"Only see the merchant? Don't see officials and nobles? Olki muttered a repeat.

Luo Kaixian explained: "Don't forget, we are here to buy food, not some mission!" ”

Alki frowned, and then asked, "But, the general...... It's not a good thing to offend local officials and nobles......"

The Bulgarian did not speak directly about his fears, but the meaning of the words was clear.

Luo Kaixian smiled frankly and confidently, a small pig iron hammer used to repair armor appeared in his hand, and he put it on the table casually, the hammer head happened to hit the edge of the celadon tea bowl, and the crisp collision sound sounded, the small hammer was unharmed, but the tea bowl was instantly broken into several pieces, and the little tea left inside was scattered on the table.

"We are small in number, but we are very strong, and it is this little hammer; The Song people are luxurious and wealthy, and there are many people, but it is this tea bowl...... Do you understand? ”

"I understand!" Learning from the words of the elite soldiers of the Han people under his command respectfully agreed, and Alki's eyes no longer had the previous hesitation, but sparkled.

"Got it, Olki, you've been with me for two years, haven't you?" Looking at the Bulgarians, who were far much stronger than the scrawny gladiators at the beginning, Luo Kaixian said softly.

"Back to the general, it's been two years and one hundred and ninety-two days!" Olki's voice was a little excited, but he also remembered the past.

"Oh, that's more than two and a half years......" Luo Kaixian also sighed a little, these gladiators have existed by his side for more than two years, and he has been in this time and space for three years, and suddenly he was in East Africa three years ago, and he is indeed very different from now, the black-eyed "Buck" who walked the world because of his entangled and depressed mood in the past is now a classical commander of more than 100,000 people.

Shaking his head and shaking off superfluous thoughts, Luo Kaixian said calmly: "In the past, there were one hundred and eight gladiators accompanying him, except for a few who were not waiting for their lives, the rest were Gonzhas, Alke, and Sideknord...... Everyone is already able to stand alone, even the bastard of Haas, the boar, can show his strengths, Olki, you can't stay by my side for the rest of your life, you should think carefully! ”

"Under Duty...... Obey! Alki hesitated, but replied earnestly.

Too lazy to say any more off-topic sensational words, Luo Kaixian only said this paragraph, then changed the topic and analyzed the stories behind more than a dozen worship posts.

As he had predicted, except for the four who were businessmen, the rest were mostly hung with different official positions, and the words on the worship post were different, but there was only one core content, the so-called visit was fake, and seeking horses was real! There are those who euphemistically praise the horses and horses and are eager to see it, some are tempting to inquire about the ease of money, some say that they have organized a horse racing association, and there are even those who ask for it directly...... The end is full of tricks.

"Today, I really see what the so-called forcible seizure means!" Muttering words that Olki couldn't understand, he threw the last prayer note on the table with a "snap", Luo Kaixian said with some indignation: "Olki, as I said before, none of these nobles and officials are seen, if anyone dares to force their way to the door, fists and knives will come and go!" ”

The last eight words are easy to understand, Europa does not have words like 'retribution', but the fist hits in response to the fight back, the sword cut is better, and the cut back kills.

"Obey!" Alki, who had a bottom in his heart, replied calmly, and was speechless.

This Bulgarian just thinks a lot, but he is not a mediocre man who has no brains and only knows how to follow orders. Following Luo Kaixian's side, the strange things he saw and the killings he experienced were far beyond everything he had experienced before, and he didn't believe that anyone could stop his master from moving forward, Rome, which had been stranded for more than ten years, and neither could this ancient country in the East now.

While the two were silent, a call sounded outside the door, "Lord, Antiano, please meet!" ”

"Enter!"

As soon as the words of permission fell, Antiano rushed in with his hands and feet, and fastened a domed and frayed hat on his head—this hat was the style that Central Asian merchants were accustomed to wearing, matching his complexion and hair, and if it were not for a vest-like armor that protected his heart, he would have been like a Central Asian merchant wandering around.

"What happened? So flustered? Luo Kaixian frowned and reprimanded in a low voice.

"It's not a hurry, Lord." After taking a few breaths, the guy calmed down and said, "It's windy outside, and according to the guys at the inn, there may be snow at night." There are two other things......"

"Speak!"

"Obey!" Antiano regained his complexion, "First, after dark and before I came back just now, three people warned their subordinates that someone in this Xingyang City was targeting us and wanted to do something wrong...... General, what is the meaning of the word misdeeds? ”

"Misdeeds means that someone is unruly and wants to rob us!" Luo Kaixian replied angrily, tapped the table with his fingers, and then asked, "Where is the person who called the alarm?" Who wants to target us? Can you ask clearly? ”

"Because it was windy outside, the people who came covered their faces with black gauze, and they could only be seen to be Han people with black eyes...... Hey, the people they warned are different, some say the local Zheng family, some say the Chengdong royal family, and some say the Zhao and Song royal families...... General, the Lord, dare to conclude that they are not a gang! Antiano was not afraid that Luo Kai would get angry first, but he was afraid that Luo Kaixian would ignore people with a cold face - that meant that he didn't even have a chance to explain, so Luo asked someone half annoyed, but instead made him relax, and as the words continued, his thoughts became clear.

Luo Kaixian was silent for a while, then turned his head and asked, "Olki, what do you think?" ”

"It doesn't matter who wants to calculate us...... Even if someone has good intentions...... "With Luo Kaixian's enlightenment before, Alki's mood was much more stable, and after judging a sentence, he continued: "And the three people who warned are likely to be sent by the same party, and they are intimidating us......"

A smile appeared on Luo Kaixian's face, "That's a good point, how do you want to deal with it?" ”

Looking up at the encouraging eyes of the main general, Alki said in a clear manner: "Strengthen your precautions, prepare to go to Bianliang, the capital of Song, as soon as possible, and contact the grain sellers!" ”

"Good!" Luo Kai first cheered, and then didn't explain, turned his head and asked Antiano, "You said two things just now, what else?" ”

Antiano was still a little ignorant about the conversation between the two, and when he heard the question, he said, "Helton's men have passed!" ”

"What? Why didn't you say it earlier! Not only did Luo Kaixian's eyes widen, but Alki's eyes were not so peaceful.

"Ah, Lord, it's not me who delays......" Halfway through his words, there was no movement, and Antiano didn't dare to accuse him of delaying the Lord's questioning to his face.

But no one was really annoyed with him, even if it was Luo Kaixian, he was just subconsciously asking, "Come on, who did Heldon send?" I haven't heard from him for nearly a month, what's going on? ”

"It's Jin Qian, the hunter-turned-fellow who was sent by Helton to stay here, and when he saw us enter the city in the afternoon, he came to the door in the evening...... The Heldon people in Bianliang are said to have bought a large courtyard by the river according to the request of the general...... "Antiano did not dare to be verbose any more, and said a long paragraph like pouring beans into a bamboo tube."

"Where's the Golden Guy?"

"After seeing my briefing, he has already left, and before leaving, he said that he would rush to Bianliang overnight, if nothing goes wrong, Helton will come to meet the general tomorrow!"

"Well......" After being silent for a while, Luo Kaixian didn't ask any more questions, but said: "From now until the time of Bianliang, Olki, you are the head envoy of the mission, responsible for coordinating internal security and external affairs summary, don't worry, just let it go!" Antiano, you are the deputy envoy of the mission, use your mouth to fool the officials of the Song Kingdom for me...... However, it is not allowed to grovel and lose bones! ”

"Obey, Lord!" Antiano hurriedly answered.

"Obey the Lord's orders! It's just a matter of buying grain......" Alki thought more, and Ying Nuo asked a question at the same time.

Luo Kai waved his hand first, "Helton has been here for more than three months, and he will contact him about the purchase of grain, and I can handle this matter in secret, so you don't need to worry!" It's already night, now go outside to check the sentry, and then go to rest! ”

"Yes, retire!"

The two of them left in response, leaving Luo Kaixian to sit alone.

The current situation is not so much that he drove the two chief and deputy of the pro-guard team into the chief and deputy envoys of the mission, but it was not himself who drove the ducks to the shelves?

Unlike the previous hurried back and forth in Kaihelen, and unlike the previous Constantinople sightseeing, this time it was in front of the gongs and drums in front of the ancient officials of this era, and in the name of the foreign mission - this is not a trivial matter!

In the later generations when communication was convenient, it would have been impossible for him to pretend to be a diplomatic envoy of any country, but in this era it was easy and ordinary, but ...... After all, this matter is not so proper, although he does not need to appear in person, but the pressure of backstage control is also not small - according to a few visits in the evening, he obviously underestimated the greed of the officials and nobles of the Song State for horses during this period, and the attraction of eight hundred tall "heavenly horses" is obviously beyond his imagination.

Although there has never been a record of the killing of foreign envoys by Eastern countries in "history", the world is like chess, and people's hearts are unpredictable, and he doesn't want to use the hundreds of guards around him as bargaining chips.

But to stop the greed of those people, words and threats are obviously not enough, and perhaps in the end, the only way to stop them is to use the most murderous means - killing. Or find a monkey to kill to deter? But can killing really solve the greed in people's hearts?

In addition, there is another thing that makes the tangled Luo Kaixian faintly feel that something is wrong, just as Antiano reported that Jin Qian reported the news and hurriedly returned to Bianliang, there is nothing wrong with this in itself, but the Lord will come from afar, and his subordinates will leave in a hurry without coming to see him, how is it not reasonable, what unexpected problems are behind this?

It's a bad feeling that it's not in control!