Chapter 149: The City Lord's Suffering
"There are also rumors that the city lord can't get used to seeing the mercenary group growing day by day, so he deliberately sent someone to rob the gold, wanting to kill Hannah and suppress the arrogance of the mercenary group!"
Su Wanwan threw out another heavy bomb, making the matter even more serious!
"This ...... This ......" Master Liu trembled angrily, and he couldn't speak anymore, his palm slammed on the table, and he said angrily, "This...... This is unreasonable!"
"You dissipate your anger first!" Su Wanwan pulled over a chair, put it behind Master Liu, and said, "These are just rumors!
Master Liu sat on the chair, smoothed out, and his mood stabilized slightly.
"The girl doesn't know, and the city lord also has a hard time!" Master Liu sighed, opened his mouth halfway, and said silently. "In the early days of the mercenary group, it was founded by the current leader of the mercenary group, Moore, and the city lord!"
"And then?"
"As the mercenary group grows stronger and stronger, some nobles in the city are very angry and want to get a piece of the pie, but the matter is suppressed by the city lord. Master Liu paused, as if recalling the scene at that time, and continued, "Although the nobles are obedient on the surface, they will still find trouble with the mercenary group in private. ”
"Could it be that these things were instructed by the nobles?" Su Wanwan boldly guessed.
"No!" Master Liu shook his head and denied Su Wanwan's speculation, "The nobles cherish their reputation very much, and they disdain to do this kind of theft!"
"What happened to the mercenary group?" The speculation was denied, and Su Wanwan could only hope that the story would develop later.
"The city lord has opened the door for the mercenary group, but you can't always take sides between the nobles and the mercenary group, after all, the city lord has to consider much more far-reaching things!" Master Liu showed a smile and said, "Fortunately, the leader of the mercenary group, Moore, is a very far-sighted and courageous person, at that time, he carried out reforms within the mercenary group with his own strength, and also formulated rules and regulations, and took the initiative to restrain the personnel within the mercenary group, just like a year, the number of mercenary groups has increased dramatically, and the reputation in the city is getting better and better!"
Su Wanwan's eyes rolled, and when she heard Master Liu say this, it seemed that there was no big contradiction between the city lord and the mercenary group!
So what's the problem?
"Master Liu, just now you said that the city lord actually has a problem, so what is it?"
"Alas!" Master Liu sighed and said, "In fact, the amount of gold stolen this time is huge, a full 50 million taels of gold, which is all the income of Silver Moon City in five years, the city lord has no way to cover up the past, and the nobles are holding grudges against each other again, and the city lord is forced to behead Hannah to show the public!"
"So that's the case!" Su Wanwan suddenly realized that such a large sum of money is indeed not a trivial matter!
"There are still three days left before the beheading period, and I heard that the leader of the mercenary group, Moore, is leading people to find the whereabouts of the gold!" Master Liu touched his beard and said, "I don't know if it's too late!"
We only have three days, and we must get Hannah out, or the mission will fail!
Su Wanwan added in her heart, there is really not much time, but the task is very complicated!
"Alas, it's all about profit! It's a pity for Hannah's child!" Master Liu sighed with emotion, slumped in his chair and looked tired.
"What did the city lord originally want to buy with 50 million taels of gold? Master Liu, do you know?"
Coldly, Su Wanwan remembered another important point, what is worth 50 million taels of gold?
"This ...... I don't know about this, maybe only the city lord and Hannah know!" Master Liu shook his head, not like he was lying.
Only the castle lord and Hannah know!
Only the castle lord and Hannah know!
……
Su Wanwan kept repeating this sentence in her heart, as if an idea was sprouting in her mind!
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Xiaohua stood outside the door of the hall with two or three flowers, always remembering Su Wanwan's words to keep herself from squeaking, and she had been waiting at first, but after a long time, her legs were numb, and she poked her head in carefully, only to see Master Liu sitting on a chair, and Su Wanwan lowered her head as if she was thinking about something, so she stretched out her hand and knocked lightly on the edge of the door.
"What's wrong?" Su Wanwan heard the voice, came back to her senses, walked over to Xiaohua two or three, and asked strangely.
"It's nothing, I just want to ask, did you get any useful information?" Xiaohua two or three naturally didn't say that they were too boring, so they casually pulled up a topic.
"Well, I asked something from Master Liu, but the information I got was still too little, and it didn't help much for the task!" Su Wanwan strode out of the hall and beckoned, asking two or three little flowers to follow.
"What's the news?" asked Xiaohua eagerly as she trotted two or three steps behind.
"What can be determined now is that the total amount of gold lost is 50 million taels!" Su Wanwan said as she walked, her pace slowing down, "And the relationship between the city lord and the mercenary group is extraordinary!"