The troll subconsciously told the truth, and a panicked look appeared on its ugly face, but unfortunately it no longer had hands and could not cover its mouth.

Eventually, Gandalf inquired about the wolf. It turns out that these days, a group of wild wolves have come to the troll forest.

The trolls are simple-minded, cooperate with wolves in order to eat more, learn how to patrol regularly, and indeed catch more animals than before.

The wolves taught them and left, and the trolls were happier, because the wolves no longer grabbed food from them.

As for the giant spider, the troll said it had never been seen.

"Mr. Ain, please get rid of it." After Gandalf finished asking, he let Mo Tie deal with the troll.

Mo Tie cleanly cut off the troll's head.

After that, the two sneaked out of the troll forest, and there were no dangers along the way, neither encountering the giant nor the wolf.

Out of the forest, Gandalf handed his backpack to Mo Tie and said, "Ain, allow me to call you that, there are 500 gold coins in the backpack as a reward for this mission. By the way, after half a year, will you still be in this town? ”

Mo Tie took the backpack and weighed it, it was not light.

"Half a year later? I'm probably near Rivendell, I've heard there are a lot of elves there, and I'd like to check them out. ”

"That's great." Gandalf laughed, "In half a year, I'll be in Rivendell too." When the time comes, I may ask you to do a favor, and the reward is very rich, so don't miss it. ”

Help? Mo Tie ignored the rich rewards, there were less than four years before he could cross again, what was the use of taking more money, the 500 gold coins of this mission were enough for him to use for several years.

And, what could be the matter with Rivendell? Isn't the Lonely Mountain quest picked up at The Hobbit's Charr's Point?

"I would definitely help if I had time. But can you elaborate on what it is? ”

Gandalf's brow furrowed slightly: "I won't know for sure until I investigate, but, if nothing happens, your companion will be a dwarf, well, a dwarf who is not very friendly to elves." ”

"Oh, it doesn't matter, dwarves and elves are born to look at each other, after all, dwarves are so ugly."

Gandalf held his forehead, feeling that something would happen if Mo Tie and the dwarves were put together.

Mo Tie knew that this was a lonely mountain mission as soon as he heard it, but he didn't expect Gandalf to have a preliminary plan so early.

He was looking forward to this mission, and maybe he would be able to see the mysterious One Ring by then.

"Ain, I need to confirm something as soon as possible, so I'll take care of this letter." Gandalf pulled out the merchant's suicide note from the troll cave, handed it to Mo Tie, and said, "If you really don't want to, you can find a postman in town." ”

Mo Tie nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Gandalf, I wish you well."

"Thank you, Ain. Someone will show me the way. Gandalf said mysteriously.

Half a day later, Mo Tie followed the direction pointed out by Gandalf and came to a small town, ready to find a hotel to rest.

Once in the city, he looked up for the sign for the inn. The style of the small towns in Middle-earth is much the same, and the shops that operate will have wooden boards in the doorways with some carved patterns to tell people what they do.

On the planks of the blacksmith's shop were an anvil and a hammer; The weapon shop carves two steel swords crossed together; The tavern will have a picture of a bubbling ale...... Mo Tie saw a strange pattern, it turned out to be four shields connected together, and he couldn't tell what it was for.

Pushing open the wooden door and walking in, it turned out to be a hotel, which also offers a variety of cuisines, placed on earth, this should be called a hotel.

Inside the hall were more than a dozen tables, each with a separate oil lamp. Most of the seats were already occupied, and a few bards were playing flutes and singing to people.

Mo Tie casually found an empty table and sat down, and immediately a waitress came over with a friendly smile.

This is probably the benefit of appearance.

"Hello, what do you need?"

"Whatever you want, and two loaves of bread."

"Okay, please wait."

Mo Tie took out the only remaining bottle of Black Thorn Honey Wine from his backpack, the wizard's backpack was magical, it contained everything.

Someone peeked over from the side, and it was clear that the bottle of wine was not something that could be seen in this area. Some people also wanted to get close to Mo Tietao and taste a cup of black thorn honey wine, but when they saw that he was an elf, they gave up.

I've heard that elves aren't easy to deal with, just like dwarves.

After finishing the meal, Mo Tie opened a room for 10 silver coins, and by the way, he told the boss that if a postman passed by, he must be notified.

When he went upstairs, Mo Tie also called a female bard to the room, and while listening to the heroic hymns of Middle-earth, he read the storybook "The Queen of the Wolfheart" in the hotel room.

The light beat of the drums beat and the melodious female voice sang about the great battle between the kingdom of Gondor and Mordor, and through the lyrics, he saw a battle of the century that could be sung and cried.

In the middle of the night, the hard book of "The Queen of the Wolf's Heart" turned to the last page, the oil lamp gradually dimmed, Mo Tie covered the sheepskin mattress and entered the dream.

The next morning, the innkeeper's knock on the door woke Mo Tie.

"Sir, I hope it doesn't bother you. The postman is already waiting below. The owner politely said why he was knocking.

"Oh yes, thank you."

Mo Tie picked up the merchant's suicide note and went downstairs.

The postman, a young man dressed in rags, waited respectfully at the door of the shop when he saw an elf coming down from the upper floor, and tightened his legs even more.

"At your service, sir."

No one doubted Mo Tie's elf identity, with pure gold long hair, handsome appearance, and tall figure, even human princes did not have such a temperament.

Therefore, the postman reacted subconsciously to Mo Tie's politeness.

"There is a letter that was found, the address and the recipient are written on it, and you keep the recipient's reward for yourself." Mo Tie handed over the merchant's suicide note, took out another gold coin, and put it in the postman's hand, "A gold coin, postage." ”

The young postman panicked and stammered, "No...... There is no need for gold coins, such letters...... I sent it, and the recipient will definitely pay for it. ”

Mo Tie pressed his shoulder and said, "This letter is a little shabby, it has been a long time, if you can't find the recipient, you will run for nothing; Or the recipient can't afford the postage. You better take it, I'm not short of money. ”

The postman gratefully promised that he would hand over the letter to the recipient, and then wrapped the letter in a new piece of brown paper and solemnly placed it at the bottom of the packet.

Seeing off the postman, the innkeeper on the side smiled and said, "Sir, you are a kind elf. ”

When he got up early, Mo Tie ordered an apple cheese to taste, and chatted with the boss by the way.

"Lawrence, why did you spend four shields on that sign at your door?" Mo Tie asked curiously, the innkeeper's name was Lawrence.

"My shop is called Four Shields Hotel." Lawrence explains, going back to where the name came from, "I have three brothers, and when we were very young, my father used to make four little wooden shields for us. The second brother, Talion, asked his father, "Why don't you make us four small wooden swords?" I'll never forget my father's answer. Because the four shields will protect you in all directions, he said, and the wooden sword will allow you to stab each other. ”

Mo Tie licked the cream from the corner of his mouth and said, "Then your brother's relationship must be very good?" ”

"Well, no." Lawrence let out a long sigh, "A few years ago, our younger brother died in the mouth of an orc, and the eldest brother thought I didn't protect him well and left angrily. The second brother, Talion, became a ranger and rarely returned home. The three of us hadn't seen each other in years.

"Sometimes, I think of what my father once said, and I wonder if I really didn't protect my brother. In memory of my poor brother, I opened this Four Shields Hotel to tell this story to the passers-by, hoping that everyone would understand how important family is. ”

"So that's the case, so your eldest brother has never come back?" Mo Tie picked up the second apple cheese.

"Nope." Lawrence said in a low voice, "I suspect that he has been killed, but I have never received a letter from him, so seeing your actions, I even envy the recipient of your letter." ”

Mo Tie narrowed his eyes and comforted Lawrence: "Don't worry, Lawrence, maybe your eldest brother is just too far away from you." ”

"I hope so, I'd rather see him come back in person than a suicide note." Lawrence got up and walked over to take Mo Tie's empty plate.

"By the way, Mr. Elf, could I take the liberty of asking for your name?"

"Just call me Ain."

"Okay, Ain. Have you made a turn in this town? My wife went back to her hometown yesterday, and she should be back at noon today, so I'll go with you to the rest of the town. ”

Lawrence swept away the gloom just now, maybe this story has indeed been told to many people, and he has been able to control his emotions comfortably.

"That's right, I'm going to stay here for a while." Mo Tie said that he was going to the mercenary tavern to see the bounty task and clean up the orc gathering place near this town, which would take about half a month.

At noon, a beautiful woman walked into the inn with a horseskin package in her hand. As soon as he walked in the door, he was greeted and said, "Hey, Lawrence, do you miss me?" ”

"Isolda, you're back." Lawrence said with a smile.

"yes, you haven't seen me for a day, are you about to cry?" Isolda put down the package and walked over the counter, wrapped her arms around Lawrence's neck, and asked seductively.

The guests all turned their heads to look at the counter, laughing, and waiting for Lawrence's answer.

"Well, dear, I miss you so much. I secretly cried under the covers for half the night. Lawrence laughed and laughed as he cooperated with his wife.

Mo Tie also smiled knowingly.