The topic of the Demon Blood Horse is just a passing one.

After a day's rest, the bell rang the next morning, and everyone had already said goodbye to John, left the villa, and arrived at the east gate of the outer city on time to wait for the agreed meeting.

There is a bluestone square near the east gate, which is not large in area and is connected with the East Market.

Although the East Market of the Black Torch Festival has been burned to ashes by a fire, after more than half a month, the East Market has been restored to its old appearance, and behind the arches made of white stone, the bustling and lively Cheng dù is no less than before.

On the bluestone square outside the market, there are also some mercenaries who are ready to go out of the task waiting, leading horse-drawn carts, people come and go, some hawkers sell breakfast in the square, business is quite good, some mercenaries squat on the side of the square to eat the meat patties in their hands, talk and chat, and the afterglow habitually sweeps to the entrance of the square.

"They're coming!"

The agreed time was half past seven, a low bell at the gate of the East Market had just rang, and a team of people appeared on the edge of the bluestone square, with three light yellow two-horse carriages in the middle.

"Hey, Master Andrew, you're so punctual!"

In the late autumn morning, the air was cold, and the red-brown haired young man on the horse was wearing only a thin linen shirt and dark brown waistcoat, with a short sword at his waist, and there were no ornate gems and patterns on it.

Turning back to the carriage, the young man jumped off his horse, led the horses over, and his eyes lit up slightly when he saw the people standing near the Andrei brothers and sisters.

Since there is no need to deliberately hide their names, Lin An and others used their original names in the registration of the mercenary group, anyway, names such as Andre and Salin have not tens of thousands of duplicate names in the whole continent.

Lin An did not hide the identity of the mage, but just changed the robes on their bodies to ordinary styles, and restrained the evil aura that had passed through the battlefield, plus Lin An disguised his appearance, and Titi also used the "Illusion of Aegis" to change the black armor into mercenary clothes, and a group of people looked like elite mercenaries. The biggest feature is that the proportion of mages is slightly prominent - of course, the average person would not associate them with formal mages and elemental cultivators.

However, even the four mage apprentices deserve to be treated differently by the young man, and no one would be stupid enough to disrespect the mage.

"Hello Miss Shirille, you look so heroic today! Gen Andrea, won't you introduce me to some of your members? ”

"Of course. Shellyl and I need no introduction, this is Ann, Athena, Sidney, and Sarin, all mages; This is Thiago and William, William is Thiago's magic pet, ouch-"

He was slammed in the back. William, who had become the size of a Tibetan mastiff, roared dissatisfiedly. Elion Ansarin and others nodded with a smile. or expressionless.

The young man was originally a little embarrassed, but with William's small movements, the young man adapted to the different personalities of these hired people, and said with a smile:

"It's been a pleasure to meet you. I'm Edward. Simon, the employer of the mission, Thomson. Simon was my father, and our family went to visit my grandfather in the city-state of Gypsys in Fito, and stayed there for a while, so the rest of the journey was up to you. ”

"Mr. Simon is so gracious, this is our duty."

Salin said with a smile as he suddenly noticed something and retracted his smile. "Your family seems to have been harassed."

The young man was startled, looked back, and sure enough, he saw a few strange mercenaries on the side of his carriage team, who seemed to be pulling something.

He didn't care about leading his horse, and hurried towards the edge of the square. Before he had run a few steps, a white figure swept past him, and Shellyl didn't give him a hint of his spare time, and he rushed towards the carriage with ease.

"So fast! Miss Shirdell is the deputy leader, so she must be one of the most powerful people in this mercenary group! ”

Edward was secretly surprised.

He didn't notice that the moment Shiryl passed by his side, a little cold aura was faintly leaking out - Shiryl had now entered the middle stage of elemental civilization, and she was usually able to restrain her elemental aura, but once she used her fighting qi, it would still leak out immediately.

By the time Edward arrived at his caravan, the mercenaries who had come to harass their caravan had already been driven away.

Lin An and his party of eight people, including five mages, also had a demon pet, and they knew at a glance that they were not easy to mess with, and they were noticed by the mercenaries in the square as early as after they entered the square and waited for others.

The reason why those mercenaries dared to provoke Edward's carriage team was also because they hadn't seen Edward coming to Lin An's side before, and the other mercenaries nearby didn't remind them, so they were happy to watch a good show.

Lin An and the others, who came slowly, only had time to understand the cause and effect.

"They have their eye on these demon-blooded horses?"

"Hey, isn't this the Demon Blood Horse we saw at the market yesterday?"

Lin An was secretly surprised by Athena's words, and Athena had already circled around two of the white horses, which were two heads taller than normal healthy horses:

"What's wrong with these little boys, are they sick?"

"They are not sick, they should have eaten the seeds of a white fruit by mistake, so that the urine they pull out is as bright red as blood, and the conjunctiva of the eyes also turns blood-red, and they will appear too lively and restless, but in fact they are not sick in their bodies, but it will be easy for people to mistakenly think that they are seriously ill and about to die."

A slightly chubby middle-aged man came out from behind the two servants, he was wearing a white robe, his reddish-brown hair and appearance were the same as Edward's, and it was no surprise that he should be the employer of this mission, Thomson. Simon.

Lin An looked at the four demon blood horses, and the symptoms were indeed the same as what the middle-aged man said, and immediately understood what was going on, and secretly glared at Andre, and Andre smiled.

"The symptoms of Baiqi fruit seeds, ordinary people do not recognize, when we went home yesterday evening and passed by the market, we happened to see a few mercenaries selling these horses at the market gate, the price is two percent lower than the normal market price. When I saw the symptoms of these horses, I knew that the mercenaries had mistaken them for a serious illness, and they bought them without too much scruples, thinking that they would prepare for the whole family to return to their hometowns to settle down. ”

Thomson. Simon was kind-looking, and in a few words, he explained the causes and consequences of buying the horse, and Andre also said about buying the horse yesterday, and the two sides knew that in just one day, the four demon blood horses had changed hands twice.

"This demon blood horse has gotten into trouble before it leaves the city, and it seems that I really don't have the luck to make a windfall—" Thomson. Simon looked at Lin An and the others, and suddenly said, "According to what Captain Andre said, these horses should have been bought by you, I don't know if Captain Andre is still interested in these four horses, if you don't mind, I can sell them at the price I bought yesterday." ”

"Ahh Andrei was taken aback by Edward next to him. Simon also showed surprise.

"No, since these four horses are in the hands of your mansion, they belong to your mansion." After Andrei was surprised, he did not hesitate to refuse.

"Doesn't Captain Andrei believe that they are not sick? It doesn't matter, until Fito, if these horses are sick, Captain Andrei can turn them back to us at any time. ”

"No, no, I recognize the horses, Mr. Simon, you're right," André shook his head, "I mean, these four horses can be sold for at least twice as much when they get to Fisto, and Mr. Simon is now at a loss to give us them." ”

"I see, Master Andrea's character is really commendable, but you're just talking about generally-"

The middle-aged man looked appreciative and continued to explain,

"You know, our merchants, who have a small surplus of wealth in our family, and we merchants are especially superstitious about luck, and these four horses have brought bad luck at the beginning of the journey, and if it had not been for Miss Shirlil's appearance, I would have planned to sell them, otherwise I would have taken my family on the road, and if the journey is blocked, and the weak wife and daughter suffer, it will not be exchanged for many horses, and the difference in price is nothing.

I see that most of the mercenaries in your mercenary group are mages, and they must not be taboo about these, so I took the liberty to propose this proposal to you. ”

"Is that so?" Andrei was a little moved.

He was still very interested in the Demon Blood Horse, just like a famous car is to a man, and males are naturally possessive of such things.

Edward. Simon watched from the side, at first he wanted to speak and then stopped, but suddenly looked at Lin An and them, and thought of something, but he didn't speak.

Andrei finally agreed to buy the horse, but he didn't want to buy it too cheaply, so he bought it at the normal market price.

"This well-informed Mr. Simon seems to be more than just a businessman." While they were negotiating the price, Salin passed on the message to Lin An.

"Well, it looks like it was given to us."

Lin An didn't miss Edward. Simon inadvertently leaked a hint of flesh pain while his father was negotiating the price, these horses were probably not like Thomson. As Simon said, it was bought cheaply, and maybe it was a lot more expensive.

But to say that this generous employer is deliberately designed, but not like it, otherwise Edward. Simon wouldn't have that look, and Lin An didn't think anyone could easily find out their identities and backgrounds.

Therefore, the sale of horses to them, although intentional, seems to be a temporary intention, and it is not malicious, but rather a feeling of friendship or peace by selling horses.

Of course, this makes sense. Anyone looking at the composition of their mercenary group members would not think that the less than 100 gold sephine paid for the escort mission was enough to buy them to defend them hard.

That amount of money may be very generous for a simple escort mission, but for a mercenary group with five mages, it is not so much that the other party hires them, but that they use the escort mission to accompany them on the road.

(To be continued)