Heart of the Castle

Chapter 372 Compensation, persuasion, the deceased (recommendation ticket requested)

Exactly how traumatically traumatic a gospel circus' bad show was to its audience, no one really knows.However, this short-lived eccentric circus was named as the originator of the rough and brutal circus in the future, and many imitation groups appeared, and the influence lasted for a whole century.Although this kind of circus is not considered to have any artistic value at all, it has aroused the interest of many audiences to the greatest extent, and to a certain extent, it is actually very popular.

A well-known Fauvist art master once cried when he talked about the Gospel Circus, claiming that he was just a waiter in the hotel. Never forgetting and being unable to sleep at night led him to discover life and beauty from ordinary and subtle places.

However, these are all things that happened in the future. The situation that happened at that time was very dangerous. Some people staggered away with distracted eyes, but more people rushed forward, and even the tents were almost trampled down by the angry audience.Cursing and roaring sounded one after another, and even the slow-talking businessmen's faces were covered with veins, if not for those burly and savage masked drummers who suddenly took out heavy metal flails and swung them on their heads in a whining sound If the mercenaries and adventurers who are ready to move are intimidated, the first performance of the Gospel Circus will inevitably end in a terrible riot.

But this didn't really solve the problem. The audience, who were deeply deceived and hurt, still refused to leave. They gathered around the tent and shouted the slogans "Down with false advertising marketing" and "Down with shameless profiteers".As the audience's emotions became more and more intense, the masked men in the Gospel Circus seemed to feel a little uneasy. They exchanged glances with each other, noticing this, and the mercenaries and adventurers in the audience began to touch their waists again. The weapon and the eyes gradually became more ferocious.

Fortunately, at this time, the timid Boss Fabiang was afraid of accidents, so he bit the bullet and ran out. "Guests, please calm down, calm down, this is just a joke, a joke!" His face was all wrinkled together, and he looked like he was about to cry, "To make up for everyone, tonight in the dark The castle, all food and drink...all free."

Boss Fabiang's final voice was like a wailing, obviously making this decision caused him great pain, it was like taking a knife to gouge out the flesh from his body alive.However, the angry audience was indeed calmed down by him, and the abuse gradually subsided, and the more rational businessmen had already started to walk back.

There were a few extremely rude mercenaries who wanted to get more compensation, but they still stood still and continued to curse, but this time a voice with a strange accent came from the tent and said something they couldn't understand, and then Those masked men approached with heavy steps, their burly figures forming a deterrent wall of flesh.

Mercenaries and adventurers are very practical people. When they find that they can't easily reap the benefits, they don't care about the loss of face.Before the masked man could walk in front of them, the fighters who were still filled with righteous indignation just dispersed and ran to the place where free drinks and food could be provided.

The night was getting darker and the noise gradually subsided. The fire in the hall of the Castle Black Hotel was still burning, but except for a few drunken alcoholics, all the guests had returned to their rooms contentedly.The busiest time has passed, the service staff of the hotel are exhausted, even the waiter boy called Dumb is sleepy, sitting in the corner and dozing off.

Only the innkeeper Fabian's eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body was soaked in the venom of pain and regret. "I'm so stupid, really." He muttered to himself, "I only thought of how to deal with Babrupa's tricks of directly defrauding money, but I didn't expect him to be so vicious and set up such a big plan." A trap, with such a little bait, I lost something worth more than ten times, if I see this brazen guy again..."

Fabiang's expression suddenly became stiff, and there was a creaking sound of grinding teeth behind his fat cheeks, "Babrupa!" He roared as if he wanted to chew the name into pieces between his teeth and spit it out again, He grabbed a clay jug of wine from behind the counter and threw it hard at the chunky figure who just opened the door.

With the anger of the innkeeper, the clay pot roared towards the target. Babrupa didn't expect to be attacked at all, and when he found it, it was too late to dodge, and his face suddenly turned pale.If it hadn't been for a hand stretched out from the side to hold the clay pot, it must have fulfilled Boss Fabiang's wishes and knocked down the lying guy to the ground.

"Oh, pious Captain Babrupa, as you said, your old friend is really very warm." The person holding the clay pot was a young-looking man, dressed in a traveler's costume, with There is a small musical note mark, and a long sword with a simple shape hangs on the waist. "But he may be a little impatient. This glass of wine to you is not light."

"The devil is his friend!" Boss Fabiang rushed out of the counter like a fat cat whose tail had been stepped on, his face flushed red, and his outstretched fingers wished they could poke into Babrupa's eyes.

"My lord of glory, Flandara, Fabian, you must be careful when you say this!" Babrupa made a dissatisfied look, "Aren't we friends? If you don't Babrupa once sold you the indulgence note, just based on this sentence, I am afraid that your tongue will be burned by the fire of light."

"With the justice of the Lord of Glory, if the fire of light is sent down to burn the sinner's mouth, it will definitely burn yours first." Boss Fabian retorted without fear. "Because there are more blasphemous words from your mouth than there are demons in hell."

Babrupa straightened his neck, wisely he didn't continue to entangle on this issue, but quickly changed the subject. "Well, my old friend, let's not discuss this issue. Do you want to make a deal, and you will get a lot of benefits?"

"Make a deal? Aha, with you Babrupa?" Boss Fabian didn't hide his contempt at all, "I would rather deal with demons than with you, even if my house will be burned by them , things will be robbed by them, but at least they will let me know how my things were lost!"

"Father God, what you say will send you to hell." Babrupa advised him, "I can't blame me for what happened tonight. Who knew that your guests were so intolerable? They should have thought of it, since It’s a free performance, how can the standard be too high?”

"My guests are magnanimous enough! Otherwise, they should split your treacherous and filthy head and throw the contents into the puddle!" Boss Fabiang said fiercely, "And this It has nothing to do with the standard! Where did you find your actors?"

"Of course I was impressed by the way of faith I preached, and then..." Babrupa was interrupted by the young man beside him in the middle of his words. "It has nothing to do with any belief." With a strange smile, the young man patted Babrupa on the shoulder and said, "This guy is our leader, but Boss Fabiang, don't think that there will be one of us Anyone who does his bidding, the only reason we follow him is so that he can take us through Duskwood and on to the northern border."

"Crossing the Twilight Forest?" Boss Fabiang shuddered, "Young man, you must have been deceived by this guy's nonsense, right?" He took the young man's arm and walked aside, speaking sincerely Said to him, "To the north of the Dusk Forest is the most bitter, cold and barren land in the entire Kingdom of Arthur. There, even noble lords and lord knights have a very difficult life. The primeval forest stretches as far as the eye can see, and the most special product in it is the black and white tangled around the tall oak trees. There are thorns, and there are hordes of wolves. In winter, it is extremely cold, and the dripping water turns into ice. Even the firepit in the stone house cannot stop the severe cold. Caravans like you are even more dangerous. When a blizzard comes down, even the people and the animals that pull the carts will freeze to death in the forest."

As a northerner who has never personally traveled through the Dusk Forest, although Boss Fabiang's description is a bit excessive, it does describe the harsh weather there.However, the young man's attitude did not change because of it, but a little more gentleness in his eyes. "Thank you very much for your reminder, but those of us will definitely go there, and please rest assured that we are well prepared."

"Since this is the case, then I have nothing to say." Boss Fabian sighed, "Young man, I hope you will not regret your decision... No, if there is still a chance to regret it, in fact It’s not necessarily a bad thing, a lot of people don’t even get the chance.”

After saying this, Boss Fabiang probably felt that he had tried his best to persuade him, so he showed a unique smile of a businessman, with a wonderful feeling of cunning and sincerity in it, "You must If you go there, I advise you to buy as many things as you can to keep out the cold here, for example, some fine brandy that can only be obtained in Castle Black, and the thickest and warmest fur mattresses."

Boss Fabiang said, slapped his hands hard, and ordered the waiter to fetch the goods he mentioned immediately.

"Thank you for your kindness, but we have already prepared warm clothes and wine." The young man refused with a smile.

"Hey, young man, you have so many big cars, it's better to prepare more things than nothing. You have to know that in the northern border, no matter how well prepared you are, you can never have too many things." Boss Fabiang shook Persuading with his flexible tongue, while spreading the goods on the ground. "Take a look, I can calculate the cheapest price for you, a preferential price that you can't find anywhere in the whole north!"

While Boss Fabiang was spitting out his goods, Babrupa leaned into the young man's ear and reminded him in a low voice: "Master Li Wei, this guy has never produced any good things. You must not be fooled."

Even without Babrupa's reminder, Li Wei could see how poor the quality of the things provided by the boss Fabian was. Those fur mattresses were not only smelly, but also full of insect bite holes; It smelt of moldy grain, as did other goods.Only the gods can know how long these things were hidden in the cellars of Castle Black before they were dug out by this profiteer.

Maybe it can be traced back to the time when Castle Black was built?
Seeing Li Wei's disinterested expression, Boss Fabian lost interest, and waved his hand to ask the stupid boy to send these things between garbage and goods back to the cellar. "Hey, young man, good luck to you then." He said listlessly.

"Praise the sacred Morata, the protection of travelers, Boss Fabiang, how many caravans do you have here that are going to cross the Dusk Forest?" Babrupa came up to him and said with a smile on his face.

"You want to go on the road with them?" Boss Fabiang raised his eyelids and glanced at Babrupa, and replied reluctantly, "Wait a few more days. Unfortunately, when you came, there are two big enough The caravan just set off the morning before yesterday, and now most of these are merchants and small caravans of single gangs, and they dare not go on the road without a few hundred people."

"Then when will we wait..." Babrupa hadn't finished speaking when there was a scream from outside the door, and then the waiter who had just left ran in like a fly without a head, "Boss , Boss, it’s not good, someone from the caravan is back!”

"Someone is back? It shouldn't be. Could it be that there is not enough supplies, do you need to supply another batch?" Boss Fabiang frowned and said to himself, then raised his head and said: "Where are the people from the caravan? , invite him in quickly."

"He can't come in." The waiter's voice was so trembling that it was almost hard to hear, "That man is already dead!"

"It's nonsense!" Boss Fabiang immediately turned all the grievances of the night into a roar, and sprayed it on the poor waiter's face, "Can you use your poor brain to think about it, can the dead come back?"

The waiter boy muttered and couldn't answer, but his face was pale and frightening, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his frightened look didn't look like a fake at all.

Li Wei stood up with his hands on the hilt of the sword, "In this case, don't you know if you go out and have a look?" Boss Fabian's expression was similar to that of rancid milk. After hearing this, he reluctantly nodded, "That's right." Then he took a pine light from the wall behind the counter and lit it in the fireplace, "Let's go together."

The four people walked out of the warm room. It was dark and silent outside. The light from the torches could only illuminate a small area around them. The silver moon changed from round to thin, like a machete hooked on the top of Castle Black's clock tower. Dozens of big crows shrank their heads and squatted side by side on the half-collapsed wall, motionless, like a row of ominous cast iron statues.

"Bah, bah, bah! Where are there so many mourning ghosts?" Boss Fabiang spat at the wall a few times angrily, with unconcealed uneasiness in his voice, then he turned his head and asked the stupid boy, " Hey, where is the dead man?"

"Outside." Datou said.

After leaving the high walls of Castle Black, the cold wind became colder and colder. The three people except Li Wei shrank their shoulders involuntarily. The pine torch in Boss Fabiang's hand flickered on and off, and the flames on it were blown left and right by the cold wind. It seems that there is an invisible big hand trying to tear it off the torch.

The stupid boy stopped after walking a few steps, "This is the place, that's where I found that person." His voice was stiff as if he was about to cry.

Li Wei looked in the direction of his finger, and there was indeed a black figure lying there, but it was much bigger than a person, and there was a bloody smell in the cold wind, which was not strong, but Li Wei frowned.

This smell is not unfamiliar to him.

death.

"Give me the torch, wait here, I'll go and have a look first." He said to Boss Fabian who was about to move forward. The innkeeper was already uneasy, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this. Passed the torch very happily. "You have to... be careful, young man, I feel something is wrong."

Li Wei nodded in agreement, then held the torch in one hand and drew out the sword in the other. The blade of the sword glowed iron blue under the moonlight, and walked forward cautiously.

Torches illuminated the dark figure, a man on a horse.Both the rider and the mount died for a long time, and the blood that flowed out condensed into dark red ice cubes in the cold air.Li Wei put the saber beside him, squatted down, and wanted to examine the cause of this person's death, but after only one glance, his eyes tightened for a while, and he let out a low cry that could not be concealed.

"Battle Qi inspired?"

Boss Fabiang and Babrupa approached this low cry, and the former asked curiously, "Young man, what do you mean when you say that fighting spirit is aroused?"

"The deceased is a knight who has mastered the power of fighting spirit." Li Wei explained without looking up, looking at the man's hands whose skin and flesh were all exploded, and the bones were faintly visible. "Being able to use grudge to stimulate desperate efforts is at least at the level of a high-level knight."

"High-ranking knight, why did it appear in the caravan?" Babrupa asked suspiciously. "You must have misunderstood it..." Humpty Humpty almost accidentally said Li Wei's name, but he immediately realized this and quickly shut his mouth.

"No, that's right, it is indeed him." Boss Fabiang didn't hear Babrupa's omission at all, but whispered with a pale face, "The Balance Chamber of Commerce in Deke City is also the only one with an official background there. Chamber of Commerce, this person is the president of the Balance Chamber of Commerce, and also a high-ranking knight, Sir Kakateris."

"How could such a big man die here alone?" Babrupa asked with interest.

"He is not alone, but set off with his own caravan, accompanied by fifty fully armed guard cavalry." Boss Fabiang's teeth were chattering, and he shivered again and again, "In addition, the city of Sicily The Holy Light Chamber of Commerce is also accompanying them, and the armed force of that team is even stronger, because the Holy Light Chamber of Commerce belongs to the Guangyao Church, and the accompanying protection forces are four Guangyao Templars, each of whom has a quasi-high-level Knights have considerable fighting power."

"No matter how powerful the two caravans are, I'm afraid they've all been wiped out now, otherwise the president wouldn't have died here." Li Wei stood up from the corpse, his eyes were cold, and his voice carried With an undeniable majesty. "Boss Fabiang, please ring the alarm bell and summon everyone. I think everyone must know about this matter."

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