Wolf King

Chapter 148 The Enemy's First Meeting

Valentine, Adventurer's Guild Transportation Department Dock.

On the big ship that just docked, a long-haired female elf wearing the top spider silk robe jumped up from the side of the ship before the crew could build the bridge. Her body was lifted by the cheerful breeze and landed lightly. The agile figure is like falling petals.

Members of the transportation department, port coolies, and businessmen who were waiting to inspect the goods all stared blankly at this beautiful female elf who was harmoniously compatible with heroism and femininity, and everyone's face was full of surprise.

The female elf mage seemed to be used to being watched by everyone like this, she strode away with her head held high, as if no one was there.

"Ms. Evelyn, what do you mean...you want to find Ayun from the Snow Wolf Clan?"

This time, there were no guests on the docking fleet that Margaret, an official from the Ministry of Transport, personally arranged to receive. After seeing this forest elf who seemed to be temporarily jumping on board, Margaret looked a little weird.

"Yes, General Kleist told me that Mr. Ayun left with Ms. Margaret, an official from the Department of Transportation." Evelyn smiled, but her forehead was covered with veins, "Then it must be that Margot Ms. Ritter knows the whereabouts of Teacher Ayun, right?"

"Ayun...teacher?" Margaret looked even weirder.

"Does this make Ms. Margaret feel strange? It seems that Teacher Ayun is only willing to mention his first disciple Carlisle?" Evelyn smiled, with more veins on her forehead.

"... Please calm down, ma'am." Margaret would be in vain if she didn't see that the female elf mage was about to explode, and quickly corrected her attitude, "Mr. Ayun did come to Valentine with me. , but 20 days ago, Mr. Ayun led his people away and never came back, so I don’t know where Mr. Ayun is at the moment.”

"I understand." Evelyn bowed slightly, got up and strode away, walked to the door, suddenly... took out a bunch of white hairs, and gestured with the other hand to cast spells, the wind whirled in front of her and gathered The white hair rolled up, "Feng, tell me where the owner of the wolf hair is!"

The speed of the wind became very difficult, and the white hair was blown a few meters southward with difficulty, and then quickly dissipated.

"(〃＞皮＜) Damn... even divination is affected by forbidden demons! Teacher Ayun ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Evelyn stomped her feet and flew southward under the wind.

Gloria walked out of the room, watched the female elf fly away, and silently wiped off her sweat.

"Ma'am, why don't you tell her where the Snow Wolf Clan is?" The deputy followed suit.

"Ayun of the Snow Wolf Clan is a wise man." Margaret didn't feel ashamed to lie at all, and said confidently, "If Ayun is worried that his disciples will come to him, he will definitely tell us something, since he has nothing. Say, why should we bother?"

The assistant showed regret, and muttered: "Those two travel notes were co-authored by the snow wolf tribe Ayun and the forest elf Evelyn. The sooner they meet us, the sooner they can see the story... It has been broken for three months. It's over."

"What did you say?" Margaret turned her head sharply after walking back to the room.

"It's nothing." The deputy quickly puffed up his chest.

When Evelyn painstakingly performed a divination every few hundred meters, Xiao Yun and his party had just returned from Bolton's territory and were passing through the Valentine's City Gate...

City Gate Officer Dominique, after reading the two travel notes that opened the skylight again in the "Mainland Travel Notes" released this month, confirmed that the "Snow Wolf Ayun" is definitely the deity. When the customers in the bookstore were so angry that he pinched his thigh Guessed the inside story... This time, Ayun of the snow wolf tribe really didn't lie, he was indeed "going out to collect materials", and he was running back and forth in the territory of Valentine and Bolton, where is the time update...

Seeing the group of snow werewolves pass through the city gate again, Dominic's eyes widened, his muscles tensed up, and his breathing became heavier. He used great perseverance to control himself, and chased after him to question the bastard who delayed the draft...

Xiao Yun didn't have the time to notice the entanglement of the city gate officer, and hurried to the upper city after passing the city gate.

In order to speed up this trip, there was no carriage in the team, and even the young Laura had to ride a horse. Even her uncle and cousin couldn't bear the day and night journey, but Laura didn't complain at all.

Sean felt sorry for the little girl, but he didn't try to persuade her during the whole process. He also wanted to see if Laura had the perseverance... Philip has passed away and cannot protect the future Countess. If Laura can't be strong on her own , then Philip’s family has no one to rely on.

Hurriedly entering the upper city and arriving at Philip's mansion, the much older butler saw the young lady and came forward with surprise on his face, his lips twitched and he was too excited to speak.

"Housekeeper, where's Dad?" Laura held back the tears in her eyes and kept them from falling.

"Master Marcus has been quite... sad these days, and spent the whole day drinking away his sorrows. Yesterday, Master Marcus went out to visit friends... and he hasn't returned yet." The butler hesitated, his eyes drifted away, and he didn't look at Luo directly. pull the eyes.

Xiao Yun, who was standing behind Laura, twitched his eyelids, Marcas, this trash... didn't even hide it from the housekeeper? !

"I—" Laura almost blurted out that she wanted to find her father, but before she could finish her words, she endured it, took a deep breath and said, "Get ready, Steward, I'm going to visit His Excellency the Duke."

Xiao Yun & Sean nodded appreciatively at the same time. From this point of view, Laura is countless times better than Marcus—Marcus's first consideration when dealing with things is to ask others for help, but Laura is not Fear yourself to meet the challenge.

While waiting for Laura to change her outfit, Xiao Yun and Sean discussed in a low voice, not bothering about Markas's death... Philip's dead Lamia Chamber of Commerce will have black spots that cannot be shaken off, and you guys are more urgent than anyone else. He sincerely hoped that Marcus would live to bear the charge—the charge of assassinating the earl was too serious, and if it was not handled properly, the upper nobles of the entire Cronin Kingdom would lose trust in the Lamia Chamber of Commerce.

If Lamia really silenced Markas, Xiao Yun would be delighted to hear it, and Sean would not be a little bit unbearable.

Lamia Chamber of Commerce Hall in West City, Shangcheng District.

"Sean is back?!" Master Eddie stood up abruptly.

"Yes, master, we just saw him enter Philip's mansion with Laura Philip." Barrett said nervously.

"...His daughter brought Sean back, doesn't he know?" Master Eddie was in shock, "This trash—wait, no wonder he's been here since yesterday, this trash!!"

Master Eddie's whole face was a bit hideous. He could beat up ten Macas in terms of scheming, but he still couldn't see what Markas was up to - that trash knew he couldn't hide it from Sean, so he decided he wouldn't dare Kill him by hand, this is determined to blame yourself!

When Marcas asked to assassinate Philip, Master Eddie did not take over the matter for the ridiculous "friendship". The assassins who did the work and the down-and-out nobles in transit were all in his hands. With this kind of control, Marcus was doomed for the rest of his life. But the matter has developed to the present, and this matter has become the weakness of Master Eddie... After all, it is an assassination of an earl, no matter how clean the end is, there will always be traces left. If the assassination of Philip can still be rejected If it comes to Markas, if he kills him, Lamia won't be able to wash away this shit——

Not only can't kill this idiot, but Master Eddie has to keep him alive!Otherwise, Master Eddie will have to bear the wrath of the legendary magician by himself.

It doesn't matter what the truth is, if he can push the death of Philip and his son to himself, Master Eddie has no doubt that "End of Illusion" will go along without hesitation; The ambitious murder of the city lord and his son by the Asian Chamber of Commerce is more in line with the expected result of the legendary magician.

Unexpectedly, this broken trash loomed as a threat, and Master Eddie gritted his teeth in anger...

"Master, what should we do?"

"What else can we do - do we have to wait for others to take the blame!" Master Eddie gritted his teeth and said, "Go and tie up Marcus, and tie up that Braderick's assassin... I will personally send the criminal who murdered the previous city lord to meet His Excellency the Duke!"

"This, young master?!" Barrett was startled, "But, that assassin was hired by our chamber of commerce?"

"How can I not know!" Master Eddie scolded, "In the final analysis, we were just used by that bastard Markas, and it was just a knife that Markas stabbed his own father! Your Excellency the Duke, Sean Forget it, if they don’t make trouble with the person holding the knife, why should we hold our knife accountable?!”

"Yes, master." Barrett hurriedly bowed to answer, wiping his sweat secretly.Fortunately, fortunately, although Master Eddie was angry, he did not intend to throw him out as a scapegoat... He was the one who came forward to contact that down-and-out nobleman!

Master Eddie looked at Barrett's retreating back, but said nothing.He knew what Barrett was worried about, but he didn't think about asking his subordinates to take the blame—not to mention such a big crime, Barrett's little head couldn't bear it, as long as Barrett was not at fault in this matter, Master Eddie You can't push him out.Otherwise, even after passing this level, there will be no one who can be used by him in the future.

If it wasn't for that old bastard Philip who played a trick of stepping down as the city lord...Master Eddie took a deep breath to suppress the irritability in his stomach.In the final analysis of this incident, he was a little impatient, and he was eager to take action without confirming Philip's movements; after the change of Xiao En appeared, in order to avoid the exposure of the spies buried in the city lord's mansion, he stopped monitoring the city lord's mansion, and then rejoiced in The fool Marcus himself handed the handle to him and acted too anxiously.

"I will remember this loss, Sean...!!"

Anger burst out of Master Eddie's eyes, and he punched the table heavily.

Markas, who was hiding in the guest room of the Lamia Hall, saw a few big men in black rudely breaking in, smiled wryly, and put the wine glass firmly on the coffee table.

When someone tied up his shoulders, Marcus didn't say a word, not even crying out for pain.

The person who would tolerate him infinitely and protect him unconditionally was killed by himself. After that, he failed to take over the position of city lord smoothly. It is only natural for Master Eddie to turn his face...

Duke Pope stayed in the annex that the Pope family bought several years ago in Uptown Valentine, and was receiving Laura Phillips and Sean Delusion's End who came to visit.

After encouraging the future countess of Philip's family, Duke Pope, who is still very energetic after fifty years old, said solemnly: "The parliament will not allow criminals who murdered an earl to go unpunished. Please rest assured, Miss Laura, this duke will stay in the Valentine will investigate this matter thoroughly, and will definitely give the Philip family an explanation."

"I feel you, Duke Pope." Laura hurriedly left the chair, raised her skirt and bowed gracefully.

After Laura sat back, Sean put his hands on his chest and nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, in fact, my mutual friend with Philip, the 'God of War' Primo, is also investigating this matter. Before returning to Dun's territory, Primo had found some clues—"

Before Sean pulled out the Lamia Chamber of Commerce, a deacon hurried into the living room, bowed and said: "Your Excellency, Mr. Eddie Roger Berkeley, the person in charge of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce's Valentine, is here to visit. Claiming that there is an extremely urgent matter to report to you."

"Oh?" Duke Pope glanced at the displeased Sean, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Please invite Master Berkeley in."

The name Eddie and Berkeley's surname are not enough to disturb His Excellency the Duke's meeting with the legendary magician, but the middle name Roger must be respected... Roger, the first court mage of Cronin, still has to give Duke Pope the face .

Sean and Xiao Yun, who was sitting next to Laura, met their gazes, and both of them saw the annoyance and regret in each other's eyes.

The person in charge of Lamia... is not stupid either!

Xiao Yun was the one who felt the most regrettable. His quick response showed that Lamia must have spies buried in Philip's mansion. It seems that this time there is no way to take all the culprits away...

In fact, Xiao Yun didn't expect this, but he couldn't do anything about it—could he still instruct Primo to kill Marcus, so that the Lamia Chamber of Commerce couldn't argue with it?

Even if he could do it, Primo might not be willing to do it...

Eddie Roger Berkeley entered the living room of the Duke's guest house, followed by two men who were escorted and pushed in, all bound by ropes, one looked vigorous and unhappy, the other was in a state of embarrassment and stumbled, seeing The latter, Laura stood up in shock.

Xiao Yun stretched out his hand to grab the corner of Laura's clothes, and shook his head at her.

"..." Laura endured and endured, and sat back with a troubled expression.

"Mr. Sean, Miss Laura Phillips." Master Eddie nodded reservedly and saluted, and signaled his subordinates to leave with his eyes, leaving only the assassin and Marcus, and looked up at Duke Pope, "Your Excellency, wait I took the liberty to disturb you before you summoned me, just because I just learned of a serious incident that makes people sad and angry..."

As the person in charge of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce stationed in Valentine, Master Eddie's eloquence needless to say, he was soon concealed and deceived by his "friends" and lent his subordinates to deal with troubles for his friends, but he was accidentally involved In his description, he let his own people be used by Marcus Philip only out of loyalty among friends, and he never knew that Marcus committed the murder The person in question was actually the Lord Philip. It was not until the day before Sean's return that Marcus hid in his guild hall. He felt something was wrong and asked his subordinates to question him. An unknown assassin, tricked by Markus into killing his father...

Laura couldn't help but interrupted several times, and was comforted by Xiao Yun again and again before she managed to remain calm.

Xiao En's face was expressionless, but the gray robe on his body moved automatically for no reason. Obviously, his mood was not as calm as he showed.If it hadn't been for Xiao Yun's repeated warnings in advance, this legendary magician wouldn't be able to sit still like he is now - Duke Pope came to Valentine to preside over the handover of the city lord, which means that the next city lord must be Duke Pope's, otherwise, There is really no need for this His Excellency the Duke to leave the important center of power and make this trip in vain.

That is to say, Duke Pope is bound to be more reluctant than anyone else to have problems in the handover process—if there is a shocking scandal in the Philip family, some people are willing to make a big fuss about it, delay or even destroy the handover of Valentine's lord!

Duke Pope, who was sitting at the top, looked cloudy and uncertain, and his sharp eyes stabbed at Markas, who was tied down below with his head bowed from time to time; Eddie, who was pretending to be eloquent, made the Duke quite dissatisfied. There is a legend like Sean Marcus, who was supported by the magician but left himself in the hands of others, made His Excellency even more annoyed... Being malicious is not unbearable, but stupidity is the biggest fault!

After Master Eddie finished his statement, Duke Pope didn't have the patience to ask whether Marcus had any defense, but turned his attention to Sean: "Mr. Sean, what do you think?"

Sean sneered: "Your Excellency, I think we should have a consensus...Marcus Philip, is he so shrewd that even Master Eddie can fool him?"

Master Eddie stared straight ahead, as if he didn't hear the words.

Duke Pope was not very satisfied with Sean's attitude. He cast his eyes on the trembling Marcus, stared at him, and said sharply, "Marcus! What do you have to say!"

"I...I..." Marcus shuddered, looked up at the angry Duke Pope, then at the cold-faced Sean, and at the expressionless Eddie, and finally fell on Laura, who couldn't bear the grief on her face, was stabbed hard in the heart, and trembled, "I, I didn't do that!"

No matter how useless it is, when it comes to this matter, Marcus finally understands—as a father, he must at least think about Laura!

"I didn't do this, Your Excellency the Duke, please believe me!" Marcus cried bitterly, "My father, my father told me before he was killed that our family will move to Bolton Territory, my My daughter will become the only Countess of Cronin, how could I do such a stupid thing as killing my father?"

"Everything Eddie said is slander. The financial power of Philip's family is in the hands of my father. I can't afford the expensive gold coins to hire an assassin from the Outer Continent. I don't even know this assassin. I don't know anything!"

After shouting these words, Marcus was already weak and limp on the ground.

Duke Pope, who was sitting at the top, breathed a sigh of relief, and cast his stern eyes on Eddie.

"Your Excellency, I have said everything I wanted to say." Eddie bowed respectfully.

Duke Pope nodded. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Sean seemed to be about to speak, and immediately shouted: "Come on! Drag out the criminal who murdered Earl Philip!"

Marcus almost peed on the ground in an instant, but the Duke's soldiers who rushed into the living room did not touch him, let alone touch Eddie who was standing there, but dragged away the annoyed and frustrated assassin...

"Eddie Roger Berkeley, you did not restrain Lamia's employees. The Duke hopes that you will take corresponding responsibilities." Duke Pope's tone was stern, and Sean, who was about to speak, lost his speech again. Chance.

"I am extremely ashamed, Your Excellency, and I will compensate Philip's family for all losses." Master Eddie bowed.

"Mr. Sean, what do you think?" Duke Pope seemed polite, but actually threatened.

Sean made a long face. He would be a ghost if he was satisfied with the result of this treatment.But Duke Pope dealt with the matter quickly without giving him a chance. What else can he say at this moment?Ayun actually gave a way to suppress the Lamia Chamber of Commerce by exchanging benefits with the new city lord, but who told the other party to react too fast and come at the right time, so that he didn't even have time to open the bargaining chip!

It's not that Sean has never played Game of Thrones. He knows very well that if he still clings to this matter at this time, he may become the "person who asked the question" to be solved. He looked at Laura helplessly, and Sean reluctantly He shook his head, expressing that he had no further objections.

Xiao Yun had no expression on his face.The truth of this matter is not important, it is only whether the result can satisfy those who have the right to speak.Although this is a bit cruel, the reality is that no living person would be willing to use his own interests to bury the dead Philip.

Laura's small face was tense, and her small hands grabbed the skirt vigorously.It's not like she didn't know everything when she was young. After watching this "big show", she knew very well in her heart that her father was half responsible for grandpa's death, and Master Eddie of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce was half responsible.

The Duke of Pope does not want any more trouble, so Master Eddie will not be punished; similarly, in order to avoid delays in the handover of Valentine's lord and for the benefit of Philip's family, her father will not be punished either.

This made Laura's heart ache almost torn... It may take a long, long time for her to distinguish right from wrong in this complicated murder case.

Duke Pope ordered someone to take down Marcus, who had been limp into mud, without giving the "countess' father" a single glance... He handled the matter in a muddle-headed way, which doesn't mean he couldn't see the tricks in it. Even his own father was a ruthless waste, Duke Pope didn't even bother to give him a look.

Master Eddie was treated like a guest, and was invited to sit down under Sean—this was Duke Pope’s statement. Although he pinched his nose and admitted that "Marcus is not guilty" in the result, it does not mean that he Who is willing to "stand" for anyone, and even less willing to be contaminated with such shit.

It seems fair and equitable to play [-] boards each, but in fact it is purely muddled and muddled. The way the so-called superiors deal with it is similar in any world.

Xiao Yun glanced vaguely at Eddie who was directly opposite him. This guy probably expected that Duke Pope would not have the patience to distinguish right from wrong, so he simply took the initiative to make Duke Pope play [-] boards each. Opportunity...Marcus was completely abandoned by the aristocratic circle, and the Lamia Chamber of Commerce paid for the disaster. Such a result was simply painless for the Lamia Chamber of Commerce, and the loss was not even considered.

For such a shrewd person, Xiao Yun felt that he would be sorry for not cheating... Immediately, he cast a wink at Xiao En.

Sean seemed to be still immersed in annoyance, and he didn't react for a while.

No problem, Xiao Yun could only come by himself, walked out of his seat and respectfully saluted the Duke Pope above him: "Dear Duke, as a foreign race, I am amazed at the prosperity and prosperity of Valentine City, but at the same time, Valentine City also has Some phenomena make me feel very strange, I wonder if I can ask you a thing or two for your wisdom?"

"Oh, Ayun of the Snow Wolf Clan, what doubts do you have?" Duke Pope was more polite to foreigners who could write well-known travel notes. Besides, Valentine was not under the control of his subordinates before, and he didn't care about people criticizing him.

"Before, our tribe went to the lower city to recruit workers. We found that many adults in the lower city did not work and wandered on the streets all day long. I remember that human beings are a hardworking and brave race. How could Valentine City let so many adults Idle?" Xiao Yun pretended to be innocent.

"...Is there such a thing?" Duke Pope was a little embarrassed, and he was slandered in his heart that he was indeed an ignorant alien. Which city can not have so many low-level gangsters, beggars, and hooligans? How can we control it!

"Valentin is a big port city, but the road from the pier to the city is not easy to walk, and there are so many people idle and have nothing to do. When I enter the city, I occasionally think, if I can make those who look strong and It would be nice if everyone with nothing to do can be dragged to build roads." Xiao Yun said honestly, "By the way, we can also set up a road card so that the merchants can choose whether to take the old difficult road or the newly built road, or the new road. To pay a little toll, people who are in a hurry don’t have to waste time on the old road with potholes.”

Fu smiled again, and scratched his scalp in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I'm just very concerned about why there are so many people who are idle and do nothing, and have formed some organizations like fraternities to hang out in groups, but there is no It means complaining about the bad road."

Duke Pope smiled "hehe", his eyes began to light up... The tax rate in Valentine City has been managed by Philip, and it is not easy for his people to increase taxes at will after taking over; arrest those gangsters who have nothing to do all day long Building roads will not only keep those guys from causing trouble in the city, but also provide more ways to collect money—this is very appropriate!

It is indeed necessary for his people to take over Valentine City and make some political achievements quickly!

Master Eddie's complexion changed slightly. Except for the spontaneously organized labor union in the lower city, the Brotherhood of Thieves and the Red Carmen have many Lamia's informants. The Brotherhood was even secretly invested and cultivated by Lamia. Wouldn't Lamia become blind and deaf if he built the road? !

"Mr. Ayun doesn't know much about human cities. Such forced labor will cause dissatisfaction among the citizens, and will not be beneficial to the stability of the city..." Young Master Eddie interrupted immediately with a forced smile.

"Really?" Xiao Yun pretended to be nervous and waved his hands again and again, "I'm taking the liberty, Your Excellency, I shouldn't talk nonsense, if you let your Excellency be gossiped by the citizens, it will be my fault."

Duke Pope glanced at Eddie coldly, and said with a smile: "How come, working for the lord is the obligation of the citizens of Cronin, and those wandering guys no longer harass the citizens, how can the citizens blame me? The Duke is busy?"

"..." Only then did Master Eddie realize that he had been tricked. He was just the person in charge of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce, and he actually talked too much about city management. Duke Pope would be happy to see the hell!

Glaring at Xiao Yun vaguely, Master Eddie came to his senses, this guy...he deliberately mentioned the brotherhood!I'm afraid that Duke Pope caught the wrong worker!

Sean also came to his senses at this time, and smiled and chimed in: "That's right, I also heard that there are some fraternities in Valentine, gang organizations in the Red Carmen that disrupt the city's law and order, and now His Excellency the Duke is fully in charge of controlling those adults. I don’t know how much trouble it can save the citizens of Valentine. The citizens of Valentine must be grateful to His Excellency the Duke—I heard that thousands of members of the Brotherhood repaired the road. , It can also repair the long-term disrepair of the wharf."

Hearing that there are so many people in the gangster organization, Duke Pope's face suddenly became stern... Valentine wants to let his own cronies take over. It's okay to have such a huge force in the city free from management, so shoot immediately Rubbing his thigh, he said: "That's right, these parasites who only know how to exploit and oppress the citizens should help Valentine! The Duke will leave the guards in Valentine to take care of this matter, and will never allow anyone Interfere and obstruct!"

Master Eddie suddenly had a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat——the brotherhood has the size it is now, but he has put in all his effort to cultivate it!It's so worthless!

Xiao Yun has a comfortable face... Lamia knows everything about Valentine like the back of his hand, and those gangsters have done a great job of chopping off this hand that spread in every corner of the city. Let's see if Lamia can continue as before in Valentine. Like a duck to water!

These two old enemies who will be entangled for a long time in the future, when they met for the first time, each was superior.

Marcus committed suicide on the day he returned to Philip's mansion. He also knew that he had not been forgiven by anyone. Neither Sean nor Duke Pope would allow him to go to Bolton territory with his daughter alive.

This good-for-nothing young master, who had been confused all his life, sobered up before he died. He knew that in order to protect his daughter's political reputation, he would desperately deny it, but it is still unknown whether he can get Laura's understanding... Laura asked the housekeeper to choose a coffin for him. Hastily buried, and no funeral.

And when Xiao Yun was thinking about staying in Valentine for a few more days, and what follow-up tasks to deal with... the second disciple, Evelyn, came looking for her from all over the world.

"Teacher, you bastard who never knows how to keep promises—!!" Evelyn slammed her body into Xiao Yun's body like a cannonball under the wind, "It's been three months! The skylight has been opened for three months!! I I want to die with you!!"

"puff--!!"

Sean & Laura watched in astonishment as Ayun was knocked into the air by the beautiful female elf, and couldn't recover for a long time...