Plante did not keep Nok and others waiting for long.
So he invited Mrs. Freya out.
Accompanying them were Charlotte and a man and a woman.
Judging from their appearance and temperament, they should be the general and his wife.
"Bless the Holy Lord, Ryan and everyone, you are all fine!"
Freya was "excited" and rushed to the door holding her skirt, but did not leave the general's mansion.
This scene made Nok secretly remember it in his heart.
What happened that actually made Freya unwilling to leave the gate of the General's Mansion while acting.
The man who came out next to him was about forty years old. He was dressed in aristocratic clothes and looked very homely.
But the majestic aura on his body made it easy for people to guess that he was a soldier.
However, Nok did not make a blind guess. After all, it would be rude to guess the wrong person's identity.
"Since we have confirmed that he is one of our own, why not go to the mansion first. I believe you all have worked hard along the way. We have prepared meals and rooms at the mansion, and my servants will take you to settle in later.
As for the carriage, it can be left to the care of the servants in the mansion. "
As soon as the man spoke, he revealed his master's identity.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce you. This is the general of the fortress and the lord of the fortress city, Count Rochefort, the second-class general of the kingdom.
General, this is Father Ryan and his guardian knight, Lord Gareth, who I mentioned, who can solve the fortress problem. "
When Count Rochefort heard that Knock was the person who could solve the fortress problem, he became very enthusiastic.
"Welcome, welcome. Father Ryan, I looked for the stars and the moon, and finally you are here. Please come in quickly!"
With that said, he was about to step forward to Lanoke, with a great posture of holding hands and talking happily.
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty General, I am still suspected of being a traitor. Therefore, it is better for me to stay outside until my grievances are cleared."
Nok calmly withdrew his hand to avoid the general's hand, and then turned his attention to Freya.
"Mrs. Freya, your bodyguard Jack just ordered Chief Plant to capture us as traitors. Fortunately, Chief Plant had doubts about Jack's words, so he invited you and the general. come out.
Now, I ask Madam to do justice. On behalf of the group behind me, I want an explanation from Madam.
We worked hard to marry my wife, took risks and defeated the monsters that attacked the camp, and even saved three carts of tribute saplings.
Traveling all the way through mountains and rivers, we arrived at this canyon fortress covered in dust.
As a result, he was labeled a traitor without even seeing his wife in person.
Please tell me, is this your intention, madam, or is it Jack's own intention?
If this is what Madam means, please tell us which of our actions betrayed Madam.
So that we can confess our sins with sincerity and obey the law! "
Nok's stern words were neither humble nor arrogant.
But people around him could hear a sense of sadness and indignation in his tone: "When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked."
For a moment, Freya and Rochefort were stunned.
Afterwards, their faces were as black as ink.
Originally Rochefort was still dissatisfied with Knock actually avoiding him to express his closeness.
Now after listening to Nok's words, I realized how dissatisfied he was.
No wonder you dare to sneer at him.
But now Rochefort has a request from Nok and does not dare to fall out with Nok.
Nok also noticed this and took the opportunity to attack.
After all, this Jack is different from Jon and others.
Jon and others were dissatisfied with Nok, at least they only made small moves on the surface.
In times of crisis, Jon was able to stand up.
For this kind of person, Nok would not turn an enemy into a friend, but as long as the other party no longer provokes him, he can still become a superficial friend.
But Jack is a daring guy who does evil in secret.
If you don't beat him to death with a stick, why don't you keep it to cause trouble for yourself!
What's more, it was such a treasonous thing for him to fake an order. To put it more seriously, he faked a military order and ordered the garrison of the fortress to act as his executioner.
On a more minor note, he also disobeyed his master's orders and framed his colleagues.
For such a person, the lightest punishment is to be expelled.
Whether he is dealt with by military law or expelled after being punished by Freya, this is what Nok is happy to see.
Naturally, Nok would not let go of the opportunity for Jack, an idiot, to come to his door.
"Jack! What Mr. Ryan said is true!"
Freya was angry, not to mention that she went south on this trip just because of Nok Lane.
Let's just say that Nook Lane and his team saved three trucks of goods for her, and their conscientious behavior is worthy of commendation.
The people around him took the opportunity to frame the hero!
Even an unscrupulous person like Freya thinks it's too much.
The superior wants to convince the inferior.
There must be clear distinction between rewards and punishments.
This Jack is clearly destroying her credibility!
Facing the angry Freya, Jack was afraid in his heart, but he argued unconvincedly.
"No! Madam, they teamed up to frame me. I have never done what they said!"
Freya, Rochefort, and even Rochefort's wife all looked at Jack like he was an idiot.
"Are you unjust? Do you think that in full public view, everyone dares to join forces to deceive the general and his wife?"
Freya pointed at the surrounding soldiers and the guards at the General's Mansion.
"Ryan and the others have just arrived, what can you do to bribe them! Or are you so unpopular that a group of people risked military action and teamed up to frame you!
who do you think You Are! "
Freya was very angry.
You are not afraid of your subordinates being insidious, but you are afraid of your subordinates being stupid.
Not to mention the blatant frame-up, and after it was exposed, he still refused to admit his guilt.
Who does he think she is, Freya! Who does he think Rochefort is? Who does he think he is Jack!
"You, tell me exactly what you saw and say it out loud. Let me, the general, hear how this Mr. Jack was wrongly accused!"
Rochefort was also furious and directly ordered a guard guarding the door to testify.
"Yes! General!"
The guard took a few steps forward, came to the middle of the crowd, and then began to tell loudly what he had seen.
From the time when Nock and his party arrived at the General's Mansion, to when Jack came out to greet Jon and embraced him warmly, to when Jack framed Nock and his party as traitors, and finally until Plant entered the house again to invite Mrs. Freya and the General and his wife out.
The guard vividly described the entire process.
"Go back to your post. Over there, come out and tell me what you saw."
Rochefort asked the guard to step back, and then ordered another guard to come out and tell the truth about what he saw.
When the second guard finished telling the story that was almost the same.
Everyone focused on Jack.
"Now, you still insist that you were wronged?"
Rochefort asked Jack coldly.
Jack lowered his head in fear, not daring to look at the general's face.
But he still said stiffly: "They... are lying."
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
The general laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, okay. I have opened my eyes today. You mean to say that I, Rochefort, have been stationed in the fortress for eight years, and I can't even control my soldiers. Every one of them is treated as a fool." Are you lying to my face?
Forget it, since you are so ignorant, I don’t think there is any need to interrogate you.
Jack falsely conveyed military orders in an attempt to trick the army into avenging his personal revenge, framed his colleagues, and deceived his superiors. The general suspected that he was a spy sent by the enemy, trying to destroy the stability and tranquility of the fortress.
Now the general announces that Jack will be executed for treason. Come, take him to the top of the city and hang him on the wall as a warning to others! "
The general gave the order and the guards holding Jack were about to take Jack away.
This time Jack could no longer keep his composure, and he shouted crazily: "No! You can't do this! You have no evidence! I am a knight of the Tatemora family, and you have no right to execute me!"
Hearing this, Rochefort turned to Freya and asked: "Marquise, I wonder if you agree with my verdict?"
Freya replied indifferently: "Kill such people who betray the Lord. I have no objection."
The general looked at Nok again and sneered: "I wonder if Sir Ryan is satisfied with this verdict?"
When Nok saw that his goal was achieved, he still dared to continue to show off.
He immediately raised his hands and bowed: "The general enforces the law impartially, and I have no objections whatsoever."
Seeing Nok's weakness, Rochefort waved with satisfaction to the guards escorting Jack: "Pull him down and hang him on the wall as I say!"
This time, before Jack could act like a monster again, the escorting soldiers directly covered his mouth and dragged him away.
Plant was even more worried and arranged a team of ten people to escort Jack to avoid any accidents.
"Now that the misunderstanding has been explained clearly, please come into the house and don't stand outside the door."
The general extended the invitation again.
This time Nok did not dare to refuse. He led a group of people to thank the general and followed them into the general's mansion.
Freya said: "Housekeeper Charlotte, go and arrange for Jon and others to stay, and by the way, tell the people in the General's Mansion what to pay attention to when taking care of Dan Feng Bailu."
"Yes, ma'am."
At Charlotte's signal, the members of "Lark" and Jon were taken away by Charlotte.
Leaving Nok and Leo behind, they followed the general, his wife and Freya towards the living room of the general's mansion.
In the living room of the General's Mansion.
"Sir Ryan, please sit down."
The general extended an invitation to Nok, and then sat on the main seat.
Later, the general's wife and Freya also sat down on the general's side.
Nok looked at it and sat down under Freya. Leo naturally sat down next to Nok.
After Nok sat down, the general couldn't wait to speak.
"Sir Ryan, you have been traveling all the way, so I shouldn't disturb you at this time.
But the situation is urgent, so I can only take the liberty to delay your rest time, tell you about the matter, and ask you to help think of a way to solve this crisis for the fortress.
Otherwise, if things continue like this, the people in the fortress will be in panic, and they may lose a large number of people. "
The anxious look on the general's face made Nok understand the seriousness of his gaffe.
He immediately signaled to the general calmly and attentively: "Please tell the general about the situation in detail. I observed along the way and saw that the fortress street was deserted and the residents were hiding at home. I wonder what happened?"
"Well, this is strange to say."
The general began to speak with a helpless expression.
"Three days ago in the evening, the Marquise and her entourage rushed to the fortress. She asked me for help, saying that she was attacked on the way and separated from her guards. She would like to ask me to send someone to pick you up."
"I have received great kindness from Madam in my early years, so naturally I dare not slack off. Therefore, I sent a cavalry team of 100 people to support you."
"Unexpectedly, the team just left the fortress and entered the jungle in front of the fortress that you passed when you came, and they were suddenly attacked.
According to the description of the soldiers who escaped, they were surrounded by heavy fog as soon as they entered the woods. "
"Then, they heard the screams of their teammates and the smell of blood in the air. Then, they saw their opponents being dragged into the fog by something invisible.
The companion who wanted to save others also let out a scream and was dragged into the fog.
The surviving soldiers waved their torches in fear and fled the way they had come.
However, the screams were getting closer and closer.
According to the confession of the last survivor, he seemed to hear thousands of wailing sounds.
In panic, they were led out of the fog by horses and left the jungle.
But when he returned to the fortress, there were only five people left around him.
However, this is only the beginning of disaster.
After the five survivors explained what happened, the commander arranged for them to go back to the camp to rest.
As a result, one of the survivors was found dead on the bed in the dormitory the next day.
The death was horrific, with protruding eyes and bloody stains. The tongue sticks out, as if someone has strangled it.
No, to be precise, he strangled himself to death.
However, the roommates who shared the tent with the deceased made it clear that they heard no movement at all except for being woken up by the deceased when he came back the night before.
It wasn't until he needed to go to daily training in the morning that his roommate noticed that he didn't get up.
When I wanted to call him, I found that he was already dead, and his death was in such a horrible and strange way. "
Having said this, the general exhaled heavily, but the general's wife shook her shoulders in fear, but forced herself to remain calm and stay by her side with a smile.
Freya's eyes flashed with worry, but her face remained calm.
Nok saw the performance of several people in his eyes, and then heard the general continue.
“At that time, their superiors did not dare to hide what happened. Only when they reported it to me did I know that such a thing had happened.
I punished the officer who acted poorly, and then personally talked to the other four survivors and learned the whole story.
But just after I asked the questions and comforted the military camp that night, the four survivors also died mysteriously.
Although the death state was different from the previous one, it was equally weird.
The first is to drown yourself in the washbasin.
The second one held a gun himself, stabbed his heart, and died on the school field.
The third one ate a lot of dirt and bloated himself to death at the gate of the camp.
The last one died in the kitchen stove, burning himself into charcoal. "
“That day, the entire military camp was filled with panic and a strange atmosphere.
There are even rumors that they were cursed in the woods.
I had no choice but to suppress the soldiers' emotions.
But just when I thought that the matter would be over after all five survivors were dead.
As a result, it was discovered that another person died in the military camp that night.
There were more than ten deceased people, but they died smiling in their sleep. "
The general looked ugly, tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat unconsciously, and continued.
"Just when I thought murders only happened in military camps, someone suddenly reported that murders also occurred among civilians in the city.
Moreover, that afternoon, someone found a little girl hiding in the kitchen cabinet at the deceased's home in the city.
She got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and found her parents with a white shadow floating in the air crawling on them and sucking something.
The little girl covered her mouth in fear and hid in the cupboard, then she felt sleepy and fell asleep.
It wasn't until the murder investigators woke her up that she cried and yelled in fear.
It wasn't until she completely calmed down that we learned the truth about her parents' deaths. "
"After knowing the murderer, I arranged for people to find this white figure.
However, on the third night, my men did find Bai Ying and barricaded him in the room.
But the result was that almost all the troops were wiped out, and the only survivor was a trainee priest.
Relying on the skills he learned in the monastery, he scared Bai Ying away and watched Bai Ying leave through the wall with his own eyes. "
"After the survivor's testimony, I deduced that it was a ghost that could suck human souls. It is not afraid of magic and physical damage.
I am only afraid of light magic.
But there are only soldiers and a magic legion of more than a dozen mages in the fortress. One of the mages was also killed trying to capture a ghost. "
"There is only one old priest in the only church in the city. He himself said that he is just an ordinary person who is proficient in theology, not a professional. He is just a theological tutor who retired from a church college.
He was arranged to serve as a priest here just to support him in his old age. "
"There is no other way. I can only find a way to send people to the mountain city of Dokoso in the north to ask for help."
"But Dokoso Mountain City is far away from the fortress. Even if the horse is galloping, it will take nearly five days to go back and forth. I'm afraid that by then, the fortress will be empty."
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. If I hadn't forcibly ordered the city to be closed for these two days, I'm afraid some residents would have dragged their families out of the fortress."
"I can only place my hope on you. As long as you help me eliminate that murderous ghost, I promise.
As long as I am stationed at Canyon Fortress, you will be a distinguished guest of Canyon Fortress. Not only am I responsible for all purchases at Canyon Fortress, but I can also pass through without inspection.
As long as you are in the team, I can let you go! "
The general's words shocked the four people present.
Even Freya didn't expect that Rochefort would dare to say such a thing.
What if Nook Lane uses this to smuggle weapons? Rochefort doesn't care?
The weight of this promise cannot be said to be unimportant!
I have to say that Nok was moved.
But before taking action, he had to make preparations.
This General Rochefort seemed to be heartbroken, but Nock still felt that the other party was hiding something.
So Nok asked.
"General, since the ghost started killing people in the city, and some people witnessed its existence. Then how could it go to the military camp to kill people when it was killing people in the city?
I would like to come to the location of the military camp, away from the living areas of the residents. "
Nok stared at the general's face, trying to find a hint of guilt on his face.
Unexpectedly, the general touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "I'm actually not sure about the murderer in the military camp. It's just that the way the soldiers died was somewhat the same as the way the residents died, so I assumed that the murderer was the same."
"I can still suppress the military camp now, but the mood of the people is very volatile.
I just want to wait for you to deal with the ghosts in the residential areas first and appease the people, and then look at the problem of the military camp.
If there are no more murders in the military camp, it means the murderer is the same.
But if there is still a murder, it means there is another murderer, and I can only ask you to help me again. "
Nok thought: As expected.
After all, just from the description, the murderer in the military camp had even more bizarre and violent methods.
The one in the city seems a bit sneaky.
The crime styles are completely different, how could it be the same murderer.
Moreover, the general still concealed something else.
"Okay, General, I'll take care of this. But I need your full cooperation with me.
Provide me with an assistant who will allow me to travel freely between the military camp and the city, and a group of people.
Not too many, just fifty people.
In addition, arrange a meal for me and I will sleep after the meal.
When I wake up, I want to see my assistants and my hands.
Finally, please arrange for the surviving trainee priest and the old priest in the house to meet me during dinner time, and we can chat while eating.
But the general and his wife should not participate, so as not to disturb our conversation.
If there are other needs, I will ask my assistant to inform the general. I wonder if the general will agree? "
The general listened to Nok's conditions and found that they were not harsh.
Natural selection agrees.
But he was also a little embarrassed.
"How did Mr. Ryan guess that the old priest was in the mansion?"
Hearing the general's question, Nok shook his head and laughed.
"There's no need to guess! People outside are panicking, but only the General's Mansion is business as usual.
In addition to setting an example, General, you also have the confidence to do so!
Although the old priest is an ordinary person, he may not be able to deal with humans. But against ghosts, it is completely defeated.
I doubt that the old priest Nuo is too old to withstand your troubles, but I'm afraid you may not need to wait for me to take action.
Since the old priest is a teacher at the seminary, the exorcism rituals he knows are enough to suppress some evil spirits.
At most, it's because of your age that the cost of suppressing the evil spirits is too high. Unless it is a last resort, you don't dare to risk sacrificing a respected old man of the Holy Church in exchange for temporary peace! "
"Let me guess, is the trainee priest currently studying under the old priest? You don't expect him to eliminate ghosts, but you also want to rely on him to delay time until reinforcements show up?"
The general, whose thoughts were exposed by Nok, stared at Nok who was talking in stunned silence, with a look of admiration on his face.
He turned to Freya and said: "Marquise, I now completely believe that Mr. Ryan can solve the crisis for the fortress.
You are right, Mr. Lane, you are indeed a very human being! "
After saying that, the general stood up and gave a noble salute to Nok.
"Sir Ryan, the safety of the fortress is up to you."
Nok accepted this gift generously.
"Okay, let's talk about this first. Next, I need to report to my employer, Mrs. Freya, about the past few days. I won't disturb the general and his wife."
Hearing Nok's words of farewell, the general and his wife couldn't say anything more.
He quickly got up to see him off.
Freya and Nok returned the favor to the general and his wife, and then led Freya back to Freya's yard.
As soon as he entered Freya's room, Nok couldn't wait to speak.
"Madam, what happened? Don't fool me with the general's tricks. The weird murderer in the military camp is here for you, right?"
Nok's straightforward words immediately frightened Freya and Leo.
Freya even exclaimed: "How do you know!"
"There is a bug in the previous article. Nok and his party spent one night in the Warcraft attack camp, and then rested for half a day before setting off. They spent another three days on the way, and then stayed one night outside the woods. It should have taken five days to arrive at the fortress. . And Freya and his party traveled by car and took two days and two nights to reach the fortress. Among them, half of the night and a whole day were wasted due to accidents. Therefore, when the incident happened in the fortress, Nok and his party were still on the way. .”
