Chapter 69: The Black Sheep
The Tuke Basin is surrounded by mountains, and the most convenient communication with the outside world is the Naxi River, which flows through the basin. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Half a month ago, the Leike family, which had always been friendly, suddenly turned around and blocked the lower reaches of the Naxi River, cutting off the exchange of materials between the Tuke Basin and the outside world.
The Lake family rules the entire Western Grasslands and is a very powerful family, they take the fierce black goat as the family totem, so they are also known as the black sheep family.
The wide grasslands and nomadic life have given the Black Sheep family countless powerful cavalry, who pursue the brutal nature of force.
However, he was very friendly to the Tuke family, exchanging cattle and sheep for their food, and has always maintained a good relationship.
But for some reason, this time they said they would turn their faces, and there was no warning at all.
Seeing that spring ploughing is imminent, it is a good time for the Tuke Basin to sell grain, but because the river is blocked, they can't even transport a single grain out.
This is about the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the basin. What Matthew didn't expect was that the reason why the Lake family blocked the river was actually because of the trade between Redwood Town and Black Iron Town.
I heard that some time ago, the Lu family suffered a big loss in Black Iron Town, but what does this black sheep have to do with you?
"Even so, I will never agree!" Matthew replied fiercely, he had already made concessions and compromises, but he didn't expect these insatiable guys to still think about it, "Even if the Naxi River is not open to me, I can still pass through the Liucui River in Black Iron Town, I think Renault will be very happy to see this day." ”
"Hehe, yes," Davy slowly walked towards Matthew, his pupils already golden, "It's a pity you won't see the day again." ”
"You ......," Matthew snorted, "what do you want to do?"
"Not me, esteemed Lord Matthew. ”
As he spoke, David turned to his side, revealing a skinny figure behind him.
The lean body is covered with loose clothes, making his whole person look light and fluttery.
The most terrifying thing was the miserable white face, the eyes without the slightest divine light, exuding a chill like a corpse in an ice cellar.
"Bobble!?"
"I'm sorry, Master Matthew, but this is all Lord Fair's orders. The little man said lightly.
"That brute!"
Matthew cursed angrily and wanted to get up and get the dagger on the wall.
A black mouth suddenly appeared in the air, baring out its pitch-black sharp teeth and dragging its long, smoke-like tail straight into his clothes.
Matthew struggled in a panic, and the black mouth instantly burrowed into the flesh and bone of his chest, biting into his beating heart.
"Hey...... Haha......"
Watching Matthew struggle feebly, David laughed wildly, hiding in the Tuke family for more than a decade, this was his most satisfying day.
He kicked Matthew's body to the ground and lifted an iron cage from the corner.
It was Anna's white demon mouse, Mimi, who smeared Matthew's blood on its body before quietly leaving the blood-filled room.
Renault was lying on the roof of the Lord's Mansion, and what made him feel strange was that Sequoia Town was tight outside and loose inside, and the Lord's Mansion didn't have a single guard.
This was a bit unreasonable, but at this time he didn't have time to think about it so much, and touched the window of Momiji.
The lights were on in the room, and from time to time there was the sound of breaking things.
Is she smashing something?
To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Renault tapped lightly on the window.
"Who?" soon came Momiji's shouting.
"It's me, Renault. ”
Renault?
Momiji opened the window, and Renault jumped in with agility.
"You...... Why are you here?"
"I got a message from Charlotte, so I came. Renault frowned and asked, "What's going on in Redwoodtown? Why is there martial law?"
Momiji sat down gloomily, "Is something wrong with Charlotte?" sorry...... I'm under house arrest now and don't know what's going on outside. You...... You go back, the affairs of Sequoia Town, I'm afraid you can't interfere, this is our family matter. Moreover, my brother Fell has taken over from Sequoia Town, and I'm afraid I can't do anything about cooperating with you. ”
Renault's brows furrowed even deeper, he could ignore the family affairs of the Tuke family now, and the matter of cooperation could be talked about later, but Charlotte he must bring it back.
"Then you tell me where Charlotte is, and I'm going to take her back. ”
Momiji pondered for a moment, "She should have been captured by the guards, and now the guards are in David's hands, I think...... Why don't you go straight to my father? ”
"Matthew Tuke?"
"Yes. Momiji nodded, "He opposed our cooperation, which led to this turmoil, but I thought about it calmly just now, and I felt that there were many strange things about this matter, I'm afraid that my father was hiding something......" As she said, her tone became more and more firm, "It's useless to look for David, and my father ...... If he still has sense, he will be happy to make a deal with you, after all, the price you can give is much more than the value of a little girl. ”
......
Not far from the room where Momiji came out, Renault smelled a strong smell of blood.
Momiji's face turned pale, and the door of his father's room was open, and the smell of blood came from there.
"Father!"
She screamed and rushed in.
Matthew was lying in a pool of blood, lifeless.
"No—" Momiji covered her mouth and cried in pain, unable to believe what was happening in front of her.
His face still maintained a terrified expression, and his bloodless hands clung to the carpet, and he must have suffered great pain before he died.
Renault was also quite surprised, crouching down to examine Matthew's wounds.
Flipping open Matthew's chest, a fist-sized blood hole appeared in front of the two of them, and his heart had been torn to pieces.
"Oh my God—" Seeing this scene, Momiji almost passed out.
Renault frowned, the wound was filled with an imperceptible black mist, could it be that he was bitten to death by a demonic beast?
But where did the monsters come from in Redwood Town?
Warcraft have always appeared in groups, and if someone in the Lord's Mansion was bitten to death by Warcraft, the town would have become hell by now, and it would never be as peaceful as it is now.
So...... Is it raised?
For a moment, he thought of Anna's white magic mouse, Mimi.
Xiao Mi's IQ is very high, and she can communicate with Anna, and the possibility of going berserk is extremely low, unless she ...... Unless it was Anna who instructed it?
But why did she do it?
Reynolds silently covered up the body, and the way things turned out was much more than he expected.
Momiji calmed down a little and said fiercely, "No matter who killed my father, I will make him pay a heavy price!"
"Now, the first thing we're going to find is your bodyguard, Davy, or Anna. Do you know where he might be?"
"Wait, what's that?"
In the dark corner, there is a small iron cage, and a blood-stained mouse is cowering in the corner, its yellow eyes staring at the red leaves in horror.
"It's a demon mouse!" Momiji pulled out the short sword used as a decoration on the wall and held it in front of him, his eyes full of bright red bloodshots, "It was it that killed my father!"