Chapter 20: Secret Talks

At nightfall, there was silence in Black Rock City.

It took Haradin only one day to make a mess of the whole situation, and everyone complained and wondered where the lord had gone.

Now all had pinned their hopes on him, but no one had seen him in the city for an entire afternoon until night, and not even his most loyal men knew where he had gone.

The two mountains outside Black Rock City have never been named, perhaps because the people here are not only facing difficulties in life, but also suffering from the threat of demonic forces, and everyone has tried their best to stay alive, and no one has ever set their eyes on these things that have nothing to do with their lives.

And under the mountain forest where no one is paying attention, two figures are having a tryst.

Zhaoming left the shadow in the distance, and met Trisda alone in a thick gray cloak.

At first, Zhaoming was still curious, how did Trisda slip out? Zhaoming was surprised to hear that she actually twisted the sheets and bedding into a rope and sneaked down the window like in the TV series.

What this girl did shocked him again, and Zhaoming was a little more vigilant about her in his heart.

Compared with Zhaoming's surprise, Trisda calmly said that she was very happy that the lord had made the right choice.

Without further ado, now is the time to put your heart to heart. However, Zhaoming was about to introduce his plan, but Trisda interrupted him.

"Lord Zhaoming, without further ado, give me something."

Listening to the girl's words, Zhaoming was even more puzzled, and Cui Sida said that she and Zhaoming are both smart people, and they should have thought of it, and the safest way now is to use poison.

Immediately afterward, the girl told the lord about her plan in Zhaoming's shocked gaze, and Zhaoming had a hard time believing that Trisda's thoughts were exactly the same as his own.

"Looks like we can save a lot of money." Zhaoming sighed as he spoke, taking the green potion from the storage space and handing it to Trisda.

After receiving the potion, the girl greedily looked at the bottle in her hand, this little thing was the key to her uncle's Haradin fortune.

Trisda's eyes made Zhaoming feel a chill, and it seemed that he would have to be more cautious with her in the future.

The two then exchanged ideas on when to act, and Akira hoped that Trisda would do it as soon as possible, after all, the prestige he had built up was being lost, and the harm Haradin had done to the people of Black Rock was unforgivable.

However, Trisda shook her head and said, "Please give me three more days, I need to get as many people as possible so that we can take over everything smoothly." ”

Although Zhaoming couldn't bear the anger at Haradin in his heart, he could only agree to Trisda's request.

In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he finally solemnly explained: "After three days, I will bring someone to deal with you, if you succeed everything is easy to say, if you fail, I will directly start to eradicate everything." ”

The nimble Trisda knew what Zhao Ming was worried about, and Zhao Ming announced the appointment of the governor exactly three days later, at which point they would have to settle everything violently if their plan didn't succeed.

On the occasion of parting, Trisda respectfully saluted Zhaoming and said, "I wish us a happy cooperation!" ”

Zhaoming left the woods after a simple "wish", and Trisda quickly returned to Haradin's house.

Walking to the wall of the mansion, Trisda climbed back into her room with the rope she had prepared.

Whew, I didn't expect it to go so well.

Trisda was a little glad that her uncle was so stupid, and that he had been secretly in control of Black Rock for so long.

You must know that Zhaoming is a real knight leader and Black Rock Lord no matter what, even if he goes alone and takes office with an unstable foundation, he has the support of the Knights' Guild and the Templar Church behind him.

To the south of Black Rock City, there is another fiefdom of the Order. If Zhaoming puts down his son and shakes people, within three days, a whole knight order will come to the city.

"Uncle, uncle, you don't really think that Zhaoming is soft, do you?" Trisda muttered to herself against the wall.

She smelled the same kind in Zhaoming—the smell of the indomitable smell of a naturally strong man. They are the kind of people who are calm and dismissive in the face of insults and provocations, and will only operate silently behind the scenes, waiting for the time to be ripe, and then subdue the enemy with a single blow.

But it's no wonder that Haradin is just a pawn of the upper echelons, how can he be aware of these problems?

Trisda thought as she walked to the porch, where she saw two thinly clad guards guarding the door, and then walked towards them.

The two guards rubbed their hands together in the cold weather, and their lord Haradin owed them a salary.

"Alas, brother, can you borrow some money, I want to buy some clothes for the family."

"Are you blind? Don't you see that I don't have any clothes to wear? ”

......

The two men were complaining when Trisda, who was gorgeously dressed, walked up to them.

Seeing the arrival of the beautiful young lady, the two guards immediately stood up straight.

Trisda smiled and asked if they were cold, the two of them couldn't answer for a while, they wanted to complain, but they were afraid that Trisda would tell Haradin.

Although they didn't answer, Trisda took off her thick cloak and coat and handed it to them.

The two of them panicked when they saw the young lady doing this, and hurriedly refused, and kept saying something unruly.

But Trisda didn't care about that, she just draped her clothes over the guards one by one, and took out two shiny silver coins from her purse by the way.

"You take this, don't freeze your body, and buy some clothes for your family by the way."

Trisda handed them the silver coins and walked back into the room without waiting for the guards to thank them.

Looking at the back of the young lady leaving, the guards sighed how could such a gentle young lady be the niece of the indispensable Haradin?

"If the old man dies, it would be nice for Miss Trisda to inherit the head of the family!" One of the guards said, looking at the silver coin in his hand.

His companion chimed in, "Yes, what a good person Mademoiselle! ”

The fact that such a rebellious remark came out of their mouths was so natural that it showed how disgusting Haradin was in their hearts.

This happened countless times in Haradin's house. Due to the arrogance of this black-hearted merchant and his inconsiderate attitude towards his subordinates, almost all of his men are now grateful to Trista, and at the same time wish that Haradin would die soon.

Because of his excessive indulgence, Haradin, who is already in his 50s, does not have a son and a half daughter. If he dies suddenly, the only heir will be Trisda.

On the other side, Zhaoming did not go to the city hall after returning to Black Rock City, but went straight in the direction of the church.

Lucia, who was sorting out the books, was a little surprised by the lord's late-night visit, but received Zhaoming as warmly as usual.

After entering the church, Zhaoming suddenly pulled Lucia to the door of the confessional and said, "Lucia, I have something to do for you." ”

The little nun was frightened by Zhaoming's actions at first, but when she saw Zhaoming's anxious appearance, she immediately agreed to Zhaoming's request regardless of her request.

After receiving the promise, Zhaoming took off his coat of arms from his chest and asked Lucia to quietly send it to Grouchy, and as for the Shadow of the Horse, let it return to the town hall on its own.

Although she didn't know what the lord wanted, Lucia nodded and promised Zhaoming that she would live up to her trust.