Mr. Jacques quickly selected a few villagers who looked quite strong to accompany them... They were villagers, but they were also militiamen who guarded the village.
What they carried were wooden shields, hunting bows, some spears and other weapons. The only iron sword was in the hands of Mr. Jacques.
Riding a horse is impossible. This village doesn't even have ordinary horses for pulling carts, let alone high-end goods like war horses.
When we set off, the village chief of Charles came to see him off, and seemed to have whispered something to Mr. Jacques.
The three members of the exploration team did not see the girl Jeanne at this time... The girl had been ordered by Mr. Jacques to return home early to reflect.
At this moment, Mr. Asaches is still worried about how to explain the affairs of [Rose Mansion] after achieving the goal, but as of now, he can only take it one step at a time. If it doesn't work, everyone will work together to directly deal with it.
How many of Mr. Jacques need to be tied up?
But I don't know if the three men in their exploration team and a few women in the mansion can defeat this group of village militiamen who have obviously had some training.
Hey...wait a minute.
How could I have such dangerous thoughts?
Asaxes was instantly startled by his own idea of using violence... There have never been disputes in the Kingdom of Holy Light, let alone wars. Everyone was calm and would not use force at all.
Even people like Livar who have learned swordsmanship are just swordsmanship enthusiasts... Fencing is only a sport.
But what surprised Asaxes was that after this idea appeared, he couldn't get it out of his mind... He even had an incredible feeling of being ready to move.
"Oh? Are you the only child in the family?"
At this time, Mr. Jacques's voice came slowly... Asachus knew without thinking that this was the culture of Jacques to the traveler Luo.
In fact, in the beginning, questions like [How old are you this year?], [Who else is in the family?], [Do you have a craft?] and other questions kept popping up.
"If I were ten years younger, would you believe it was me that Mr. Jacques was chasing after?" Mr. Asaches approached Livar and said with a chuckle.
"Isn't this just right?" Livar said calmly: "It just so happens that we also know very little information about this traveler."
Asaches shrugged and said: "But knowing the answers to these questions is not of much use."
"Have you thought about how to explain what happened at the mansion?" Levi asked suddenly.
At this time, Asaches kept doing nothing, and said with a vicious look: "I can't explain it, why don't we tie up everyone? If we take it by surprise, it should be possible?"
Livar frowned, but surprisingly did not refute what Asaches said... He might also be thinking about the feasibility of the action. Mr. Asaches couldn't help but look at Livar with a strange look on his face.
At this moment, Mr. Jacques suddenly asked: "If you were temporarily camping in another part of the forest, did you see a big house?"
Asaches and Lival suddenly stopped and looked at Mr. Jacques in surprise.
Boss Luo said casually: "The place where our companions are currently camping is in a very large house. This house is very beautiful and has many roses planted there."
Mr. Jacques smiled casually and said: "The roses there are indeed very beautiful. After all, I spent a lot of effort when planting them."
Boss Luo was surprised and said: "So, that big house belongs to you, Mr. Jacques?"
"It was a villa built in the past." Mr. Jacques smiled and said: "I lived there for a while before. But then the Burgundians started to attack here. We had no choice but to move back to the village, where it would be safer.
"
"Mr. Jacques, I'm really sorry that I used your house without your consent." Luo Qiu said with an apologetic look.
"It doesn't matter, it's vacant anyway." Mr. Jacques said nonchalantly: "And there's nothing valuable in it, and I'm very happy to be able to help people in need."
Listening to Mr. Jacques's answer, Lival and Asaches looked as if they were seeing a ghost, their eyes widening in disbelief.
"What on earth is going on..." Livar couldn't help but mutter to himself.
How could [Rose Mansion] be built by Mr. Jacques... And judging from the expressions of the accompanying militiamen, it was obvious that they also knew about it?
"There is good news and there is bad news." Asaches took a deep breath and lowered his voice: "Livar, which one do you want to hear?"
"Say it, Mr. Asaches!"
"The good news is that we no longer have to explain the matter at the mansion." Asaches said with a solemn expression: "The bad news is... things are developing more and more weirdly!"
Because Asaches thought of something even weirder.
That was the question of Jacques Daque's identity... He opened his mouth several times to ask, but the question came to his lips but he didn't know how to say it.
He even wanted to rush directly to Jacques Dack and ask him directly: Are you my ancestor?
"Mr. Jacques, can I ask you a question?" Boss Luo suddenly asked at this time.
"For Jeanne's sake, I will answer your question seriously, young man." Mr. Jacques said with a smile...but there was a stern look in his eyes above the smile.
Boss Luo seemed not to have heard, "I heard from Miss Jeanne that there has always been a lake devil in this forest. Mr. Jacques used to live in a villa. Is there no problem?"
Mr. Jacques chuckled a few times and smiled: "Jeanne must have told you that this devil likes nothing more than digging out the hearts of pure men and women, right?"
"Is this legend false?" Levi asked with a frown.
Mr. Jacques said: "Since it is a legend, I don't know whether it is true or not. But if the legend is true and we have lived here for generations, how could we not discover that there is a lake in the forest?"
"In other words, this legend is indeed false." Asaches thought thoughtfully.
Mr. Jacques shook his head and said: "We all use such legends to scare the children in the village. Because once a child secretly enters the forest out of curiosity, there will still be a danger of encountering wild beasts... Furthermore, it has happened several times before.
The Burgundians secretly lurked in the forest, captured our villagers, interrogated them, and eventually killed and dumped the corpses."
"The old hunter from the Orion Lodge?"
"The old hunter died long ago." Mr. Jacques sighed and said: "Jean and he had a good relationship, but the old hunter couldn't withstand the disease in the end. Before he died, he secretly walked into the forest,
It created the illusion that he was gone forever...I took his body away for burial. The child Jeanne has always taken care of the hut, probably thinking that one day the old hunter would suddenly come back."
"Why did you tell us this?" Luo Qiu asked, looking into Mr. Jacques's eyes.
Mr. Jacques said calmly: "This is not a secret that needs to be kept special. The child Jeanne will know it sooner or later. And... after all, you are just passers-by here, and you will eventually leave. So, before you
If you can keep the secret before leaving, then it won't matter."
"That's right, we are just passers-by at most." Boss Luo nodded.
…
During the next journey, Mr. Jacques seemed to have exhausted all his interest in the young man, Boss Luo, and rarely spoke actively, instead focusing on rushing.
When passing by the Orion hut, the group didn't even stop.
When they came out through the forest, it was almost dark, so Mr. Jacques had a torch lit for lighting.
Firelight can effectively drive away some wild animals, and there is no big problem.
Boss Luo glanced casually at the forest behind him.
After walking for more than ten minutes, we could already see the lights coming from the lobby of [Rose Mansion].
"I'm going to ask my companions to open the door!" Asaches said quickly at this time, and then walked quickly.
…
…
"who?"
The moment she heard the knock on the door, the maid Clary in the mansion hall suddenly became nervous.
"It's me, open the door!"
"Boss Azaches!"
The maid obviously recognized the voice, and hurriedly ran to the door in surprise and opened it, only to see Asaches walking in nervously.
"Boss, what's wrong with you?"
"Are they awake?" At this time, Asaches looked at the rest area of the hall in surprise.
I saw Campus Principal Ludick and City Lord Durand's male assistant, both of whom had woken up and were sitting on the sofa.
"I'm awake, but something went wrong." Clary shook her head at this time and said with worry: "Lord Ludick has been like this since they woke up. No matter what we say, they seem to listen.
Not seen, not even reacted at all.”
Asaches frowned and looked over again, and indeed found that the eyes of both Ludick and Durand's male assistant seemed to be unusually empty.
"Mr. Asaches, are you the only one coming back?" Nan Xiaonan's voice came unexpectedly.
Asaches quickly composed himself, thought for a while and said, "We will talk about Ludik and the others later... Listen up, we successfully went to the village and brought back some food."
"That's great!" Clary said in surprise.
"Don't be happy yet." Azaches said sternly: "Things are a little weird, I don't have time to explain now... In short, after we bring the people in, no matter what they say, you don't say anything, just listen.
Just leave it, if you have any doubts, leave them, because I have the same doubts as you... remember what I said!"
With that said, Asaches walked out quickly.
In the hall, Nan Xiaonan subconsciously looked at the maid, her face was full of doubts.
"Mr. Azaches has brought back the food. We can cook now, Miss Nan." The maid smiled slightly at this time.
……as long as you are happy?
…
"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Jacques..."
After a while, Asaches came in again, but this time he brought Mr. Jacques and his party with him.
Jacques?
Couldn't it be from that painting...
Nan Xiaonan couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise... and the maid lady had been focusing on Mr. Jacques ever since he entered the door.
This is a very rare situation that will happen...According to Nan Xiaonan's observation, as long as the boss is present, the maid's eyes will be on the boss almost 99% of the time...the remaining 100%
One of them was even given to Blink!
But soon, the maid lady withdrew her gaze... Youye's gaze fell on Boss Luo again as usual.
Nan Xiaonan couldn't even read anything on the maid's face.
But she remembered what Asaches said before. From now on, just listen and don't ask.
at this time.
Mr. Jacques suddenly said: "Mr. Asaches, your two companions don't seem to be very good?"
Mr. Azashes said: "We were attacked before, and the two of them fell into a coma. When they woke up again, they looked like this dementia... I guess they were overly frightened, and maybe they would get better if they got enough rest.
That’s it. We don’t have a good solution at the moment.”
Mr. Jacques said: "You can use the guest room upstairs. The patient needs adequate rest. When we return to the village early tomorrow morning, I will ask the doctor to come over and take a look at your two companions."
With that said, Mr. Jacques turned back and asked two of the several militiamen who followed him to help Ludick and his male assistant, who looked dull, and take them to the guest room upstairs.
Mr. Jacques added at this time: "You guys have been staying here. They must be hungry and tired. This time we brought some food... Mr. Puma, could you please bring the food to the kitchen for processing? Kitchen entry left hand
After going down the side door, there is a cellar. There should be some spices I saved there, maybe you can use them."
The militiaman named Puma nodded at this time, "Okay, Mr. Jacques, I am happy to serve you."
The maid Claire glanced at Mr. Jacques in surprise, and then looked at Boss Asaches because there was indeed a cellar on the left side of the entrance to the kitchen of the mansion.
But how could this person know so clearly?
Azaches looked at her at this moment, shook his head gently, and signaled her to keep quiet.
"So." Mr. Jacques sat down at this time, acting like a master, "before dinner, we can have a pleasant communication."
At this time, Livar said coldly: "I'm afraid, with our current situation, we really can't be happy."
Mr. Jacques said: "I am also very sorry about your Mr. Durand. But since he has been missing for a day and a night, I'm afraid... everyone, you'd better be mentally prepared."
ah!
At this moment, a scream instantly alarmed everyone in the hall.
"It seems to be Mr. Puma's voice!" A militiaman said quickly at this time: "I'll go out and take a look!"
As he spoke, the militiaman instantly picked up a wooden shield and a stick with a sharpened piece of iron tied to it, and quickly walked to the door.
Unexpectedly, the door suddenly opened at this moment.
The militiaman was immediately knocked to the ground.
At the same time, one figure after another quickly rushed into the hall of the mansion...it turned out to be a knight wearing silver armor and holding sophisticated weapons!
There were at least fifteen or six knights who rushed into the hall. At this time, they stood in two rows... At the entrance of the gate, a young man was holding a helmet in his hand and walking slowly.
"It's... it's the Burgundians..." The militiaman who was knocked to the ground screamed: "It's the Burgundians..."
A bright light flashed in front of the militiamen's eyes, followed by a bloody head rolling on the floor!
Seeing this, the maid Clary was instantly shocked and fell to the ground.
The air seemed to be frozen.
The leading young knight handed the sword to the knight behind him, then looked at everyone and said calmly: "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen... From now on, you are my prisoners.
