Lord of Rot

Chapter 163 Beast Whisperer?

"Good day, little gazelle."

"Good day."

The little gazelle smiles and greets others.

From being a slave to now having a large number of acquaintances and repeat customers, Little Gazelle himself feels very dreamy when he thinks back on it.

After thanking the kind lord in her heart for giving her all this, she went to the small square.

A group of people gathered there.

Holding a piece of paper and reading is the apprentice of the city hall. He is wearing pigskin boots, and he has heard of a goose feather stuck in his hat from nowhere.

He is such a swaggering person, but everyone present respects him.

He works in the city hall in the castle!

The City Hall manages the operation of the entire Porcupine Territory and is the Lord's most trusted servant. No one knows this.

"There are many rats in the castle. Lord Li Qi summoned the rat catcher. Anyone who is capable of catching rats can come to me. I will take you into the castle to see the lord!"

The apprentice paused for a moment, then put down the paper and glanced at everyone present with a "disdainful" gaze. He raised his chin slightly and said, "Of course, only real mousecatchers will get a job with high remuneration."

As soon as the words fell, the crowd began to boil.

"I really want to go into the castle and have a look."

"Pretending to be a ratcatcher? You don't want your life! If the lord knows you lied, he will definitely whip you!"

"I've been a ratcatcher before, I can give it a try."

It’s a mess, with all kinds of sounds.

There are also people who confidently walk up to the apprentices in the city hall, waiting for themselves to be valued by the lord, and then elegantly show off their mouse-catching skills, and finally soar into the sky.

Little Gazelle also wanted to go into the castle and have a look, but she didn't dare lie and claim that she was a mouse catcher.

Watching the crowd disperse, she quickly left and headed towards the business district.

Today's business is about to begin. Meeting the lord and visiting the castle are not as important as making money.

Castle hall.

Li Qi looked at the six people standing in front of him.

Two boys, one with blond hair and the other with black hair.

There were four people left, three of whom were middle-aged men and one was a young girl.

"Ratcatcher?"

Li Qi's gaze swept across the faces of the six people.

Before this, he had only heard of the Rat Catcher, but had never seen one with his own eyes.

Knowing that this profession exists is like a legend.

Porcupines have harvested, and the granary is being inspected and protected. He is not sure whether rats have slipped in.

But the mice in the castle were really rampant and even dared to sneak into his study.

"Then, it's very simple," Li Qi said: "No matter what method you use, whether you kill them or capture them alive, whoever catches the most mice will be rewarded."

He paused and said, "If you can catch all the mice, everyone will have a reward."

It's not a beauty contest, nor does it have to be a one-two-three competition. The most important thing is to get rid of the mice first.

"Yes, my lord!"

No one had any objection to Li Qi's instructions.

Knowing that a mouse-catching contest was about to be held, the little maids in the castle who were afraid of mice gathered around Li Qi.

"Are you really scared?" Li Qi couldn't help but have doubts as he was surrounded by warblers and swallows.

It should be half because of fear, and the other half because of the lord's own charm.

He's a bit stinky.

The girls in maid uniforms made frightened "whoosh" sounds beside them, but they were still in a happy mood.

The first ones to catch the mouse were the two boys. They ran very fast and used clamps made of wood.

They will first look for a mouse hole, then insert a clip into it and pull one out with just one click.

Quickly throw the mouse into the wooden barrel prepared in advance and close the lid.

Zhizhizhi——!

From the barrel came the noise of mice and the sound of claws scratching the barrel.

"Ah!" The little maids gathered around Li Qi.

Unlike the two boys who had quick eyes and quick hands, the three men chose practical tools and set fire to the dried grass.

After being ignited, the forage emits acrid thick smoke and is blown into the mouse hole.

After a while, one mouse after another became dizzy and escaped from the hole. The three men each guarded a mouse hole. After the mice rushed out, they tipped the barrel and waited for the mice to free themselves one by one. Throw yourself into a trap.

"Cough cough!"

Li Qi raised his hand and fanned in front of his nose. The method was good, but the smell was too pungent.

He couldn't watch it live, so he had to go out quickly.

Unexpectedly, in the open space of the castle, the only mouse-catcher girl stood outside, making a sound of "pici~pici~".

Soon a mouse heard the sound and ran out.

A mouse ran up to the girl and looked up at her. It didn't even run away. Instead, after the girl said "pici", the mouse obediently jumped into the bucket nearby.

"It feels similar to Akke," Wine Glass couldn't help but said.

Li Qi nodded in agreement.

Yes, it is very similar to Ake's method, but there are obvious differences. Ake uses ability control, which should be the direct application of mental power, but this girl uses her mouth to imitate sounds to communicate with the mouse.

"It may be a spellcaster who has awakened his bloodline talent after the magic tide, or it may be a transcendent who has not yet fully awakened!"

After half a day, the six pokes were put together.

From time to time, there were scratching and "squeaking" sounds in the bucket, and the scalp of the noisy person was numb.

A rough estimate was that there were at least fifty rats in these six barrels.

And thirty of them were in the girl's bucket.

Her bucket was also the strangest. Others' buckets would make a lot of noise if they caught two mice, but the girl's bucket was quiet.

When the lid of the barrel was opened, more than thirty rats looked up, but none of them escaped.

Rats filled most of the bucket.

"Get rid of all the rats," Li Qi said, "dispose of them harmlessly and burn them all!"

"Yes!"

The end result is obvious.

However, Li Qi was still kind enough to reward each mouse catcher with a few copper stars. Catching mice was not easy.

The only one left was the girl.

"What's your name?" Li Qi asked.

The girl answered respectfully: "My name is Pitts, sir."

An onomatopoeic name.

Li Qi asked: "Can you communicate with mice?"

"Yes." She nodded. "It was discovered recently. I can understand the words of some animals, including mice, dogs, foxes, and birds."

"What did you just say to those mice, and why did they listen to you?"

Pitts replied, "I told them they could just jump into the bucket and get some delicious wheat."

"They trust you so much?" Li Qi asked.

Talking to a mouse was fantasy enough, but it was also interesting that the mouse believed what she was saying.

"They're... not that smart."

"I officially hire you as a mouse catcher," Li Qi said. "If you are willing to help, I think the security team and the army will need your help in training hunting dogs."

Pitts was overjoyed: "Yes, I do!"