Regardless of what Ian thought, Simon was genuinely relieved.

He didn't expect this dwarf to be so decisive.

Good thing there is this guy......

He couldn't help but look at Teacher Xia.

Once upon a time, he thought that Heine's skeleton was the most terrifying existence in the world, but now it looks a little cute.

At this moment, a bright elf face suddenly appeared in front of him, and Simon was startled.

He took two steps back, and only then did he realize that it was the ghostly elf lady floating sideways in front of him.

"This young lady, can you please stop being so elusive......"

Dailin drew a figure of eight in the air like a swimming fish.

"No, my teachers say I'm like a bee. Anyway, what do you look at the back of his head, is there anything to look at? Why did you get together with the dwarves, weren't you in Villitas? Is there any erosion of the Void over there? ”

She seemed to be suffocated, and a series of questions smashed Simon for a while not knowing which one to go back to first.

Without waiting for him to answer, Mr. Xia flicked the dagger and motioned her to do business:

"Tell them about the situation outside"

Dailene wrinkled her nose at him.

"You're so lazy, you have to practice more to improve, you look at your sheep catcher, how smoothly he communicates with others."

Teacher Xia thumbs up and gives himself a thumbs up:

"I'm Rotten"

Dailin was speechless.

Rao is Ian Hoddle is well-informed, and I can't help but be confused when I see too much of this style of painting.

Undead......

There are no dead spirits......

There is no dead air, and the undead will jump from the top of the head......

There is also a guy who is more like an undead than an undead, but lives in a dagger.

What is this?

But he still led a few people away from the sarcophagus prepared for Simon and came to a no-man's land.

Here, Dai Lin quickly introduced what she and Teacher Xia had seen outside.

Including but not limited to, the four dwarven camps were destroyed by strange beasts, and then they relied on Jayne to get here.

"Oh, by the way, that guy named One-Eyed Jayne is the only survivor and 'human witness', and we brought him in, hiding right at the entrance."

She added.

Ian bowed slightly.

"Thank you for your help. Although things were a little wrong as I thought, the result was the same. It's nothing more than the people above who have taken more radical measures. ”

If it weren't for Teacher Xia appearing out of thin air, when he went out, he would have to face a huge strange beast that had been fed into monsters by nearly a hundred people.

He was confident that he would have no problem escaping, but most of his archaeological team were ordinary people, and he would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

"Have you gained anything?" Ian asked.

Teacher Xia didn't answer, but looked at Dailin.

The latter spoke for him:

"First of all, why did you take the initiative to contact the Split-Toe Clan, and what do the gold bars you sent mean?"

Ian smiled, then tugged at his glasses.

"If I'm guessing correctly, you're the mysterious third party involved in the Eagle Rank Mountain incident. The wealth of the Golden Tooth was not buried in the mountains and melted away by the Death Qi and the Holy Light, but was smuggled away.

"Looking at the entire southern mountains, he is the only one who has been abandoned by fashion and trends and is still keen to melt gold into gold bars, so when it appeared, I noticed it first."

Simon was stunned: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" I was involved in that, I ......"

"Involved as a lackey of the Villitas?" Ian sneered.

"No, I was someone else's lackey then."

Simon is colorful.

Really......

Teacher Xia couldn't help but look at him twice.

No wonder this guy is an ordinary person who can go to this day...... This doesn't involve drafting.

That day in the prison of Eagle Wing City, he was obviously stunned by Heine, and now he is his own person.

Ian was really interested, and wondered, "You mean, you didn't work for the Lion King Trading House at that time?" ”

Simon smiled mysteriously, "No, until now, I've been working for the Lion King's Trading Firm, at least on the surface. In the case of this operation, my mission is clear and official.

"On behalf of the newly formed Basque Consortium, I would like to invite the 'Master of Hargen' to join the 'Masters of Haergen', a joint operation of the three ethnic groups."

Simon's words were so written that Mr. Xia scratched his head when he heard it, and Dailin had to translate it into the vernacular.

Ian frowned.

Simon did say it, and he knew about the Basque people.

However, he had always thought that his countrymen had become pawns of the Villitas who had embezzled the dwarven wealth.

But if Simon really did what he said, on the surface, he worked hard for the House of Truth, and behind his back, he changed the master early, wouldn't that be true......

Ian frowned slightly: "The Basque consortium was not formed by the Villitas?" The people behind it also have something to do with the Eagle Rank Mountain incident? ”

"Yes."

Simon nodded.

He was also amazed at how quickly the guy reacted.

In Megumi's words, Ian Hoddle's first impression is that he is "hard-hitting".

He has supported the Sparkling Gold Alliance alone for so many years, dodged countless assassinations and conspiracies, and often led the group to wander around in the ruins outside......

Ten lives may not be enough for others, but he is still alive and well.

But if you think about it, is it just hard enough?

Obviously, his wisdom should not be underestimated.

But he is very good at disguising his wisdom as luck, so that others will feel as if this little old man who loves adventure has been making good luck all his life, so they will despise him.

Like this time.

"Me and him," Simon pointed to Mr. Xia, "and we are both loyal to Lord George and his staff in the mountains of McKara. ”

"Staff ......"

Ian's heart moved, he probably knew who it was.

The Mystery Man: Rick Easley.

After the Eagle Rank incident, he paid attention to the "gold bars" in the market.

As a result, only this guy named Rick Easley secretly made a batch of shots, and then disappeared without a trace.

Even if he deliberately investigated the other party's accounts, he couldn't see any clues—there were losses and profits, but the total amount of property was always stuck below the investigation line of the Mystic Department.

Even if he wanted to investigate, there was no reason to make a move......

After all, it was the Lion King's trade network.

But Ian didn't ask much.

"What about the Basques? Is he your puppet? He said.

Simon: "No, no, no, all of our actions in Villitas are legal and reasonable, Mr. Basque is the one who will run for parliament on behalf of the Dwarves in the future, how can the Mystic Ministry allow him to have someone behind him, and this person is not yet a Villitas?" ”

Ian sneered, "What's the difference?" That basque guy is not in politics at all, and you must have contributed to the trouble behind the scenes.

"Besides, according to the law of Villitas, once a consortium owner like him enters the political arena, he must hand over his property to someone else to take care of, and this person must have already made up your mind.

"So, once he becomes a councilor, wealth and prestige can be used by you, but he himself thought that he had reached the pinnacle of life, and there was a better puppet than this?"

"You see it very well."

Simon exclaimed.

Indeed, as the other party said, this is the conspiracy of Duoduo and Huihui.

As a dwarf, the Basque Country has a lot of wealth and a natural racial advantage, but he knows no about either.

What is this?

Innate puppet Holy Body!

As a participant in this project, Simon watched the two of them gradually package the Basque from a native hat to a long-sleeved politician.

He now believed Heine's words once again:

Even if he told Scrooge Darker about all this, or face-to-face to any member of the Council of Six, no one would believe it.

It's a miracle.

And now, Megumi has vowed to bring Ian Hoddle, a diehard among the dwarves, into the camp as well.

And he came without hesitation.

Simon: "If Monsieur Basque had half your eyesight, he wouldn't have been ignorant of his situation to this day. ”

"Wealth and status, he deserves because of his ignorance."

Ian's tone was sarcastic, but it was more like laughing at himself.

Laugh at yourself and see clearly.

What's the use?

The more you see, the more you can feel your powerlessness.

There's nothing sadder than watching things slowly turn sour as you thought they would.

Now, he is a little envious of Basque.

Just be a happy fool and wealth and status will be within reach.

…

Under Dai Lin's explanation, Teacher Xia gradually understood.

What a puppet, isn't this a marionette!?

Sister Hei really has something!

In addition to mentioning Heine, mentioning others is really accurate.

Seeing that Simon dispelled Ian's hostility, Mr. Xia unwrapped the package on his body.

It was a large lump of quicklime, the size of a human head, glowing pale.

(End of chapter)