Chapter 252

Evening, Dongcheng District.

The sky is slightly overcast and a little stuffy, and anyone with a little experience can guess that there may be rain later.

Dongcheng District is probably the place of residence chosen by all the urban nobles in the other world, and the specific reason is not known, probably because the sun that spreads light always rises in the east. As you all know, aristocrats are really boring sometimes......

Probably because of the weather, luxury carriages are constantly returning from outside. However, when passing through several sentry posts at the gate, they all slowed down and were checked by guards.

This does not mean that the nobles abide by the rules and disciplines, you must know that when they walk through the city gates, if they are intercepted, the first reaction is often to whip the soldiers who can't open their eyes.

Now he is so honestly inspected, naturally for the safety of his own place of residence.

In fact, it is precisely the case that Dongcheng District, as the location of the vast majority of aristocratic manors, naturally puts safety first. It can be said that the level of vigilance here is no less than that of the City Lord's Mansion. In addition to the three or four sentry posts set up here at the gate, there are also several brigades of standing garrison cavalry stationed throughout the city, and small detachments are dispatched to patrol from time to time to ensure that no matter where an accident occurs, they can arrive at the fastest time.

However, the nobles still used various excuses, either openly or covertly, to raise private soldiers far beyond the imperial regulations, and always guarded the safety of the manor. Well, this is a bunch of very insecure guys.

At this moment, a carriage of modest appearance stopped at the gate, and after a cursory inspection, the sentry guard respectfully let it go.

The guards here want to mix well. A respectful attitude is inevitable. But now the deference is different. Missing a bit of surface. More flattery. There is no way, just look at the Prancing Horse Knight logo on the carriage, which is the carriage of their immediate boss, that is, the head of the Security Department.

As soon as the carriage was released, the rain drifted down. The rain wasn't heavy, but it was undoubtedly annoying, especially when you were close to your doorstep, so.

"Your mother!" Demps, the head of the security department, lifted the curtains, looked at the rain that snaked like a spider's web on the wall of the car window, and scolded in frustration.

Demps, the chief of security in Mountain Creek City, has been in office for nearly 20 years. He was born in this city and was already familiar with all this, so he didn't plan to make any changes after taking over the position, and if there were no accidents, the next ten years will be the same. Occasionally, the gangs that crossed the line were cleaned up, and the rebellious civilians in the attached farms were suppressed as ordered...... That's it. Not all chiefs of security have to be like Bowes. At least not Demps.

According to the conventions, the higher the rank, the closer the nobles are to the center of the city. Naturally, the status of the head of the security department is not high. He didn't even have a knighthood, so his family lived not far from the gate sentry.

It's not a manor, but it's nice to have four or five buildings here.

When the coachman stopped the carriage, Demps struggled for a moment, picked up the blanket from the carriage and draped it over the cake beside him. Oh, and by the way, today is his daughter's tenth birthday.

"Damn the rain!" cursed again, and Demps rushed out of the carriage with the cake in his arms, and then ran down the path in front of the door. Of course, he could have called the coachman to help, but after all, it was his daughter's birthday, so it made sense.

Fortunately, the path is not long, although Demps is middle-aged, but since he is the head of the garrison, he naturally has strength and physical strength, but in a few seconds, he killed under the eaves of the hall.

After calming down a little and uncovering the blanket, Demps breathed a long sigh of relief that the cake was not deformed.

Bang, bang, bang!

Bang, bang, bang!

"Oh, damn lazy maid, I should have fired you all! Swear to the God of Light, I'll fire you right away!" and babbling curses, Demps grabbed the cake and blanket and laboriously pulled the key out of one of his pockets to open the door.

As expected, the hall was empty.

"I'm going to fire you all, get the fuck of ......" The good mood for his daughter's birthday had been ruined, and Demps angrily walked through the hall and straight to the main house.

"Damn, I didn't even light the lights...... Uh, what's that?" there were a few large windows in the hall, and although it was dim outside, it was barely visible. But not in the main house, and as soon as Demps stepped in, his eyes turned black, and he trembled with anger! And in the darkness, his foot also stepped on a soft thing, and before he could figure out what it was,

Laugh at...... A little fire lit up, and the silver candlestick on the table in the main room was lit, and the environment was lit up.

Demps's eyes narrowed, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, but as soon as he stretched out a little, his face changed greatly, because there was a strange middle-aged man with a cold face sitting behind the dining table.

"You ......"

"Sh......hhhh Pressing his lips, he immediately exhaled to extinguish the matches, the middle-aged man adjusted his sitting posture for a long time, looked at the frame drawing board in his hand, raised his head, and said in a cold and hoarse voice, "Good evening, Master Temple." ”

"Who are you?" said Demps as he regained his composure, lowering his voice and speaking viciously. At the same time, his body was tense, ready to avoid the delicate crossbow in the hands of the middle-aged man at any time.

"Sit!" Without answering the question, the middle-aged man pointed to the chair across the table with his left hand holding the frame.

"I warn you......" Of course, Demps couldn't sit down, with the distance between the two of them now, he was sure that he would avoid the crossbow arrow, at least not to hit the vital point, but it was difficult to say if he sat close. But he shut up halfway through the warning, for in the direction of the middle-aged man's moving crossbow, Demps was furious to find his wife and daughter leaning against each other, their eyes closed on the soft seat on the side of the house.

"Sit!" the middle-aged man spoke again.

This time Demps came over with a grim face, but in an instant he touched the soft thing again, and looked down, the chubby maid who was about to be fired by him was lying at his feet...... With a twitching face, he took a few steps forward, put the cake blanket aside, pulled out the chair and sat down slowly.

"How did you get in?"

"Nice family! It's your daughter today, well. Think about it. Annie. Anne's birthday, right? The middle-aged man placed the frame in front of Demps, and there was an oil painting of the Demps family, which was supposed to be in Anne's bedroom.

"Don't be nervous, they're fine, just asleep for the time being, waking up in about ten minutes. ”

Call...... Demps breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring the middle-aged man's understanding of the threat to his family. The big stone in my heart fell to the ground.

At this time, the middle-aged man said coldly again: "So our conversation will end in five minutes, if I don't get the desired result by then, or if you make some impulsive move halfway...... I'm sorry, but I'm not going to kill you. ”

After a pause, "I just hope that the hall master can have a rational understanding, and I hope that we can cooperate happily." ”

"What do you want me to do?" Demps asked without a moment's delay.

"Wow, that's good. We've got off to a good start. The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders and tapped the table. "It's just a small request, well, tomorrow there will be a group of people entering Mountain Creek City, no more than twenty people, and they are very skilled. I hope that the hall master will mobilize the cavalry and greet the soldiers defending the city and the various gangs in the city to find out their location. ”

Having said that, there is no need to guess, this middle-aged man is naturally Tang En.

Josia's secret agency can't be counted on, otherwise he wouldn't have known the identity of the other party until now. The only way to do this is to take the risk of finding someone through the energy of the head of the security department. The effect is undoubtedly obvious. Even if the defenders can't recognize it, and the garrison cavalry can't find it, those gang members will definitely dig it up. After all, those people's style of acting is very arrogant, and they shouldn't be too hidden.

Of course, this is only if Temples can say yes. In fact, Don En was already eighty percent sure in his heart at this time, thank you God of Light, this is not a person similar to Boris, otherwise even if there is a family by his side, he will definitely fight now.

Temples frowned when he heard this, of course the cavalry under his command was no problem. It's difficult to defend the city, after all, it's not a system. Well, I owe you a favor. But those gangs are a mess...... Not that he was afraid that they wouldn't agree, Demps believed that as long as he asked, the crumbs would do their best, but the consequences of that would ...... Demps wasn't a jealous man like Bowes, he was just worried that the miscellaneous would take the opportunity to sit on the ground and disrupt the normal situation of Mountain Creek City.

But no matter how you think about it, Demps is the first thing on his mind, as Don expected, is the question of agreeing.

"You've wasted two minutes!" Donn said lightly.

"I promise!" Demps gritted his teeth and agreed.

Don shook his head: "No, what I want is not for you to agree to the request, but for the promise that they must be found." ”

"You ......" Demps glared angrily, but looking at the frame on the table, his figure instantly fell into disarray, and he said helplessly, "I will definitely do my best to find it, but the daily floating population in Mountain Creek City ......"

"I understand your feelings, but another thirty seconds have passed!" Don said coldly.

......In just a few minutes, Demps was already sweating on his forehead and wiped it down. His face contorted, and he gasped a few times, "I promise, I promise to find them!"

"Very good!" Don nodded in satisfaction, but his tone was still the same cold, "The next words are a bit shameless, please forgive me! Well, and your wife must go to church once a week on Saturdays, and the time is ......."

"That's enough!" Demps grimled and growled under his breath. Of course, he understood what these words meant, and if he didn't bother to find the damn dozen or so people, his life, including his family, would be at risk.

"Sorry again. Don got up and bowed slightly, then pointed to it and said lightly, "There is a small device in the master bedroom of the attic, which is a blasting crystal, I hope the adults can find it in the next five minutes." Zaijian, I wish you a beautiful night. ”

When the words fell, Demps didn't have time to get angry, and his eyes flashed in an instant...... He opened his mouth, was stunned for a few seconds, turned his head to look around, rubbed his eyes, and saw no figure! The other party disappeared in front of him in an instant, if it weren't for the frame on the table, Demps really thought he had a nightmare.

This is a demonstration...... Demps instantly understood the other party's intentions, and did not wait for the shock to dissipate, and did not wait for a loud warning...... Wait, blast the crystal!!

Bang, bang...... Pedal Pedal ......

The chair fell to the ground, the thing that stood in the way was slammed straight into the wall, and Demps rushed up the stairs like an angry and frightened bull at high speed.

"Master bedroom, master bedroom......"

Bang, the door opened, and it was pitch black. Rushing straight to the desk, the movement froze for an instant when he was about to arrive, and then became gentle. Slowly grope around to find the matchbox in a familiar location. Demps now hated himself for learning aristocratic vassal elegance and not pretending to be illuminating crystals.

Snorted, tremblingly lit a match and broke it. Snort, the flame flickered, lighting the candlestick on the table.

Huo Ran turned around and looked around. The master bedroom is still familiar, and there is nothing more to be seen on the surface.

Bang, bang, bang, one drawer after another was gently pulled open and then slammed to the floor.

"No, no, no......" kept muttering like a nervous face, sweating like rain, and Demps's internal clothes were soaked at the moment.

"Where, where...... Come out, come out, ......" instantly crawled to the ground, and the bed was still empty. The six gods stood up without a master, lifted the pillow, and still didn't.

"Woo...... Barking...... Woo ......" seemed to be alarmed by the movement in the bedroom, and a faint sound suddenly sounded in the room.

What sound? Demps was agitated and quickly held his breath.

"Woo ......"

Turning his head in an instant, Demps looked at the closet on the other side of the bed, swallowed, first took a few quick steps, and then slowly approached. The closer you go, the clearer the sound becomes.

The outstretched right hand pinched, released, pinched, loosened, and finally gripped the wardrobe handle in the air. Call...... Smack!

"Woo...... Barking...... Woohoo......"

Under the wardrobe, there is a small iron cage, in which a pure white puppy with unopened eyes is sniffing and snorting, and there is a muffled whimper in his mouth.

Demps's face was blank, and he looked at the puppy in a daze, his mind blank. Half-ringing, he blinked, bent down and picked up a piece of folded white paper on the cage.

Open, "I heard that Anne has always wanted to get a puppy, then, happy birthday!"

"Click, hehe, En......" Demps made a strange sound in his throat, his face was complicated, and he didn't know what to think or do now......

Pedal Pedal ......

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and then a crisp sound sounded,

"Dad, oh no, Aunt Mary fainted...... Ah, puppy, puppy!" little Anne, who was dressed in a white dress, stepped directly on the bed, landed on the ground, and lifted the small iron cage.

"It's really a puppy, it's really a puppy. Wow, Dad, aren't you going to let you have a dog? Oh, I see, you're going to surprise me and give me a birthday present, right?"

"Uh...... Well, surprised, surprised, happy, like?"

............ (To be continued......)