Otherworldly Apprentice Lich and Foot Knight

"I'm illiterate now, I'll leave this to you." Xia En patted Zhou Lingke on the shoulder, expressing that he would ignore this heavy responsibility.But in fact, although Xia En did have some difficulty in writing coherent sentences, the accounts were full of words and numbers. Even if there were a few that he couldn't understand, it would be no problem to ask Zhou Lingke.But he directly quit, which means...

"Is this coquettish, boss?"

Xia En raised his hand. He is not fully armed now, nor is he wearing iron gloves, but a smooth hand with a few black patterns, which instantly covered the black exoskeleton, and with a "swish", fingertips popped Five long black nails appeared: "Do you want me to wake you up for you?"

"..." Zhou Lingke, who knew that Xia En was reluctant to part with him, but also knew that Xia En had become angry from embarrassment, shook his head honestly and simply.

Satisfied, Xia En put away the exoskeleton and nails, and stood up: "I'll go outside to take a look at the situation of the villagers here." Don't look at the fact that there are very few formal soldiers here, but they can't go hunting in the mountains after winter All adult men were organized and patrolled the outskirts of the town, guarding against not people, but cold and hungry beasts running down the mountain.Xia En felt that as a military officer, he should not go around following the patrol route, but should be familiar with and memorize every route in the town.

Zhou Lingke waved his hand: "Put on more clothes, don't get cold." Even though he knew that Xia En was not very afraid of the cold, the concern he should have would not decrease in the slightest.

"I know." Xia En patted his clothes, indicating that he was already dressed thickly, and opened the door to leave.

The next two people spent the time familiarizing themselves with official duties, until three days later, a heavy snow suddenly fell, thanks to the experience introduced by the two predecessors before leaving.The two of them took their hands to sweep the snow and clear the obstacles in time. Although some people were sick, no one died in the heavy snow.Before the heavy snow had subsided, the commander of the army outside the city and some other official representatives came into the town to discuss matters with Zhou Lingke and Xia En—it was getting colder and colder, and they could no longer camp outside. Neither beast nor man can bear it.

In fact, this matter should have been arranged a long time ago. Zhou Lingke didn't know why they had come to this point.But looking at the dark face of the other party, the two of them also knew that it was better not to ask more questions. The town is not big, and there are not so many housing arrangements for them at a time, and it just so happens that a warehouse has been emptied.After discussing with Xia En, Zhou Lingke allocated this grain depot to them as a temporary residence.They can temporarily repair the granary to keep warm, but they can't damage the overall structure of the warehouse.As for the wounded, sick and infirm, they can live in the mayor's house.

This is the best configuration that Zhou Lingke and Xia En can come up with with the resources they have now.

But after they went back, only 500 of the 300-man army moved in, and all the civil servants stayed where they were, except for two seriously ill one elderly.The faces of the people who moved in became darker and darker, and they were even a little embarrassed when they saw Zhou Lingke or Xia En. The two of them didn't ask more questions at first, but after a few days, they couldn't stop asking.

——In recent days, the patrolling team has encountered wild beasts going down the mountain several times, and even hunted back a lot of replenishment warehouses, but no one thinks this is a good thing.Usually at this time, the wooden gate of the town has been firmly closed, and it is more frozen because of the pouring water. Unless it is the power of nature in the next spring, no wild beast can break into the town from the other side of the gate. .But now because of the more than 200 people stationed outside, not only can the gate of the town not be closed, but even many people come in and out every day to deliver food and daily necessities to the people outside.

Maybe because the armed forces outside the town are not afraid of most beasts, but if a very hungry beast sneaks in, not even a large carnivore the size of a medium-sized dog, it will be relatively The frail elderly and children pose a great threat.

"So, is this you 'asking' me to live in town?"

In a tent that was warmer and brighter than Zhou Lingke's bedroom in the town, Huo Jiete smiled triumphantly while drinking a glass of red wine.

Both Xia En and Zhou Lingke scolded their mothers in their stomachs. Their euphemistic expression of "it doesn't matter if you want to die yourself, but don't drag others down" seems to make this young man who feels too good about himself and has a huge hostility towards Zhou Lingke for no reason. Misunderstand meaning.But misunderstandings are misunderstandings. The two looked at each other, and they both understood that the purpose of this time is to avoid troubles, as long as people outside the town can move.

"Yes." Zhou Lingke replied simply.

"Hahahaha." Huo Jiete laughed, gulped down the red wine, threw the pottery cup on the ground at Zhou Lingke's feet and broke it, "My answer is, 'no'."

It was not Zhou Lingke who answered him, but Xia En, with his fist.Although Huojiete also received certain military training because of the reckless law, after all, he is a civil servant who has been neglected for a long time. Asians are compared.Although there were two guards in the tent, they obviously didn't expect that anyone would actually do something here. By the time they realized it, Huojiete had already been knocked out.

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go back to pack?!" Zhou Lingke had already discussed with Xia En. They were inexperienced and knew that the situation couldn't be delayed any longer.The purpose of coming here today is to solve the matter thoroughly, and I have already made preparations to resort to force if negotiations fail.He looked at the two guards who were holding their long swords horizontally and wanted to rush over, but they probably felt that something was wrong, and they froze in place.

Zhou Lingke still doesn't know the identity of Huo Jiete, but what is certain is that he has a strong background.But Zhou Lingke is now their highest official in name, law and in fact, and he is also a necromancer who brought war beasts to Mangtan. This is not a secret in the army, so the two guards feel that Zhou Lingke should not be launched attack.What's more, what Huojiete has done has indeed gone too far to the point where even lower-level soldiers can't stand it.

Take his tent as an example. The three bonfires burned extremely vigorously, allowing him to wear light clothing even in winter, but the firewood burned was more than ten times that of a soldier's tent (eight-person tent). Not to mention that he has to take hot baths twice a day, the one with a bathtub, and the amount of firewood he spends is unknown.And in winter, dry firewood for life is sometimes even more important than food.Not to mention that Huojiete is also extravagant in food. He asks for a lot of food every year, and the leftovers must be thrown away. beast.Because he feels that letting others eat what he eats is the same as eating leftovers from others, and no one here is entitled to let him eat leftovers, let alone livestock.

In short, this is a child who has been spoiled and spoiled. If he really has outstanding abilities, it is fine, so that people can accept this inequality willingly.But in fact, his ability is there, but it is only slightly stronger than ordinary people.In fact, dissatisfaction has already been born, but Mangtan's laws are so strict that no one has come to trouble him until now.No, in fact, it should be said that until now, only Zhou Lingke jumped out to make trouble for him.

Huojiete was knocked unconscious and packed up and shipped back to the town. In the mayor's house, he was found a room with a window only as big as a human head, and two stout women were hired in the town.They are the kind of aunts who can run horses on their arms. One of them has a waist that is about two and a half times that of Zhou Lingke's, and the thickness of his palm can be compared with that of a bear's paw. They are the maids arranged for Huo Jiete.Anyway, people have been completely offended, Zhou Lingke doesn't mind being a little more serious.

Those who see things in their eyes, everyone knows what happened right or wrong.But right and wrong are right and wrong, some things cannot be described in pure black and white, no matter how much Mang Tan pays attention to laws and dogmas, fundamentally speaking, he is still a country composed of people, which means that many things are still unavoidable , is just less than other countries, but because of the less, it is more important when the image of human feelings appears.

"I heard that you have just come to Mangtan, only one year?" The oldest man among the civil servants introduced himself as Price, and Zhou Lingke came to see him immediately after receiving the two stout maids— —He was also the first batch to move in a few days ago. He is too old to stand the total halogen in the cold winter, especially when there is no special treatment (such as Hodgett).At the same time, his departure also means that the last bit of restraint on Huo Jiete has disappeared. The time when that person was living a relaxed and happy life outside, even if it was not to fight against Zhou Lingke, how could he move to a place where the total butt is big? In the town, how about facing those people who are tired of watching and always care about him?

"Well, when it comes to spring, it's exactly one year." Zhou Lingke replied, and poured a cup of hot water for the old man at the same time.

"Thank you very much..." Price took the hot water and took a comfortable breath of the hot air from the surface of the water. He didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. He...before he was eight years old."

"The change in people is really huge." Zhou Lingke continued.

"He's a good boy, Master Nick." The old man looked straight into Zhou Lingke's eyes, "It's still the same now, but because something happened, he was a little impatient."

"But I have my responsibilities, which may seem pitifully small to some, a town of 5000 people, plus the construction of a tower. But I have to do it for these people, and for those who come The soldiers who built the tower are in charge."

"I understand, and I don't mean to accuse you in any way. It's just that, when you do these things, can you make your means a little gentler?"

"I've been as gentle as I can, Mr. Price. And, shouldn't you think about it, you can't use the standard that is expected of an eight-year-old child to look at a grown-up who must exceed it in every respect?"

"I didn't come here to quarrel, but to minimize the troubles for both parties. As a newcomer, I don't think you know the identity of Master Hodgett..." At least in terms of tone, Price was very sincere , It doesn't seem to use Huo Jiete's identity to scare Zhou Lingke, but just wants to tell him the truth, the truth about Huo Jiete's identity.

After listening to it, Zhou Lingke was sure that he had guessed some correctly, but ignored others.For example... He saved the new prince who was still behind the mysterious curtain?It seems that only Frank kid fits these descriptions.For another example, Huo Jiete is indeed a spoiled young master, but he didn't expect his status to be so high.He didn't guess the reason why the queen sent this person here, but he still understood that Huojiete missed the throne, which didn't mean that his close relationship with the queen disappeared, and it was even possible that the queen had a good relationship with him because of it. A heart of guilt.So Zhou Lingke never wants to get involved in politics, but many times, politics will knock on your door by itself.

However, politics came to him by himself, but it doesn’t mean that Zhou Lingke also asked for the contradiction. From the first meeting, Huo Jiete was almost like a bull with its tail lit, blowing and staring at Zhou Lingke, The only difference is that he has no horns, and he doesn't rush towards people.When things go on like this, it will be only a few days before a similar incident actually happens.

"Although I haven't met that 'Master' of Hodgett a few times, I think I've learned a little bit—it's not that I choose to be gentle in certain actions, he will understand what politeness and reason are of."

Although Zhou Lingke's description made Huo Jiete a beast, Price found that he couldn't find anything to refute.At this time, the door knocked.

"Please come in!" Zhou Lingke was a little surprised who it would be at this time, because Xia En had just led a team out for inspection, and they had to go around the wooden city wall routinely, in case they found any loopholes that would allow wild animals to come in.But the recent people really surprised him.

It was McCree, of course, followed by Sean.Unmelted snowflakes were still falling on both of their bodies, and they were filled with the cool air brought in from the outside.