Chapter 149: Freedom
Yuwen Chengchao's doubts, Qin Xiao couldn't answer them for him.
The frightened people packed the camp overnight, treating the wounded and burying the bodies.
The caravan's destination was Fort Zephyr, so it was naturally impossible to bring the corpse capital with it.
Moreover, the caravan has the rules of the caravan, once out of the customs, if something happens, the corpse can be buried outside the customs, but it is just necessary to care for the family members from the customs.
Leaving the customs trade is a trip with your head, and the wages have indeed increased several times, but the risks also doubled.
Everyone's mood was low.
That Deputy Commander Liu is still mysterious, as Qin Xiao expected, Liu Wenxuan is indeed not simple, last night's fierce battle, he took a few crossbow archers to suddenly kill, once caused a lot of casualties in the Desert West Death Wing, but after all, they were outnumbered, and several crossbow archers under Liu Wenxuan's hands were all killed under the Death Wing Knife of the Deserted West.
Before that, no one thought that there were several crossbowmen hidden in the caravan.
Qin Xiao knew in his heart that if it weren't for the life-and-death situation last night, these crossbowmen would continue to hide, and even in the end, no one would know about their existence.
A few of his subordinates died, but Liu Wenxuan seemed very calm, when everyone cleaned up the camp, he had already returned to his small tent, like a hibernating animal, without contact with anyone.
When passing by the big carriage, Qin Xiao stopped and glanced at the big carriage.
Fortunately, Arasai Deathwing did not target this big carriage last night, and there were not even a few cavalry close to this side, and the big carriage was safe and sound.
"Xiao Langjun!" Qin Xiao was about to leave, but saw the curtains opened, and Haniz's beautiful face appeared behind.
Qin Xiao knew that there was a fierce battle last night, and most of the caravan was in a state of disarray, even those seven-foot-tall men were lying on the ground and trembling, not to mention the few women here.
"Was it scared last night?" Qin Xiao smiled gently at Haniz: "Don't worry, the enemy has been beaten away, and there will be no more trouble." ”
He himself wasn't sure if there would be trouble in the future, but at this time he could only comfort Haniz like this.
"You..... Are there any injuries? Haniz looked at Qin Xiao and asked softly.
Qin Xiao took two steps back, opened his hand, and said with a smile: "Unharmed." ”
Haniz smiled happily and said, "I'm scared to death, it's good that you're okay." ”
"Are you afraid that the bad guys will find out about you?" Qin Xiao asked.
Haniz nodded, then shook his head again, and said in a low voice: "No matter who robs me, I am a slave, I am not worried, I am worried that you will be injured." ”
"Oh?" Qin Xiao saw that she was very serious, and seemed to be really worried about herself, and her heart was slightly moved: "Why are you worried about me? ”
"You are a good person, and a good person cannot die." Haniz said seriously.
Qin Xiao sighed, secretly thinking that good people in this world often die faster, but Haniz's idea was naturally not wrong, he hesitated, and finally said, "If you are free, can you go back to the Exquisite Kingdom?" ”
"Freedom?" Haniz's expression darkened, and he whispered, "I'm a slave, and I need a lot of silver coins to be free, maybe ..... I'm never going to have that many silver coins in my life. ”
"I'll figure it out." Qin Xiao smiled.
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He was very sympathetic to Haniz's background, and he really thought that if he had the opportunity, he would help Haniz regain his freedom.
Haniz is now the goods in the hands of Yuwen Chengchao, and he wants to use it as a gift to find an opportunity to give it to the White Wolf King, but before sending it out, Haniz's ownership naturally belongs to Yuwen Chengchao, and Yuwen Chengchao also has the right to life and death of Haniz.
Qin Xiao believed that if he really proposed to Yuwen Chengchao to return Haniz's freedom, Yuwen Chengchao should not refuse.
But he also knew that Haniz was a young and beautiful exotic girl in his eyes, but in the eyes of many people, even in the eyes of Yuwen Chengchao, it was a piece of goods, not much different from a valuable antique calligraphy and painting.
Asking Yuwen Chengchao to restore Haniz's freedom by himself is like asking Yuwen Chengchao for a large sum of money.
The most important thing is that that time in Lanyuefang, Yuwen Chengchao arranged Haniz for himself, but he didn't accept it, and now he comes out to restore Haniz's freedom, which will inevitably make people feel a little strange.
However, Qin Xiao didn't take these things to heart.
If Haniz can really be freed or even return to the Elite Country to reunite with his family, it won't be a big deal even if he pays some price.
It's just that last night just forced back the Death Wing of the Wild West, if it is like Yuwen Chengchao making a request now, it seems to be a forcible request.
There are still many days to go, but there is no need to rush for a while, not to mention what the situation is on the White Wolf King's side, it is still unclear, and Haniz may not necessarily be sent out at that time.
In broad daylight, Qin Xiao couldn't stay by the carriage for too long, so as not to be misunderstood by others.
When I left the carriage, I saw that a wooden pole had been erected not far away, and someone nailed the wooden pole to the ground, tied the captured old man to the wooden pole, and sent someone to guard it with a knife.
Everyone sat on the ground, their hands tied to the wooden pole behind their backs, and looked up at the sky, but the bronze masks were not removed.
Qin Xiao walked over, looked at everyone a few times, and squatted down in front of him, everyone just ignored it as if they didn't see it.
"You never thought it would be like this." Qin Xiao finally smiled.
Everyone didn't look at Qin Xiao all the time, but said lightly: "What about such a result?" You don't have a real man here, and when I fall into your hands, none of you dare to cut me in the neck. ”
"You don't have to say that all the time." Qin Xiao said: "Since we have a promise, of course we will keep our promise and let you go in a few days." ”
Everyone looked at Qin Xiao and sneered: "The fifth brother has always treated you as his own brother, and even thought about letting you become our person, but fortunately it didn't come true, otherwise it would be a great shame for us to have a villain like you who forgets his righteousness by our side." ”
"Villain?" Qin Xiao said lightly: "You know that there are only about twenty guards in the caravan, most of them are innocent people, but you gathered sixty or seventy horsemen to raid us, and even arranged for people to poison the horse feed in advance. ”
Everyone was a little speechless.
If it is said that more bullying and less can be explained, but poisoning in horse material is indeed a bit unsightly.
Qin Xiao waved his hand to the two guards, "You go and rest for a while, I'll guard him." ”
The two hesitated, but knowing Qin Xiao's identity in the caravan, they didn't dare to say more, Gong
Hand down.
"Let them go, is there anything unsavvy to say?" Everyone said coldly.
Qin Xiao smiled: "You have even done unsightly things, and you are still unwilling to let others say a few words?" ”
"You're ......!" Everyone was always a little angry, but they calmed down instantly, and said with a smile: "I have to say, last night you used Wen Budao to approach me, let me be unguarded, and took the opportunity to make a move, it was really thoughtful." Little brother, in order to achieve the goal, turn your face and don't recognize people, even your own brother can also use it to betray, this is the courage that a person who achieves great things should have, I really admire you now. ”
Qin Xiao said: "Don't label me as a betrayal brother, Uncle Wen and I are not brothers, he is my senior, and what I do is just to learn from you, there is a saying called giving back to the other in the way of the other, you should understand?" ”
"What do you mean?"
"You planted a spy next to the eldest prince." Qin Xiao said: "Using spies, I know our situation well, since you can use the people around the eldest prince, of course I can also use the people around you." Without waiting for everyone to speak, he leaned forward slightly and asked, "You are spending so much energy in order to kidnap the eldest prince, everyone, can you tell me why you are doing this?" ”
"For the silver." Everyone said: "We are short of silver, and we tied Yuwen Chengchao, we can exchange it for a sum of silver, are you satisfied with this answer?" ”
Qin Xiao smiled: "Actually, you really don't lack silver. Death Wing secretly sends people everywhere to collect money, which is already a huge income, the key is that there are people behind the back who have been supporting you, and their financial resources are enough to ensure that you are not short of silver. ”
Everyone's old body shook, and the gaze under the mask became sharp: "I don't understand what you're saying." ”
"I don't understand, you just take me as a joke, don't take it seriously." Qin Xiao said in a low voice: "The Wild West Death Wing has been active in Xiling, but the Xiling Gate Valve knows very little about you, if you are just ordinary horse thieves, gather twenty or thirty people to fall into the grass, be cautious, and not let people know your origin and traces, then it can still be done." But if you don't say that there are hundreds of people, and they are equipped with excellent equipment and the best war horses, even so, it still makes the Xiling Gate Valve know nothing about you, which is really strange. ”
"Oh?" Everyone laughed and said: "Actually, the reason is very simple, the Xiling Gate Valve is much more stupid than you think." ”
"There may be a lot of fools among them, but they can't all be fools." Qin Xiao sighed: "These families can gain a foothold in Xiling, of course they can't do it by relying on fools, and of course there are many shrewd people among them. Staring at the eyes under the mask: "Deathwing of the Wild West is secretly expanding its strength, but it is unknown, thinking about it, I can only think of one reason, that is, someone has been covering for you, and secretly helping you enhance your strength." There are really not many people with such strength in Xiling. ”
The old man leaned against the wooden pole and didn't say a word.
"There is one thing that the eldest prince may not have thought of yet." Qin Xiao said softly: "But unfortunately, I just suddenly thought that everyone always wants to know what is going on?" ”
"What?" Everyone still couldn't help but ask.
"War horses, broadswords!" Qin Xiao said: "Your horses are all Xiling war horses, and your broadsword is not a saber forged by the Wutuo people, I am very strange, how did you transport the war horse and the broadsword out of the pass, and then ambush outside the pass?" ”