When Lu Jing and the female shopkeeper arrived outside the city lord's mansion, they found that the place was under martial law.
The guard guarding the door refused anyone to enter. Even when he saw Lu Jing, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, but he still stretched out his hand to block their way.
The original guard commander Ishaq is dead, and the new commander is named Naxin, who is also an old acquaintance of Lu Jing. He was the one who led people to arrest Lu Jing in the tailor shop.
As a result, Lu Jing took the knife away and made it into Tianjin Twist.
So no one knows better than him how strong Lu Jing is.
Na Xin bravely came forward and said respectfully to Lu Jingdao, "Master Lu, something happened just now. The city lord is talking to Lord Yazdan. It is not convenient for outsiders to enter."
"You know you and your men can't stop me, right?" Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.
When Naxin heard these words, cold sweat flowed down his forehead, but due to his duty, he did not move away, but just tightened his grip on the new saber.
The female shopkeeper also spoke at this time, "We have a very urgent matter to see the city lord, which is related to the survival of Malazar Khan. Please ask Mr. Naxin to be accommodating."
"It's not that I don't want to let you in, it's mainly because the city lord has issued a death order and no one is allowed in." Na Xin said with a sad face.
When he first took over as the commander of the Guards two days ago, he was still very excited. However, if he had known that he would encounter this situation, it is hard to say whether he would still be willing to sit in this position.
Just as the atmosphere became more and more tense, a voice suddenly came from behind Naxin.
"Let them in!"
Naxin turned around and saw the ugly and evil face of the dwarf dark wizard.
However, he still hesitated until the dark wizard increased his tone and said impatiently, "This is the order of the Lord of the City."
All the guards, including Naxin, knew that Vulture was the person whom the old city lord trusted and relied on most.
His words were almost indistinguishable from those of the city lord himself.
In addition, they subconsciously did not want to fight with Lu Jing, so they finally moved away after hearing this.
Lu Jing and the female shopkeeper were allowed to enter the castle smoothly.
And when they reached a place where the guards couldn't see them, the arrogant look on the vulture's face immediately disappeared, and he became frightened and said with a mournful face.
"Fortunately you are here."
"What? What happened?" the female shopkeeper asked.
"I don't know exactly what happened, but something is obviously not right about this place." Vulture shuddered as he spoke.
"Shortly after Yazdan was arrested, the old city lord had people blockade the castle. When the incident with Shrike happened, I also knew that beauty had caused trouble, so I drove away all the women around me. After that, I returned to the house alone. , I want to take a nap, I have a quirk.
"I like to sleep in a box when I sleep alone. Even the shrike doesn't know about this. I also took a nap in a box this time, but I vaguely heard the sound of someone coming in during my nap.
“The man called my name twice, but I didn’t want anyone to know that I was lying in the box, so I didn’t respond. After that, the man walked around my house and left without finding anyone.
"I fell asleep again for a while. I just opened my eyes and pushed the door open to go out. I found that all the maids and guards in the castle had disappeared. Now the entire city lord's mansion is empty. It's so scary."
Although the dark wizard usually likes to do some crazy things, this time it can be seen that he was really frightened. After all, whoever wakes up and finds that everyone around him is gone will probably be more panicked than him.
In particular, this castle is very large, with more than sixty rooms.
Vulture pushed open four or five rooms at random. After finding that no one was inside, he didn't dare to push anymore, but he didn't run away.
The main Vulture also knows how bad his reputation is in the city. Even if he runs out, no one will probably take him in. As for leaving the city, let alone thinking about it. Malazar Khan is in the Mingsha Desert. He can find him before. This oasis city is already very lucky.
You may not have such good luck if you do it again, and you might be taken away by the sandstorm outside.
In fact, even if Lu Jing doesn't come, Vulture is still ready to find a way to ask him for help.
The female shopkeeper's heart dropped when she heard what he said, but she still tried to comfort herself and said, "It doesn't matter, didn't I say there are still five days?"
Lu Jing was not as optimistic as she was. He shook his head and said, "I don't know how trustworthy Shrike's words are."
However, Lu Jing was indeed not too nervous. He just held the fine iron Zen staff in his hand and said to the dark wizard, "Where is the city lord's room? Let's go there and take a look."
Perhaps it was Lu Jing's arrival that gave Vulture renewed courage. After that, he volunteered to take Lu Jing to the second floor of the castle, where the city lord's bedroom was located. However, the three of them could not find the city lord inside.
But as soon as she entered the door, the female shopkeeper smelled a fragrance that was so strong that it was almost suffocating.
Then she looked around and saw that almost every corner of the room was filled with spices.
"With such a strong smell, can anyone really live here?" the female shopkeeper asked doubtfully.
Lu Jing was also choked by the aroma that hit his face.
However, this also confirmed from the side that the spices Dr. Jasmine got from the pharmacy were indeed the main ones in the old city.
So Lu Jing also said to the female shopkeeper and Vulture, "You'd better not stay too far away from me. Since the investigation is over, it seems that the next step is a boss battle."
"What?" The vulture was dizzy due to the aroma, took seven or eight steps away in one breath, and then said blankly.
Then he heard something suddenly coming from the room on his left.
The vulture was now like a frightened bird. When he heard the sound, he quickly took five or six steps back. Then his eyes flashed. Lu Jing had already rushed into the room with a Zen staff.
Because he was worried that there would be an ambush behind him, Lu Jing waved the Zen staff in his hand when he entered. Just by hearing the whistling sound that broke through the air, he knew how miserable the consequences of being hit by the staff would be.
However, after Lu Jing entered the door and took a closer look, he found no suspicious person in the room, and he quickly found the source of the previous noise.
I saw a fruit plate falling to the ground, and the fruits in the plate rolled all over the floor, and the person who started all this was licking the soles of his feet on the other side of the table.
The female shopkeeper remembered Lu Jing's instructions and walked in shortly after. She was startled when she saw the black cat, but then relaxed again.
"Is it a cat?"
However, Lu Jing's expression was not as relaxed as hers, because Lu Jing knew that this cat did not appear here for no reason.
He glanced at the half-opened window in front of the table, then seemed to think of something again, and rushed out of the room quickly, but the dark wizard was no longer in the corridor.
