"All right, Mr. Clown, and your circus companions. Richard looked at the clown and said seriously, "I am very sympathetic to your plight, and I hope you can solve it as soon as possible, but I still have to hurry, so I really don't participate, goodbye." With that, Richard rode away on horseback.

"Wait!"

At this time, Oliver, the head of the circus, rushed in front of the horses, stretched out his hand to stop them, and said, "Boy, you ...... You're not allowed to go!"

"How?"

"You're a suspect too!"

"Huh?"

"Of the three days, apart from our circus, you and I have been the longest, a night long!Besides, my money has been well hidden, and you have disappeared after a night?, and now, in such a hurry to leave, it is very suspicious!" Oliver exclaimed, "so unless you can find the real thief, you are a thief!"

"I see, it seems that it is a bit difficult to stay out of it. Richard whispered.

The clown whispered, "Passerby, it seems that you have only one way to help us find the real thief." In other words, I'm still looking forward to your performance, after all, whether it's talking about life or playing games, you have surprised me a lot. ”

Richard looked at the clown and looked at each other for a long time: "So, Mr. Clown, are you going to let me surprise you again?"

"If you can, that's for the best. ”

"Oh well. Richard said with a smile, turned his head to look at the circus director Oliver, and said, "You asked me to help you find the thief who stole the money, right? Okay, I'll tell you directly, I was the one who stole the money, and I stole your money." ”

"Huh?!" Oliver was stunned, and the rest of the people, including the clown, were stunned, "You stole it?"

There was a hint of disbelief in his voice.

"Yes, I stole it. Richard nodded and asked Oliver, "I'll pay you all the money you lost." ”

"Hmph, you didn't steal it, did you? You just said it on purpose to reduce trouble! You want to compensate me, can you afford it? Let me tell you, the money I stole can buy a village...... No, I can buy a castle...... No, I can buy the next city!"

"Are you sure?!" Richard said in a slightly higher voice, quickly listing the numbers to Oliver, "Judging from my contact with you the night before, it seems that you didn't get a lot of coins for your performance. Basically, there are no silver coins, all of them are copper, and at most more than 100 copper coins in one night, which is equivalent to more than one silver coin. Even if the situation is a little better, at most two silver coins a day.

If a month is calculated as thirty days, you will not rest at all for a month, and you will only earn 60 credits. The silver coins earned need to buy food, and also to supply enough meat for the lion, and at least 20 silver coins must be used up a month, so there are only 40 silver coins left.

If calculated in this way, the income of a month, even if you don't share it with the rest of your circus at all, and you will only eat it all, it will only be 40 silver coins, and it will be 480 silver coins a year. I don't know what your rate of exchange for gold is, but it should be between 1;20 and 1;30. That's 16 gold coins to 24 gold coins. By the way, how many years have you been a circus director?"

"This circus was established for a total of three years. Thors, the animal trainer who fed the lion meat next to him, looked over and gave an answer.

"Then it's very clear, in three years, the maximum you can earn is 48 to 72 gold coins. Richard looked at Oliver, "Actually, it should be much less, I guess it's between 15 and 20 gold coins." ”

Oliver: "I ......"

"And I have a hundred gold coins here. As he spoke, Richard took out a heavy bag from his bosom, opened the mouth of the bag, and poured it, and the gold coin fell, smashing on the ground with a pleasant sound, like a rain of gold, shining incomparably in the sun.

Suddenly, the breath of everyone in the circus froze, and their eyes were fixed on the gold coins all over the ground, completely unable to move.

Richard looked at Oliver and said solemnly, "Didn't you get the money stolen, well, I'll pay you more money so you don't have to go to the thief." In this way, your problem and mine are solved at the same time - after all, problems solved with money are not problems, right?"

"This ......" Oliver couldn't say anything as he looked at the gold coins all over the ground, just swallowed vigorously, "Goo, goo." ”

"Okay, you collect the money, I'm leaving, I'm really in a hurry. So...... Goodbye!" As the words fell, Richard pulled the reins of his horse and walked quickly forward, farther and farther.

"It's all my money, and no one can rob me!" As soon as Richard left, the circus director immediately threw himself impatiently on the gold coins all over the ground, and the fat all over his body was shaking excitedly.

The rest of the circus froze, breathing heavily, and McGee, the lame groom, and Tyne, the hunky, looked at each other.

The clown looked in the direction Richard had left, showing a very strange gaze, as if he had eaten a fly, but after a while, he smiled dumbly: "Okay, okay, this is really a big surprise!"

The clown's voice fell, and Tyne, the big man on the side, suddenly became angry, burst into a loud shout, took out a dagger from nowhere, and stabbed it at Oliver, the circus leader who was picking up gold coins on the ground, and stabbed it in the back of the heart with a "poof".

The lame Mav-McGee also ran over, carrying a rusty dagger in his hand, and stabbed Oliver as well, but at the last moment, the blade deflected and stabbed Tyne in the thigh.

Tyne screamed, tried to attack MavMagie with a dagger in red eyes, and said hatefully, "I knew you would ...... like this"

Mafu McGee limped away, glared at Tyne, and said heavily, "Don't blame me, you'll do the same!"

Beside him, the animal trainer looked at the two people and walked quietly to the door of the lion's iron cage, while the beautiful young woman Amy hurriedly hid in the corner.

The clown first sighed, then his eyes flashed, and he said a little suddenly: "Anyway, this is the real purpose of that kid, it's a little interesting, tsk......"

......

The other side.

Richard had ridden away for miles, turned his head to look behind him, and saw no one chasing him, and his eyebrows moved.

The reason why he paid for it just now was because he didn't want to make trouble. On the other hand, they want to test more information to see how the circus people will react, to see if the whole circus is deliberately acting with the clown, or if only the clown is an alternative existence.

Now it seems that the latter possibility is more likely, but in the end, it will be a matter of waiting.

And this waited until the evening.

......

In the evening, the sun shifted in the west, and the western sky burned red, like lava flowing.

Ahead of the road, a tall castle appeared.

The entire castle is pitch black, like a cast of iron, and the crimson light shines on it, almost without any reflection, giving people an eerie and mysterious feeling.

Richard approached on horseback, and the horses under his crotch neighed and resisted.

Richard's eyebrows slowly raised, and his gaze fell on the gates of the black castle.