December 6, late at night.
In Dragon Tooth City, outside a seemingly deserted palace viscount's residence at the foot of Longtai Mountain, a low-key carriage stopped at the door. Four knights in robes were surrounding the carriage, each on guard.
The side door of the carriage was halfway open, and although Gatsby Lanyuan had already left the carriage, his body was still leaning inside.
"Please tell the patriarch that I will deliver the rest of the goods within the next two days." Gatsby in the carriage looked directly at the bright eyes of the lady in the soft seat, who had already gained a lot of weight. His right hand was slowly touching the depths of her thigh, "The goods at Galloping Horse Academy have been in short supply recently, and the prices on the black market have increased by several percent."
"Of course, your work has always put the family at ease," the girl slowly pushed Gatsby's hand away with one hand, while the other hand hooked his cheek, bringing her red lips closer and closer.
"As long as you do this well, believe me, you will become a real viscount!"
"Son..." Gatsby was stunned, "Yes! Madam! Please don't worry!"
The carriage slowly drove away, and Gatsby sighed after watching it disappear into the night.
"Women from big aristocratic families are just different, they are really fascinating."
The mansion looks like an old wall, but it has several defensive circles. As long as an ordinary assassin touches the upper part of the wall, he will be pierced by a rock thorn. Even the leaky door has a hidden magic circle. Formation, as long as someone dares to break through, a nearby team of knights will receive a notification.
Gatsby opened the door of his house, took out Ye Qicheng's latest Hundred Flowers wine from a string of space rings, and while drinking, he entered the room tremblingly.
From the outside, the Viscount's building is full of signs of decay. Although all the windows are intact, there is no light inside. Vines have climbed all over the outer walls, and weeds have grown on the roof.
However, the small building with a dull appearance is a different scene after entering. In the 5-meter-diameter circular foyer at the entrance, there is a 2-meter-high moonglow potted plant in the center. The mottled leaves emit a white light and faint light. The magic made Gatsby feel relaxed and happy.
In the faint light, the marble paved on the ground could be barely seen.
"Where's the person? Finney? Rissie?..." When he found that his concubine did not come to greet him, Gatsby had a hint of displeasure on his face. He shouted six women's names, but received no response.
"These damn ladies, not even noble ladies, are so ignorant of the rules!" Gatsby muttered and found a magic circle on the wall. The crystal lamps on the dome of the foyer immediately illuminated the entire room.
"ah!"
At this time, he discovered that behind the potted plant, there was a big white wolf lying down. His seven concubines and 12 young maids were all kneeling behind the wolf, trembling and afraid to speak.
"You... do you know who I am? If I just call someone..." Gatsby was about to encourage himself when he heard someone calling his name from behind.
"Master Gatsby Lanyuan, you made it easy for me to find him."
"Are you...the Earl of the Fang...?" Gatsby turned around and finally saw the speaker clearly. It was one of Lant's most respected knights, who had obtained the Earl of the Palace's Fang Dante.
"I didn't expect you to recognize me." He said with a sly smile, which made Gatsby feel hairy all over. "The outside of your residence is too low-key. A junior moonbegonia like this doesn't cost 2,000 gold coins." Aren’t you going to come down?”
"Earl, I have always admired you very much. This tree is only temporarily stored here. I was originally planning to give it to you!" Gatsby said quickly.
"You are really good at joking. The entire Black Market of Longya City knows that Gatsby Lanyuan is the major shareholder of the market. Your business network even spreads all over major cities. How can I, a knight who works with animals all day long, deserve your attention?" I admire you." Hound Tooth did not wait for Gatsby to say more, but said, "Mr. Gatsby, His Highness the Duke is looking for you, please follow me to see him!"
"Duke..."
In the Galloping Royal Palace in Dragon Tooth City, Gatsby finally met Lant, his nominal lord. After that meeting more than half a year ago, he had no contact with him again. He just let Dugan and Till Ni occasionally gave him some requests, and the number of times he saw Lantern was not even as many as the number of times he met the Kingdom's Prime Minister Richelieu Lanyu.
As an important sales channel in the territory, Gatsby's profits in the past six months have exceeded 20,000 gold coins. Even for the legendary family, it is a considerable sum. However, now Gatsby dare not look directly at the rand. , he could only kneel down on one knee as soon as he saw him.
"Get up, you have done a good job during this period. Whether it is maintaining order in the underground black market or bringing in huge profits, you have done a good job."
Lant sat behind the desk, flipping through a thin bill.
"Your Highness, as your subject, I am absolutely loyal to you!" Gatsby neither dared to stand up nor raise his head.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with the record you gave me. There are just a few things I want to know about." Lant raised his eyes and looked at him. "Since September, you have been shipping weapons from Yeqi City. And armor, enough to equip 80 people, although they were dismantled into parts and even sold to more than a dozen people, there were actually only 2 or 3 chambers of commerce behind the buyers."
"Sir, Galloping Horse Plains sells iron armor to the kingdom every year..."
"Yes, but what you sell includes full-body magic pattern armor, linings, magic pattern swords, shields, and throwing axes. I heard that you still want to send a batch of war horses to Dragon Tooth City in the past two days?" Lant's face became darker and darker. It's getting worse. "Did you know? If someone is caught smuggling such a large amount of standard equipment, it is possible that you will lose your life and I will lose the Duke."
"Duke..." Gatsby sweatdropped from his head. As a businessman abandoned by his family and his lord, his only chance to rise was to take charge of the black market business for big shots.
At this time, no matter how much he cherished his life, he would not dare to betray those behind him.
Seeing that Gatsby had no intention of confessing, Lant said leisurely: "It seems that you don't want to tell me, but it doesn't matter. I will know who you sold to soon. I just hope that by that time, you And a chance to speak for yourself.”
Lant waved his hand, and Gatsby got up and was about to leave, but hesitated again.
"What? Is there anything else?"
"Your Highness, I heard...I heard..."
"I'm very pressed for time, so I'll tell you what I hear as soon as possible."
Gatsby opened and shut his mouth several times before finally making up his mind to speak: "Are there some Kirislav demons in the prison in Yeqi City?"
"Oh?" Lant finally raised his eyes and looked at Gatsby, "Are you interested?"
(End of chapter)
