When Kant led the team to leave the mansion and was about to leave towards the city gate, many eyeliners who had already been waiting outside the mansion to investigate immediately left in the shadows and corners.
Including the five hooded men who had been eyeing Kant when they first came to Jianshi Pass.
It wasn't the only one stalking, though.
Among the pedestrians outside the official residence, a few shabby civilians also hurried away with their heads bowed.
It seems to be the same as usual.
But in fact, there are layers of waves in this small rocky pass.
basement.
These five skinny men in hoods were reporting.
The man sitting on the chair nodded, his tone a little lazy: "So, you don't know what Baron Kant and Baron Dylan were talking about?"
"Sorry, my lord, there is nothing we can do."
Of the five skinny men, the leader looked ashamed.
"No, there is no need to apologize." But the leader sitting on the chair shook his head slightly: "The five of you have done a good job. After all, Baron Dylan, a country bumpkin, attaches great importance to his mansion and wants to install some spies. Totally impossible."
The candles on the table flickered, and the light appeared in this room.
The basement was silent.
The spy chief sat in a chair and pondered for a moment, then made up his mind: "You wait for me here."
"Yes." The spies responded.
He stood up with the chair supported by both hands, took the crutch beside him in his hand, and limped towards a certain wooden door next to him. It was obvious that he was a crippled man with mutilated limbs.
But the five spies didn't dare to look contemptuously, they still waited respectfully.
The spy chief slowly pushed open the wooden door.
Inside is another basement.
There are cabinets, tables and chairs, and several other wooden doors, like an underground labyrinth.
The spy chief already knew the route.
From the dark compartment of the cupboard, he took out a box the size of a human head. When he opened it, there was a huge crystal ball shining with a faint blue light. With his several movements, layers of halos gradually appeared.
There was a muffled sound in the room.
It seems to be talking with the crystal ball.
After a while, the halo disappeared, and the room became quiet again.
The spy chief put the box back, returned to the room he was in before, limped to the chair and sat down, and said lightly: "Let Miss Jacqueline act with you, in the barren desert, young Heroes help beautiful ladies who are being bullied."
"Yes, my lord." The five spies nodded.
"Let's do it." The spy chief waved his hand, motioning the spies to leave.
In the empty room, there was a bit of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth.
For these young aristocrats who have just gained their own rights, they are willing to show their strength and pride like the classic plot in the novel. The tune of heroes saving the beauty is simple but effective.
... ...
But in the slums of Stone Pass.
Dirty sewage flowed wantonly on the street, and a light and pungent stench also appeared in the sheds on both sides.
Pedestrians are ragged.
These are the bankrupt paupers who live here, with apathetic and lifeless eyes.
Even if he is alive, he is just lingering on his last breath.
However, just inside the slum area, in a slightly larger house built with wood, more than 40 skinny men were gathering, looking respectfully at the four burly men sitting on chairs in front of them.
If Kant and the others were here, they would recognize these four burly men.
Because Kant met them in the lord's hall during dinner last night and breakfast this morning.
Although he didn't open his mouth to communicate, he could vaguely recognize him based on his face.
These 4 guys,
It is the vassal knight to which Baron Dylan belongs!
Also in the lord's hall, the four knights who looked at Salander's rider with greedy eyes left a deep impression on Kant, who was actually secretly alert, and it was absolutely impossible to forget it in a short time.
Kant was guessing at the time that he might be in trouble.
And now, his guess was indeed correct.
"With this vote, we can get out of this damned rocky pass."
The leading vassal knight spoke with a gloomy face and said, "I know that Viscount Wayne, who is in charge of North County, is very dissatisfied with Baron Dylan. If we join him, we may have a chance to get our own knight collar."
Another person also said: "That's right, Viscount Wayne will definitely confer the village near the Stone Pass to us as a knight fief, unlike the damned Dylan who hasn't mentioned the cavalier fief since he came here for 5 years !"
Speaking of this incident, all four of them were sullen.
After coming to Jianshi Pass for about 5 years, although he was recruited as a subordinate knight, he was not actually conferred a fief.
Not having a fief is tantamount to no real recognition, completely relying on Baron Dylan's men and obeying his various dispatches, just like a wandering knight hired for money.
The status of a knight with a knight collar and a knight without a fief is very different!
The former is the real noble reserve.
And the latter are nothing more than highly skilled mercenaries.
So the four of them have long been dissatisfied with Baron Dylan, and they are no longer willing to continue to stay in this barren rocky pass. They want to go directly to Viscount Wayne's bad luck, and use the reason of the discord between the two to become real knights. Obtain your own knight collar and own your own fief village.
"Now that we have so many people, let's do it!"
Finally, the four vassal knights made up their minds and looked at the 40 skinny men in front of them. Although they all looked famine-looking, as long as they were armed, their momentum was not bad.
Just do what they say, they are not good people.
Before becoming vassal knights, they killed on the battlefield and even robbed caravans for money.
Even when you come to Jianshi Pass, you will occasionally go back to your old business.
Sometimes bandit gangs that mysteriously appear in various places, and then mysteriously disappear after looting, are also related to these vassal knights who are short of money. Even if the lord knows it, he will turn a blind eye.
It's not a caravan that loots its own territory. Caring so much will only leave a reputation of being stingy.
This is also the main reason for the underdevelopment of business in the Lion Principality.
Even on the Reese Niston River, river bandits in disguise can occasionally be found. If Lionheart City hadn't established a river patrol team, it is estimated that the economic lifeline of the Principality of Lions would have been hit.
Banditry is really serious in the Lion Principality.
Of course, Kant didn't know that his whereabouts had been followed by people with ulterior motives.
He is still leading people to buy some things in the market in Hard Rock Pass.
For example, logging axes and agricultural tools are urgently needed materials in the sentry oasis. Take the lead to buy 50 tools and go back. Whether it is logging, farming, or collecting coarse salt, they are very useful.
It's just the mountain trails on both sides of the Jianshi Pass, and two groups of people with different affiliations are heading for the desert without leaving a trace.
They have to prepare in advance.
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