but his kind words sounded like sarcasm when they fell on Luo Lan's ears.

Luo Lan snorted and laughed: "Where, if the Knight of Kaisel arrives one step earlier, we don't have to be afraid." ”

The eyes of the two intertwined in the air, and each sneered in his heart.

"Brother, the bandits in front have repelled us, we didn't see the ice leopard, they must have heard your reputation and scared away!" A girl with outstanding looks walked over with a bright smile, the silver-rimmed white robe knew at a glance that she was a priest, Luo Lan noticed that she had three vacant holy seals on her cuffs, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

And the dozen or so retinues behind her were all lightly armored swordsmen, they held aloft the Cross Light Holy Banner, and on the blue background of the banner was a total of nine orange Auror flowers surrounded by crosses, if Luo Lan had checked the church books or stayed in the church for a while, he should know that they were all clergy from the parish of Carpenze.

Hearing that the robbers had been defeated, the crowd around them cheered loudly.

Luo Lan scoffed at this, he had already calculated that those robbers would never dare to block the convoy without the Mel people, so he dared to pocket the gold coins unscrupulously and then swagger back, what kind of defeat? He only needed to throw two spears to scare the rabble into scattering and fleeing.

However, as soon as the Kessel knight arrived with his retinue, everything seemed to change with it, and there was a momentum that cleared the clouds.

In contrast, Luo Lan took the initiative to ask for help, and it seemed that risking his life to trade with the bandits became worthless, and he even heard someone in the crowd complaining that if this noble paladin arrived early, then they wouldn't have to spend these unjust money to buy the road, and several nobles who had made a lot of money looked at Luo Lan with unfriendly eyes, as if he had robbed them of their money.

But...... And it is true that they have not wronged the wrong people.

Kaisel looked at Luo Lan calmly and said lightly: "Mr. Lantyston, I smell a strong smell of blood on your body. ”

Where do you seem to have heard that?

Yes, it's the second time today.

Damn, are you all dogs?

Luo Lan made up his mind that next time he would definitely wash off the smell on his body, and he finally knew why some nobles were desperately sprinkling perfume on their bodies.

So he stomped his foot angrily and cursed at the sky, "Those murderous bandits have this smell on them!

"That's right," Keisel took two steps back without a trace, and said loudly to the people who were gradually coming around, "Gentlemen, I suddenly have a question," and when everyone's attention converged here, he turned his scrutinizing gaze to Luo Lan, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Lantiston, there is a question, please answer me honestly." ”

Luo Lan's eyes swept around, and he said quietly: "I'm happy to answer." ”

Kessel nodded, and said, "This morning, you and another gentleman went to make a deal with the bandits, didn't you?"

Luo Lan nodded and said, "Yes, this is everyone's unanimous decision." ”

Keisel looked at him and continued, "So, the deal was successful?"

Luo Lan felt that all eyes were concentrating on him, and he said calmly: "It should be regarded as a success." ”

"Should it be?" Keisel raised an eyebrow and turned to the young priest beside him, "Millie, are you saying that the robbers did not retreat, but were repelled by you?"

The young priest immediately nodded and said in a crisp voice, "That's right, those bandits were still there when we went. She looked up proudly and said, "But all their actions are in vain under our attack. ”

Keisel turned his head to the surroundings, and his voice became more high-pitched: "Gentlemen, I am strange, judging from the previous behavior of the bandits who asked for the passage fee, they did not want to have more fights with everyone's caravan, so when Mr. Lantyston gave them the money, we should see that all the bandits have disappeared, but this is not the case now," he turned to face Luo Lan again: "I wonder if you can give me a reasonable explanation?"

Luo Lan sighed and said, "I don't know how to answer. ”

Some of the people next to him couldn't help but start whispering when they heard this.

Keisel smiled deeply, and then asked, "It seems that Mr. Rantiston has unspeakable grievances, well, let me take the liberty of asking one last question, why are you the only one to come back?"

Without any guidance, everyone's suspicious eyes suddenly fell on Luo Lan.

Someone whispered, "Could it be that he killed Mr. Solan and swallowed those gold coins himself?"

The sound was undoubtedly boiling a pot of boiling water, and the crowd was talking.

"Hmph, it must have been! He must have killed Mr. Solan! The robbers didn't get the money, so they wouldn't let us go!"

"Hand over our money!"

"Yes! hand over our money!"

β€œ......”

This misunderstanding is big, although the money is indeed with me, but the fraud is really not me.

Elena stepped forward and argued, "My fiancΓ© is not such a person. But her weak voice was suddenly buried in the raging condemnation of the crowd.

Only Luo Lan found that he began to be demoted from her husband's status to her fiancΓ©.

"Please be quiet," Keisel raised his hand, and he said to Rolan, "I think Mr. Lantyston must have a reasonable explanation. ”

"Do you want to know the answer?" Luo Lan's body suddenly trembled uncontrollably, he clenched his fists tightly, as if he was extremely angry, and shouted loudly: "Okay, I'll tell you!"

The commotion fell silent for a moment.

Keisel looked at him playfully, as if ready to see how he could justify.

Luo Lan slowly faced everyone, and the next paragraph was another great display of his talent in disguise as a thief in an unexpected situation, and his affectionate narration and plot twists and turns were even more touching.

"When Mr. Solan and I arrived at the place of trade, we met the savage Mel, and at this time, Mr. Solan suddenly made a move that I did not expect, he took out a piece of parchment, and loudly threatened the Mer man that he wanted to see the caravan leave safely, and that he was willing to stay as a hostage for a day, and if the Mel people did not agree, he would open this magic scroll and blow up all the gold coins, in fact, I could see very clearly, where was the magic scroll, it was just a parchment cover torn from Mr. Solan's travel diary......”

Someone in the crowd interjected, "I testify that Mr. Solan does have such a diary, and he always carries it with him." ”

Luo Lan glanced at the man gratefully, and secretly rejoiced that absorbing Solan's memories was the right choice, and he continued: "The Mel people had no choice but to agree to this request, so Mr. Solan asked me to come back alone first to inform everyone to leave quickly. Naturally, he squeezed out a few tears and said sadly, "Mr. Solan, he is a noble man. ”

Everyone looked at each other, where did they think that there were such twists and turns in this.

The young priest scoffed, "But what about the robbers in front of you......

Luo Lan sneered and said, "Then I want to ask rhetorically, did those robbers take the initiative to attack you?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, and then hesitated: "It's not true, but it's ......."

Luo Lan quickly interrupted her and said, "Of course they won't attack you, because they just want to make sure they have the gold coins in hand, so it might just be a small group of people who are ready to follow us." Perhaps, they also wanted to tell Mr. Solan that they would not really leave until they handed over the money. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Lan seemed to be excited, and suddenly pointed at Kaisel and said, "You actually attacked them recklessly, I believe that the robbers must think that we have deceived them, and when the Mel people know about this, they will definitely not let Mr. Solan go!" He shook his head bitterly, as if he was overwhelmed with sadness.

Everyone also sighed regretfully, sighing, needless to say, Solan must be more than lucky.

Reversing black and white, completely reversing black and white.

Luo Lan felt an incomparably admiring gaze coming from Elena on the side.

"Hey, why are you so ignorant, but we saved you. The girl priest looked at Luo Lan with wide eyes, with a puffed up look.

But her words were now so pale.

Kaisel was dumbfounded by what he said, he always felt that something was wrong, but for a while he could not find any evidence to refute it, so he had to apologize: "I'm very sorry, we didn't know about this beforehand." ”

Luo Lan let out a long sigh and looked at everyone: "In the end, I just want to ask all the noble gentlemen and ladies, if I took the gold coin, why should I come back?"

He then turned and left, leaving the people speechless.

"Brother, this man is so cunning. After the crowd dispersed, the young priest looked at his back indignantly.

Kaisel nodded in agreement: "According to the information, he is the priest recommended by the priest Temos to the diocese of Mosha, and there is only one place for the missionary for a year, and this time our diocese will grab this place anyway, if this FΓΌrth's cronies establish a new diocesan power, it will be a great disadvantage to us." He pondered for a while, and said gloomily: "Since we met him this time, we must seize this opportunity to destroy him...... No matter what means are used. ”

4,200 words chapter, depressed ~ I have a severe cold, go to sleep first, and if I wake up in time, I will change the chapter at night.