"Uncle John, won't your conscience be disturbed by doing this?"

Walking on the empty street at night, Pal shrank his head after asking this question, but the expected blow did not come.

well!

John walked slowly, looked up at the starry sky with complicated eyes, and then said something inexplicable in a deep voice: "Younger, what if my conscience is disturbed? I can't stop."

Later, John returned to normal, reached out and slapped Parr on the back of the head, teaching:

"You don't want to imitate me!"

"..."

Parr covered the back of his head and rolled his eyes with a speechless look on his face. John also knew that he was a scumbag! Why don't I learn from you? Am I that kind of person? how is this possible? Don't be a scumbag!

……

John and Pal didn't leave the city immediately. Although John's popularity in Bluestone City at this time, he should be able to go out even if the gate of Bluestone City is closed at night, but he still has things to do.

What's the matter?

Send a letter!

Exactly! Just send a letter!

John took Parr all the way to the Bluestone City Adventurer's Association, pushed the door and walked in and went straight to the counter, ignoring the winks that the female staff member had thrown one after another, and he solemnly took out a few white cards from his arms. Paper.

If Parr is not mistaken, these are the things John sometimes wrote at night during his previous trips.

"It turned out to be writing a letter!"

Next, Parr saw John and the female staff member exchange a few words, and then the two went up to the second floor, and after a while, they walked down again.

"Uncle John, how did you send the letter?" Parr finally couldn't help his curiosity.

"Just send it like that!"

John spread his hands and asked:

"Do you want to send a letter too, little kid?"

"Ok."

Parr nodded. He wanted to send a letter to Father Jack in Haystack Village, telling him that he was fine now.

"Just talk to the staff directly." John pointed to the staff of the Adventurers Association.

"Oh."

Pal ran over, and after some understanding, he finally understood that the Adventurers Association has another business, that is, sending letters. As long as you give the address and recipient, this organization all over the continent can send it to you. For delivery, the charges vary according to the distance, and the minimum cost is one silver coin. The main customers are adventurers or businessmen who travel around.

It takes five silver coins to send from the Bluestone Viscounty to the White Deer Barony, because the Bluestone Viscounty does not have a direct road to the White Deer Barony, and you have to go to other noble territories to make a detour.

"I want to send a letter!"

Parr did not hesitate, chose to send a letter to Father Jack, and after a brief operation, he only had five silver coins left for the two gold coins left.

why?

It's not the pen and paper of the Adventurer's Association asking for money, but Parr put a gold coin in the letter. People who go out will always find a way to tell their family that they have a good time outside, don't worry.

Pal also doesn't have to worry that the gold coins in the letter will be stolen by the Adventurer's Association, because the Adventurer's Association has always had the highest reputation.

……

After sending the letter, John and Par still didn't leave the city, but went into the tavern outside the Adventurer's Association to have a big meal, and then they didn't open the room, they just took a seat and rested, and the others didn't dare to say anything. , who made John strong?

At dawn, Parr opened his eyes on time, and when he was full, he got up and stretched. John, who heard the movement, also opened his eyes and stretched as well.

"I'm hungry……"

At this time, the tavern was no longer lively like last night. There were a few drunken drunks lying on the wooden tables around, and there were also on the ground. Open room to sleep.

"gone."

John and Par packed their things, then stepped over the drunken man lying on the ground and left the tavern. They walked all the way to the south gate of Bluestone City. They rented a simple carriage not far from the gate and went out of the city.

……

Towards the evening, the carriage, which was running smoothly on the road, suddenly stopped.

"Lord Knight? Lord Knight??"

The coachman shouted cautiously towards the carriage.

"Reached?"

The sleepy John shook his head, jumped off the carriage and looked at the surroundings. There was still a road ahead, but he had already entered the deep forest.

"Lord Knight, it's like this..."

The driver who usually makes a living by pulling miners to the lapis lazuli mine is very familiar with the environment here. He pointed to the road into the deep forest and said carefully:

"Not too far ahead is the mine you mentioned. It's just that a group of robbers came there more than half a month ago, so I don't dare to go there any more. Look..."

"Well, I see."

John nodded, then took out five silver coins from his pocket and weighed them, threw two to the driver, then held the other three and said:

"The first two are the fares. If you still want these three in my hand, wait for us to come back here or not far away. If we don't come back at noon tomorrow, just go by yourself."

"This……"

The coachman hesitated for a while looking at the three silver coins in John's hand, then nodded with gritted teeth, and said:

"Row."

"very good."

John threw the silver coins to the coachman, not afraid that the coachman would run away after taking the money, turned around and lifted Parr, who was still sleeping in the carriage, and shook it, and then forced Pardun to the ground.

"Little one, let's go."

"Oh!"

……

The lapis lazuli mines in the Bluestone Viscounty are all open pit mines, which are easy to find and mine, so even if some mines are located in the deep forest, they have all been developed, forming large and small lapis lazuli mines. .

The goal of John and Parr is a small lapis lazuli mine outside the deep forest. It has only been developed for less than two months, so it is not large.

A group of robbers came a few days ago and occupied the mine. According to someone who escaped by chance, the robbers did not kill anyone, but let the miners continue to mine.

"..."

Under the dim sky, they walked from the forest to the edge of the mine. John and Parr found that there were many fires burning in the mine with a large wooden house. Under the light of the fire, the miners were still not counting. In the deep pit, various tools are in hand to mine lapis lazuli.

Fifteen strong men in black shells and sheepskin armor or shirtless were sitting or standing around them. Some people sat beside the fire and ate meat. Some people stood behind the miners with whips and beat them from time to time. Miners, and others are chatting and bragging.

In addition, there were several thick wooden poles erected in front of the cabin, on which hung several dead men who had been stripped clean and scrawny.

"That is……"

As a bronze-level knight, John's eyesight is very good. With the light of the fire, he can see who the dead man is hanging from the thick wooden pole. Isn't that the patrol that Kunna commissioned to solve the problem when he entered the city a few days ago. The team captain and his subordinates?

"how so?"

Pal, who has a dark vision, also recognized the identity of the dead. He was surprised that it was not that they were dead, but that they were still majestic a few days ago. ? Almost unrecognizable.

"There is a problem here, let's go back first."

John pulled Parr back for a distance, then leaned on a tree and touched his chin and lowered his head to think.

Parr was also thinking, but with little experience, he couldn't think of anything at all. He only thought of one thing: "Uncle John, I don't think those people look like robbers!"

"It's really not like that."

John nodded slowly and said:

"If I'm not mistaken, they should be a small adventure group."

"Adventure group?"

Parr was stunned for a while, but he quickly came to his senses. The adventure group, after hearing the name, knew that it was related to the adventurer. Sure enough, he heard John casually explain:

"An adventure group is a team composed of adventurers. There are fixed and temporary ones. According to the number of people, they are divided into: small, medium, large, and super large."

"But, why did a small adventure group appear here?" Par tilted his head and asked.

"That's exactly where I'm suspicious."

John stood up straight, turned to face the direction of the small mine, and said softly while touching his chin:

"The adventure group is a group that pursues interests. They must have their own purpose in occupying this small lapis lazuli mine. This purpose is definitely not to mine lapis lazuli, because it is better to take a task of escorting a caravan to get more money. Woolen cloth!"

After a pause, John's voice changed, and his voice became a little dignified:

"This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the dead patrol members. Why didn't the Qingshi City patrol come to avenge them when they died?"

"Don't the patrol team in Bluestone City know about it?"

Parr put forward a conjecture, and then said:

"Uncle John, why don't we go back and notify the patrol team in Bluestone City?"

It's not Parr, but just now he used his elemental vision to see three people with shimmering lights in the group. What is he meowing? Fighting! Although it is very weak, it is not comparable to John, but there are three bronze-level knights!

Two fists are no match for four hands, let alone twelve apprentice knights who are not easy to mess with at first sight?

"No!"

John shook his head and slowly spoke his thoughts:

"No! It's very wrong~lightnovelpub.net~ I didn't see the team leader on the day when the cultists were purged, which means that he might have come here at that time and brought people here. It's been several times. There is no news, and the patrol team of Qingshi City should also send people to look for it, but did you see the patrol team on the way we came?"

"Not really."

Parr scratched his hair, closed his eyes and thought for a while, but he did not see any patrols along the way.

"Then there is only one possibility."

John stretched out a finger and shook it, and said, "That is, there is a traitor in the patrol team, and the news of this place and the death of the squad leader is concealed, and that person is not low-ranking."

"If that's the case, what should we do now?"

Hearing Pal's question, John grabbed the hilt of the dark-colored one-handed sword, and said with a natural face, "Since we can't go back and notify the patrol, then of course we'll deal with those people ourselves!"

"Can you beat it?"

"Of course, I'm a high-level bronze-level knight!"

John showed a confident expression on his face, raised his feet and walked away, followed by a smiley voice:

"I'm curious, what could have allowed an adventure group with three bronze-level knights to occupy this small lapis lazuli mine. That thing should be very precious, right?"

It turned out that John also saw the strength of the group, but he was not at all cowardly. Those three were just junior bronze knights, and he was confident to win.

"Is that so?"

Parr was stunned for a while, then with a curious expression on his face, he stepped forward to catch up.

"I'm curious too!"

……

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