Chapter 3: The Wicked Guest
readx;? Early in the morning, Zhou Mo walked out of the bedroom, Uncle Redbeard and Al Lionheart were gone, and only two empty oak cups were left on the counter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After visiting the drunks as usual, Zhou Mo began to clean up the chaotic tavern.
A quarter of an hour after everything became tidy, Uncle Redbeard's roar came as scheduled, and the lives of the two people were as accurate as the handmade clocks of the time-honored red maple brand.
Zhou Mo made a cup of "Sea Man", but he didn't see Uncle Redbeard come in for a long time, and couldn't help but look back at the window.
The drunkards all over the ground had disappeared, and Uncle Redbeard stood not far in front of the tavern, some balding red hair blowing up like a burning flame.
Not far from Redbeard's side, at the entrance of Sunset Town, a group of people came at some point, led by a middle-aged man wearing a big red animal skin cloak and a copper hat.
There is no need for the middle-aged man to follow two teams of twenty capable young men in red brocade thorn pattern robes, all equipped with waist knives, and the knives are in the shape of a crescent.
Red clothes, crescent moon knife, although Zhou Mo has never seen such an outfit, but the knowledge of the past year has given Zhou Mo the answer.
"The emperor's inner chamberlain, with a bronze hat, is one of the three masters, a red brocade thorn robe, and is the prince's close guard. ā
Zhou Mo's brows jumped involuntarily, last night Uncle Redbeard gave El Lionheart a cup of "Wilderness Remnant", which symbolized a pass to be able to return to the family. Early this morning, the inner chamberlain group who should be guarding the palace in the imperial capital came, what does this mean?
"It's not good!"
Four words jumped into Zhou Mo's mind.
Zhou Mo just turned around, and the next moment he walked out of the counter and went to his room without a sound.
The heavy black wood wardrobe was moved lightly by Zhou Mo, revealing the recesses of the wooden walls behind it.
This depression was obviously man-made, and there were traces of small sharp blades slashing on the edges, and Zhou Mo had difficulty digging out this depression with an inferior dagger on the second night after discovering his unique ability.
There are a lot of brinkets in the hollow, pendants, boots, gloves, almost everything that can be worn on a person's body can be found in the hollow.
The most conspicuous are two weapons, a pair of double knives commonly used by the Revenants, and a knight's heavy sword of military standard.
Zhou Mo quickly put the gadgets in the depression on his body, fully armed, and then looked at the two weapons for a moment of hesitation.
"The head of the inner chamberlain of the bronze hat is at least a physical state essence gold level life, and even if he has broken through the physical life level, it is very possible to be a mysterious life, I hope Uncle Redbeard can handle it. ā
"Twenty princes' close guards, equipped with crescent knives, should be a partial speed type, at least to the physical state of the black iron level, you can't fight hard, you can only save your life. ā
Zhou Mo picked up the pair of double knives, hid them in his sleeves left and right, and after returning the wardrobe to its place, his body just shook and left an afterimage in the same place, and the next moment he appeared at the door of the tavern, which was much faster than before.
Leaning against the heavy doorpost of the tavern, listening intently to the sounds outside.
The sound of the wind blowing the soil, the slight snoring of the neighboring cloth shop owner, and even the sound of underground snakes, insects, rats and ants turning were all heard by Zhou Mo.
Zhou Mo frowned, as if something was missing, and immediately his face tensed, blessed the most outstanding scout among the Revenants, after listening to the wind of Lothar the Wind Whisperer, even the sound of a needle falling in the entire Sunset Town could not hide him, and at this time, there were twenty-two big living people standing outside, but he did not hear even a trace of breathing.
It was not surprising that Uncle Redbeard and the copper hat were unfathomable, but the twenty young men in red brocade thorn robes could also escape the hearing of the Wind Whisperer, which made Zhou Mo's heart sink.
"If you can't do well today, I'm afraid you can only flee to the wilderness for refuge. ā
With this thought, Zhou Mo glanced at the black wood counter, where there was a backpack with food and water, which could survive for an adult for ten days.
"Giant of the Wilderness, Redbeard Macken Smaug, descendant of the Dwarven King of the Hills, born with a black iron life, banished to the wilderness by the tribe one hundred and seventy years ago for causing the collapse of the Mithril vein, fifty years ago, the spirit of enlightenment, achieved a mysterious life, reached an agreement with the noble senate, established Sunset Town and the Wilderness Tavern, and held inheritance weapons, earth-moving hammers, inheritance armor, and steel barriers. ā
There is no need for the middle-aged man to speak slowly and logically, and he also uses the aristocratic Yayin that Zhou Mo sounds very difficult, coupled with the white face and beard, the whole person is feminine to ten points, which contrasts strongly with the red outfit.
The bearded uncle had been standing up with his hair falling down, and he turned sideways to face the middle-aged man with a copper hat from the side, and said in a thunderous voice:
"If you know Redbeard, you should know Redbeard's rules. ā
There is no need for the middle-aged man to be expressionless, stretching out a hand from the big red cloak, stretching out an index finger, and gently and elegantly clicking twice out of thin air.
"There are two rules, first, those who carry wanted warrants on their backs will not return, and second, the nobles who have been banished to Sunset Town can return to the empire as long as they get the designated prey. There is no objection to the rules of the Wild Giants. ā
Hearing this, Redbeard hammered his chest twice with a fist the size of a wine jar, and raised his beard, which was a sign that the middle-aged man was right, and also announced that this was his Redbeard's territory.
The middle-aged man finally had an expression on his face, and he smiled, his smile a little distorted, as if he was very unaccustomed.
"Your Excellency the Wild Giant guards Sunset Town, and has never been broken in fifty years, and he is very respectful. ā
There was no need for the middle-aged man to pause, and the smile on his face was retracted.
"But you must not forget which family took you in when you wandered in the wilderness fifty years ago and became homeless. ā
As soon as he said this, the hair on Redbeard's face exploded with a thud, and the whole person roared like a huge thunder like an angry fire lion.
"The dwarves of the hills never forget their benefactors, and the kindness of the Grand Duke of Eagle and Macken Smaug has not forgotten for a moment!"
The middle-aged man seemed to be very satisfied with the words of the redbeard, and an awkward smile appeared on his face.
"In the past fifty years, Grand Duke Eagle Yang seems to have never asked Your Excellency to do anything, but has sheltered Your Excellency for a full fifty years, and has not allowed a dwarf to set foot in the confines of Sunset Town, this kindness is not unkind!"
Redbeard suddenly became a little manic, and there were sparks shooting out of his hair, and a faint smell of sulfur began to smell in the air.
The middle-aged man didn't seem to notice it, flicked his neat and slender nails, and said in that slow and orderly aristocratic voice:
"El Lionheart abolished Grand Duke Eagle Yang's favorite youngest son, and now that El Lionheart has come to Your Excellency's territory, why don't you take the opportunity to repay Grand Duke Eagle Yang for his kindness?"
Zhou Mo frowned when he heard this, he understood Uncle Redbeard's temper, if he really wanted to say what the person on the other side said, on the first day that El Lionheart arrived in Sunset Town, he would be hammered into meat by Uncle Redbeard with his fist, Uncle Redbeard has always been revenge, and his position is clear.
But Uncle Redbeard not only did not do it, but although Zhou Mo was a little hesitant before mixing wine, on the whole, he just followed the procedure, and there was nothing deliberately difficult in it.
"There's something I don't know about. ā
Zhou Mo frowned and thought hard, and suddenly remembered what Uncle Redbeard had muttered yesterday.
"The Lionheart family, the imperial capital guard, politics. Politics?"
Zhou Mo seems to have understood that everything in the world, as long as it is stained with the word politics, will become complicated, and will form a whirlpool, involving all relevant and irrelevant things.
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