The horses are fast from the Baishui River Pier in New Cecil, only one day away from Tanzan.

In the last part of the journey, Gao Wen and his four men bypassed the main road and arrived near the stone bridge in front of Tanzan Town with the cover of forests. Then they lurked down on the south side of the stone bridge and watched the Tanzan gate opposite the bridge.

"Did you notice it? The town seems to be martial law," Pittman muttered in a low voice, "There are no pedestrians on the bridge, and the number of soldiers at the gate is abnormal. There are many boats next to the dock next to the town, and they seem to be detained there."

The shadow under the nearby bushes twisted, and Amber's figure came out from the shadow: "I just watched the road for a long time, but I didn't see caravans or travelers passing by. The martial law in the town should last at least two days..."

"It seems that the town has been restricted from entering and leaving after the ship of Golden Eyegel left here," Gao Wen analyzed. "As planned, Byron will stay in Tanzan Town and continue to recruit serfs. He acted conspicuously and it will be difficult to get out after martial law. No wonder no news came back."

Amber Crow said, "Can something happen before?"

Gao Wen shook his head: "Following the situation at the gate, the town only restricts entry and exit, and the order inside is still normal. Byron is a mercenary and is very slippery, so he won't fall into trouble in this environment."

"Ahem, the question is how can we get in," Pittman coughed twice. "Tanzan Town is surrounded by rivers and mountains on both sides. There is only a stone bridge and a gate on the front of the town. Are they all swaying under the soldiers' noses?"

A straightforward person like Knight Philip could not help but shake his head: "It is not clear what is going on in the town now. If the cultists have controlled Viscount Andrew, our appearance will definitely arouse the vigilance of those sinners."

It turns out that this young knight is just old-fashioned and upright, and he is not stupid yet...

Gao Wen narrowed his eyes slightly, and a high-definition satellite image immediately took shape in his mind.

"There is a road in Tanzanite mine, which can be round from the east side of the town to the back of the town, and it can be directly close to the castle area," Gao Wen opened his eyes, "but crossing the river is still a problem. Who is this bridge?!"

Gao Wen suddenly sensed a weak and sneaky aura shaking nearby, and immediately turned his head in that direction and shouted. After he made a sound, Amber realized that "uncoordinated shadows" from the waves of shadows around him, and immediately pulled out two daggers and turned a knife in front of him: "Come out! We have discovered you!"

It was as quiet as death in the dense forest, but after a moment, the bushes under a tree suddenly shaking twice, and then a dirty little head emerged from behind the bushes. It was a little boy with a messy and messy head that seemed to have not been trimmed for several years. He was wearing a short shirt and shorts sewn with patches and holes, and was sewn with burlap. This was a typical poor man. His years of malnutrition made him pale and thin and slow to develop, but only one pair of eyes, a pair of bright eyes, on his face, with the kind of agility and light that adults of his class did not have.

But the big eyes were now covered with a faint mist, filled with fear. He stood up from the bushes in a daze, his body trembling slightly, and even seemed to have forgotten to escape.

"Is it a child?" Knight Philip frowned. Unexpectedly, "Landing" in the jungle, the sneaky one would be such a child who looked like he was in his early teens and had no power fluctuations on his body. The training bars on helping the weak in the Knight's Code slowed down his face slightly, but the force training he received made him dare not take his hand away from the hilt of the sword. "Don't be afraid to walk over slowly."

The child suddenly screamed in horror, then turned his head and ran away.

"If you carry such a big sword, there will be ghosts if you don't run away!" Amber looked at Philip like a fool, and then his figure flashed and merged into the shadow. After a moment, a short scream came from the direction of the child's escape. Then the shade of the tree in front of Gao Wen began to squirm. Amber carried the child's collar and appeared from the shadow. The ghost-level shadow talent was good. This guy ran away and was like he had any door.

The child was easily caught by Amber, and probably had a short journey to the shadow world in the middle, which made him completely stunned and really forgot to escape, but his fear increased so much that Gao Wen felt that he might be scared to cry in the next second, but the child just tightened his face and pursed his lips. In the end, he didn't cry, but he just looked at the stranger in front of him with fear.

"Don't be afraid," Amber quickly took advantage of this time to comfort the child, "We are not good people..."

Gao Wen immediately glared at the shame of all things.

"Ah no, we are not bad guys," Amber quickly changed his words, and then explained to Gao Wen apologetically, "The previous occupational disease has not changed..."

"We won't hurt you," Knight Philip pressed his hand on the little boy's head. "Look, I'm a Knight, I'll protect you."

The little boy was scared at first, but after hearing Philip's words, he calmed down a little and nodded in a vague way.

Gao Wen took this time and said, "Are you a child from someone nearby? Why are you wandering in the woods?"

The little boy was shocked by Gao Wen, a burly man who was two meters tall and had a national face, and retreated repeatedly.

"Don't be afraid, he is my lord," said Knight Philip quickly, "he is a kind and honest man."

At this time, Amber saw the little boy not speaking from beginning to end, and couldn't help but mutter: "Can he be a mute?"

Gao Wen was about to say that there was no basis and don't be fooled, but he saw Pittman next to him frowned. Then the old druid stepped forward and pinched the little boy's chin, opened his mouth and took a closer look.

"His tongue was cut off," the old druid said after a moment of silence, "and it's been cut off for at least two years."

What Gao Wen wanted to say was choked on his chest. He didn't know what the expression on his face had changed at that moment. He only knew that Amber suddenly shrank his head when he looked at him. Then he suppressed his anger: "What crime does such a young child commit have to have his tongue cut off?!"

Even the barbaric and backward medieval laws will not cut off the tongues of children under the age of fourteen. Even the Church of Blood God, known for its harsh iron blood, believes that children of this age are "no words of sin"!

Pitman shook his head: "The tongue-cutting technique is skillful and has traces of using spells. It is not punishment for crimes, but mute child servants. Most of them are slaves of a big merchant. The big merchants often do this. They use mute child servants as personal servants because they can neither speak nor write. Unless they meet extraordinary people who know soul spells, they will never reveal their master's secrets."

Gao Wen: "…"

He had no idea what he should say at this moment, but before he spoke, the little mute whose tongue had been cut off made a noise first, he suddenly stared at Knight Philip's breastplate, and then grabbed the young knight's arm and pointed to a place on the breastplate, shouting "Ahhh".

Philip was at a loss for a moment, but the young and promising Mr. Knight had no experience in dealing with children at all. He opened his hands and signaled that he did not understand the other person's meaning at all, but Gao Wen noticed the child's finger: "Have you seen this emblem?"

"Ah...ah!" The little mute nodded repeatedly and pointed harder at the things on Philip's breastplate.

That is the emblem of the Cecil family.

Gao Wen's heart moved and instantly connected something, and immediately asked: "Where did you see it?!"

The little mute gestured randomly, making a vague sound in his mouth, but he was completely unable to communicate with others. He seemed extremely anxious because of this. Finally, the child simply jumped onto a nearby stone, stood at a high place and pointed in a certain direction, and gestured desperately.

Then he jumped down, grabbed Gao Wen's hand, and shook it hard.

Gao Wen: "You know where, let's go with you?"

The little mute nodded vigorously, with a pleading look on his face.

Gao Wen exchanged sights with the few people around him, and after almost no consideration, he decided to keep up with the child.

Of course he thought a lot, such as whether this is a trap set by cultists, and whether the children in front of him would do this after being instigated and coerced. After all, those cultists with bad brains can do anything, but no matter what, some dangers must be faced, especially in the current situation where there is no other way, keeping up with the child to see the specific situation is the only choice.

They quickly left the main entrance of Tanzan Town, followed the little boy into the woods, and turned south for a short distance along the flow of the Baishui River. As they walked, Gao Wen suddenly realized where the child was going to take him to

There is only one place that can be called a "landmark" when walking on this road, that is the "Goring Mill" located southwest of Tanzan Town. It is a water conservancy mill that has been around for a while, next to the Baishui River. It used to belong to the Leslie family's industry, but it has been disrepair this year and has been abandoned. The place near the Mill is a place where many unemployed vagrants occupy it. However, the atmosphere in the town is so tense, so the nearby thieves may have avoided it far away.

Sure enough, after walking along the path in the woods, they heard the sound of the river slapping the river bank, and then walked out of the forest. A water conservancy mill with Ansu traditional style appeared in front of several people.

"Ahhh!" The little mute raised his hand and pointed to the emblem on Philip's chest, indicating that the person with this emblem was in the emblem.

The group of four observed the surrounding terrain, then raised their vigilance and walked towards the mill.
Chapter completed!