Isengard is one of the important towns in Middle-earth, with a very strategic location, and it is the accompanying capital of Rohan. In the country, there are municipalities directly under the central government such as Tianjin and Shanghai in China.
As early as twenty years ago, King Theoden of Rohan gave it to his best friend: Saruman the White Robe, who has always disguised it well, until he will always be jealous Only when Gandalf was imprisoned did he reveal his true colors—this should have happened more than half a year later.
After Saruman obtained Isengard, he found the crystal ball of truth in Orthanc Tower. Because of his obsession with it, the long-term use made Sauron's will gradually corrupt him and change him.
At the same time, due to his fanatical research interest in the knowledge of the Lord of the Rings, he also fell into the quagmire of expanding desire for power while delving into the power of darkness. The reason why he allied with Sauron was not because he was enslaved like the Ringwraiths, but because of his great ambition!
Saruman's real purpose, no doubt, is to get the Lord of the Rings and take Sauron to rule the world instead.
Sheyan, who lost the chance to complete the main mission, came to Isengard for a very simple purpose, to find Saruman!
At this time, Saruman has not revealed his identity, so in the eyes of others, he is still the noble chairman of the Holy White Council, the holy white-robed mage. At the same time, it must be admitted that Essinger was still very prosperous under Saruman's governance, and the people under his rule lived a prosperous and happy life.
This means that it is not too difficult for Sheyan to meet him. Secondly, Saruman should not expose his identity by tearing his face at this moment—or Sheyan is not worth letting him tear his face at all—that means Sheyan is not in great danger.
As for the risks brought by the previous conflicts, Sheyan also considered it, but the only person he had met with was Lutz the Orc. Sheyan didn't believe that Saruman would be so bold as to treat a guy like Lutz who didn't look like a human at first glance. Take it with you. Then I'm afraid he would have been ruined long ago.
The gems that were spent on traveling from Eriador to Isinger just now are really valuable. It is estimated that at least tens of thousands of platinum coins worth of gems were burned. The official registered their names and origins politely. When they learned that they were merchants who bought and sold gems in the dwarf territory, they collected a sum of money that was not too much, and they were approved to go down the mountain and enter It's Essinger.
If you look down on Essinger from above, it feels mysterious, huge, and vicissitudes, but after approaching this city, although there are still a large number of historical sites and ancient strange characters that can be seen everywhere to remind tourists of the ancient and remote here, the bustling streets and lively The citizens here have added an indescribable vitality here.
The knights patrolling the streets all have serious faces, and they walk slowly on the horses. The knights are tall and strong, of course, needless to say, more importantly, the horses under their crotch look quite thick and strong, walking When walking, the white air sprayed from the nostrils was about one meter long. When walking, the strong blocky muscles wriggled gracefully under the skin, showing powerful explosive power.
It can be seen that these patrolling knights have a good relationship with the merchants on the street, and they greet each other from time to time. Many merchants even feed the horses with food. What is eye-opening is that the giant horses under the knights are almost What to feed and what to eat, eggs, bread, cereal, hay, bacon...
Sister Wuge has been staying in Rivendell and never came out. She has just experienced the gentle, soft and enthusiastic Shire, and witnessed the cruel and cruel Eriador. Singer couldn't help being very surprised.
Feeling the orderly operation of this city, and watching Isinger's vigorous vitality and order, Sheyan nodded after thinking for a while, and did not do anything else, but asked someone directly, and went straight to the biggest place here. jewelry store.
…
"Well, the total number of strangers who came to Essinger today is about 4,000. Sixty-seven strangers arrived through the teleportation array. Among the sixty-seven people, there are three people who need to pay close attention to monitoring. Tomorrow, six people will be dispatched. Group people to monitor."
"Wait, why are there only three people? I remember that there was a group of people who were quite suspicious. There were four of them in total. Two of them seemed to be warriors who had experienced many battles, and one of them should be a mage. The last one The girl looks ordinary, but there is a powerful natural force in the longbow on her back, and it may be a treasure of an elf."
"This group of people has investigated and confirmed that the reason they wrote down to enter Essinger was to sell gems. In fact, this is indeed the case. After they entered the city, they visited six gem shops and magic item shops successively. Gemstones are truly rare gems.”
"This doesn't clear up their doubts. I suspect that the source of their gemstones was snatched from Eriador, and the riots there have not subsided."
"I know, but a gemstone brought out by this group of people has attracted the attention of Lord Ganshedor. It is said that it is a stone with a strange soul. Since the chief wizard of Lord Saruman is paying attention to them, There is no need for us to waste our limited manpower on them."
"You are right, my lord."
Lord Gonshador mentioned in the mouths of these spies was coming to Orthanc Tower at this time, bowing respectfully and standing outside the magic laboratory. moved. Because he knew that if he wanted to stay longer in front of Lord Saruman, he had to learn to forget what he shouldn't see or hear.
Ganshedor was not the most powerful of Saruman's subordinates, but he was the most cautious and the most stern-mouthed one, which was the reason why he was able to sit in this position for a long time.
Ganshedol waited for half an hour, but his respectful expression remained the same, even the extent of his bending remained the same. After a while, the door of the laboratory opened, and a silent waiter stood in front of him:
"My lord will have afternoon tea in ten minutes. You can have a minute to communicate with the great Saruman."
Gang Shedor nodded, straightened his waist and walked into a room next to him.
After he opened the door of the room, what appeared in front of him was a corridor. The smooth marble pillars on both sides of the corridor guarded the two sides like soldiers, and purple ivy climbed everywhere, cleverly forming a garden. The sun, the leaf shadow cast on the ground was dyed a crimson blood by the sunlight.
From time to time, there are servants passing through the corridor, many of them are orcs, all of them are tall, with dark brown skin, they don't have that bad smell anymore, but tie their hair with animal skin buttons When he got up, there were some pale bone ornaments dotted on it, and his expression was numb and dull.
At the end of the corridor is another door engraved with praises to the gods and angels. After opening this door, you will come to Saruman's reception room. This is a comfortable space. The shiny bearskin, if you step on it, you will feel like you are in the warm grass.
The air is filled with the scent of pepper, cinnamon, licorice, and dusk fruit-these can effectively help the mind and strength of mages to recover. The stained glass inlaid around the living room depicts the rise of Rohan, and the four walls A gentle glow emanates from the angel wall lamp.
This is the miraculous magic tower arranged by Saruman, in which one can enjoy the emperor-like enjoyment.
Gang Shedor knelt down on the bear skin on the ground, not daring to look around with his eyes, and remained humble all the time. After a few minutes, an unusually tall mage with white beard and flying hair strode away. When he got up, he was wearing a spotless white robe, his eyes were as deep as a falcon, and he sat on the luxurious sofa in the middle, took the mahogany pipe next to him, lit a pipe full of tobacco for himself, and then deeply Taking a deep breath into the sweet breath, he said after a while:
"Tell me why you're here."
Gangshedor simply took out an exquisite money bag, and there was the sound of metal clanging in it, and then he lay down on the ground and said:
"There are three thousand platinum coins in this purse, my lord. This is what a fellow who calls himself a jeweler paid me for two things."
"Hmm." Saruman exhaled a puff of green smoke, closed his eyes and said, "I admire your loyalty and frankness, but I'm tired of the topic this time, so I want to shorten the time of this meeting to a minute."
Gonshadol took out another bag:
"This is the first thing that man asked me to bring to my lord. He said that the gemstones contained here come from another world—yes, it is the world, not the country. I confirmed this very clearly."
Saruman waved his hand, and the bag fell off, revealing an egg-sized, palpitatingly black transparent crystal, slowly spinning in front of his eyes.
"It's interesting, I heard a fragile soul crying in this crystal, it really isn't a product of Middle-earth, but the soul in this soul crystal is too weak, I have no interest at all— You have fifteen seconds."
Gang Shedor nodded and said:
"The man said, if your lord is not interested in the first box, then please let me give you this box, and no matter what your lord's reaction is, the platinum coin in that pocket will be mine."
"Where's the box?"
Saruman said impatiently: