Ming Na only felt extremely aggrieved. Everything was obviously going well, and we were almost able to catch all the spies and enemies in one fell swoop. Who would throw that stone to ruin the good thing? That young knight was actually silenced!
She strode on the way back, a fire crackling in her heart.
Alex followed her silently and suddenly said: "Tell me, why did they want to silence that knight?"
Ming Na was startled and looked back at him: "What other reason is there? Isn't it just that you are worried that he will reveal the secret?"
"But since we followed him, it means that he has been exposed, and they also left the body, which proves that the knight is indeed a spy." Alex frowned lightly, "If they are afraid that he will be caught Their secret will be revealed later, so why not just take him with us? He is a reserve member of the Royal Cavaliers and has good skills, so he should not be a burden."
When he said this, Ming Na also felt a little strange: "Although everyone's information in the Cavaliers will be recorded in files, if they slightly modify it and escape, they may not be discovered. There is no need for them to silence them?"
"Unless..." Alex's eyes lit up, "Unless this person cannot escape, or even if he escapes, he will be discovered soon, and he also possesses enough intelligence to threaten some people!"
"He is a local..." Minna suddenly remembered what the young knight said, "If we find his family, maybe he will come out on his own. I felt during the day that he does not seem to be a bad guy... But what exactly is he? What kind of intelligence can make those guys not hesitate to silence their companions? We all know who sent them here, there is no need to hide it.
Alex suddenly stopped: "Do you think... could there be one... or two spies in the Cavaliers? We have been following that guy and didn't even notice anyone else was there. But someone can actually hide it. Pass us, throw that stone as a warning, maybe... the other party has an accomplice, and he is also a master!"
Ming Na suddenly became excited: "So our clues haven't been broken yet?! Great!" The frustration in her heart finally dissipated. She secretly vowed to teach those bastards a lesson to see if they dare to play tricks on her again. !
When they returned to the city lord's palace, they alerted Herbie and the knight captain, and learned that a knight was informing the enemy and was silenced. The latter went to collect the bodies of his subordinates with a pale face, while Herbie quickly contacted local officials and found the knight's family.
According to his mother. Recently her husband became seriously ill. The grocery store at home also suffered from poor management. I owe people a lot of money. Therefore, the family plans to sell the store to pay off debts. And moved to live in the countryside. Even the daughter had to marry a rich old man. But a few days ago, my son suddenly came up with a large sum of money. Tell your parents not to marry off your sister. Don’t sell to grocery stores either. He also said that there would be some money in a few days.
But the family cried around the body of the deceased for a long time. It didn’t say who gave the money to the land. I don’t know what my son plans to do.
Herbie was upset. Turn around and leave. The knight captain stayed a while longer. It is implied that one of the team members gave the family some money. Just left.
The Dead Knight joined the team less than half a year ago. Not many players are familiar with him. Only one person who had close contact with him vaguely knew that his family was in trouble. But when asked about any suspicious people he had come into contact with. The team member didn't know.
It seems that these clues alone are enough. It was difficult to deduce who among the fellow travelers was the other spy. Ming Na had to put things aside for the time being. Urging everyone to set off back to Yitong. Go back one day early. Just one less risk.
So everyone set off again. Ming Na remembered that she overheard the enemy mentioning the words "tomorrow" and "forest" last night. Be extra careful when you see woods on the road. He also told Herbie not to rest in the woods as much as possible. At the end of the day. Except there are still people following behind to keep an eye on the sentry. Nothing happened.
Ming Na began to feel that maybe she was too sensitive, and those people would probably still do it at night, right
The carriage convoy walked slowly on the road, and the pedestrians on the roadside gave way respectfully. After the carriage passed, they whispered a few words. Although the eldest prince Hyatt no longer showed his face, the luxurious carriage and the majestic knights were enough. It became a topic of conversation for the next month.
In the evening, the sky gradually darkened. In the setting sun, two or three tower spiers were exposed behind the hillside in front of them, indicating that the next accommodation town was about to arrive. After a tiring day, everyone cheered up and gradually accelerated their pace, heading towards the top of the tower.
Turning around the side of the mountain, a large forest appeared on the road on the left side of the mountain. It was gloomy and had no end in sight. The grass and wild flowers on the ground spread to the roadside, and a breeze blew, bringing with it the fragrance of flowers.
Ming Na suddenly had a bad premonition. She was about to enter the city. How could such a forest appear? She turned to look at Alex, who tilted his head as if listening to something. He turned around after noticing her gaze and said seriously: "Ming Na, the person watching the sentry didn't follow."
"Huh?" Ming Na opened the car curtain and looked back. Sure enough, the few riders and horses who were there just now were nowhere to be seen, and there wasn't even a pedestrian behind. Looking ahead, the road was equally empty. The ominous premonition in her heart became stronger and stronger. Just when she was about to say something to Alex, she suddenly felt the car body shake, and the sound of horses neighing came from outside the car, followed by human voices, the sound of wheels, and the sounds of horses mixed together. It was a mess.
Ming Na was bumped a few times by the carriage and hurriedly got out to take a look. Almost all the horses seemed to be going crazy, jumping and scurrying around in an attempt to throw the people off their backs. The carriage that Hyatt was riding in used the most horses, so it was pulled in different directions. As a result, it only staggered a few steps and was desperately held back by the accompanying guards and knights. Herbie cut off the reins of two of the horses with a knife, causing the carriage to stop, and the horses quickly rushed towards the woods.
In the car, Hyatt was in shock. He raised the curtain and was about to say something. But a scream was heard, and Herbie yelled "Be careful" and threw Hyatt down. In the next second, a fine steel arrow was nailed to the car floor above their heads and penetrated three meters. point. It made people take a breath. Then there were a few whooshes, and several arrows were shot one after another. One of the guards could not avoid it and was shot in the arm. He screamed and fell off the horse. An arrow grazed the horse's back, causing the horse to scream in pain. He screamed and immediately rushed into the woods. Herbie was shocked and hurriedly chased after him, and the other guard followed closely.
Other knights tried to restrain the mad horses. They were all in a hurry and couldn't get out for a while. The captain of the knight whipped the horse's buttocks with all his strength, watching the carriage running further and further away anxiously, wishing to execute this uncooperative beast immediately.
Minna stumbled out of the carriage, and there was no trace of the carriage that Hyatt was riding in. She cursed secretly in her mind, avoided a pair of raised horse hooves, followed the wheel tracks left by the large carriage, and quickly chased after it. Alex then jumped out of the car and pulled out a bottle. Let the horse smell it and it will gradually calm down.
The young magician frowned, raised his hand, and a gust of wind blew away, blowing away the original fragrance of the flowers, but there was a faint medicinal fragrance filling the air. After the horses smelled the medicinal fragrance, they slowly returned to normal. The knight captain immediately ordered his subordinates to go into the forest to look for traces of the eldest prince. Alex stayed where he was, looking at the empty road and narrowing his eyes.
After Ming Na rushed into the woods, she soon saw the shadow of the carriage. At the same time, I also saw more than 20 strong men dressed as bandits emerging from the surrounding trees, shouting about robbery in a rough voice. Then he slashed at him with his machete and axe. Herbie and another guard managed to hold off, but they were outnumbered. Soon they were wounded. Next to the carriage that collapsed on the ground, the eldest prince Hyatt was sitting on the ground. Holding a long sword tightly in his hand, once someone approaches. He would swing his sword to force people away.
Minna quickly fired a few ice arrows, hitting several "robbers", and Herbie took the opportunity to hack two people to death. The "robbers" excitedly threw several daggers in Hyatt's direction, causing Herbie to rush over and ward off the murderous weapons. Hyatt gasped lightly and uttered: "Catch him alive!" The other guard changed his attack method and slashed at the enemy's feet.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the "robbers" retreated in a hurry. Mingna took three steps at a time to catch up with one of them, kicked him in the vest, then put her knees against his spine, held both wrists with both hands, and twisted back to restrain him. Unexpectedly, the "robber" struggled a few times, but when he couldn't get away, he let out a "clack" in his mouth, tilted his head, and died. Ming Na was shocked. She held his head and opened his mouth to see that he had taken poison.
The "robber" caught by another guard simply hit the sword in his hand and died.
None of the other "robbers" were left. Looking at the quiet surroundings, Ming Na felt a chill in her heart. These "robbers", like the people watching the outpost, all wore high leather boots with ten gold coins per pair. They were obviously in the same group, but compared with the accomplices they met earlier, they would rather commit suicide on the spot than to Being captured alive, but is this necessary
The Cavaliers caught up, and the captain hurriedly went to say hello to Hyatt: "Are you okay? Did you fall? Do you want the doctor to come and take a look?"
"The doctor fainted." Hyatt smiled bitterly and glanced inside the car. "Although I don't think the injury is serious, it looks troublesome." He took off his boots, revealing the redness and swelling on the ankle and the protruding bones. , like a red egg, obviously sprained
Ming Na walked over to check him and then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just a sprain. It will be fine after a while. I don't understand this, so let the doctor wake up and treat you."
The bitter smile on Hyatt's face has not dissipated: "But I originally injured the other foot, and this time I can't walk even more. I hope others won't think that I have really become a lame."
Herbie's face was ashen and he comforted him in a low voice: "This is just a sprain. Any doctor can prove that this kind of injury can be easily healed and you will be fine." After that, he raised his head and scolded the knight captain: "What happened just now?! Why did the horse suddenly go crazy?!"
The knight captain held back his anger and said: "I don't know, but I suspect there is something wrong with the forage at noon. The horse feeding clerk's eyes flickered and he didn't look very decent. I mentioned it to you at the time, but you said you were in a hurry. I’m on my way, I don’t have time to worry about anything else.”
"Are you accusing me of being negligent and causing this sneak attack to happen?!" Herbie retorted sharply.
"Don't dare." The knight captain lowered his head, but his pursed lips seemed to imply that he didn't mean what he said. Herbie became even more angry.
Just when Ming Na was having a headache as the two commanders were increasingly noisy, a familiar voice came from behind: "I'm afraid it's not just the fodder that's at work, otherwise the timing would be too precise." Ming Na Na quickly turned around and asked him: "Alex, do you know what's going on?"
Alex spread his hand, revealing a small light yellow flower: "The local specialty Mayflower is a raw material for perfume. Normally nothing will happen, but the situation just now was too suspicious. I originally I just wanted to use the medicinal fragrance to calm the horses. The amount was not enough, but as soon as the wind took away the fragrance of the flowers, the horses returned to their original state. I suspect that it was the fragrance of this flower that really caused the horses to go crazy."
Ming Na took the little flower and looked at it carefully, but she couldn't remember which potion book mentioned that Mayflower has the effect of making horses go crazy. Suddenly, she remembered something: "I remember grandpa said, Some people use double poison or triple poison when poisoning. Mixing two harmless medicines will turn them into highly poisonous. Do you think the enemy may have put a poison in the forage? Will it mix with the scent of mayflowers and make horses go crazy?"
Both Herbie and the knight captain were thinking solemnly. Alex approached Minna and whispered: "You actually have something you don't know about?" Minna smiled and glanced at him: "When we get to Ito, I Let’s start studying the medicinal effects of spices!” Alex chuckled and tilted his head.
On the other side, Herbie had finished thinking and said to Hyatt with a heavy expression: "Your Highness, I didn't expect those people to launch attacks again and again. It's so cruel. Do you still have naive thoughts about them?" ? If the help hadn’t come quickly just now, they might have chopped you to death. By then, the officials would only have to issue an order to surrender the bandits. Those bastards would have changed into ordinary clothes and blended into the crowd to act as civilians. Who could? Catch them? It's all in vain..." His eyes were red and he couldn't say any more.
Hyatt looked indifferent, as if he was not talking about his own business: "Go and see who is injured. I will wake up the old doctor."
Hebie said unwillingly: "Your Highness! You should be ruthless against this kind of person! Please give the order quickly and let the local garrison help arrest the person and let them confess the main culprit. With their testimony, the woman can no longer be harmed." You!" After a pause, his eyes turned red again: "Otherwise you wouldn't even be able to return to Ito safely..."
Hyatt said nothing. The knight captain saw that the atmosphere was a bit tense and did not dare to open the door.
Ming Na frowned and was about to say something when she heard Alex suddenly say: "Actually, there is another way to return to Yidong safely."
These words focused everyone's attention on him.