Chapter 59: Looking for Someone × Old Boss × Ambition
The city garrison was in chaos.
Sweating profusely, Kazan asked a few listless city guards a little anxiously, "Has anyone seen where Qi went?" Several people looked at each other blankly and shook their heads.
Kazan was a little anxious, and after a morning's work, Qi Yu didn't even see a figure. If I hadn't known that this kid was quite stable, and I was optimistic about him, I wouldn't have known where to throw it in.
Just now, Kazan went to the camp to look for it again, and was very satisfied when he saw the cleaned room. That kid was able to clean the barracks so cleanly meant that he wouldn't be a half-dead man, but the glaring muddy water and blood stains in the center of the floor, as well as the weapons left on the bed, had they been attacked in the barracks?
Kazan couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. After looking for a morning, I asked all the guards on duty on the roads and gates near the barracks, except for a few guards who went home for dinner, they all said that they didn't see Qi Yu.
The impatient Kazan was furious in his heart, and took out the golden leaves to breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't roll a single one for a long time, and he pinched the remaining leaves into a ball and threw them on the ground, snorting hatefully.
Just when there was nowhere to breathe, two guards ran from a distance, panting and sweating profusely before they got close.
One of them didn't even bother to wipe it, so he said, "Captain! Today, when I was on duty, there was a battlefield guard with a few followers, and he went outside the city with a hooded head! I didn't hear my brother say that Qi was lost, and it was possible that someone took him away. Maybe that's the guy! ”
The other sweaty man hurriedly nodded and responded.
Kazan's eyes lit up and he asked, "Can you see which Praetorian guard it is?" What are the characteristics of the hooded man they took away? ”
The guard touched his head and frowned as he thought: "The guard has put down all his armor, and he can't see who it is, it's really strange on such a hot day." ”
Kazan snorted coldly: "Do bad things, who will show people with an open face." ”
The guard groaned a few more times, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Captain! I remember! The hooded man had a long scar on the front of his upper body...... That's right! Black and red, that scar is not old...... By the way, one of the Praetorian guards' henchmen I recognize, named Ku or something...... I also went to our garrison here the night before to add a post. ”
His brother was also beside him and suddenly muttered, "Could it be because of that incident......" This sentence immediately caught Kazan's attention.
Kazan immediately pulled him over and asked solemnly, "What's the matter, tell me quickly!" ”
The guard nodded: "Last night, the fire was added, and when the kid Qi came back late, he was stopped by the temporary guards, and his helmet was confiscated, I persuaded a few words, and Qi Yu said that it was a gift from Qi Lun, and the guard didn't deduct it." I remember clearly, he was very interested in Qi Yu's helmet! ”
Kazan's eyes lit up, he had seen the scar on Qi Yu's body in the morning, and he paid special attention to it, it was a clue.
Before he could ask, the guard hurriedly spoke again: "Yes! A few war slaves from the Praetorian Guard! There is one that is called Ku what! It's him, it's him! I don't know the name of the Praetorian Guard, but I do know it's the Chief of the Inner City Guard! He must have taken Qi away! ”
Kazan finally implemented it in his heart, so why did the Praetorian guard Tuqiyu's battle helmet? And why did you take him out of the city? What happened in the barracks? What is the relationship between Old Qilun and Qi Yu?
After thinking for a long time, Kazan gathered the guards who were not on duty, and said in a deep voice: "This kid Qi is our new brother. The child is not sensible, and he probably got into some trouble. Let's take a long-term view. You go out of the city in several waves to find out about the group, but if something happens, unless Qi's life is threatened, you can come back here and wait for me to discuss it. ”
"I'll go to the armoury camp to find old Chilun, maybe he has some clues. On the side of the chief secretary, everyone, including me, should not ask for the time being, first, I can't ask, and second, I can't reach it. ”
Everyone nodded together, although they hadn't met Qi Yu a few times, and even Qi Yu hadn't even touched the post, everyone had a sense of intimacy with him from the bottom of their hearts. He disappeared, and everyone was already a little anxious, but now it is even more incumbent on them to help find out the news.
Everyone dispersed, and Kazan hurried to the ordnance camp in the city, and not long away from the outer city came a few faint bells.
Kazan heard the bell and looked back, and in the distance on the bank of the Samen River, a long black pillar of smoke shot straight into the sky, and he was so angry that he hammered his hand. The more urgent it was, the more urgent it was, and Kazan turned his head and rearranged it before continuing to look for Old Chiron.
Passing through the sprawling camp complex of the Armory Guard Camp and the training ground full of correctional figures, Kazan met Old Chiron.
Old Chilun was still staring at the bubbles, nestled in his chair, and delicately peeled the pomegranate skin with his fat fingers, and gnawed on the flesh like a full red crystal, occasionally spitting large mouthfuls of dregs to the ground, and the papyrus on the table in front of him was piled with dates and pomegranate skins.
Kazan didn't dare to disturb the old man's pleasure in eating, he had trained here when he was young, and he knew the temperament of this old Chilun. Fortunately, old Chilun didn't let him wait too long.
Old Chilun threw away the messy pomegranate shells, sucked the juice in his mouth, and asked Kazan vaguely, "Are you Kazan?" How do you have time to come? It's been so long and you haven't brought anything good? After saying that, he squinted the bubbles in his eyes and squinted at Kazan.
Kazan hurriedly said, "Lord Chiron, things are too urgent. Qi Yu, who you sent to me a few days ago, is gone. And his helmet, the one you gave him, was snatched away. With that, Kazan stood aside and said no more.
The news has been delivered, and Kazan can only pray for Qi Yu's blessings.
"Oh?" Old Chilun didn't make a move, his thick fingers tapped on the table a few times, and then asked, "Then do you know who took the helmet away?" ”
Kazan was shocked, why did he only ask things and not people? didn't dare to think about it, so he replied: "According to investigation, it has something to do with the chief of the guard of the inner city battlefield." "Some things can't be said too clearly, old Chilun should be clear and will be clear.
"Well, got it, you go back. I'll take care of that. Don't ask any more. Old Chilun didn't show any expression, just let Kazan go.
Kazan answered, and went out, sighing inwardly. He didn't know that old Chilun behind him was already muttering in his heart.
"Inner City Battlefield Guard...... General Secretary...... The man who guarded the battlefield of the Western Kingdom...... Isn't it already assigned to Mark's kid? Looks like it's still not in the air. Old Qilun muttered to himself, and sneered again: "Is that battle helmet really what anyone wants to want and wears if they want?" ”
After sitting for a while, Old Qilun didn't do anything, just leaned over, and another pomegranate came into his hand, and when he pinched it gently, the pomegranate turned into two halves, but it didn't flow.
With the city guard and the royal palace as the central axis, on the other side of the inner city where the armory is symmetrical, there is only one person in the guard camp and the general office.
In the office, the doors and windows were closed, and only in the innermost room, which was full of papyrus, the windows were lightly opened, and the sunlight was projected through the cracks, shining on the strange battle helmet on the blue and white smooth hand, but it seemed to be absorbed by the war helmet, which was pitch black and endless, and the high wings of the helmet flashed with sharp points.
"What a baby!" Holding the war helmet in both hands and constantly flipping over the sunlight in front of the window, the long slender eyes and the slender beard of the general secretary all showed the admiration of the master.
"Lord Charon is not here now, and the temporary Mark doesn't understand anything, I will take the opportunity to connect this Praetorian Guard battalion to the armory, take stock of it, and wait for Lord Charon's return."
"The armory, the Praetorian camp, all the Praetorian guards will sooner or later be Lord Charon's! And I will become one of the most powerful people in the two Praetorian Guards of the Eastern and Western Kingdoms! The chief clerk touched the treasure and hid it in the shadows, and some of his determined ambitions kept popping up in his heart.
"Such a baby, only Lord Charon can be worthy, Chiren, what qualifications do you have, occupy the treasure for decades! Now it's still in my hands and has become my best gift! The corners of the chief's mouth couldn't help but curl up, ready to admire the baby for a while.
"Ouch!" In a twist, the sharp helmet blades cut through the chief minister's beautiful fingers, and as soon as the hand was released, the helmet was stained with a trace of blood, and it rolled to the ground with a grunt.