Chapter 14: The Manor

"Let go of me, you damn pig-headed man, take your dirty paws off your Uncle Givis, your bad breath is all over my face! Bastard, you're going to put me down, I'm a scholar of the Mechanical Tower, you can't do this to me, damn it, I'm telling you, my brother is a high-level mechanic, if you don't let me down, I'll let him chop you into pork chops......"

Just when Lin Ze and the others walked into the gate called the city hall, they saw a wild boar man carrying a dwarf out of the door, yes, yes, the wild boar man stretched out his hand, carried the back collar of the dwarf's clothes, let the dwarf's short limbs flutter in the air, and then walked out of the gate, a beautiful parabola, followed by a scream......

"The dwarf's head is always whimsical, and it's not a place where you can get through with one mouth." Seeing Lin Ze turn around, the lizardman who led the way said in a strange voice, and directly expressed a meaning to Lin Ze, the silver coin you gave when you entered the door was worth the money.

This is actually a vegetable market called the town hall, of course, this town hall is only to manage the place outside the Jifeng Pass, that is, the outer valley of the Jifeng Valley, a spacious hall, the table that is gathered together is divided into seven places, under the leadership of the lizardman, Lin Ze came to the lonely table in the middle.

"Welcome to the Valley of the Gathering Winds, adventurer, I am Goffrey, the clerk of the Outer Valley of the Gathering Winds, and there is the Flame Chamber of Commerce, the best merchants who can enter the Flower Language Forest, the brave and loyal Brotherhood of the Iron Fist, and ...... Uh......" Golfrey tilted his head in contemplation for a moment, his brows furrowed, "Let's get down to business, is there anything we can do?" ”

Ahem~ Lin Ze almost couldn't hold back his laughter and was choked by himself.

"Just laugh if you want to, it's okay", Gao Furi shook his head with a wry smile, "A few days ago, the Haoya tribe replaced the Bloody Blade Mercenary Group and became one of the six deliberations in the Outer Valley, and changed the rhetoric, hey~~ Oh, by the way, are you here?" ”

"I'd like to buy a place to live in Setwind Valley." Lin Ze was straightforward.

"Is there some housing available for sale, do you have any specific requirements, such as security? Environment? Location? Or something else, of course we only have the Outer Valley dwelling here", and as soon as he got down to business, Goffrey immediately became serious.

"Just have a garden, I need a garden that I can plant!" Lin Ze affirmed.

"Garden? Well, it just so happens that there is a manor near the Jifeng Pass, which used to be the station of the Blood Blade Mercenary Group, but since the Haoya tribe took it, it has been vacant, the price is 6500 gold, it is a good place, close to the Jifeng Pass, the security is good, and it is located on the sunny heights of the nearby mountainside, it is very pleasant, the garden is about 80 steps wide, 70 steps long, and the residence is also a three-story spacious wood and stone structure, which is equipped with all kinds of furniture and decoration. ”

Uh~~"Is there anything else?" "6500 gold? Lin Ze thought that he was very rich with more than 370 gold at first, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even afford a toilet, and this garden was too big, about 560 square meters of garden (counting one step and one meter), why should he be so big?

"This~um~ with a garden~ is gone", Gao Freery hesitated for a moment and said quietly.

"It's okay, don't have any worries, I'll figure it out for myself if I say it or not!" Lin Ze added as soon as he saw Gao Furi's appearance.

"After all, the outer valley has limited space, there are not many houses with gardens, and there is indeed one house for sale that is empty, but it is ...... Its first two owners have mysteriously disappeared, nothing has been found, no bloodstains, no corpses, not even traces of a fight, as if no one has ever entered, and it has not been found until now, there was originally a traveling merchant who wanted to make a profit, but he couldn't sell it, so he had to mortgage it to the Flame Chamber of Commerce at a low price, and that residence was in the outermost part of the Wind Valley, next to the woods. Goffrey handed Lin Ze a piece of paper full of information about his residence.

"How much?" After a casual look, Lin Ze asked.

"800 gold, though," Goffrey thought for a moment, "if you voluntarily sign a waiver agreement and state that the house will automatically be sold by us after 60 days of disappearance, then you can reduce it by half!" And the inside of the house was basically empty, and the decorations and furniture of some value were sold. ”

"400," Lin Ze thought for a moment, and took out a few small raw spars from the Nord people from his arms, "Can these be converted into gold coins from you?" ”

"Oh~ Apprentice Stone, and a beginner spar, um~ Okay, but I can say it bluntly, the price I give you here is definitely lower than the one you go to the shops outside, the apprentice stone is only 3 gold, and this junior spar blue stone can only be sold for 20 gold, you think about it." Goffrey said flatly.

20 gold, 4 of 3, 32 gold, Lin Ze calculated, "Okay, it's all changed, plus the 368 gold here, a total of 400 gold, I'll sign that agreement now." ”

"By the way, what if I'm just going out on an adventure, how do I count this time?" Just as he was about to sign, Lin Ze thought of a question.

"Then you register with me before you go out, it doesn't count as missing, as for the situation that you can't come back after you go out, we will naturally deal with it according to the method of housing management in the outer valley of Jifeng Valley."

Lin Ze has no extra choice, as the cultivation system of the Iter civilization, the cultivation of plants must be used in the garden, and the vitality of the used seeds must also be replenished through planting, so there is no way to choose this kind of strange house, as for the disappearance, assassination, kidnapping, and the golden cicada shelling...... There are no less than 10 reasons for the disappearance that Guang Lin Ze thought of, if there is anything similar to the only existence of spiritual power, such as ghosts, ghosts or something, it is easier to deal with, he has dealt with a lot when he was exploring, not to mention, those snake girls are the tombs, this kind of haunted house is not a problem at all.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, welcome to live in the Valley of the Wind, no matter what you're doing outside, but, here, you must not hurt the other residents, that's the basic principle."

Assigned a guard to lead, Gao Furi watched Lin Ze go away with the deed, and only then did a mocking smile appear on his face, another greedy person, how long did the last one live? 1 month? It didn't seem to be yet, he shook his head slightly, and casually handed the agreement to the tables of the Flame Chamber of Commerce.

The buildings in the outer valley of the Wind Valley are basically small houses, generally one or two floors, the first floor is a stone structure, and the part above one floor is a wooden structure, which can not only effectively prevent some beasts from attacking, but also reduce the weight of the high-rise part, which is a very reasonable house structure, and Lin Ze also found that the architectural style of the house here is very close to the tomb where the snake girl stays, the eaves have a kind of decoration similar to the head of an animal, and the house has no windows. Rely on a large row of small ventilation holes under the eaves and ventilation from the outside.

Lin Ze looked at the wild boar man leading the way in front of him, took out a few silver coins from his pocket, and rushed forward.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry, I want to ask when was the last time the owner of this house disappeared?"

The boar man put away the silver coins with a grin, "That was last autumn, and it's rare to find an owner for that broken house." ”

According to Lin Ze's understanding, Yunshan World also divides the 12 months of the year into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, but it is 45 days per month, last autumn, and now summer, it is at least more than six months and almost 270 days ago, it seems that it is not the ghost of the Burning Chamber of Commerce that he thought of before.

"What about the first owner of the house?"

"That's earlier, I think about it, it should have been 5 years ago", the boar man tilted his head with a bitter and hateful expression.

"Here", the boar man looked up, as if relieved, and hurriedly said, "This side of the eastern part of the outer valley is the jurisdiction of the Church of Truth, and it is generally patrolled by their guards, you can go to the Golden Hall to find them if you have something, this is not under our control." ”

After walking a few steps, the boar man seemed to remember something, and turned around, "You can also hire mercenaries from the Iron Fist Brotherhood to protect your safety, they are the organization of the Nords in the snowy highlands of the northwest, and they are also a subordinate branch of the Brothers-in-Arms, they value commitment more than life, and they are all warriors that we respect", after a moment of silence, perhaps for the sake of those few silver coins, the Wild Boar Man added, "The previous owner of the house also hired an Iron Fist brother, but unfortunately they disappeared together." ”

Watching the boar people hurry away, the Nords...... Lin Ze looked back at the dusty iron fence gate......