Food, drink and merrymaking in another world

On a gloomy snowy evening, an unknown team attacked a village near the southern border of the Lion Kingdom. All the old and weak orcs in the village were slaughtered, and the young orcs and children were taken away, leaving only Humans and elves.When the city lord near the village received the urgent report from the villagers, the team had disappeared.About two weeks later, the same thing happened in a village on the eastern border.

When the news reached Wangcheng and reported to the king, some villages on the southeast and west borders of the kingdom were looted to varying degrees.Strangely, this team only attacked orcs, and ignored humans and elves, just blindfolded and tied together.Because this team usually chooses to conduct raids in the dark evening and night, so that no one can see who they are.

The king was furious, and immediately sent a cavalry team to investigate, and ordered the city owners to strengthen defenses against the villages and cities under their jurisdiction.However, as the heavy snow fell in winter, the traces of this team were gradually covered by the falling snow. The cavalry searched for a month, but still could not find their traces.

The number of victimized villages began to increase, more and more orcs were taken away, and an atmosphere of uneasiness began to pervade the entire kingdom.The orcs began to worry about their own safety. Some orcs migrated to cities, while others hid in mountains or forests. Only humans and elves remained in the villages.Most of the refugees from the Lordan Kingdom were orcs. After getting the news, some orcs also fled to the mountains and forests, and some orcs decided to migrate to the Aum Kingdom.As a result, the management of the refugees was very difficult. Although the king sent a large number of manpower, they were still too busy.

Gradually, bandits began to appear on the roads of some cities, and some merchants were looted, so they had to issue missions in the cities and hired mercenaries to protect them, and the mercenary market gradually began to show prosperity.In contrast, the price of goods in Wangcheng began to soar, and the price of many materials was raised because of the cut-off of supply.In addition to local dishes, the prices of many vegetables and meat from other places began to rise, and the supply of milk was also cut off. Linda's hot pot restaurant removed some soup bases, and even the number of customers decreased.

That team came and went, and looted several villages one after another. As more and more orcs were victimized, after a while, a rumor appeared among the people: the current king's family is all human beings, and the elves have the support of the elf kingdom. The elves will not be attacked, but the orcs have no backing, so the orcs will be ethnically cleansed, because the king's ancestors were killed by the orcs, and he is now looking for an opportunity to take revenge.

Rumors spread to Yu Lie, all the orcs became uneasy, and the entire royal city was panicked.When Bikong first heard the news, he just smiled and didn't believe it. As the rumors intensified, he also began to feel uneasy.Only the two of them are orcs in the family. If it is true as the rumors say, both myself and Durotan will be miserable.Because of fear, Bikong hid in the room and did not go out, and strongly asked Durotan to live in the same room with him.Linda and Aigurea persuaded him several times to no avail, so he had to go.Durotan believed in Linda very much, but he was no match for Bikong, so he had to move to live with the old man, trying his best to appease him.In the current situation, Linda and Aigurea are really helpless. At this moment, the issue of race is more acute than ever.Ruby also seemed to feel the tense atmosphere, and she no longer played around like before, obediently reviewing her homework at home.

Linda was very helpless. He felt that the current situation looked like a conspiracy. You must know that this kind of thing had happened more than once in his previous life.But he was powerless to stop him. Although he had warned Quez before, he had no evidence to make the other party believe him. Now that the situation happened, he had to wait and see what happened. He couldn't control others, but they could still do it by protecting Bikong.

A few days later, the orc clerks in the hotpot restaurant came to resign. Linda couldn't keep them, so he had to settle the wages and let them leave.Some of the orcs in the royal city hid at home and some escaped to other countries quietly at night. On the way Linda went to the market to buy materials, he did not see a single orc.

The king has also been very anxious recently. The team has not been found until now. They finally found their traces once, but it snowed heavily again, and the footprints disappeared when they entered the forest mouth.The mounts of the cavalry were not suitable for walking in the snow, and some cavalry had frostbitten hands and feet because of the cold weather, so they had to return to the city for treatment.As the weather got colder and the weather got worse, they completely lost track of each other.

The orc aristocrats in the royal city also became uneasy. Some of them resigned to the king. Although they were persuaded by the king to stay, the gates were closed. Linda once went to Tafu and Guda’s house to visit them, but was blocked by the porter. back.

Throughout the winter, all the cities were eerily quiet, but there was a tense atmosphere in private.Linda took the time to meet with Quez. Now the whole kingdom is probably the busiest family.The refugees on the border need to be resettled, the orcs in the kingdom need to be appeased, the team that attacked the village needs to be found, the captive orcs need to be rescued, and the faction is to be found out, and the bandits and bandits need to be wiped out. The king's family is very busy.

Quez was in charge of resettlement of refugees, and his elder brother Foster was in charge of more, with almost no one to be seen.When Linda walked into the study, Quez was giving orders to several subordinates.Linda walked to the side and sat down, waiting for them to finish, and listened to Quez's arrangement by the way.

After dismissing all his subordinates, Quez discovered that Linda had arrived. He let out a breath, relaxed, sat on a chair and asked, "Why are you here?"

Linda said: "The situation is very bad recently, I want to ask about the situation. Has the army not been found yet?" Quez sorted out the documents, nodded and said: "Yes, it is snowing everywhere now, and they are Appeared at night, when we received the news, they had already run away, and there was no way to find out. But judging from the current collection, the origin of this group of people is not simple."

Linda sat up straight and asked, "What? Could it be something?"

Quez looked at him, stood up and closed the door, then walked back and sat beside him, and said in a low voice, "From the information we have so far, there are at least 3 or more level 6 magicians among these people, and more than 4 high-level magicians. Swordsmen, and some high-level thieves are not simple characters. My brother and I suspect that there is at least one high-level wizard among them, otherwise it is difficult to explain the whereabouts of those abducted orcs. And, I think, There are other forces behind this group of people, including the rumors, which are obviously aimed at our royal family. Moreover, why do these people always know the movements of our cavalry team and always run away before the cavalry team arrives? Without a trace, it's not right."

Linda froze, looked around subconsciously, and asked in a low voice: "You mean... there is an insider?" Quez nodded: "I suspect there is an insider, but there is no evidence now, it's just a guess, and my brother agrees with me. Opinion. But this news is uncertain, so I haven’t told my father yet.”

Linda thought for a while: "Then what should we do? We can't let them go on like this. The atmosphere in the city is very tense now, and the price of vegetables is getting more and more expensive. I plan to close the hot pot restaurant in a few days. Anyway, now The money at home is enough for us. It’s just that I think if this continues, it will explode one day.”

Quez touched his chin, nodded and said: "You are right. I didn't take it seriously when you persuaded me. It seems that your instinct is right. But it is really difficult to handle now. First, the weather Very poor, our troops are exhausted, and it is difficult to pursue them. Second, their targets are irregular, and I guess they have internal support, so it is very difficult to grasp their movements. Third, more and more refugees are coming from the Lordain Kingdom , we don’t have enough manpower, and we still have to prevent plagues, plus it’s winter, and we have to ensure that people don’t freeze to death, things are very difficult.”

Linda thought for a while and asked, "Is there any help from the Magic Association, the Swordsman Association, the Druid Association or something? Didn't it mean that those above level 5 are always on standby?" Quez smiled bitterly: "The Druid Association and the Shaman Association Most of them are orcs. They rejected our request, probably because of rumors. As for other associations, because a considerable part of them are orcs, only some humans are willing to help us. The elves are afraid that they will be the next target. The wait-and-see attitude also rejected our request. Those high-level wizards, high-level thieves and high-level hunters in the association were stopped by the association on the grounds that they would not go out during non-wartime. Now these people have been arranged, but there are still insufficient manpower. In short All kinds of troubles now, alas."

"But didn't you say you guessed that there are senior wizards in the passer-by? If you use this reason to ask for help from the Magic Association, will they agree?" Linda thought for a while and asked.

When Quez heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head: "This is still our guess, it can't be true, and this one needs to be kept secret at the moment. The Magic Association won't believe it until there is no certain evidence."

Linda asked: "Then what if I go to the Mercenary Association to issue an order? Will the situation get better if you hire mercenaries to help?" Quez shook his head: "Don't talk about it, some mercenaries colluded with bandits and robbed passing merchants. , some foreign businessmen have refused to come to our country, otherwise you think why the current prices are so inflated. There are also some mercenaries whose level is not enough, and they will die if they go. We have also tried to issue some orders, except for some simple and difficult ones. Almost no one answered. Many people are not willing to go to places where bandits and bandits haunt. If this continues, the prosperous economy will soon shrink.”

"Have you ever thought about who you have offended? Or are you trying to replace your power? Or are other countries behind the scenes?" Linda asked. Most of the history books I have read in previous lives are summarized in this way.

Quez thought for a while, stood up, called Linda to go to the desk together, took a blank parchment, wrote a few names on it, and wrote in a low voice: "Here, basically it is estimated that Jianguo In that generation, those who had resentment against our family are all here. But these few families," he crossed out two, explained: "they died in the war, and my ancestors buried them together, so it is certain that they are no longer people." Pointing to the remaining names, he said while recalling: "The family moved out later and lived in the Kingdom of Lordaene. We checked them out as soon as we received the news. , the results showed that it was not them, because their descendants had been cut off decades ago, and the last one that existed was a widowed old lady in her 70s and [-]s. Became a farmer, farming in the southeast, not even knowing a single word, and it's not them. This family..."

Really carefully, it turns out that the people in power are almost the same in any dynasty. In order to maintain their own rule, everything must be in their own hands.I always thought that the Quez family was just walking along the road paved by their ancestors, but I didn’t think they really had their own way. After so many years, they can still remember the enemy’s movements clearly. We can't underestimate them just because the world is backward.Thinking of this, Linda began to have a new understanding of Quez.For a long time, Linda was not aware of the issue of identity. Because of his education in his previous life, he had always believed in the concept of equality for all, so he didn't treat him like a prince.Looking at it today, he really received royal education in his bones, which is completely different from ordinary people like himself.However, even if Quez is a prince, he is still him, Linda's friend, and this will not change.

Quez checked all the names of the people, listed several forces, checked one by one, and finally listed a few suspicious ones. Seeing Linda in a daze, he knew that he was probably wandering again, so he called his confidant in. , Arrange for them to investigate secretly.

By the time Linda realized it, two hours had passed, and Quez was writing some documents at the table.Linda smiled embarrassedly. He just sat in a daze and started meditating unconsciously.Thanks to Quez, who had seen other magicians meditating, he knew that he could not be disturbed, so he had been quietly processing documents there, and kept his subordinates in a low voice, for fear of waking him up.

When Quez saw him wake up, he smiled and said, "I haven't seen you like this before, how come you're in the state so easily now?" Linda touched his head and said with a smirk, "Hey, this is the guidance of Teacher Darinien. This turned out to be the case. However, the teacher said that this situation generally indicates that there is no danger or threat around me, so it is easy to enter meditation. When my level reaches level 5, I can learn how to control it freely."

Quez nodded: "My elder brother once said that the teacher is very interested in you, and I didn't expect to start guiding you so soon. Back then, my father asked me several times before the teacher agreed to teach my elder brother. You are really kind Luck. Follow the teacher and study hard, but I heard from my elder brother that the teacher is very busy recently, and he has never seen the teacher."

Linda agreed: "Well, the teacher explained that he had to take advantage of the college holiday to sort out the materials. Then this happened. When I visited him, he told me that he was going out to find out the truth of the matter. I did my homework and left."

Quez said happily: "So that's it. With the help of the teacher, I believe there will be news soon." He stood up, sorted out the documents, and took Linda to dinner. There were too many things recently, and he didn't take care of them Let's have a meal, now that Linda is here, he naturally wants him to show his skills and make a tooth sacrifice for the family.

The author has something to say: a war is about to begin!

PS: I'm back, Chongqing is so hot, so hot!But the food is delicious!The wedding was great and busy, the bride is so beautiful~! >