Chapter 31: Visiting a Private House at Night
"Greymane, or war mania?" The old blacksmith asked a familiar question, "Or which side do you prefer?" ”
It turned out that the blacksmith himself was the blacksmith himself, but I believe he certainly did not come to me to ask me this question.
"I don't know much about the infighting between the two of you families, but you can refer to the lord's current attitude."
"Hmm...... You're the lord's baron, and you don't have much to do with Xue Man's other forces right now. So you're the best choice. ”
Elund put the tool back in place and carefully wiped his hand clean on a damp towel.
"Can you come to my house and sit down, if you're willing to do me a small favor - it has something to do with the news."
I put my hood back on and followed behind the blacksmith. The blacksmith is one of the few people in Snowman who makes me feel good, and I'm willing to help him.
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"Father, who is he?" A gray-maned man with an axe in both hands guardedly sealed my retreat.
"Stop, Awustern! Don't frighten the helpers I've hired. ”
"How do you know if he's a war maniac? It's too sloppy! We can't trust anyone, and if my whereabouts leak out, God knows what those war maniacs will do. ”
Fortunately, this was only his thoughts, and the woman I met on the street during the day heard the movement and came out of the back room to relieve me, "If you don't find a helper, are you on your own?" You can't even show up in the city publicly, how do you want to find out about Ladd's whereabouts? ”
Greymane and War Mania seem to be another incident with a wide range of implications.
"I won't divulge anything about today to anyone, so you can rest assured."
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"This is my wife, Faria Greymane, who usually sells the ornaments I make in the Plains. And then there's my son, Avostern Greymane, who joined Stormcloak and came back two days ago because of some news. ”
"Sorad must be your other son. I heard during the day that he had ...... Well, it looks like you have other information. ”
"That's true." The blacksmith winked at his eldest son.
Avostern Greymane continued, "It's clear from what I've gotten that the Imperial Legion has only captured him and locked him up somewhere, while the Warmad Family claims that Sorad has been killed in battle. I wanted to go to their house to collect evidence, but they also wanted to arrest me. If I miss, there will be no one to save my brother! ”
"So you want me to help you find out about Sorad?"
"That's it, the War Maniac family is the spokesperson of the empire in Xueman, and they must have evidence that Sorad is still alive. I heard my father say that you are the baron of Xueman, and you have a way to find out. ”
"Since Solard is still alive, why does the empire claim that he is dead?"
"The war maniac must have imprisoned him somewhere to get revenge on my family. All of them are shameless and have no sense of honor, and I am not surprised that they would use such methods. ”
"Hmm...... Since the War Maniac only announced to you today during the day, I'll go and check it out now, and maybe I'll be able to gather some key information. ”
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In the province of Skyrim, clocks are still a luxury. If we follow the time of the Earth, it may be just past zero now.
Dark shadows flickered in the night.
I watched him climb the wall with a grappling hook and end up in the window of the maniac's house. It's great to meet my peers here, and my chances of success will be greatly improved under his control.
After waiting for a while, I followed his footsteps to the window, holding the ebony blade and trying to confirm the condition of the house.
In the basement of the war maniac's house, the two of them were talking secretly. A thick middle-aged man's voice was Overred Warmaniac. There was another faint man's voice, presumably the man in black just now, because I didn't notice any other movement of the thief rummaging through the cabinets. They seem to be talking about commercial aspects, and transactions in goods and accounts and receipts and expenditures, without mentioning anything about the Greymane prisoners.
Leaving aside their non-relevant conversations, I decided to go a little deeper. I gently opened the window that the man in black had turned through earlier and observed the inside of the house.
Offred's bedroom seemed to fit his identity - the patriarch of the illustrious family and the spokesperson of the Imperial Legion in Snowman, even more rare than Lord Balguf's, at least the exquisite workmanship of the golden ship model on the desk was breathtaking.
But I didn't come here for the treasure, the various documents and notes on my desk were my goal. I cast a spell to copy their contents onto a stack of paper I had prepared in advance, closed the window and quickly disappeared into the night.
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"Offred: Sorad Greymane has been captured. Due to his sensitive status, he was escorted to the North Tower Fortress by the relevant forces. In addition, I have heard that there are people looking for his whereabouts, creating the false impression that he is dead, and it is in our interest to abandon the tracking. --Signed: General Tulius. ”
"This is what I transcribed from an official letter in Offred's bedroom, and there should be no question about the authenticity of the information. Sorad is alive, and you can rest assured. ”
"It's good to be alive, but the North Tower Fortress ...... It's worse than I thought. ”
I noticed that Awustern's hand holding the paper trembled slightly.
"Is there anything wrong there?"
Avostern paced anxiously for a moment, and then explained to me, "That's one of Somo's two garrisons in Skyrim!" If Solard goes there, I'm afraid it will be really unlucky. ”
"What are you going to do?"
"I'd love to take a group of people to get my brother out, but there's no point in going behind enemy lines and fighting Somo and the Imperial Dogs at the same time." He sat back on the bench in frustration and looked down at the flickering flames in the fire pit, "Maybe I can only avenge him." ”
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Back at the House of Winds, I looked up the other documents I had gotten from the War Maniac's house.
This is the contract for the supply of weapons between the "War Maiden" and the Imperial Legion, signed by Idorav War Maniac and Adrian Avensi. The head of Longxiao Palace once proudly introduced his daughter to me, who liked to dance with swords (with a forging hammer) since she was a child, so she earned the nickname "War Girl".
This is a supply list from an organization called "Guild" to the war maniac family, and the specific goods are all called by code names, and the price is expensive, probably related to smuggling or the black market. Overred seemed to be talking about it in the basement.
This one, the order contract with a mead winery outside the city, well, the amount of wine of the war mad family seems to be really astronomical.
This one...... Well, the rest is trivial or routine acts such as garrison transfers.
I threw the paper into the fire pit and burned it, "Lydia, tell me about Somo's current situation in Skyrim Province, as far as you know. ”
Lydia always rested after I had fallen asleep, so I quickly heard the answer she wanted.
"A few years ago, Somo's troops entered the Skyrim Province in accordance with the contents of the Platinum Treaty and promoted the implementation of the treaty. Their high-ranking personnel are stationed at the Somo embassy - located near Dugu City, and the troops are stationed at the North Tower Fortress - the exact location is not clear. Marcas City also has a group of elves stationed there. The cities of Phocles and Mosal are not valued by the elves. Elves are not welcome in the four realms of the Stormcloak to the east, and neither are Lord Balguf. ”
"So Dugu City has become a puppet of Suomo?"
"No, Somo has no roots in Skyrim, and is relatively observant, at least as far as the information is concerned, their actions are limited to purging the Talos faith and the 'anti-Somo elements', and in addition to not having any outrageous acts to break the treaty, they usually hold banquets in the embassy."
Having a banquet? Lydia still has too little experience, but a lot can happen at a banquet.
"You should rest early, too."
"Yes, sir."
That's it for now, tomorrow ...... It seems that now that I am idle again, let's go to visit the comrades-in-arms.
To know the way, for a traverser, in a world without the Internet and mobile phones and computers, it is a very terrible thing to be idle.
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Faria Greymane, who was setting up a street stall in black, looked depressed and seemed to have accepted his son's "death". In the markets of the Plains, as always, a woman sells bread and vegetables while telling her daughter what crops grow better in cold weather; The brother of the "drunken hunter", a wood elf hunter, shouts his "fresh meat". Schoolchildren on the side of the road are discussing strange topics, such as "free stealing of winged sheep, sanctions flashing out of Xiang" and so on.
I stepped onto the cloud area and walked to the main entrance of the striking boat-bottom-shaped building, Yuehuasca. The comrade-in-arms group, it sounds like there will be a large group of strong and brave soldiers living in it, so you have to be cautious.
The first visit was very nervous, was the way to enter the door "push" or "knock"? Why don't you pretend to wander around here and see how others get in?
Suddenly remembering that the Graymane Blacksmith was nearby, I made my way up the stone steps next to it to the Sky Forge. There are two people under the eagle statue, and in addition to the blacksmith Erlund, there is another gray-haired middle-aged man.
"Hello Uncle Ellund, ......"
The blacksmith noticed the direction of my eyes and immediately introduced me, "This is my brother, Virgina Greymane, a member of the Brothers-in-Arms. Virgina, you know, this is the Baron of Brighton, and the whereabouts of Sorad I just mentioned were only found out with his help. ”
"Sorad...... Thirty years ago, the empire surrendered to the Ancestral Divine Continent, which had already brought shame to everyone, and now it connived at Suo Mo's misdeeds in the Skyrim Province, hateful! ”
The blacksmith seemed to mention Virgina's sore spots, and after a brief thank you to me, he angrily dropped a sentence and left.
"Uncle Virgina hates Somo?"
"There is no one in Skyrim who does not hate, and even more so my brother. Thirty years earlier, he had participated in the Battle of the Red Ring as a commander of the Nord Legion, driving Somo out of the imperial capital. ”
No wonder, surrendering to the defeated generals of his own men, is now being kicked in the nose and face. I will understand his feelings.
"Why are you here today?"
"I wanted to inquire about the comrades-in-arms, and Farkas invited me."
"It's hard for me to know more about the Brothers-in-Arms than the others, I'm not a member of the Brothers-in-Arms, it's just that they don't know how to operate this furnace. But......" the Greymane Blacksmith grimaced, "are you really sure that Farkas invited you to join the Brothers-in-Arms?" ”
"You didn't go into such detail, maybe you just invited me to have a drink or two."
"Hmm...... Who do you think they usually drink with? Eight or nine is not far from ten. ”
"Well, I'll talk to them about it, this kind of thing needs to be thought about," thought of the ebony blade hanging from his waist, "and I just want to learn swordsmanship, too." Who should I go to? Their leader? ”
"The Brothers-in-Arms is not a bureaucracy, everyone is equal and does not interfere with each other."
"There's got to be someone in charge, right?"
"To be precise, there has been no real leader since Isgrader, and now it's up to Krako to convince these hot-blooded men not to deviate from the right path. Krako Whitemane is the pioneer of this generation, the advisor of the Brothers-in-Arms, and he is most like the boss you say. ”
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