Hey, King!

2021-06-17

Chapter 74 Chapter 74 Debt Problems
Maipu turned the bodies over and looked at their faces, They recognized that this was the one who owed them money.

"This is Mr. and Mrs. Merry. You can see their face shape and the position of the stubble on their faces. They completely match my portrait record in the ledger." Maipu is not without evidence. Equivalent to half a picture book, which contains a brief sketch of each debtor. "They were rabbit skin dealers, and they needed a sum of money to buy tools so that they could handle the rabbits by themselves. There were two hundred and thirty gold coins in total, plus the interest should be three hundred and twenty."

"The following Most of the thirty-six rabbit cages are empty, and there are only six small ones, which may be breeding rabbits." Toby rubbed his nose, quickly inspected the two houses, and reported back. "Boss, there are simple leather tools in the collapsed house, which have been used. I think they must have killed the rabbits, skinned them and sold them. The money owed to us may be sitting somewhere."

Geros closed his mouth, and air came in and out of his nostrils in large quantities. "Damn it! Damn it! Toby!" he yelled. "Tell me, where are they most likely to put their money? If it wasn't for our people, I wouldn't want to waste precious time here. "

"Okay, give me fifteen minutes, I'll definitely be able to find out." Toby sniffed and trotted into the house.

"Okay, if Toby can't find it in fifteen minutes, it's his responsibility! Go and do what you have to do, don't stick around here!" Geros looked at the sun, it was already Half buried behind the horizon, it will be dark in fifteen minutes, and the convoy should be safer by then.

He was a little relieved when he saw that everyone in the team was moving. The only one standing motionless in front of the house was Dagon, who seemed to be thinking. The last sunlight of the day slanted on him, dyeing half of his body red. And his shadow at this time was dragged long and far, as if covering the whole yard where the tragedy had taken place.

"Dagon, you...you find something to do, don't stand still."

Dagon un'ed, carried the first hunting axe on his shoulder, and walked towards the field go with. There are some vegetables he doesn't know in the fields, but the heavy rain has basically washed away the fields, and many places are like muddy fields. The vegetable leaves floated in the puddles and were soft when stepped on. Some farm implements fell on the ridge, looking like they were their masters. Dagon stuck his head axe on the ground, picked up a shovel, and started digging.

He's going to dig a grave for the dead.

The mana flows, rushes to the ground along the feet, gathers in the shovel along the hands, and the soil in the field is as easy to dig as tofu. I originally wanted to dig four pits, but I felt that the time would not allow, so I dug a big pit that could bury four people.

Jeros and Maipu moved the four corpses of the farmer and placed them neatly in the pit. According to human customs, they should also be washed with blood, put on clean clothes, and wrapped. Those who are rich should use coffins, and those who are poor should also use straw mats.

"Keep it simple." Gerlos patted Dagon's shoulder, then joined Toby with the others and started rummaging through the rubble. Three hundred gold coins is not a small amount. At that time, it was because the family had lived here for a long time and owned their own fields and craftsmanship. It was very likely that the money would be repaid, so it was lent to them. If the team members lost the 300 gold coins, Toby would not be able to afford it, and Gerros also had to consider the issue of morale.

And he also has a lot of share in the three hundred gold coins.

Dagon stands beside the tomb, holding a gold beard ring in one hand, engraved with the insignia of the god Aulic, so it can be used as a holy emblem. He grabbed a handful of wet dirt with his other hand and sprinkled it over the family's corpses from a distance.

"Come from the soil, go to the soil, may your souls find a home. Although I don't know your beliefs, I don't know which Spiritual God you usually pray to, but I hope your Spiritual God God can lead you to the world after death. As a child of the great god of Oli, all I can do is hope that this place will not be invaded by monsters and will not be affected by changes in the ground. I hope your wreckage can be quiet and peaceful. Rest in peace, rest in peace..."

The power of the Earth Element spread, and the mound next to the tomb was loose, and some dirt rolled into the pit. It had just rained and was in a hurry, and the environment of the tomb could not be better. Dagon apologized to them and picked up his shovel.

A shovel of soil was thrown down and hit the body, and the wife of the couple suddenly raised her hand, pressing her arm on her husband, pointing to the side. Dagon was startled, picked up a clod and threw it down, but the corpse stopped moving.

"Maybe this is a sign, is it still a last wish?"

What he just presided over was a simple ceremony to prevent the corpse from being attacked by the power of the monster and become the undead. Emblem, almost every Jiangu clansman can perform such ceremony. Jiangu clansman's funeral will have this step, and according to legend, if there is a change in the body, it must be investigated, lest it be caused by the resentment of the deceased. If it can be resolved, it must be resolved, which can reduce the possibility of undead.

Dagon scratched his head and looked in the direction of the corpse's arm, where it was the well. Anyway, not a few steps away, he went to the well to have a look. It was a square well surrounded by stones. There was a reel with a handle. There were two ropes on the reel. Now they both hang down into the well. It is estimated that the bucket is still hanging on it.

Arriving at the well, Dagon peered in and saw a furry gray mouse squeaking into the wall of the well. Ok? Dagon scratched his head, is there a passage in the well wall? He then circled the well, looking down with darkvision. The water in the well reflected light and caused a lot of disturbance, but Dagon still found a stone trap door large enough for a person to drill into.

What was just a gray and furry "mouse" now appears to be a wall. Rats don't have such high intelligence, and there can only be people below. Dagon carefully observed the wall of the well and found that some gaps in the masonry were very clever to form the foothold when climbing. When it came to climbing the rocks, Dagon had always thought he was good at it. So he turned over the edge of the well, stepped on the gaps, and climbed down.

There is a secret door near the water surface. Due to the angle and the reflection of light from the water surface, it is difficult to find it from above the well, and only dwarves who are particularly sensitive to rocks have the opportunity to observe it in the dark. The secret door is about half a meter wide, which is good for hiding things, but when it is used to hide people, only children can get in.

Dagon knocked on the secret door, then said, "Come out, I'm not a bad guy. The robber has been eliminated."

There is no response, but the body can be vaguely heard rubbing against the rocks the sound of.

"I'm Dagon · Olison · Neil, Jiangu clansman from Jiangu City, which is a dwarf. I swear in the name of Oli the Great to protect the good and the innocent." Dagon thought about it. After thinking, he added: "I was burying the old man and the couple just now, and the woman's arm pointed here, and I came to check."

There was a whimper from behind the secret door, and then it opened to the side. . It was only over a meter deep, and there was a gray, dirty, ordinary-looking human child curled up. She looked no more than ten years old, with gray hair, braided on one side, and probably hadn't had time to clean up the other. There were many scratches on her arms and legs, many tears on her slightly baby-fat face, and her large, piercing eyes were watching Dagon carefully, her fear gradually diminishing and her curiosity increasing.

"Come out, it's safe outside now." Dagon extended the hand to her and said, "I'm Dagon, what's your name?"

"Lati."

"Lati? I really regarded you as a mice just now." Dagon beckons with the hand, said: "Can you climb up? I think you must be fine, because I will be by the side. You."

The little girl grabbed the wall of the well with both hands and pulled her body outward, while Dagon supported her back. She twisted, digging into the cracks in the well wall with both hands, returning herself to the position above and below her feet. Just when Dagon thought she was about to start climbing, Lati reached into the dark cave and pulled out a fine iron box.

The iron box was about half the size of her body, and it was heavy. The little girl had a hard effort to clamp it under her arm, so she couldn't climb. Dagon thought about it for a while, and felt that it was not appropriate to go through the iron box, so he suggested that the box can be placed in a bucket and pulled with a reel after waiting. The little girl thought for a while and nodded hard. The two of them emptied the bucket, let it float on the water, and shoved the iron box into it.

Lati was in front and Dagon was behind, and the two climbed out of the well one after another. At this time, everyone in the team found that Dagon was gone, so they all gathered around. As soon as Lati Meng saw so many people, he hid behind Dagon, not even daring to pull the well rope.

"This seems to be the child of the couple." Maipu searched his memory for a while, then said: "Yes, I remembered. The couple also bought this child from Rusiga. A piece of maltose."

"Yes, I'm also impressed when you say it." Rusiga wiped his hands on the apron, and then wiped his eyes. "Poor little child, her parents are gone."

Jeros put his arms around him and said, "You don't want to take her in, do you? The Golden Dog Chamber of Commerce doesn't take underage children. Eat more and work less."

"Boss, it's not good to leave her here?"

"What's wrong? This is her home, She has land, there are some vegetables in the land, and there are rabbits behind her, she can survive." Geros said as he observed the little girl.

There was confusion and sadness in Lati's eyes, but no anger. Everyone in the convoy was discussing what to do, and everyone's opinions were very divided. Half tended to keep the little girl here, and half thought that she should be taken to the next big town and handed over to the temple to deal with.

"What do you want to do?" Dagon patted the little girl on the shoulder and said, "You can think about it, but I think you should bury it with me. Take one last look at the parents, Strongly assure them that you will live well."

Lati burst into tears, and the tears couldn't be stopped. She avoided the robbers and hid in the dark room of the well, where the atmosphere did not dare to come out. In the dark, she felt that the noise outside was quiet, so she wanted to come out and take a look, the shadow of Dagon startled her.

A child, no matter how stubborn, is always afraid and not knowing what to do. She followed Dagon, walking barefoot in the water-filled fields, wobbly. Maybe Dagon had been encouraging her, and when she got to the side of the grave, she choked hard, bit her lower lip with her teeth, and forcibly stopped the tears.

"father mother," Lati's voice was trembling, but she said forcefully, "I promise to live well!"

Dagon patted lightly her back, then picked up the shovel. At this time, he was surprised to find that in the tomb, mother Lati's arm was tucked by his side, and it was still covered with the soil shoveled before, and it seemed that he had never changed his posture.

(end of this chapter)