Chapter 336: Heading North
The dew on the tip of the leaf reflected the morning light and fell silently, smashing on a bug that crawled past, and the road not far away, the wheel ran over and splashed a circle of dust, and the three caravans gradually leaned in the direction of the guards, and stopped on the side of the road.
In the caravan at the back, Xia also got down with the Maikanoy siblings and chatted as they walked.
"That's it, Xia, it's Timinoa from the road ahead, but when you get there, you have to be careful, the intersection of the north and south cities of that city, there are a lot of northern nobles meddling in trade. ”
"Well, I'll talk about the specifics in that city, but ...... Probably won't stay there. ”
"Then you better be careful, I heard that the northern side is very different from this side, if you want to enter there, you need to apply for a pass, even many southern nobles are not eligible to apply for ....."
"If that's the case, the people who trade over there ......"
"It's to apply for the entry and exit of laborers, and the procedures are still very troublesome, and it needs to be inspected by the Timinoa trade union before it can be done. ”
The mild climate in the south and the central part of the country, in the trivial exhortation, Xia Yi looked at the time, that is, he waved goodbye to the brothers and sisters and the guards in the convoy, and during this time, he actually knew some general information about the city on the way, which was equivalent to the entrances and exits of the north and south, and also divided the entire continent and people into two levels.
"In the last month, I have heard from other caravans that the slaves who fled from Tatasya attacked a town, stole a large number of supplies and weapons, and freed all the slaves from the nearby nobles' families and absorbed them into the ranks, which made some people panic, and after returning home this time, I plan to rest for a while, and wait for the situation to calm down a little, and then come out......"
The Maikanoy brothers and sisters sent Xia Yi to the fork in the road, and Dina took her brother and waved her hand: "Mr. Xia, if you come back, come to Missis to find us." ”
She pointed to the end of the road where she was going: "Keep walking from here! Keep walking! There will be a small town surrounded by forests, and there is Emis, and my house is in the city, with a beautiful red roof!"
The brother and sister actually heard the news of the slave rebellion and rebellion in the south, and at the same time, there was also a notice offering a reward for Xia Yi, proclaiming that he was a very vicious person and so on......., the brother and sister actually knew that Xia Yi also killed the only direct successor of the Tiratima family, and if the other lords knew, they would definitely choose to capture him and send him to the northern country to the emperor as a meritorious service.
This is also the reason why Maikanoy invited Xia Yi to accompany him after the encounter, he contacted Xia Yi and knew that Xia Yi was not what was said in that posting.
"I'll be careful. ”
It's not early, Xia Yi turned his head to look at the girl, and nodded with a smile: "If you come back and you are still at home, Mr. Xia will definitely come to visit you." ”
After saying that, he turned to another road, turned over to the back of the pack beast, waved goodbye sideways, and the brother and sister standing at the intersection behind him stood there for a while before returning to the caravan and beckoning everyone to leave.
The team that parted ways went to the east, and Xia also followed the main road that branched off from the fork to the north, sat on the beast of burden, looked at the map in his hand, and from here all the way north to Timinoa, there were still more than thirty miles, and with the slow foot of the beast, it was estimated that it would not arrive until the afternoon.
"I still have to do some cover-up, I killed Allender, and I offended the nobles after all...... Although not afraid, it always brings trouble. ”
It's been more than two months since I came to the other world, because I didn't have time to take care of my hair, and in the absence of the Chaos Twin Blades, my hair was messy, and I almost covered my ears, and after repairing it by a river, I changed into the clothes given by Maikanoy, this time I didn't put on my skin, only the empty cuff of my left arm.
Looks like a down-and-out disabled veteran.
As we walked on, the sun rose, and at noon, the road became more crowded, and the two sides gradually became a pastoral scene, and busy farmers wore sunshade hats or turbans, picking cyan oval fruits on the grafted agricultural frames.
It is a thing called ticoa fruit, after picking, put it in a ventilated room to dry for a month, and then put it in the sun to expose it to the sun to remove the moisture inside, and peel off the outer shell, the flesh inside has become a dry silk strip at this time, and after digging it out, it is ground into powder, which is the main material for the fermentation of this world's bread noodles.
The taste is ..... quite delicious, of course, people like Xia Yi who don't pick their mouths feel this way.
After crossing the open fields and villages, the intertwined roads became more and more frequent, and the caravans coming and going increased significantly, seeing Xia Yi alone leading the pack beast, as well as a blackbird and a goblin, it was a bit of a novelty, but in a world where there were many adventurers, there were only some novelties, and at most two glances, it would be forgotten.
On the way, Xia Yi bought some wooden boards and dyes from passing merchants, and spent some time making an armory box himself, putting Fang Tian's painting halberd, the Green Dragon Knife, the Frost Sorrow, and the Snow Drinking Knife into it.
It was not until evening that we arrived outside the gates of Timinoa, and in the setting sun, in the reddish light, the buildings of the city were spreading on top of each other, high and low, and they appeared in front of the eyes over the city walls, and occasionally the clock tower echoed in the remnant sun.
In the midst of the echoing bells, Xia Yi fostered the pack beasts, hired the laborers of the trade area, and brought the heavy wooden boxes into the city, and nothing extraneous happened.
As for the purpose, naturally he needed some excuses, he came to the city union and spent money to hire a few adventurers, two men and one woman, including Xia Yi, a total of four.
"Your task is simple, escort me and this box to the north, which is on the map. ”
Xia also unfolded the map and showed it to the three of them, and the place where his finger pointed was the first city where Timinoa went north, and it was also the place where he stopped without a pass.
"We understand, but one thing, I hope you know, we can only escort you to Kamyhill, we can't go any further, no amount of money will do, otherwise you will die if you are detected. Among the three, a man in his forties, there are many white marks on his face, he has been in this industry for many years, his own ability is not big, but his experience and experience are incomparable to many new adventurers.
The other men and women nodded in agreement, the men were nearly thirty, tight leather armor, but they looked a little old, and the woman next to them was a little young, because they were in the union hall, neither of them carried weapons, so they didn't see any ability.
But none of this is Xia Yi's concern, "No problem, you just need to take me there, and then, you can leave and return to Timinoa." ”
"Hopefully our mission will be easy......"
Seeing Xia Yi's smile, Langton, the eldest of the three, his eyelids jumped, and he came out of the union hall after completing the escort procedures, and the three of them also took the weapons that were deposited at this time, Langton was holding an ordinary blade, the man named Carl was a pair of daggers, and the last one, the woman was holding a spear with an inscription on it.
It's just a very cheap kind, much like the cheap inscription arrows used by the bandit group last time I encountered.
"Before it's dark, I think it's time for us to go!" Xia Yi said with a polite smile.
"As you wish, sir. ”
Looking at Xia Yi with a crow standing on his shoulder and a goblin behind him, Carl lowered his head and whispered to the woman next to him: "I've never seen such a stingy employer, shouldn't I have a meal first, then rest for a night, and then talk about leaving the next day?"
"Carl, don't talk about your employer behind your back. As the senior of the three, Langton turned his head and looked at him with some seriousness, and then urged in a low voice: "Hurry up, the forest in the middle will be the most difficult road to walk, although there are ....... roads"
"Got it!"
Karl shrugged his shoulders, pulled up the two-wheeler with the long box, and followed, "Damn, is there two people stuffed in this box? It's so heavy..... I bet it must contain contraband that the nobles of the North like....."
"Carl!"
Langton's voice became stern, and even the woman over there couldn't help but put the handle of her gun against the complaining man: "Don't say such things. Looking ahead, looking at Xia Yi's moving back, the other party didn't seem to hear it, and he was relieved.
Soon after, the four of them walked out of the city gate one after the other.
"Wait here for me, and I'll bring the pack beast in foster care. ”
After a command, in the eyes of the three of them, the rather strange employer, who returned from the trade area over there, was followed by a fat-headed and big-eared pack beast, and the green-skinned goblin jumped up and down on it, holding a scimitar, babbling endlessly, on the contrary, the blackbird next to him stood quietly on the other party's shoulder, and a pair of bird eyes stared at them.
Placing the wooden box in the cart on the back of the pack beast, Langton patted the brute's thigh and swung the broad blade.
"Let's go! Before dark, I hope we can go to the edge of the forest, and the next morning into the woods!"
Xia Yi nodded and chuckled.
"If you have experience, do as you say. ”