Alan leaned against the stone wall at the mouth of the alley, nibbling on a green apple that was so sour that he lost his teeth, and Sersi stood beside him, wanting to speak several times. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Half an hour later, Alan tossed the apple core aside and handed a flask to him.

"It's your decision. Kenny took a sip of the malt and handed the flask to Sersi.

Alan took the flask, snapped the cork, and took a large sip of the spirit.

"I just think that he has been translating that ancient book recently, and maybe he will know something. Sersi took the flask and muttered, "I forgot that guy almost killed you." He turned to look at Allen, "I'm sorry, man. ”

"What the hell are you thinking?" Alan frowned and smiled, "I'm wondering why the killers killed these guys. He pointed to the corpse on the ground with his flask hand, "It's a strange and vicious witchcraft, could it be that it also came from the Convent of Follet?, but why wasn't that person's target us? she and the Transfiguration Wizard weren't the same person?" he poured another sip of liquor and muttered to himself, "Damn! These are annoying!"

Sersi breathed a sigh of relief. "Maybe the perpetrator has an enmity with them. He guessed, "In the past, they had Barton and the Horn Legion as their backing, but now the people of Nipur know that the lord has deliberately alienated the nobles of the city after taking power, and even the high-ranking Gilmer has died, and after losing a strong backer, those who are usually ostentatious and domineering may die in the streets, and people will only spit on their corpses, and no one will pity these guys." ”

"I agree. Kenny answered, "But this is a downtown area, and the accident happened before the sun went down, and four living people were burned in the street to charcoal, but there was no eyewitness, do you think this is possible?"

"It doesn't matter. Alan drank the liquor from the flask, "I just want to know who that wizard is, if it's the same person we met before, and as for the guys lying on the ground....." he shrugged, "It has nothing to do with me." ”

"As Chancellor of the Exchequer, shouldn't you help me figure out how to explain it to the other nobles?" Kenny grumbled, squinting, "Those guys own more than half of Nippur's fiefdoms, and a border rebellion is no small thing!"

"As Chancellor of the Exchequer, I can only help you manage the gold in the box. Alan held up the empty bottle in his hand and shook it, "If there is another bottle of ale, maybe I will be merciful and help you think about it....."

Before the words fell, Sersi handed over the flask in his hand, and Alan unceremoniously took a large sip and burped in satisfaction.

"Can you say it now?" asked Sersi in displeasure.

"What do you think, Selbald?" Alan tossed the question back, "I'd like to hear your advice." ”

Sersi scratched her bare head, then rolled her eyes. "If you really want to hear it. He proposed, "We can try to keep this matter down, after all, we are the only ones who see the corpse's face now, and no one knows if it was Orlando or Quart, the Guards are our men, and if you give the order, I bet, no one will know about it." ”

"And after this?" Alan asked.

"After that?" Sersi smiled, "if we manage to find the troublemaker and hand her over to the nobles, if the murderer escapes, we can completely declare that Orlando and the others have been held by the Guards for treason and have been hanged in prison!"

Kenny looked at Sercy's smug expression, and the corners of his eyes twitched a few times.

Alan nodded earnestly, and then patted Sersi on the shoulder meaningfully. "Man," he cleared his throat, "you're stirring up a war, you know?" Before Selsey could open his mouth, he continued, "I know what you're asking, about killing Gilmer, it's because many of the nobles are dissatisfied and hate what he did, but Orlando is different, we can't be enemies of all the nobles. ”

"You asked me to suggest it. Sersi grunted.

"I just wonder if you're going to give a better reason to convince the nobles about this. Alan narrowed his eyes at Sersi after speaking. He remembered that he had just been in the side hall when Sersi had deliberately concealed the convent of the Sisters of Follet, and he always felt that Sersi knew something, but for some reason he had concealed everything he knew, perhaps about the witchcraft of blood, or even about the new witchcraft in front of him.

Sersi opened his eyes and pretended to look at the crowd. The noisy chatter lingered in his ears, he knew that he couldn't escape Allen's eyes, just now in the side hall, he had thought about telling everything out, but those words were blocked in his chest, and he didn't know where to start.

It was a long story about the woman in the black alley.

Kenny also sees Selcy's concealment, but he doesn't try to test Seisy like Alan did, he trusts Seisy and doesn't want to hurt their precious friendship.

"Come, let me hear how much better your advice can be than Sersi. Kenny broke his momentary silence, "We'll have to prepare for the worst before Eugene comes, and I bet that guy won't be of much help, even if he's seen similar sorcery, maybe the killer will have left Nipur long ago." ”

"For the sake of this bottle of ale. Alan pouted, "Admittedly, concealment is indeed a countermeasure, but it is definitely the worst!" He turned his head and cast a disdainful look at Sersi, "We should make this matter known as quickly as possible, so that everyone in Nipur knows that four famous nobles have died in the city, and their deaths are extremely ugly!"

"And after that?" Sersi asked, in Alan's tone.

"The murderer definitely didn't leave Nippur. "Because these four unfortunate ones did not die of daggers, but of witchcraft." No one cares about a woman passing by, she doesn't even stretch out her hand, and she kills them without even knowing it. He looked at Kenny, "Of course, this is just my guess, but judging by the fact that you can see Taylor turn into blood, witchcraft doesn't require physical contact. He took another sip of the ale and added, "The former queen of Assyria once said that the more powerful the sorcerer, the more unfazed he will be when he casts his spells. ”

"But what does this have to do with appeasing the nobles?" asked Sersi again.

"There are undoubtedly two purposes for the murderers, one is that as you said, they have a grudge, but it is extremely unlikely, and the other is to incite the remaining nobles to rebel by killing Orlando and others. We have to let the killer know that her purpose was not achieved, and of course, this is only one of the purposes. Alan handed Kenny the flask in his hand and gave him a trusting look.

Sersi looked at Alan blankly.

Kenny takes the bottle and gulps down the rest of the wine. "What Eren means is that this will bring those nobles to the same side as us, no matter what the purpose of that wizard is, even if he wants to incite those nobles to rebel by murdering Orlando, as long as we announce the deaths of these four guys and bury them, the nobles will settle the account on the head of that wizard, and then ....."

“..... Those stupid hats will fight for us. Alan clasped his hands and smiled confidently. (To be continued.) )