It was dark.
Most of the blocks in Silvermoon City are quiet, only passers-by returning from the night in a hurry.
Especially near the half-elf palace, heavily armed blood cavalry patrols can be seen everywhere. It has been almost a month since the rebellion, but the atmosphere here is still tense and dignified.
Suddenly, the south gate of the palace opened slowly, and then a thin half-elf walked out quickly.
He looked to be in his sixties or seventies, with gray hair and a solemn face, and he was striding towards Nancheng District under the cold moonlight.
Around him, there were two armored guards escorting him.
As a palace physician, Cliff is generally not allowed to leave the palace. This time, because his grandson outside the palace suddenly fell seriously ill, Cliff made many requests and even alerted Her Majesty Queen Aisha to let him go.
But because of his special occupation, even if he leaves the palace, he can't walk around at will, and he must be accompanied by special guards, which are both protection and surveillance.
Worried about his grandson's illness, Cliff hurried on his steps without any stop along the way.
But when passing by a tavern, the wooden door suddenly opened without warning, and a drunken alcoholic staggered out, yelling nonsense, and was about to bump into Ke who was passing by. riff.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
The accompanying guards hurried forward, trying to block the drunkard who bumped into him.
But just when he touched the drunkard's body, a sharp pain suddenly came from his lower abdomen.
"There are assassins!"
The guard immediately realized that something was wrong, and shouted at the top of his voice.
Hearing this, another guard didn't go to rescue his companion. Instead, he immediately grabbed Cliff's arm and ran away. At the same time, he began to shout loudly, trying to attract the patrolling Blood Cavalry squad.
However, at this moment, a black carriage without a badge happened to pass by here.
The horses pulling the cart seemed to have been startled by the guards' shouts, and suddenly went crazy, pulled down with great force, and the carriage shook as if drunk.
Boom!
During such shaking, a black wooden box fell from the carriage and hit the ground heavily.
Click!
The wooden box fell apart like a watermelon that fell to the ground, and countless fine wood chips and small things that shone with metallic light splashed in all directions.
Jingle!
At this time, the few people present discovered that those little things that shone with metallic light were all copper coins!
Time seemed to be paused, and even the guards escorting Cliff froze for a moment.
After a brief silence, there was an explosion of noise.
I don't know who yelled, and all the drinkers in the tavern rushed out in an instant, and rushed towards the scattered copper coins on the ground like hungry wolves.
And with the passage of time, more and more people came to grab money, as if the whole block was alarmed.
Among the crowded crowd, Cliff drifted with the current like a flat boat in a raging wind and waves, and finally squeezed out. He just breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked back, he saw that the person holding his arm was not the accompanying guard!
"Who are you?"
"Hush! If you dare to speak out, you will die!"
Cliff only felt that the hands of this stranger in black were pinching him like iron clamps, and he was powerless to break free. Moreover, he also keenly sensed that a sharp blade was pressing against his back.
At this time, the blood cavalry squad patrolling nearby also rushed over. After seeing the chaos in front of them, they immediately drew their weapons and began to maintain order.
Cliff was anxious and was thinking about how to get the Blood Cavalry to notice him, but at this moment, the man in black behind him reminded him in a cold tone:
"Don't do stupid things, otherwise, not only you, but also your whole family will die!"
Cliff hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to ask for help from the Blood Cavalry Army who was right in front of him.
And the Blood Cavalry squad didn't notice Cliff in the shadows, their attention was all attracted by the chaos in front of the tavern.
When they finally dispersed the crowd and found the bodies of the two escort guards, Cliff had already disappeared.
In an abandoned warehouse in the south of the city.
The man in black roughly pushed Cliff in.
The old and frail Cliff staggered and rolled on the icy ground.
When he stood up in shock, he saw that seven or eight strangers in black had appeared around him.
"Who are you? Why did you kidnap me? I am a palace physician. If Her Majesty the Queen knows about this, she will never let you go!" Cliff yelled sternly.
But such a threat was obviously not taken seriously by the people in black.
They didn't speak, they just looked at Cliff with cold eyes, as if they were looking at a corpse.
The leading man in black took off his hat, threw it aside, and brought an old chair casually, and sat in front of Cliff casually, with a slight smile on his face, and said:
"Mr. Cliff, we invite you here this time, just to ask a question."
"What's the problem?" Cliff had already realized that something was wrong, and the other party's eyes were like a poisonous snake, burrowing into his heart.
"After the assassination of Marquis Vincent in the East, did you go to check the situation?"
really.
Cliff's face suddenly changed, becoming as pale as a dead fish.
"You guys tricked me into leaving the palace, right? My grandson isn't sick at all, right?"
The leading man in black smiled, took out a small knife from his upper body pocket, played with it casually, and said slowly at the same time:
"Mr. Cliff, have you forgotten your situation? Here, it is not your turn to ask questions. We ask, you answer."
Cliff's face turns blue and white, and his eyes are also erratic, frightened for a while, excited for a while, and finally turned dead gray. He said in a pleading tone:
"Everyone, it's not that I don't want to answer your questions, but that once I answer, I will definitely die!"
The man in black said calmly: "Don't worry, as long as you cooperate well, we will definitely be able to protect you and leave Silvermoon City safely. And we will also give you a large sum of money to allow you to spend the rest of your life comfortably in the East."
"You are from the East!" The fear on Cliff's face became more intense.
The man in black rolled his eyes, and seemed to be a little speechless about Cliff's hindsight, and urged: "Okay, Mr. Cliff, quickly answer my question just now."
Cliff thumped, knelt down, and cried out: "My lord, I really can't answer! You have tried every means to trick me out of the palace and tie me back again. Queen Aisha and Count Angelet must have died. Got the news.
At this time, the gate of Silvermoon City will definitely be blocked, and we will not be able to escape! "
The man in black sighed and said, "It seems that Mr. Cliff is still unwilling to cooperate! If that's the case, then I'm sorry."
After speaking, the man in black stood up.
Following his movements, the two men in black immediately strode forward and firmly restrained Cliff from left to right.
"What are you going to do! You are going to... woo..."
Cliff struggled in horror, but unfortunately he couldn't break free from the shackles of the man in black. At the same time, a rag was stuffed in his mouth, so he could only make a whining sound.
The leading man in black slowly walked in front of Cliff, gently pulled out Cliff's ring finger, and stroked it gently.
But the next second.
With a flash of silver light, the ring finger was chopped off from Cliff's hand.
(end of this chapter)