"What day is today?"

Yulian reached out, picked up the chess pieces on the table, and placed them in the black grid next to him.

"Fifteenth day, my lord. ”

Offariel frowned slightly, she pondered for a moment, then reached out and picked up the white piece, blocking the black piece's offensive line. Fifteen days had passed since the guards had arrived in the Twilight Forest, and they had not done anything out of the ordinary in those days, and had been patrolling the town and the streets every day according to the patrol route set by O'Fariel, without the slightest sign of anomalous behavior.

"Those guys are so calm. ”

Left side, knights, raids.

"After all, the other party is a subordinate of a big nobleman, and it is not so easy to show his feet, and he is not a ruffian and hooligan on the street. ”

The queen retreated, resisted.

"So, how are the merchants' problems solved?"

The infantry advances, eat the generals.

"Everything is according to your opinion, my lord, and I have given them quite generous concessions, and I have also relaxed my censorship of them. ”

The chariot detours, picking behind.

"Well, the time looks pretty much the same. ”

As he spoke, Yuren pushed the knight.

"General. ”

After a moment of careful observation, O'Faryl reluctantly put down the chess pieces in his hand.

"I lost. ”

"You're too big-pictured, and that's not a good thing. ”

Putting down the pieces, Yuren smiled smugly, and now he was playing with Ofariel a magical war chess that had been handed down from a long time ago, which could be used to simulate battlefields and soldiers, and the player could manipulate these pieces and use a variety of tactics to achieve victory. In fact, to a certain extent, this kind of war chess can also be regarded as a test of the wisdom of chess players, and it can also be used to practice some battles. And right now, Yuren is using this set of war chess to teach Ofariel about battle strategy.

"I don't think so, Lord Yuren. ”

In the face of Yuren's words, Ofariel clearly disagreed with him. Since learning this game of war, O'Faryl has used dozens of tactics to defeat Yuren, but he has not seen a chance of victory. Compared with O'Fariel's ever-changing tactics, Yuren's tactics are very simple, since the two sides set up the formation, he has been using the knights to charge, charge, and charge, and anything else seems to be completely out of Yuren's consideration. Although Ofariel thought that such an attack that did not focus on the big picture would not be effective, the reality was that she was a complete failure, and Ofariel could not take any chance in the face of Yuren's knightly charge.

What makes Ofaril even more helpless is that the timing of Yuren's knight's charge is always strange and tricky, and she doesn't give herself any chance to react at all, every time, she thinks she has prepared the best defensive tactics against the opponent's knight charge, but in the blink of an eye, Yuren's knight will break through the defense line from where she didn't expect it at all, and then completely wipe out its center before she can react.

"You want to be it all too much. ”

Yulian pushed the chessboard away and picked up the teacup at hand.

"Your mage chose to give up the attack, and instead assisted the defense of the shield warriors and spearmen against my knights, which shows that your attack is relatively weak, on the battlefield, the number of soldiers is always limited, and it is absolutely impossible for you to achieve a perfect combination of attack and defense. In the moment of focusing on attack, your defense will inevitably become weak. It's that when you're defensive, your attacks aren't threatening. ”

"But ..............."

"I know what you're trying to say. ”

Yuren interrupted Ofariel with a wave of his hand.

"Actually, I know your mind better than you do, Princess Ofaril, it is true that you are a very good person, and I also admit that you can do very well in other than the military. But that doesn't mean you can be so perfect in the military. You don't want to organize this flawless attack, but your way of thinking is fixed in this regard, and it limits your situation............ What's the matter?"

The last sentence was addressed to Erin, who walked into the room with an anxious face. In the face of Yulian's inquiry, Erin paused, and then hurriedly spoke.

"Report to the lord, Mayor Clark just sent someone to bring the news that those soldiers of the garrison and a group of outsiders had a conflict, and now there is a fight!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Yuren and Offariel couldn't help but look at each other, and a hint of clarity flashed in their eyes.

It's finally begun.

When Yuren and Ofariel arrived in the town, the battle between the two sides was almost over, and although there were many guards on the side of the wandering merchants, these garrison soldiers were not easy to mess with, they were all mid-level and lower-level swordsmen, and there was no problem at all for ordinary swordsmen and adventurers. And when the two arrived, the guards around the outsiders were already lying down, although no one died, but they were all crying fathers and mothers, and they couldn't get up for half a day. And the remaining guards were also wounded all over their bodies, barely protecting their employers.

On the other hand, on the side of the soldiers of the garrison, there is no appearance of provocative and evil, on the contrary, they are all serious, as if they really represent justice and freedom, and are fighting against the most terrible evil in the world......... Ofariel is right, the subordinates of the great nobles are completely different from the ruffians and hooligans.

Watching the soldiers' performance with a hint of amusement, Yuren coughed lightly a few times, and then he pushed the crowd away and walked inside. Seeing Yuren's arrival, Custer's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a smug smile, and then he quickly waved his hand, and with his movements, the soldiers of the garrison who had been confronting the merchant also put away their weapons. The wandering merchants, on the other hand, were also slightly stunned by this sudden move, and then they immediately set their eyes on the young nobleman who had just walked in.

"What the hell is going on?"

Yulian glanced at the outsiders, and then asked.

"Report to your Excellency!"

And after hearing Yulian's inquiry, Custer immediately stepped out of the ranks, and he first saluted Yulian solemnly, and then spoke.

"During our routine inspection of these outsiders, we found that they were smuggling contraband, and we ordered them to lay down their arms immediately and be investigated, in accordance with Kingdom regulations. But these criminals not only do not obey our orders, but they also try to resist, so we have a conflict. ”

"Nonsense!"

And at this moment, a soldier in the opposite car shouted sharply, although he also saw that these soldiers were the subordinates of the young nobleman, maybe the two sides were breathing out of the nostrils, but if he didn't say anything at the moment, then he would no longer have a position.

"We didn't smuggle any contraband at all, obviously you deliberately wanted to frame us!"

In the face of the other party's argument, Custer didn't say anything more, and now he was really dressed like a guard loyal to his master, just bowing his head, waiting for Yulian's ruling, and the other party's shouts seemed to be completely out of his consideration. At that moment, Ofariel tugged at Julien's sleeve and whispered in his ear.

"My lord, these people are weird. ”

"You found out too?"

Yu Lian replied in a low voice, in fact, since the moment he saw these outsiders, he knew that these guys were definitely not ordinary people, not to mention those mercenaries with weapons, just the few merchants inside, judging from their sturdy bodies and the weapons on their waists, they didn't quite match their dress. Moreover, Yulian could also hear that when the man opened his mouth to contradict Custer just now, his voice was a little nervous, and it was not because of injustice, but it seemed that there was some tension in the relationship that should be afraid that something would be exposed.

I have to say, this Custer is really going to find people to stir up trouble, saying that they are not suspicious, these people are indeed quite suspicious, but let's say they are suspicious......... At least Yulian believes that the other party is definitely not so suspicious because of some smuggling contraband.

"What did they smuggle?"

Yuren didn't say anything more to Ofariel, but turned around and asked.

"The contraband they've smuggled is here, my lord. ”

Custer still didn't mean to plead, he just raised his hands and handed a heavy cloth bag in front of Yuren. Opening the cloth bag and looking at the delicate white powder inside, You Lian frowned slightly.

Salt?

Salt is a commodity that is forbidden to be smuggled in various countries, and although in this day and age, inspections are not so strict, but travelers, whether merchants or adventurers, will scatter the salt into small packets and carry it with them, after all, even if they are found, they can justify that they are eating it themselves. But if it is like this, a large bag and a large bag are packed, then it is clear that it is to be transported commercially, and naturally it cannot be edible.

This planting is too obvious.

Even if the other party doesn't protest, Yulian can see that this is 100% prepared by Custer beforehand, and then deliberately show it in the name of the search, which is not uncommon, of course, doing so usually does not leave a good reputation for those territories. After all, no merchant wants to do business with such a dangerous and untrustworthy lord, and what if he takes the opportunity to plunder his belongings? In some remote places, those lords are no different from robbers.

It's just that they have a legal identity.

"Dear sir, all this is a conspiracy! We don't have any contraband smuggling at all!

The man spoke again, his fists clenched and his face a little gloomy, but Yuren didn't care, instead, he looked at Offariel and nodded at her. After receiving Yuren's signal, Ofaril walked up to the money, gently pulled down her cloak to hide her appearance, and then whispered.

"In any case, we cannot rule out the suspicion that you are smuggling contraband, and for now, we hope that you will lay down your arms and surrender immediately, and we will give you a satisfactory answer after investigation. ”

Hearing this, the people in the carriage looked at each other, and then they dropped their weapons with dead faces.