Chapter 9: Where Dilan is

At night, the fire illuminates a Go board in the living room. And on that, the black and white sides have already fought to a critical moment. Then, the owner of the black chess, Li Mengxi, who was sitting on the side of the chessboard, first looked back with a confident smile and looked at Naine Hinata who was standing behind his seat watching the chess, and then made the last move.

"Smack!"

With a crisp sound when the chess pieces were implemented, Li Mengxi also leaned back comfortably on the back of the sofa chair. His gaze naturally fell on his opponent, an old man with a white beard and an appearance of about seventy or eighty years old, old but very majestic, and when he saw it, he could not help but praise in his heart: worthy of the veteran general of the Imperial Army, General Hadlin.

However, this veteran general, who is at least set by the game system as experienced, is not Li Mengxi's opponent at all on the chessboard. In fact, he has been in a losing streak since the two met. In this regard, he felt very unwilling, which was completely manifested in the tightly locked brow.

And it's not because he's not open-minded enough. Because if this was the case, then he would not have abdicated in the first place, and was willing to let Miridrian, who was less senior than him, be the marshal and become a deputy himself.

But in this case, why did he feel a little "can't afford to lose"? The reason is simple, but it is just because Li Mengxi and Hinata Naine are the ambassadors of the enemy country that led to the defeat of Marshal Miridrian, whom he admired.

But the old general did not break the principles he had adhered to for many years because of the strong disgust in his heart.

"Bang la la la!"

In the end, Hadlin, who could no longer find a way to play live chess, threw the white pieces that could not be played into the chess box with some irritation. He then leaned back to the back of the sofa sullenly, and admitted unpleasantly under the image of his reclining body: "You have won again!"

"Hey, hey. Li Mengxi then smiled, "Then, according to the agreement, I can ask you one more thing." ”

"Hmph!" Hadrin snorted coldly, "Since you have won, I am naturally willing to bet and lose." But, I know, you've basically inquired about it. So, you can just ask, and I won't necessarily be able to answer it. ”

"It doesn't matter. If you really don't know, I'll admit it. But since you have already said that you are willing to gamble and lose, you probably won't do anything petty and childish behavior that you know but deliberately don't say, right?"

"Spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

"Well, let's not talk about Marshal Miridrian this time, let's talk about the people around him. Like, his son. ”

"Son?" Hadrin was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, "Haha! Your Excellency the Marshal is only in the country, and his family has not been accomplished, where is the son? If you want to ask this, I really have no comment!"

"Oh! that's weird. Li Mengxi deliberately exaggerated a suspicious expression on his face, "If he doesn't have a son, then who is the young man who has always been taken by him and cared for?"

"That's Dilan. ”

"Dilan, who is this? Can you tell us more about that?"

"Hmm......" Hadrin thought quickly with a deep breath. Miridrian does take a lot of care for Dilan, but Dilan is not Miliderian's son after all, but can only be regarded as a cronie. Thinking about it in this way, Hadrin finally put his person into his own code of conduct and then officially responded to Li Mengxi's request: "Then we have to start with a place commonly known as 'Black Street' in this imperial capital......

There are not a lot of ins and outs that Hadlin wants to say, but just this opening sentence has already made Li Mengxi can't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

Normally, if a person walks down the street with a large burden that constantly squirms, it will attract the attention of others, but it is not surprising that this place, the famous black street of the imperial capital Yumahe. You know, every day there are a lot of prostitutes here who try to escape, and then they are wrapped in a sack by the person in charge of arresting them, and then sent back to the prostitution parlor like a courier.

Therefore, even though there are many nobles related to the imperial government wandering around the streets that have entered business mode, and even there are officials of the garrison who are responsible for maintaining law and order, they still let go of Dilan, who is resisting the little Empress Shirley, from under their noses.

The boy wrapped himself in a pitch-black cloak, and with a nervous mood, he pretended to be calm and walked step by step down the main road, and then flashed into an alley. Immediately, he turned into a wild horse that had escaped and began to gallop around the place.

What exactly is it?

Crowded and cramped spaces, dirty environments marked by pungent smells, and mostly dilapidated and crooked buildings. Don't look at the black street, which will become extremely prosperous at night, becoming an incredible scenery in the outer circle of the imperial capital. But around it is a veritable slum within a slum.

It stands to reason that Dylan should not have brought the little empress to such a place. But after thinking about it, in the end, the only thing he could trust and rely on was this place where he came from.

So, Dylan finally resisted the little queen and ran to a small house hidden in the corners and full of patches. Immediately, after a final hesitation, he strode forward and knocked on the door.

"Knock! knock!"

"Who!" Soon an impatient young man's voice came through the door, "I'll talk about it tomorrow morning if I work!"

"Urgent. Hearing the familiar voice, Dylan unconsciously put on a slightly reassuring smile,

Soon, the people living in the house opened the door and revealed their figures, accompanied by the words "If there is something urgent, I have to say it at night". It was none other than Dilan's brother, a boy named Aaron, who had grown up with since childhood.

"Yo, it's been a long time. ”

Unlike the previous two words, one sentence at this time was enough for Aryan to identify who was in front of him just by his voice. He hurriedly looked at it, and Dylan took off his cloak and let him see it clearly.

"Dilan!" "Aaron, who finally confirmed Dilan's identity, immediately shouted excitedly, "I knew you kid couldn't die!"

"It's just a fluke. Speaking of surviving from the battlefield, Dilan's face couldn't help but flash a touch of melancholy, "Then again, you won't let me in?"

"If you want to get in, you can come in at any time. With that, Aaron leaned sideways and stepped out of the gap. In this case, Dylan unceremoniously passed by him and walked into the house. In this way, Aryan also fully noticed the moving package on Dilan's shoulder.

So, when he closed the door, he couldn't help but ask with interest: "What are you bringing with you? Could it be that the soldier came to steal my job because he couldn't be a soldier?"

The words were closed, and Aaron turned around. At this time, with the sound of "Qiang", a piece of silver light instantly rushed in front of him. It turned out that Di Lan, who had wrapped himself on the ground, turned around and drew his long sword and pointed it at him.

Seeing the sharp blade reaching his throat like this, Aaron couldn't help but show a hostile gaze and asked, "What do you mean by this?"