Chapter 65: A Slap
Subsequently, Rafa and the Knights began a search of the entire Icefields City under the pretext of searching for spies and assassins.
As a result, Audair didn't find it, and the real spies really caught a lot, and the irritated Rafa knew that they were all Jarvis or Renault's people without even interrogating, and directly ordered them all to be hanged.
The melancholy Rafa dismissed the Knights and walked back to the City Lord's Mansion in the dim twilight.
On the way back, he was like a fish against the current, and he did not react to the greetings of the crowd.
As he walked, he passed by the construction team managed by Kaido, the construction team was replenished by more than 200 people a month ago, and Kaido himself managed it well, so a large building has basically taken shape, and it is estimated that it will not be long before it can be occupied.
But Rafa was in no mood to praise them now, for he could not rejoice at the thought that Audair was still suffering somewhere, and that he could not be happy in the face of anything good.
"Your Highness!"
More than 200 people from the construction team who were closing the team were coming out of the construction site, and at a glance they saw the gloomy Rafa, although his face was not very good, but he always had to be greeted, and the stout Kaido hurriedly walked to the front to salute, and the people behind also followed his example and saluted.
was bumped into, and Rafa couldn't help it, so he asked absentmindedly, "Kaido, how is it going?"
"Your Highness, the first batch of houses built can be moved in after simple renovations, and the second batch of houses is also being built rapidly. Kaido replied respectfully.
"How many houses are there in the first batch?"
"There are a total of 21 small buildings that can be moved in, each of which is a two-and-a-half-story small building, and it should be no problem for one family to live in one house. ”
Kaido turned and pointed to the small building in the distance, which was very well decorated, and Rafa couldn't believe that such an artistic structure and pattern was made by the rough man in front of him.
"Good, good job, reward each of the construction team with two silver coins, and go to Sipheus in a moment. ”
Mu Ran finished talking about the reward, and he continued to take a step.
The people of the construction team reacted after a pause, and immediately cheered together, "Long live His Highness Rafa!"
Listening to these fearless praises, he also understood the feeling that Felihill had been praised all day long and tired of it.
But before he had gone far, a somewhat stumbling figure ran out of the departing construction team, and hurried towards Rafa.
Rafa squinted slightly, and at a glance concluded that this young man who seemed to be walking was not an assassin, and although he did not bring a knight, he did not hide.
"Big Niu, come back!"
"Big Niu, what are you doing!?"
Seeing the young man known as the Big Bull pounce on Rafa, the construction team was startled and yelled at him.
But before everyone could react, the big bull had already pounced at Rafa's feet, knelt on the ground and hugged his calf.
"Huh?" Rafa looked down at him, thinking he had some grievances to cry about, but he just hugged his leg and didn't speak.
As he spoke, the construction team gathered around, and Kaido locked his hands behind his back and pressed them to the ground.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, this kid doesn't have a very good brain, but he's not an assassin. ”
Maybe it was because the assassination of Rafa last time was too fierce, and before Rafa could speak, Kaido explained first.
"I see. ”
Rafa looked at the big cow that was crushed, it had grown stubble, but his eyes were like a childish child, obviously overwhelmed, but he didn't react much, just raised his head and half-long mouth, staring at himself blankly.
Perhaps seeing Rafa's doubts, Kaido's deputy explained, "Your Highness, this kid is a native of the city, but unfortunately his brain is not very bright, so he can only do some stupid work of carrying things; ”
When the deputy said this, the people around him echoed the plea, and it could be seen that his reputation in the construction team was still good, and everyone liked him quite a bit, for fear that Rafa would punish him.
"Who else is in his house?" asked Rafa.
He was the only two people in the house, him and his mother, who worked in the greenhouse, called Susan. Kaido replied.
"So he's Aunt Susan's son?" he remembered that the shed that Shi Nai helped with before was Aunt Susan's, but he didn't expect her son to be a stupid son, "Let him go, I want to hear what he wants to say." ”
Hearing Rafa's pardon, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, His Royal Highness Rafa was still as merciful as they imagined, if they met the real noble lord, I am afraid that the knights would have rushed up and cut the big ox into several pieces.
"Say it, big bull. ”
Afraid that the big bull would rush up again, Kaido let go of him and still clamped one of his arms with his hand.
"Uh...... Belch...... You...... I ......" The bull seemed to really want to say something, but he opened his mouth to Rafa, and after a long time, his hands began to gesture, and he still could not say a complete sentence, and no one present could understand it.
"Da Niu, relax, aren't you usually able to talk?" someone around him came over and patted him on the shoulder to cheer him up.
"Hmm......" Da Niu nodded seriously at him, then towards Rafa, "You... You're ...... Be...... Emperor...... The Prince's Palace......"
Although he still didn't say it completely, Rafa understood what he meant.
"Yes, I'm Rafa. ”
"I ...... You ......" As soon as he finished speaking, Da Niu couldn't speak clearly, but gestured with his hand, pointed at Rafa, and pointed to the long sword he wore on his waist.
Rafa frowned, as if thinking of something.
"Go on. He urged.
"Hmm...... Blood ......" he said, placing his hand on his head and gesturing, but his fingers seemed to be a little inflexible, and people didn't know what he was referring to.
"Go on!"
Like Rafa, people are waiting for the bull to finish these words of unknown meaning.
"Oh, why is this so lively. ”
In the silence of the crowd, a hearty laugh interrupted Da Niu's expression.
"Aunt Susan. ”
The crowd looked not far away, and it looked a little burly, but the kind Aunt Susan was walking over with a basket of vegetables, and it seemed that the people in the construction team were familiar with her, so many people were greeting her now.
"Hmm...... Hmmmm...... Uh......"
As soon as Aunt Susan appeared, the big bull immediately fell to the ground and convulsed, his teeth clenched his tongue, and Rafa, who felt that he was about to understand the truth, suddenly seemed to have a broken thread in his head, forgetting what he had just thought.
He felt that he had thought of something, but suddenly he forgot it, and no matter how hard he tried to think about it, he couldn't remember anything.
The feeling is exactly the same as when he just woke up from a coma not long ago, like you had a dream, but when you woke up, you couldn't remember what you dreamed about.
"The big cow is sick again!"
The twitching bull broke free from Kaido's restraints, and the people around him also screamed.
"Big Bull!"
As soon as the burly Aunt Susan saw her son twitching on the ground, she immediately threw away the vegetable basket, walked in front of the big cow in three steps and two steps, skillfully clamped his hands, and slapped him in the face.
"Smack!"
With a loud slap, the violently twitching bull suddenly stopped motionless as if it had been knocked unconscious.
"Laugh, Your Highness. ”
Then, as if she was afraid of making a fool of herself, Susan didn't even want the vegetable basket on the ground, and carried the big cow with rolling eyes on her broad shoulders, and quickly walked through the crowd.
"Tut, this family is really pitiful. ”
"Yes, my husband still has to carry such a son after death. ”
"Da Niu may not be able to marry a daughter-in-law. ”
Looking at Susan's distant back, the crowd suddenly sighed, standing in place and bragging about it, forgetting to eat.
Returning to the City Lord's Mansion in despair, Rafa felt that he had really forgotten something, and he could sense that it might have something to do with Audrey's disappearance, but he couldn't remember anything.
After a while, he forgot even the name of the boy he had just spoken to.
All he remembered was that Kaido hugged his leg, and then Kaido said that he was asking for a reward, and he agreed, and was finally praised by the workers, and then he left.
As for the person who talks to him, it seems that it is only Kaido, right?
That's all he remembers, he always felt as if something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.
He sat in the hall until supper, when the maid came to invite him to dinner, but he sat motionless in his chair and said nothing.
The suspicious maids thought that Madame had an awkward relationship with Her Highness again, so they had to go and invite Felihill.
As soon as Felihill heard about Rafa's situation, she immediately hurried over.
In front of everyone, he gave Rafa, who was sitting in a daze, a resounding slap in the face.