Outside the gates of Hearthstone, there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going.

The main city of this fourth-level principality is as prosperous as ever.

Seeing the walls of Hearthstone, Jester finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

He knew it was safe because it was his territory. He was very confident that in this Hearthstone City, no one dared to make a move on his party, not even Grand Duke Vlad Kimir.

Not only in this Hearthstone City, but also in every fourth-level main city in the Dark Empire, the dark curtain is deeply rooted.

Nearly a hundred years of strategizing have made this mysterious organization the most powerful force in the Dark Empire, and it has also made all the fourth-level main cities have a deacon that is enough to make the duke-level powerhouses change color.

If it were in an ordinary second- or third-tier city, Jester might not dare to have too much self-confidence, after all, the smaller the city, the less power the dark curtain would invest. However, in this fourth-level super city, the power that Jester can mobilize can completely allow a grand duke to carefully weigh whether he can bear such a big price if he turns his face.

Having said it again, Jester is a tenth-order junior, and the level of the Grand Duke is basically the ninth-order peak, if you talk about fighting alone, maybe there is no duke on this Dark Light Continent who is Jester's opponent.

Therefore, whether it is one-on-one or the comprehensive combat power under his command, Jester will definitely not be worthy of any grand duke.

Jester was very relieved to get here, and the precautions he had to worry about along the way could finally be relieved a little.

"It's finally here. ”

Jester chuckled, then squeezed his eyes at Li Yanbei.

"Well, I brought you back safely, didn't you break your promise?"

Li Yanbei tilted his head, looked at Jester with a tangled expression and said,

"You brought Lao Tzu back?"

Jester shrugged his shoulders and said as a matter of course,

"It's not me, a tenth-order master, could it be that the two sixth-order juniors behind you brought you back?"

Li Yanbei said with an exaggerated expression,

"I'll go to your uncle's, what the hell have you been doing all this way? Except for eating, you almost peed your pants when you met that Asmodeus guy in Starlight City. If it weren't for Lao Tzu······"

Hearing Li Yanbei turn over the old accounts, Jester waved his hand impatiently.

"Okay, okay, what are you showing, isn't it just a trip to the underworld? Besides, it's not like you haven't heard what people say along the way, your identity as a fourth-order doctor has been exposed, and everyone thinks that you are a gimmick that you spent money to make by the dark curtain, and now the dark empire has already spread here, and you are still the second son of waste in everyone's mouth. ”

Provocatively bumped Li Yanbei on the shoulder, Jester said with a smile,

"Do you think everyone believes that I helped you complete the task, or do you believe that you, the bluffing second son, have done everything?"

Looking at the cheap smile on Jester's face, Li Yanbei suddenly had a new understanding of the thickness of human skin. He also knew very well that his reputation would not be good now.

Although the gambling arranged by Baron Chris's side is very thorough, there is no impermeable wall in the world. In the end, the rumors leaked out, and although there was no substantial evidence, the rumors were enough to ruin the four wastes.

Of course, the four wasted second sons don't have a good reputation in the first place, so they won't care about these rumors. As long as the money is in the pocket, everything else is secondary. The saying that people are fiercer than tigers is not very applicable to the four of them.

Along the way, Li Yanbei also heard many rumors. What made him feel most depressed was that his identity as a fourth-order physician was also suspected.

After all, when facing Gucci at that time, he did not make the pill himself, but only took out a pill and scared Gucci away.

And the proof of Alice and Mousse is also regarded as the mastermind behind the dark curtain.

Although Li Yanbei didn't care about these false names, after hearing this, it still made his heart very uncomfortable. So along the way, his mood has never been very beautiful.

"Your uncle, I'm too lazy to care about anything else. ”

Li Yanbei snorted lightly, then glared at Jester.

"But if you dare to withhold the gold coins that Snake promised to give to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will not be finished with you. ”

Seeing Li Yanbei's appearance, Jester smiled dumbly.

He really didn't expect that such a vain and unfathomable strongman would be so nervous about those yellow and white things.

"I said, Lord Deacon. ”

Jester smiled and shook his head.

"Can you make a difference?"

Li Yanbei rolled his eyelids and said in an unkind tone,

"How?"

Jester spread out his hands and said helplessly,

"For the sake of those three melons and two dates, are you there?"

"Cut. ”

Li Yanbei pursed his lips disdainfully.

"If you know how much money it took me to get to where I am now, I guarantee you won't laugh. ”

Hearing the two bickering, where can Nero be idle?

I saw him scurrying to the front and inserting himself in the middle of the two.

"How much, how much?"

His eyes widened, and Nero looked curious.

"How much did it cost you to improve your strength so quickly?"

Li Yanbei saw this guy's head poking over, and his face was disgusted.

Annoyed, he pushed Nero's head away with his hand, and then said impatiently,

"It's your business. ”

Seeing Nero deflated, Collinder and Jester smiled and shook their heads.

Along the way, several people got used to laughing. and went through so many things to bring the relationship between the four of them one step closer.

If Li Yanbei has any friends in this dark light continent, Jester, Nero and Collinder are definitely among them.

Without further ado, let's see below.

Just as the four of them were joking, there was a commotion in Hearthstone.

I saw a large crowd of civilians pouring out of the city gate, and some armed soldiers were driving them behind.

This scene was very strange, and the four of them couldn't help but look at each other.

Just when Li Yanbei and the others were wondering, they saw that those soldiers had already divided the civilians into two lines, leaving a large road in the middle.

There was chaos at the gate of the city, and Li Yanbei and the others had no intention of entering the city for a while. They had never seen anything like this before, so they were suspicious of each other.

"What's going on?"

Li Yanbei looked at Jester.

"How did you get everyone out?"

Jester pursed his lips with a thoughtful look on his face.

"It shouldn't be an eviction. ”

Looking at the road that separated from the city gate, Jester said thoughtfully,

"Is it to transport some important supplies, or maybe some important people are going out of the city? ”

Nero touched his chin thoughtfully, and then said slowly,

"If you go out of the city, maybe Grand Duke Vlad Kimir will be able to have this kind of pomp. ”

Hearing what Nero said, Collinder shook his head.

"Grand Duke Vlad Kimir is not this kind of pompous person, and he is still very kind to civilians. ”

Collinder is mainly responsible for intelligence confirmation in the shadows, so he knows the temperament and temper of these big people very well.

Jester knows this, so he agrees with Collinder.

"Yes, it doesn't look like the Grand Duke did such a thing. ”

Nero frowned.

"So what's going on? Is there really something important to deliver?"

Just as the three of them were guessing, the sound of carriages finally came from the city. A moment later, the convoy slowly drove out of the city gate.

The convoy was richly decorated, and if you look closely, it turned out to be the exclusive transport convoy of the Hearthstone Guards. And the delicate and sturdy cargo box on the body indicates that the contents of the car must be valuable.

The convoy drove slowly, and after walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, it came to the end of the convoy. There were a thousand soldiers guarding on both sides of the convoy, and among these armors, there were even the bloody guards of the Grand Duke. In terms of size, these Bloody Guards are the formation of an entire squad.

Seeing a convoy of this size, Jester's heart sank.

I don't know why, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

"I've never seen such fanfare in the delivery of supplies in the past, what is this going on?"

Li Yanbei was also very strange because he didn't get any news.

"That's it, such a pomp must be a big deal, why didn't we get the information in the shadows?"

Jester pursed his lips.

"The trail we walked all the way didn't pass through the main city. So some new news, we shouldn't know yet. Let's go to the Grand Duke's castle first, and then go to the deacon's office to ask after we come out. ”

Li Yanbei nodded.

"Yes, no matter what it is, there must be relevant information in the dark curtain. ”

The two made up their minds, so they put aside the doubts in their hearts for the time being.

But at this moment, Collinder suddenly said in a deep voice,

"Look. ”

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and followed Collinde's gaze.

I saw an old man sitting triumphantly on his horse, his face full of smiles.

"It's him. ”

Seeing this old man, Li Yanbei's doubts became even stronger.

"What is he doing here?"