Minna only felt extremely aggrieved, obviously everything was going well, and she was almost able to wipe out the spies and enemies, and then who threw that stone and ruined the good thing? That young knight was actually killed!

She strode on the way back, and there was a fire in her heart that crackled

Alex followed her in silence and suddenly spoke, "You say, why did they kill that knight?"

Minna was stunned and looked back at him: "What else is the reason?" Isn't that what he does? ”

"But since we're following him, it means he's been exposed, and they've left the body behind, which proves that the knight is indeed a spy," Alex frowned, "If they're afraid he'll reveal their secrets if he's caught, why don't they just take him with them?" He's a member of the royal knights' reserves, and he has good skills, so he shouldn't be a burden."

When he said this, Minna also felt a little strange: "Although everyone in the Cavaliers will have a file record, but with a little modification, if they are on the run, they may not be discovered, and they don't need to be killed at all."

"Unless—" Alex's eyes lit up, "unless this person can't escape, or even if he does, he'll be discovered quickly, and he's got enough information to threaten someone!" ”

"He's a local," Minna suddenly remembered what the young knight had said, "and if we find his family, maybe he'll come out on his own, and I don't think he's a villain by day... But what is it that makes those guys even kill their companions? We all know who they sent from, and there's no need to hide it

Alex suddenly stopped: "You say... Will there be another one in the Cavaliers... Or two spies? We kept following the guy and didn't notice anyone else there but someone was able to hide from us and throw out that rock as a warning, maybe... The other party also has an accomplice, and he is also a master! ”

Minna suddenly became excited: "So our clues haven't been broken yet?!" That's great! The grievances in her heart finally dissipated, and she secretly swore that she would definitely teach those bastards a good lesson, and see if they dared to play her again!

When they returned to the Lord's Mansion, they alerted Herbie and the knight captain, who learned that a knight had reported to the enemy, and the latter went to collect the corpses of his subordinates, while Herbie quickly contacted local officials and found the knight's family

According to his mother, her husband has recently become seriously ill, and the family's grocery store owes a lot of money because of poor management, so the family plans to sell the shop to pay off the debts and move to the countryside to live, and even the daughter has to marry a rich old man, but the son suddenly took out a large sum of money a few days ago to tell his parents not to marry his sister or sell grocery stores, and said that there will be a sum of money in a few days

But the family cried for a long time around the body of the deceased, and did not say who gave the money, and did not know what the son planned to do

Herbie was distraught when he heard this, turned around and left, and the Knights stayed a little longer, suggesting that one of the team members gave the family a few dollars and left

The Dead Earth Knight had been on the team for less than half a year, and there were not many members of the team who were familiar with him, except for one who was usually in close contact with him, and vaguely knew that his family was in trouble, but when asked what suspicious person he had been in contact with, the team member was not clear

It seems that it is difficult to deduce who is another spy among the companions based on these clues alone, Minna has to put the matter down for the time being, urging everyone to set off and return to Ito, so that there is less risk if he returns a day earlier

So the group set out again, and Minna, remembering that she had overheard the words "to-morrow" and "woods" the last night, was very careful when she saw the woods on the road, and told Herbie not to rest in the woods as much as possible, so that nothing happened at the end of the day, except that there were still people watching

Minna began to think that maybe she was too sensitive, and those people would probably do it at night, right?

The carriage walked slowly down the road, and the passers-by respectfully moved out of the way, and when the carriage had passed, they whispered a few words, although the eldest prince Hayt no longer showed his face, and the luxurious carriage and the imposing knights were enough to be the topic of conversation for the next month

In the evening, the sky gradually darkened, and in the setting sun, two or three spires appeared behind the hillside ahead, suggesting that the next town to stay in was about to arrive

Turning the side of the mountain, a large wooded area appeared on the side of the road on the left side of the mountain, gloomy and endless, and the grass and wild flowers on the ground spread to the roadside, and a gust of wind blew, bringing a floral fragrance

Minna suddenly had some bad premonitions, seeing that she was about to enter the city, how could there be such a wood? She turned her head to look at Alex, who tilted his head, as if listening to something, and only turned his head after noticing her gaze, and said solemnly: "Minna, the sentry didn't follow"

"Huh?" Minna lifted the curtain and looked back, sure enough, a few riders who were still there just now were nowhere to be seen, and there was not even a pedestrian behind, and then looked ahead, the road was also empty, and her ominous premonition in her heart was getting stronger and stronger, and she just wanted to say something to Alex, but suddenly felt a shock to the body, and there was a neighing sound of horses outside the car, followed by the sound of human voices, wheels, and horse barking, mixed together, and became a mess

Minna was tossed by the carriage a few times, and hurriedly got out to see that almost all the horses seemed to be crazy, constantly beating, and scurrying around, intending to throw the people on their backs, and the carriage that Hayt was riding in was pulled in different directions because of the most horses, but only after a few steps was shaken by the accompanying guards and knights, Hebby desperately grabbed Hebby and cut off the reins of two of the horses, so that the carriage stopped, and the horses rushed quickly in the direction of the woods

In the car, Heyt was frightened, lifted the curtain and just wanted to say something but heard a screaming sound, Herbie shouted "Be careful", and knocked Heat down, and in the next second, a stainless steel arrow was nailed to the board of the carriage above their heads, and after three minutes of deep breath, people gasped and then swished a few times, several arrows were shot one after another, and one of the guards couldn't dodge, he was shot in the arm, and fell off the horse with a scream, and an arrow grazed the horse's back, and the horse neighed loudly in pain, and immediately rushed to the woods Herbie was startled and hurriedly chased after him, Another guard followed closely

The other knights were in a hurry to restrain the mad horses, and the captain of the knights whipped the horse's buttocks desperately, and watched the carriage running farther and farther away, eager to execute the uncooperative beast at once

Minna stumbled out of the carriage, and there was no trace of the carriage in which Hayt was riding, and she cursed in her heart, avoiding a pair of raised hooves, following the wheel tracks left by the carriage, and quickly chased Alex, and then jumped out of the carriage, took out a bottle for the horse to smell, and it gradually calmed down

The young magician frowned, and as soon as he raised his hand, a gust of wind blew up, blowing away the original fragrance of flowers, but there was a faint fragrance of the leaves permeating the air, and the horses smelled this fragrance, and they slowly returned to normal, and the knight captain immediately ordered his subordinates to go into the forest to look for the traces of the eldest prince, and Alex stayed in place, looking at the empty road, and narrowed his eyes

After Minna rushed into the woods, it didn't take long to see the shadow of the carriage, and at the same time, in the surrounding bushes, there were more than twenty strong men dressed as robbers, and they said robbery in a rough voice, and then slashed at him with a big knife and axe, and Hebby and another guard tried to resist, but the other side was outnumbered, and after a while, they were wounded and fell to the ground by the carriage, and the eldest prince Heyat sat on the ground, holding a long sword in his hand, and as soon as someone approached him, he would swing his sword and force people away

Minna hurriedly sent out a few ice arrows and shot a few "robbers", Herbie took the opportunity to hack two people to death, and the "robbers" excitedly threw a few daggers in the direction of Hayat, so panicked that Herbie rushed over, blocking the murder weapon Hayt gasped lightly, and squeezed out a sentence in his mouth: "Catch the mouth alive!" Another guard changed his attack and slashed at the enemy's feet

Seeing that the situation was not good, the "robbers" hurriedly retreated Minna three steps and made two steps to catch up with one, kicked him in the vest, and then pressed his knees against his spine, held his wrists with both hands, twisted back, and restrained him

The "robber" caught by another guard simply went to his hand and died

The other "robbers" escaped without a single one, looking at the quiet surroundings, Minna felt a chill in her heart These "robbers" are the same as the sentry people, all wearing ten gold coins and a pair of soft-soled high-leg leather boots, obviously a gang, but compared with the accomplices they met before, they would rather commit suicide on the spot than be captured alive, but, is this necessary?

The Cavaliers caught up, and the captain hurried to greet Hayat: "Are you alright?" Did you fall? Should I see a doctor? ”

"The doctor fainted" Heyt smiled wryly and glancing inside the car, "I don't think the injury is serious, but it seems to be a lot of trouble" He took off his boots, revealing the redness and swelling of his ankle, the protruding bone, like a red egg, obviously a sprain

Minna walked over to check on him, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just a sprain, it's okay to raise it for a while, I don't understand this, let's let the doctor wake up and treat you"

The wry smile on Hayat's face did not dissipate: "But I originally injured my other foot, and this time I can't walk even more, so others won't think I'm really crippled."

Herbie's face turned blue and comforted him in a low voice: "It's just a sprain, any doctor can prove that this kind of injury is easy to heal, you will be fine" After saying that, he raised his head and scolded the knight captain: "What happened just now?!" How could a horse suddenly go crazy?! ”

The knight captain held back his anger and said: "I don't know, but I suspect that there is a problem with the forage at noon, the clerk who feeds the horse has a flickering eye, and he doesn't look very decent, I mentioned it to you at the time, but you said that you are in a hurry and have no time to care about the others."

"Are you accusing me of negligence that caused this sneak attack to happen?!" Herbie retorted sharply

"Don't dare" The knight captain lowered his head, but his pursed lips seemed to suggest that he was not right, and Hebby was even more angry

Just when Minna was having a headache because the two commanders were getting more and more noisy, a familiar voice came from behind her: "I'm afraid it's not just grass that works, otherwise the time will be too accurate" Minna hurriedly turned around and asked him: "Alec, do you know what's going on?" ”

Alex stretched out his hand, revealing a small light yellow flower: "The local specialty of the Mayflower, is a perfume raw material, it will not happen under the condition of smoking, but the situation just now is too suspicious, I just wanted to use the incense to calm the horse, the amount was not enough, but as soon as the wind took away the fragrance of the flowers, the horse returned to its original state, I suspect that what really caused the horses to go crazy should be the fragrance of this flower"

Minna took the little flower and looked at it carefully, but she couldn't remember which magic book mentioned that the mayflower also had the effect of making horses crazy, and suddenly, she remembered something: "I remember that my grandfather said that some people poison it, and they will use double poison or triple poison, and if they mix two kinds of herbs that will not be problematic, it will become highly poisonous, and you say, will the enemy put a poison in the forage, and let it mix with the fragrance of the mayflower flowers, it will make the horse crazy?" ”

Herbie and the Captain of the Knight were both thinking solemnly, and Alex leaned closer to Minna and whispered, "You actually don't know anything about it?" Minna smiled and glanced at him, "When I arrived in Ito, I began to study the effects of spices!" Alex chuckled and turned his head

On the other side, Herbie had finished thinking and said to Hayat with a sad expression: "Your Highness, I didn't expect those people to attack again and again, it's so cold, do you still have naïve thoughts about them?" If it weren't for the quick help just now, maybe they would have hacked you to death, and then the officials only need to give an order to surrender the bandits, and those bastards will change into ordinary clothes and blend into the crowd as civilians, and who will catch them? Aren't you just for nothing—" His eyes were red, and he couldn't say any more

Hayat's expression was indifferent, as if he wasn't talking about his own business: "Anyone is hurt, I'll wake up the old doctor"

Hebby said unwillingly: "Your Highness! It's time for you to be ruthless against this kind of person! Please give the order, let the local garrison help arrest the people, let them confess the main culprit, and with them to testify, that woman will never be able to hurt you again! After a pause, his eyes turned red again: "Otherwise, you won't even be able to return to Ito safely..."

Hayt didn't speak, and the knight captain saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, and he didn't dare to open it

Minna frowned, and was about to say something, but heard Alex suddenly say: "Actually, if you want to return to Ito safely, there is another way"

These words focused everyone's attention on him