Hart waited for Tarys' injuries to heal before leading his cavalry squad to the Princess's City, where he missed the duel between Gru and Thunder. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Cuthbert was surrounded by the crowd into the palace like a triumphant hero, and behind him were the guards carrying the tens of thousands of gold coins he had earned in a morning. The heroes who believe in him naturally make a little money, but those who don't believe in him don't have such good luck, and now they are depressed.

Catherine was talking to Hart, Tharris, and the others, when Hart's mother was happy to hear the news, and gathered around to greet the sons.

Cuthbert bowed to Catherine and said, "Your Highness Princess, this is the bet I won today. For a long time, the castle was built with your company's money, and now I can finally do it!"

Catherine was very touched and said, "Cuthbert, you have been contributing. Your loyalty and wisdom are well known, and I don't know how to thank you. The money is earned in your own name and should be yours. ”

"If it weren't for the company's strong strength as a backing, I would never dare to come up with such an idea, and others would not believe me at all. So the money is actually the company's profit, and I don't want to carry that much money with me, it will keep me awake!"

After hearing about Cuthbert's deeds, Tharis admired him so much: "Oh my God, tens of thousands of gold coins...... How many delicious things can I buy, I only have three silver coins now. Cuthbert, you're the smartest of all I've ever met!"

Cuthbert leaned on his glasses and smiled, "You little knight is indeed very discerning. ”

Eldrid sneered, "Taris, I'm sure you've seen not many people. ”

Catherine stroked Tharis's blonde hair and smiled, "Tarys, are you sure your injuries are healed?"

"Yes, Your Highness Princess, I am ready to fight for you at any time!" Tarys straightened his chest.

Everyone laughed. This bear child is really not bad, worthy of Christine's son.

"I'm glad to have a brave knight like you by my side. Catherine laughed.

When Christine heard that her sons had arrived at the castle, she hurried back from a fool's errand, and when she saw Taris, she patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and Hart's heart jumped to his throat. Tharis's injuries hadn't healed yet, but fortunately, Tharis had a stalk in his neck and managed to hold on to the pain. Christine couldn't keep her mouth shut, and said proudly, "Well, I've heard that you fight like a real man in Hook Bay." It seems that your mother really didn't let other men go to bed, and you are indeed my true son!"

...... Is there anyone who praises his son like this?

Tarris's mother hugged Taris in distress and glanced sideways at Christine: "Do you think it's good to tell him how to fight since he was a child?"

"Not good, but as a man, he has to learn to protect himself. Christine grinned, "Your Highness, since they have returned to the castle, I will lead the cavalry to find Adric, hoping that he is still alive and well and can return with his griffon detachment." ”

"Okay, you can also inquire about Yolande by the way, and ...... The news of Gu Shiyu. ”

"Take Hart with you, lest you get out there again!" exclaimed one of Christine's wives.

"Hart and Taris stay in the city to train cavalry, this is the order of Her Royal Highness the Princess, I must obey it unconditionally!" Christine stayed in the castle for a month, although there were many targets that could be seduced, but a few wives watched too closely, with such an opportunity to open the sky and the sky, where would they be willing to bring a "spy" to supervise themselves? He shouted as he ran: "Don't worry, I'm so old, I can't do many things anymore!"

Look at your large number of sons and daughters, you know that you have done a lot of things very well, and it is strange that you can be reassuring!

After nightfall, Gru visits Catherine with the mayors of Murak and Hook Bay.

In the garden of the palace, a feast is being held to celebrate Cuthbert's achievement.

Gru was very happy, he looked at Murak and the mayor and smiled, "It seems that we have caught up with Her Royal Highness the Princess's sumptuous dinner party!"

Catherine and Eldred welcomed the three into their seats. Gru said: "Your Royal Highness, please allow me, your loyal servant, to present you with a gift to express my gratitude for your years of guarding the Lost Land. He clapped his hands, and several soldiers rushed in a wagon filled with oak barrels.

Gru exclaimed, "This is tequila from Erathia. On behalf of all the people of the Lost Lands, I would like to give this gift to all the heroes here!"

Almost all of the human heroes here are from Erathia, and even Roland's Kingdom of Standwick is only a territory of the Kingdom of Erathia. The heroes had not tasted the spirits from their homeland for a long time, and they were all excited.

Catherine was touched: "Thank you, Gru! ”

Gru himself brought a jug of wine and asked, "Your Highness, do you need to mix any other wine?" ”

"No, I want to taste the original taste from my hometown!"

Tequila has a spicy and bitter taste, and the wine is violent. Catherine hadn't drunk this wine for a long time, and as soon as she took a sip of it, she patted her chest and choked out tears.

Eldred usually rarely drinks alcohol, but seeing that this is wine from Erathia, he also tried to take a small sip, and immediately made a bitter face, and repeatedly fanned the cool breeze into his throat and said, "Oh my God, this wine is too strong!"

"This is the wine that brave warriors should drink!" Roland said loudly, standing with his glass in his hand, "Come, let's all salute Erathia!"

"To Erathia!"

Gru took out a scroll of animal skins from his bosom and presented it to Catherine with both hands, saying, "This is my second gift to you, a nautical chart to travel around the world. ”

Catherine held the nautical chart in her hand, her body trembling slightly, and said, "But I have not taken any practical action to support you to return to the position of guardian. ”

"You can be impartial and neutral, and that's actually a support for the Grey family. Don't be surprised, in fact, I still have this sister in mind. More than ten years ago, I found a route to Erathia, but I hesitated to return, hoping that she could find her own happiness, after all, a happy marriage is hard to come by. I'm only coming back to see if she can protect the Lost Lands well, and I'll leave quietly. However, some of her actions have made the various families in the Lost Lands quite complaining, and they can only barely maintain the peace situation on the surface. It worries me that she's guarding the Lost Lands like this, because war is coming. ”

"Yes, the Lost Lands needs a strong leader. I hope you will take good care of this land. ”

Gru said: "Over the years, I have led my fleet to and from all over the world, amassing some wealth to prepare to rebuild the fortress castle in the Lost Lands and restore the former glory of the Grey family. When you're ready to leave the Lost Lands, I'll give you some financial compensation. Of course, the City of Princesses is always yours until you leave. ”

Catherine shook her head and said, "Gru, the City of Princesses is our gift to the Lost Lands. There are also our footprints on this land, and there are memories that we will not fade. We will not accept any compensation, so let the City of the Princesses become a historical witness to the Lost Lands and the Elasia Alliance!"

"Your Highness, the people of the Lost Lands will always remember you. In fact, I still have another idea, now that the Hero Guild has actually started a war with the Thieves Guild, I want to gather all the righteous forces in the Lost Lands and eliminate the Thieves Guild once and for all, so as not to leave endless troubles. ”

"I support you, the idea is feasible. Before the battle, all the forces must be gathered in one place, choose the right time and the right place, and give the thieves guild a fatal blow!"

The feast lasted until late at night, and many of the heroes were drunk before they dispersed.

The next day, however, came bad news, two drunken heroes were murdered while lying drunk on a stone bridge at the north gate of Ballston.

By the time Catherine and Eldred arrived, the Mentor of the Heroes' Guild, the Scythe, Gru and Murak of Baulston, had already arrived, and Murak had already begun to survey the scene.

Both of those heroes were Catherine's men. They followed Catherine for many years, and although they were unknown, Catherine never doubted their loyalty. Their murder made Catherine furious.

Mulak was a former sheriff in the town of Baulston and was very good at criminal investigation. He carefully examined the wounds of the deceased and said, "They were all stabbed into the heart with knives and killed with a single stab, and there were no other wounds on their bodies. The murderer's technique is very skillful, the position of the attack is accurate, and it is directly pierced through the gap in the ribs, which should be specially trained, and I suspect that some heroes did it. ”

Gru nodded, "What you said makes sense! Both of them are Her Royal Highness's subordinates, and the killer's selection of targets has a certain purpose. I suspect that there is an attempt to sabotage the alliance between the City of Princesses and the town of Baulston. Murak, I order you to solve this case as soon as possible, can you do it?"

"Yes!" said Murak, "I cultivated my own intelligence network when I was sheriff in Balstontown. I'll get it up and running quickly. ”

Gru said, "Do you need manpower? I can give you as much as you need." ”

"No, you don't. To do this, I need rats and bats that can hear and see whatever is going on in dark corners, not lions and eagles, who can catch their prey in the end. But rats and bats are greedy by nature, and if it is possible, I beg my lord to grant me two thousand gold coins at my disposal. ”

"Yes, it happened in Baulston, and I must give an account to Her Highness the Princess quickly. ”

Catherine nodded, and let the servants step forward to carry the body away.

Catherine and Eldred returned to the palace with their men and told Cuthbert to go down and all to be vigilant, to drink too much, and to go out in company.

"Who would be our enemy?" Eldred, chin in his hands, thought bitterly, "Either Sauron from the Thieves' Guild or Lady Grey." They can't get us into trouble with Gru. ”

"Yes, you have to wonder who did it, and you have to see who can benefit the most from it. Catherine nodded.

"Your Highness Princess, do you suspect the natives of Gru, who want us to leave the Lost Lands so that we can get to the City of Princesses. I don't think Gru is a good thing, and he gave us a nautical chart as soon as we met yesterday, didn't that urge us to hurry away?"

"He may have wanted us to go back early, but I don't think he would force us to leave in this way. Look at how nervous he is, he shouldn't be pretending. ”

As soon as Murak's huge intelligence network was in operation, it was indeed terrifying, and even the husband and wife quarreled in the room, and the child stole the store's cheese. Murak and his men spent a whole day sifting through layers of information, finally finding valuable information, identifying the suspect, and then squatting down at night to arrest him.

One of the three suspects resisted arrest and was killed, one was seriously injured, and he was about to die when he saw it, and only one could speak.

All three of them are homegrown heroes from the Lost Lands, which makes Gru lose face. Murak was interrogated overnight, but the man refused to speak.

Murak has a knack for dealing with this kind of person. He has been a sheriff for many years, and he has seen many thugs and bandits, all of whom have been tortured to death, and there has never been a mouth that cannot be pried open, and of course there are many unjust, false and wrongful cases that have been tortured by him.

Since the whipping was useless, Murak asked his men to carry the prisoner and let him see the torture instruments one by one.

"It's called a blossom pear, insert it into your ****, and then shake the handle to make it bloom and spread out, what do you think will happen next?"

"It's called a head chipper, and it's going to squeeze your teeth into the socket and then shatter your jaw, or make your eyes burst out of your sockets and your brains out of your ears. ”

"This one is called a cat's claw, and it's designed to tickle people. It's just that every time you scratch it, a piece of flesh will be grabbed from your body until you become a skeleton. ”

"This one is called a wooden shoe, and it will crush your shin to pieces. When the torture is over, your leg will turn into a soft sausage full of broken bones. This torture instrument is still relatively civilized, so let's start with this! If you can survive the three punishments, even if you don't answer me, I will let you go. ”

"You'd better kill me!" the prisoner was already frightened and incontinent.

"Yes, I might kill you, but only after I've tortured you. Have you ever heard of a corpse? It's kind of like hanging, but the rope is loose, and you won't break your neck bone all at once. Then the executioner will cut open your abdominal cavity, grab your heart, and quickly cut the large arteries so that when he pulls out your internal organs, the heart will still keep beating. If you still insist on not saying it, I will consider treating your family like this. ”

“...... If I do, I and my family will die! I beg you, kill me, spare my family, I beg you, I beg you......"

"If you say, I swear in the honor of a hero that I will never harm your family, and that I will send them to the castle and keep them safe. ”

“...... Well, I said, I'll tell you everything I know......"

When Murak heard the prisoner's confession, he couldn't help but be surprised, and he didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he hurriedly reported the situation to Gru.

"What!" Gru was also surprised, "He said my sister was in league with Zoro?"

"Yes, Madame Grey gives Sauron 200,000 gold coins every year in exchange for Sauron's promise not to attack the villages and towns. ”

"It's ridiculous! She paid a demon for protection! What else did he say?"

"He said that your sister told him before leaving, that he should try to stir up a conflict between you and Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine, so that she could return to Baulston. ”

Gru nodded, "This sister of mine has a lot of talents, and revenge is one of them. She wanted me to fight Catherine first, so that I could make a profit. Do they have any other accomplices?"

"Nope. But he also said that more than ten years ago, my father investigated the sealing of the portal in the Lost Lands, and before the truth was about to be revealed, the giant thunder kept chasing him, and my father finally died at the hands of the giant thunder!"

Gru didn't know what to say. It is the responsibility of the Grey family to protect the Lost Lands and protect the secrets of the portal, but has Murakken forgotten the blood feud for this reason?

"Lord, I must kill him with my own hands, unless you kill me first!"

Gru sighed, "As you wish, I won't stop you." But I don't want you to do anything to my sister, maybe she doesn't know about it. ”

"Lord, how could she not know? Many of Ju Lei's actions were instructed by her, and I absolutely cannot accept you saying this. ”

"It's like in war, your subordinates may make a lot of mistakes, but you, as the commander of the whole army, don't necessarily know about it. Are you responsible for all the mistakes made by your men?"

"I'll look into it. If she's involved, she'll have to pay for her wrongdoing!"

Gru nodded.

"So, how should I reply to Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine?"

Gru paced back and forth, then said, "You said it was Sauron who instructed him." Once this matter is poked out, Catherine's men will definitely attack Black Castle. The Thunder family still has many friends in the Lost Lands, so that the local heroes and the people of Erathia will clash. How do you think we should take sides then? We can't let the Lost Lands go haywire, and the matter of Giant Thunder and my sister should be resolved after Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine and the others return!"

"Okay, I'll send the murderer to them, and it's up to them to deal with it. ”

Murak turned to leave, but Gru immediately stopped him and said, "Before sending him away, you have to find a way to make the murderer not speak, otherwise he may talk about it again!"

Murak took the two bodies and the living mouth to Catherine's palace in a prisoner's car, where the man was already breathing weakly and dying. In addition, they also sent the ambassador ribbon, courage kit and other equipment, and it turned out that Adela was also responsible for the robbery of the grove outside the Hero Guild.

Muraq conveyed to Catherine Gru's guilt, saying that he would come to apologize for his sins after dawn and promise that it would never happen again.