The Black Thorn Family, the masters behind Rift City, holds the economic lifeline of Rift City, and is also the most powerful and influential family in the entire Skyrim.

And although Rift City now belongs to the Storm Cloak, in fact, the lords of Rift Valley City still have to look at the face of the Black Thorn family in many things, and behind the Black Thorn family is closely connected with the empire, you can imagine the heritage of this family.

Marwen Black Thorn, the current head of the Black Thorn family, a strong business woman, although many businesses are not negotiated by peaceful means, she is very arrogant, but she is indeed very means, well, you can say at every turn that the dark brother will destroy your whole family.

Zhang Lin is now facing this woman.

"You are Zhang Lin, and the Golden Radiance Manor that should have belonged to me was destroyed by you?" Ma Wen, dressed in a gorgeous black robe, sat lazily on a chair in the hall of the family villa, while looking at Zhang Lin with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Well, I'm sorry, Ms. Marwen, it was just an accident, you can't count this on my head." This is not wrong, it was the wood elf himself who overturned the oil lamp, and Zhang Lin just ignored it.

In addition, Wicks, who was on a mission with him, was not found by Marwen, and it was clear that Mercer still didn't trust him as a newcomer, and threw the pot on him as a matter of course.

Shaking the black wine bottle in her hand, Ma Wen poured rich and sweet honey wine into the delicate silver cup on the table, and took a sip, as if intoxicated by the aroma of wine.

After deliberately drying Zhang Lin for a while, she continued: "You are still a little flamboyant, believe it or not, I will put you to death now, and your president will not trouble me!" ”

Mercer certainly won't trouble you because of me, but you're his rich man.

Zhang Lin slandered in his heart, but he still said: "I believe this, Ms. Ma Wen's name and influence, as long as the people who come to Rift Valley City have never heard of it, but Madam, you deliberately came to me, it must be just to kill me, a nobody, right, otherwise there is no need to let me come here, right?" ”

"Very smart, but I don't like people who think they are smart, they will always ruin my plans, if you help me do something, I can guarantee that the Black Thorn Clan will not trouble you, but you will have a chance to get a good pay, how about it?" Obviously, no matter how much you look at Zhang Lin, in Ma Wen's eyes, he is just a little person who is greedy for money.

Ma Wen is really wrong about this, Zhang Lin's purpose is not for money, for him who wants to kill the strongest dragon in the main quest, strength is crucial, at least, self-protection ability is also necessary, and Zhang Lin's real purpose in joining the Thieves Guild is to hook up with the demon god who maintains a trading relationship with the Thieves Guild, and the one who may be the best to communicate with all the demon gods.

"Well, it looks like I don't have the right to refuse, do I?" Spreading his hands, Zhang Lin deliberately showed a very helpless but had to agree, which Ma Wen was happy to see.

"Very good, you need to understand one thing, I only care about the result, how the process is not in my consideration, in addition to finding you is related to the destruction of the golden light, and more importantly, so far, the performance of many tasks you have taken over has not been discovered, so I believe you can complete this important task." Obviously, Ma Wen deliberately looked up the mission records in the Thieves' Guild, otherwise she would have really chosen to kill Zhang Lin instead of letting Zhang Lin do things for her.

"I have a competitor, the mead land of Xue Manling, and I originally wanted to cooperate with them to buy them, but the result was not satisfactory, so I decided to let it go out of business." Obviously, this is another means of unfair competition, but Ma Wen has long been familiar with this kind of thing, and has done it many times.

Zhang Lin pretended to be very serious and asked how to complete this task, as well as some precautions, but in fact, he was going to take this opportunity to contact a key person, the second leader of the Thieves Guild who had been away for more than ten years after being framed, and a person who had been trying his best to destroy the cooperation between Marven and Mercer.

"Do this task well, or maybe one day you won't see the sun the next day, and the Dark Brotherhood will cut off your head." This last sentence is a strong threat.

Leaving the Black Thorn House, Zhang Lin unexpectedly saw Wicks waiting anxiously not far away, and as soon as he saw his figure appear, he immediately ran over.

"I heard Blinkev say that you were taken away by the people of the Black Thorn family early in the morning, is it because of the golden light, did they embarrass you? I'm also responsible for that matter, how can I let you bear it alone, I'm going to talk to them! "These days of cooperation, the two have established a good friendship, so Wicks's tone revealed his concern for Zhang Lin and a trace of anger towards the Black Thorn Family, not all the people in the Thieves Guild respect the Black Thorn Family so much, after all, it is just the object of cooperation that Mercer found.

"It's fine, it's just that Ms. Marven needs me to help her with one thing."

"Really?" Wicks felt that it was not that simple, because after living in Rift City for so many years, Marwen's reputation in Rift City was not to mention, and the people who often angered him disappeared.

"Really, it's a small thing, maybe a little thing that pays well." Seeing Wicks' suspicions, Zhang Lin deliberately downplayed the importance of the matter and mentioned the reward, but the attention of the blonde young lady, who was as greedy for money as Kexia, was immediately diverted.

"Is there a good pay? Let me help you, and then divide me in half, oh no, a third will be enough. ”

"Okay, if you don't say it, I'll call you too." Zhang Lin replied very simply.

Zhang Lin originally planned to involve Wicks, because he needed someone to carry out the mission on the bright side, and he needed to find the owner of the mead field in advance and contact the person behind the scenes.

Maybe this is a bit of a use of Wicks, but Zhang Lin will tell the other party the truth of the matter soon, and a new trio that will be formed soon has already eliminated the original Brinchov in Zhang Lin's plan and replaced it with Wicks, after all, the benefits are still reserved for people who are closer to him, isn't it.

In order not to miss out on Kexia, who was coming to Rift Valley City recently, Zhang Lin decided to deal with this troublesome matter as soon as possible, so after briefly explaining the task, he pulled Wicks straight to the stable outside the city, compared to the carriage, renting two good horses is much faster, and it only takes half a day to reach the snow manling.