Chapter 48 2.6 Blood Pigeon Town Intelligence Network

The cunning Swain Gonk knew that this was an action that could change the fate of Fogduck Town. In order to keep it secret, he hid during the day and went out at night, leading his subordinates to walk for seven days and seven nights in the cold of minus fifty degrees at night.

Finally, before the sun rose on the eighth day, they quietly walked into the Wind's Rest Fortress.

Except for a few guards at the gate, no one knew that they had entered the city.

However, after the group of people entered the city, one of the new guards avoided everyone's sight and went to the toilet on the pretext of diarrhea. He took out a letter written on sheepskin from his arms with trembling fingers.

"Mr. Haas, I am the 'Siren' Ge Lin from Blood Pigeon Village. You should have heard of my name."

"Along with this parchment scroll is a silver coin of Eller III. This is a silver coin from the English Islands west of the North Sea. This is my gift to you."

"If you want to get an extra ten, you can report to me all the noble troops entering the village. I will give you 10 silver coins immediately after getting the information!"

"Of course, ten is too little. It's only enough for one year."

"If you get an extra hundred silver coins, find out which lord this is, how many troops he leads, and what he talked about with Duke Bernard. I believe you must have your own way."

"The more detailed the information you find out, the more silver coins Miss Ge Lin will give you. Even next autumn, when we take a ship to the English Islands, we will take you with us, so that you can also have the opportunity to grab the gold bars with your own hands!"

"Don't ask me how I got to the English Islands. The silver coin in your hand is the proof."

Think about it carefully and don't let me down.

-Ge Lin

The guard squatted on the toilet, carefully observing the silver coin in his hand under the bright moonlight. The silver coin and the sheepskin in his hand were stuffed into him by a horse-drawn merchant on the roadside when he was going home yesterday. After returning home, he was tempted for a long time, but he didn't expect that just one day later, he saw a large number of troops entering the Wind Rest Fortress at night!

What to do? Should I betray the Duke?

The old soldier only felt that his hands were trembling slightly. As a Viking, who doesn't love silver coins? And the heavy silver coin in his hand is obviously different from the rough Slavic silver coin. Not only is it big, but the forging process is also much better.

The king's head is engraved in the middle of the silver coin, and there is a circle of letters that he doesn't recognize on the edge, as well as wheat ear-shaped decorations.

He has never seen such a delicate silver coin in his life. Holding this silver coin in his hand, he firmly believes in the existence of England.

After squatting for a while, his legs felt a little numb. He stood up and just pushed the door, but at this moment, the door of the toilet opened, and a group of guards came in from outside. They all held sheepskins and silver coins in their hands.

"You"

"You too"

The guards looked at each other, but after just a few seconds, they squatted by the window and betrayed Duke Bernard at the same time.

"Damn it! I've been watching the gate for my whole life, I've had enough! I've been standing here like a fool every day, I don't have time to practice martial arts, not to mention swordplay, they don't even take me with them when they go out to sea to plunder!"

"It's been ten years, I've almost become one with this gate!"

"Yeah, I've been watching it for five years too"

"I've been watching it for three years"

"Damn it, who wants to watch the gate here for a lifetime with this opportunity to make a fortune? I've seen through this old guy Bernard. Who among our brothers is more loyal to him than the old captain! But what about the consequences?!"

"He diligently informed him of the news and faithfully performed his duties, but in the end, he was killed by the lord with an axe from behind? Damn it! That bastard didn't even have the confidence to duel with the old captain head-on! What kind of hero is he!"

The sturdy gatekeeper at the head said these words indignantly, and the other companions around him nodded in response. Lord Bernard didn't look like a warrior at all. Many people in Fengxi Fortress didn't like him.

"There are four of us. Simply sending the message back and getting 10 silver coins is not enough for us to share. If we want to do it, we might as well do it big!"

"Does anyone have relatives working in the palace?"

After several guards looked at each other for a while, a toilet in the deepest part of the toilet creaked open the wooden door, and a trembling old man walked out of it.

"I have it!"

The guards recognized this man. This is an old Viking man who lives outside the city and often spends the night near the city gate after drinking. He sleeps on the street in summer and often sleeps in the toilet in winter.

"My daughter is a maid in the palace, and my son-in-law is a chef in the kitchen. If neither of them can do it, my father-in-law is a horn player in the Duke's banquet hall."

"These three people can definitely help you find out the information you need, but you have to give me at least 10 of the 100 silver coins, oh no, 15!"

"Haha! More than 100, when I get on a ship to England in the spring of next year, I will bring back dozens of gold bars!"

The guards laughed.

After searching for a long time, it was easy to find. Faced with a large amount of silver coins, these low-level workers in Storm's End instantly abandoned their loyalty to the Duke.

What they didn't know at this time was that these five people who would never be recorded in history books would become the first cornerstone on the road to the new Viking king's ascension to the throne.

**

After Swain Gunk led his private army into the city, the winter sun slowly appeared from the horizon. The mountain warriors in Fog Duck Town had fallen asleep, but Gunk and his son could not sleep.

They need to meet with Duke Bernard urgently to understand the Duke's will.

Duke Bernard met the two at the breakfast table. The maids stood in a neat row holding silver plates, on which were placed smoked chicken, grilled fish, and slightly browned white bread.

On the other side of the table, another row of maids held copper plates with milk, black tea, honey and other condiments.

"Brother Gonk, how long have we known each other?" Duke Bernard reached out to peel off the shell of an egg and gently placed it on the plate of Swain Gonk across from him.

There were only two of them sitting at the table, and Das Gonk stood behind his father. He was not a lord and was not qualified to sit at the table.

"Let me think, the first time we met was 37 years ago! That year, the previous generation of Emperor O'Sullivan sent troops to capture the Frost Ridge on the back of the peninsula and ruled this continent."

"If I remember correctly, you were 14 and I was 12."

"Hehe" Duke Bernard chuckled and took a sip of black tea, "Isn't the wound on my head caused by that battle!"

"I was only 14 years old at the time, and I couldn't even hold an axe properly. My father took our four brothers to the battlefield to plunder silver coins. After the battle, I was the only one left. Survived to the end"

"When I was cleaning the battlefield and looting silver coins, a dying frostman on the ground grabbed my head with his claws. His claws were cold and hard. I felt that my head was about to be crushed. It was all thanks to you, brother Gongke, who suddenly appeared and hit him with an axe from behind!"

"The servants always say that the scar on my face was left when I fought with a giant bear. Haha, that's because the servants are in awe of me! But only I know in my heart-"

"Among the four vassals of my valley, aren't you, old Gongke, the closest relative to me?"