Carouston City, in a cavalry camp

Knight Iger sat in the camp's large dining room, slowly munching on a piece of fried beef.

Several cavalrymen sat beside him, and his bodyguard, Trump, was eating dinner in the first place on his right.

"Trump. Iger swallowed the beef in his mouth and said to his guard.

Trump hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth, wiped his mouth with his hand, and asked, "Lord Egger, what do you command?"

Iger looked at him, pointed to a few empty spots in the restaurant and asked, "Why are there so few people in the restaurant today? What about Pato? I remember I told you last time that when I saw Pato, I asked him to come to me, why hasn't Pato come yet?

Trump smiled bitterly and replied: "Lord Egger, I haven't seen Pato these days, and I asked several cavalrymen, but I haven't seen him. ”

"You haven't seen him in the past few days?" Iger turned his head to look at Trump suspiciously.

Trump shook his head and said, "Pato hasn't been back to the camp to rest in the past few days. Maybe it's still investigating the ambush. ”

Egger looked at Truppm with a blank look in his eyes and asked, "Where is their rendezvous outside the camp?"

Trupum changed slightly, and slowly spoke: "There are a few points in the city, and there are also a few points outside the city. ”

Iger glanced at Trump and asked, "Where are the meeting points outside the city, and which one is the most remote?"

"The abandoned mine in the northeast outside the city is the most remote of all. Trump replied honestly.

"The abandoned mine in the northeast? I remember, it's the crystal mine that has been mined, and it's very remote indeed. Iger nodded in approval.

Forked up another small piece of fried beef, chewed it slowly, and after swallowing it, Iger looked at Trump and said, "Come with me there after dinner, I don't know if Pato and they are there." Hopefully, he's found some valuable clues. ”

Trump's heart jumped, and he hurriedly replied, "Yes sir." ”

Because he had a travel plan, Iger ate some beef and porridge casually, and left the big restaurant, and Trump rode with him to the northeast of Carroston.

Along the way, Trump has been worried in his heart, as if something bad is going to happen, and he feels very bad, because as soon as he is full, he rides a horse, and his stomach is also a little uncomfortable, and there are some labor pains, although it does not affect the ride, but it makes him feel very bad.

After walking along the road for a long time, Trump found the path leading to the abandoned mine, and Egg, who followed behind him, keenly saw that there were many traces of the wooden axles and wheels of the carriage running over on the path, he squinted his eyes and slowly followed behind Trump.

Soon the two came to the entrance of the abandoned mine, and there were two cavalry guarding the outside of the cave, and when they saw Iger and Trump riding up, they all saluted Egger.

"Lord Egger!"

"Lord Egger!"

Egger nodded, rolled over and dismounted, handed the reins to one of the cavalrymen, and asked, "Is Pato in there?"

The cavalryman who took the reins hesitated for a moment, nodded and replied, "Yes, Knight Egger, Pato and the other knights are inside. ”

"Have you had dinner?" Iger asked.

"Not yet, but someone has already gone to prepare dinner. ”

Iger nodded to him and said, "I'll go in first, and you guys will keep guarding." ”

After saying that, Iger took Trump and walked into the mine.

Walking slowly inward along the abandoned mine, the mine was very dark, and it took a long distance to light up the surrounding mine.

Soon, Iger was in the center of the mine, where a group of horsemen was in front of a campfire, and several large wooden stakes with men tied.

"Pato!" Egger frowned as he looked at the wound on the man's thigh tied to the stake, on which were broken arrows of steel shuttle arrows, many of which Egg recognized, many of which had been sawn off from his body, and Egger still remembers the painful torture that night.

Pato was already aware of Egger's arrival, and walked over and saluted Egger, "Lord Egger." ”

Iger questioned him, "You have to give me a reasonable explanation for who these four people are." ”

Pato hurriedly pointed to the pile of things found from these four people next to the fire on the ground and explained to Egg: "These four people are the four most suspicious we have found in the past few days. I believe that all four of them are valid and loyal people. ”

"The two sharp daggers were found from the blacksmith. He is a blacksmith in the Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce, carries two sharp daggers with him under his clothes, and often goes out, but has not yet asked for valuable information. ”

"With a dagger?" Egger frowned, looking at the blacksmith at the very edge.

"What about the other three?" asked Egger again.

Pato slowly spoke to Egg, "That's Stan, when we caught him, we found those packets of poison from him, but he said that the news was not sent by him, and this still needs to be investigated." ”

Pato paused and continued, "The other two are the laundry workers of the Polis Chamber of Commerce, and the man with a fearless look is very suspicious, and they go out every night until late to rest at the inn. The two lumps of lime powder on the ground, the thin parchment rolls, and the charcoal were all found from the two of them. But at the moment, none of them admit who is behind it. ”

"What's going on with the wounds on their bodies. You've tortured them?" Egg asked, frowning.

Pato was asked by Egger, and there were some waves in his heart, but he quickly confessed to Egg: "It was I who moved Xing to them, and I know that the person must be one of these four people." But they refused to cooperate, so they had to be punished with a small punishment.

Iger was silent for a moment and asked, "Didn't all four of them confess?"

"Yes, Lord Egger, all four of them have very strict mouths. ”

Egger walked in front of the four people, looking at the miserable appearance of the four people, Egger's heart was very uncomfortable, as a righteous knight, it was really impossible to do this kind of torture to extract confessions, and his knightly will and chivalry did not allow him to carry out on the sinner before he had the real evidence of the crime.

"Bandage the wounds on their bodies and send them to the temple for treatment, and heal the injuries first. Iger thought for a long time, and finally spoke to Pato.

Egger's words caused several horsemen to stand up and look at Egger. Pato looked at Egger with an ugly face and said, "Lord Egger, we have been preparing for a long time and watching for several days before we can find these four people. ”

"If you do this, many innocent people will be implicated. I said, bandage them quickly, and then send them to the temple first. Iger looked at Pato with a sinking face.

Pato looked around at the other cavalry, and a few looked directly at Pato and nodded at him, but more cavalry shook their heads at Pato, signaling that they could not be let go easily, because it would not be so easy to recapture them when the time came.

Pato looked at Egger again, and Egger looked at Pato seriously with determined eyes, and looked directly into Pato's gaze.

Pato finally had no choice but to speak to several of the cavalrymen. "Put them down and send them to the temple, but don't let them run. ”