Back at Surgeson, Xie Feng and the four caravan guards immediately entered the hotel and fell asleep. It wasn't until dinner time that a soldier woke Xie Feng up and handed him a money bag - this was Christina's share of the money she had given to Xie Feng after selling the loot. Xie Feng was ecstatic and opened the bag and counted it. A total of 2485 dinars. Xie Feng happily rewarded the soldiers who sent the money 5 dinars, and distributed 20 dinars to each caravan guard - although these mercenaries were exempt from wages under the "pro-soldier agreement", Xie Feng would not be so picky.

made up his mind that he would go back to the training ground tomorrow, and it would not be convenient to carry mercenaries with him, so Xie Feng disbanded them - anyway, now Xie Feng has more than 2,000 dinars, and he doesn't care about the 640 dinars at the beginning.

After having dinner in a tavern, I was going to say goodbye to Ali.

According to his own memory, Xie Feng shuttled through the streets at night. Soon, Ali's home was found.

"Bang" Xie Feng knocked on the door and took out two smoked fish from the inventory, intending to give them to Ali. Soon, the door was opened, and it was Ali with a haggard face who opened the door.

"Sierra is missing!" said Ali after inviting Xie Feng into the house. Xie Feng was surprised: "What's the matter?" Ali sighed sadly and said, "Serra didn't come back last night. Until now, there has been no news. Xie Feng speculated: "Could it be that someone kidnapped me?" Ali shook his head and said, "I didn't go to work all day today, and I almost searched for Sugson, and asked Aunt Susan next door to help me keep an eye on the movements at home, and no one sent a ransom letter all day." Xie Feng guessed again: "Maybe she went to a friend's house to stay overnight and forgot to tell you—maybe she's on her way back now." Ali shook his head again and said, "No, in three years, Serra hasn't tried not to go home to sleep." Xie Feng guessed again: "Then could she have run away from home?" It seems that she only had a conflict with you the night before yesterday...... Ali shook his head again and said: "She didn't take anything with her, not even one of her clothes - except for what she was wearing." There was no note left in the house. Xie Feng asked, "Then did you call the police...... Uh, I mean did you tell the mayor or the sheriff about that?" Ali sighed and said, "It's useless, there are people missing in every town and village in Calradia almost every day. And this doesn't directly affect the interests of the lords, who cares about this?" Xie Feng asked again: "Then when was the last time you saw Serra?" Ali said: "Just the morning before yesterday, when I got up early to go to work, and just about to go out Serra woke up...... I didn't think it would be the last time I'd see Serra......" he said, teary eyes, and I'm afraid I'm about to start crying. Xie Feng hurriedly asked again: "Then do you know who Serra usually stays with?" Ali shook his head, and even threw out his tears, and said: "I really don't know about this, I only know that she usually plays with some naughty children on the street, and every time I bump into her, she runs fast." Xie Feng said: "Then tomorrow we will find those naughty boys on the street and ask them one by one, seeing that you are tired like this, go to bed first, and I will look for you tomorrow." Ali shook his head again and said, "I can't sleep, if something happens to Serra, how can I explain it to her dead parents?" Now I can see when I close my eyes and see what Serra's mother looked like before she died, and I saw her holding my hand and pleading with me: 'Ali, I beg you, you must take care of Serra for me, I beg you to ......'" Saying this, Ali covered his eyes with his hands and began to cry. Xie Feng suddenly didn't know what to do, and he wouldn't comfort others. I had to say: "Even if you cry to death here now, it won't help, the only way now is to wait until tomorrow morning to find out those naughty boys on the street, maybe there are still clues." Ali ignored Xie Feng and continued to cover his eyes and cry. Xie Feng thought to himself: "Oh, I can't stand women crying in front of me, but now there is a man crying in front of me." "I can't think of a good way to do it. In the end, Xie Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Ali, you go and rest now, it's a big deal...... It's a big deal, I'll help you ask the lord to go tomorrow!" Ali wiped his tears and said, "Ask the lord, how can the lord listen to you?" Xie Feng said: "I know a lord, but the cow fork, she is the daughter of King Ragnar, Christina, and I fought side by side with her yesterday." I'll go see him early tomorrow morning and ask her to help me find out, and I'm sure the results will come soon...... You can rest assured. Ali said a little incredulously: "Really?" Xie Feng said: "Of course, I have known you for so long...... Forehead...... I've known you for two days, when did I lie to you?Don't worry, I'm also worried about the safety of this little girl, but it's completely useless to cry in the house, are you crying so much that the whole Calradia continent is crying into a sea of tears, and Serra will come back to you with a boat?" Ali finally stopped crying. Xie Feng continued: "Listen to me, we should have a good rest now, recuperate our spirits, and wait for tomorrow morning, I will go to Christina to explain this matter, and ask her to send troops to help investigate, the power of the king's daughter is still not low, maybe there will be news." Then we went to the naughty boys on the street and asked them if they had seen Serra lately. I'm sure we'll be able to find Serra soon, don't you say?" said while praying in his heart: "Xiao Ke, you really want to sell me this face." Ali listened to Xie Feng's words and felt reasonable, so he said, "Okay, let's rest early tonight and go to find Serra early tomorrow morning...... God, I hope she's okay. ”

Finally persuaded Ali, Xie Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself, "Where will Sierra go?" The next morning, the sky was still bright, and before the rooster had crowed, Xie Feng was pulled up from the bed by Ali.

"Let's go Xie Feng, let's go find Serra. Ali said. Xie Feng opened his hazy eyes, looked at the sky outside the window, which was just a little bright, and complained: "You see it's so early, if you're a naughty boy, why don't you go to the street now? If you're a nobleman, why don't you get up now?" Ali, I know you're very anxious to get Sierra back, but we should also be rational, right? Rest for two more hours, I'm sure you didn't sleep well last night." In fact, Xie Feng didn't sleep well last night, Xie Feng came to Ali as soon as he woke up in the hotel last night, and then he spent the first half of the night thinking about where Serra would go, and he didn't fall asleep until about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning.

Ali thought about it, so early, who would be wandering around the street except himself? So he put down Xie Feng and let him continue to rest, while he lay on the bed and tossed and turned.

Finally, when there were more people on the street, Ali pulled Xie Feng up from the bed again and said, "Okay, it's time, let's go find Serra." Xie Feng looked at the bright sky and knew that the time was almost up, so after getting up and washing up, he followed Ali out.

The two walked all the way to King Ragnar's castle, and Xie Feng said to Ali, "You wait for me here, I'll go find Christina." Ali nodded and let Xie Feng go.

Xie Feng walked up to the guards guarding the door and said to the guards: "Hello, I want to meet Princess Christina, can you help me pass it on?" The guard shook his hand at Xie Feng in disgust, and said, "Let's go, let's go, if everyone says that they want to meet the princess and the king, wouldn't I be very busy? Wouldn't the princess and the king be even busier?" Xie Feng hurriedly explained: "Princess Christina is my friend. The guard shook his hand again and said, "Go away, I'm friends with your father, should you call me uncle?" ”

Xie Feng was helpless, and he couldn't come up with evidence of knowing Christina, so he had to turn back.

"How's it going?" asked Ali eagerly.

"Not very good. Xie Feng replied, "The dead guard refused to let me go to see the princess." ”

When Ali heard this, his eyes immediately dimmed. Xie Feng hurriedly said: "It's okay, let's go to the naughty boys to find out the situation first, and let the people around here help us keep an eye on when the princess will come out, if the princess comes out, let him tell the princess that I have something to find her, so that the princess will order me to find her again when the guards will help me convey it." Ali nodded, that was all there was to it now.

The two walked to the nearest shop, took out some money, and explained it to the shopkeeper, who hurriedly agreed. So the two of them set out to find out the news from the urchins.

"Hello little friend!" Xie Feng caught a child and asked, "May I ask if you recognize Serra?" The child glanced at Xie Feng and said, "I don't know!" Xie Feng knew that there would be such a result, so he took out a dinar and shook it in front of the child, then put it in the child's hand, and then asked: "May I ask if you recognize Sierra now?" The child got the money, was overjoyed, and replied, "I still don't know." He ran away with a puff of smoke. Xie Feng didn't chase after him, gritted his teeth and punched the ground fiercely. He has been "tricked" away by 10 dinars like this, and no one has said that he knows Serra, is Serra's popularity so bad? As soon as he looked up, he saw a child about the same age as Serra not far away, Xie Feng was not discouraged, and continued to step forward and ask, "Hello, do you know Serra?" The child stared at Xie Feng and said vigilantly: "What are you going to do?" Xie Feng knew that there was a play as soon as he heard it, and quickly took out another copper coin and stuffed it into the child's hand, and asked, "Can you tell me when was the last time you saw her?" The child took the money, his face suddenly looked good, he glanced at his head and thought for a while, and said, "About five days ago, is there something wrong?" Xie Feng suddenly had a black line on his face, and said weakly: "No...... It's okay, thank you. As he was leaving, the boy stopped him and said, "Serra often appears at the 'Tavern of Silence' in the west of the city, so if you want to look for her, you can go there." When Xie Feng heard this, his eyes lit up, he said thank you, and walked towards the west of the city.

West of the city, in front of the Silent Tavern. After several inquiries, Xie Feng finally found this tavern.

Xie Feng opened the door of this tavern and walked in.

As soon as he entered the door, Xie Feng deeply realized the meaning of an idiom - black smoke miasma. There was an uncomfortable smell throughout the tavern, and the guests in the tavern were either asleep on the table, or telling very vulgar or even unbearable jokes—all of them who seemed to know that they were not serious. It's hard to imagine that a 15-year-old girl in the flower season usually often mixes with such people and on such occasions.

Not long after Xie Feng entered the door, a waiter-looking person stepped forward and asked respectfully, "Sir, what do you need?" Xie Feng said: "I came to find someone, named Serra, girl, 15 years old, with short purple hair. I often come here. When the waiter heard that Xie Feng was looking for someone, his originally smiling face suddenly became serious and indifferent, and he said coldly to Xie Feng: "I don't know, sir, you better look elsewhere." Seeing this, Xie Feng took out two copper coins, stuffed them into the waiter's hand, and said, "I'll leave if I find someone, please let me know." The waiter pushed the money back into Xie Feng's hand, and continued to say coldly: "I really don't know, sir, please leave." Xie Feng gritted his teeth, added three more copper coins and stuffed them into the waiter's hand, and said, "Please do me a favor, okay? I will leave if I find someone, and I will not disturb you again." The waiter pushed the money back into Xie Feng's hand again, Xie Feng saw this, gritted his teeth again, took out another 5 copper coins and added them, and said, "Trouble help, trouble." The waiter looked at Xie Feng coldly, and directly let go of his hand, and the 10 copper coins suddenly fell to the floor and clanged. Seeing that the waiter left without looking back, Xie Feng thought that there must be a problem, and immediately stepped forward to grab the waiter from behind, took out the assassin's dagger from the inventory and put it against the waiter's waist, and threatened: "If you refuse to say it this time, I guarantee that you will never speak again." ”

If you don't say it this time, I promise you'll never speak again. Xie Feng was no longer polite, and threatened in the waiter's ear. The waiter was still pretending to be calm, but Xie Feng could already see the cold sweat on his head. I saw the waiter trembling slightly, "What do you want?"

The tavern was so noisy that no one noticed the scene - not even the sound of money falling on the floor.

Xie Feng put his mouth to the waiter's ear and said coldly: "You want to see people in life, and you want to see corpses in death." I'm going to find Serra today anyway, and if you will, I'll promise you're safe and you'll be given a sum of money. But if you try to be hard-mouthed, let's see if I can beat the dagger in my hand. ”

A few drops of cold sweat broke out on the waiter's face again, and he said to Xie Feng, "Big ...... Don't be impulsive, my lord, I'm just a part-time worker, I don't know much......" The waiter already felt that the dagger in Xie Feng's hand was piercing his skin, so he didn't dare to hide it anymore, and said.

"You know how much you say!" Xie Feng continued to say coldly. The dagger in his hand approached the waiter's waist again, and said, "Otherwise, you should know what will happen to you." ”

The waiter said nervously, "I only know that the last time I saw Serra was the afternoon before yesterday. I haven't seen her since Serra went out the back door with her boss...... You should also work for us by yourself, many of them shouldn't know, you shouldn't ask......"

The afternoon before yesterday, coinciding with the time of Serra's disappearance, Xie Feng continued to ask, "Where is your boss now......?" I really don't know...... The owner only comes to the store once in a while, and I really don't know exactly when he comes. ”

Xie Feng said: "If you let me know that you are lying to me, I guarantee that this dagger in my hand will accurately stab into your heart." The waiter hurriedly replied: "The villain doesn't dare, the villain said the truth, if you don't believe it, you can ask other people." Xie Feng listened to the waiter's tone, and estimated that what he said was true, so he immediately released the waiter, took out a gold coin and handed it to the waiter, and said, "If there is any news of your boss, come and inform me immediately, and I will be rewarded!" And promise you that if you lose this job, you can find a better job." Then, leaning into the waiter's ear, he told the address of Ali's house, and the waiter hurriedly agreed.

Walking out of the "silent bar", it was not early, it was close to noon - I agreed with Ali to gather at Ali's house at noon to exchange information.

"Bang!" there was a knock on the door. As soon as Ali opened the door, Xie Feng and Ali said in unison at the same time: "There is good news!" Both sides were stunned for a moment, and then said in unison: "You say it first." ”

Both of them couldn't help laughing, and Ali's face was rarely smiling. Ali said: "The shopkeeper left a message to Aunt Susan, saying that Her Royal Highness the princess knows that you are looking for her, and she will be waiting for you in the lord's hall." Xie Feng said: "This is indeed good news. Ali asked, "Then what's your good news?" Xie Feng said, "I know who the last person Serra saw before she disappeared." Ali asked, "Who is it?" Xie Feng said, "The owner of the 'Silent Tavern'." Now, I'm going to go to Christina and ask her to help find out who that boss is!"

After lunch, Xie Feng once again came to King Ragnar's castle. Xie Feng leisurely walked to the guard guarding the door—it was still the same guard in the morning. The guard saw that Xie Feng was coming again and became vigilant again, and said, "What are you still doing here?" Xie Feng looked proud and confident, and said, "It's nothing, I just want you to help spread the word to Her Royal Highness the princess, Xie Feng has come to her." The guard was stunned for a moment, this person is Xie Feng? This person is the distinguished guest that Her Royal Highness the Princess just explained to meet with him, Xie Feng?" Then I turned around and wanted to go in and pass through. "Wait!" Xie Feng stopped the guards. "May I ask what else does the gentleman command?" the guard stood up straight again and said to Xie Feng. Xie Feng smiled evilly and said, "I think you should go back and pack up your things after you finish passing the message—you should know what the consequences will be if you neglect the princess's distinguished guests?" The guard swallowed a mouthful of saliva, naturally knowing the temper of Her Royal Highness the princess, if anyone offends her, she will not have a good life. The guard's tone softened, and he smiled at Xie Feng and said, "Sir, you are serious, isn't our duty as a guard to ensure that the lords are not harassed...... Ahh......h In the distant continent of the East, there is a saying, called: 'He who does not know is not guilty', and you have indeed done your duty, and there is no dereliction of duty, I will not embarrass you, just joking, on the contrary, I will praise you for your responsibility in front of the princess...... Go, go, it's not good to make the princess wait. After saying that, he pushed the guard and let him go in to pass the word. The guards escaped death and threw a very grateful look at Xie Feng before opening the door and entering...... Thus, the Stockholm syndrome appeared 700 years earlier. If this scene can be recorded in history, it should be renamed Sugerson's syndrome.

Soon, the door was opened again, and the guards just now came out of it and said to Xie Feng, "Dear Mr. Xie Feng, our princess is invited!" After speaking, he made a gesture of "please". Xie Feng smiled and nodded, and stepped into this lord's hall that only nobles could enter. Step, step......

The sound of footsteps echoed in the empty hall of the lord, extra crisp.

Behind the large fire in the center, a Manly figure sits on the back.

It was early April, and the climate in the coastal cities had not yet fully warmed up, so the fires were blazing. In the light of the fire, the golden hair of the back shone with dazzling brilliance. A snow-white princess dress, which looks transparent in the firelight. vaguely reveals the proud figure inside.

Xie Feng was stunned, and after reacting, he tried to shout, "Xiao Ke?"

The figure behind the fire turned around, and it was Christina. "Xie Feng. Christina smiled with interest and said, "To Her Royal Highness the princess, you are so rude to call me like this. ”

Xie Feng also smiled and said, "I don't care what kind of princess or mother you are in front of others, but in front of me, you are just a friend of mine, a friend who has fought side by side together, a friend who has worked hard to prove that he can become a lord even if he does not rely on his father's shadow, a friend who disdains modern values and resolutely asks the world 'who says that women are inferior to men'."

Thousands of clothes are worn, but sycophants are not worn, Xie Feng's words are very useful to Christina. The smile on Christina's face became even brighter, and she said, "Why did you come to me, didn't you come to me to protest because you felt that the spoils were unevenly divided?" Xie Feng smiled and said, "You took the most credit for the last battle, I just messed around on the side, even if you only gave me one dinar, I don't have a problem...... I'm here to ask you for a little favor. When Christina heard this, she said, "Oh, you want me to help me?" ”

Xie Feng cleared the thoughts in his heart and said, "I have a friend who has and only one only relative, but his only relative began to disappear the day before yesterday. Xie Feng breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I have traced that his relative, the last person he saw before he disappeared, was the owner of the 'Silent Tavern' in the west of the city. I don't think it's hard to find out who the boss is and where he is, depending on your power. And, if necessary, I hope to pursue it in your name. ”

Christina was still smiling, but her smile wasn't as approachable as before. Christina continued to smile, and when Xie Feng finished speaking, she said, "You should have heard a saying: there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. In other words, in the eyes of my class, this is even more so. So, my friend, Dear Mr. Xie Feng, what reason can you impress me to help you accomplish this seemingly troublesome task?"

As soon as Xie Feng heard this, he knew that Christina would not easily agree to help, so he said, "Then it depends on what I have, which is worthy of what Her Royal Highness the Princess needs." ”

Christina walked around the fire, walked in front of Xie Feng, looked at Xie Feng's body, and said, "Xie Feng, I admire you, whether it is your person, your swordsmanship, or even the ability you showed me as an assassin last time, I appreciate it. As a lord, I'm not going to let such a person slip out of my hands, do I?"

Xie Feng didn't answer, because she knew that Christina must have something to say next. Sure enough, Christina breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "But I can see that you have great ambitions in your heart, and you are not willing to succumb to a small Nord kingdom, right?"

Xie Feng still didn't answer, because she knew that with Christina's ice and snow intelligence, she didn't need her own extra answer. Christina continued, "So, I want to keep you for a while, even for three months - when you decide to start your adventure in a team, in the Nord Kingdom - oh, specifically my command for three months as a mercenary. Of course, I'll pay you 500 dinars a week for military expenses – that's a lot of money. However, this time it is not a cooperation, an alliance, but a subordinate relationship between you and me—you have to do my bidding. - Of course, in addition to the military expenses of 500 dinars per week, you can also get my full help this time, how about Mr. Xie Feng, are you satisfied with this condition?" After speaking, Christina was still smiling, watching Xie Feng's reaction.

Xie Feng has a hard time, he has not started to cash in the seven weeks he sold himself to the mayor of the town, and now he has to sell himself to Christina for another three months. Christina continued: "Of course, I'm not talking to you as a friend right now, it's a deal. If you ask me, how can I not make good use of it? As a loyal lord of the Nord Kingdom, if it were you, you would do the same, wouldn't you?" Mr. Xie Feng?"

Xie Feng sighed and said, "Can't we talk about this as friends?" Christina said, "No, because I am not only your friend, but also a lord of the Nord Kingdom. I have to think about the big picture. ”

Xie Feng sighed again and said, "Since crossing into this world...... Well, I mean you're the first person to threaten me since I came to Calradia. Christina said, "I wish I was the only one." There aren't many people who can be threatened by me. ”

Xie Feng sighed again and said, "Okay, I promise you, after graduating from the training ground, I will organize a team and become your loyal mercenary army." Of course, before that, you have to help me find the person I'm looking for, alive to see people, dead to see corpses, and if I can't find them, our 'deal' will be terminated. Christina said, "Very well, I don't think I will disappoint you, and you will not disappoint me." ”

Xie Feng's other "selling agreement" was signed.