Lord of Rot

Chapter 299 Discovered by the Lord Lord
Early in the morning, after Lao Baifa stewed oatmeal for his little grandson, he hurried out.

The blacksmithing business has been busy recently.

He can get meal tickets and meat tickets every day, and his life is getting better and better, and everything is going well.

He just put on his apron, rolled up his sleeves and was ready to fire and forge.

"Old white hair!"

The fat steward who came here is in charge of hay. Since the new lord gave him the power, he has become more and more arrogant.

Recently, Hay's embezzlement of food stamps has become more and more ruthless. Many people are already dissatisfied with his insatiable greed and want to report to the lord.

"My lord" the old white hair stopped, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.

Hay asked: "What about the weapons and shields that you were asked to build before?"

The old white hair pointed to the hut behind him: "It's all stored inside."

The fat steward, Hayao, nodded: "Let them all move out."

After the shields and weapons were brought out and placed in the clearing, Hay brought a group of people.

Old Baifa saw dozens of young people approaching, all of whom looked familiar, they should be from the Iron Wall Fortress.

"Get your weapons," the fat steward shouted, "then go to the front and line up!"

People rushed forward in a swarm, holding weapons and gesticulating excitedly.

Old Baifa moved to the side, so as not to be accidentally cut with a sword, and then he leaned over to the hay and asked in a low voice: "My lord, is this going to war?"

"It's not a war, it's a cleanup!" Qiancao emphasized: "We have already won the battle. After the lord came back, he asked us to recruit troops. There are not many things outside. Lord Lacey also brought back a group of helpers from Hazelnut Village. This group of young people trained together, and went out to clear the payment as military training."

The old white-haired man knew Lacey Heath, who was in charge of selecting craftsmen, and he was the one selected.

"That is to say, we will be able to go out soon?" Old Baitou asked in surprise.

"I can go out a long time ago." Hayao pointed to the direction of the gate and said, "Didn't you look at the gate of the city? It has been open all day long."

After being sealed for so long, when he suddenly got the news that he was able to leave the Iron Wall Fortress, the old white hair only felt that his whole body was transparent.

"Then, food stamps..." Old Baifa's heart suddenly moved. Food stamps have been used to settle wages these days. If he can contact the outside world, won't the food stamps be useless?
"Adults still recognize the ability to buy food stamps, don't worry."

Hay leaves quickly.

The purchasing power is recognized, but the food stamps will depreciate, so the old white hair can't rest assured.

"Hurry up and change the food today, or you will lose money!"

But his most important job now is to forge iron and forge weapons, otherwise he won't be able to earn the depreciated food stamps.

……

Li Qi stood in the castle, looking through the window at the busy little ants below.

Although there is no red dress, the actions of those vine corpses have not changed much. It is found that the living will still pounce on them, but when facing heavily armed soldiers, the battle is one-sided.

In addition, Lacey took the militiamen from Hazelnut Village out to sweep every day, and the number of vine corpses in Iron Valley was decreasing sharply, and they would all be wiped out in a short time.

Because extraordinary people have a fatal attraction to vine corpses, Li Qi arranged for Lacey Sis to take the team out every day, just to let him act as a bait to attract the attention of those vine corpses.

"My lord," Li Dun, the steward of Iron Wall Castle, came and said softly: "The villagers of the Beech Village you are looking for are already waiting outside."

"Well, let's go and have a look first."

Li Qi turned his head and nodded to Li Dun.

Just as he walked down the first floor, he stopped suddenly. Li Qi's keen perception as an extraordinary person made Li Qi feel something was wrong.

He turned his head to look to the right, and there were two very inconspicuous shadows in the corner.

Li Dun, the butler following Li Qi, subconsciously followed the baron's line of sight.

But his eyesight was not as good as Li Qi's, and he forgot to walk a few steps there.

Because the footsteps approached, the shadow stopped moving.

"Who's there!" Li Dun shouted.

After a short while of silence, the sound of tidying clothes came out.

A little maid came out from the corner with her head bowed. All she could see was her neck was flushed, her skirt was wrinkled, and even the buttons on her collar were unbuttoned, revealing white flowers.

"What else?" Li Dun suddenly understood: "Come out!"

This time it was a footman who came out, his hair was scratched and messed up.

Li Dun took a deep breath, and glanced at the lord lord quietly, but he couldn't see what the lord lord's expression meant, so he could only say: "Go behind and wait for me!"

The little male servant and the young maid were startled, and wanted to beg for mercy, but when they met the butler's eyes, they didn't dare to make a throaty voice, and they froze there.

Li Qi didn't say anything, and continued to go downstairs.

Li Dun glared at the two of them again, then followed Li Qi with small steps, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this matter is my responsibility. I didn't train them, and didn't restrain their morals and behaviors. This happened."

"Let them pack their luggage first," Li Qi said as he descended the stairs.

It's not bad to be dismissed by the lord who broke the manservant and the maid's affair in the castle.

"Re-employ male servants and maids." Li Qi added, "Be clear about all the rules and regulations."

"Yes!"

It's not that Li Qi forbids dating in the workplace, but it's a bit too much to have sex in his own castle. I remember when I found curls on the cake at Porcupine Castle. It's hard to make him not think about it when he encounters similar situations. .

"Also," Li Qi said, "Ask clearly what's going on with the two of them. If they're not married but pregnant, I hope someone can stand up and take responsibility as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Li Dun quickly wrote it down.

Coming to the downstairs hall, looking at the huge throne and the towering backrest like a tombstone, Li Qi felt a little uncomfortable.

Instead of sitting up, he stood on the ground and said, "Let someone come in."

After a while, the sound of small footsteps came.

The one who came in was a young girl with burns on the side of her face. After seeing Li Qi, she immediately saluted: "Good day, my lord."

"Don't be too nervous." Li Qi asked, "Are you from the Beech Village?"

The girl nodded: "Yes, my lord."

Her etiquette is very good, and I believe it will be difficult for two butlers, Simon and Litton, to pick faults from her.

"What happened in the Beech Village?" Li Qi asked straight to the point. He is the lord, and he doesn't need to preface and don't need to care about EQ issues. Asking questions is like an interrogation, and everyone takes it for granted:

"And what happened to the woman who was hanged on the tree?"

"It was more than two years ago." The girl raised her head and said, "I remember very clearly that men began to disappear at night. At that time, my father was the steward of the village. My father led people to watch at night, and then they saw a A beautiful woman with long black hair."

Long black hair.

It matches the image in the ghoul monitor's memory, and it also matches the witch-hunting target of the Black King.

She continued: "The men followed her into the woods. Some of them just disappeared and never came back. Some of them came back, and there seemed to be something wrong with their minds. My father also followed her and disappeared into the forest one night. In the dark night, I remember when the remaining people in the village were angry and everyone became paranoid, thinking that all the dark-haired women were witches, and thought she would hide in the crowd, so all the dark-haired women were arrested and used as witches. Trials on charges of sorcery, many people were hanged during that time.”

This is where the witch tree comes from.

Li Qi asked, "Where is the Black King? Did he enter the forest?"

"Ah?" The girl was at a loss: "Sorry sir, I don't know."

The matter of the Black King is beyond her level, but Li Qi can probably guess some reasons. The black-haired witch must have some kind of connection and transaction with the Black King. As for the witch hunt, it is just a incidental matter.

He raised his hand and said, "Go on."

The girl nodded: "But that massacre was useless. All the black-haired women were killed, and there were still men who would disappear in the night... Then, someone decided to set fire to the forest."

She touched her burned cheek subconsciously, and said, "That's all I know, my lord."

The fire burned down the woods in Beech Village, causing the monitor lizards to escape in a panic and landed on Zhutou Mountain, whether they crossed the sea, the lake, or over the mountains.

Then the plague of corpses swept across the Iron Valley, and she took refuge in the Iron Wall Fortress.

Li Qi thought for a while and said, "Thank you for your help, you have answered many questions for me."

"Do you know how to read?" He suddenly thought that the daughter of a village steward should also be considered a petty bourgeoisie and should have received education.

"I can read, my lord," she replied, nodding.

Li Qi nodded in satisfaction: "I need a secretary to help me record some things, if you are willing."

"I will, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)