A group of people made their way to the first floor of the tavern, the entire tavern was now under the control of the city guards, and only a few buddies and eyewitnesses were left at the scene. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bartomir seemed to be a little tired from his feet, and pulled a stool and sat down, with Colin standing beside him, followed by a group of sheriffs.

"When was the last time you saw old Jimmy?" Bartomir began to ask a tavern guy standing across from him.

"It's this afternoon, when Master Colin just went out...... Well...... It's about the end of afternoon tea. "This fellow's concept of time seems to be tied to the tavern's schedule and meal time.

"What was old Jimmy doing?" Bartomir continued.

"It seems that there was a man named Gahoah...... That's right! He came to the boss with a woman, saying that he wanted to buy the special brew from the store. The boss wasn't very happy, so they argued for a while, and then ...... "Dude's memory isn't very bad."

"What does that woman look like?" Colin interrupted the man.

The guy didn't react for a while, and replied hesitantly, "Ah...... This one...... The woman seemed to have come from a foreign land, dressed in strange clothes and wearing a veil. She said it looked like a caravan from the other side of the Infinity Sea. ”

"Huh?" Now it was Bartomir's turn to be puzzled, and he turned back to ask a medium-sized sheriff behind him: "Mir, have there been any records of caravans from other continents entering the city in the past few months? ”

Mill nodded and replied, "Yes, my lord, we don't have a record. ”

Bartomir looked at Colin and said, "It seems that this woman is suspicious. Do you know what this Garcia is about? ”

"It's a black market bastard......" the guy replied.

"Let's go, let's go to the black market and investigate. Bartomir got up and ended the questioning.

Colin stood still, his chin pinched with his hand, as if he was thinking about something.

"Well, Colin, what's wrong with you?" Bartomir asked as he walked towards the door, turning back to see that Colin hadn't followed.

"I'd like to go back to the cellar again. Colin said as he walked quickly out of the tavern door.

Bartomir didn't understand what Colin meant for a moment, but he seemed to have something in mind, so he had to follow.

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For a few minutes, Colin had been looking here and there, while Bartomir and the sheriffs stood by.

Colin was putting his finger against the wound on Jimmy's neck, hoping to peek into some of Jimmy's memories through the remaining blood here.

Through the illusory vision, Colin saw the hunchbacked man standing opposite Old Jimmy, who was not dressed decently, this may be the bastard named Garcia, and then, in the haze, Colin heard a female voice: "All will stay here!"

With a sudden shock, Colin opened his eyes and jumped half a step away, startling everyone who was waiting.

"Colin, what's wrong with you?" asked Bartomir quickly.

Colin Yuan stared, exhaled heavily, and it took a long time for him to utter a few words: "It's her!

When Bartomir heard this, he immediately became nervous, and hurriedly stepped forward, while several guards around him drew their swords and unsheathed them to guard Bartomir's side.

"That's right, it's that voice, exactly the same one I heard on the night of the dragon scourge, it's her!"

......

The caravan of the marigolds drove at a high speed on the streets of Pacia, and together with hundreds of carts from various caravans, they formed a long snake formation squirming towards the east gate.

Cambuur sat in a wagon at the back of the convoy, twisting his beard from his forehead. He was very anxious, and the attendant sitting opposite him could naturally see that the nagging Master Cambuur had stopped talking, and you could imagine how anxious he was at the moment.

It's no wonder that Cambuur is so anxious, as the eldest son of the family, he is far inferior to his brother in terms of management, and his personal bravery is not to mention, that is, he can endure some hardships and do some tiring work. Prior to this trip, his younger brother Brühl had just made a lot of money for the family by investing in several merchant fleets. He said that he had no intention of competing for the position of the next head of the family, but he was also a son-in-law, and everyone could see that the head of the family, that is, his father, preferred Brühl. Therefore, Cambuur attaches more importance to leading the team this time, and wants to use this opportunity to enter the business world of the capital to add a few more chips to himself, even if the inheritance fails, there is no way back.

However, he had not thought of a good way to get himself to the capital quickly, but now he was carrying a treasure that could turn things around: a pearl of a desert shell. Desert shellfish are a rare shellfish that inhabit the deserts of the southern region, and this crustacean has a very thick shell, and when the shell is closed, the water inside does not evaporate even a bit. Most of the time this shellfish hides under the sand and only burrows out of the ground to collect water when it rains. Desert shellfish pickers will look for signs of a dive and sprinkle the water they carry with them, which will lure them to float and open their double shells. At this point, the shell picker can pick up the pearls in the shell.

Behind the seemingly easy shellfish picking work is actually the trade-off between risks and benefits of shellfish pickers. Every pearl is exchanged for precious water. The greedy shellfish pickers are always blindly confident, and try everywhere with a lot of water, only to encounter sandstorms or get lost, and finally die of thirst in the desert.

The pearl in Cambur's arms was even more impossibly large, and was said to have been found in a tightly clutched pocket in the hands of a dried corpse in the middle of the desert, "Ghost Opening". Therefore, it is also known as the "Devil's Bead", and many people believe that it will bring calamity.

300 years after the discovery of the "Devil's Bead", by chance, it was stolen from the tomb by a tomb robber, and subsequently sold to a rich son, the eldest young master of the Chamber of Commerce. Of course, this man is Cambuur, but apparently no one is immune to the curse of the "Devil's Orb": in the year he bought the Orb, three of the six semicolons managed by Cambuur went out of business for various strange reasons, and even one of them closed down because of the outbreak of the plague in his city. However, this is not the end, in the third year, the treasure house that collected the "Devil's Bead" and other treasures of the Chamber of Commerce was actually stolen by the inner ghosts, and what is even more incredible is that when Cambuur led people to rush into the already empty treasure house, this treasure bead was still in place, not touched at all.

Not long ago, a letter was sent from Mr. Perran, a curious scholar in the Bierre District. In the letter, Mr. Perrin offered to buy the "Devil's Bead", and Cambuur, after several disasters in a row, felt that the jewel was a little hot, so he agreed to change hands.

A month earlier, Cambuur had led the caravan from Bal Province, where the headquarters of the Calendula Chamber of Commerce was located, and had traveled north to the province of Ila. It is also a coincidence that after the head of the family learned about the transaction of "Devil's Beads", he ordered Cambuur to supply dealers in the capital, and by the way, bring a batch of special goods from the Chamber of Commerce, to see if he could develop one or two directly-operated semicolons, so as to be a springboard for the entire Chamber of Commerce to enter the capital.

Cambuur didn't think he had any ability to do this at first, of course, this was not because Cambuur was incompetent, his management ability was very good, and almost all of the three branches that had collapsed before they finally closed down after struggling in a desperate situation for half a year by relying on Cambuur's business ability.

However, Cambuur's talent is difficult to be valued in the Calendula Chamber of Commerce: the Chamber of Commerce is actually in an awkward position among the various chambers of commerce on the mainland, and the scale is medium, and it can neither stick to the existing market like the large chambers of commerce, nor can it hold on to one side with absolute control of the business in its own area like some small local chambers of commerce. The Calendula Chamber of Commerce is in such a critical period that there is no way to retreat but to move forward, and opening up new markets and obtaining new sources of wealth has become the first priority, and this is exactly what Cambuur is not good at.

However, it was also in the past few days that Cambuur's caravan was trapped in the city, and he finally had a little time to calm down and think about some countermeasures: I am afraid that it will be difficult to score a piece of the pie in a certain area like the capital in a short period of time, but this "devil's bead" can win him an ally who may be able to help - Mr. Perran.

Generally speaking, masters of curiosities such as Mr. Perrin served in the imperial court, as one of the emperor's advisors to assist in the identification and production of some top-notch artifacts. It is said that this Master Perrin is the maker of one of the Empire's secret treasures, the "Divine Eye" Mirror. The microscope was able to detect geological changes throughout the continent and even successfully predicted the world-famous "Turkus fissure".

After several inquiries, Cambuur learned that Mr. Perrin was also the head of the Imperial Manufacturing Bureau. This is great news for him: if this line can win Perrin to his side, then it is very likely that the Chamber of Commerce will supply the royal family directly. At that time, I still need to go to great lengths to open a semicolon, and stores of all sizes in the capital will be looking for a franchise.

"This orb is the key!" Cambuur stared at the orb in his hand, his eyes even showing some signs of madness, and the servant sitting opposite him looked a little chill down his spine.

"Young Master, you haven't left your hand since you came out with this orb, and your spirit has been getting worse and worse day by day these days. The servant hesitated a little when he said this, "The little one doesn't mean anything else, it's just a little worried that you will be harmed by this 'calamity'." ”

Hearing the word "calamity", Cambuur suddenly raised his head and wanted to attack, but saw that the old servant who had been with him for many years eased up again. This calmness was instead cold sweating: the anger that he almost couldn't control just now had never been before, and even the collapse of the business could not make him lose his temper so much!

Looking at the "devil beads" in his hand again, Cambuur did have a premonition of danger, and hurriedly wrapped the beads in a thick cloth and put them in his bag, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that this bead is indeed a bad thing, and I don't know what Master Perrin wants it to do. Cambuur was palpitating, and his voice was a little out of tune.

At this time, a caravan came to the Cambuur car and said, "Young master, the convoy in front of us seems to have stopped, and we can't move any further. ”

"Huh?" Campbulton was puzzled, and ordered, "You take one or two men and ask what is going on, we are running out of time." ”

"Yes. The guard quickly ran to carry out the order, leaving Cambuur waiting by the side of the car.

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After a while, the caravan guards ran back and reported the situation: the road ahead had sunken, and now all the caravans heading to the east gate were blocked.

"How could this happen!" Cambuur was overwhelmed by the succession of bad luck. First encountered robbers in the suburbs, then caught up with the lockdown of the city, and now there is a subsidence, which is unbelievably unbelievable.

"It is said that there was an explosion in the underground sewer, right under the road, and it seems that there were some injured people at the scene. The guards continued to report.

"Explosion?" Cambuur was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt a slight vibration on the ground just now.

Cambuur hurriedly summoned several caravan guards and the female mercenary your, told them to strengthen their guard, and waited for the caravan to start again.

"There's always a sense of foreboding. Cambuur muttered to himself.

......

Of course, what everyone didn't know was that there were hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at them in the alleys on both sides of the road at this time.