boy and bone

Tai Qiao, who was sitting on the sofa, was tense all over, and he didn't dare to aim randomly.Kerns seemed more casual. He walked around the living room. There was little dust in the unnoticed corners of the fireplace. It was obvious that it had been carefully taken care of. There were a few bouquets of Dried flowers that never wither, two sets of tableware are placed.

Golly held two teacups with petal-shaped rims and handed them to those who came to visit her.

Tai Qiao took it with both hands, and quickly thanked: "Thank you Knight Commander."

Golly smiled gently and said, "I'm no longer the knight commander. Only Kearns still calls me by my old title."

Kerns took the teacup, and the aroma of black tea wafted into his face: "You didn't accept compensation when you left Sacred Deer Palace. What do you live on now?"

Golly said: "I don't know anything except knight work. I learned everything from scratch."

She pointed to the black and white dress on the ironing table by the window: "I'm currently working as a domestic maid."

"Won't it be very hard? Your body can't stand the fatigue." Kerns frowned.

"No, I'm serving an old painter now. His legs and feet are not very convenient, but he has a good personality. He doesn't need to do too much housework. It's just that when his children are not around, take him out to get some air. Landscape." Golly said.

"That's good." Kerns felt relieved.

"Are you married?" Kerns asked suddenly.

Tai Qiao took a sip of black tea and choked it into his nostrils, sighing inwardly: You are too straightforward, Sir Knight.

Golly, who also noticed her own table, understood why he asked, and replied: "I'm not married. My sister is visiting me today, so I've prepared two sets."

"How did you find me?" Golly asked curiously, "I don't remember contacting you after I left the Sacred Deer Palace."

"It's just a tacit understanding," Kerns said.

Tai Qiao wiped his mouth silently, thinking: The two started flirting, should he find an excuse to leave...

"To be honest, I'm here to ask for something." Kerns said seriously, while reaching into his knight's tunic, as if digging for something.

Tai Qiao bit the flap of the teacup and widened his eyes: Marriage proposal?Should he applaud later or how to do it without being obtrusive?

Kerns took out a stack of photos and handed them to Golly: "I don't know if you have heard about the 24 members of the Moin Church who died tragically under a curse. This is a photo of their death."

Tai Qiao was stunned, wouldn't this be too unique a wedding present?

It’s no wonder Tejo overthinks it. The reason why Kerns pulled him here at the beginning was because of personal affairs. The woman who came here to open the door was such a gentle and beautiful woman. Kerns asked her if she was married. It's hard not to think about it.

Golly flipped through the photos one by one, she shook her head and said, "I haven't been in touch with this matter for a long time, what's the matter? Are you going to take over the investigation of this matter?"

"No, the investigation on this matter has been shelved, and I was also sent to the field because of this matter." Kerns said.

Goli comforted: "The chiefs all have their own plans. They probably made the arrangement because they saw the interests that you didn't see. You don't have to be too persistent. Obedience to the arrangement will also benefit your future future."

Many friends also advised Kernes in this way, but he just smiled perfunctorily: "I know, I don't want to continue the investigation, I just want to prove whether my idea is correct."

Kerns said: "I want you to see if the wounds on these believers are caused by the Eye of Mourn. You have been using the Eye of Mourn for the longest time. You should know better than anyone else."

Golly looked at the photos and thought, "The fatal wounds given by the Eye of Mourning are indeed in the shape of a half moon, but judging from the wounds in these photos, I can't be sure that the believers were attacked by the Eye of Mourning. The crescent shape of their wounds It is not clean, and the torn part is uneven, as if it was caused by a second attack on the original wound. It cannot be ruled out that the murderer used other instruments to kill and then faked the wound as the scar of the Eye of Mourn. It is also possible that the murder weapon was the Eye of Mourn , but the murderer's skills are immature, and he doesn't have a tacit understanding with the Eye of Sorrow, so the scars caused are very rough."

Kerns took back the photo from Golly in deep thought, and put it back in his dark pocket: "I originally thought that the current owner of the Eye of Mourn, Captain Ferrodis, was the most suspicious, but after your analysis, he used the Eye of Mourn even though he used it for a long time. Short but skillful enough to not cause such a wound, it wouldn't be him."

"Not necessarily. The more mature a person is, the more comfortable he is. He can deliberately pretend to be a novice to clear his suspicion." Golly said: "You can ask him, he is the biggest suspect anyway, even if his The level is higher than yours. Since you are the investigator, you can also ask him routinely. If he refuses to admit it, you can directly detain the Eye of Mourning. The Eye of Mourning will retain the magical characteristics of the victim for a period of time. Comparing the magic characteristics with those 24 believers, it is not difficult to find out the truth."

Kerns said disappointedly: "I thought so too, but Knight Commander Ferrodi claimed that the Eye of Mourning had been lost a year ago and was not on him. Because he was afraid of being punished by the Sages of the Sacred Deer, he never reported it. .”

Goli was surprised: "The Eye of Mourning is one of the Eleven Holy Weapons. How could he lose such a precious thing?"

Kerns knew that Golly must be very heartbroken to hear that the Eye of Mourning was lost. She was the owner of the Eye of Mourning for the longest time. She took good care of the Eye of Mourning as if she were her own child. He said: "Don't worry, I will bring back the Eye of Sorrow."

"I believe in you." Golly smiled softly.

Kerns glanced at the clock against the wall from the corner of his eye: "Then we will take our leave."

Tai Qiao hurriedly put down his teacup and stood up.

Golly looked out the window: "It's almost night, don't you stay for dinner? It's rare for someone to visit me."

"No, we have other things to do tonight." Kerns said and was about to leave.

At this moment, the doorbell rang.

Golly went to open the door, and outside the door was a dusty woman carrying a suitcase. She was taller and slender than Golly, with smooth lines on her neck and shoulders, giving her the air of a dancer.

"Sister." The visitor called calmly.

"Come on, come in." Golly said.

As soon as the woman took a step into the room, she noticed two other people in the room: "Who are these two?"

"These two are my friends from the Knights." Golly introduced each other, "This is my sister, Gilly Ma."

Taejo's eyes were immediately drawn to Gilly without batting an eyelid.

Ji Li didn't care about Zhou Pang's enthusiastic gaze. Instead, she scrutinized Kerns' face and asked suddenly, "Aren't you that scumbag on the street?"

Kerns was taken aback.

"Goli, why do you take everyone home?" Gilly quickly took a step back and approached Goli.

Golly said, "He is a junior of my Knights. He is a young and promising man with great potential. You can't be rude."

Gilly threw the suitcase on the sofa, pointed to Kerns and said, "I saw with my own eyes that he has a fiancée who has just grown up, and he raised a little boy outside. The boy is only in his early ten years old. Perverted."

Listening to the baseless accusation, Kerns couldn't laugh or cry: "Miss, you must have mistaken the person."

"I remember your face clearly, scum." Gilly turned and went upstairs angrily.

"Gili!" Seeing that her younger sister turned around and walked away without any regard for her, Goli was very embarrassed.

Golly apologized to Kerns: "Sorry. My sister may have misidentified someone."

"It's okay, I have a more popular face." Kerns smiled and didn't care.

On the way back to the tavern, Tejo couldn't help showing a silly smile occasionally.

Seeing this, Kerns asked, "What are you thinking?"

"Miss Gilly is really beautiful." Tejo's drooping mouth suddenly curled up in embarrassment.

"I advise you not to think too much, I heard that she is already engaged." Kerns broke the illusion and said, "Before he resigned from the regiment, Knight Commander Golly asked for leave to attend her sister's engagement ceremony."

"It's just engaged, isn't it not married yet?" Tai Qiao asked for a reason.

Kerns added: "That was three or four years ago, and it should be married by now."

"Which guy is so lucky..." Tai Qiao secretly envied, and at the same time suppressed a little spark of hope in his heart, he turned to ask: "Miss Golly seems to be a knight commander at a young age, she It's also very powerful."

Kerns said with emotion: "Yes, she is the youngest knight commander in history. She is a genius... a genius among geniuses. When I first entered the Palace of the Sacred Deer, I felt that I would never be able to catch up with her footsteps in my life, as if no matter where she stood Wherever it is, it seems to be standing on the unreachable peak. Goli has taken countless missions to eliminate curses, large and small, and has done it well every time. Facing monsters, even high-level demon servants, every time She was always the first to meet the enemy. Our group of newcomers followed her like a group of chicks who didn't grow up."

"What I admire more is her attitude of pursuing excellence. Her character is unmatched." Kernes boasted.Golly had been his idol, before she faded away.

"Then why did she leave the Holy Deer Palace?" Tai Qiao asked puzzled.

Kerns glanced at him and said, "She's sick and can no longer continue the mission of the knight."

"What's so serious?" Tai Qiao asked.

"I have nothing to say about her honor," Kerns said.

Tai Qiao shrugged. The knight puts honor more than his life. He didn't intend to be embarrassed and stopped asking: "The knight commander who stood at the top is now someone else's maid. She has such a big gap, and she must feel uncomfortable. Bar."

Kerns was very firm: "She is stronger than everyone."

When approaching the door of the tavern, Tai Qiao's footsteps slowed down.Kerns was wondering, but he heard a deep voice not far away: "Tejo Yechidoan."

Standing in front of them were five or six tough-looking men. They were almost the same in terms of clothing, appearance, and figure. The heavy fabrics and tight, wide shoulders outlined majestic ups and downs, and their substantial muscles clearly showed their bravery.

"Yes, I'm Techo." Taicho couldn't help but tremble in his heart every time he saw these desperadoes, he whispered to Kerns beside him, "They are the Iron Dagger Lizards."

Reminded by Tejo, Chris paid close attention to the arms of each of them, and sure enough, he saw the same blue and black tattoo hidden under the rolled-up cuffs.

A leading man stood up: "There are too many people here, let's take a step to speak."

Tai Qiao nodded frequently, and immediately followed behind the group of men.Kerns was about to follow up, but was blocked by two pairs of strong arms.Kerns raised his head, looked up at the two people in front of him slightly, and wondered in his heart: Is the most basic requirement for entering the Iron Dagger Lizard must be at least 7 feet tall...

Tai Qiao hurriedly said: "He is my friend, he came to help me."

The leader of the iron dagger lizard looked up and down Kerns, who was wearing the usual knight's tunic at this time.Because the knight robes of the Holy Deer Palace are eye-catching ivory white, and they are not usually worn during military parades. Kerns, who is on the field, also puts on a body of self-defense equipment casually. There is no difference in casual riding.

The leader waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to let Kerns follow.

Tejo and Kerns followed the five or six men around a little farther, and walked to a more secluded street, which was said to be remote, and occasionally pedestrians in carriages passed by.They didn't know where they had to go to stop, the surrounding air became smelly, mixed with a faint sour smell.

At the entrance of the alley with the strongest smell, several people from the Iron Dagger Lizard finally stopped.

Kerns looked around, alarm bells ringing in his heart.

The leader of the Iron Dagger Lizard turned around and signaled, "Go into the alley."

Tai Qiao put his fingers under his nose and said in embarrassment: "The smell here is too bad, let's change to another place."

The leader hooked the corners of his mouth, barely calling it a smile: "It smells a little bad, but no one bothers you. Go in, get used to it and you won't be able to smell it after a while."

Tai Qiao was not easy to evade, just as he took a step into the alley holding his breath, he realized that something was wrong.There are more than a dozen strong and fierce iron dagger lizards waiting in the alley.

"Brother, what does this mean?" Tai Qiao smiled awkwardly, he backed up unconsciously, and turned to escape.Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he was punched in the face with a heavy punch, and then fell to the ground.

The leader shook his hand and ordered his subordinates around him, "Tie him up."

When Kerns saw that something was wrong, he turned around and drew his sword to engage in hand-to-hand combat. He wanted to rush to Tejo's side and take him away.

The people from the Iron Dagger Lizard did not expect Kerns to resist so fiercely. Even if two or three people surrounded him, some people still accidentally got slightly injured by his sword.

"Your friend is quite capable of fighting." The leader stood beside Tai Qiao, laughing: "You tell him to stop, I don't want to hurt innocent people."

"Brother, did we have a misunderstanding?" Tai Qiao was bound hands and feet to the ground: "I didn't kill your brother, you shouldn't be the target of revenge, I was also a victim on the boat... That boy, that boy The boy who was resurrected on the boat is the culprit! You let us go, give us some time, and we will definitely find the murderer for you! Let you avenge your dead brother!"

I don't know which sentence picked the leader's life, the strong man grabbed Tai Qiao by the collar and pulled him up from the ground, cursing: "I don't want revenge, I want to live now!"

Tai Qiao was stunned: "What, what do you mean?"

The leader loosened his hand fiercely, and pushed Tai Qiao to the ground: "Gag him."

Afterwards, the leader and his subordinates whispered: "Notify those bastards immediately, I have already caught him, and tell them to let us go."

"Yes."

Seeing that Tai Qiao was about to be taken away by them, Kerns, who was blocked at the entrance of the alley, was anxious and distracted. Unexpectedly, his defensive posture showed flaws. His besiegers seized the opportunity to stab him in the back. There was still a streak of blood on his waist.Kernes's action of protecting the wound greatly delayed his reaction, and he began to struggle in the face of the provocations of four people at the same time.

Just as he was leaning against the wall thinking of countermeasures and calming down, the person in front of him collapsed to the ground, and then the other besiegers were also hit hard from behind, and they hugged their heads and groaned on the ground.

Kerns raised his gaze, and a long-lost face appeared in his sight.

The ferret held the leg of a high stool in a very standard posture, as if he was holding a sharp silver sword.

Kerns moved his mouth in shock, but he still couldn't make a call.

When the ferret found out what kind of face the beaten person had, he was also shocked: "It's you."

Kerns didn't know what kind of greeting to use, and when they were all distracted, a silver light stood behind the ferret.

"Behind you!" Kerns shouted anxiously.

The ferret turned around immediately, clenched the high stool to block it, but the wooden chair was instantly cut in half by the sharp sword.

The ferret didn't think about anything, he picked up the sharp stool leg that happened to be cut off as a long IIII gun to fight back, after several probings, he regained the advantage, and forced the man to retreat to the wall. In the end, there was no way to retreat. The man's hand As soon as it was loosened, the silver sword fell to the ground, announcing the end.

"Don't meddle in your own business." A gloomy glint appeared under the man's eyebrows.

"Just this time, I promise I won't make an exception." The ferret said flatly.

Suddenly there was a blunt sound behind him, and the ferret turned around vigilantly, only to find that Kerns had knocked down all the people who wanted to attack him.

In the alley, there were more than a dozen tall and thick men's bodies, which suddenly seemed crowded. They were still panting, but it was a bit difficult to stand up.

The ferret frowned. He originally came to the alley after work to take out the garbage, and the high stool chair in his hand was asked to be thrown away by the boss because the legs of the stool were uneven. Unexpectedly, it became a life-saving weapon just now.

Ferret never expected to meet this man again in a dilapidated alley.

This one who is his twin.

The ferret didn't want to stay any longer. Seeing that there was no danger, he turned and left.

Kerns finally couldn't suppress it, and shouted to the ferret's back: "I'm sorry."

The ferret paused and stood still.

"I miss you bro," Kerns whispered.

The ferret continued on his way without looking back, "I miss you."