Volume 9 The Dragon's Journey Chapter 6 Expanding Influence
The noise and hooves of horses outside the shop were like a barbarian rudely pushing a lady to the ground, suddenly shattering the silence and peace peculiar to the early morning. Some of the nobles who lived in the room came to the porch to look out with their sleepy eyes, and their frowning brows and slanted corners of their mouths fully explained the dissatisfaction in their hearts at the moment.
In their comfortable lives, there is no word for disaster, but more arrogance and superiority. Some of the young noblewomen poked their heads out of the windows curiously in their pajamas, but what they saw was a group of guards surrounding the inn where they were staying. At this time, the nobles felt a little flustered, and they were a little shaken about whether their noble status could really protect themselves.
The owner of the noble inn was surprised to find that these people were the noble knights he was familiar with, so he immediately squeezed out a smile and asked what was going on, and tried to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor, but he did not get the treatment he deserved, but was roughly pulled aside by the two soldiers, and glared at him viciously, this strange situation suddenly frightened his face pale, and he wondered if he had inadvertently offended a certain magnate.
Then came up a noble knight chief he was familiar with, this person was very young, with a faint beard on his lips, although the latter tried his best to make himself look serious, but he still couldn't wash away the frivolity that he had bred when he often wandered around *** places, and asked with a cold face: "Did you live in a convoy of nobles from a remote place yesterday?"
It turned out that he didn't come to catch himself.
The innkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and he honestly replied, "Yes." There is such a team. ”
The young knight nodded in satisfaction, straightened his chest and said, "Are they still in the inn?"
The innkeeper thought to himself that he had just been there, but now he was not sure, so he replied very slipperily, "I haven't seen anyone leave since last night." ”
"Haha!" the young knight let out a smirk laugh, as if he had already accomplished some great feat. With a wave of his hand, the knights behind him dismounted from their horses, and they all took their bows and arrows from their horses, and after asking Luo Lan where they lived, they rushed into the courtyard in front of the inn.
As soon as these people appeared, Luo Lan stood in front of the window and watched coldly.
So far, everything is going according to his plan.
The guards, however, were unexpected, as they seemed inexperienced and disorganized, and lacked the slightest coordination between the ranks. If this could be considered the Governor's Guard, then the city should have been swallowed up by the neighboring forces a long time ago.
Adozemoth's eyes were still very vicious, and he swept it slightly. "This doesn't look like a regular soldier, but judging from the sophisticated equipment, it looks like the personal guard of the children of the nobility." What he meant was that these were the young nobles of the neighborhood who had assembled themselves in private arms. And not the regular army.
Interesting, Luo Lan nodded lightly on the window edge and said with a smile: "It seems that our opponent still has a hand, and in order not to involve themselves, they instigated a group of noble children who don't know the height of the sky to come forward." ”
However, this is very much in line with the information that Prince Shumi was afraid of publicity, and it was clear that he did not want his king's nephew to pay too much attention to him. The style of acting is very low-key. That's why his subordinates would make such a move.
But. Now that you've found it, how can you get rid of it so easily?
The shouting downstairs was getting closer. The first-class rooms all live alone in a large courtyard, and only the south side is facing the street, so the guards still need to go around *** before they can reach the place where Luo Lan lives.
These noble sons are usually rampant, and without the slightest scruples, they broke in violently.
But as soon as they stepped into the courtyard, they were immediately stopped by Luo Lan's undead guards.
The undead stood motionless in the courtyard, their cloaks fluttering in the morning breeze, and there was an eerie aura on their bodies, as if even the temperature of the surrounding ground had dropped by a few degrees. The guards, who had an astonishing sense of danger, hesitated for a moment, and unconsciously stopped, but the noble captain who was following behind did not see the situation clearly, and when he saw the team stop, he immediately kicked a guard in the ass and blurted out: "Come on, stupid pig!"
The guards had no choice but to rush forward.
Since someone made the first move, then this battle was inevitable, and as a series of blade clashes sounded, these guards were overturned by more than half without any suspense, and the young nobles behind saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately shouted: "Archers! Archers!"
At this time, as soon as the door opened, Luo Lan walked out of the house in his nightgown, he looked like he had just woken up from his sleep, and he seemed to be stunned when he saw the scene in front of him, he took a step forward and said, "You ......"
His words were cut short as out of nowhere suddenly a cold arrow struck him in the shoulder with unmistakable accuracy and pierced through his back.
In those guards
At the same time, a magic crystal emblem also fell to the ground, rolling down the stairs, a young nobleman picked it up, couldn't help but shudder, his fingers trembled, and he almost dropped the badge to the ground again, he looked left and right, leaned into the ear of a companion and said, "Oh no, I got the wrong person." ”
"What's wrong?" Seeing him so nervous, his companion also felt a little uncomfortable.
"This is the insignia of the priest of the Holy See, who is a clergyman. ”
"You mean he's from the Holy See?" his companion's eyes widened and he panicked, and shot and wounded a Illuminati cleric for no apparent reason, and the other party appeared to be dead and dead, which is an unpardonable crime in any Illuminati faith zone......
"What should I do, what should I do?"
His companion rolled his eyes and said, "While they are panicking now, let's go quickly, and arrest the guy who reported the news, and then push him out to prevent the disaster." ”
"Yes, yes, that's it!"
"Also, the innkeeper was arrested as well......"
"Yes to ......"
The group of noble children scattered like a swarm of demon flies that had been swept away, just as they had come, but the undead acolytes did not intercept them.
Luo Lan's eyes were very calm, and with a slight smile, he said in a low voice: "Lemmon, according to the original plan, go to the streets to spread rumors that the prince killed and injured the clergy, the more they want to keep a low profile, the more I can't let them get their wish." Luo Lan's intention is obvious, in this way, the other party will not dare to do it on the surface, and it will pave the way for his subsequent actions.
"Tutor, please rest assured. Lemon bowed his head and said respectfully.
Luo Lan pondered for a moment and said, "Adosimath, you search carefully near the bell tower not far from here, if there are people there, and they want to kill those noble children, you must stop them!"
Atocima replied, and with the memory in his mind, he understood Luo Lan's intention in a blink of an eye, because the location of the bell tower was the closest observation place to here, and it could take in the actions of this place in his eyes.
He first went out without a trace, then found a suitable place to hide, and watched there from afar.
Sure enough, a moment later, a small group of people walked out of it, including the captain of Sonon.
Atozimad gradually turned into a faint shadow, and hung behind them as if he were on the ground.
After a short time, the group gradually walked into a narrow alleyway.
Sonong, who was walking in the front, frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something difficult. He suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "How could this lord be hit by that arrow so easily?"
A swordsman beside him said, "I'm afraid it's hard to avoid such a close distance, right?"
Sonon shook his head slowly and said, "Aren't you surprised that the person who is least likely to be injured has been injured among so many people?"
The swordsman was stunned and said, "But, with such a serious injury, I'm afraid no one would dare to do this on purpose, right?"
"That's what puzzles me the most, if this is really arranged by that lord, then this person is terrible. Sonon looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Moreover, we haven't caught any flaws in him. ”
The swordsman cautiously said, "Are you thinking too much?"
Sonon smiled heavily and said, "It's always good to think about anything one more step, and sometimes one more step can save your life." His eyes flickered for a moment, and then he sneered: "Whether it is or not, I have a way to test it, if this is arranged by him in advance, it is nothing more than to expand the situation, so that we can't take action against him head-on." However, what happened in the inn has not yet been known to a third party, so if we rush to kill all the noble children now, we can not only leave the suspicion on them, but also allow us to clear our own hands and not cause any trouble to the Prince. ”
Adosimmah, who was hiding not far away, sighed in his heart and said, "Sure enough, the master expected it right!"
The swordsman wondered, "But, how can we see if the lord's injury was deliberately arranged?"
"It's simple. Sonon smiled faintly: "If someone prevents us from doing something to them, it means that this is a plan that the lord has already arranged, if no one stops us, then it will not involve us, in short, the final result is that we will not have anything to lose." ”
Adozimad was shocked because he was in a dilemma.
He found that if he followed Luo Lan's instructions in advance, then it was likely that the latter's intentions would be exposed, and if he didn't stop it, he would disobey Luo Lan's order.
What choice should he make against this clever and cunning opponent?