Seeing the greetings from the approaching cavalry, Zhao Xu just responded with a slight snort, and without saying anything else, he drove straight to the house that was filled with flames.
Although an abnormal situation broke out in the entire town at this time, the streets were eerily quiet. One or two windows would often be opened quietly, and then closed immediately after a sneak peek.
It was directly and obviously separated into two worlds.
In other words, the residents of the small town have become accustomed to this kind of "special" treatment.
After a few steps, Zhao Xu immediately approached the auction house that was already surrounded by flames. But something to his surprise, dozens of large wooden boxes were neatly stacked in the open space beside it and were being packed in batches. Prepare to be loaded onto the carriage nearby.
In the field, there were no disgraced people escaping from the fire, only the hurried cavalry, waving the sharp swords with cold light in their hands, driving the peasants to work.
Zhao Xu didn't expect the whole process to be so fast.
Before the auction could even organize an effective counterattack, the entire lair was immediately emptied and packed away.
"I didn't expect these residents to be so afraid of the ghost. It just so happens that it saves us the effort to seal off the surrounding situation." At this time, an older man walked up to Zhao Xu and said.
His appearance was similar to Zhao Xu's "transformed" appearance at the moment, but he was more mature, and he was accompanied by two or three mages behind him.
It goes without saying that the other party is the brother of the young man from Washington, and he is probably the mastermind behind the seizure.
"That's right." Zhao Xu couldn't guess how the two of them got along, but since the strong man could speak first from a distance, he reluctantly judged that it was not too bad. There shouldn't be any bullshit like fighting for inheritance.
"Hmph, that lucky guy just picked up the 'treasure' left behind by the immortal, and made the entire floating city put a taboo on it and not dare to move. In my opinion, it is really pedantic." The strong man said contemptuously.
At this time, the butler following them hurriedly said, "Master, you need to be careful what you say."
As he spoke, the butler looked around and then approached a few people and whispered: "In the hands left behind by the great emperor, even the gods were plotted to pieces. So we can no longer judge that this is a coincidence. Before it was 'fate', Floating City's attitude towards that person was always to stay away from him."
At this time, the other two mages who followed him couldn't help but listen with their ears pricked up when they heard this inside story. It was only on this occasion that they could come into contact with the entire treacherous situation of Mystra and understand how those big shots made their moves.
At this time, Zhao Xu also got a rough idea between these three or two sentences.
"Hmph, I think if we can get that treasure, nothing big will happen. As for that one, who just turned some women who had no hope of revenge and died with hatred into old hags to take revenge, it really reveals a secret from the inside out. It’s so petty.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xu combined it with the legend of the "Old Hag" in Shuanglu Town, and he had a clear understanding.
More than one "old hag" appeared in Shuanglu Town, which was obviously man-made.
He also realized the meaning of the nursery rhyme about the bride in red that he heard.
The old mercenary in the tavern just now said that traditional weddings here do not involve red clothes, unlike the red wedding clothes on Earth.
This implies that the red clothes were actually dyed red with blood. As for the mountains and lakes, they were probably stoned to death and buried at the bottom of the lake.
The second sentence of the nursery rhyme "Following in White Clothes" describes the story of a girl who died and turned into an old hag and came back for revenge. Only then does the third sentence of the nursery rhyme about being dragged away and the fourth sentence of the dream fit together. The old hag's dream invasion ability.
So the tied lamb he saw before coming to Mystra was actually an act of "begging for mercy" from an old hag.
And these old hags who can act arrogantly in Shuanglu Town, and even the entire Shuanglu Town is well aware of their existence, are all created by someone who obtained a "mysterious treasure".
Unfortunately, the floating city still felt troubled by the origin of the "treasure" and did not dare to rashly intervene in the entire Shuanglu Town.
Zhao Xu decided immediately. Looking back, he could only advise the middle-aged woman to stay in Mystrala.
The "old hag" in Shuanglu Town is already in deep water, and a level 6 mage like him cannot intervene.
Just like in a certain Buddhist scripture story, most of the monsters with backstage were given a brief "punishment" and then recruited back to heaven, while those without connections were beaten to death long ago.
There is no doubt that these "old hags" have this kind of background.
At this time, the beams of the house had been burned by the raging flames, and the inside began to make collapsing sounds. Under the action of the flash explosion, flames burst into the sky, constantly lighting up the calm night sky of Shuanglu Town.
The elder brother of the young man in colorful clothes, after admiring the situation and scenery in front of him, suddenly said to Zhao Xu with satisfaction: "Didn't you just say that you were going to the bar to have fun? Let me tell you, Mr. Kyle is one of our My clan uncle, he is also a fifth-ring mage after all, you can’t drive him like other people today.”
Suddenly, because the wheels of a carriage carrying goods were not fastened, one of the wheels came loose when it just started, and instead rolled all the way to the front of everyone.
At the same time, the wheel support was lost, and the already-stressed carriage was immediately crushed. The goods that were originally only roughly packed fell out of it.
At this time, the person in charge of arranging the fleet looked at the middle-aged man nervously, then turned back and cursed: "Why should I tell you that maintenance inspections need to be done before departure?"
Seeing that the driver accompanying the car was unmoved, he became even more angry, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and clean up? Can you bear the responsibility for delaying the adults?"
As for the big shots he was talking about, their minds were not at all on the scattered goods at the moment, and they didn't even pay attention to his hard-working performance.
However, Zhao Xu smiled silently when he looked at the scattered goods.
It's no wonder that the mage family can silence many adventurer forces around them. It's really dark.
Seeing this scene, he already knew that he had no chance to fish in troubled waters.
But at this time, he looked at the fireworks that represented the reshuffle of the forces in Shuanglu Town tonight with a certain sense of sadness, and suddenly said, "Take the mage whose tomb collection was auctioned tonight and disguise him as a former member of the family." Ancestor, is there really no problem?"
For a moment, the expressions of several people who heard his words froze slightly.
After a long time, the middle-aged man looked at Zhao Xu seriously and said, "As the saying goes, if you want to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself. So except for a few people these days, no one knows that we and this The mages whose tomb collections were auctioned actually have nothing to do with each other. Until you went to the tavern just now, you were still very angry, so I think this concealment was successful."
"When this place becomes a scorched earth tomorrow, those who know the 'inside story' of our organization will be unable to refute, and those who are not qualified to know will not be able to participate. After all, there is still a distance between Frost Dew Town and Mystra. This matter was originally It’s just that I didn’t expect you to be able to see through it at the last step.”
"Uncle Kyle may have guessed a bit, but I don't think he will tell you. Your expression is too obvious. And you usually don't pay attention to the glory of your family or the history of heraldry. The only thing is It's possible that it was something that fell from the carriage just now, but I took a glance at it, but I didn't see anything unusual."
"So, dear brother, can you tell me how you figured it out?"
The middle-aged man smiled, but his expression was a bit serious.
After seeing through the disguised effect of "transformation", "spell" is naturally the first priority.
He is also good at the crude "observation of words and expressions" skill, especially Zhao Xu himself who has not invested much in "disguise" skills.
When a man in his prime participates in family affairs, he will never fail to hone his diplomatic skills such as "observation of words", "bluffing" and "negotiation". He will even purchase magic items to strengthen his skills in this area.
At this time, the middle-aged man could not help but look back at the distant tavern, which was somewhat noisy again.
At this time, Zhao Xu looked at the raging fire again.
The adventurers who robbed the mage's tomb did not expect that they could survive the trap in the tomb, but instead fell into trouble in the outside world.
The big chamber of commerce that controlled the auction didn't even think that this would become their catastrophe.
But strictly speaking, it is not an unforeseen disaster.
The mage family would not simply recognize an ancestor for the sake of a tomb collection. That is just a "+6 intelligence turban", not a "+12 intelligence turban" that can make a legend tear off his friendly face. Something to fight for.
The Chamber of Commerce itself has accumulated savings from many years of operation, which is why it is favored by the Master family.
It's like a fruit tree that has been left idle for many years and is harvested with a sickle.
"Friend? Don't you want to answer?" At this time, the mature man's expression changed and he continued.
Because Zhao Xu has removed his changed appearance.
However, Zhao Xu did not answer again.
Because in the corner of his eye, a familiar figure had appeared, just like yesterday.
"Sorry, this gentleman is now being recruited by us in accordance with Order 233, Paragraph 11, Second Sequence, 1043, Winter Era Calendar of the Association."
Antinoya's cold female voice came. The voice was a little lazy, but it directly silenced the entire venue.
(End of chapter)