Chapter 56: Up the Mountain
"The old man just now, I'm afraid it's not simple, but ...... He doesn't seem to have any ill will towards us. ”
Cang Yan smiled freely: "What simple characters can there be when you open a store here?" Regardless of whether he has malicious intent or not, we just need to take strict precautions, and if others make a move, we will accept it. ”
"That's right."
Dongfang Xiao also felt that what Cang Yan said was reasonable, and being able to open a store in a place like Crouching Tiger Town represented a lot of strength in itself.
In line with the principle of "if there is a bargain, do not take advantage of nothing", the two of them went around a lot of places in this Crouching Tiger Town, and all kinds of things that can be used, what they don't need now, and what they may not use in the future have entered Dongfang Xiao's inventory. This kind of wealthy behavior made Cang Yan feel a little speechless, while Dongfang Xiao was tired of it, and here he seemed to find the feeling of the supermarket discount sale back then.
"It seems that this time, we have been targeted by many people."
"Uh...... I'm sorry, Captain Cangyan. Dongfang Xiao also reflected, and smiled awkwardly, his behavior of throwing coins has attracted the attention of many people, maybe the backers behind these shops are the bandits on the mountain.
Cang Yan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, we have brought so many beast carts into the city, we have already attracted the attention of many people, I am afraid that these troubles are unavoidable, since I have come here, I have no intention of hiding my whereabouts." ”
Dongfang Xiao was a little curious: "Could it be that Captain Cangyan wants to fight the bandits?" ”
"It's not impossible, let's take it one step at a time."
The two chatted without saying a word, and returned to the rented house.
"Brother Cangyan, you're back."
Cang Yan nodded and said, "Blood Wolf, how is it, is there anyone looking for trouble?" ”
The blood wolf shook his head and sneered: "The people who are looking for trouble haven't found out, but there are many people who have come to inquire about the news for various reasons, and it seems that they are all staring at our piece of fat." ”
"Don't worry about them for now, let's deal with the medicinal materials brought back first, and the most important thing is to let the brothers heal their injuries quickly."
The blood wolf nodded, and immediately did as Cang Yan instructed, while Dongfang Xiao returned to the room and began to study the volume of "Shuofeng Jue" he had just obtained.
Soon, two days passed like this, and with the help of medicine, those injured mercenaries had almost recovered, although they could not exert 100% of their strength, but at least they had recovered eighty percent.
And Dongfang Xiao, in the past two days of study, Shuofeng Jue's cultivation can be regarded as a first glimpse of the way, although he has not yet fully mastered this new technique, but whether it is the strength of spiritual power or attack power, it is not much stronger than the original.
Now that all the things that need to be done have been done, there is no reason for Cang Yan to continue to stay here, and early on the morning of the third day, Cang Yan ordered to go down and prepare to march to Crouching Tiger Mountain.
The action of the caravan is naturally not small, Jia Qianjin is a little worried about this, in the past two days, he asked Cang Yan more than once to set off quickly and leave this place of right and wrong, but Cang Yan was unmoved. The right to act of the caravan, Jia Qianjin has been handed over to the Blue Wolf Mercenary Group, at this moment, even if he is in a hurry, there is no way, and he can't order the Blue Wolf Mercenary Group to do anything, therefore, Jia Qianjin's life in the past two days is quite uneasy, as soon as he heard that Cang Yan decided to leave, the happiest person is probably Jia Qianjin in front of him.
In fact, according to Jia Qianjin's meaning, he would not agree to give those injured mercenaries and guards any time to rest and heal, for him, it is not a big problem to leave Wohu Mountain quickly, even if the casualties are larger, but Cang Yan doesn't think so, what Jia Qianjin pursues is how to get the maximum benefit in the shortest possible time, and Cang Yan puts the safety of personnel first.
In fact, there are also some officials of the empire who want to encircle and suppress the bandits here, but basically they don't have much effect, on the one hand, because the bandits here have some strength, and the terrain of Crouching Tiger Mountain is very complicated, just with the strength of one city and one county, it also takes a certain price to exterminate these bandits, and on the other hand, the strength of the bandits here is not small or small, and it is not big to say that it is not big, and it cannot attract the attention of the empire, so there are no powerful forces to eliminate these bandits.
Of course, the most important factor is that the people here do not seem to be averse to bandits, and even have a lot of behaviors to help bandits, whenever an army or other organization comes to encircle and suppress, these bandits turn into ordinary residents and confuse the public, how can these foreign forces know the difference between bandits and ordinary people? As soon as the limelight passed, they came out again to make trouble.
The reason for this phenomenon is also very simple, it is the "morality" that these bandits adhere to. They only rob the passing merchants and other villages and towns, for the residents of this Crouching Tiger Town are never touched, whenever they make some big business, the bandits on the mountain will also give these residents under the mountain some "shares", the residents who have got the sweetness, naturally have no ill feelings towards these bandits, and this place is a traffic artery, bypassing this Crouching Tiger Mountain, at least a month more travel, and the road is rugged, often infested with magical beasts, so those merchants can only hire a strong mercenary group to reduce their losses. And the bandits in the mountains chose to pay a large amount of money
Use these ordinary residents under the mountain to find out the news for them, and the residents under the mountain are also happy to do so, and even in a way, these bandits are their "cash cow".
Speaking of which, Dongfang Xiao was also a little curious, and he didn't know how many gold coins he had been sold by those bandit spies.
The terrain of this Crouching Tiger Mountain is complex, stretching for hundreds of miles horizontally, and in some narrow sections, the beast carts can only line up in a row, slowly advancing along the road, so it will take at least four to five days for the caravan to pass through this place.
The slowly advancing convoy stopped, and a mercenary ran quickly over and said:
"Captain Cangyan, there is a beast cart blocking the way in front, it seems that the wheels are stuck in the pit on the side of the road and can't get out, do we want to help?"
The road ahead was a narrow section, and even if only one beast cart stood in the way, the entire caravan could only stop moving for the time being.
"Is it such a coincidence?"
A smile appeared at the corner of Cang Yan's mouth, and he said to the blood wolf on the side:
"Blood wolf, I'll just trouble you to do the brothers in front of me a favor."
The blood wolf grinned, picked up the extremely powerful battle axe and walked quickly in front of the beast cart, and slammed the battle axe to the ground, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth:
"What, look at the trouble you are encountering, do you want me to help?"