"Whew, whew, whew......"

"Ha, ha, ha, ha...... Ouch! ”

The top of Fenghua Town in the dusk looks more beautiful than usual, because the jagged dilapidated stone slabs seem to be paved with a layer of golden light by the sunset in the distant sky. www.biquge.info From a distance, you can also see the shadow of the tall stone statue, which is reflected diagonally on the ground, and as time goes by, the shadow of the stone statue becomes longer and longer, and there is even a tendency to run through the small square on the top of the mountain, but if you look closely, you can find some small reflections of birds perched on top of the stone statue, giving this place a sense of harmony and tranquility.

But then, two other shadows came running in from one side and inserted themselves into the harmonious scene. One of the shadows also fell while running, accidentally dropping something out of his hand.

It was a little girl, to be exact.

Duan Qing staggered over, helped Mengzhu up with one arm, and at the same time checked the situation of little Nina - the little girl seemed to have calmed down in the previous period of running, even if she was thrown out at this time, she did not mean to cry at all. Spotting Duan Qing's gaze, the girl's hand holding the doll tightened, and then she got up from the ground with some difficulty.

"Are you alright?"

Nina didn't speak, just nodded.

This is not the first time Mengzhu has wrestled, the exclamation she let out before was due to the accidental tripping on the mountain road - the closer you get to the top of the mountain, the more rugged the mountain road here becomes, although this degree was not realized when she came before, but in the anxious and panicked running, this kind of thing becomes easy to happen, not to mention that they have been fighting for a long time, running for a long time, and each other is exhausted.

However, the pursuers behind were no better.

First one, then two, more and more soldiers began to appear at the end of one end of the square. Due to the narrowness of the mountain road, these angry pursuers could not rush out in one go, so they had to walk out of the mountain road in two or three little bits, and then disperse along the edge of the hilltop square, gradually approaching this side.

They were also a little scared.

The shield warrior from before had single-handedly blocked them for a long time, which made them even more angry and frustrated. Although the terrain here is indeed unfavorable to their side, it is really not a commendable thing for so many people, after such a long time, to chase them to such a nowhere to go to the top of the mountain to block them.

So now they just want to catch these people, and leave them to their captain, and they hold them firmly-a few of them looked around cautiously, there should be no path down the mountain, right? Although I haven't been to this place much, this library built on the top of the mountain in Fenghua Town for some reason shouldn't have anything special......

Walking slowly to the door of the library, Duan Qing ignored the pursuers behind him, but relaxed his body. He looked at the closed door, then at the growing number of soldiers behind him, and finally mustered up the courage to stretch out his left hand.

He knocked on the door, but there was no response.

Duan Qing, who was expressionless, stretched out his hand again and pushed hard, but the small wooden door did not move at all, and it did not have the appearance of no presence when they came before. Duan Qingmu took out his short sword, and then shook his head again - he still didn't have the guts to try it, what would happen if he destroyed that woman's home.

The imaginary person who decided Nina's fate did not appear, and there was no sign of the door opening, Duan Qing sighed helplessly, and then simply turned around and walked a few steps, and sat on the ground a few steps in front of the strange dome building.

"It seems...... That's it. ”

The little girl who helped Nina walked behind Duan Qing. The little girl's height was similar to that of Duan Qing who was sitting, so when she saw Duan Qing sitting down, she stretched out a small hand with some curiosity and touched Duan Qing's head.

The latter wanted to raise his hand in response, but accidentally pulled his right arm again, so he grinned for a while.

"Aren't we leaving?"

"Ah...... Well, don't go. ”

Looking at the little girl's bright eyes, Duan Qing answered Mengzhu's question lightly: "Anyway, there is no place to go......"

"I'm sorry, it looks like I made the wrong choice." He said apologetically: "I thought we could still save ......"

"It's fine." Mengzhu shook his head resolutely: "Die, die, it's just ......"

"What should Nina do?"

Duan Qing didn't speak, but suddenly looked straight in front of the crowd.

"I admire your courage, adventurers." At this moment, a crack gradually appeared in front of him in more and more encirclement, Duan Qing looked up, and an old man wearing a top hat walked out of the crowd with slow steps.

"It's amazing how you've been able to do this."

"Oh, I'll see you again, Mayor Rama." Duan Qing said: "But forgive me for taking the liberty of being seriously injured and unable to salute you." ”

“...... There is no escape for you. After looking at the other party without any sense of crisis for a long time, the well-dressed and meticulous mayor finally spoke: "Give up the useless struggle, ...... today"

"Enough people have been sacrificed."

"That's what I thought too." Duan Qing replied: "I've been exercising for so long, I've seen the excitement, I've fought and pretended, and now only ...... Problem solved. ”

"What a great day." Looking up at the sunset that was about to end, Duan Qing said with emotion.

“...... I would like to emphasize that she is the daughter of the suspect. Rama was silent for a while, and then said slowly, "So leaving her to me should be the best choice......

"There's no outsider here, Mayor Mare." Duan Qing waved his hand and interrupted the other party's words: "So there is no need to act." ”

"I told you about Yaschi's whereabouts, but from the back of the situation, it seems that you are ...... Not happy with his fate. Duan Qing said: "That's why you came up with such a play, or ......"

"You've been thinking about such a play for a long time."

The guards behind the old man gradually dispersed and began to fill the small square. Some of them also heard the conversation between the two, but out of respect for the mayor and obedience to orders, no one said anything about the content of the conversation between the two. The old man seems to be accustomed to such situations, and in fact, fooling people in full view is a necessary skill for every leader.

However, Duan Qing obviously didn't want the other party to do this.

"Let me think about it, where to start saying okay......" Duan Qing supported his chin with his left hand, slowly recalling everything that happened before: "Let's start with the simplest logic." ”

"Anyway, since you say he's a bandit, you must have a bad relationship with him, and even want to kill him. In other words, you must have a hostile relationship with him, right? ”

"It is the responsibility of the mayor of a town to eliminate violence and peace for Fenghua Town." Rama nodded and said, "So...... There's nothing wrong with what you're saying. ”

"Ha, of course there is no problem, the key is which side is the good guy and which side is the bad guy." Duan Qing wiped his mouth: "I only saw Ya Qi's side, so I can't tell what his people are, but judging from the situation at the time, he did bring a bunch of messy subordinates and used violence to drive us out...... In the end, he resisted the arrest. ”

"Resisting arrest is naturally the end." The old man said regretfully: "This is what he deserves." ”

"But from what I've learned, that's not the case." Duan Qing shook his head and said, "As far as I know, the mission sent out by the Mage Council is problematic in itself, and if this situation is true, then we, the adventurers who want to complete the commission, have become your tools to kill people with a knife." ”

"If that's the case, Yaschi would obviously be dead...... It's wronged. ”

"Think about what you've been through." The old man's face was unwavering: "Do you think Yaschi and his men are righteous?" Are there any humans who like to stay in the depths of the mine every day, waiting for an opportunity to harm people? Where they raise monsters and build bases, it's just for ......"

"Look, look, don't get excited, Mayor Town, I'm not done yet." Duan Qing spread his hands and said, although at this moment, he only had one hand that could move: "If these words are said to people who don't know, or people who don't have complete information, then maybe I will believe it." Unfortunately, we are in the know, and we know what the situation is like in the depths of the Ancaras mine......"

"Am I mistaken?" Rama asked rhetorically, "How dare you say that...... What I just said is different from what you see? ”

"It's the same." Duan Qing replied, "The question is...... I don't remember telling you about any of these things. ”

"Excuse me...... How do you know? ”

"Hmph, hahahaha......" In the blowing of the mountain wind, the old man in black suddenly laughed: "I see, you want to prove that I know something that I shouldn't know, so as to ...... Putting me in the same league as Yaschi, huh? ”

"Isn't it?"

"Of course...... No way. Rama said: "It's absolutely impossible. ”

"So how do you explain ......?"

"It was told to me by another group of adventurers." The old man said, "I remember it's called ...... Codename Ah Qiang's name......"

Click.

This is the crisp sound coming from Duan Qing's brain, representing the chain closing. He looked up at the beautiful sky red in the twilight sunset, and after a while he let out a staccato laugh.

"Hehe, hehe, hehehe......"

"Forgive me for taking the plunge." Rama's eyes narrowed: "But what are you laughing at?" ”

"Figured something out." Duan Qing shook his head and smiled, "Then everything is reasonable." ”

"Looks like you're going to believe ......," the old man laughed.

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that." Duan Qing waved his hand again and again: "I just want to ask, since you are indeed the opposite of Yasqi, then what are you for...... What about pulling us into the water? ”

"The rhetoric in the Wind Dance Square is indeed very exciting, except for a few of us who know us well, after listening to it, everyone else may think that we are Yasqi's accomplices." Duan Qing continued to reminisce: "But from our own point of view, we know that a few of us are innocent, so the question is......"

"Why frame us, why...... Are we the four? ”

The old man was silent.

"Thinking back to your speech at Wind Dance Square, it shouldn't be the evidence that was made up temporarily, combined with what happened in the past few days, I have a lot of reason to believe it...... You're prepared. ”

"Why is it being targeted at us? This was the only question I had in my momentary thoughts, and I thought it was the previous plea

Side effects, but now it seems ......"

"You've already figured out who will be the scapegoat."

"What happened in the Ankaras Mine, what happened to Yasqui's house, and what we are doing during this time are enough to arouse your vigilance." Duan Qing patted the ground: "In order to prevent us from doing something you don't want to see, you always have to find a way to solve ours, and this is ...... The reason why we are scapegoated. ”

"You're thinking too much." The old man said, "This is what it is. ”

"Put away your pretenses, sir." Duan Qing shook his head again: "Before I went to the Wind Dance Square, I didn't know where Karon was located, and then I became an accomplice and accomplice?" And then chased by your men for half a city? ”

"I didn't say that, I just doubted ......"

"As I said, you can put this suspicion on anyone's head, Mayor Town. The reason why you are doing this is just that you don't want certain of us to tell us what we know, including the Ancaras Mine, including...... The theft in Yaschiga. ”

"Now that I think about it, that theft didn't look like a theft at all, but a naked raid. Later, the city guards arrived at the speed of light, and even gave up the routine training they were participating in, and looked at them as if they already knew what was going on there..... You did that, right? What are you trying to find out of his home? What are you anxious about? ”

"You're suspicious of the mayor of a town, sir."

"I'm just skeptical, sir." Duan Qing shook his hand: "And it's a reasonable doubt." ”

"I don't care which side is righteous and which side is evil, since you are working against Yasqi, then there must be a problem with one side, from what I know, your side is more likely, that's all."

"It's very simple, isn't it?"

"I don't know how to persuade you." The old man finally lost his patience. He raised a hand, and the guards behind him began to move one after another: "But time does not allow me to continue." ”

"I don't know what the deal is between you and the codename Cuong." In the unified advance of the guards, Duan Qing's voice was almost buried: "But from what I know about him, he is a person who is strong enough, but his mind is not smart enough. ”

"So he certainly didn't tell you...... What Yaschi said before he died. ”

The raised arm was lowered. As the sky grew darker, the mountain wind blew the old man's hat again, and he covered his top hat with his hand, and then simply took it off, revealing his full head of gray hair.

"What did he say?" After a long time, he asked in a slow voice.