"If you don't have an opinion, I think it's better to give this baronial medal to Alice for safekeeping, because if we want to honor this baronial medal will have to wait until a few days later, so if we hold this baronial medal now, if it is seen by others, especially Zum and others, this baronial medal will not be kept; But if Alice is in charge of keeping it, then it's not a big deal, because I don't think Zum and they will take anything from Alice for a baronial medal. Sun Huiwen suddenly said seriously.

"Yes, in Zum's eyes, Alice and the members of the Duke's faction must be in the same spirit, so if they clash with one of them, it is equivalent to provoking everyone in disguise, so this baronial medal is not worth their deal, even if it is Grimm and Ark." Liu Xing echoed.

Alice was not polite, nodded and said: "No problem, this baron medal will be handed over to me, if nothing else, we should be able to leave this mirage with this baronial medal, because Zum and they really won't embarrass us for this baronial medal, which is also an important piece of information I got at the dinner table today." ”

After receiving the Baron's Medal, Alice told Liu Xing and the others about what had happened in the banquet hall this morning.

I don't know if it's because the members of the public faction have good acting skills, or if they really didn't find out that Alice entered this mirage with Liu Xing and others, in short, judging from the attitude shown by those members of the public faction this morning, they treat Alice as an NPC.

It is worth mentioning here that Alice heard one thing through the "good sisters" she met at yesterday's dinner, that is, the last batch of people who entered this mirage, that is, the members of the public faction and possible passers-by are too many, so the mirage has arranged for them to add some special identities in addition to knights and servants, such as the fox friends and dogs that Green and Ark met on the street, the mercenaries specially hired by Conaway and Roken (nominally personal bodyguards), and Zum temporary" Recruit "castle cleaners."

All in all, these people who have obtained special status are equivalent to being directly arranged into the camp, although their status in the castle is similar to that of Liu Xing and others, but they can move more areas, and they can also live directly in the main castle.

And after these first batch of people who entered the mirage, there were many NPCs one after another, so Alice made up an idea here, that is, to wait until a suitable time to appear with Liu Xing and others, and then disguise herself as NPCs, and Liu Xing and others naturally became "NPC's servants".

If this is successful, then Alice will not be targeted too much by members of the public faction.

Thinking of this, Alice began to learn the words and deeds of those NPCs, fortunately, Alice had learned some aristocratic etiquette before, so she would soon be able to act inseparably along.

Then we got to the point, first of all, this breakfast is that Zum wants to make rules, and Conaway and others also know that if there are no rules, then the next treasure hunt is likely to become a road to survival.

So, after nearly an hour of hard work, everyone present, or the five Zum brothers, finally negotiated a rule that everyone could accept.

First, everyone has their own ability when looking for knighthood medals.

In Alice's opinion, the words "each according to his ability" are very interesting, because it is your ability to find the knighthood medal with your good eyes and brain, and it is also your ability to "take" the knighthood medal from other people's hands.

Obviously, Zum and the others know very well that they are not upright gentlemen, and their brothers are not good people, so they have a tacit understanding that they do not delve into it here, and as for others, of course, they have no opinions.

Second, if someone wants to forcibly snatch the title medal from someone else's hand, then the person who sees this scene around has the obligation to help the party who is robbed, and can use any means, life and death.

Obviously, this rule is to set the stage for the possible next battle, to put it bluntly, it will "rationalize" the inevitable battle for the high-ranking title and medal, and it will sound better if it is passed on in this way.

The most important thing is that Alice knows that this rule is actually another tacit agreement formed between Zum and others - there can only be three camps in this castle, and distant relatives like Alice can only choose to join one of them, and they are not allowed to join the group for warmth and stand on their own, otherwise they will inevitably be attacked by Zum and others... Of course, if you don't get a knighthood, that's fine.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if it's life or death, that is to say, the party who lives to the end has the absolute right to speak, and when the time comes, it is not difficult to reverse the polarity and package himself as a "forced counter-kill" character.

Thirdly, the day before the knighthood ceremony, everyone had to go to the main castle hall for a "final summary", and everyone was free to trade the knighthood medals they found.

To put it bluntly, Zum and others are forcing others to hand over the knighthood medal they have obtained, of course, for everyone's face to shine, so on this last day, everyone is "trading" the knighthood medal instead of "fighting" for the knighthood.

The "Three Chapters of the Covenant" negotiated by Zum and others is, to put it bluntly, to leave the titles and medals left by Duke Gundogan in the hands of their five brothers!

Of course, Zum and others also know very well that they have to give a date if they beat a stick, so they are also hinting that the Viscount Medal and the Baronial Medal can be "freely traded", simply put, Zum and others will not forcibly "buy" the Viscount Medal and the Baronial Medal, so these two knighthood medals are "given" by Zum and others to Alice and other distant relatives.

"This Zum brother is still a little interesting, he is willing to use the Baronial Medal and the Viscount Medal as bargaining chips for us distant relatives, let us honestly give them our lives." Liu Xing said with a smile.

Alice shrugged her shoulders and said, "That's already good, at least we shouldn't be content with just one Baron's Medal and want to send us away, but you also know the three chapters of the Covenant, so I think we should not go our separate ways when we go to find the rest of the knighthood later, because I suspect that the members of those public factions are likely to take the opportunity to make trouble and eliminate our instability in advance." ”

Liu Xing sighed, nodded and said: "Alice, you are right, if I am a member of the public faction, then I will definitely find a way to get rid of all the outsiders who are not my own people first, so as to ensure that my plan can go smoothly, not to mention that it is not a big problem for them to solve a few people, so we have to be careful, but then again, Zum They should tell the general hidden range of those knighthoods, right?" ”

Alice nodded and said seriously: "That's right, Zum took out a diary of Duke Gundogan today, and on the last page of this diary there is a simple map, which simply draws the three castles under Duke Gundogan's name, and a triangle area is also circled between the castles, which is obviously Duke Gundogan is implying that the knighthood medal is hidden in these three castles and the range between these three castles, so we can move freely after ten minutes, Look for the knighthood medal in this area. ”

"Judging from the current situation, I now have a rough guess, that is, it is very likely that there will be a knighthood medal in each of these three castles, and it should be a lower-level marquis, son, and baron, because Liu Xing, you have already found the baronial medal in this castle, and the difficulty of finding this castle should be the lowest, after all, although the other two castles are also owned by Duke Gundogan, but because the maintenance cost of the castle is very high, so those two castles have been idle."

"If Zum and the others are not lying, then they have not been to those two castles once, because those two castles were rewarded when Duke Gundogan ascended the throne, and the original owners of these two castles are two families who have fallen into the middle of the family, so these two castles were actually lacked care for a long time, so when Duke Gundogan got those two castles, he originally planned to give them to Zum and others, but Zum and others chose to refuse because they had no money on hand... I have to say that this is quite true. ”

Li Hanxing nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Yes, there are such idle castles in many places in the real world now, their own value seems to be very high, and if you mention their history, it can be said for a long time, the most important thing is that these castles are sold at a very low price, but these castles need to spend tens of millions just to renovate them and achieve the conditions that can be used for daily living, and at the same time, they have to spend about the same amount of money every year for maintenance. And if you want to do a real renovation, you have to spend one or two hundred million to get it. ”

Liu Xing looked at Li Hanxing with some surprise, and said with a smile: "It seems that Li Hanxing, you still know the market quite well, and you know it so clearly." ”

Before Li Hanxing could speak, Sun Huiwen on the side stood up and said: "Of course, Li Hanxing has taken a fancy to a small castle a long time ago, and the listing price of that castle is more than 100,000, and the price should be able to be reduced to 100,000 in the end, but a set of decoration and maintenance will cost about 2 million, so Li Hanxing has been saving money now." ”

Hearing Sun Huiwen say this, Liu Xing said with a smile: "I didn't expect Li Hanxing that you are so ambitious, and you even want to buy a castle as a lord?" But be careful, as there's a good chance that an unused castle like this will harbor mythical creatures. ”

According to unreliable research, more than eighty percent of idle castles and manors in this parallel world set in the Cthulhu Mythos have "occupants", who are either mythical creatures, a secret church, or a hermit magician.

Therefore, in this parallel world, people who buy idle castles or manors will not only have to break the bank, but also may have a bloody disaster.

"Well, I'll tell you the truth, I want to buy that castle not only for the sake of living, but also for the treasures that may exist in it."

Li Hanxing sighed and said seriously: "I like to buy second-hand books when I am studying, because second-hand books are cheaper, and some second-hand books still have the reading notes of predecessors; I remember it was when I was a freshman in high school, and I bought a book from a second-hand bookstore that looked like it was some years old, and interestingly enough, it was an adventure book with no author's signature, although I have long forgotten the title of the book now. ”

"The reason why I bought this book at that time was actually to use it for something, and I can still recognize a lot of the words in the book, but if I want to connect them, it will be difficult for me to understand their meaning, but the former owner of the book made a lot of notes in the book, so I can still understand the general meaning of some paragraphs, and among them I mentioned the castle I wanted to buy, Katos Castle."

"According to the notes, Katos Castle was once a hermitage for a magician, and this magician was very powerful, and before he lived in seclusion, he had helped a king do many things, so he accumulated a lot of treasures and stored them in the castle, but unfortunately he later offended the Hound of Tyndaros because he wanted to travel through time and space, so he died in the end; At the time, I just thought it was the plot, but when I came into contact with the truth of the world, I realized that something was wrong. ”

"After my covert investigation, it was found that the mage was indeed a person, and that some of his deeds were recorded in the correct name, including when he suddenly disappeared; Then I went to investigate the situation of that book, and found that it was self-published, and a total of 100 copies were printed, and only five copies were sold for the record, and the rest were either given to others to press the bottom of the box or turned into toilet paper. ”

"So Li Hanxing, do you think that magician's treasure is still in that castle?" Alice asked with a smile.

Li Hanxing nodded, and said with a smile: "Of course, so I want to buy that castle and find out, even if there is no treasure in the castle at that time, it is a big deal to really use it as my residence after retirement; So after the Battle of Gongwu, would you be interested in buying a castle with me? ”

As soon as Liu Xing wanted to nod, he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, he seemed to have arranged a full schedule after the end of the Gongwu War.