Among the dozens of members of the major guilds, there were only three members of the Assassin Guild - and Sophia didn't even pay attention to what was going on, just sitting on and off one by one, throwing a few orbs like an acrobat, practicing the training method that Sophia's teacher had just taught her.

The movement itself is not difficult, but Sophia does more than just the movement itself. In fact, at the same time that Sophia threw the spell, she immediately cut off contact with the spell used.

In other words, in addition to being able to control the strength of her own, Sophia is almost as difficult as catching the skill thrown by the opponent with her hand - this is an almost impossible skill to do, but Sophia has always been very talented in these aspects.

Fortunately, the small movement of the severed contact is not visible to the eye, so Sophia is not so noticeable.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged man in a purple cuffed duke's suit to push open the door to the conference room and walk in.

All present stood up and bowed in respect; Zheng Jiuye originally just stood up and didn't need to bow, but in order not to stand out too much, he still pulled Sophia, who was addicted to training, to stand up and bow like everyone else.

The Duke was about thirty years old, meticulously dressed, and carried a gold-wire cane in both hands. After everyone had bowed, the Duke raised a hand and motioned for them to take their seats.

From here, you can see the difference between the imperial capital and the remote areas. The imperial capital and those nobles around the imperial capital have long ignored these rituals, which are quite simplified compared to the past, but are still very cumbersome; Only the nobles of the outlying areas would scrupulously enforce these rituals.

Zheng Jiuye naturally sat down with him.

When everyone was seated, the Duke sat down at the head of the round table, his hands together and propped himself up on the table.

"You don't know what's going on in the Imperial Capital, do you? I also just got the news that just a few days ago, the capital of the empire was completely destroyed," the duke said, "Now the Seven Sages are leading enough people to defend the imperial capital in a battle, but the situation is not optimistic. ”

...... mention the imperial capital incident? The worst is not going to happen...... For example, this guy plans to get out of the empire on his own or something?

Zheng Jiuye felt a little uneasy in his heart, but everyone except Zheng Jiuye basically looked like they didn't care...... After all, the emperor is far away, and people in this kind of place may not have been to the imperial capital once in their lives, so naturally they will not have much feeling when they hear this news.

Originally, Zheng Jiuye thought that it would definitely be impossible for this matter to end like this just by mentioning it, at least the duke had to do something; As a result, after mentioning the matter of the imperial capital, the duke's words changed and turned directly to the reason for this martial law and the summoning of all the other guild owners.

"This time, I invite all the guild members to come over, mainly because of the recent situation in the town - I didn't tell on the radio because it might cause chaos that there was a random murderer who appeared in the town, and four or five people have died so far; The other party's methods are very similar to those of assassins, and it seems that someone has paid a bounty. ”

Zheng Jiuye scratched his head, although there should be no problem with the whole process...... But there's a feeling that something isn't quite right.

At least even if Zheng Jiuye was an assassin, he was strictly stipulated that he could never kill people if he did not accept the task and did not have one of the seven justifications of the prescribed type; The price of breaking the rules is naturally to pay for murder - the mysterious guy naturally needs not to say much, even if he is chivalrous, it is impossible not to obey the laws of the Empire.

But if it is really chivalrous, then is it necessary to impose martial law in the whole city just to arrest him alone?

"So far, four bodies have been found...... Most of them live alone.,Even if you go missing in a short period of time, you won't be found.,There are also several missing people.,The situation is also not optimistic.。 Considering that these people are the type of people who have small family property, and all their property is taken away after death, I think it can be temporarily determined that it is murder for money. ”

Zheng Jiuye shrugged. Himself and Sophia are now very rich...... Not counting Hassan's artifact-level long stick, Zheng Jiuye had more than two hundred gold coins in cash plus weapons worth more than one hundred gold coins, which was already comparable to all the assets of a wealthy family in such a remote place; And not communicating with people is also perfectly in line with the ......

The guy who didn't know what his name was hurriedly came to rob himself, and then the martial law matter ended quickly......

"I didn't decide on martial law at first...... However, because the other party has become more and more arrogant recently, and the crimes are all in the city, it has been decided to impose martial law," the Duke explained, "I hope you will stay in the Duke's Palace during this time and wait for orders, cooperate with us, and facilitate our investigation." ”

Zheng Jiuye shrugged, it didn't matter if he cooperated with them...... But Zheng Jiuye just felt that there was a little sense of incongruity.

After the meeting ended, naturally a maid led Zheng Jiuye to the guest room - because the former palace was once a palace, the room here was enough.

There was already a prepared meal in the room, which looked quite exquisite, just enough for one person; However, Zheng Jiuye lost confidence in the food here after finishing his mission last time and eating something here......

It's better to wait and borrow the kitchen to make it yourself.

"One, two, three, four......"

This weird and twisted action Zheng Jiuye only did four before he became weak, and he had to stop and change to the first training method.

According to Yan Hassan, every time you finish an action, you can be promoted, of course, you can save it and not be promoted - in other words, Zheng Jiuye needs to at least make this movement to a similar degree as ordinary push-ups and squats in order to learn second-order skills from Sophia.

"I feel like my waist is about to break......"

Zheng Jiuye, who had finished a group of training, was just about to go out to borrow the kitchen when he heard the voice of Duke Aigil - as soon as Zheng Jiuye looked up, he saw that there was a small magic circle in his room.

It seems that this was used inside the Duke's Palace.

"Just got the news that a patrol guard at the south gate was attacked and seriously injured...... Fortunately, the other guards resisted desperately, and only then did they force the other side back; The average strength of the guards is only second-order, so I hope that all guild members can wear guard clothes and follow the patrol team to patrol; If the opponent attacks again, the convoy can quickly counterattack. ”

The look of doubt on Zheng Jiuye's face became even heavier.

Even the Emperor could not command the Seven Guilds, which should be a separate system from the Empire...... Are these guild members here too obedient?