The two walked through the Gothic-style flying arch windows to a tavern with an elaborate plaque. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Night Rose? that's a gaudy name—but I like it. Chinkov couldn't wait to push open the door, and suddenly a strong smell of wine mixed with the strange smell of body odor penetrated the tip of his nose, and bursts of rough laughter and scolding seemed to shake people like surround sounds.

It can be said that the outside of the door is clean and pale, and the inside of the door is warm and lively.

Although it was still broad daylight, it could not withstand the huge flow of people in the port city of Sintra, and the mixture of fish and dragons was already full of guests in the tavern, rough men, tuberculosis-like thin ghosts, humans, dwarves, elves, everything, many of them were sailors.

Everywhere in the eye is the white flower buttocks waves, the hot body of the prostitute wine waiter wears flowers and butterflies to and fro, from time to time to the guests who pass by a flattering eye, and the more bold people sit directly on the lap of the guest and rub their ears and temples, lips and tongues, the stimulated guests can't help but get up and down their hands, the scene is very fragrant.

These women are also green, fat, red and thin, with everything from slender and slender elves to plump and wild rabbit-eared girls who retain some orc characteristics, cat girls, and even female dwarves with light beards, fully satisfying all tastes of guests. It does live up to its name of "Rose of the Night".

Chinkov's eyes lit up as if he had smelled fish, and he took the lead towards the counter, but Rodin suddenly looked stunned.

Among the dozens of guests, he saw a few familiar faces—Claire, Uma, Linuo, and the eldest young master Lienong, who had mentioned that he was going to leave the red sulfur to engage in business.

It seems that after parting ways, the Wind Brigade chose to follow Lienong.

A complicated color swept across his face, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Where don't we meet in life!" hesitated for a moment, and walked straight to the other party, although he was estranged from the Wind Brigade, he couldn't turn a blind eye.

Lienong seemed to be in some trouble, his brows were tightly locked, and the spirits in the cup were cup after glass, but he couldn't calm the sorrow in his heart, and the wine was even more sorrowful, and he was depressed in his heart.

The three members of the Wind Brigade sat opposite him, with the same gloomy face, and did not say a word.

"Hey, guys—" Rodin feigned surprise and sat down beside Lienon.

"Ah...... It's you, brother Rodin...... What a coincidence...... I didn't expect to meet you in this place. Lienong's drunken eyes were hazy, his speech was intermittent, and he was obviously drunk.

"We're really fated! Brother Lie, what's the matter, have you encountered any troubles? You might as well tell me about it. Why should a man numb himself with the contents of this cup!"

"Heh......" The corners of Lienong's mouth curled up in a mean arc, and he seemed to laugh at himself, "I wanted to break out of the world outside with all my enthusiasm, but who knew that I had just come to Sintra and fell short." ”

"Hmm...... I'm not convinced...... Does God even want to play with me?" and then he fell to the table with a puff, let out a slight snoring sound, and fell asleep.

Rodin threw an inquiring look at the Wind Brigade, only to see Uma glancing in this direction, surprised and alienated, and Lino even buried his head in playing with his fingers, treating him as if he were air. The two of them were clearly still haunted by Casillas' death, and the atmosphere fell into a brief embarrassment.

"Haha...... It's rare for everyone to sit together, have something to talk about casually, don't be inhibited!"

Claire's eyebrows were crooked, and her plump pink lips were slightly crooked to the side, revealing a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"Alas, I didn't come at the right time. With a long exhalation, Rodin stood up and prepared to leave.

"Eh, don't be angry, Rodin, Lino and Uma have been hit in a row recently, and they are a little angry, please bear with me. Claire's baby fat face was flushed, and there was a strange cuteness under the excitement.

"Actually, after the Flint Department left the red sulfur, we were going to follow Young Master Lienong to run the business together. “

Claire leaned over to him and exhaled soft heat in his ear,

"In a desperate gamble, the young master of Lienon exchanged all his possessions for twenty tons of star iron, and prepared to sell them in Sintra by ship to Irnes, hired us to act as guards along the way, and promised us some profits. If it is successfully sold, it will be able to earn more than one million Marelli, and then plan to buy a store in Irnes and develop slowly. “

She suddenly lowered her eyes and said a little lonely, "But who knew that two days ago, we were waiting for the ship, and the star iron that had been placed in the warehouse was inexplicably missing, and the entire twenty tons were gone. “

"This is the life savings of Young Master Lienong, and his ambition to leave the red sulfur to do a big job, is gone. ”

She said glutinously, the corners of her eyes glowing red, and Lino Uma lowered her head sadly when she heard this, and only Lienong fell into a deep sleep without heart or lungs.

Knowing the reason, Rodin's face softened, and he asked softly, "How are you investigating?"

"The guards at the warehouse didn't notice anything unusual. However, the on-site investigation only saw a cut rope, and the thieves seemed to have carried the star iron away from the window on the top floor of the warehouse more than ten meters in the dead of night. ”

"I can't get any useful clues from them at all. She sighed.

He was surprised: "Isn't the warehouse responsible?"

"Because the amount involved is too large, they can only pay one-tenth of the loss, and they promise to cooperate with our investigation. Claire pursed her pink lips, "Whoever called us outsiders, we deserve to be bullied!"

"So did you react to the local sheriff?"

"Of course, it's a pity that the security team didn't find a clue, and they just kept patrolling the city gates and docks to prevent thieves from transporting the goods. ”

He muttered, "Can you take me to the site in a moment?"

"No problem, but we have to arrange Young Master Lienong first. “

A quarter of an hour later, Rodin turned down Chinkov Ivanov's invitation and followed Claire to the dock warehouse a mile away. Lino and Uma sent Lienon back to the hotel, deliberately avoiding Rodin.

The Swift Warehouse, located at the third location of Sintra Pier, is one of the largest warehouses in the docks, storing goods at a high price, and the warehouses are heavily guarded day and night, and there are patrols outside the warehouses.

The walls of the outer layer of the warehouse, made of solid granite, look unusually smooth and difficult to start.

The warehouse is divided into five floors, and Lienong's Star Iron was originally stored on the top floor, about twenty meters above the ground.

As it happens, there is exactly the only window on this floor - a Gothic carved window that just accommodates one person.

Made of anti-elemental materials, it is strong and resilient, and can block elemental particles, even ordinary sorcery can do nothing with it.

At the same time, the existence of the window is convenient for the guards to look down and supervise, but it has become a flaw in the eyes of thieves.

Rodin and Claire went to the fifth floor under the leadership of the guards to investigate, two days have passed since the theft, and the warehouse has left the fifth floor untouched in order to cooperate with the investigation.

Lifting the window, a special hemp rope that was cut down from the sharp top of the building came into view, and ordinary hemp rope could not bear the huge weight of the star iron.

Rodin took everything in his eyes, fell into deep thought, and came back to his senses after a while.

"The first question, how does the hemp rope hang to the twenty-meter-high warehouse flying arch?"

"The first possibility is that, although the exterior walls of the warehouse look shiny, there are slight protrusions between the granite rocks, which can be quickly reached by skilled climbers.

"The second possibility is that there is an internal ghost in the warehouse system, and he hangs a rope on the roof with his own hands. “

"The third possibility, a good bow master, shot his claws to the top of the tower. ”

"The second suspicion is that it is a rather huge project to transport hundreds of boxes of Star Iron Ore to the ground through twenty-meter-high windows, and according to the frequency of patrolling guards outside the warehouse, it is definitely possible to catch them. “

"Taken together, there must be something wrong with the patrol guards and guards. “

Next, he called the two people who were guarding the fifth layer on the day the Star Iron was lost.

"What were you doing on the night the goods were lost?"

"Lord Hui, the two of us have been guarding the fifth floor of the warehouse every inch that night, and even the time to go to the toilet has been omitted, even if a fly or insect sneaks in, it can't escape my eyes!"

From the faces of these two stunned guards with tall figures and clear eyes, Rodin could not see a trace of lying, and he felt extremely absurd when he looked at Claire.

"Then how did these more than 100 boxes of star iron ore slip under your noses?

The two guards blushed with excitement, but they defended in a sonorous voice, "My lord, we have been examined by the vigilantes and the Hunters' Guild, they can prove that we are not lying, if you are really not satisfied, we can make a sacred oath in front of you, we have absolutely not deceived you!"

"Obviously, the goods were not wrong a moment ago, but when I turned around, I suddenly disappeared into the air!"

"Strange?" Rodin muttered, and there was no need for these two stunned young men to come up with such a ridiculous and flawed lie.

Claire also smiled bitterly: "Lord Lienong has personally interrogated him several times, and he is quite helpless about their words. “

"What if...... What they say is indeed the truth, then the only person who can confuse their perception is the mysterious wizard!"

"Do you remember the Daredevil that we used to save your eldest brother together?"

As soon as Rodin spoke, Claire's face turned pale, and the unbearable past came to her heart, and suddenly tears rolled in the corners of her eyes, "Of course, I will never forget that incident for the rest of my life, all mistakes come from this, Barbara...... McCarvey ...... Sooner or later, I'm going to have to stab these two dog thieves!"

She gritted her teeth and said this, then wiped her flushed cheeks with excitement, "You mean, the thieves used the same tactics as we did?"

Rodin nodded, "However, the effect and duration of the Daredevil Murmur do not apply here, there must be a more powerful witchcraft or a formal wizard involved." Presumably, they will not lack methods such as hypnotic suggestion. ”

"I think I can go to the Hunters' Guild to investigate the situation later. It just so happens that I have something else to do. “

After questioning the guards inside the warehouse, the two found the patrol on duty that night.

The patrol team consists of five people and is responsible for security in the vicinity of Warehouse 3. According to their patrol route, it would take about five minutes to go back, and in such a short period of time, hundreds of boxes of goods smuggled would inevitably appear in the patrol's field of vision, and strangely enough, the patrol team did not find anything unusual.

The five patrol soldiers, who were older than the guards, looked much more calm and sleek, and denied Rodin's questioning without leakage, and strangely enough, most of them were blue-faced, and looked weak, and their legs were weak.

Rodin pulled Claire into a remote corner and said, "There are five people on the patrol, and they can't have been hypnotized like the warehouse guards—either they have been bribed or concealed to avoid responsibility." “

After discussing the total, the two stopped one of them in the cramped alley in the evening before the patrol left work. They covered their faces with black cloth, and after a severe torture to extract a confession, the patrol members of the old fritter couldn't help but summon all the things.

"Actually, it's not that we didn't find anything, but I don't know if there was something evil at dinner yesterday, and the big guy was uncomfortable, and he was dizzy after a night, and now he hasn't fully recovered. “

"So the patrol at night is muddy, and the efficiency is extremely low, and it is estimated that it will take more than an hour to go back. But we can't tell the truth, otherwise we won't be able to keep our work, and we will even have to bear part of the responsibility for the loss of the star iron and compensate for the huge losses. “

"Humph!" Claire snorted and couldn't help but slap the soldier.

"Ouch...... Two bosses, I have said everything I should say, I beg you not to shake these words out, we are old and young, and we must not lose this job of supporting our families!"

The soldier pleaded earnestly with the two of them, "Tsk...... No wonder ......he looked sick," Rodin muttered,

"Don't worry, as long as you answer the questions honestly, I will never embarrass you! Where did you eat dinner?"

"Dinner?The entire dock patrol unit is in charge of the food and drink of the invited chef Kunril, dozens of brothers eat the same dinner, it can't be just a few of us?" The soldier was a little puzzled, "And this is the first time this is the case, it shouldn't be Kunriel's reason, right?"

Rodin laughed noncommittally, "...... Tell me all the addresses and appearances of Kunril!"