Chapter 55 Blockade, White's injury, the outcome of the incident
Since the entire Ford Fortress was under martial law, everyone's activity space was restricted to the house. During this period, several times a group of heavily armed sergeants led by officers came to search the Doro Caravan's post station.
But no abnormalities were found.
It is worth mentioning that the entire caravan remained silent and turned a blind eye to White's inexplicable disappearance, as if Moriarty had joined in alone. And with everyone's silent protection, Moriarty naturally did not cause any inspection.
Special attention from personnel.
Two days have passed, and military control is still strictly enforced.
Obviously, the Fort Ford military did not successfully find their target.
Because they have been imprisoned for a long time, it is inevitable that some people will secretly curse the fortress senior officials, thinking that they are making excuses to defraud merchants. However, no one dares to take any extraordinary action. After all, military orders are
Military orders, if they are really violated, must be redeemed with one's life.
However, on the afternoon of the third day, a young low-ranking officer suddenly came to the Doro Caravan and announced to everyone that the martial law had been lifted. At the same time, the Ford Fortress returned to its normal state of entry and exit. As for this martial law,
The officer did not mention the cause and result of the incident at all.
After receiving the notice that they were allowed to leave, everyone in the caravan immediately burst into joy, and then they started busy preparing for various departure matters, planning to leave early tomorrow morning before other merchants and caravans who were also innocently detained.
As for being unable to learn the inside truth of this incident, it doesn't matter to the caravan. Unless the information can bring benefits and profits to it, how can profit-seekers spend time and energy on these things that have nothing to do with business.
Shortly after the officer left, Gonzalez, who was dressed as a blacksmith, walked into the gate of the inn with a swagger.
"Good news or bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Sitting comfortably on Moriarty's low bed, Gonzalez stretched out two stubby fingers and said.
"Good news." Moriarty chose directly without hesitation.
"The good news is that your companion woke up two days ago, and it seems that he will not die." Gonzalez grinned.
"Thank you, Gonzalez." After hearing this good news that he had been looking forward to for seventy-two hours, Moriarty nodded with relief: "Thank you, too, Pagliese."
"But the bad news is that the young man's right arm cannot be saved. The injury from the Frost Throwing Spear was too deep, and Pagliese couldn't save it, so he had to cut it off." But before Moriarty could be happy for long, Gonzalez
Si immediately told the second news.
"Is this so...How is White's mood?" Moriarty was stunned for a moment, then sighed heavily and sat back on the chair.
Losing one hand was one of the possibilities that Moriarty had anticipated. But when he heard it from Gonzalez, he still felt sincerely sorry and sad for White. After all, as a divine crossbowman,
, losing an arm is almost equivalent to losing everything.
"He is a strong young man. He is not looking for life and death. He just seems a little lethargic." Gonzalez replied calmly.
"Can I go visit him now?" Moriarty stood up and asked.
"I'm afraid it's not convenient." Gonzalez shook his bald head and without giving any reason, he simply rejected Moriarty's request.
"I understand." Seeing this, Moriarty didn't ask any more questions and just nodded in understanding.
"In addition, Pugliese asked me to tell you that it will take at least half a year for White to fully recover. Moreover, it is best to maintain a resting state in the past two months. Otherwise, the wound may worsen again and even affect the health of the patient.
To the chest and lung lobes." Gonzalez also stood up and patted Moriarty on the shoulder: "So, it seems you can only go on the road alone."
"I agree with Pugliese. White's current condition is indeed not suitable for a hard journey." Moriarty nodded and forced a smile: "But, if we want to leave him alone in Ford Fortress..."
"Don't worry, Pugliese has arranged for Trish to take care of him." Gonzalez understood what the other party was worried about, and then said with a smile: "Although that little girl is often a bit petty, she also likes to tease people.
But he has a good heart. And I can see that White seems to be quite 'afraid' of Trish. So, there should be no problem."
Without Moriarty's request, the red-haired singer took over the task of taking care of White. Moriarty was really deeply moved by the other party's behavior.
However, at this time, Moriarty did not say any more words of gratitude, but just extended his right hand to Gonzalez.
"What is this?" The bald man didn't understand what the other person meant by extending his right hand, but he also extended his big hand in a cooperative manner.
Then, the two hands are held together tightly, and then separated.
"Okay, it's time for me to leave. I've been out for a long time, and I'm going to get scolded again when I go back." Withdrawing his right hand, Gonzalez smiled interestingly and prepared to leave.
"Please accept it." At this time, Moriarty took out a Casillas promissory note from his arms, with a face value of five thousand kingdom gold coins, and handed it to Gonzalez sincerely: "It seems that this time
It's too late to buy you a drink. When White's injury is better, let him accompany you. Drink all the 'Flamingo', 'Pumpkin Cart', 'Bell and the Cat', and the 'Old Log Cabin'
Once again.”
"Hehe... Before I came out, Pagorice had made special arrangements not to accept your gold coins, otherwise my wages would be deducted." Gonzalez gently squeezed the cashier's note and smiled a little shyly.
Nothing like a powerful warrior at the top of the mid-level.
"Isn't it okay if I don't tell her?" Moriarty smiled faintly, indicating that the other party could feel reassured.
"Haha, then I'll accept it." Sure enough, after hearing Moriarty's assurance, Gonzalez immediately smiled and stuffed the cashier's note deeply into the upper of his boots.
Seeing Gonzalez's childlike care and joy, Moriarty couldn't help laughing. As the owner of the Black Knife Arsenal at Ford Night Market, I really don't know why this big bald man seems to have never seen money. Could it be that,
Not a dime of the huge income from selling Junhuo ever went into Gonzalez’s personal pocket?
However, Moriarty decided not to study this issue in detail.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you that the female wolf cub and her mongrel followers escaped after all." Before leaving, Gonzalez informed Moriarty about the Behemoth Shaman as if he suddenly remembered it.
Things are coming.
"Not blocked?" Moriarty was not surprised when he heard this result.
Because for some cases, if the criminal cannot be caught on the spot, he will never be caught. Obviously, the military at Ford Fortress did not leave Behemoth Shaman behind at the first time.
However, it is worth noting that the female werewolf from Cloroder and her men committed the crime late at night with the four doors of Ford Fortress closed, and soon after, they were notified by "good Samaritans" and a large number of criminals arrived quickly.
The soldiers of the fort surrounded him. But under such conditions, Behemoth Shaman was able to escape and ascend to heaven. This cannot but prove the opponent's vast magical power and careful planning.
"It's blocked, but not blocked. God knows what that idiot Douglas and the other idiots in the inner fort grew up on, but they were led by Shaman Behemoth to break through. Then, two people
The gang actually went around the entire castle to play hide-and-seek. Damn it!" At this point, Gonzalez couldn't help but curse again.
"and after?"
"Then? Nothing happened after that." The big bald head looked disdainful: "After a long circle, the wolf cub led her people directly to the southern city wall, and then roped out of the castle. While the people waiting for the fortress
When we caught up to the city wall again, except for cutting down some of the dead werewolves in the back, we couldn't even catch a single hair from the others."
"The military didn't directly go out of the city to pursue?" Moriarty frowned.
"Chasing a bird." Gonzalez scolded and shook his head: "That wolf bastard had ambushed a group of Crowlod wolf cavalry outside the fortress in advance. He picked her up and left as soon as she came out."
"So that's it." Moriarty nodded.
With the support of the wolf cavalry and the fact that it was late at night, it is no wonder that Ford Fortress did not dare to continue the pursuit. This is not to say that the soldiers in the fortress were timid, but they had to fight mobile battles with the wolf cavalry with amazing night vision in the dark.
With the addition of a scepter-level Behemoth Shaman as an opponent, I am afraid that no human general is sure of victory.
"So, are the fortress planning to give up?" Moriarty asked again.
"Well, what can we do if we don't give up? This matter mainly happened in the black market, so there is no way to put it on the table. And no matter how crazy the wolf bastard is, he didn't attack ordinary businessmen after all. So, it's not so bad.
Unless it's a major diplomatic incident, the fortress senior officials don't have enough excuses to resign to protest or ask for an explanation from Krulod." Gonzalez shook his head helplessly.
"What about your loss?"
"I didn't have any big losses. Except for the samples outside the arsenal that were burned by kerosene, the rest of the inventory is still there. I didn't expect the people in the inner fort to leave so quickly, so I didn't have time to move them.
Hehe..." At this point, Gonzalez smiled proudly: "Besides, I've already knocked a lot of gold sand from her before, which is enough to make up for the loss."
"I see."
"It's the 'Count of Salon'... tsk tsk..." At this time, Gonzalez sighed with regret, but there was some kind of schadenfreude in his eyes.
