Roman looked up at the wooden sign, a lovely blush on his face because of the cool whiteness of the night. Even in early summer, the temperature in the alpine region is still very low at night.

The wooden signboard, which had long been soaked black by the wind and rain, was painted with a mottled galloping horse, the words on which she did not recognize, but Roman guessed that it was here. She put her hands on her precious leather bag, raised her head and rubbed her round scalp boots against the ground for a moment - this must be it? What is the Galloping Horse Hotel?

In response to the distant alarm bells, a group of guards passed her. However, Miss Merchant was not too afraid, but she looked at the guards curiously, and watched them walk away. The alarm bell finally stopped, and she let out a small sigh before turning back and walking into the inn.

The proprietor of the Galloping Horse was a dwarf, as described in the story - with a long, ripe wheat-colored beard, with bundles of whips tied over it, and hoops made of brass - all of which were allusioned to, with '??????????' emblazoned on them Such a pattern, of course, is actually the text of the stone, the dwarf script. The name of the family is written on it, and each ring is a origin, and famous families such as 'Fire Beard', 'Stone Seal' and 'Luxury Jewelry' can even use precious and heavy gold rings.

These rings are as proud of the dwarves as their whiskers, and the dwarven families are more than a thousand years old, and they proudly wear them as they walk around and jingle with them. However, dwarves are not common in human society, and the proprietor of the Galloping Horse Inn, Gunn Barbarossa Rock Hall, took advantage of this by deliberately dressing himself up as a big man, paying for a private discussion and denying it himself. People always come to visit this mysterious dwarven lord with curiosity, and Gunne's business grows bigger and bigger.

Gunn wore a silk robe today, and on his fat short fingers were three ruby rings, an opal ring, and an emerald ring. If not his nephew - of course, human. Gunn can gain a foothold in human society, and as for why the dwarves have a human relative, this matter may only start in three days and three nights, so our focus is - his nephew, who served in the Whitemane Legion, is pressing his shoulders and telling him something. The young man had a companion by his side, and the two of them seemed to have been here for a while.

"Are you saying that if I see a little girl, I have to say yes to her whatever she asks? But why, what if she asked me to give her all the family property, no, no, this mention sounds too stupid. The dwarven boss shook his head vigorously and muttered.

"Uncle Gunne, listen to me. I am not asking you to give her the property, but to prepare a carriage for her, so that she will not be suspicious. Then prepare another one for us to keep up with her. ”

"It's just a carriage?" Gunn stared at his nephew suspiciously with small eyes.

"Of course."

"Okay, will she pay?"

The young man of the White-Maned Legion sighed, and he hurriedly said, "Of course she will, but don't bargain too hard with her." Don't scare her away, as long as Uncle Gunn is willing to help, this credit must be mine, understand! ”

"I still don't understand, but you like that girl? In that case, I can consider giving you a 9.95% discount. ”

"No, it's not! Actually, the girl was actually a spy for Madara. They had escaped from the dungeon, and were in a hurry to get out of the city now, and Captain Luc Besson told us to come out and keep an eye on every possible way out of the city—"

"Then why don't you just grab her." Gunn asked curiously.

Parker slapped his head and sighed, "Uncle Gunne, she still has a lot of accomplices, in order to catch them all, we have to find a way to let their guard down and quietly follow them!" Do you understand? ”

"I still don't understand."

"Well, all in all, Uncle Gunne, don't worry, I'll help make up for her underpayment."

"Let your guard down and meet her demands, right? You say that and I understand. The dwarven boss nodded.

However, although he was calculating, he was still very fast. After a while, he summoned the waiter to give orders, and ran back and asked, "I have already made arrangements, when will that girl come?" ”

"I don't know, I hope she'll come to us first, I can't let that guy from Granson look flat." The young man sighed, but felt his companion pat himself on the shoulder. He raised his head and looked outside, and jumped up excitedly, and he immediately pushed the dwarf forward: "It's her, she's coming!" Quick, uncle, it's up to you! ”

"Take it easy, young man. Don't push me forward like a bag of potatoes, I've been in business for thirty years and of course I know what to do. Gunn didn't forget to boast at the last minute.

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Roman couldn't help but look around curiously as she walked into the inn, she had never seen such a style of architectural decoration with so much use of stone before, and she felt a sense of familiarity in her heart when she saw the low walls and pillars of the stone ramparts. The future merchant lady was looking around, only to see a dwarf standing in front of her whose beard was almost dragging to the ground.

"Are you a dwarf?" She asked.

"No, I'm a dwarf." The innkeeper corrected sternly.

"Mr. Shorty, are you the boss here?"

"It's a dwarf, not a dwarf. Little girl, do you understand? - Of course, I'm the boss here. ”

"But I'm looking for a place to rent a carriage, do you want to rent a carriage here?"

"Of course, otherwise you think I'm here for something."

"Do I have to pay?" Roman was still looking at the inn curiously.

"Of course, the principle of doing business is to pay for both money and goods. We charge based on the number of days you rent, but as a general rule, Galloping Horse Hostel generally does not offer rentals that are more than one day out of town. And if the carriage is damaged because of the guest, we will have to claim the price. In fact, our coachman has the right to refuse orders that might put his life at risk, and of course this is invalid if it conflicts with the previous one......" Gunn gushed at the beginning of the business.

"How much does it cost me to rent for half a day?"

"Thirty Tor."

Roman took out a blue-gray pocket, shook it in his hand, and dropped two or three coppers. She raised her head and asked with a flawless expression, "But I only have so much money, can I rent it?" ”

"You can rent a wheel......" Gunn was about to reply, but suddenly he remembered his nephew's words, and changed his words vividly: "Well, although it is a little less—little girl, when are you going to get a car?" ”

"I'm going to do it right away, how can I find my car?"

"The car is parked in the back, here's your number plate. You can find your car with it, by the way, do you want me to take you there? Gunn painfully handed over a bronze plaque, remembering that he hadn't done a loss-making business in years.

"No, there are some friends out there, I'll have to ask their opinions. Can we settle first? ”

"Of course, it's my favorite thing to do." Gunn wiped his forehead, feeling that the business was really against his principles. But for the sake of his nephew's face, of course, the main thing is to see that he can be compensated, so he reluctantly does it once.

On the other side, the dwarf's nephew, Parker, and his companion hid in the kitchen, and saw Roman walking out of the inn with a small satisfied face. ran out together, grabbed his uncle and asked, "How is it, have you succeeded?" ”

"Of course, you don't look at who your uncle Gunn is, I used to do business with insatiable ogres." The dwarf couldn't help but repeat the previous details. But when Parker heard this, he slapped his head and shouted, "Martha, Uncle Gunne, what did you do, she must know that we are here!" She's not going to ride in your carriage, Uncle Gunne, we've screwed things up! ”

"What's wrong?"

"How can a merchant do business regardless of gains and losses, one-tenth of the price, Uncle Gunne, you are so kind! I didn't expect that woman to be so clever, she must have suspected it from the beginning, what else did she say? The young man did not expect his uncle to do something bad, and he looked annoyed.

"She said she was going to ask her companion for advice."

"Companion?" Parker and his companion looked at each other and immediately chased them out. Leaving the dwarf boss behind, he shouted, "I said wait, you two little rabbits, what about the money you promised me!" ”

He snorted angrily: "Today's young people don't have any respect for the elderly. But when he turned around, he saw the waiter in his shop running over, bent down and said to him, "Big boss, the carriage you arranged has already left." ”

"The carriage I arranged? What carriage did I arrange? Gunn felt himself confused, and looked at his attendant in bewilderment.

"It's the one you said she had to meet whatever she wanted."

"Then again, that young lady is so beautiful and has a good personality. Is she Master Parker's lover? The waiter also exclaimed.

"What!" The dwarf looked at him with a cannibalistic gaze.

……

"Miss, where are we going?"

The carriage moved forward with the sound of wheels, and the scenery on both sides of the window quickly receded, which made the girl feel novel, but the question soon came from outside the carriage.

"I like to see the scenery, let's go to the south gate first. Then go around to the north gate, is there any scenery on the way? ”

"Of course, we should be passing by the Everton Knights' mansion."

"Everton, who is that?"

"Everton Knight, that's a famous hero......"

*********

Brando and Charles couldn't help but gasp as they looked down as they climbed all the way to the top of the tower of Urson Castle. Outside, the black pressure was overwhelming, and the aristocratic private soldiers almost didn't surround the castle, and the miscellaneous mercenaries held torches, and the scattered fires were connected together, like a fire dragon coiled outside the moat of Pine Castle.

The nobles' privateers had already broken through the gates, stormed the outer court, and were about to enter the castle. The loud noise caused by the Wind Bomb Technique before made these nobles realize that it was not good and began to prepare for a strong attack.

Brando and his young wizard Hu Cong couldn't help but look a little bad when they saw the scene below. It would have been a miracle to break out - even though they had gargoyles to lean on, gargoyles wouldn't necessarily fly high with two people.

Brando held his breath, a little uncertain and nervous, he pointed to another fire dragon in the distance and said, "See, the Whitemane Legion is also coming-"

"I'd rather not see it, my lord."

"That's just as well."

……

(PS. I can't have so many tickets!)