After the incident, Plain rushed to the scene as soon as possible. Logically speaking, this kind of thing should have been done by Captain Pavre, but after the banquet, Pavre stayed by the duke. Even when the duke slept, he would guard the door all night, asking his subordinates to take a replacement before dawn and then take a nap by himself. The guards would cry for his loyalty, Plain thought sarcastically.

But what the simple-minded guard didn't know was that the Duke was actually suspicious of him, so he always brought him by his side to monitor his every move. Maybe Pavre didn't know, but Plain knew the most. The Duke handed over many of the work that should have been handed over to Pavre, not because the Duke trusted him, but because there was something wrong with the people he trusted. Everyone knew that the so-called "wizard" assassin that night was not the so-called "wizard" assassin, but the two guards, who were the men of the captain of Pavre, one of whom was killed on the spot by the "Scarlet Rose" and the other was cut off his right arm, but with the efforts of the doctor, he barely saved his life.

Although the Duke said on the surface that Pavre was responsible for thorough investigation of this matter, the person responsible for torture the prisoners was Plain instead of Pavre. In fact, this matter should have been left to Pavre. However, this time the Duke was handed over to Plain. Plain did not disappoint the Duke. The guard confessed a lot of names under torture. Plain pulled out all his nails for this. For each nail he pulled out, he would confess a new name, and the last name was Pavre.

But obviously the Duke did not believe the prisoner's confession - the Duke was not so stupid. Plain thought that it was just a means by the prisoner to interfere with the investigation. What I could think of would that Lord Udolf not have imagined?

However, the current situation still makes Plain very worried. As the chief manager of the inner castle, he has always been responsible for some simple things, and important events are still left to Pavre. Plain is quite satisfied with this and said that he is not enterprising. After all, compared to those complicated and cumbersome events, he can live a peaceful life just by just taking care of the inner castle. Plain is more willing to choose the latter. But the current situation cannot tolerate him thinking about these things. Although the entire so-called "wizard and assassin" incident was said to be left to Pavre for full investigation, in fact, the investigation was always in charge of the investigation by Plain and Mr. Mdolph.

Forget it, Plain sighed secretly. He really didn't think he had any investigation skills. He would just believe that Master Mdolph, who was smart and taciturn when he was a child, just solve the current situation. No, it should be said that Plain is already suffering enough.

At night, an earthquake occurred in Jinshui City. This time it was extremely popular compared to the previous few. Houses collapsed in the old city. The damaged houses before they could not be repaired, so they turned into ruins in this earthquake. Howling and a depressing atmosphere enveloped the old city.

After learning the news, Plain immediately mobilized the guards of the guards to the old city. When he led the guards on horseback, the residents had already started to spontaneously move away from the ruins to save people. Although it was already night, the streets were crowded with people. When they saw the nobles riding on horses coming, they made way. One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one,

This was not a good sign, Plain told himself. Then Plain raised his head and saw the first collapsed house, a two-story old building near the square where the old water well was located, which was one of the oldest wooden houses in Golden Falls. Men in coarse cloth shirts were lifting a beam. They were boatmen and rushing boats to live on the banks of the Canjin River. When they saw Plain approaching on horseback, they raised their eyes, with disdain on their faces, and then threw the beam aside.

A woman wrapped in a faded pink scarf on her head was crying loudly, and most people were watching them from a distance, only the strong men and the barefoot boy stepped forward to help. "What are you looking at?" Plain widened his eyes and waved his whip to the passers-by, "Hurry out the overwhelming brazier over there! Are you trying to cause a fire to burn the entire old town?!"

Several elderly people raised their heads and looked at Plain coldly, but after seeing the whip in his hand and the guard behind him, they lowered their heads and walked towards the brazier that Plain said. "These fools!" Plain cursed in a low voice, then he looked at the crying woman and drove over.

It was a middle-aged woman, and it seemed that she should be the owner of the old house. But it would be better not to go up and get entangled with her. Plain thought gloomyly. He looked up at the eyes of the people around him, as if they were hostile. Is it my illusion? Plain thought so and planned to drive his horse to the next place where the collapsed house was.

But at this moment the crying woman saw Plain. "Sir!" she cried and shouted, "Save my family! My father and husband are still underneath!"

Plain frowned. "They will save them!" Plain replied, pointing to the boatmen.

"Sir! Lord Lord will protect our safety? Why doesn't he lend a helping hand when we suffer?!" the woman shouted at Plain.

"That's it! What are the lord doing at this time?!" Someone shouted among the passers-by around.

"Who was just now?!" Plain immediately took out a fierce look. He pointed the whip at the residents who had been watching silently and did not come to help. Seeing Plain's appearance, the people immediately became silent. These foolish people! Plain wanted to scold, but he didn't want to stimulate them anymore. Except for the guards who protected the inner castle, the rest of the guards were sent to patrol or maintain order in the barracks. The three towns had grudges with each other. If they were left alone, there would be a bloodshed incident. The inner castle could not draw out any extra people.

Plain also noticed that when he was doing this, some of the boatmen who helped save people stopped and looked in their direction with their hands folded in their chests. However, some of the boatmen seemed to have nothing to do with them, and just lowered their heads and moved the wood to save people.

"Don't mess with us here!" Plain shouted sternly, "Give the way quickly, I'm going to see the next accident site! There will be a fire in the old city later, and you will ask me!" Then Plain looked at the boatmen who were holding their hands and holding their chests and looked cold-faced, "You guys! Hurry up and prepare the buckets in case of emergencies!"

"Sir! Please save them! They may be dying!" The woman climbed up and ran towards Plain.

We all may be dying, Plain thought to himself, but he could not tell these words to those who were used to living in a long and stable life. "Get out of the way! Don't block the road!" Plain waved his whip to scare the woman who was in the middle of the road, but the woman with red eyes and tears on her face was not afraid.

"Sir! This is your duty! Protecting us is your duty!" she cried and then pointed at the ruins of their house, "My father and husband are also residents of Golden Waterfalls! Protecting them is also your duty! Please save them!"

"Go and tell them!" Plain waved his whip and pointed at the group of people who stood aside and looked at each other coldly, "Go and see if they can help you!"

"Scammer!" The woman suddenly shouted at Plain as if she was crazy, which made him unexpected, "Scammers! You nobles are all liars! You don't care about our lives or death at all!"

"Your children will all go and commit adultery with the devil!" The woman's angry curses almost echoed through the streets.

The muscles on Plain's face twitched, and he looked at a guard behind him, "She just said a few words and smashed her teeth for me!" As soon as Plain's order came out, the people around him were suddenly in an uproar, but the guards in iron armor turned over and dismounted, but no one dared to come forward to stop them. Only among the boatmen who wanted to save people, a young man with a strong blood and blood wanted to step forward, but was stopped by someone older than him.

Come on, Plain looked at the man gloomyly, come on, if you come, you will kill the chicken and scare the monkey.

"Crazy! You madmen! Vampire! Devil! Bastards of the devil!" The woman kept cursing at them, but when the tall guard approached, the hideous face immediately turned into horror. He wanted to escape but was grabbed by his arm. The woman struggled, "You dogs! Noble dogs!" She kept cursing, until the guard raised his fist wearing iron armor and gave her some, her cursing turned into a wail.

"Don't let me hear those stupid rumors again!" Plain shouted loudly, "For your teeth! Or for your lives!"

"Let's go!" Plain drove his horse and led the guards toward the next accident site. People immediately consciously let the person who drove a road, and the horse's hooves twitched on the stone road. Plain turned slightly, but could only hear the woman's wailing and could not see her.

It is better to throw a few teeth than to be hanged. Plain wanted to tell her, but he had no time. If the whole old city was not careful, he might be burned out. He had to hurry up. However, if she heard her words just now, her body might be hung on a drowning hanger tomorrow. Although the Duke is a rare lord who cares about the lower class, he also has a bottom line. When he touches this bottom line, he may become more cruel than the Furious King.

...

The earthquake made Joel even more determined to leave Jin Falls immediately. The last time he was injured in Hemi, this time it was Simoken, but this time it was not because of the earthquake, but because of the mercenaries.

At this moment, the streets were crowded, not only in the taverns, but many residents living in their homes also broke the curfew and ran out. Maybe the news that the monster was dead was spreading in the city, which made them relax their vigilance a little.

When the Alps walked out of the tavern with Simoken in his arms, the earthquake had not stopped. The whole house was creaking, as if it would collapse at any time, but fortunately it did not collapse in the end. Otherwise, the mercenaries would not be able to take out their luggage in the hotel upstairs, and they had to find another hotel in the city. This is a very difficult thing in Jinhu City today. Mercenaries from the south had already filled the hotels in the city. If a hotel collapsed at this time, the residents inside would have to set up tents at the mercenary camp outside the city.

The owner of the tavern and hotel took the lead in returning to the tavern for inspection after the earthquake stopped. The residents who were panicked on the street were driven back home by patrolling guards, and fewer people on the street gradually became. The night was cold, and the mercenaries were crowded with braziers, and the guards were tactfully ignored them. Since that night, the relationship between the mercenaries and guards in the city has become quite subtle, and both sides consciously maintained a certain safe distance. If the Duke had not issued a pardon order after the night when the mercenaries and guards fought each other, the situation in the city might have been worse.

In order to avoid the guards' gaze, Joel followed the Alps and others to squeeze in the mercenaries and hid in the corner. The mercenaries around were talking about something, and the streets were still a little noisy and lively.

Simoken was helped to sit down on a wooden barrel. When she was knocked down, she sprained her ankle, making it a problem for her to walk now. When she saw Joel approaching, she immediately lowered her head in shame: "I'm sorry."

Joel was stunned for a moment, and he asked in confusion: "No. Why do you say sorry?"

"Because you and Lord Al are always causing trouble." Ximoken said in shame.

"Don't say such things, after all, this is a natural disaster, right?" Alps said and looked at Joel.

No, this is not a natural disaster. Joel thought gloomyly, and he looked at Ximoken: "Don't take it to heart." Then he squatted down and checked Ximoken's injuries.

"Sister Simoken is okay?" Hemi, who was supported by Lianda behind Joel, asked nervously.

"Well, I just sprained my ankle, I'll be fine after a while." After checking the injury, Joel stood up again, "You can rest well in the past two days. After I prepare the carriage, I'll leave and take you out."

"Yeah. Thank you." Ximoken still lowered her head, obviously this injury made her very disappointed.

"Ah, so here." At this time, a voice came from behind. Joel turned around and saw Ethran, who was called Liehua, walking over. Behind her was the strong man with a tiger back and a bear-waisted waist, and his body obviously attracted the attention of many people.

"Long time no see." The Alps greeted first.

"What, you've come to Jinshui City too." Liehua was a little surprised after seeing him, but immediately looked at Joel again, "I've been looking for you for a long time, and finally found you."

Did you come to pay back something? Joel thought, but did not answer, just looked at Liehua.

Then Joel saw Liehua take off the sword from her waist and the scabbard, and handed it back to Joel. "This sword has only been re-tight for you. Because it is a finished product, if you want to make changes, it will be a pity if you have to break the magical cold iron weapon that was originally attached." As Liehua took out another thing, a mysterious smile appeared on her face, "But this thing is different."

"Oh? Is this a mask?" Alps looked at the mask in Liehua's hand with curiosity: it was a pale mask, which looked like some kind of stone, but also had the texture of trees. The mask was carved into a face with an exaggerated smile, with streamlined eyes and open and ear-rooted smiles, revealing rows of teeth, and in addition, some parts of the mask also had streamlined engravings.

"It's really modern." Alps commented. Joel felt that his smile was so realistic that he looked a little creepy. But he still reached out to take the mask.

"This thing is not just a mask, it is just a hanging ornament, and it is difficult to wear it." Liehua said. Joel looked at the mask in his hand, not only the appearance, but also the inside of the mask. As Liehua said, Joel also felt this way when he was wearing a mask, but at that time he only wore a mask to cover his appearance, so he didn't care so much.

"I reprocessed this thing, and the thickness became thinner. Although the defense it could provide was reduced, it was just a mask rather than a mask, so I think it was more important to be practical than defense. Although the thickness became thinner, the weight also decreased. I also thoroughly figured out the special effects attached to the material." As Liehua said that, he took out something from his pocket. "This is a ring made of materials taken from the mask. It can still exert its effect after processing. This can be considered a valuable experience."

As Liehua handed the three rings to Joel. Joel reached out to take them and looked down. The refined red copper was inlaid with a white stone that was as sharp as a gem. Although it looked simple, the maker's cleverness could be seen from the pattern it processed.

"It looks good," Lianda leaned over and looked at Liehua again, "What's the use of this?"

"The special effect attached to the white fossil wood is curse resistance. After making it into a ring, it can inherit this special effect well," Liehua smiled at Lianda with a confused expression, "Simply put, these rings are rings with curse resistance."

"Curse resistance?" Joel was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and looked at the three rings in his hand.

"Since it's so convenient, why not make more? It's okay to take more masks so big, right?" Lianda asked in confusion.

"Because I'm very tired!" Liehua stretched, "I'm tired of doing it, so I made three."

"Thank you very much." Joel pinched the three rings in his hand and looked at Liehua. Liehua himself waved his hand indifferently, then turned and left.

"It's just mutual assistance and mutual benefit. Forget it. I've been doing it all night. I have to go offline and have a meal to make up for it." As she said that, she waved her hand and turned around and left.

"What a casual guy." Lianda said with dissatisfaction as she looked at her back.

You are not qualified to say that, Alps shook his head with a wry smile.
Chapter completed!