The waves of the sea wash up on the beach, and the wind blows with a salty and wet breath.

When the manager walked into the wooden house, Su Xian walked over very naturally and knocked on the door of the wooden house.

"Who?"

There was an inquiry from inside the door.

"It's me."

Su Xian said in a low voice.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and then a voice came: "John? What are you doing here. ”

Su Xian said: "Come to you for a drink." ”

The voice continued to come from inside: "Wait a minute, I'll come." By the way, the door is unlocked. ”

Although he didn't know who John was, Su Xian still stepped forward and stretched out his hand to push the door.

There was a "squeak" sound from the door shaft, and the wooden door was not locked, but with a little force, it had been pushed open.

But when the wooden door was pushed open, a one-handed axe suddenly broke through the wind and came head-on!

"Stem!"

The manager in charge of carrying the goods appeared at the door, and Sven's temperament was gone, only to see that his forehead was bruised, and he was holding an axe and slashing it fiercely, which was extremely hideous.

If he were dealing with an ordinary person, this axe would have been able to break open the head of the person who opened the door, killing him instantly.

But it's a pity that he is facing a person who reacts much faster than him.

The axe in his hand was snatched away in the blink of an eye, and a large foot was struck on his belly.

When he flew into the air because of this, his face was still hideous, until his back hit the wooden wall hard, and his face was painful.

Su Xian walked into the house, closed the door with his backhand, and said in a low voice: "Good vigilance." ”

The manager covered his stomach and said bitterly: "In this kind of cannibalistic society, if you are not vigilant, I am afraid that you will not even know when you will die." ”

"A person who cherishes his life, that's easy to do."

Su Xian was ready to get straight to the point: "Do you know Corondo Webster?" ”

The steward wondered, "Webster of San Carlos?" ”

Su Xian nodded slightly: "Of course." ”

The manager said without hesitation; "The goods we just moved were Webster's. Just ask what you want to know! As long as I know, I must know everything......"

Su Xian: "Then tell everything you know." ”

……

Corondo Webster is indeed somewhat well-known in this Southside port.

This manager happened to be in charge of Webster's cargo handling work, and knew a little more than the average person.

As [Curse Moon] said, Corondo Webster was a maritime smuggler, but the goods he mainly smuggled were not the same as Su Xian expected.

He is not smuggling ordinary contraband, but smuggling!

That is, the slave trade!

Corondo Webster was a great nobleman of the San Carlos Islands, and San Carlos was relatively sparsely populated due to its geographical location, and the system on the island was very different from that of the mainland, and it still practiced feudal slave autocracy.

In the country of the San Carlos Islands, the slave trade was legal!

And this inhumane system will naturally give rise to infinite evil.

However, this barbaric place happens to be the Garden of Eden for criminals.

Therefore, not only the criminals of the Kingdom of Long, but even in several neighboring countries, there are many criminals who venture into the city of Brut in order to be wanted, and then smuggle from the port of the city of Brut to the country of the San Carlos Islands.

It was a country where civilization grew barbaric.

Corondo Webster was a typical barbarian aristocrat who was influenced by feudal slavery.

He smuggled slaves from the city of Brut to San Carlos and sometimes helped criminals smuggle in, thus building relatively good relations with the local gangsters.

Of course, in addition to slave smuggling, Corondo Webster was also involved in general maritime freight, with a particular fondness for jewelry.

However, with the exception of some important cargo, Corondo Webster generally does not personally board the ship to escort it.

After all, the climate of the sea is extremely unpredictable, and this is especially true of the seas of this world.

Even a veteran captain with decades of sailing experience can't guarantee a safe return from every voyage.

In the face of the boundless sea, human beings have always been insignificant.

……

Su Xian frowned slightly: "So, if he never boards the ship and goes to sea, then he can only go to the San Carlos Islands Country to find him?" ”

Seeing that he was a little dissatisfied, the manager hurriedly said: "If your target is Corondo Webster himself, then fortunately, he happens to be in the city of Brut right now!" ”

Although Su Xian was surprised, he still asked, "Where is he?" ”

The manager hurriedly said: "Do you see the cargo ship at the dock?" I saw him disembark from the ship, but it was eight o'clock in the evening, when the cargo ship had just docked. ”

Su Xian: "I'm asking you, where is he now?" ”

The manager shook his head and said, "I don't know." The itinerary of a character like him is not something I can speculate. But he seemed to be in a hurry, and his behavior was a little different from what he used to do when he got off the boat. In the past, after he got off the ship, he would ask people to have some relations with the local forces, but this time he left the port directly. I asked the crew, but he seemed to be on board temporarily and did not inform the crew of his purpose. But if you really want to know, head to Anderson at 2 Harbour Street. Anderson Webster, who was the head of Webster's shipping company in the city's port. ”

"Anderson at 2 Harbour Street?"

Su Xian knew that he couldn't ask anything more in the mouth of this manager, so he clapped his hands three times and activated the "Spiritual Cleansing Ring" for spiritual induction.

After making sure that the administrator was not lying, and at least not telling him about his visit for a few days, he quickly left.

He had naturally surveyed the distribution of seaside neighborhoods before, because he soon found Harbour Street.

Harbour Street is very close to the beach, and its street distribution runs parallel to the beach and is bounded by the center, which is divided into east and west, with the jurisdiction of the Chigang Gang to the east and the jurisdiction of the Green Gang to the west.

2 Harbour Street is the second house at the eastern end, which is a pub.

Anderson Webster is the owner of this bar.

Su Xian glanced up at the signboard of the bar, which was a "tough guy bar".

The name looks gay and gives the illusion of a chill in the rear.

He straightened his pale clown mask and walked straight through the main entrance.

As soon as you enter the bar, you will be greeted by the strong smell of alcohol and sweat, and the tough guys with thick arms and thick hair will gather around the round table in the middle to order the drink, and the drunken customers will be everywhere.

There are no glamorous women here, only barrels of spirits, a cold and unforgiving world, and only alcohol can numb people's hearts.

Su Xian turned his gaze and looked at the bar, where a man with a strong physique was drinking with someone with a large wine glass, he was blind in one eye and wearing an eye patch in his left eye.

Obvious features.

"That's him."

Straight through the wine table, Su Xian came directly to the bar, and the one-eyed man noticed him from the beginning, his eyes kept wandering over the clown mask on his face.

"Brother, take off your mask, we don't have a cult of personality here, let alone a funny clown."

The one-eyed man laughed, drawing attention.

Su Xian didn't care: "Anderson Webster? ”

"It's me." The one-eyed man let out a strong puff of wine mist, blushed and said, "Not here to drink?" Then you're not welcome. ”

"I'm not here to drink."

Su Xian patted his hands, and mental fluctuations emanated from the ring.

At some point, the drinkers who surrounded them suddenly looked stunned, and their minds, which had become drowsy from excessive drinking, were easily affected.

"I came to drink."

"It's just a guest."

The drinkers muttered all sorts of things and staggered back to their seats.

When Andre Webster saw this strange scene, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat and woke up half of his wine in an instant.

Almost all of the regular drinkers in this bar are his thugs, and they are also his capital based on this harbor street, but he didn't expect to be solved before even a bubble of wine was fired.

The other party even just clapped their hands!

"Who are you?"

He reached under the table, tightly grasped the single knife hidden under the table, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice.

Su Xian felt a little surprised, this Andre seemed to be not an ordinary person, and he was immune to the spiritual inducement of the "Spirit Cleansing Ring".

However, the scope of application of the "Spirit Cleansing Ring" is very narrow, and once the subject's mental strength reaches the level of the official caster, it is completely useless.

Maybe the strength of his mental power is different from ordinary people?

Thinking about various possibilities, Su Xian took out the "reverse hanger".

He didn't want to waste his time or let his investigation of Corondo Webster's whereabouts become known, and the "Reverse Hangman" was undoubtedly the most appropriate card.

After all, Andre's mental strength was not strong enough to resist the domination of the soul, Su Xian went straight to the topic, and soon learned the whereabouts of Corondo Webster from his mouth.

As the previous administrator had said, Corondo had come to the city of Brut out of the blue, and he had not informed anyone about the purpose of his visit, and even André knew only one and the other.

In view of this reason, Su Xian asked for some more information about the Webster family, and then left the tough guy bar.

……

"I see, the Corondo Society wanted to gain power through sacrifice because their family was in trouble."

Corondo Webster's family was a powerful aristocratic family in the San Carlos Islands with a small island as a territory, and Corondo, as the head of the family, is now an official earl.

The family rose to prominence on the island's produce, then made a fortune through maritime trade, and now profited from human smuggling, and finally became the richest man in the San Carlos Islands.

Then the king was ready to cut the leeks!

The State of the San Carlos Islands is an ultra-feudal state with royal power at its core, and the king controls the army and has the power and strength to carry out any policy of violence.

As long as the king gives an order, he will not dare to obey under the throne.

And today's king is a faint king who has no room for people, and he knows nothing about economic management, only knows luxury and enjoyment.

In recent years, the king's ambitions have skyrocketed for some reason, and he has secretly expanded his navy.

And with the level of science and technology in this era, the manufacture of every big ship needs real money to fill.

The treasury of the San Carlos Islands was rapidly depleted and almost depleted under such circumstances.

In order to cope with this situation, the king had raised the proportion of taxes to the maximum, but still could not make up the shortfall, so he took note of the rich nobles.

In the country of the San Carlos Islands, the king is the law, and even in order to appease the people, it only takes a few trumped-up crimes to destroy the great nobles who have no money and no army.

Of course, the great nobles also knew about this situation, so they basically hid private soldiers.

In particular, people smugglers like Webster have a unique capital to build up the army, and they even already have a decent navy.

But if the king forcibly attacked regardless of the losses, that level of army would still not be enough.

Corondo Webster learned of the king's determination from an informant embedded in the palace, and he was constantly trying to find a way.

André didn't know that Corondo had obtained the parchment and had already made a sacrifice, but he guessed that the purpose of Corondo's trip to Brut was also to find a chance to survive.

But this glimmer of life is hard to find.

The Webster family is already facing a desperate situation, and unless they give up their long-term accumulation and move away, they can only rely on supernatural power.

According to Su Xian's thoughts, since Corondo has caught the glimmer of "parchment", it is impossible to give up easily.

André says that Corondo came in search of an object, and Su Xian speculates that he is either looking for an extraordinary object or a sacrifice that will please the gods.

As for the specific whereabouts of Corondo now, André did not know, he only provided an address, which was a black market address hidden under the city of Brut.

There are all kinds of black markets hidden in the underground of Brut City, but except for a few black markets that are not so bottomless, most of them do not have a fixed address, and they are re-selected within a week before the meeting, and then released to a few specific address publishers.

André was one of them, and Corondo had come to him at eight o'clock in the evening to ask him for a new address to one of the black markets.

……

"I really didn't expect that in a relatively civilized society like the Kingdom of Longen, there is still a black market for slave trading."

Su Xian took a deep breath, landed silently from the sky, and returned to the Rare Treasure Antiquities Shop.

According to Andrey, the black market will open at 10 p.m. on August 16 and end at 10 a.m. on August 17, for a total of 12 hours. Since Corondo came to catch this round of black market, he must have found something, and there may be something he wants! ”

Su Xian wrote down the time and address in his notebook.

It was already the early morning of August 15, and it was not far from the time for the black market to open, and he needed to make some preparations before that.

……