Chapter 20 Giving Back
God said, "There is no good or evil, and everything you do will have an echo."
The team's departure and residence in Saled were taken care of by the Northern Magistrate's Office, and the dinner to welcome Councillor Duke was held as scheduled after the sun had set.
The wolf king wants his heir to be unharmed.
Mayne wanted her brother to be safe.
The consuls of the north will pour out the waters of evil to protect themselves.
The Emperor wants the strong, as always, the fortress of Salid.
The military department wants to control the north on its own, so that it will not weaken as a result.
What about yourself?
Councillor Duke stood in the room that the hall had arranged for him, pulled out his handkerchief, and smiled.
At this moment, the consul of the north was in the adjoining room, walking restlessly, and the pleasure of the right to lust was no longer forgotten. The killers he sent out were like pigs in a pen, and when they ran out, they disappeared.
"Damn it. The consul knocked on his palm, secretly thinking that his plan was to assassinate before the dinner, so that even if the matter was in the northern official hall, the least suspicious person in the end was himself, because no one would be stupid enough to kill the guests on their own territory, plus the tokens he let the killer leave behind, would only be interpreted by people with a heart as the "mastermind" from the imperial capital, worried that the investigation team would find the truth of the corruption case and kill the killer. If so, the water will be completely muddy.
Finding benefits in risk is like picking up leaks in the eye of a storm, and it is easy to fish in troubled waters. At this time, the consul had not yet thought that his killer might miss, he knew the strength of the Skinny Knight, and it was easy to assassinate a senator with a few followers. However, he did not know exactly where the knight was assassinated, which caused him to be troubled by not being able to hear back until now.
At the beginning of the dinner, Mayne had already left the official hall with the military personnel, and was said to have gone to the fortress of Salid. The northern consul stood in the middle of the banquet hall in a lonely manner, entertaining the dignitaries of the city, and secretly praying that the damned figure would not appear.
The cuckoo stuck out his head punctually to tell the time, and just as the consul was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a figure came to the door, and it turned out to be the young man who always followed the butt of Councillor Duke, and he looked into the crowd, and when he saw the consul, he walked straight towards him.
"Your Excellency the Archon. The young man stooped down and saluted.
"Oh, what about Councilor Duke?" the consuls and magnates looked at him curiously.
"Your Excellency has received an urgent report from the Imperial Capital, and is already on his way back to the Imperial Capital, because the time is too short to say goodbye to you, and he is very sorry. Although the young man did not know the intentions of his superiors, he still said politely, took out a red envelope from his bosom, handed it to the consul, and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, this is a letter left for you by the councilor. ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy the dinner to the fullest, and take your leave. The young man stooped down and calmly left the banquet hall.
......The consul was about to open his mouth to speak with the envelope, but found that the young man had already walked out of the banquet hall, and the call had to be stopped abruptly, looking at the envelope in his hand and his eyes changed.
"What kind of score, what kind of stinky fart, so faceless?" The impulsive magnate came tonight for the fame of the Senate of the Imperial Capital, and the departure of Councilor Duke seemed to hurt his dispensable self-esteem.
"Hey, Master Fanke, don't say it, people are doing shameless things, what else is there to lose face?" the official next to him whispered.
"What's shameless?"
"You don't know, this councilor, in my bathroom today, hehe, hehe......"
"Eh, what are you laughing at, you say!" Vanko blew his beard and glared dissatisfiedly, and the person next to him rolled his eyes, put away a lewd smile on his face, and whispered in his ear for a while.
"What, didn't you survive in one breath?" Vanko's eyes widened in surprise, and then his cheeks twitched and he laughed.
The absurdity of Councilor Duke's bathroom in the city soon spread among the crowd attending the banquet, causing bursts of laughter, especially among the noblewomen in the northern city, who had a new evaluation of the "ability" of the men in the imperial capital. The archon, who was standing in the crowd, called the butler, coped with a few pleasantries, and left the banquet hall with a calm face.
"Even the face of the consul has been brushed, hey, the people in the imperial capital are really outrageous. The magnates shook their heads and raised their wine glasses, and the banquet began without the protagonist.
The consul, who had left the banquet hall in a hurry, came to the study, looked at the envelope and muttered for a while, the seal on the envelope was a little soft, it seemed that Councilor Duke had really just left. After hesitation, the archon opened the envelope, revealing only a crimson leaf.
Holding the leaf, the archon thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he summoned several of his henchmen to run towards the garden. When he reached the garden, the archon said in a deep voice, "Give me a careful search." ”
The guards searched around with torches in confusion, and they didn't know what their master was looking for themselves, so they could only flutter among the grass and flowers like headless flies.
"Ahh
The guard, who screamed with torches in his hand, pointed in horror to the woods behind the flowers, and from his angle he could see the black shadow on the tree poles. The archon's face became more and more gloomy, and he snatched the torch and walked over, the light of the fire shining clearly on the pole of the tree, which was the killer he had sent out, who was being nailed to the tree by a dagger piercing his throat.
Seeing this, the guards drew their swords and looked around vigilantly, who was so bold as to commit murder in the Northern Official Hall, and the murderer they were looking for was standing in front of them at this moment, picking up a leaf from the ground that was the same as in the envelope, and said with a blue face: "Everything that happens here is not allowed to be said, and whoever dares to show half a point will tear his mouth." ”
The guards hurriedly complied, made way for their master, and followed the angry consul out of the garden.
Outside the northern city, on the spacious post road, two horse-drawn carriages walked unhurriedly, and in the front of the carriage sat none other than Councilor Duke, who had missed the dinner. In the midst of all the romance in the city, Councilor Duke appeared refreshed, squinting and humming a little tune as the carriage jolted.
In front of him sat a girl with beautiful hair and a shawl and a scarf, with sharp shoulders and slender legs, just looking at her eyebrows and eyes, she was a rare stunner. But Congressman Duke knew the horror of the girl in front of him, and it was this slender hand that easily crushed the throat of an informant in the Senate office in front of him. Alone with this kind of person of the opposite sex who could still smile brightly while standing in a pool of blood, even if the small tent was raised again, Councilor Duke would rather immediately turn around and return to the northern city than have a trace of her missing.
"The Carrom have moved into the Grove of Kloris, and your father's clan has another new force. Councillor Duke crossed his fingers and smiled at the girl.
"It's just a deal. The girl looked up, her eyes the same emerald green as the Scepter of Wand.
"Huh. Councillor Duke tried to smile kindly, and asked with interest, "If I don't take the liberty of it, I'd love to know how many tribes there are in the Elves of Cloris?"
"I don't know. The girl's tone was flat.
"Ahem, are the Karroms slaves or guests, and will they fight for your father?"
"I don't know. ”
"Well, as far as I know, they moved on the third day after the Great Grassland War, so Queen Matilda pounced, did you plan for it?"
"I don't know. ”
"Hmm. Councillor Duke touched his nose in embarrassment, and suddenly felt that it was better to be alone.
There is a long and narrow basin in the Jinshan mountain range, in which underground rivers are dotted, resulting in more vegetation than that of the Salid Fortress.
The huge white wolf walked arrogantly to the edge of the thorn bush, cocked his hind legs and half-squinted at the wolf's eyes, and sprinkled hot urine with a pungent smell. Its owner was standing not far away, carrying a broad-bladed long, uncommon Tyranid Empire at his waist, and wearing a fur coat that had been worn since the Eastern Plains.
"Great young master, the secret order of the wolf king is for us to cross the Golden Mountain and camp outside the Salid Fortress to create tension in the area, but you ......" The half-hearted Icewolf Legion Leader frowned, and asked the man in black in front of him puzzled.
The man in black, who stood as tall as a javelin, waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Creating tension is meant on the surface, and secretly the wolf king should be ready to answer Gary at any time on your behalf, right?"
The Legion Leader raised his eyebrows and nodded unabashedly in acknowledgement, "Lord Wolf King really wants us to keep an eye on the movements of the Fifth Legion at any time, and if anything is wrong, we will bring out the Second Young Master as soon as possible." ”
The man in black was Maine Chauvin, who had left the Northern Chambers for the Salid Fortress, and he left his retinue in the fortress and galloped out of the fortress alone without a trace until he appeared in the basin half a day later. Standing on the hillside, Mayne glanced at the private cavalry of the Chauvin family, where the crushing wolves and open-chested warriors were encamped and patrolled in the basin.
"The situation hasn't developed to that point, don't act rashly yet, if someone catches the handle, it will put Gary in a more dangerous situation, and it will also make the wolf king fall into a passive situation in the imperial capital. Uncle Kusa, you must control the legion, don't deliberately create trouble, and don't let the legion suffer unworthy losses. ”
"Yes, young master. ”
"I'm no longer the eldest young master of the Chauvin family, don't call me that in the future, Uncle Kusa. Mayne turned away, exhausted from the day's travel, and walked towards his mount, which had been restless among the wolves.
"Although you are no longer the eldest young master of the Chauvin family, I know that the child who let me run on the back of a wolf since I was a child has always been a member of the wolf pack, and his soul is engraved with the imprint of the wolf clan, which cannot be erased, eldest young master. The captain of the wolf knight legion with a full face laughed heartily.
Mayne, who walked down the hill, did not stop, but a long-lost smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
With the decline of the Golden Spear, the Wolf Knight officially became the leader of field combat, and its cavalry, ambush, safari and pursuit are as difficult and ruthless as maggots.
Their reward for this land is nothing but killing.