Chelsea's indifferent voice suddenly chilled the hearts of these people. The head maid was indeed right, but they were also human and wanted to live.
"Please, lock us up, as long as we don't kick us out, we can work for the Chamber of Commerce in the future."
"Yeah, just tie it up and eat it, please, kind and beautiful Miss Lacey."
Several began to plead again, but the head maid remained unmoved and was about to start chasing people.
"Wait a minute, Chelsea." Lorraine Hill stopped the head maid next to him.
"You can stay, but I have some questions for you to answer truthfully."
Roland Hill recalled Bud's description of Gretel that night, and somehow felt familiar.
Gretel is from Westerly Nedshire, which is where Pullman and the others rebelled, and his words and actions can be said to be out of tune with the current society, which makes Roland Hill unable to help suspect that he is the rebel army from Westerly.
"Are you all locals, or are you from out of town, and who else is very close to Gretel, is there any fellow from his hometown?"
"I hope you can recall carefully and answer my questions truthfully, without lying or concealing anything." Roland Hill emphasized again.
The few in front of them were surprised, and after slowly recalling and thinking, they began to slowly answer the girl's question.
"It's been a few months since Gretel came..."
"Usually he has a lot of friends. He has..." Another person also began to recall slowly.
"Besides Bud, there is also a fellow Xifeng who is close to him."
"Did that fellow came with him?" Roland Hill asked curiously.
"Yes, but the character is relatively quiet, and he is usually very low-key. If he hadn't thought about it carefully, he would have almost forgotten this person."
"What's his name and where is he?"
"His name is Wood, and he lives in the area near the harbour."
"Do you know the exact location?"
"Know."
"Okay, you can rest well tonight. Take me to see that Wood tomorrow."
Roland Hill ordered this, and then asked the guards to find them a room and prepare some food and hot water.
"Miss..." The head maid Chelsea still seemed a little dissatisfied.
"It's okay, Sister Chelsea, just let a few guards stay there."
"Yes, it doesn't matter if you lock us in the room." The others began to demand again, for fear that the eldest lady in front of her would be persuaded by the indifferent head maid.
"Okay." Chelsea still couldn't resist Lorraine Hill's decision, after all, she was the head of the family.
After that, we started arranging the accommodation of these people and other things.
After this incident, the night gradually deepened, and Hopelander was also immersed in the quiet night. The busy wharf in the past has also become a lot quieter in the past two days. I saw a large ship docked in the harbour slightly rising and falling with the tide. The waves crashed on the beach with the sound of water flowing.
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The next day, the Yagatilin family visited the current leader of the Bailan cross sword, Master Helang. The master who had been immersed in the sequence for more than 6 years entertained Yagatilin and his party in his own courtyard.
"Master Helang, long time no see."
As soon as Jelink came in, he greeted the master kindly. He also learned swordsmanship for a while at the Bailan Cross Sword when he was young. Although he never officially apprenticed, he also knew Master Helang very early. Not the leader of Bai Lan's cross sword.
"Long time no see, Jelink, I wonder if your skills have regressed."
The old man with a gray beard smiled, the two hugged a little, and then walked into the open-air venue in the courtyard together.
On the verdant grass are tables covered with white cloth, on which are placed sumptuous and delicate food, including pastries, fruits, barbecued meat, seafood, etc.
Most of the venues were young people with Bailan's cross sword, and there were also guests who came to befriend the faction.
After a while, a young man who was a little tall was surrounded by his companions and walked over. This was the apprentice most favored by Master Helang, Pinel, and Rachel's fiancé.
He seems to be not good at words, and his expression is relatively cold. After meeting Rachel, he politely greeted him, and then he had nothing to say, making the junior brothers and sisters on the side anxious.
Rachel looked at the betrothed carefully. He was tall and straight, standing upright, with large palms and long phalanges. He looked very capable, as if he was the kind of ascetic who didn't care much about the outside world except for cultivation. .
The girl's mind wandered, a little disappointed, but relieved. Although he is not the kind of handsome and handsome boy in his mind, it can be seen that he is not the kind of person with bad habits.
The two talked for a while, basically Rachel asked, and Pinell replied. After a while, they both felt a little boring and awkward, and then they separated.
On the other side of Hopelander, Lorraine Hill, led by those people yesterday, also found Wood, the fellow of Gretel.
One of them knocked on the door, and it wasn't long before he saw a man in a hat carefully open a crack in the wooden door, and only after seeing an acquaintance, he opened it all.
"How did you come?"
This man named Wood looks very ordinary, very different from the handsome Grete, and it is estimated that he will not be able to recognize it after throwing it into the crowd for a while.
"I asked them to come to you." A young girl's voice came from behind several people, and a figure in a black robe walked out, then took off his hood, revealing her clear eyes and soft hair. Silk, it was Loren Hill.
Wood seemed to be very surprised, and his always calm expression fluctuated slightly, and it took a while before he came back to his senses.
Looking at the people around the girl, he understood that there was trouble coming. But, there is nowhere to hide, is there
He calmly welcomed Loren Hill into the door. There was only one bed, one table, and two stools in the small room.
After looking at it for a while, Roland Hill seemed to have noticed something, turned around and introduced himself.
"I am the current owner of the Karites Chamber of Commerce, Lacey."
"Hello, Lacey-sama." The 20-30-year-old Wood was wearing brown clothes and bowed his head slightly.
"Don't worry, I'm not malicious, I just want to know about Gretel."
Wood thought for a moment and replied.
"Gret is my countryman. Ned County has been tough in recent years. It's true that we all came to the south to survive, but I don't really know much about him."
Roland Hill looked at the man in front of her and knew that he was lying, because she found a lot of clues after she came in.
But I can't blame him, after all, his work really needs to be hidden.
After letting everyone else go out and stay away from this small house, Roland Hill closed the door. In the dimly lit room, only a few rays of light slanted on the floor through the cracks of the window. In the quiet room, you could occasionally hear voices on the pier not far away. shouting.
"I know what you are worried about, but I have to repeat that I have no malice, on the contrary, I came with good intentions."
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Following the girl's voice, she drew a star pattern on the table with her finger.
"Greet's comrade-in-arms, Mr. Wood."