Chapter 054: Alliance Emissary
Kenny walked down the streets of Nippur, and it didn't seem to be any different from a few days ago, there were no wanted portraits of him and Allen on the streets, and maybe Barton's stupid hat thought he had Allen's heirloom in his hand, and he was looking forward to his daughter's sudden return every day. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The fishmongers along the road were selling the fresh fish on the stalls, and the guys in the barrels kept slapping the water and splashing the water, as if they had been fed some kind of potion, and they naturally did not know that the more lively they were, the faster they would be disemboweled, and thrown into boiling oil to appear on the table of a nobleman.
A rich smell of wheat came from afar, and Kenny, who had been running around all morning, suddenly felt hungry, and he followed the smell of bread to a shop, and saw the boss take a large plate of bread from the stone oven and place it on the stone cabinet, which was mouth-watering.
"Honorable knight, would you like some freshly baked bread, this is the best barley bread in Nippur!"
Kenny pulls two copper coins out of his jacket pocket and is about to hand them to his boss, only to be poked coldly in the back. He turned his head curiously, and saw an old lady looking at him kindly, her face was full of wrinkles, like a withered tree, her clothes were neat and clean, her vicissitudes of life were like two scorched wood, intricate tendons were tangled in her hands, holding the corners of her blouse tightly, she looked a little flustered, and her eyes revealed a little shyness.
"Big ..... Adults ....." The old lady bowed her head slightly, and buried her trembling lips as much as she could, "Can you, buy me a bread, I'm hungry....."
Kenny was stunned for a moment, "Of course, wait a minute. He turned and handed the copper coin in his hand to the boss. "Give me two loaves of bread. โ
A steaming bread was stuffed into the old lady's hand, she rubbed her hand the corner of her clothes, shyly took the bread, took a big bite and chewed hard, the writhing of her cheeks caused the wrinkles on her face to rise and fall, Kenny watched the old lady gobble up, and stuffed another piece of bread into her hand, but the old lady surprisingly did not take it.
"Thank you, one is enough. The old lady swallowed a mouthful of bread with difficulty, and smiled kindly.
"Are you from Nipur?" asked Kenny, taking a bite of his bread.
"No, no, I live outside the city, and I have come here to be king..... Do some chores for my girl, it was very late to get here yesterday, I spent a night in the post house, I got up today and found that there was nothing, I begged the innkeeper for a long time before he let me go, the security here is really bad, but I also blame myself for not being careful. The old lady smiled.
"It's true that the security here is really not very good, you can take this money, go back early after finishing your errands, don't be stolen again this time." Kenny pulled a gold coin out of his jacket pocket and handed it to the old lady.
"No, no, no, sir, that's too much, I'm content if you could buy me a loaf of bread. The old lady waved her hand again and again.
"Take it. Kenny shoved the gold into the old lady's hand and turned to the south, leaving the old lady standing there bewildered.
Kenny walked down Main Street for nearly twenty minutes, when a tall tower caught his eye in the distance, and he turned out of Main Street and into the alley past a row of stone houses, where a twenty-acre manor house was located, and although it was far away, it was obvious that the building deep in the lawn was typical of the First Continent style.
The manicured lawn was so lush with barely visible snow that a ten-foot-high wrought iron fence had been erected outside the lawn, and Kenny followed the fence to the gate of the manor, where a carriage passed through the gate and entered the manor, which slowly closed with nearly a dozen guards in armor.
Kenny approaches the door, and the guards at the door seem to be chatting about Barton's travels.
"Damn, if only I could go out hunting with Lord Patton. โ
"Who wouldn't want to, I've heard that the soldiers who travel with the lord will give out extra bounties, and the soldiers who came back last year said that they can often catch girls in the woods to collect medicine, and that doesn't cost money, haha..... Hey, what are you!"
The chatting soldier clenched his weapon and looked at Kenny warily.
"Don't be nervous, my name is Nikon, from Assyria City, Lord Patton went to my lord some time ago, the letter said that he has been worried about the affairs of the Blue Bone Race, hoping to form an alliance with our Assyrian City, and together crusade against the Blue Bone Race to help him snatch his daughter back, I just went to Morwin Fort to learn that Lord Patton went out hunting, and his housekeeper was the old virgin with a courteous face, he said that during the time Lord Patton left, everything was decided by his brother-in-law, I searched for a long time to find here, can you help me pass on the head of Taylorใ Kenny said as he pulled two silver coins out of his pocket and handed them to the guard.
The guards took the gold coins handed to them, and the two pushed each other to report it, and the last seemingly young soldier opened the iron gate and ran to the manor.
Half an hour later, the soldiers who had gone in to report came out.
"Your Excellency, Captain Taylor is going to hold a mask ball tonight, and he may not have time to receive you, why don't you find a post house to rest for the night, and then come over tomorrow morning and I'll help you pass it through, can you see it?"
"Are you sure Taylor said so? I am the envoy of the alliance sent by the king of Assyria, and it is your lord who has sent a letter asking for the alliance, and now greets the envoy with such hospitality?" Kenny had a slightly angry look on his face.
"I'm sorry, it's a coincidence that you're here, Lord Patton just left yesterday, and it just so happens that today is the birthday of Captain Taylor, you see, why don't you embarrass us, okay?
Kenny glanced angrily at the guard, turned to leave the iron gate of the manor, and the guard at the door looked at Kenny's back as he left, but he didn't know that the stranger's angry expression had returned to normal as soon as he turned his face.
Walking into the alley, Kenny's mind began to think about how to enter the manor, suddenly he felt that his footsteps were a little strange, the sound sounded like two overlapping voices mixed together, he turned his head to look behind him, and found that the alley was empty, and just after turning around two steps, the overlapping footsteps appeared again, he stood in place, looked around the alley, the quiet alley was still empty.
Kenny rushed to the main street, and when he was about to rush out of the alley, he suddenly turned and ran into another staggered alley, he leaned against the wall and looked at the alley, and a figure flashed in front of him.
The footsteps stopped abruptly, and Kenny gently drew his saber from his waist and took two steps back, staring warily at the potential stalker. A seemingly young guy panting appears in front of him, staring at Kenny with a sword in hand.