enchanting blacksmith

"Oh, oh, well, well, you good boys who keep their promises, you see, by the elves, old Cora still believes in your pure hearts."

The magistrate was afraid that Feng Tie was making some unbearable "negotiations", so he ran to the pile of gold coins, took off his bearskin coat, tied up his sleeves, poured a lot of gold coins into the In Eleda's arms, he said with a dry smile: "Since you keep your promise, old Cora is not a stingy friend, and these gold coins are given to you. Well, this is a selfless gift from a friend. You can accept it with peace of mind, of course. , the rest, the rest..."

"Of course we won't think about other gold coins anymore, we just treat it as a repayment for your generosity." Feng Tie comforted, "The discussion I wanted to discuss with you just now is actually very simple, you know, my master, too. It is that beautiful lady, she is a great magician with all-powerful abilities, she is even proficient in all kinds of ultimate magic, there is no doubt about it, there is a kind of dark magic called 'Prisoner' , have you heard of this?"

"The place of imprisonment?" the sheriff asked in surprise, "I've never heard of it, but what does it have to do with old Cora?"

"Of course it has something to do with it, it has a lot to do with it!" Feng Tie said with his eyes widened, "The so-called prison place, as the name suggests, can create a special magic space, and lock people and things in this space. And you can't touch the edge of this magic, otherwise you will be like your subordinate, because of the backlash of magic, countless worms will crawl out of your stomach, and these hungry little guys will slowly devour you Before you lose consciousness, you can only watch them bite your skin and nails, and even drill back into your body to bite your internal organs and bones...Is that so? , Your Excellency the beautiful mage."

Avril didn't know what kind of moth Feng Tie was about to do, so she could only nod obediently, expressing that there was indeed such a magic, even though this unfounded magic was completely fabricated by Feng Tie.

"Don't! Don't say it!" The sheriff screamed with a pale face. "Why do you use such a terrible thing to frighten an innocent poor old man? Didn't we already agree..."

"Yes, we have already agreed!" Feng Tie said viciously, "but can I trust you completely? At least two-thirds of every sentence you say smells like fart. Why take our own lives to believe your lies? Like a group of headless chickens to find the villain who runs the gambling house? Otherwise, we will be killed and thrown into the blacksmith's furnace to be burned as coke .Well, only in this way, only in this way, can I completely trust you!"

Without waiting for the magistrate to speak, Feng Tie continued: "I will let my master release such a magic, which is the place of imprisonment I just mentioned, and wrap the remaining gold in it until we successfully escape from Samp Get what we want in your hands, then the magician will lift the restriction, and these lovely golds will return to your embrace, this is the 'negotiation' that I will impose on you."

"No!" The sheriff's voice was completely out of tune, his face distorted, "You can't do this, I didn't lie to you, Samp is indeed my relative, he will spare no effort to help you, believe me... oh, okay Well, well, let's make peace, you dreadful little devils, why are you eyeing poor old Cora right out of hell, well, I give in, I really give in."

The magistrate's face was gloomy, and he sat down on the ground, picked up a broken piece of wood, scooped out the aged wine from the cracked wine barrel, and poured it into his mouth. Slowly said: "I did not tell the truth at first, and you should not believe me."

The sheriff seemed to be caught in a deep memory, and his ashen face showed a look of unbearable remorse. His voice was low and hoarse, and he said slowly: "That was when I just became the sheriff here, Sander The head of the La family, that is, Samp’s father, found me. He is a complete villain and murderer. All the vicious words in the whole continent can’t describe the evil things he has done. At that time, that guy named Sang Kun haunted me like an evil spirit and made me restless, because he found gold in a branch of Bingyan River, countless gold, flowing river water Half of it is ice, half is flame, and for some reason there is a change at the junction of the river, and the gold that has settled at the bottom of the river is rolled up and floated out, but these wealth were first discovered by Sang Kun."

"Sang Kun originally wanted to keep all the gold for himself, but at that time I had already started to form the current guard. The flow of businessmen and merchants here is complicated, and adventurers and criminals emerge in endlessly, which brings fatal dangers to the business. Destruction. With the acquiescence of His Majesty the King, I disregarded the establishment of the law and the system, and forcibly recruited thousands of young and strong men to fill the guard. In its heyday, the guard was even comparable to any powerful regular army on the mainland. At that time, I was young and eager to make a career. I didn't even consider the king's scruples, and equipped every soldier with a horse with a spear and a full body of heavy armor, but I was wrong, because since then I have I was never promoted again, and the guard was disbanded under the strict order of the military, leaving only some guys with low combat effectiveness, I committed a big taboo in the officialdom!"

"It was during the heyday of the guards that I organized the guards into small teams and patrolled along the main and tributaries of the Bingyan River every day, driving and killing those robbers and criminals who dared to cross the border, so Sang Kun wanted to mine the gold sand at the bottom of the river , it must not be hidden from my eyes and ears. In the end, that guy found me in desperation. The money is touching. Even though my heart has gone through a strong struggle, I finally succumbed to the temptation of gold and agreed to Sang Kun. Proposal for joint mining."

"Very simply, Sang Kun is responsible for all the equipment and manpower needed for mining. I only need to be responsible for mobilizing the patrol routes of those soldiers. He and Beast City bought a lot of slaves and prison inmates. The supervisors are all direct descendants of the Sandra family. When the gold sand at the bottom of the river was almost exhausted, these poor workers drank all of them without knowing it. After drinking the poisonous wine prepared by Sang Kun himself, no one died, except for a few insiders, including me of course."

Speaking of this, even though decades had passed, the magistrate still showed a trace of unbearable, and took another big gulp of ale, which calmed down a little: "The most important thing that the Hart Kingdom lacks is Metal smelting workshops, this kind of profitable business, of course, the Sandra family will not be absent. They work every dark night, refining the gold sand into high-purity gold, and then turning it into various utensils and handicrafts. I sold them in exchange for a lot of gold coins, and of course I got a lot, but it was only less than one-tenth of those gold dusts. I dare not ask for more, because the devil threatened me that if I divided myself If he is dissatisfied with the gold he got, he will make the matter public. Of course, I succumbed, even if I only got a little, but these golds are wealth that I have never seen before. I bought a high-level idle job in the palace, and I will be able to be a minister with my nostrils up in the future. Thinking of this, every pore in my body is cheering, until I finally recognize the reality, some things don’t just depend on money It can be done!"

Old Cora gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I have been active in the court for a long time and spent countless money, but that old ghost of Hatch VII has long been wary of me, thinking that I am an ambitious guy, Deliberately suppress my official career, haha, do you know that all the nobles here are hereditary, no matter how much credit you make, it is impossible to change from a commoner to a noble, almost all the ministers are The aristocrats, the finance ministers are even the close relatives of Hatch VII, they don't feel at ease to hand over their money to outsiders, as well as the military, and the bigwigs of the military are all without exception Young aristocrats, because the Kingdom of Hart is not keen on waging wars, but they are doing the dirtiest weapons business in private, so the military is almost useless. The family control of the arms business is just a shortcut for those wealthy people to participate in politics. A young man with no background like me who crawled out of the slums, even if he has a low official title and obtained a fortune Cai, I still have no way to climb up.”

"Are there no exceptions at all?" Doris was just as excited as if she was listening to an interesting story at first, but Doris soon discovered that this was really a sad story. Talking in a low voice, Doris began to sympathize with this chubby old guy.

The magistrate smiled bitterly and said: "Exception? I have lived for 60 years, and I have never seen that kind of legendary thing! Oh, it is not completely absent, at least I know one exception, at least in my heart he is absolutely Not a freak, but an out-and-out legend. If you have a little bit of knowledge, you may have heard of that person's reputation. He is a character that combines cunning, tenacity, shamelessness, A fat guy with noble, powerful and compassionate complex elements. It is said that he is fatter than me. The outside world knows that he is promiscuous, cruel, and cruel. Only a small person like me who has worked hard from the bottom can understand his heart. , Those rumors are just a thick protective shell for him to hide his true heart. If he is really as unbearable as the legends say, how could he have been entrenched in the city of beasts for 40 years and made a great achievement? ?”