This is a dinner party, the host of the dinner is the city keeper Melgny, the banquet is attended by guests who come to the city, and as the host, there are several high-ranking officials in the city to accompany them, but Jennifer and Planck, the young city lord who has just returned, are not there.

The reason why this dinner party was held was because there were more than a dozen guests coming to Arayan Castle now, and the castle guard, who was temporarily acting as the owner of Arayan Castle, should entertain the guests.

The format of the dinner was simple, just a meal, without too much activity, with long tables spread with crisp white sheets, Melgani sitting in the middle, the most important guests sitting opposite, and the others lined up in turn. Ice Evil and Alice were also invited, but they didn't come to celebrate the castle lord's birthday, so they sat on the sidelines.

During the dinner, the guests and the host talked to each other, and Alice sat next to the couple in their fifties, so they chatted a few words.

The couple told her that they had come from the north and had walked thousands of kilometers to get here.

Alice asked, "Seeing that you are not people who like to travel, why did you come all this way to Wasterock City to celebrate the birthday of the city lord?"

The wife said gratefully: "The old man and I have come to thank the city lord for curing my old man's illness for decades and allowing him to get relief from his pain. ”

The husband nodded: "When I was in my twenties, I began to have sores on my body, and I have not been cured for more than 30 years, thanks to the city lord who solved my pain, so I have to thank him no matter what." ”

Alice was surprised: "Then the price of your treatment must not be cheap." She asked in a low voice, "The city lord has such harsh conditions for treating people's diseases, how can you afford to pay such a price." Look at what you're wearing. It's not like you have a very wealthy family. ”

The wife smiled: "We also heard others say this at first, but we still came with a glimmer of hope." How do you know that the city lord Lord Hipock is really good, and he is willing to treat my old man after only accepting ten gold coins from us. ”

Alice was taken aback: "Ten gold coins!"

"yes, yes. ”

Alice muttered, "But why did they put such harsh conditions on my master? And that old-fashioned guy is a guy who likes to make things difficult?"

Her muttering was heard by Heisenberg, a beautiful man with long white hair opposite, who cut the steak, listened to a piece, and said to Alice: "Because there is a hidden rule in Araitam City to treat others, that is, the stronger the other party's ability, the higher the price they charge. However, the price of ten gold coins is indeed too little, and I have heard that the lord of Hippok is moody. Maybe the city lord was in a better mood that day. ”

Alice looked up and asked, "What about you, Mr. Heisenberg, why did you come here?"

"Well, of course, I'm here to celebrate the city lord's birthday. ”

"You know that's not what I'm talking about. ”

Heisenberg glanced at the castle guard and the others. He said lightly to Alice: "It's not good to talk about them in front of the master, let's not talk about this issue anymore." ”

The banquet was very plain and featureless, because it was a pre-birthday party, and everyone didn't care about it at all. And Melgny is a very rigid person who can't communicate pleasantly. So everyone is ready for dinner and hurry up. It's good to entertain yourself and find some shows.

At this moment, a whole large roast chicken piled up with fruit appeared in the belly of a broken and neat, old-looking yellow paper, but in fact a brand new one. The yellow paper was rolled into a paper tube and tied with a red rope, and the oil juice of the food in the chicken belly had soaked the paper.

Everyone was very surprised when they saw this thing, and thought that Melgeny had deliberately surprised him to relieve the dull atmosphere. You can see the expression on the castle guard's face. Just know that this idea is wrong. Melgani was also surprised how there could be this in the belly of the chicken.

He took the roll of paper, opened it and read it. His face changed suddenly. The senior officials of Arayan Castle who participated in the banquet hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with the castle guard?"

Melgeni pondered without speaking, and handed the scroll to the man who asked him. The person who asked Xu glanced at it and read it out: "'Ladies and gentlemen of Barren Rock City, I will come to your city at 0:15 midnight tonight to take the treasure of your city, the Ten Thousand Eye Stones, and ask your city to prepare what I want in advance and bring it to the Four Holy Fountains, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties." Messenger - Nightmare Alonso. ’”

"Alonso!?" everyone immediately thought of Planck, the young lord of Wasterock City.

The white-haired man Heisenberg said flatly: "It can't be that your young city lord is playing a prank again, right?"

Melgeny was also worried, and asked someone to quickly invite Planck, the young lord of the city. Planck lost his disguise and changed his clothes, and appeared here in his real form, and when he saw the letter sent by Alonso, he could not hide his excitement and asked: "Is this really a letter from Alonso?

Melgany frowned, looked at him, and said, "Planck, you didn't write it?"

Planck said, "I know you're suspicious of me, but I'm not so boring, and it's not fun to play the same play twice." ”

Jennifer, who came with her, said: "Planck was with me all the time, he didn't leave, he didn't have a chance to put the roll of paper in the belly of the roast chicken. ”

At this time, the cook who was cooking the food for this banquet was also called, and Melgeny asked, "Who touched the food you made during the dinner today?"

The chefs all shook their heads, and the head chef said, "Because it will be the city lord's birthday banquet in a few days, so all the food for the banquet ordered by the city guard tonight will be regarded as a preparation for the city lord's birthday banquet, and all the processes are carried out according to the very strict standards in the past." All the food, from cleaning to serving, was handled by the few of us personally, and no one ever touched it. ”

In other words, the roll of letter paper was stuffed into the chicken's belly after the food was served. It was a man in a brown tricorne hat who spoke. He wears a shawl around his neck, two mustaches on his lips, which is very playful and cute, and he also has a very neatly groomed slight beard on his chin. His name was Jock, and he had carried a broadsword before, but now he went to the feast, and his weapon was set aside.

Another guest was surprised: "How is this possible? Before the feast, a few of us had already come here in advance, and we had been sitting in the room without leaving, and we didn't see anyone coming to stuff the note." After that, you and the castle guard came, and it was even more impossible. ”

A waiter followed up and said, "When the roast chicken is served, it is covered with a hood. The three of us were not allowed to leave until the guests were served, and our eyes were glued to the food on the table. ”

Heisenberg, a beautiful white-haired man, said: "It's strange, it's impossible, it's not done." Unless...... This so-called 'Alonso' is hidden among our guests, or in the chef. ”

Everyone was shocked, and some nervously hurriedly took two steps back, everyone, you look at me, I look at you.

Jock, who wore a three-cornered hat, said: "It's not impossible, the young city lord can change his disguise and disguise, and so can others." ”

"But...... Do you want us to identify ourselves one by one?

A guest said angrily: "We are all characters with heads and faces, how can we endure such suspicion and insults." It's not once or twice that I've come here to celebrate the birthday banquet of the city lord, do you still doubt me?"

"That's right. Or maybe it's just a prank by someone. ”

Planck said, "I didn't do what I said!"

"Even if it's not a young city lord, it may be imitated by others. ”

Everyone talked for a while, and their eyes were all on the castle guard.

The city guard Melgani is the only person who can take charge here, and the matter is strictly related, so he has to handle it carefully. Some of these guests have been friends with Araitan City for many years, and some of them are even more powerful. If this is really a prank and provokes the banquet to break up, it is really not good. But if it's not a prank, then the matter is strict.

Seeing that Bing Zhiyi was thoughtful, Alice asked in a low voice, "Master, what are you thinking?"

Bing Zhiyi shook his head, he wondered if this man who called himself 'Alonso' came for the Ten Thousand Eyes Stone, could it have something to do with the Sindmore incident? And in the banquet hall, everyone present had been there, how did 'Alonso' hide the letter paper in the belly of the chicken? These things made him a little curious.

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