The old knight and Ricky stared in amazement at the ghostly man who appeared ten feet behind them.

"Y-Who are you?" The old knight's heart beat faster, shouldn't this scene just now be seen by this man? Isn't there only one way to die for himself and his daughter?

Duran smiled kindly, "It doesn't matter who I am, does it?" What matters is how you resolve the situation at hand. ”

"The man lying on the ground is the new tax collector of the southern region of Grand Pudding City, and a close confidant of Earl Lyle, what do you think will happen if you let the Earl know that your father killed his nephew, Miss Ricky?"

The girl's face was flustered, and she knew how to deal with this kind of thing in front of her, who was simple and kind. She could only shake her head vigorously, and the tears that had just stopped couldn't help but flow out.

Although the old knight was also flustered, it was a man who had been on the battlefield when he was young, and he was silent for a while, and then said, "What do you want?" ”

"Clever." Duran shrugged: "What I want is actually very simple, I heard that the eldest prince of the earl's family gave you an invitation not long ago, and I want to pay for it." ”

"Invitations?" The old knight was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered this stubble.

"What do you want an invitation for?"

Duran smiled and said, "The Earl's ball invitation is not something that everyone can get, although I don't know what luck you have taken to get this invitation from the eldest prince, but believe me, it has become less important to you." Now, it's all you need to think about how to clean up the situation in front of you. ”

The old man's breathing became rapid: "What do you want?" ”

"Three purple dragon coins, buy this invitation card of yours." Duran smiled and said, "With this money, you can go to the land of other lords and buy a property. You can find a son-in-law who is satisfactory and can afford to pay a sufficient dowry. You'll lose your knighthood, but it's better to follow my advice than to be hanged in public and then have your estate confiscated, leaving your daughter alone. ”

"And I'll take care of the rest for you, at least for a week, no one will hunt you down, I promise."

Duran swore an oath.

The girl stopped crying and looked at Duran with a hint of hope.

The old knight said in a hoarse voice, "You want me to betray the Earl? ”

Duran said coldly: "You have betrayed the Earl, you have killed his beloved relatives, believe me, he will not think about your life in the past." And after you leave, you should know what kind of treatment will happen to your daughter, right? Maybe it's still a good thing to be a subordinate of the Earl's Court, and what's worse is to be sold to the Records Courtyard to provide for those inferior people to vent **. You're afraid you don't want to see such a scene, right? ”

The old knight closed his eyes in pain: "I understand. ”

"But you have to tell me, what will you do when you get this invitation?"

The old man asked uneasily.

Duran gave an exaggerated smile: "What will I do?" It's funny, do you think I'm going to do something to hurt the Earl? Please, our master is just looking for a way to break into the high society of Big Pudding City, and this invitation is a good shortcut. You need money, and we happen to be not short of money, you see, we can work together very well. ”

The old knight calmed down a little, and the girl asked in a low voice, "Father, are we going to get out of here?" ”

"I'm afraid so." The old man stroked the girl's hair helplessly: "Perhaps we can take a carriage to the port of perch and then take a boat to Cordo, or a little further to the White Delta." Anyway, the gentleman is right, we have to leave. ”

When Duran heard the conversation between the two, a trace of surprise flashed in his heart. He also thought that the old knight would have doubts about where to go in the future, so Duran also prepared a rhetoric, who knew that the old knight would be able to think of where to go so quickly, which made Duran look different.

At the very least, it proves that the old man is not intelligent, but he has enough experience and experience—and in this day and age, it is rare to know what it is like to live more than ten miles away. Whether it is the inland transportation city of Bass Port, known as the city of sailing, Cordo, or even a little further afield, the White Delta has a characteristic, that is, the fish and dragons are mixed, and the degree of freedom is high, which is very suitable for those who have committed trouble.

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you two to go on the road alone, I have a friend at the fork in the thorn river, if you need protection, you can go to him." Du Lan handed the old man three purple dragon coins that he had scavenged from the purple-clothed priest Delong before, and said confidently, "He will send you to your destination, and the fee charged is relatively low. By the way, his name is Semodo, and you can just say that his old friend asked him to help. ”

The old man nodded, and the father and daughter quickly sorted out their clothes and some travel essentials, and hurried out of the manor.

Duran held the gilded invitation in his hand, and quietly burned the man on the ground to ashes with a stray tongue of fire.

Naturally, the old man and Ricky who had left Grand Pudding City could not have thought that all this was under Duran's control—if no one was secretly intervening, how could this young tax collector, who had just taken office, who was known as a lustful manor, inexplicably break into the old knight's manor?

As the night gradually sank, a cold flash flashed in Duran's eyes, and the invitation card in his hand was quietly put away by him.

If you want to blend in with the ball, you must have an invitation, but most of the people who have invitations are nobles with heads and faces, and it is impossible for strangers to blend in. The only exceptions are the Ricky father and daughter, who are the most suitable candidates for Duran's research.

……

"If it weren't for the old knight's appearance that many people recognized, how could Lao Tzu play that little girl from Ricky!?" Duran thought helplessly that the fraudster mask could not change his surname, so he could only use the cross-dressing crystal slipper, but the next series of events simply caught him off guard......

Xena didn't seem to recognize him, and that's a good thing.

But now the two of them are being dragged to a small dark room, pulling, pushing, shoving, and shoving, which is not the situation that Duran wants.

So he quickly backed away, keeping a safe distance from Xena. In the darkness, Duran was like a fish in water, and easily dodged Xena's pounce.

"Yo, the chick is quite flexible." Zina smiled, she immediately showed the strength of the golden realm with one arrow step, plus the house was too narrow, Duran was blocked in the corner of the locker room.

"Let my sister taste you tonight, dear little sheep......" Zina touched it triumphantly, but in the next second, an unwarranted warning suddenly rose in her heart, and a very thin and soft voice suddenly asked:

"Little sheep? Are you sure??? (To be continued.) )