Chapter 36 Death of Black Falcon
"In the Grafson family knight's room? How could he go there?" Ian continued to ask.
"I don't know, my lord."
"What about the knight?"
"Gone, and his page boy is gone," Jenny shook her head. "I followed your instructions and knocked on the door. After knocking a few times for the first time, there was no response, so I left temporarily. I stayed in the hall for a while, and then knocked on his door again, but there was still no response. , I was very confused at the time, so I pushed it and found that the door was not locked."
"Then you saw Black Falcon's body?"
"yes."
"Have you seen the cause of death clearly?"
"What?"
"What wounds are there on Black Falcon's body?"
"I'm sorry, sir, I was so scared at the time that I screamed. Then some mercenaries ran in to check the situation. When they found out that the deceased was their boss, everything exploded. I didn't dare to continue. Stay there and come up quickly to report the situation to you."
"Damn it." Ian sighed. You were the first to find the body, and then you ran to me non-stop. Didn't this just add suspicion to me?
"Wear armor and prepare to fight." Ian ordered.
Rohr immediately blocked all the tables and stools against the door, and then the three of them helped each other and quickly completed putting on the full set of equipment.
Listening to the movement outside the door, Ian only hoped that when Black Falcon's mercenaries came up, Denzel would be on his side as promised.
However, they waited for a long time, and instead of waiting for Black Falcon's mercenaries to knock on the door, they found that the sounds downstairs gradually disappeared.
After a while, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Sir Lucien, Jenny, are you in there?"
"It's aunt's voice." Jenny whispered.
"Martha?" Ian asked outside the door. In fact, he had already recognized the other party's voice.
"Yes, it's me, Sir Lucian." Martha said.
"And us." This time it was Denzel's voice.
"How's the situation outside?"
"Most of Boss Morgan's mercenaries have left, and only four of them are still in the room where his body is."
"Open the door." Ian took a step back and ordered.
"Could it be a trap?" Rohr frowned.
"It's most likely not. If it is, this door won't stop anyone." Ian shook his head. If Denzel and his mercenary team were on the other side, he would have no chance of winning.
After hearing this, Rohr took the order, moved the table against the door, and then pulled the door bolt.
There were only three people outside the door, Martha, Denzel, and Sir Grantham. There was not a large group of mercenaries standing as Roel had feared.
"Sir Lucien." They all bowed their heads in greeting after seeing Ian.
"Has the murderer been caught?" Ian asked aloud.
"No."
"Then why did they leave?"
"Catching the murderer is far less important than competing for the position of the new boss, isn't it?" Ian heard it. It was Grantson's voice. "Except Dorian, he is an orphan adopted by Boss Morgan. He has always regarded Boss Morgan as Because of his father, only he stayed with a few people, vowing to avenge Boss Morgan, and everyone else left in a hurry."
"Then why do you still keep it?" Ian asked with a smile.
"I don't." Grantson wanted to defend, but when the words came to his mouth, he changed his mind, "You are really discerning, I am indeed a member of the Black Falcon mercenary group.
I didn't leave because I didn't think I had the capital to compete for the position of the new leader of the mercenary group, and I felt that becoming the new leader of the mercenary group was not as profitable as working with you.
But I'm curious, how did you figure out that I belong to the Black Falcon Mercenary Group? "
"Two points. The first is your attitude on the issue of 'Black Fire Treasure'."
"My attitude?"
"You seemed to be sure from the beginning that I hired you to do something very dangerous. I think at that time you must have thought that I was here for the Blackfire Treasure, right?"
"Ah? Did you guess it?" Grantson was surprised, then admitted.
"So you didn't shy away from talking about the Blackfire Treasure at the beginning. At that time, you probably wanted to find out how much information I knew.
Then you suddenly discovered that I actually knew nothing about the Blackfire Treasure, so you immediately changed your attitude and became reluctant to talk about this issue.
All this is because you don't want another contender for the Blackfire Treasure here.
If you are, as you say, already excluded from the search for the White Wall City Ghost Bandits just like Denzel, then you should welcome new competitors like me just like him. Only then Only then do you have a chance to get a piece of the pie.
And if you don't, that means you are either a member of the local wealthy knights alliance or a member of the Black Falcon mercenaries. "
Grantham's throat felt dry.
"The second point is your name for Black Falcon."
"Everyone calls him Boss Morgan. He doesn't like the nickname Black Falcon, because the title 'Black Falcon' belongs to the position of leader of the mercenary group, not to him." Grantson seemed to realize something and immediately explain.
"I know this. For example, Martha and Jenny have always called him Boss Morgan, but they are just innkeepers. You are different. You are a knight. Since Denzel has always been like me Call him Black Falcon, why would you lower yourself and call another person boss?"
"This, so you have already guessed that I am from Mo Black Falcon? Then why did you choose to hire me?" Grantson lost his voice.
"Didn't I say it? I'm not interested in Blackfire's treasure. Since I have no conflict of interest with Black Falcon, what does it matter if you are his? Originally, in my plan, I was going to use He got a lot of his people. But now that plan has been ruined. By the way, you will still serve me now, right?"
"I formally apologize for my previous deception, Sir Lucion. If you will forgive me, my sword will be yours."
"You have my forgiveness, Sir, but never deceive me a second time." After Ian finished speaking, he looked at Denzel again.
"Oh? I have never deceived you, ser. I swear in the name of Queen Nymeria." The Dornish man said quickly.
Nymeria is the warrior queen of the Rhoynar people. In order to avoid the invasion of the Valyrian Empire, she led the Rhoynar people to sail westward in thousands of ships and arrived in Dorne after traveling many places. Later, he married the Dornishman Mors Martell, and the two worked together to unify the fragmented Dorne.
In the hearts of Dornish people, she has a very high status, and it is even because of this queen that women in Dorne have the same inheritance rights as men.
"I know you are not lying, my friend." Ian nodded and looked at Martha, "When will the inn resume normal business?"
"Black Falcon's mercenaries smashed a lot down there, scaring almost all the customers away. However, there are still spare tables in the warehouse. The business in the store will soon return to normal, but those few have to worry about Mo. How to deal with the mercenaries who seek revenge from Boss Gen?"
"I can try to persuade them to leave." Sir Grantham was ready to take the initiative to take on this task.
"Why let them leave? They are mercenaries too, aren't they?"
"They only want to avenge Boss Morgan now, and they cannot be hired by you." Grantson explained.
"But now," Ian narrowed his eyes slightly, "I have also become interested in the so-called Black Fire Treasure."