The caravan left the ruined town of Greenshade, and for the next few days, merchants and adventurers could be heard talking about the town, expressing their surprise at the change.

Anyone who sees something in front of them decay and age, and the person who was still talking one moment disappears the next, will be surprised.

But none of them were curious about it, and everyone thought that Layla had solved the incident, so every now and then, someone would come over to say a few words of gratitude to Layla and give her some gifts.

Layla felt a little helpless about this, but she had already promised to keep it a secret for Zhou Lie, so she had to accept these gifts and words of thanks against her will.

After that, the caravan was smooth sailing, there were more towns on the road, and it was naturally best not to sleep in the open without food, and everywhere he went, Zhou Lie bought some small tricks, and when he saw something suitable for girls, he brought a little to Layla, which made this little magician very embarrassed.

After Randy left Green Shade Town, he was one of the few people who asked Zhou Lie and Layla how to break the cycle, and Layla intercepted Tim's existence from Zhou Lie's words and retold it, only saying that he deduced the principle of the spell and cracked it.

In Babylon, Bobolini received a report from Randy, and in fact, every three days, a report would be sent to his room through a special channel, with everything written about Zhou Lie, as well as the days when he was trapped in Greenshade Town, not knowing in that twisted space. How these reports got through.

Prime Minister Bobolini looked at Zhou Lie's performance in these three cycles, and the outcome of the final incident, touched the beard on his chin, and thought about something, and then he wrote a few orders, quickly passed them on, and then entered the palace to meet the emperor.

"I wonder what the Prime Minister is looking for me at this time?" The Emperor of the Marston Empire, Charles Marston, was writing something at the desk at the moment, when he heard the sound of the door opening, he did not raise his head, and continued to work on his own.

"About what happened half a year ago, it's already settled. ”

"Oh, didn't I tell you, you have full control over the matters related to Tionlis, I don't want to that heart. The Emperor frowned, his tone tinged with displeasure.

"But this concerns the prince of the East. ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Charles raised his head, and his eagle-like gaze shot at the old prime minister.

"Except for the flames, the time that has disappeared for a long time has been on that person, if it is like dealing with other people, I am afraid it will not work, not to mention the relationship between countries, even the power of these two star carvings, it is not something that ordinary magicians can deal with. ”

"Why did that prince have something to do with this?" In an instant, many conjectures flashed through the emperor's mind.

"What Xia Guan can guarantee His Majesty is that this is definitely an accident, but now we also need to find a way to solve this matter. ”

Charles stopped the pen in his hand and began to walk back and forth in the study, on the one hand, the huge Xia Kingdom, on the other hand, the agreement between himself and the magicians, after a long time of entanglement, the emperor finally made a decision.

"The prince can't move, as for what to do next, I'll leave it to you. ”

Although it was not explicitly stated, the prime minister had already gotten the results he wanted.

At this time, Zhou Lie had not yet realized that the secret he desperately wanted to hide was already known thousands of miles away, and he didn't know what his expression would be when Zhou Lie saw this prime minister.

In the caravan.

"How many villages and towns did your imperial army destroy in that battle?" Zhou Lie was bored and began to find something to do for himself.

As for some secrets of the Marston Empire, Zhou Lie was naturally very curious, and there was a prime minister's henchman by his side, so he naturally couldn't let it go.

"I don't know, just like the prince can't remember how much rice he ate. Randy said lightly, under the kind face as always, the words he said revealed a bloody meaning, and he could say that the slaughter of the village and the destruction of the city was a meal, Zhou Lie admired this person's mentality a little.

"Then how did you defeat the Holy Blessing Army, your history is too rough about this experience, and you must be hiding something. ”

One question after another, Zhou Lie's mind seemed to be filled with endless curiosity, as if he wanted to know all the secrets.

"Since Your Highness knows what we are hiding, it is naturally impossible to ask from my mouth. ”

Randy didn't look at Zhou Lie's eyes, and turned out a book, if people who didn't know saw this scene, they might think that Randy was a certain noble son, and Tuesday was a naughty but favored child.

However, the truth is the opposite, these days Zhou Lie's endless inquiries and explorations made Randy a little overwhelmed, at first he would explain patiently because of his identity, but in the end he found that it was useless, the other party just regarded himself as an opponent to pass the time, and all the questions were not what he really wanted to know, just to mobilize his emotions.

Just like a bored child who throws a lot of obstacles on the path of the moving ants, and then sees the other person's reaction and applauds, these sensitive questions are those obstacles, and he feels embarrassed, but when he realizes this, he has a way to deal with it.

Although the other party is a prince, as long as he doesn't answer anything, there is no response that the other party expects, and when the other party gets bored, he will naturally stop.

"It's okay, tell me, I promise not to tell anyone, anyway, I can only live in Babylon at that time, I don't know how long it will take to get out, your secret is very safe. Zhou Lie was unrelenting, although he was just using these questions to make things difficult for the prime minister's henchmen, but if he could ask something, it would naturally be very good.

"Please don't do this, my job is to keep these secrets, if I tell Your Highness, my life will not be guaranteed. ”

"When you say this with such a smile, it feels eerie. ”

In order to cope with Zhou Lie's stalking, Randy has always maintained a professional smile.

Anyone can feel warmth and closeness from this smile, and that's why Randy was able to convince so many people that their time was in a loop in Greenshade at the time.

In the face of Zhou Lie's ruthless criticism, Randy felt helpless in his heart, originally he thought it was a simple task, but he didn't expect this Eastern prince to be so difficult to serve.

"It's time for Rhinetown!"

The shouts in the convoy saved Randy, and every time he went to a new place, Zhou Lie would stay and play for two days, although it would slow down the trip, but it was more comfortable than being chased by the other party and asking questions.

For Layla, the town of the Rhine is a place with other meanings.

There was a lake outside the town of Rhine, and on the south side of the lake there was a mill with many willow trees, exactly as the one who had died in the battle had described.

With the pension she received from the Adventurers' Guild, Layla went to the room between the three windmills and knocked on the door.

A gray-haired old woman walked out of it and looked at the girl in front of her with scrutinizing eyes.

"Hello granny, my name is Layla, and I'm Hanks' adventurer teammate. ”

Hearing her grandson's name, the old woman smiled, "Yo, it's my grandson's acquaintance, where is Hanks? ”

Hearing the old man's expectant words, Layla felt as if she had been stabbed in the heart, took a deep breath to stabilize her emotions, and said, "Hanks, he's brave... ”

In the old house, Hanks's grandmother and his mother were at the table, quietly listening to Layla's narration, the old grandmother was silent, and the still young and beautiful woman began to cry loudly.

Layla felt like she was doing something cruel, but no one wanted to come but her.

At the moment, he kind of understood why other teammates were reluctant to do this.

No one likes to rub salt in each other's wounds.

In the end, Layla didn't know how she left their house, only that she had left her pension and cake, and declined the invitation to stay for dinner.

She couldn't bear to continue to look at the sad mother and daughter.

Zhou Lie also remembered this incident, out of curiosity, after asking for a long time, he learned that the lake was outside the town, and that place was a mill, the lake was sparkling, the willows were still clinging, the huge windmill was slowly turning, and when he got closer, he could hear the rumbling sound, which was the sound of turning the millstone.

Vaguely seeing Layla walk into the room, Zhou Lie thought for a while, didn't follow, and walked around the lake.

"Smack. "Plop"

Out of nowhere, there was a sound of falling water, Zhou Lie looked at the past curiously, and found that it was actually an old man fishing there, at this moment the old angler was competing with a fat big black fish, the big black fish crossed out of the water several times, and then fell back into the water, trying to get rid of the hook with the help of this momentum.

The old man was obviously an experienced angler, and at the moment when the blackfish exerted his strength, he relaxed slightly, and when the opponent's outbreak period passed, he pulled the rod hard, and pulled so many times, and the position of the blackfish gradually approached the shore.

It seems that in the end it will be the victory of the old man.

Zhou Lie watched the game between one person and one fish with bated breath, as if he was watching a peak duel between martial arts masters, and did not dare to make a sound to disturb the other party, and finally after waiting for a long time, the fat big black fish was caught by the old man.

"Awesome!" It was only at this moment that Zhou Lie finally clapped his hands and admired.

The old man put the black fish into the fish basket and nodded at Zhou Lie.

"Do you know how to fish?" asked the old man.

Zhou Lie shook his head, "I didn't have much chance before, I'm ashamed to say that I haven't touched the boom when I'm so big." ”

"You can give it a try. The old man pulled out another fishing rod and said with encouragement.

The other party invited him, Zhou Lie was naturally not polite, took the fishing rod, hung the bait like a decent one, and sat by the lake like an old man, waiting for the fish to take the bait.