After the bandits withdrew, an atmosphere of panic enveloped the entire convoy.

Solan walked out of nowhere, arranged for some people to rescue Captain Sempley first, the hard ice edge had to be beaten with the hilt of the sword piece by piece, each shock would seep out a lot of reddish ice slag from the gap in his mask, fortunately the tenacious mercenary captain still kept breathing, but there was no priest in the team, only bandages were used to bandage the surface of the wound, he and those who were wounded by arrows were arranged together, and after ten days they arrived at the diocese of Mosa for treatment, hoping that the god of light would bless them to be alive at that time。

And the nobles with heads and faces gathered together to discuss who to negotiate with for the payment of the road money.

As a nobleman, Luo Lan was naturally invited, although this was not a good thing, but even at this time, the nobles were still stubbornly maintaining their dignity, except for the team leader and the new mercenary captain, only one or two merchant representatives were allowed to join this meeting that decided the fate of the caravan. As a traveler, and also an alien plus infidel, Seberdine was naturally ostracized.

More than thirty carts formed a large circle, and in the middle of it, the new mercenary captain had erected a large tent, and no one was allowed to approach except for two servants who were arranged between the two carts to lift the curtain.

When Luo Lan entered the tent, there were already more than a dozen people sitting around here, most of them were representatives of some aristocratic small groups, as well as the leader of the convoy, a bald and old man with dizzy eyes, no one knew what he was talking about except for his own hearing, and he was added purely because of his special status in the caravan, while Solan sat aside, and when he saw Luo Lan coming in, he nodded at him in a friendly manner.

But it seems that there was already an altercation before he came.

Two aristocratic youths with red faces and thick necks glared at each other with hatred, their hands and feet firmly held down by the others.

"I don't agree either!" a young man stood up, he looked around, and said angrily, "I am Beladoo from the Duchy of Wilke, because I am the fourth son of the family, and I have received nothing but a barren piece of land, and this time I have sold my land in order to go to the free city to start a new life, but if I can't keep this property, do I want to go to the streets like those petty traders, or follow those slave traders to do those dirty and vile livelihoods? No! I won't pay a penny, even if I am killed, it is better than losing the dignity of a nobleman!"

His words immediately struck a chord with a number of people, who in fact were mostly from declining aristocratic families or losers in the family inheritance competition, who had come to this caravan to try their luck in the free city-states of the Olevian Peninsula in the eastern part of the continent. Because in recent years, with the war between some eastern tribes for many years, they gradually moved westward to the inner hinterland of the Apollo continent, so that the commerce and trade there gradually prospered, and the land there is even cheaper, and no one can really control it, everyone can see the huge benefits contained in it, but the premise of all this is that there must be enough money, and they are naturally reluctant to hand over their property, even if it is just a little.

"Somebody has to pay for it, right?" someone objected.

The aristocratic young man snorted and said, "I propose that these merchants pay the fee. ”

Several of the businessmen present looked at each other and shook each other.

Luo Lan almost laughed, he said the truth, he didn't want to show his tattered face for the sake of the nobles, but he still refused to take out his share.

A plump and mature aristocratic woman stood up, she was the only woman here, her beautiful face was delicate and beautiful, she tied her golden hair back in her head, she looked cheerful, she said: "Gentlemen, this mercenary team has been hired by the merchants at their expense, and they have already protected us once, do you want us to deprive them of their property again?" I am willing to give a part of myself, a total of three hundred gold coins. She threw the three purple gold coins onto the carpet in the middle clearing. A few coins twitched lightly on them, their luster seemed to be a little dazzling under the candle, and the corners of an older nobleman's eyes twitched.

The lady glanced around slowly, then returned to her seat without saying a word.

Since the women were all out, the aristocratic young man was naturally embarrassed to say anything, but muttered unconfidently: "Actually, we can still rush out." ”

Of course, he was just talking, and no one took his words seriously.

Someone couldn't help but say, "Can't we ask for help?"

Solan stood up, his demeanor was not out of shape under any circumstances, and he still maintained his elegance and calmness: "Gentlemen, let me explain, in recent years, the business between our Soya Business Alliance and the free city-state has become closer and closer, and even does a little business with the people in the north......" The people in the north?

"Some of the lords along the route have ordered us not to sell goods to these aliens, and some have even imposed heavy taxes on us, so the route we have chosen for our caravan is the passage to the periphery, and no one will come to our rescue. ”

Someone shouted, "If we give money, who can guarantee that we will not encounter robbers again next time?"

Solan sighed, "Gentlemen, I have to make it clear that these robbers may have the tacit approval of these big nobles behind them, and they are collecting road taxes from us in disguise," he slowly turned around in the middle: "We are equivalent to buying a pass." ”

Luo Lan said for the first time: "Do you often encounter robbers on this road?"

Solan turned around and said, "There have been before, but no bandits can fight against the mercenary team when they pass by here the first few times, and this Merr beast tamer must have only been here in recent months." He smiled bitterly and said, "We can only say that we are too unlucky." ”

Some people were worried: "But will these robbers come to us for trouble after taking the money?"

Solan waved his hand and said, "If that's the case, they won't let us go just now." ”

This reason is very good, although everyone in the tent is a little reluctant, but no one objected, after all, life is still the most important thing.

"If they don't think it's enough, we can give them those prostitutes," Solan said as he looked at the new mercenary captain, "Let's buy a few more when we get to the city ahead." ”

The young mercenary captain nodded silently.

So in the end, the result of the discussion was that everyone took out more or less the gold coins in their hands, and these adventurers had nothing else on them except coins, and the funny thing is that even at this time, no one wanted their gold coins to be lower than that of the noble lady, and they competed with each other, and some even gritted their teeth and wrote an IOU to the people next to them to exceed the amount of three hundred gold coins, it is really hard to imagine that they were still arguing about this just now.

Luo Lan walked to the front and quietly cast a purple gold coin.

Everyone looked at him with disdain, but one of the older nobles pushed his glasses and exclaimed, "It's actually a purple gold coin from the Moria Dynasty, oh my God, this kind of coin is enough to exchange for twenty purple gold coins in our hands." He raised his head and said excitedly, "Sir, you must be a nobleman of pure blood, right?"

Luo Lan smiled slightly, noncommittal, but in the eyes of everyone, he undoubtedly became noble and mysterious.

When Solan finished sorting out these gold coins, the final figure was shocking, a total of about 700 purple gold coins and more than 400 gold coins, that is, a total of more than 70,000 continental gold coins, which is enough to buy half a city in a free city-state, or form a 200-strong heavy infantry team.

Even some nobles who had never seen so much money in their lives looked at the pile of shiny things in front of them with straight eyes, and their hearts were dripping blood and aching faintly.

But when all this was settled, all the people fell silent, some hung their heads, others looked at their toes, and said nothing.

There was an unusually silent silence, as if the death penalty was about to be faced.

Finally, Solan cleared his throat and said, "We need to find two people to negotiate." ”

Everyone's breathing heavily, they will face unreasonable bandits, who knows what that group of daring scoundrels will do to them?

"Tell them to go. One of them pointed to a pale-faced businessman, an old man in his fifties, who reacted so quickly that he fainted in time.

Luo Lan couldn't help but be surprised, he had to admire that the other party still had such a good nervous system at this age.

"Alright," Solan looked at everyone and said calmly, "As one of the leaders of the caravan, I am willing to go." ”

Everyone looked at him in admiration, and some of them even stepped forward to grab his hand and say something meaningless, but absolutely no one mentioned that they would be someone else.

Out of the corner of his eye, Luo Lan glanced at the pile of gold coins that were packed in bags, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his face: "I'm willing to go." ”

Everyone's eyes looked at him, Luo Lan looked at Solan and said, "My only request is that if something happens to me, my few treasures must be left to my wife, please protect her." ”

Solan patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Gentlemen, you have no objection to this, do you?"

No one would deal with a person who might die in their eyes, and many young nobles were already thinking about how to get Irina.

There was incomprehension, sympathy, and even schadenfreude in the eyes of everyone.

When the discussion was over, after Solan went outside to announce the news loudly in the caravan, a figure quickly threw himself into the arms of Luo Lan, who had just come out of the tent, under the brilliant starry sky, the girl sobbed and slowly raised her head, the two stood there, their eyes were exchanged wordlessly, and some young noble girls couldn't bear to turn their faces away for this scene of life and death.

To outsiders, they were just saddened by the separation. It's just that the person in question is lip saying completely irrelevant things.

"Senior brother, if you take this opportunity to run away alone, the consequences will be quite serious. ”

"How could it be, when I thought that my senior sister was here alone, my senior brother was very sad...... It's really sad......"