Da Da Da –

The caravan's carriage drove slowly, and the caravan that had passed through the entire Half Moon Forest but was intact was finally about to arrive at the Rain Country's Border City, the City of the Lake.

Although it is said to be a border city, it has become quite prosperous because there are caravans passing through the checkpoints of the rain country all year round, and it is much larger than the city of Noor, where Lin Bai is located.

However, this is not comparable at all.

One is a small science and technology city, but the standard of living here is only in the medieval era, so if you look at it comprehensively, it is still the city of Knoll that has a high level of residential satisfaction.

At the end of the day, the dreaded Half Moon Forest blocks everything.

The probability of a small caravan encountering a demonic beast above the king level is not too great, but if the entire army is opened, then it is absolutely impossible for the army of the Empire of Light to pass through the Half Moon Forest.

Even passing through the periphery where the trade road is located is enough to attract powerful demonic beasts above the king level to rush in, after all, the Half Moon Forest is a gathering place for demonic beasts, just as it is a reason that you allow strangers to stop at your door for a while, but you will never allow them to force their way into people's houses.

"Mr. Lin Bai, Miss Ellie. ”

The mercenary driving the car knocked lightly on the door of the carriage, and then said: "It will take less than twenty minutes ahead to arrive at the border city of Lake City, the border city of the Rain Country, please tidy up your luggage a little, our caravan is not ready to enter the city." ”

Lin Bai still didn't understand what this sentence meant, but as a native princess of the Rain Country, Ellie certainly understood what this sentence meant, and she immediately asked, "How can I get to the royal capital without entering the Lake City?" As far as I know, there is no other way to get to the royal capital from the Lake City, right?"

"Miss Ellie's words are right, there is indeed no other road to the royal capital except to enter the City of Lakes. ”

The mercenary driving the car did not lie, he replied truthfully according to Rong Tao's instructions: "But according to the meaning of our commander, the end of this trip is not the royal capital but the city of the lake, and after arriving at the city of the lake, we will return to the empire immediately." ”

"What!"

Lin Bai immediately stood up, grabbed the driver's neckline, and asked loudly, "You said that your destination is the City of Lakes at all, and you won't choose to go to the royal capital?"

"The original plan was indeed the royal capital, but the president temporarily changed the plan, saying that it was because there was an urgent matter and he would return to the empire immediately after arriving in Lake City, and asked Mr. Lin Bai not to be embarrassed, and he was just acting on orders. The mercenary looked bitter, this matter had nothing to do with him at all, but Lin Bai grabbed the collar and questioned him.

"Damn!"

"Park, park me!"

Jumping down, Lin Bai rushed towards the head of the platoon, blocking in front of the slowly advancing carriage.

At this time, he didn't understand that it was really stupid to be tricked, but he didn't understand what Rong Tao's purpose was for the time being, according to the agreement, only by sending him to the royal capital could he get the money, if he was only sent to the city of the lake, it would not be in line with the agreement, so they would not get a dime.

Because Lin Bai blocked it with his body, the caravan had to stop.

At this time, they had already arrived at the gate of Lake City, so it was not so much that they stopped because of Lin Bai's obstruction, but that the caravan was originally going to park here, and they had never thought of entering the city!

Lin Bai saw that the entire caravan had stopped, and immediately walked towards the most luxurious carriage, he wanted to ask Rong Tao what he meant, at this time he only hoped that Rong Tao's purpose was not Ellie's sword.

If it's really that sword......

Lin Bai didn't dare to imagine the next scene, although it had been a week since the last time the graveyard of the dead was launched, and it had now reached evening, but at this time, there were still two or three hours before the sun went down!

What can happen in two or three hours?

Not to mention that Lin Bai's ability at this time was not enough to defeat the Golden Second Order professional, even if there was no Golden Second Order professional, it would be impossible for him to kill all of these more than 100 silver third-order to first-order mercenaries alone, not to mention that he had to protect Ellie's safety, and it would be impossible to get back the long sword.

In short, he can't drag the sun down, and he will even be killed in seconds.

Therefore, Lin Bai could only pray that Rong Tao was really forced to return because of an accident, instead of wanting to engulf Ellie's silver long sword, to be honest, he didn't know how much the sword was worth, the only thing he knew was that it was an important object for Ellie.

Da Da Da –

Before Lin Bai could call someone, Rong Tao walked down from the carriage very consciously, and he put on that fat expression that was not smiling: "Oh, this is not Mr. Lin Bai, this is really embarrassing, I am very sorry, I am very atoned for!"

Rong Tao bowed again and again, and then said in a low voice: "Due to the urgent call from the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, we have no choice but to return immediately, and the original agreement to send you to the royal capital seems to be unable to be completed, I am really sorry." ”

As if to prove what he said, Glory even picked up a mobile phone and said: "You see, this is what our empire is called a magic mobile phone, even if it is thousands of miles away, it can communicate freely, and our Chamber of Commerce headquarters uses it to send us urgent messages." ”

Lin Bai's pupils shrank when he saw the mobile phone for the first time.

If he didn't take out his magic energy mobile phone, Lin Bai would still be suspicious, but when Rong Tao took out his mobile phone, Lin Bai could be sure that this Rong Tao was clearly lying, because his mobile phone couldn't receive any signal here, did Rong Tao really think that I was also a native of the rain country?

In line with the idea of reaching out and not smiling at people's faces, Lin Bai did not immediately expose it.

He stared at Rong Tao tightly and said: "Mr. Rong Tao, since you haven't reached an agreement to send us to the royal capital, I can't say anything, after all, who hasn't been in a hurry, but if you don't complete the agreement, please return my companion's Silver Moon Long Sword, that sword thing is very important to my companion." ”

"This ......"

Rong Tao asked for it pretendedly, and then reluctantly said: "It is also a matter of course to return the mortgaged things to you, it is your thing......

"Then thank you, President Rongtao. ”

"Don't rush to say thank you just yet. ”

Rong Tao still put on that smiling expression and continued: "As a businessman, it is indeed my fault that I did not complete the agreement, and it is only natural to return the mortgaged things to you, but how to say that I also sent you to the City of Lakes to save you from dying in the Half Moon Forest, not to mention at least 100 gold coins including food." ”

In normal times, this request is indeed not excessive.

After all, good wine and good food were served throughout the whole process, and no matter who asked Lin Bai and Ellie, they were 100% satisfied, and even ranked ahead of Rong Tao, the president, in some priorities.

But!

Knowing that they didn't have any gold coins on them, but asking Lin Bai and them to give a reward of 100 gold coins, isn't it difficult for a strong man?

"We're sorry, we can't come up with the money. ”

Lin Bai said very frankly: "You also know that we don't have a penny on us at all, and we will only give you a reward of 5,000 gold coins after we arrive at the royal capital, and if you stop there, this hundred gold coins can only be credited to the account." ”

"The contemptible man is a businessman!"

Rong Tao held his belly and said in extremely solemn words: "Mr. Lin Bai probably doesn't know, businessmen never do loss-making business, even if they do good deeds, they are to gain a good reputation and make their goods easier to sell, so it is absolutely impossible for you to leave without giving a penny." ”

As the argument intensified, a crowd of onlookers gradually increased.

The people who eat melons and drink water for unknown reasons did not stand on his side because Lin Bai was a vulnerable group, and even heard the conversation between the two Most people agreed with Rong Tao's words, there is no free lunch in this world, businessmen seek profits, this is a concept that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and businessmen who are not for profit do not exist.

"That is!"

Lin Bai said with murderous aura in his eyes: "You want to take my friend's mortgage for yourself, I will never agree to this kind of thing!"

"Mr. Lin Bai, don't be impatient!"

Rong Tao did not turn his face, but put on an expression that valued peace: "Of course we will not ask for your collateral in vain, to be honest, your sword is indeed a rare treasure, of course its value is more than 100 gold coins, if you forcibly take away your collateral, it seems that I am a bit of a bully." ”

"So how exactly do you want to solve it?"

Lin Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't understand the wishful thinking in Rong Tao's heart, if the other party valued the long sword, then it could indeed be taken away directly by force, so why bother to bargain with him here.

"Here's a plan. ”

Rong Tao carefully took out Ellie's long sword, opened the wrapped silk and said: "According to my appraisal, this long sword is about 10,000 gold coins, you can sell this long sword directly to us, and I will give you 9,000 gold coins as a reward on the basis of deducting one hundred gold coins for the journey." ”

"It's absolutely impossible!"

Although he didn't know how much gold this long sword was worth, Lin Bai would never agree to such a thing, because it was Ellie's tenth birthday gift, and this kind of meaningful thing was probably priceless in someone's eyes.

He, Lin Bai, will definitely not make Ellie sad!

With this thought, Lin Bai directly rejected Rong Tao's proposal, although he didn't know the reason too well, but he understood that Rong Tao's purpose must be this long sword.

All this was expected by Rong Tao.

He didn't panic because of Lin Bai's refusal, put away the sword in his hand, and then said to Lin Bai: "Of course I understand that Mr. Lin Bai is difficult to give up this precious thing, and I am not the kind of despicable villain who takes advantage of people's danger, I am a businessman below!"

Rong Tao said solemnly: "As long as you can take out a hundred gold coins now, I will immediately return this long sword to you in good condition, and I will never break my promise!"