0024 Bandits
When it comes to road bandits, Yun Qi has a lot of helplessness, either to pay the money, or to work hard, several of the injuries on his body in the past were left here.
These people control the traffic arteries, and a certain climate has been formed, and they are also smart people, and they don't touch those they can't afford to provoke; When encountering someone with similar strength, he is more horizontal than you, how can a caravan fight with this group of people every time, it is not worth it, most of them will pay for it, and the money they ask for is just stuck on the bottom limit of your outbreak, whether to give it or not, it is very hurt, not to mention those weak teams, basically only have the life of being slaughtered.
If you throw money all the way through, not to mention whether you will be coveted by people and killed and oversold goods, you will basically consume the profits of the merchants who have come and gone, and even lose money.
In this way, a nearly 20-kilometer forest mountain road, with nearly 100 bandit teams of all sizes, has become the first roadblock in Woodwoodland, and these teams and sites are changing every day, and the competition is very fierce.
Cen Mu and the three of them took small mustard seeds, naturally it was not easy to cross the dense forest, and the physique of the gods was a sweet delicacy for the flies and insects born in filth, which would make them crazy, and this phenomenon was confirmed in Bounty Town.
The three of them walked along the road all the way, and after walking for about a few kilometers, they gradually saw some companions, including mercenaries alone, scavengers walking in pairs of threes and threes, and small caravans driving horse teams.
Gradually, the crowd became more and more dense, and when I climbed over a hillside, I saw a bunch of people clustered together, chariots and horses were rampant, and the whole thing was as crowded and lively as a vegetable market, and some people even set up stalls next to it, selling some ammunition and medicine.
Yun Qi said in surprise: "I didn't expect this 'woodland boundary' to have reached such a scale. ”
Cen Mu was puzzled and asked, "What boundary?" What do you mean? ”
Yun Qi explained: "There are policies and countermeasures, and road bandits are so rampant, and there are too many victims, so they will share the same hatred."
Many years ago, when I came, there were only similar sprouts here, and some mercenaries would go there in groups, which would deter many small-scale bandits and greatly reduce losses.
Therefore, there is such a 'woodland boundary' at both ends of this large woodland, and people will stop here until they have formed a large enough team to pass through, so that the two boundaries will be congested with some people all year round, and these people are shouting that they are forming a team.
It has even given rise to some professional 'packing teams', charging a small capitation fee, doing nothing all day long, just shuttling back and forth between the woodlands. Ironically, some former road bandits can't get along anymore and turn to the job of making heads. ”
Cen Mu laughed and said: "These people really have a way to make money, they come and go like this, walking on the tip of the knife, they are not afraid of stepping into the air?!" ”
"These people are not diligent, and they are used to doing business, how can they still do the right thing!"
Cen Mu asked: "Isn't that a road bandit also able to form a group to rob!" Stronger! ”
"Yes, I have done this for a long time, and now there are three more famous road bandits here: 'Golden Ferrog', 'Red Turban Bandits', and 'Syndicate Brotherhood', which are basically the three hurdles that cannot be bypassed here, known as the 'Three Taxes on Woodland', and only the clergy of the Holy Peak Church have the right to pass for free."
Cen Mu smiled: "Wouldn't that also give birth to the profession of a priest's protector?!" As long as you get a church priesthood, you can earn money wherever you go. ”
Yun Qi just smiled and didn't speak, laughing at him that he didn't have any basic respect for the Holy Sect, and if he wanted to be placed in the Five Great Sacred Domain Cities, he would be immediately reported, arrested, and directly put on the gallows.
A person next to him took over the conversation and said, "Friend, you have to whisper this, the Holy Religion is everywhere!" ”
Cen Mu turned his head and found that it was a middle-aged man dressed as a vendor, white and thin, and polite.
Cen Mu replied: "The rules of the Holy Sect are bound by ordinary people. ”
The middle-aged man bowed slightly, he saw Cen Mu's arrogance, and he didn't want to remind him too much, the most taboo between strangers was to talk about it deeply, he said: "The clergy of the Holy Sect would not do such a thing, because as long as he can become a priest, his future is bright, and there is no need to be contaminated with such a livelihood." ”
It makes sense to learn from Robert that the grassroots priests of the Church of the Holy Blade are powerful beings, above the law and the administration.
The middle-aged man wanted to stop talking, and wanted to come up and talk, but Cen Mu had already lost interest in him, this person was too cautious and couldn't get anything valuable from his mouth.
There are many people here, but it is an excellent place to gather information, Cen Mu opened his ears and listened to the voices of the crowd.
"Damn it! Tolls have gone up again! More and more rampant! Do you want to give people a way to live! Aren't these damn road ragepers afraid of retribution?! Why doesn't the Holy Sect care about this?! What an insult to the law of God's kingdom! ”
"Lorne, you whisper to me! The Holy Sect Masters are very busy, how can they have time to take care of these idle things?! ”
"Dude, this is the territory of the Holy Sect! If you have collected so many taxes, why not provide a stable environment?! So are all the taxes we pay for the dogs?! ”
"Lorne, shut up!" The other shouted, and the latter muttered, cursed, and chattered.
Entering the crowd, Xiao Mustard was obviously nervous, she hooked Cen Mu with both hands and feet, her face was attached to his neck, her whole head was shrouded in a veil, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and then let Yun Qi follow behind, looking at Yun Qi's momentum, she knew that it was not easy to get along, and some perverts in the crowd had to restrain their claws.
Squeezing all the way forward, all that came to my ears were curses against the bandits and complaints about the Holy Cult, but this kind of people could only represent the lowest group of people in Woodwoodland.
Cen Mu squeezed all the way to the front of the crowd, looked around, and saw a large avenue undulating with the terrain, winding into the dense jungle, and the entrance of the jungle was only less than five hundred meters away from the boundary point.
At the entrance, there are two 30-meter-high big banyan trees, the branches are luxuriant, the weeping branches take root, the single tree is a forest, it is very spectacular, and under the big tree, you can see two people lying in the hammock, resting leisurely, they are wearing a set of jungle field uniforms, it is a complete set of equipment, armed to the teeth, its degree of well-equipped is no less than the individual arms of the Cape of Salon, this is the embodiment of strength, just seeing this equipment, let ordinary people lose the courage to resist.
Yun Qi pointed at those people and said, "Do you see the patterns on their helmets?" That's the seal of the Golden Ferroger. ”
Cen Mu sighed: "A group of bandits who blocked the road and robbed were not only so well-equipped, but even their uniforms were uniformly customized, it seems that it is indeed a profitable business!" ”
"Not really!" Someone on the side took Cen Mu's words and said with emotion, this person looked Cen Mu up and down, then looked at Yun Qi behind him, and said: "Friend, I see that you are also two people, and you also brought a child, do you want to team up, our team now has eleven people, there are many melee masters, there is a lack of an excellent sniper like you!" ”
Seeing Yun Qi's momentum, and then looking at the super-long sniper on Cen Mu's back wrapped in strips of cloth, he knew that these two people had some strength, he fell in love with Cen Mu, but Cen Mu obviously didn't look down on him, looking at the few people around him, although he didn't say hello, he knew at a glance that it was the worst kind in the woodland boundary, once he entered the dense forest, it was a burden for the two of them, and Cen Mu didn't have the leisure to take care of these people.
Cen Mu smiled: "Say it again." ”
At this moment, there was a commotion behind him, and a melodious hymn of praise came from a distance, mixed with the noisy human voices, but it seemed so clear that it seemed to have an incomprehensible penetrating power, shaking directly on the soul, allowing the melody to bypass the hearing system and reverberate in your head.
Looking at the reaction of the crowd, some people's faces showed joy, longing, satisfaction, and comfort, like hearing fairy music, and the whole person was surrounded by a feeling of happiness, and the expression was so intoxicating that it was incomprehensible.
Cen Mu instinctively sensed that something was wrong, he looked back at Yun Qi, and saw his same frowning expression, before he relaxed, he whispered to Yun Qi: "There are ghosts in this music!" ”
"The Holy Maiden is passing by here, idle people are waiting, quickly avoid!" A convoy approached slowly, and the man at the front of the convoy shouted.
This is a fleet of horses, the horses used are pure white tall horses, fat and strong, hair oil, dry and strong body, slender limbs, beautiful lines, sharp edges and corners, this is not a Hummer team can compare, in the new era to cultivate such a good quality thoroughbred, the cost is huge, is a game that only the upper class can afford, not to mention find so many horses of the same size to pull the cart, it is simply a tyrannical thing!
However, when people saw the composition of this convoy, they realized that they might have seen a once-in-a-lifetime event, and that there were probably big figures from the Holy Blade Church sitting in this carriage.
There are eight knights in golden armor in front and back of the convoy, these golden armor is not only majestic and majestic, gorgeous appearance, but also functional, is a boutique alloy armor, the perfect combination of gorgeousness and practicality, like this heavy armor knight, only the Holy Sect can take it, and in the center of the knight's arch guard, a luxury carriage pulled by four purebred white horses, slowly driving on the bumpy mountain road, flat and stable, the carriage does not have the slightest sense of shaking, the carriage is fully enclosed, the doors and windows are closed, I don't know which noble man is sitting in it, but I heard the knight say that there is a saint in the carriage, and I don't know which saint it is?
Then the crowd that was congesting the main road involuntarily parted to the sides, and some of them were already kneeling on both sides of the road, bowing with devotion to the Lord, completely ignoring the dust on their faces, as if they were devoted to the Lord.
The Holy Cultists really have a set, although most of the people who are bewitched are ordinary people, but how many ordinary people are there in the wilderness?! That's an ocean!
Cen Mu and Yun Qi exchanged a shocked look.
Little Mustard asked, "Shouldn't faith make people feel happy and peaceful?" Why do I only see giving and demanding?! ”