Chapter Nine Hundred and Seventeen: Winter Is Going

Seeing Unter come back with a dull face, Allen frowned, and didn't flick his forehead as usual, but said: "It's okay to fail, I have other preparations, and you don't have to be too sad. Please Search (#￥) is the most comprehensive! The fastest-updating novel is a novice, and it is understandable to fail once or twice occasionally.”

Unter pointed his finger on his cheek: "She just kissed me three times."

Allen was lifting the water bag to drink water, and almost choked upon hearing this. He wiped the water stains around his mouth and scolded with a smile: "Then you should be complacent, why do you look like you lost your soul. Fortunately, you are a man, and if you change to a woman, you think you are being taken advantage of. "

Unter glared, then blushed, and got out of the tent angrily. Allen narrowed his eyes and said, "This kid hasn't tasted a woman yet, has he? It's really rare."

Wach sighed.

Just now, I discussed with a group of caravan bosses for a long time, but I couldn't reach a result. This matter is like a deadlock, the old leader thought to himself, is it really necessary to hand over the three masters and servants as Da Lang said? Wach shook his head.

At this time, Fei Lin's cry sounded outside, and then she saw her precious daughter get into the tent. Seeing Feline's joyful face, the gloom in Woqi's heart became more intense. I am just such a daughter, so I can't be reconciled that the mountain city is the end of her life.

But Feline kept laughing like heartless, then grabbed Wach and said, "Father, I have a solution."

Wach knew what she was referring to, shook his head and flicked her forehead: "What can you do?"

He originally asked the question jokingly, but unexpectedly Felin really whispered urgently in his ears. Wach's eyes gradually lit up, and he finally threw his thigh and said, "That's a good idea, why didn't I think of it. Feline, you have a good head."

Feline's eyes were bent into crescents.

In the afternoon, the caravan continued to set off and arrived at the mountain city when night fell. After walking more than a day's journey in one day, almost everyone's eyes are dull and exhausted when they arrive in the mountain city. That is to say, Alan and Belmode are still full of spirits, and they still have time to look at the city of Reckerd, which is built by the mountains. The Storm City in the Borderlands was also built against a mountain, but the city of Rekord was not only built next to a mountain, it could even be said to be built on a mountain.

The gate of the city is at the foot of the mountain, and a six- to seven-meter-high guard wall is built with huge stones that are about one meter square. The city gate is divided into two layers, inside and outside. The outer layer is made of iron fence made of black iron, and the inner layer is a thick wooden city gate that opens left and right. Each piece of black iron on the outer iron fence is as thick as an adult's arm, and a noose wheel is needed to raise it. It can be seen that once this fence is released during wartime, it is difficult for ordinary siege tools to break into the city from the front.

As for this iron fence, I don't know how many tons of black iron will be used, and only cities like Shancheng with rich copper and iron deposits have enough materials to cast such an iron gate.

There is a hidden barrier at three meters on the guard wall, and a sentry tower at five meters, evenly distributed on the guard wall. There are also six defensive artillery, which can cover an area within a kilometer outside the city. In addition, there are war tools such as large ballistas. It can be seen that Reckerd is willing to spend money on city defense.

Allen saw it and silently wrote down these arrangements. At this time, the caravan entered the city, and the iron fence slowly rose. The team went through the city gate, passed through the dark vaulted passage above, and entered a small square covered with gravel behind the city. From the square, you can enter Huishi Street, the main road of the mountain city. This will be a mountain city with thousands of lights, making this city built on the mountain even more magnificent.

The caravan settled in a hotel in the city, and as soon as they settled in, Chidori's mercenaries seemed unable to bear the loneliness of the journey, and did not care about the hard work of a day's journey. They all changed their clothes and flocked to the taverns in the mountain city to get drunk. Standing in front of the window of a room on the second floor of the hotel, Allen smiled faintly.

the next day.

There is no suspense in the city lord's mansion of the mountain city, which was built on the highest point of the city. The City Lord's Mansion is located on a natural platform on the mountainside. Originally, there was no way to reach the town below, so a certain city was forced to open a mountain road that can accommodate two carriages in parallel. This road around the mountain named "Coiled Snake" has countless bones buried under the roadbed. Until now, every midsummer season, the mountain road can still see fireflies late at night, which are scale fires born from countless white bones under the cornerstone of the mountain road.

People living in the mountain city are unwilling to get close to this winding snake mountain road.

From the main hall of the city lord's mansion, the earl's roar could be heard faintly. This caused the servants to walk cautiously around the hall, lest the count should see the fish-pond. But the servants could hide, but Jatin couldn't. He didn't want to stand here to bear the earl's thunderous wrath, but as an aide, he had nowhere to hide. He only hoped that the storm would subside soon.

Seeing the old earl circling around the hall like a raging lion, he threw all the objects he could get his hands on, no matter how high or low. Justin could only smile wryly. If it was him, he would probably be more annoyed than the old earl. There is no way, a whole cavalry of fifty men was killed inexplicably, and there were still a whole twenty cavalry in heavy armor. There are only two hundred elite cavalry secretly cultivated in this mountain city, and each heavy cavalry is piled up with heavy gold coins. With such a sudden loss of such a mixed cavalry team, it was considered quite rational for Reckerd not to kill anyone.

Panting heavily, Recker moved his buttocks and sat on the only chair that was still intact. The count had calmed down, and the sixtieth old man opened his blue eyes and asked, "Have you found out, who did it?"

Jia Ting smiled wryly, "I found out, it's just..."

"It's just something, don't hesitate, let the fart go."

Jia Ting sighed, and could only say: "We found their intercepted bodies according to the clues left by the cavalry. At that time, there was only a caravan passing by that place. This caravan hired a servant named Chidori Corps as guards. If there is no accident, our people fell into the hands of Chidori Mercenary Corps."

"Who cares about the thousands of birds and birds, the people who killed me can't take them so cheaply. Jia Ting, go and inform Hilo, let him lead someone to capture this mercenary group for me!" Reckerd A ferocious smile on his face.

Jia Ting coughed dryly: "This is the problem. In fact, there is a crazy thing going on in the mountain city today."

"What's up?"

"Last night, when a drunk man was drunk in a tavern, he said that the army of our mountain city pretended to be a bandit and robbed you, and he cursed at you. At that time, someone heard dissatisfaction, and the drunk man took out an army badge You must know that it is impossible for that thing to leak out. The man also said that he picked it up when he was robbed by bandits outside the city, so people were dubious." Jia Ting paused, then said: "The result didn't take long, and Someone sold a batch of weapons, saying they got them from a group of bandits. The terrible thing is that those weapons all have the logo of our mall army. Coupled with what the drunk man said earlier, this matter spread more and more widely, and the more The trouble is getting bigger and bigger. Of course, I believe that someone is behind the scenes. But in this way, the Earl can’t take down that mercenary group. Otherwise, we will just fall into the shoes of others. Things that were originally doubtful will change at that time It’s a solid fact.”

Reckerd looked shocked, and then roared: "Then why are you still here, why don't you hurry up and find out the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"As you order, my lord." Jia Ting exited the hall with a wry smile on his face. It was easy for the Earl to say, but this mountain city has tens of thousands of people, so finding a mastermind behind the scenes is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After Jia Ting left, Reckerd's old face gradually lost its brilliance, and his whole person seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He stood at the window and sighed, he didn't have the majesty of Thunder's Fury just now, he looked more like an old man in his twilight years. Holding his hand on the window sill, he said as if he was asking himself: "How long can this city and this family last? In the coming storm, can you, Reket, turn the tide?"

"It's hard." He sighed.

In the hall, the shadow behind a stone pillar twisted imperceptibly, and then a figure with hands, feet and head covered under a cloak slowly walked out from behind the pillar: "The storm is coming, and you plan to stay out of it. Lei Earl Ceder, this calculation is too loud, right?"

Reket didn't look back, but smiled bitterly: "When you came to me, I knew that the family and the mountain city were inevitable, and they would all be involved in this ups and downs."

"But this is not a bad thing for you. Think about it, if you were in the past, you would have such a strong army. If it weren't for our funding, you could afford five thousand soldiers? Let alone two hundred heavy equipment Knight." The voice of the figure in the cloak was hoarse and unpleasant, rattling like a sharp knife grinding through iron.

"It's useless to talk too much. In short, the Ark Harbor will belong to me if I take down those three territories. You can decide the rest." Recker snorted again: "Daniel is also very scheming, even I don't know, he and You have a relationship."

The man laughed: "Originally our cooperation with the Viscount went smoothly, so I am not afraid to tell you. If our cooperation with him can go smoothly, then these soldiers and horses should belong to him now. And the first one to be attacked is not Other territory, but your mountain city. So you should be glad that he is dead, otherwise you would not be our new partner. Since it is a cooperation, some things have to be shared. I want to know The current conditions are no longer necessary for you to disguise the army as bandits to do that looting, why do you still want to do this."

"Count Reckerd, I hope you don't do anything stupid. If you want to attract attention, so that people will know that we have quietly settled in. You see, this city doesn't need you. You have three sons, among them Any one of them is enough to replace you to manage the city, what do you think?" Throwing such a threatening sentence, the figure retreated behind the pillar and disappeared.

Reckerd was really alone in the hall, and he looked out the window. This winter is coming to an end, but can the mountain city still see spring? Recker didn't know.

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