With the passage of time, the night once again turned into the dawn of a new day. The long-lost sunshine also appeared in front of everyone again with the heavy rain that lasted for a month. The clouds that completely disappeared continued to disappear. The warm sunshine returned to this desolate land inch by inch, but it did not bring the slightest sense of comfort to the people working among these ruins. Walking out of the same room, the gray-robed magician named Linyuan Duanshui also said hello to another group of people who were gradually leaving the place. He suppressed his smile and then stood silent. After a while, he turned around and walked out in another direction deep in the city.
Because he needed to rest in the real world, Xue Ling Huan Bing had already found a safe place to go offline to rest. Duan Qing, who did not need to rest due to special reasons, now had a lot of time to investigate himself. Something to investigate.
"You are the patriarch of the Hepp family, right?"
After traveling for a period of time, his figure appeared in a corner of the city that was in need of renovation. A well-dressed man who didn't look like he was walking out of this remote mansion that didn't seem to have suffered much damage. Many men with aristocratic temperament looked at Duan Qing with expressions full of haggard and sluggishness: "I am Hepu, who are you?"
"I am Linyuan Duanshui, an adventurer." After briefly introducing himself, Duan Qing, who bowed and saluted, went straight to the point: "I heard that after Connelly left here, you were in charge of the civilian faction. related activities, right?”
"...where did you hear this news?"
The action of trying to sit down just now paused for a moment, and the man named Hepp paused for a moment in adjusting his appearance: "Did... Mr. Connelly introduce you to it?"
"It was someone from the Jianghu Adventure Group who told me."
Duan Qing smiled slightly, but his eyes remained as calm as they should be: "They told me that you told them a task of 'delivering goods' on the evening of March 23, right? "
"What? Are you here to help them collect debts?" Putting away the polite expression on his face, Hep looked at the magician in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze: "I'm sorry about the salary issue, but Tania is currently You have also seen the situation——"
"No, I actually don't have much to do with those Jianghu people."
Waving his hand to interrupt the other party's words, Duan Qing then said in a low voice: "I just want to ask you a question: What are those goods?"
"Do you adventurers like to get to the bottom of things so much?" After taking a sip of the tea served by the attendants, Hepp's expression gradually disappeared under his own actions: "This is not within the scope of our original contract."
"I won't say what the significance of this matter is. It would be a waste of our mutual words." Duan Qing put his hands in front of him: "Let me tell you my guess - those are a batch of weapons. Equipment, right?”
"How did you - uh." The tea cup in his hand almost fell to the ground. Hepp slowly suppressed the surprise on his face for a moment: "Did you open the goods without permission? I'm warning you, if we If it is discovered that the goods later do not match the actual quantity..."
"How could I possibly know whether they have opened the goods or not?" Duan Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed his smile in the other party's eyes: "I only heard about this from Jianghu, so I just came here to check."
"The key point is the place where your commission needs to be delivered." His voice paused, and then became dull as he lowered his head: "I heard that it is the town of Talador in the northwest, right? "
"Did you guess based on this incident?" A look of realization appeared in his eyes. Hupp raised his head and looked at the other person's face: "The place closest to Eta County is now the closest to the front line. Location, it would be a perfect arrangement to transport weapons and equipment to that location..."
"The problem is that Tania was in chaos at that time, and the empire's investigation team was about to arrive soon." Duan Qing interrupted the other party's words with a low smile: "At that time, everyone in the capital city should be gearing up to prepare. Deal with us? Why do you have the leisure to transport these supplies? "
"That's because Speaker - uh, why should I tell you this?" He patted the table and stood up. Hupp's voice was also full of surprise: "You, are you from the Empire? The Empire is here to visit. What are you doing in my mansion? Get out! Get out!"
I don't know whether it was because of the hatred of the empire or because he was furious after the secret was revealed. The simply dressed congressman then expelled the imperial people in front of him from his mansion without any explanation. Duan Qing, who had already got the answer, was disappointed with what he had suffered. The treatment also showed an indifferent attitude, and he slapped his butt that was kicked out and walked slowly towards the next destination. The remaining aristocratic mansions in this city were subsequently trampled on during Duan Qing's series of visits. From time to time, there would be conflicts and scenes of flying dogs, etc., and they were investigated with the help of clues from the rivers and lakes. The gray-robed magician finally stopped at a corner of Yare Street, at the tightly closed door of the Varya Tavern that he was once so familiar with: "Is President Hank here?"
"Who are you?"
The perseverance shown in several consecutive calls finally received some response. A voice from the crack in the door asked in a low and cold voice: "The pub is closed now, please come back."
"I am Linyuan Duanshui, a member of the Imperial Investigation Team." Duan Qing continued to ask with a smile without stepping back because of the coldness in the door: "But our Qingling Adventure Group and the Fool Adventure The group has some connections, so I came here to inquire about it.”
"You know about the place where they were detained and dealt with before, right?"
He looked at the motionless dark crack in the door, as if he could see through the faces of the people hiding behind the crack. The closed door then grew slightly larger for a moment due to the movements of those people in the darkness, and then became heavier again. The ground closed: "I don't know."
"Please come back."
The cold rejection was accompanied by the bleak wind blowing in front of Duan Qing, and then, together with the closed tavern in front of him, the silence returned to the streets. Duan Qing, who seemed to have got the answer, then touched his nose and turned. After passing the body, Shi Shiran left this place. The cooling weather did not show any signs of turning due to the sun hanging high in the sky. At the same time, the number of civilians from the principality who occasionally appeared nearby became less and less. Looking at the gray ruins, The robed magician then sighed and slowed down his pace, and passed his fingers on the crack-filled wall that kept appearing in front of him: "It's not as good as God."
"ah!"
The voice of surprise came from afar, and then turned into energy fluctuations and quickly came to Duan Qing: "Qing——Brother! I finally found you!"
"It's Xiaoqian."
The spell-casting movements that were tense for a moment quickly relaxed, and Duan Qing sighed towards the red-haired girl who fell from the sky: "I'm sorry that I haven't been following the investigation team recently, and I don't have time to look for you...Why, are you still here?" Are you busy repairing the ley lines here?”
"Of course, after all, this is a big project." Qianzhihe frowned and curled his mouth, put away his complaining expression, and then put on a look of embarrassment: "At first, I thought it would be a big project. Inviting the entire Sky City over may be a bit of a fuss, but now it seems that even with the entire existing magicians in the Mage Council, it may not be possible to complete it in a short time."
"Hasn't the Mage Council already sent out part of the repair work?" Duan Qing turned his attention to the direction of the Adventurers Association: "With the help of players, this project should be accelerated a lot."
"If possible, I would rather leave all the problems to those people." Drooping his head dejectedly, Qianzhihe replied lazily: "But players' abilities vary. Repairing one wall to the west is simply not up to standard, let alone——"
"There are still some people who are unwilling to leave these tasks to outsiders."
As if remembering something annoying, she crossed her arms angrily. Duan Qing, who followed the opponent's line of sight and looked at the sky, also spotted the figures of several magician-looking players flying by in the wind, and then He pulled back his head with a funny look on his face: "Are they those people from Wizard?"
"They already used this trick during the last battle in Tania." Puffing up his cheeks, Qian Zhihe showed a rare angry look unique to a girl: "That scholar's heart is really Is it made of void matter? I always like to make money from this kind of national disaster!"
"The one who paid in the end might be the Council of Mages, so don't worry about this kind of issue." Duan Qing patted the other party's head in amusement, and Duan Qing's expression gradually turned serious: "Then next - can we check Where are those people going?"
"The City in the Sky has launched a magic barrier." As if he understood what the other party was referring to at this time, Qian Zhihe's expression became serious: "Several adults from the Seven-person Council also tried their best to search the city. around, but due to possible dangers, they did not dare to act arbitrarily."
"Considering the next actions of the Restorers and the energy in the hands of those people, we should still be cautious." Duan Qing nodded in agreement: "But since what happened that night, these people have all disappeared. We can't do anything. No trace left, right?"
"There are very few ways to leave this place instantly from the city center. They may have used means and methods that we cannot understand." After saying this seriously, Qianzhihe's brows suddenly relaxed: "Of course , this is what I said when I faced those people from the Council of Mages, and we all know it ourselves - they died and resurrected from inside, so how can we use any other way to escape?"
"The situation did not go as they planned, and they should not give up easily." Duan Qing held his chin and shook his head, then replied in a low voice: "But we still have an advantage, that is, they will not be so Quickly discover the fact that Menmorro is dead - wait."
"If Pamir knew about the existence of Menmorro..."
As if he suddenly thought of a certain possibility, Duan Qing's tone became deeper and deeper: "No, that's not right. If he knew, he probably wouldn't take such a big risk."
"What are you talking about?" The red-haired girl on the side poked Duan Qing's shoulder in confusion: "Can you explain it a little more clearly? Don't always play riddles."
"We initially infer that Pamir arranged everything in advance."
The movement of holding his chin did not change at all. Duan Qing's eyes were still fixed on the wall in front of him as he thought: "He should have known that someone was going to be detrimental to him, so he prepared some back-up moves in advance. According to his The original plan, these huge plans should take into account all the forces and empires of the principality."
"Pamir knew in advance that he would be assassinated?" Qianzhihe opened his eyes slightly: "Then if he protected himself in advance, it would be over? Why would such an accident happen?"
"If it is really like what happened during the Battle of Tania, then it should be impossible to achieve the purpose of the Speaker." Duan Qing shook his head and replied: "Based on what he has shown during this time. He will definitely use himself as bait, and then use the trick to make it look like he was assassinated, and then make full use of it."
"But, but..." His head seemed to be a little exhausted following Duan Qing's words. Qian Zhihe knocked on the top of his head and said, "But wouldn't this be more detrimental to you? If even Pamir If you deliberately place the accusation of assassination on the side of the empire——"
"This is the most critical point." His eyes suddenly brightened for a moment, and the corners of Duan Qing's mouth turned up involuntarily: "Since he wants to control this 'assassination', his original intention must not be against the empire, because if If he wants to target the empire, he only needs to let the situation continue to progress."
"So he originally wanted to place the crime on some people in the principality." He turned his head and took Qian Zhihe again to take his slow steps: "Before the union, he wanted to negotiate peace with the empire. Regarding what happened to Prince Chris, this person probably knows the truth."
"No wonder the guy who should be angry the most has always been so calm." Qian Zhihe, who was following behind, also showed a look of realization: "Is Chris really innocent?"
"What Chris did is no longer important, after all, things have come to this point." Duan Qing said thoughtfully: "Use the topic to attract the attention of the empire, and let those principality councilors who use the topic to make trouble... …All of this was definitely planned in advance.”
"But now, everything has come to nothing." He frowned, as if pulling a thread out of the mess of his memory: "The starting point of disrupting the plan——"
"It probably started with the assassination that night."
