Chapter 522 The Longest Night (3)
Griman is very good, 1.8 meters tall, with a tangled muscles all over his body, and weighs more than 15% of them. This is enough to be called a giant in the first halfling era, but in today's human soldiers in the holy land can only be middle-aged and upper-middle.
Less than half a minute after Rollin arrived at the escort camp, Griman came out. He was very respectful, he didn't carry any weapons on his body, and his ellipse marks representing the rank of commander were also taken off, and his shoulders were bare.
"The Fort Lord, Greman is incompetent and actually let the assassin sneak into the fortress. I have no shame to be the commander of the guards anymore." His face was full of guilt.
Luo Lin laughed in his heart when he heard this. This guy could act. But he also knew that this was a loyal statement from the other party. He handed over the right to dispose of it to Luo Lin, which means that he had no thoughts and recognized the legitimacy of Luo Lin's succession.
This is the time to use people, so Rowlin certainly would not be stupid enough to change players on the spot.
He looked solemn. Although the expression was not very deterrent because of his young age, Greman did not dare to say anything: "The assassin is a dead soldier, but after he was sentenced to severe punishment, he still explained something. What do you think he said?"
Rollin stared at Griman.
Griman felt a huge pressure on his gaze. Sweat on his forehead suddenly oozed out, his heart pounding, and he stuttered: "Master, I can't guess."
"He said it was your commander by Griman." Rollin pressed his hand on the revolver at his waist. If necessary, he could draw the gun and shoot six shots in 0.5 seconds. This is the result of years of training.
Greman was already panicked. He had never expected this ten-year-old child to put such pressure on him. In his previous impression, Verando seemed to be an unknown child. There was no news that he had done anything unique, but now, he had the illusion that there was a beast standing in front of him, which made him lose his normal judgment.
"No, the lord of the castle. It wasn't me! How could I do this! My old Greman has always been loyal to the Thales family and would never do such a thing. If I do it, how could I explain to the marshal?" Greman felt that he shouted loudly. He felt his legs were weak and he could hardly stand, and sweat continued to penetrate his back.
Seeing that he was almost scared, Rollin slowed down and nodded, "I think so too, so I didn't believe him."
"Hu" Griman breathed a long sigh, feeling that the heavy load on his back was removed, and he relaxed.
"The Lord of the Castle..." He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, and he got stuck for a moment.
Rollin took the epaulette from Griman's hand, pressed him on his shoulder, then reached out and patted him, and said, "Come in with me, I have something to tell you!"
"Yes." Griman instinctively saluted, then followed Rollin obediently and walked into the barracks.
When he arrived at the barracks, Rollin waved to the guards and said, "You all go out, Commander Griman and I have something to say. You two go out too. Don't let anyone come in and disturb you."
The guards in the room were all Greman's subordinates, including Greman's loyalty, but they had just witnessed the majesty of the new castle master. At this time, they did not dare to say anything, or even dared to see Greman, and walked out of the house without saying a word.
Soon, Rollin and Griman were left in the room.
For some reason, Greman found himself feeling uneasy. He was almost forty years old, but he was frightened in front of a ten-year-old child. He had to be careful and thought about it. But this pressure was real. Greman tried to get rid of it, but he couldn't succeed.
"Sit down, commander Griman." A voice came from his ears. Griman looked up and found that the young New Castle Lord had already sat in his usual seat, pointing at the chair on the side.
Griman hurried over and sat down.
"The situation in Bluestone Castle is very dangerous, I believe you can feel it too, right?" Rollin asked.
Griman nodded: "Yes, once Wild Wolf Castle knows that the Lord of Fort Grilock is dead, we will definitely attack desperately. We only have three days to prepare at most."
"That's true." Rollin recognized Greman's inference. This commander still has some skills.
He said slowly: "My father fought all his life, and victory has always been with him. My family's fate is bumpy. Now I am the only one left, but despite this, I still don't want to shame my father's reputation. I am determined to restore my father's glory, but it's not possible to rely on me alone. I need help. Are you willing to help me?"
Griman remembered the invincible Marshal Thales. He once followed the Marshal to fight in the abyss. When he thought of the figure like a god of war, he looked at the face of the young man in front of him who was extremely similar to the Marshal. He felt a heat in his heart and couldn't help but rush out: "Master of the Castle, I, Griman, swear to follow your footsteps to the death!"
"Okay!" Rollin was slightly excited. It seemed that he was right. Although Griman was more conservative in character, he still had loyalty to Thales in his heart, which was very good.
"I got a news that there is something wrong with the Tianyi tailor's shop in the fortress, which may be related to the assassin. You know, the Guards need to guard the Lion Manor and cannot be moved lightly, so I need your Guards now."
As soon as these words were said, Griman was immediately excited. The New Castle Lord needed his help. This was not a verbal statement, but a practice, which showed that the other party trusted him.
He immediately said, "I'll organize the manpower now."
"Don't mess it up, I need to find out the inside story."
"Absolutely not, don't worry, lord." Greman is still experienced in this matter, and he answered very confidently.
"Then you go and do it."
"Yes." Griman went out excitedly. After a while, the guards moved and surrounded the Tianyi Tailor Shop.
The door of the barracks opened, and Luo Lin walked out and said to the two confidants at the door: "Let's go, let's go and have a look."
It was already six:30 pm, it was winter, the day was short and the night was long, the sun had already set, the sky was dark, and you could see from the barracks that the guards were moving forward gently, leaving behind blurry shadows, like hunters lurking in the darkness.
Luo Lin followed his guard not far behind the guards. After walking about a hundred meters away, a shadow came over in the dark night. It was Luo Lin's close guard, with about thirty people, who protected Luo Lin in the middle.
Luo Lin was very cautious. He held an umbrella and hid under the umbrella to watch the situation ahead.
Soon, an angry shout came from the dim night, and then the guards rushed into the Tianyi tailor shop one by one. After a while, there were angry curses inside. Then a few gunshots appeared, followed by screams. The gunshots were not much, and they stopped soon, and they should have been done.
This is normal. Just a small tailor shop, the commander of the first army took action personally. If the opponent still gets fucked, the commander will be the end.
In the dark night, Rollin heard Griman curse a few times, as if he had discovered something unexpected. After a while, he returned to the barracks. The soldiers behind him were escorting more than a dozen tailors and carrying a long wooden box.
When Griman arrived, Rollin stopped him: "Griman. What did you find?"
Griman was stunned and immediately walked forward, saluted Rollin first, then waved to the soldiers behind him: "Bring the person up, and carry the box over."
Let’s not look at people, but things. The box was opened and there were three high-precision sniper muskets inside. They were all contraindicated items of the fortress. There was a stack of account books stuffed beside the musket. Luo Lin looked around and found that they were all written in code words. What specific code words were needed to be pried out from the mouths of these prisoners.
Rollin patted Griman on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Master, this is my dereliction of duty. Please punish me!" Griman said solemnly. The fortress is not big, but it has made such a big basket. He, the defensive commander, cannot be said to be.
"The punishment is left in advance. I will officially succeed to the throne tomorrow. During this period, I need the absolute safety of the fortress and must not be at all unrest. Can you do it?" Rollin stared in Griman's eyes.
"Yes!" Griman responded loudly. The Young Master Verando in front of him reminded him of Marshal Taylors, the same decisiveness and the same mighty power. The similar impression made him feel that he seemed to have returned to the past. He couldn't help but respond to Rollin in the way of responding to Marshal.
"Okay." Rollin waved to Griman's soldiers and ordered: "Take all of these people to the Red Stone House for interrogation, and clean the fortress tonight!"
The soldiers immediately turned and took the captives to the Red Stone House. In the Red Stone House, the gloomy interrogator looked at these guys with a scattered smile on his face, as if he was looking at the lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Luo Lin didn't see the guy's bloody interrogation. He waited patiently outside the Red Stone House. In the middle of the night, the interrogator gave him the deciphered codeword book with bloody clothes. There was a list of the names of the bribed people in Bluestone Fort and the territory. There were more than fifty people, officials, soldiers, and merchants, almost all over the territory, and more than twenty of them had penetrated into the Bluestone Fort.
What surprised Luolin even more was that the real master behind the scenes was not the Wild Wolf Castle, but the King's Brotherhood that fled everywhere by General Gudanke.
"The Kings Brotherhood entered the fallen into the assassin organization." Rollin sighed secretly. He looked at the list in his hand. The most shocking guy was a combat airship captain named 'Singer'. The airship he took before the Grilock Fort was his.
In other words, his elder brother was not actually killed in battle, but was assassinated. No wonder his injuries were powerless even the capital of Mu.
Rollin waved the list and said to Nolan beside him: "Take this list, copy multiple copies, and make it public to the whole city tomorrow. Also, tell Griman that I hope to see the heads of all the traitors in the city next to the list notice board tomorrow."
"Yes!" Nolan took the order and left.
Rollin turned to Brighton again and said, "Take my magic seal and hand over the copied list to Hofst and Dante, telling them not to let go of any of the people on the list, but only kill the people on the list and not to implicate the innocent."
Hofst and Dante are the other two commanders of Bluestone Fort. Only by condensing their powers can we clear all the power of the Kings in his territory as soon as possible.
Brighton solemnly took Rollin's seal and took the order and left.
Seeing the figures of the two disappeared into the darkness, Rollin looked up at the dark sky without a single star and sighed: "It seems that a lot of blood will be shed tonight."
If he had already mastered a lot of power and had a lot of trump cards in his hand, he might choose to negotiate with the Kings Brotherhood to resolve the matter relatively peacefully, and even some benefits from it.
But it's not possible now. He hasn't become the lord of this castle yet. He is too young and naturally distrustful.
At this time, he must use iron-blooded means to show a tough attitude, so that the Kings Brotherhood will have more concerns when planning to assassinate him in the future, and weigh more of the price that needs to be paid after the assassination failed. At the same time, he must use this action to make the people of his territory realize his strength and will.
In this chaotic world, what people need is a tough and iron-blooded commander, not a kind monarch. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!