It is only a day's journey from the White Water River Pier in New Cecil to Tanzanian Town.
In the last section of the journey, Gao Wen and his party bypassed the main road and arrived near the stone bridge in front of Tanzanian Town under the cover of trees. Then they lurked on the south side of the stone bridge and watched. Tanzania Gate across the bridge.
"Have you noticed? The town seems to be under martial law," Pitman muttered in a low voice while looking at the gate from a distance, "There are no pedestrians on the bridge, and the number of soldiers at the gate is abnormal. The town There are many boats beside the dock, and they all seem to be detained there."
The shadows under the nearby bushes twisted, and Amber's figure emerged from the shadows: "I was there just now. After looking on the road for a long time, I didn't see any caravans or travelers passing by. The martial law in the town should have lasted for at least two days..."
"It seems that just after Golden Eyed Peagle's ship left here, Access to the town is restricted," Gawain analyzed. "It is planned that Byron will stay in Tanzan Town and continue to recruit serfs. His actions are conspicuous, and it will be difficult to escape after martial law. No wonder no news came back."
Amber Crow mouthed: "Is there something wrong?"
Gawain shook his head: "Look at the situation of the gate, the town only restricts access, the order inside is still normal, Byron is He is a mercenary and is very cunning, so he will not stumble in this environment."
"Ahem, the question is how do we get in," Pitman coughed twice, "Tanzan Town is surrounded by rivers on both sides. It's a mountain, and the entrance is only a stone bridge and a gate in front of the town, all under the eyes of the soldiers - do you want to go in so arrogantly?"
A straightforward person like Knight Philip couldn't help but shake his head: " The situation in the town is unclear now. If the cultists have taken control of Viscount Andrew, our appearance will definitely arouse the vigilance of those criminals."
It turns out that this young knight is just old-fashioned and upright. Not stupid...
Gao Wen narrowed his eyes slightly, and a high-definition satellite image immediately took shape in his mind.
"There is a road in Tanzanite Mine, which can go around from the east side of the town to the back of the town, and can be directly close to the castle area." Gawain opened his eyes, "But crossing the river is still a problem. This bridge Who is it?"
Gawain suddenly felt a weak and sneaky breath swaying nearby, and immediately turned his head in that direction and asked, and after he spoke, Amber followed. Without realizing it, he noticed the "incongruous shadows" from the shadow fluctuations around him, and immediately pulled out two daggers and twirled them in front of him: "Come out! We have discovered you!"
Dense Forest It was deathly quiet, but after a moment, the bushes under a certain tree suddenly shook twice, and then a dirty and messy little head emerged from behind the bushes. It was a little boy with a withered yellow head. He has messy hair that seems to have not been trimmed for several years, and wears shorts and shorts sewn with burlap that are full of patches and holes. This is a typical poor man.Years of malnutrition have made him thin and sallow, and his development is delayed, but he only has a pair of eyes, a pair of bright eyes on his face, with a kind of agility and light that is not found in adults of his class.
But his big eyes were filled with a faint mist at the moment, filled with panic. He stood up from the bushes blankly, his body trembling slightly, and he even seemed to have forgotten to escape.
"Is it a child?" Knight Philip frowned, never expecting that the person "lurking" and sneaking around in the jungle would be such a child who looked to be in his early ten years - and there were also... There was no fluctuation in strength. The precept of supporting the weak in the knight's code made his expression slow down slightly. However, the knight's martial arts training prevented him from taking his hand directly away from the hilt of the sword. "Don't be afraid - slow down." Come here slowly."
The child suddenly screamed "Ah" in fear, then turned around and ran away.
"You are carrying such a big sword, and you will be the only one who doesn't run away!" Amber glanced at Phillip as if he were a fool, and then the figure flashed and melted into the shadows. A moment later , a short exclamation came from the direction of the child's escape, and then the shadow of the tree in front of Gawain began to squirm, and Amber emerged from the shadow again holding the child's collar - the ghost-level shadow talent is good, This guy just seems to follow him wherever he goes.
The child was easily captured by Amber, and he probably also experienced a brief journey to the Shadow Realm, which made him completely frightened and stunned him, and he really forgot to escape, but he As a result, Gawain's fear increased so much that Gawain felt that he might be scared to cry in the next second - but the child just tensed up his face, pursed his lips, and finally did not cry out, but was very scared. Look at the stranger in front of you.
"Don't be afraid," Amber quickly took advantage of this moment to comfort the child, "We are not good people..."
Gawain immediately glared at this shameful person.
"Oh no, we are not bad people," Amber quickly corrected her words, and then explained to Gawain apologetically, "The previous occupational diseases have not been corrected..."
"We won't "Hurt you," Knight Philip put his hand on the little boy's head, "Look, I am a knight and I will protect you."
The little boy was frightened at first, but when he heard. After Phillip's words, he calmed down slightly and nodded in understanding.
Gowen took this moment to speak: "Are you a child from a nearby family? Why are you wandering in the woods?"
The little boy was troubled by Gowen, who was two meters tall and had Chinese characters. The big man with a big face was startled and backed away.
"You don't have to be afraid, he is my lord," Knight Philip said quickly, "He is a good, upright and kind man."
At this time, Amber saw the little boy from beginning to end. Without saying anything, he couldn't help but murmured: "Isn't he mute?"
Gowen was about to say that there is no basis for it, so don't be blind, butSeeing Pitman frowning next to him, the old druid stepped forward and pinched the little boy's chin, opened his mouth and took a closer look.
"His tongue was cut out," the old druid let go and said after a moment of silence, "and it has been cut off for at least two years."
Gawain What he wanted to say was suddenly choked in his chest. He didn't know how the expression on his face changed at that moment. He only knew that Amber shrank his head suddenly when he looked at him, and then he suppressed his anger: "Such a small child Children, what kind of crime does one have to have their tongue cut off?”
Even the barbaric and backward medieval laws will not cut off the tongue of a child under the age of fourteen - not even the blood, which is famous for its harshness. The Church of God believes that children of this age are “incapable of verbal sin”!
Pittman shook his head: "The tongue cutting technique is skillful, and there are traces of magic treatment. It is not a crime punished, but a mute servant, most likely a slave of a big businessman-those big businessmen often do this Why, they use mute boy servants as personal servants, because they can neither speak nor write, and will never reveal their master's secrets unless they meet someone who knows the magic of the soul."
Gawain: "..."
He didn't know what he should say at this moment, but before he spoke, the little mute whose tongue had been cut off made a move first - he suddenly stared at Knight Philip's breastplate, then grabbed the young knight's arm, pointed to a certain place on the breastplate, and shouted "Ahhh".
Philip was at a loss for a moment. This young and promising knight had no experience in dealing with children. He opened his hands to show that he did not understand what the other party meant, but Gawain noticed that. The child pointed at something: "Have you seen this emblem?"
"Ah...ah!" The little mute nodded repeatedly and pointed harder at the things on Philip's breastplate.
That is the emblem of the Cecil family.
Gawain's heart moved, and he connected certain things instantly, and immediately asked: "Where did you see it?!"
The little mute gestured randomly, mouthing He was making indistinct sounds, but was completely unable to communicate with others, which made him extremely anxious. In the end, the child simply jumped onto a nearby rock, stood on a high place, pointed in a certain direction, and gestured desperately.
Then he jumped down, grabbed Gawain's hand, and shook it vigorously.
Gawain: "You know where it is, let us follow you?"
The little mute nodded vigorously, with a pleading look on his face.
Gawain exchanged glances with the people around him and decided to follow the child without much thought.
Of course he thought a lot, such as whether this was a trap set by cultists, and whether the child in front of him had been instigated and coerced into doing this. After all, those cultists were mentally ill. You can do anything, but no matter what - it's a little dangerousIt must be faced, especially in the current situation where there is no other option, following up with the child to see the specific situation is the only option.
They quickly left the main entrance of Tanzanian Town, followed the little boy into the woods, and turned back south for a short distance along the direction of the Baishui River. As they walked, Gawain suddenly Realizing where this child was taking him -
On this road, there is only one place that can be called a "landmark", and that is the "Golin Mill" located southwest of Tanzania Town. "It is an old water conservancy mill, next to the Whitewater River. It once belonged to the Leslie family's property, but it is now in disrepair and has been abandoned. There are many unemployed vagrants living near the mill - but now the atmosphere of the town is... So nervous, the sloppy thieves nearby may have stayed far away.
Sure enough, not long after walking along the path in the woods, they heard the sound of the river water lapping against the river bank. As they walked towards the outside of the forest, a water conservancy mill in the traditional Ansu style appeared. In front of several people.
"Ah--ah!" The little mute raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the mill, and then pointed to the emblem on Philip's chest, indicating that the person wearing this emblem was in the mill.
A group of four people observed the surrounding terrain, then each of them increased their vigilance and walked towards the mill.
They had just walked halfway when they heard the angry voice of Knight Byron coming from the mill: "You are back again! You are back again! How many times have I said it! Get out of here, Go south, follow the river to find the Cecil family, and seek protection from them! Or throw me out into the open space and burn me on fire! In short, don't be with me! Mute or deaf? ”