Chapter 4: The Horse Thief Turmoil
When everything was over, the adjutant and his party arrived at the bandit camp with his troops at the entrance of the valley, and the experienced mercenaries couldn't believe their eyes when they saw what was happening in front of them. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"This ...... You are too ...... It's amazing, I think all the credit for this time should go to you!"
Rog ordered the adjutant to bring a merit book, and with a wave of a pen, he wrote down the names of the two on the new record......
After that, the troops took all the supplies and weapons from the valley, and then detoured north from the valley, returning to the banks of the Yu River. At noon, there were many water thieves robbing the passing peasants here, and Rogge led his mercenaries in time to attack the water thieves' troops, with the help of Xia Yan and others, they broke seven water thief gangs in one day, which dealt a great blow to the water thieves......
"Two, you are really rare talents, would you like to serve in my team?" In the evening, Rogge asked Xia Yan and his wife about their plans in the camp.
"It's not a secret...... We still have debts on us, and it's not too early for us to return to Zenda...... Can you advance some of our honorarium?" replied the Ten Guards.
Rogge took out a purse and handed it to the Ten Guards: "Your merits today are enough to afford the two hundred dinars, take these honorariums!
"If we're going to continue to be bounty hunters...... We'll definitely work together again, it's time for us to take our leave!" Ten Guards collected the money and said goodbye to Rogge.
"Go all the way! I'll give you the horses!" With Rogge's permission, the two of them mounted their horses and rode quickly in the direction of Zenda against the night wind......
Half an hour later, the two of them opened the gate of Chanda Town and came to the square, it was late at night, and in the evening, Xiao Yi's active figure also disappeared from the town square, and everything returned to silence, but they did not have time to enjoy the quiet night and entered the Happy Boar Tavern.
In addition to the frequent drinkers, there were several more distinctive figures in the lobby of the tavern tonight, a woman with short men's hair leaning against the wall, a slightly chubby young knight in plate chain mail eating at his place, and a stout white man with a square face and a half-bald old man wrestling his wrists at a long table in the corner......
When the two decided to find Su Ke to repay the debt, there was a "bang" on the side, and the old man laughed loudly: "Old De, you still can't win me!!!haha!"
"It seems that the current uncles are all trained in blocks, and the muscles all over the body can't win against an old man......" Maitreya squinted at the square face and said casually.
Fang Face couldn't get used to listening to the provocative words, slapped the table and strode in front of Xia Yan and threw a right hook, Xia Yan dodged backwards and returned fire with his scabbard.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yan was also a hidden master, and he quickly grabbed Xia Yan's scabbard and threw it out with brute force.
"It's good, I didn't expect to meet an opponent like you in such a place!" Xia Yan spun around in the air a few times and landed on the ground, smoothing out the folds on his white robe.
Fang Face smashed a wooden stool with one foot, and shouted: "Uncle Ben's name is Draun, eat rice, report your name!"
"How do you know he's eating rice...... "Ten Guards asked, a little surprised.
Drondon took a glass of wine and drank it down, explaining, "Suke said you didn't give money, and now it's 170 dinars!"
Ten guards hurriedly ran to the counter to find Su Ke, who was writing the account book, and handed him the money bag: "We came back with money, there are 200 dinars here, it's time to end, right?"
Unexpectedly, Suke came up with a sentence: "Fight in the tavern, a fine of 100 dinars, and now you still owe me 70 dinars!!
"I didn't destroy anything, I just moved it......" Xia Yan hurriedly defended.
Su Ke didn't accept this, and there was no room for the two to mediate, reminding: "I'm the boss here, I'm the law of the tavern! Hey, square face! You also owe me 100 dinars, go to the arena tomorrow morning and earn it back!"
"I know, the money for that stool is free, anyway, your furniture here is provided by our three fighters......" Drandon replied very calmly, and then returned to the old man, and the woman by the wall also sat down beside the two, and Suke sent someone to bring them food.
And Xia Yan and the Ten Guards were in debt again, and at this time they were empty, so they had to ask Su Ke if he could provide them with food first, but Su Ke refused.
"Boy, come and eat together!We can't eat that much anyway!" the old man motioned for Xia Yan and the two to dine together.
"Thank you, this is a relief for the urgent need!" the Ten Guards nodded and pulled Xia Yan to sit down at the long table.
While they were eating, the Blue Knight went upstairs to rest, while Sooke was fiddling with dice and cards, as if a poker tournament was going to take place in the next few days......
At the dinner table, the old man said, "All three of us are champion fighters of Zenda, I am Kaladus, this is Drondon, and she is Serena!"
"I see, I heard from Drondon, you provided these furniture?" asked Natsuhiko.
"We'll be here after the game, and we don't have any money to spare, so we'll donate money to Suke's shop!" Drondon explained.
Xie Rena looked the two up and down, and saw that both of them were first-class masters, and asked, "I see that you seem to have two brushes, why don't you come to the arena to participate in the arena, you can earn some extra money." And as a professional fighter, we will be invited to participate in the competition held in the nearby town, and we can also make a lot of money!"
"What is the athletic competition, is it more than the income of the Chanda Arena?" Xia Yan asked puzzled.
"Of course, it's just a matter of betting on yourself to get a reward, and the tournaments are held by the lords themselves! The prize money is at least a thousand dinars!" explained Serina.
"Is there a tournament lately, we're in debt again......" Jubei asked the three fighters about the tournament.
Dronton thought for a while, shook his head, and said: "Recently, the lords have been busy with military preparations, and few people hold athletic conferences, so you better save and find a job to earn some money, and we also plan to leave Chanda for a while to go out and try our luck......"
At this time, there was a sudden shrill whistle outside the tavern, and his intuition told Xia Yanna that he was not innocent, he picked up his knife and left the tavern, and the ten guards and the fighters also chased after saying goodbye......
Coming to the calm town square, Xia Yan quickly glanced around and said to the ten guards: "Go and take a look around, I feel that something is going to happen!"
"I feel it too!" said Jubei, as he began to look at the various places where it was easy to hide
Suddenly, there was another whistle of the same kind as before, but with a fierce sound of horses' hooves, a group of horses rushed out of the corner, one of them riding a masked man in cloth armor on his back. He ignored the two people who stood in his way, and directly led the horses out of the gate of Chanda......
After the mysterious masked man left, a young man dressed in white ran around the corner, he seemed to be in a hurry, and when he came to the two of them, he asked, "...... Do you see what that horse thief looks like?"
"No, he's masked and has left town...... He's a horse thief!"
The two of them panicked and went to the stable at the other end of the square to see that sure enough, their horses had been taken away......
Ten Guards clenched their fists and slammed the pillars of the stables and scolded, "Damn, shouldn't we do something, Natsuhiko!"
When they returned to the tavern, the man was panting for breath when Jubei asked him, "Are you a horse dealer from Zenda?" or the owner of the horses......
"Whew... Call... My name is Payne, and I'm a horse trainer, and I sell horses part-time......" Payne gasped in response to the question, and continued, "I have one horse left, will you ride it to chase the thief?" help me reclaim the horses, and I'll reward you...... Whew..."
Ten Guards made a decisive gesture, and Payne led them to a hut outside the town where a rare horse was kept. The breed is a sturdy hunting horse, covered with several thin pieces of steel, and the head is well protected by the steel plates, which does not affect its leg movements.
"This horse is the result of years of careful cultivation by me, and it can carry you two to catch up with the horse thief, but we have to hurry, let's go!" Payne took the horse aside and handed the reins to Natsuhiko.
The two looked at each other, and although they were a little embarrassed, they jumped on their horses one after another, and the ten guards twitched the reins, and the horse rushed forward like an arrow from the string, and quickly rushed out of the southern gate of Chanda.