Chapter 1320 Cooperation and Conjecture

As the two elves performed together, the flowers and plants in the flower garden began to sway slightly to their melody.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo didn't know whether to sigh that the elves knew how to play, or to feel distressed that he was about to waste an afternoon!

But fortunately, the concert of the two elves could not continue after all. At first, Oripus could keep up with Toph's rhythm, but later, maybe because he was not familiar with the music, he could no longer keep up with Toph's rhythm. .

After discovering this situation, Tove also lost interest in continuing to sing.

But Shado could tell from Toph's expression that the other party still had some unfinished ideas. Shado didn't want an informal meeting to turn into a private concert, so he quickly changed the topic:

"Ms. Toph, I heard Chief Oripus mention that you came to Savile Territory to investigate the truth about Ryan's death? If you need any help, please feel free to ask."

In fact, up to this point in the conversation, Xia Duo has gotten most of the information he wants to know. The rest that he doesn't know will be difficult to know if he continues to use this method.

It is better to end the meeting as soon as possible and go back to discuss it with Niya.

Sure enough, when Shado mentioned the purpose of Toph's trip, Toph's expression quickly turned cold, "Humans are really impatient! Boring!"

Although he said this, Xia Duo did not hear any anger in the other party's tone. It was more that he was unhappy due to the interruption of his interest.

Of course, complaining about human beings' impatience is also the other party's true intention.

"I have already investigated, but Ryan died at the hands of the drow and has nothing to do with the Saville Territory. But I have another thing to do here -"

Having said this, Toph turned her attention to Oripus on the side, "I didn't expect that the Silverleaf family would be so bold and would actually collaborate with humans to smuggle spices!"

As soon as these words came out, Oripus's slender ears suddenly trembled, and his body began to tremble, but his only courage still supported him to stand here, and subconsciously cast a look at Sha Duo for help.

Xia Duo sighed in his heart, you got cold feet before anyone else said anything. If you really met someone who came to investigate smuggling, wouldn't you just collapse to the ground in fear?

In fact, the Oripus authorities were obsessed with it, and immediately became frightened when the treason was pointed out, but Shado could see that Toph actually had no intention of asking for guilt.

On the contrary, it seems like a joke!

Whose joke are you looking at? It's unlikely for humans, but it's not just a joke about the Silverleaf family, right?

If Toph was an ordinary elf, this might be possible, but for Toph, who was born in a famous family and was very likely to become a high mage, the jokes made by the Silverleaf family were somewhat too vulgar.

Then it’s a joke about Cormanzo.

The upper-ranking family and Prince Mian are not necessarily of the same mind. This has long been an open secret that has been seen through by all parties but has not been disclosed. Smuggling harms the interests of many related families, but more importantly than the interests, it damages the majesty of Prince Mian.

For a time, Xia Duo thought about a lot. For example, the Yueguan family was very dissatisfied with the thousand-year rule of King Comansuomian and wanted to cause trouble.

But now, maybe he saw an opportunity.

This speculation made Xia Duo feel more excited, and at the same time he decided to add fire to it. He walked between Toph and Oripus, blocking Oripus from Toph's teasing and scrutinizing gaze. Welcoming him:

"Is the Yueguan family also interested in the spice business?"

Chateau didn't mention smuggling, as if he was discussing a normal business, "With the Yueguan family's status in Cormanso, do they still care about this little benefit?"

Hearing this, Toph was obviously stunned, but she quickly reacted and smiled, "High-ranking families sometimes lack money!"

"So, there is a chance for us to cooperate?"

"Of course, apart from this time, there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future!"

At the same time, Oripus, who had just been frightened out of control, was now recovering from his emotions. Hearing that Shado had reached an agreement with Toph so easily, his jaw almost dropped.

"Two, two -"

"Chief Oripus, please relax, Ms. Toph has no intention of asking for guilt." Sha Duo comforted her.

"me--"

For a while, Oripus still couldn't react. He still couldn't understand why the upper-class family supported smuggling for money.

However, this situation now seems to be the most ideal situation he had ever envisioned.

In the past, didn't he just want to find a high-ranking family to endorse smuggling? Now he has it, but it's just too easy to get, which is why he is so worried about gain and loss.

Xia Duo wouldn't be too worried. Even if the smuggling was discovered, the worst he could do was not do it again, and at most he would have to pay some money, which would be fine, but he could also understand Oripus.

…

After making a preliminary intention to cooperate, Toph did not stay any longer. Instead, she left directly after saying that she would send family members to supervise and assist in the matter.

Xia Duo guessed that the other party might have other things to do, and he was just on his way here.

But Xia Duo still had doubts about her initial excuse for investigating the truth about Ryan's death, but the other party concealed it well, and he couldn't get more information.

It's not a big deal at all. Ryan's family has already died at the hands of Drow, and the Moondew Rose family, which has an old relationship with his family, has not issued any investigation commission.

Maybe this was just a temporary excuse that Toph thought of.

…

After returning to the Tower of Time, Shado did not go anywhere else, but went straight to Niya's study.

Niya has been paying attention to Xia Duo's itinerary. Even if she did not directly use detection spells to avoid causing misunderstandings by the Cormanso investigators, she was monitoring Xia Duo's movements from a distance.

Niya already knew that Sha Duo had been here until she reached the Tower of Time. Now that she saw Sha Duo coming to the study, she couldn't wait to ask the question she was most concerned about:

"are you OK?"

"I'm fine, don't worry, the conversation went smoothly and there was no conflict."

After hearing that there was no conflict, Niya was immediately relieved, and then asked:

"Then what is the real purpose of the other party? Is it possible that it is to investigate the so-called truth behind the death of an ordinary elf?"

Regarding this question, Chateau thought for a while and then expressed his guess, "Maybe he came for the spice smuggling business in cooperation with Lord Collins, or maybe he came for other purposes, such as testing my love for Netheril. Attitude, sway me towards Comanso, or simply go to Comanso.”

Judging from the potential information hidden in Toph's words, the other party did intend to win over him, but Shado knew very well that Cormanso would not have room for his development. In the past, he would only be regarded as a tool.

Therefore, he pretended not to understand Toph's temptation. Anyway, he showed that he could only speak standard Elvish, and the underlying message had nothing to do with standard Elvish.