Chapter 13: The Book of Spells
"Brother, what am I going to do now?"
In the alley, Sleta looked at Leyter's body on the ground, which was already dead, and her tone was cold and she didn't seem to care at all.
Xu Mu's movements on his hands didn't stop, he was trying to pick up the armor on Leite's body, and said while pulling: "You go back to the hotel and change your clothes, I will pack my luggage this morning, and you will wait for me at the city gate with your luggage when the time comes." ”
"Good. ”
"That's right. Xu Mu thought of something, took out the identity certificate that Ai Lu had given him before from his shoes, and stuffed the identity certificate into Sleta's hand: "Later, you will leave Sister Ai Lu's identity card at the door of the guild, and then leave immediately." ”
Sleta frowned cutely, and hurriedly said, "Brother, if the guards of the town pick up Sister Ailu's identity credentials, Count Ollie is afraid that the city will not be sealed, will we not be able to get out at that time?"
Xu Mu looked up and saw Sleta with a worried face, and comforted: "Don't worry, I asked you to leave your identity credentials at the door of the guild just to make those bounty hunters make a fuss in the town." I don't believe that the bounty hunters in the guild will tell the guards the clue when they pick up Ailu's identity credentials, but you must know that your sister Ailu's bounty is fifty gold coins. ”
"Fifty gold coins?!" Sleta looked stunned, she knew that Ailu was wanted by the kingdom, but she had never asked for the amount of the bounty.
"How is it, are you excited?" Xu Mu said with a smile, "If one day we can't live without money, we will tie up your sister Ailu and sell it." ”
Hearing Xu Mu's joke, Sleta rolled her eyes cutely, and she suddenly saw that the skirt on her body was also stained with some blood, and she couldn't help but feel distressed and hurriedly rubbed it.
"When the time comes, the bounty hunters will make a ruckus in the town, and maybe the guards stationed at the Ellu's house will send some of them, which will be beneficial to my operation. Xu Mu smiled and said seriously: "I said that if I don't show up before the evening, you will go out of the town alone to find your sister Ailu, and then wait for me in the stable of the next town." Of course, if you don't wait for me in two days..."
"Brother, don't talk nonsense. Sleta no longer rubbed her skirt, but said viciously to Xu Mu: "You will definitely come back, I will wait for you at the city gate!"
The two looked at each other, Xu Mu shook his head and didn't speak.
In the end, with the help of Sletta, Xu Mu put on Leiter's guard armor, and Leiter's body was thrown directly into the depths of the alley, and some garbage was used to cover it.
This time, Xu Mu had nothing on his body except for Leiter's previous equipment, and he handed over all the money and items to Sleta.
If something happens in this operation and he can't go back with Sleta, then Sleta will be fine with her own money, not to mention that Ailu will take care of her.
Xu Mu stepped to Ai Lu's house, and only the guard who was left behind stood alone at the door.
Xu Mu didn't hide it, he stepped forward and asked in a vicious tone, "What about the Leiters?"
The guard who was in a daze was yelled at by Xu Mu, and his whole body froze, seeing that Xu Mu was also wearing the guard armor of the earl's house, and he couldn't see his face clearly with a helmet on his head, but he was probably a companion guarding the courtyard.
"Back to Your Excellency, Reit and the Count's family have accompanied me on the trip. ”
"Really?" Xu Mu pretended, "Forget it, I thought he was lazy again!"
The guard smiled, "How so." ”
Xu Mu ignored the guards and directly crossed him into Ai Lu's house.
The guard scolded in his heart, it was all the guard's life, but he was closer to the earl, what was arrogant? But he also had a strange feeling in his heart, in the guard guidelines, it was basically not allowed to act alone, how could this person enter and exit alone?
Crossing the garden and the fountain, Xu Mu came to the door, and he did not hesitate to push the door in.
The decoration of Ailu's house has the taste of a small western attic, although the floor is covered with a thick layer of brown carpet, but as soon as he stepped over in armor, the floor squeaked with wooden planks, and it was obvious that the floor had not been maintained for a long time.
The curtains around it are beautifully decorated, and there are unique candle stands on the side of the building.
However, the guards are a little strict, and there are guards guarding every door, Xu Mu couldn't help frowning.
The attic layout of Ai Lu's house was drawn by Ai Lu for him before, and Xu Mu had already memorized it in his mind.
He also took steps towards the second floor, no matter what, the secret door of the secret room was on the second floor, first close to the room, and then talk about the rest.
As soon as I came to the second floor, I saw someone coming out of the door next door.
At the forefront was a big fat man, with gorgeous and noble clothes, and the curves outlined by the black leggings formed a disgusting contrast with the big belly.
The big fat man was surrounded by many people, some wearing guard armor, some wearing gorgeous and noble clothes, and some carrying swords.
Xu Mu was secretly frightened, and hurriedly came to the side of the second floor and knelt down on one knee to salute like the other guards.
"Master, someone just sent the news, and the hunters of the town guild suddenly made a commotion. ”
Count Ollie turned out to be the big fat man in front of him, and the fat man spoke in an arrogant tone: "Why, I just demolished the homes of a few untouchables, and those fools in the guild want to stand up for the common people? A few days ago, the head of the town guild came to talk to me, and I gave them face!"
"Of course... However, I feel a little weird, it stands to reason that although most of those bounty hunters are locals and are from civilian backgrounds, it is normal to have grievances when they see their town houses being demolished. But if they want to stand up against their masters, then they have to have the courage to do so. Unless... Someone pays a lot of money for them to make trouble in the town. ”
Count Ollie snorted coldly: "You send some people out, march around the town a few more times, don't let those fools in the guild really make trouble in my territory, and really think that the old guy Ai Qi is still in charge of them?"
"The hosts... Do you want to continue the search for the secret treasures of the Ai Qi family? Do you want to stop the meeting for the time being?"
"I can't stop this, but you've been working harder on me during this time, studying more of the town construction map to see where it's easy to hide things. Count Ollie's eyes were a little anxious, "Yesterday the king's letter urged me again. The old man has been hiding the book of black magic for so long, and he will never destroy it when his house is raided, it must be hidden somewhere in town! If I don't find it, the king will condemn me!"
"Yes, master. ”
...
King of the Black Arts Books?
Xu Mu subconsciously thought of the book that Ai Lu said.
Could it be that the reason why the Ailu family had an accident was because of that black magic book? Even the king peeped into this book and blackmailed his fiefdom nobles?
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, he suddenly realized that Ai Lu had many things that he hadn't confessed to him before, he didn't believe that Ai Lu didn't know about this book and the king's affairs at all, otherwise Ai Lu wouldn't be so obsessed with this book, and he didn't even want the treasures of the secret room, so he asked for a book by name...
watched this group of people go down to the second floor, and then not long after, someone similar to the team leader stepped forward to take a roll call, and hurriedly left Ai Lu's house.
Seeing that the guards of Ai Lu's family were decreasing, Xu Mu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was estimated that Sreta had already thrown Ai Lu's identity credentials at the door of the guild.
When those bounty hunters saw Ailu's identity credentials, they weren't all in the town, and they were all ghosts, but they were fifty gold coins!
Seeing that the second floor was quiet and calmed down, and there were not many guards, and there was no longer one person guarding the door, Xu Mu was a little relieved.
He came to the bedroom with a secret door in the car, but there was a guard standing in front of the door, Xu Mu was not afraid, and hurriedly stepped forward and ordered: "You were missing from the parade just now, why haven't you gone yet?!"
The guard was obviously stunned: "The captain didn't seem to call me just now..."
"Are you in a daze? The captain is just looking for you below! Hurry up, maybe you can catch up, or the captain will start a fire later..."
When the guard heard that the cold sweat was about to come out, he nodded hurriedly, and thanked Xu Mu before leaving.
Xu Mu secretly scolded the fool in his heart, the people in this world are not ordinary deceitful, and they have no suspicion at all.
But also, Xu Mu was wearing the guard armor of Count Ollie's family, who would doubt him when he appeared here?
Xu Mu shook his head left and right, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he hurriedly twisted the door and entered the bedroom, fortunately, the bedroom door was not locked, otherwise he would have to toss.
This bedroom was originally where Brother Ai Lu lived, and because of this, the interior of the house was heavily turned, although it was reorganized, but it was still very messy after tidying up, and it seemed that they didn't find anything in the bedroom.
Xu Mu stuck the door of the room, and then took off his helmet, and after a while, he was sweating profusely, and he was also guilty of being a guard.
He went to the bedroom and crouched down on the side of the bed, and found that there were signs of rummaging under the bed, but the carpet had not been destroyed.
Seeing this, Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as the secret door was not discovered.
In fact, the secret door of Ai Lu's secret room is under Ai Lu's brother's bed, but there is a carpet spreading, if you don't lift the blanket, you can't see it.
Xu Mu carefully and effortlessly moved the bed away gently, after all, it was a good thing not to make a noise, but this bed was made of solid wood, which was really heavy.
After spending a lot of effort, Xu Mu moved the bed away, and he lifted the carpet, revealing a secret door the size of a square table on the wooden board.
Xu Mu casually found a wooden stick to pry the secret door open, and when he pulled it up, the original shape of the secret door was revealed.
There was endless darkness down the stairs, but Xu Mu was not afraid, and stepped directly into it.
It didn't take long to reach the bottom, Xu Mu was groping for the wall, and suddenly candles appeared on both sides, startling him.
It turned out that the magic crystal was controlling the candle stand, and like the automatic sensor light, as long as you pass by this place, the candle stand will light up.
Xu Mu licked his lower lip, the magic crystal... This is something that only has a powerful monster in the body, and it is usually used to make magic crystal equipment or other magic items, but I didn't expect the Ailu family to use the magic crystal stone as a control candle stand!
After a few more steps, I came to the secret room.
The chamber is small, with candles lit on the walls around it.
However, Xu Mu came to the back of the secret room and was stunned.
Because it is surrounded by equipment and ornate decorations.
There are really people in this world who make swords out of gold, and they sparkle in the light of candles. Not to mention that the value of the golden sword is the majority, just by making the yellow finance into gold coins, it is also worth a lot!
There are even many unknown precious gems inside...
Xu Mu came back to his senses, he still remembered the books that Ai Lu needed, and he didn't find them after rummaging for a while, he was wondering, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a wooden box on the shelf.
The wooden box is a bit heavy, and it does fit a book in terms of size, but the main thing is that there is a magic scroll attached to the wooden box, and the red magic mark on the magic scroll emits a dim light, all of which show that the magic scroll is still running.
Xu Mu hesitated for a moment and decided to open the magic scroll.
The scroll of magic fell off and turned to ashes, and the wooden box opened, revealing a magic book lying inside.
The spellbook was jet black on the outside, with a carving of a beast's roar in the middle, and there was not a word on it.
The beast's mouth in the magic book was like a whirlpool, exuding a stream of magic, wanting to suck Xu Mu's whole person in.
Xu Mu hurriedly shook his head, and when he came back to his senses, there was a lot of cold sweat behind him, and he scolded secretly and hurriedly stuffed the book into his arms.
Is this the dark magic book that the king wants to snatch?