Fort Comoy.
Beavis Eliot received a letter from a knight sent by the Duke of Bath Ridges.
The meaning of the letter is that there is a huge profit to be made from the sea salt.
The Cogit Sea is like a gold mine waiting to be excavated in the Wessas territory, but the "mining right" of this gold mine is not in his hands.
There is only Xiazoe Desinia left in the Desinia family. If he encounters an accident, Visus will definitely be taken back by the king, and then he can plot...
"I understand what the Duke means. I will do this for him, but the plan is to let another earl... I have to take a lot of risks."
Beavis Elliott was ordinary in appearance, with a broad forehead and a flat nose. Although he was in his prime, he had very little hair on the top of his head, blue eyes, and a tired feeling of lack of sleep on his face.
He is best known in Fort Comoy for how many mistresses he has each year.
The knight who delivered the letter said: "After the matter is done, the Duke will put Parr Mountain into the territory of Fort Comoy, and promise the Count 10% of the profit from the sale of salt."
Beavis Elliott was overjoyed: "The Duke is really generous."
After he reassured that things would be as the Duke wished, the knight left Fort Comoy and returned to the royal city.
The housekeeper said behind him: "Sir, the other party is an earl after all, in case..."
Beavis Elliott sneered: "It's just a six-year-old child. Even if you are lucky enough to have a 'treasure', it depends on your ability to keep it."
"Old Desinia died too early, and I also sent kindness to let their father and son reunite in the arms of the God of Creation as soon as possible."
Butler: "Sir, you are right."
Beavis Elliott: "Let a small group of knights disguise themselves as robbers in ambush on Mount Parr, and I'll give them half a chest of gold coins as a reward."
"Yes, Lord Count."
The Desinia team made a slow return journey, and finally passed through the Pal Mountains again.
After going over the mountain is Weissus.
Xia Zuoyi lay on the window of the car, looking at the gradually passing scenery outside.
Pal Mountain retains the characteristics of the original mountain forest - the trees are tall and lush, and there are many wild animals in the mountain forest.
The mountain on the southeast side is between the two cities of Weissus and Fort Komoy. It is usually used as one of the sources of livelihood for the civilians of the two cities to hunt and collect firewood, and it is also a hunting site for nobles.
There is a small lake on the mountain - Lake Pal.
Bypassing Pal Lake is the mountain on the northwest side. Few people will go there. I heard that brown bears often haunt, and the mountain is more complicated.
Natural bitumen mines are buried in the valleys to the northwest.
Xia Zuoyi was thinking about the preparations to be made before digging out the asphalt mine. Suddenly, he heard the screams from the knight in front of him. Then, the carriage that was running suddenly stopped and shook violently.
If Judit hadn't quickly hugged him by the waist, he would have fallen out of the car window.
"What's going on?!" Xia Zuoyi said with one hand on the wall of the car.
The coachman shouted in panic: "The count is running! The robber is here!"
The sun was setting in the west, and the twilight was gradually descending.
They were in the center of the forest at this time, the road ahead was blocked, and the road behind was blocked, and the situation was not optimistic.
The "robber" seemed to have received the news in advance, and when the convoy entered the "encirclement" that had been in ambush, they suddenly rushed out to harvest people's lives.
They were like death gods walking in the twilight, swept in with thick shadows, and the speed was extremely fast, almost killing the knights in front of the carriage in the blink of an eye, and then the coachman who wanted to escape.
Judit rolled down from the carriage with Xia Zoe in his arms.
Kelly screamed and fell to the ground, but she was lucky enough to avoid the slashing blade.
The tops and faces of the "robbers" were tightly wrapped in black cloth, with only one pair of eyes exposed.
They act silently, but cooperate with each other tacitly.
- Not a robber!
At least not an ordinary robber.
Xia Zoe was protected by the knights coming from behind, and calmly analyzed in the gap between being hugged and dodged by Judit—who wanted to kill him
The number of "robbers" who came besieged was obviously larger than the number of knights in his convoy. In addition, it should have been premeditated, and the team was rushed to pieces at first.
Kelly tried to avoid the sword that stabbed at her but fell down the hillside, and another sword stabbed at Xia Zoe.
Judit hugged him and turned around, covering him with his back.
Xia Zuoyi seems to be able to feel the sharpness and coldness unique to iron weapons coming from the face, the smooth sword surface reflects the blurred image, and the faint bloody breath goes straight into the nose...
In the nick of time.
Xia Zoe pushed Judit away hard.
He fell to the ground, and Judit slumped to avoid danger.
"Lord Count!"
The "robber" hit the ground with a failed blow, and the soil splashed everywhere. He didn't stop, and continued to stab Xia Zoey mercilessly the next moment.
"Bang"—a sound.
The sharp weapon that was stabbing in the face was blocked by a large sword.
The reason why Fernandi Edward was able to become a knight commander at a young age and achieve enough merit to be awarded a knighthood was due to his unparalleled valour and extraordinary courage.
He can single out a small team of knights and is stronger and stronger than most.
At the moment when the "robbers" came to encircle and suppress them, Fernandi Edward grabbed the opponent's weapon and successfully counterattacked. His unstoppable attack to a certain extent gave the knights and craftsmen behind him a chance to breathe.
Fernandi Edward saw Xia Zoe's movement of pushing Judit away, and also heard Judit's scream of panic and fear.
He rushed over quickly and blocked the long sword.
"Find a safe place to hide, hurry!" shouted Fernandi Edward.
Xia Zuoyi also wanted to find a place to hide.
But the main target of this group of "robbers" is him. Almost every moment, people take turns to attack him and want his life. How can he have a chance to escape...
This group of "robbers" was determined to kill them all on Mount Parr. The ground was dyed red with blood, the night was approaching, and the smell of chill in the air became stronger and stronger.
Kelly didn't know her life or death, half of the craftsmen and knights were killed, and Judit was stabbed in the left arm...
Xia Zuoyi gritted his teeth and couldn't go on like this.
Taking advantage of the faint light of the sky, he looked around...
"Fernandi Edwards! Please save them!"
The childish voice seemed to come across the night sky.
Fernandi Edward was stunned for a moment, and when he turned his head, he saw a small figure slipping through the gap, narrowly dodging the machete, then slipped and rolled down the steep hill...
"Lord Count!"
The last thing Xia Zoe heard was Judit's hoarse cry with anxiety.
He tried hard to hold his small body tightly, his hands firmly covered his head, enduring the pain of the wattle grass and gravel crushing his skin, trying his best to control the direction of his fall.
Xia Zoe jumped down on purpose.
Most of the mountain roads on Paar Mountain are winding and steep slopes.
He jumped down on his own initiative, wanting to take a chance at life.
The world in Xia Zuoyi's eyes was constantly spinning, and when his brain was dizzy and nauseated, the rolling speed finally stopped slowly.
He was lying on the grass, panting weakly, his bare hands and feet were in severe pain, covered with scratches from grass blades and redness from the impact of gravel.
Especially the right arm, it seems to have hit something and was slightly dislocated, and now I can't lift it up.
Fortunately not legs.
Xia Zuoyi thought bitterly, otherwise he would not be able to get up at this moment, let alone escape.
After two deep breaths.
Xia Zuoyi stood up with one arm, his eyes darkened for a moment, and then slowed down slightly. He found a direction and limped away.
However, he is still young.
He soon felt that his physical strength was gradually losing, and his vision began to become blurred.
No, you can't fall.
Run further away.
Xia Zuoyi kept repeating in his heart, but he stumbled and fell to the ground.
"…Little nobles?"
Before he fell into a coma, he heard a surprised voice from a young man.
Gibran Kino lives on the edge of the poorest in Wessas with his younger brother Toby Kino.
His brother Toby was nine years his junior.
For the life and food of the two, in addition to confirming money at the market every ten days, Gibran Gino sometimes set up traps on Mount Parr alone to catch small animals such as hares.
Unlucky since this morning.
The hoe he brought was broken, the traps he had finally set up failed, the hare ran away, and there was no more squatting to guard the prey after that.
Gibran Gino was impatient. He had no prey to sell, and he had no money to support his life. He would endure hunger for a few days and frugally waited until the market reopened.
After all, it is not easy to come to Pal Mountain.
He temporarily entrusted Toby to Aunt Tana next door, and walked into the mountain with sufficient dry food and water, and has been on the mountain for two days and one night.
Today is the last night, and all the dry food is eaten. If he can't catch any more prey, he can only return without success tomorrow.
So, Gibran Kino went a little further into the depths of Mount Parr, but still found nothing.
But just when he was going to find a safe cave or rest in a tree for the night, he met the little nobleman he had seen at the market.
Little kid, should be only a little older than Toby.
Now he was covered in scars and fell in front of him pitifully.
Gibran Gino walked over quickly and picked up the little nobleman, guessing that something bad might have happened to him, his round little face was covered in mud, and he passed out with his eyes closed.
There was no one nearby, and it was so dark that even the way down the mountain could not be seen clearly.
Gibran Gino murmured to himself: "... We can only return to Weissus at dawn tomorrow."
He looked down at the little aristocrat in his arms and sighed, "I hope you can last through tonight."
Before leaving, Gibran Gino covered up the traces of the small nobles coming.
He found a safe cave, and the entrance of the cave was covered with briar grass and dry branches as cover and camouflage.
Apart from a broken hoe, Gibran Gino had nothing but water. After placing the little nobleman on the ground, he fed him a few sips of water. Thinking of the cold night in the mountains, he took off his thin coat to cover him. small body.
Gibran Gino rubbed his hands together and sighed.
He guarded the position at the entrance of the cave, and from time to time he had to pay attention to the situation of the little aristocrats, so he persisted until dawn in a daze.
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