When the first ray of sunlight shone on Graycastle in the morning, the fire in Colin's bedroom had already been extinguished.
Fortunately, most of the construction materials of Graycastle are non-combustible rocks, otherwise the fire probably wouldn't just burn this one room.
In the messy room, the butler Aimon stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the scorched corpse in front of him in a daze.
boom boom boom...
Amid the heavy footsteps, a tall figure appeared in the room.
"Aemon, I have had people seal off the castle, and at the same time all the entrances and exits of Graycastle Town have been strengthened. Huh, I don't believe that the murderer can escape this time!"
The person who came was three meters tall and as strong as a black bear.
His whole body was wrapped in heavy armor, but he didn't wear a helmet, revealing a big round bald head, coupled with a full face, a ferocious expression, and a huge battle ax with mottled blood in his hand, it was enough to blow Graycastle to the ground. All the children in the town cried in fright.
"Thank you, Knight Rhaego." Aemon didn't turn his head, his eyes were still fixed on the charred corpse, but the focus was a little loose, as if he was thinking about something.
Seeing this, Lei Ge thought that the old housekeeper was sad for the young master's death, so he sighed and said, "Hey, let's tidy up the young master's body and bury it after the old master comes back."
Aemon didn't respond.
Rego touched his big bald head, thinking that the old butler was blaming himself, so he took a few steps closer to Aemon, and whispered, "Aemon, I didn't see Knight Carter today, I suspect..."
Hearing Carter's name, Aemon's slack eyes froze instantly, and then he turned to the servants who were still tidying up the mess in the house and said, "There's no need to clean up here, you guys go down."
"yes."
After the servants left, Aemon slightly looked up at the tall Rego, and asked, "I remember, three years ago, you competed with Carter once in the Knights Tournament held by Earl Uman?"
Rego was a little puzzled. He didn't understand why Aemon suddenly mentioned the previous Knights Championship, but he still replied: "Was that three years ago? It seems to be. Hehe, I beat him up badly that time!"
Aemon smiled: "Yes, he was shot off the horse by you, broke his arm, and lost two teeth."
"Hey." Mentioning his glorious record, Lei Ge was a little embarrassed, but at the same time, he was also very puzzled, "Why are you talking about this now?"
Aemon didn't answer, but continued to ask: "Do you still remember that the two teeth that Carter lost were on the left or the right?"
"How would I know this!" Rhaego was a little anxious, and Aemon's reaction made him very puzzled and dissatisfied.
Aemon didn't care about Rhaego's attitude, but showed a mysterious smile, and pointed to the charred corpse on the ground: "If you don't remember clearly, you can go and see for yourself now."
Lei Ge frowned, and stared at Aimon with his copper-bell-sized eyes for a long while. Seeing that he didn't look like he was joking, he finally squatted down and reached out to open the corpse's mouth.
"Crack!"
Aemon watched the thick-handed and thick-footed Leigo snap off the corpse's jaw, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Rego was also taken aback, and frantically tried to put the dropped jaw back on...
"Okay, stop messing with it, and take a closer look at his teeth." Aemon looked at the clumsy Rego, really speechless.
"Oh, well... Hey! There are really two gaps in his lower left gum!" Rego turned his head with glowing eyes, and asked eagerly, "Did Carter lose the left tooth?"
Obviously, this reckless man also realized that something was wrong with this corpse.
Unfortunately, Aemon shook his head: "I don't know which two teeth Carter lost."
Lei Ge frowned, and just as he was about to speak, Aemon said slowly, "However, I know that Master Colin has never lost his teeth."
"That's right!" Lei Ge suddenly stood up and shouted excitedly.
But then, he seemed to realize that his voice was too loud, and quickly lowered the volume: "So, this corpse is not Master Colin at all, but that bastard Carter!"
"No." Aemon smiled and shook his head, "The young master has been killed by Carter. Now you must lead someone to capture this evil traitor."
"What?" Rego's eyes widened again, "Are you stupid?"
Aemon sighed and explained patiently: "Think about it, why did the young master set this fire? Why did you leave without saying goodbye?"
Lei Ge touched his big round bald head, and seemed to understand: "You mean, the young master intentionally burned this corpse to make others think he was dead?"
"Yes."
"Why do you want to do this, master?"
"Maybe they want to see who is behind Carter? What's the purpose? Or maybe they want to hide themselves... In short, since the young master has his own plans, what we can do is to cooperate with him and make this game better." go down."
"Okay, I understand." Rego walked out sullenly, "I'm going to order the arrest of that bastard Carter."
Aemon watched Rego's tall back disappearing outside the door, and silently added in his heart: "It may also be that the young master no longer dares to trust us..."
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"Why don't I trust you?" Colin smiled and said to the old mercenary in front of him, "What I mean is, I will pay you half of the commission first, and the remaining half will wait for you to introduce me to a mercenary who will go to the fall." I will give it to you after the caravan in Eagle City."
"Then what if you refuse to pay the rest after I introduce you to the caravan?" The old mercenary was obviously not satisfied with this method of paying the deposit first and then the final payment.
"Do you think I'm someone short of that little money?" Colin took out a gold coin and tossed it up and down in his hand.
The old mercenary stared straight at him for a moment, and his gaze closely followed the gold coin as it moved up and down.
There is no way, for the lower class of society like him, copper coins are the currency used in daily life, silver coins are even rare, and as for gold coins, they are something only nobles and big businessmen have.
"Then I want thirty copper coins!" The old mercenary realized that it was a fat sheep in front of him, and immediately raised the price.
"Twenty. If there are more, I will find someone else."
"Deal!" The old mercenary happily caught the ten copper coins thrown by Colin and began to lead the way.
After a while, the two came to the west area of Graycastle Town and walked into an old tavern.
"The Bearded Tavern."
After entering the door, Colin found that the name of this tavern was indeed worthy of its name. Almost all the drinkers in it had beards at first glance.
The old mercenary was obviously very familiar with this place, and while greeting everyone, he led Colin inside.
The two came to a long table in the corner of the tavern. The old mercenary bowed his waist and whispered for a moment in the ear of a bearded man sitting on the main seat.
The bearded man looked at Colin a few times in the direction of the old mercenary's fingers, then waved his hand, beckoning Colin to come over.
"This is the leader of the Firefox mercenary group—Master Saru. Master Saru is a second-tier fighter, and he just happened to be going to Eagle Falling City. You will be safe if you follow their team!" The old mercenary told Colin first. Introduced a little beard.
Then he turned to the bearded man again, with an obviously more attentive attitude: "Lord Saru, this is my nephew. Don't think he is not strong, but his martial arts skills are quite good..."
"Is he your nephew?" Saru sneered, interrupting the old mercenary's words.
"Yes... yes!" The old mercenary choked slightly, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
Then he quickly explained: "Don't think he doesn't look like me, the main reason is that this kid's appearance is similar to that of my brother-in-law, and after all these years, I've been running around outside, this old face has long been out of shape, You know, when I was young, I was also handsome and unrestrained, with extraordinary temperament... "
Saru sneered, and interrupted the old mercenary again: "Your nephew is a knight?"
Hearing the word knight, the old mercenary seemed to be strangled by someone suddenly, and his bragging words immediately choked in his throat.
Colin's pupils shrank instantly.
(end of this chapter)