Volume 1 Daughter City Chapter 10 Arson at a Paper Mill
In the dark alley, the black seeps people, and there seems to be some terrible monster hiding in the darkness, waiting for the opportunity to move, waiting for the opportunity to strike.
A woman dressed in plain cloth carried a bag of wheat in her hand, hesitating at the mouth of the alley.
If you want to get home, you have to go through this small alley.
But recently, there have been frequent robberies in the daughter's city, and in such a gloomy alley, will there be robbers waiting for her arrival?
It was already completely dark, and the family was waiting for today's wheat, she couldn't delay any longer, and with her determination, a determination appeared on the woman's face.
She gritted her teeth and rushed into the alley.
"Help!"
A miserable sound sounded in the alley, but now that it was the time of the meal, the lights were on, who would notice what was happening in the alley?
"Where are you going?"
Three or four dark shadows appeared from the alley, masked, holding long sticks in their hands, and with a vicious laugh in their voices, they approached the woman step by step.
"Hand over the food, spare you from dying!"
The man in black at the head snorted coldly.
"Please spare me, this is my family's food for today."
The woman pleaded bitterly with several men in black, tears in her eyes.
"Since you are so obsessed, let you taste the bitterness!"
As the words fell, the long stick in the hand of the man in black was raised high, and just as he was about to fall, a phantom flashed, and the entire alley was filled with dark purple phantoms.
Before the long stick in the hand of the man in black fell, the phantom was already standing in front of the woman, only to see a small beast-eared lady with fluffy ears with her tail cocked, and several men in black behind her fell down instantly.
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Dungeon.
Tang Xuan and the others personally stood in the dungeon.
Thump!
The sound of flesh smashing on the ground sounded, and those people in black were all men, tied up in black cloth bags, and Erin's beautiful eyes looked at Tang Xuan, as if she was expecting something.
"Well done!"
Tang Xuan's approving gaze was cast, and he gently touched Erin's little head.
The little flower cat immediately stood behind Tang Xuan with satisfaction.
Yuruo raised the black cloth bags, and the heads of the black-clothed men were exposed, and the handkerchief stuffed in his mouth was removed.
The black-clothed man led by him yelled at Tang Xuan unyieldingly: "Even if you kill us, don't expect to get any news." ”
Tang Xuan sneered, even if they didn't say it, he had a way to know their identities.
"Yuruo, imprison them in the dungeon, send a pot of water every two days, and a little wheat bread every twenty days."
Tang Xuan's words fell, and these black-clothed people were tied up and thrown into the dungeon.
"You underestimate me Tang Xuan too much, how could I let you die so easily?"
As the words fell, Tang Xuan threw the caught leeches on them, these leeches would constantly suck their blood, but it was not enough to kill.
"Tang Xuan! What is it? You don't have to die well! ”
The men in black rolled on the ground in pain, and the entire dungeon was filled with a terrible roar.
"Tang Xuan, do you really have a way to know their details?"
Murong Xiling asked puzzledly, before he could ask a thing from these people's mouths, he was about to leave?
"In the daughter city, where else are there men besides me?"
Tang Xuan smiled bitterly, after Murong Xiling, a woman who was not the city lord, that strong energy was gone, but he didn't expect that even his IQ was gone.
"Could it be the good deeds of those grain merchants?"
Murong Xiling and Shelley and the others looked at each other and exchanged a look.
"Who else but them?"
Tang Xuan sneered, these black-hearted businessmen really don't cry when they don't see the coffin!
"Report to the city lord, there is a fire in the paper mill, and many knights are rushing to put out the fire, please go and take a look!"
A knight in armor hurriedly rushed over from outside the dungeon and said to Tang Xuan half-kneeling.
"What? Come with me! ”
Tang Xuan raised his eyebrows, and a storm was set off in his heart, and he hurriedly took the clay pot to get water to extinguish the fire.
However, the water was too far away from the paper mill, and it took half an hour of water to reduce the fire.
An hour later, the fire was extinguished, destroying the entire paper mill and the paper it produced.
Tang Xuan sighed and sat on the ground, his heart was full of sorrow, he still missed a step, he didn't expect these people to attack the paper mill.
"I'm going to kill them!"
Erin saw that Tang Xuan showed a declining momentum, and she was also angry, and after saying that, the sharp claws in her hands appeared, and the cold light flickered.
"Wait, Erin, I need your help!"
Tang Xuan hurriedly drank Erin, and then got up.
The workers of the paper mill were devastated and sighed as they watched the fruits of their labor be ruined.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the fire in the paper mill today is due to the attack of bandits and horse bandits, you will continue to make paper tomorrow, and your monthly salary will be changed to two hundred copper coins a month, and please cheer up and work hard!"
Tang Xuan said loudly to the people on the grass.
"Two hundred copper coins?"
"A full fifty of them?"
"The lord of the castle is so kind to us!"
After hearing that the monthly salary had risen, everyone eased up from the decline and turned into cheers.
Back in the City Lord's Mansion, everyone saw that Tang Xuan had no decline, so they also recovered from the loss of soul and began to discuss countermeasures.
"Tang Xuan, there is one thing I don't understand, the arson of the paper mill is obviously done by the grain merchants, why do you say that it is the bandits and horse bandits who attack?"
Murong Xiling frowned slightly, she sat on the soft sofa, hugged Erin in one jade hand, and asked.
"Bandits and horse bandits are not only our enemies, but also the enemies of the entire Daughter City and even the entire eastern border, but the grain merchants are not, if we say that the grain merchants are bandits, and then blame them on the things that some bandits and horse bandits will do, then we have a reason to exterminate them!"
Tang Xuan explained, and when the words fell, a look of sudden realization appeared on the faces of everyone present.
"Young Master Tang Xuan, you said you want me to help, how can I help you?"
Erin couldn't wait for the reward, she broke free from Murong Xiling's embrace and asked.
"Irene, I need your help me to monitor the grain merchants' movements, but you must remember not to act rashly, to ensure your own safety, and to let me know as soon as they make any decisions."
Tang Xuan said, took out the tight leather jacket and Swiss Army knife worn by the woman from the bag, and gave these things to Erin.
"What is this?"
Erin asked suspiciously, looking at what was in front of her.
"These are gifts for you, and when you travel in the future, you will wear this outfit!"
Tang Xuanyi explained rhetorically.
Erin went to a small room alone to take care of herself.
"Xiling, help me find some powerful and hard-working people in the city tomorrow, and ask them if they are willing to come to the city lord's mansion to work, two hundred and fifty copper coins a month!"
Tang Xuan's face was full of expectation, if the iron smelting industry was successful, the entire daughter city would have a qualitative leap.
"Two hundred and fifty copper coins? Isn't it a bit much? I'm afraid that the storage in Daughter City is not enough! ”
Murong Xi Ling Dai frowned and exclaimed.
"Sister Xiling, don't worry, Young Master Tang Xuan has already begun to prepare for the caravan, as soon as the caravan is completed, we will be able to carry the goods of the Daughter City to all parts of the Mi Wonderful Country for sale, and the last thing we will lack at that time is gold coins!"
Shelley's fluffy little white paw gently patted Murong Xiling's pretty face and said softly.
And at this moment, Erin had already changed into tights and walked out from behind the curtain, her perfect hot body was displayed in front of Tang Xuan, sexy and seductive, and her temperament with the purple beard on her face and those crystal eyes was even more extraordinary.
"This!"
Tang Xuan only exhaled this sentence, and two streams of blood spurted out of his nose, almost fainting.
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In the dead of night, there is a bright moon hanging in the sky, the moonlight is pleasant, and there is a crisis lurking in the quiet night.
The grain merchant's residence was brightly lit, and they sat around eating barbecue and drinking wheat wine, chatting and living comfortably.
A black phantom flashed over the beam of the dwelling, and this phantom landed steadily on the beam, and hid its own form, hiding in the darkness.
"Tang Xuan, this waste, can't help himself, he dares to fight with me? Someday I'm going to let him die! ”
"The boss is wise, and the entire daughter city will be the boss at that time!"
"Yes, yes, when the time comes, the boss will have as much money as he wants, and he will no longer have to look at the face of Viscount Huohuosky!"
The old man used the strength of wine to talk eloquently with a few grain merchants around him, and they swore to kill Tang Xuan!
"Hmph, Count Huohuo Dasky sent me to this desolate place in the east, and now I was driven to Daughter City by Viscount Huohuo Xiaosky, not only that, Lao Tzu was also crushed by Tang Xuan, a little baron, Lao Tzu must kill him!"
"Swear to kill Tang Xuan, the boss is wise!"
"That Tang Xuan dared to arrest our brother, he must be killed!"
The entire grain merchant's residence roared, all of which were words that swore to kill Tang Xuan.
Erin couldn't hold back the anger in her heart, and the dagger flashed with cold light, and she hid in the shadows, wanting to rush out and end the life of the grain merchant with a single sword.
But Tang Xuan told her to ensure her safety, Erin was the most well-behaved little cat, and naturally she would not do anything to disobey Tang Xuan's orders, so she still resisted her impulse and hid back in the shadows.
"I don't know where that old guy Ion is now, he is a person who works for Viscount Huohuosky, he is special, he orders us all day long, and this year's bandit and horse bandit attack battle, we must take the opportunity to kill him."
The grain merchant rose up and angrily drank the wheat wine in his hand.
"Happy, brothers, when I become the lord of Daughter City, I will definitely not be able to treat you badly, and when the time comes, you can have as much money as you want, and you don't have to be angry anymore!"
"Thank you, Boss!"
The little brother of the grain merchant shouted and laughed.
"Two days later, we will burn down Tang Xuan's granary to see how he should live, and when the time comes, we will not be able to send food, so we have to obediently come to Lao Tzu!"
The grain merchant was already drunk, and when these words fell, he fell to the ground and fell asleep.
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