Following the master back to the workshop, the people of the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce have arranged the transaction of the magic crystal properly, and several large workshops have agreed, the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce is willing to buy their products for a year at a price half higher than the market, and this price is in exchange for several major workshops to cooperate with them in this recovery operation, and this action has no loss to them, but will take a big advantage, because the price quoted by those thieves who sold the stolen goods is far lower than the original price of the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce, once the transaction is successful, the magic crystal is the workshop, as for whether they can catch the murderer has nothing to do with them。 Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The place of trading was arranged in Isfathans, the capital of Qingqiu, and there was a tavern next to the central square, where the transportation was convenient and the view was wide, and it was not easy to set up an ambush, besides, who would dare to spread wild in the capital?

At the appointed time, Sheng Xuan came to the tavern of Dream Bartan early, accompanied by the masters of several workshops, and Master Bataru, who was second only to Elis, did not arrive for a long time, but this did not affect the smooth progress of the transaction, and Sheng Xuan's people had been secretly arranged all over the city, as long as these people who sold the stolen goods completed the transaction, they would be immediately targeted.

It was close to noon that group of people were late, apparently they had checked their surroundings beforehand, and deliberately delayed a moment to see the attitude of these masters, because they had been arranged in advance, so these masters deliberately looked restless, and some people even began to curse loudly in the tavern, "These damn liars have missed the appointment for so long, and they still haven't shown up, do you still think our price is unreasonable? ”

This kind of blatant curse is actually more reasonable, after all, it is a transaction of tens of millions, and it feels abnormal if you don't take the opportunity to cut the price, but this curse also fully shows the importance that these masters attach to this batch of goods.

A few people listened to the curses that kept coming from inside, and then they relaxed, pushed open the door and walked into the tavern, seeing that there were only a few masters and a few followers inside, they couldn't help but raise their vigilance, "Why are there only a few of you?" A hot-tempered master roared angrily, "Do you want the whole city to come and visit? If it weren't for the fact that you agreed to such a ghost place, we would have been too lazy to come here, and we had to spend such a long distance to buy this tavern, would you have all our money floating down the river?"

The thief smiled slightly, "I know that several masters are very busy, and there are few opportunities to come out and walk around on weekdays, so it is better to count this tavern as our charter, and when the transaction is over, I will entertain a few masters." Then he glanced at the people behind him, and several people immediately walked out of the tavern and beckoned everywhere, it seemed that there were a lot of people in ambush around here, and then the thief head came over and sat down, "Did you bring the money?" "Brought it, do you want to show it to you now?" The thief laughed "I believe in the character of several masters, so there will be no problem with this payment, but there is a little problem with our delivery method." ”

As soon as they heard this, several masters were immediately furious, if it weren't for the dagger in his arms, I was afraid that they would really rush up and tear him to pieces, and the thief head still laughed, "Don't be nervous, the little problem I said is just a change of place to trade, why bother with such a big liver fire?" It seems that this person is really careful, these masters began to hesitate, this is obviously different from the pre-agreement, Sheng Xuan hurriedly stood up" That's not good, if you want to trade, trade here, or we'll go back with the money, and even if I believe that the goods are really in your hands, I can't trust your character. ”

When the thief heard this, he couldn't help but be angry, "What are you?" A master hurriedly said, "He's my man, what's wrong?" ”

This thief is not shy about it at all, it directly shows that this thing is robbed, because of the powerful energy contained in the magic crystal, so Qingqiu has been strictly controlling its trade, and this sale of magic crystals can only be done with the permission of the Qingqiu royal family, so the magic crystals in their hands are self-evident.

Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and finally Sheng Xuan secretly discussed with a master and decided to let him follow them out of the city as a hostage, and let him come back when it was safe, so that he didn't have to worry about reporting to the official, but the thief shook his head again and again when he heard it, "He? No, no, I think this kid is an apprentice at most, how can it be worth tens of millions of gold coins?"

"Then what do you want to do?" Sheng Xuan couldn't help but be angry, he didn't expect that he would be looked down upon like this, and he was not even worth 10 million, but people insisted on disagreeing that there was no way, and suddenly heard a person say angrily, "I am a hostage with this young man, so that the two largest workshops are involved, and we all swear to the great creator god that if you don't agree again, we will cancel the transaction." Hearing this, the master who pretended to be the master of Shengxuan hurriedly stepped forward, "Master Bataru, how can I let you take this risk、、、" "Okay, okay, it's decided." Bataru shouted impatiently, and the master immediately closed his mouth and stepped aside obediently, and the thief finally nodded at the expressions of these people, "Okay, then you swear." ”

Then the masters turned to the east, knelt down respectfully, and then chanted a verse in the Qingqiu language, and then raised their hands together: "Great Creator, today we have made a deal with a group of strange brothers, if either of you has the intention of murder, please give a rune to punish the wicked." The thief couldn't help but look helpless, how could he swear that he was even abducted into it? But Qingqiu's faith is very strong, so they can swear to the gods, there is nothing more to say, the next transaction is unusually smooth, the masters followed the thief to the city gate with the money, and then the two sides got what they needed, but the thieves on the hundreds of high-headed horses waiting outside the city still frightened these masters, these people quickly picked up money bags from the carriage, and then put them in the bag behind the horse, which can increase the speed a lot, but the weight of more than 10 million gold coins is still not light, and then Shengxuan and Bataru have to send them to a safe place to return。

A thief came over and handed them two horses, and these people sandwiched them in the middle and rode their horses, and the group galloped directly towards the west, and the capital gradually shrank behind them.

Sheng Xuan carefully observed the posture of these people riding horses, and found that their postures obviously have a regional characteristic, and those horses are definitely not owned by Qingqiu, Qingqiu itself does not produce horses, so some are just some horses pulled by cultivated land, and these horses are obviously different from the kind of horses in Qiling, not as tall as Qiling horses, but the speed is not slow at all, obviously some tame good horses, but also with a natural wildness, as soon as they run, they will gallop rapidly.

The equipment of these people also seems to be too uniform, whether it is the saddle of the horses or their weapons, each of them immediately hangs a half-moon scimitar, and a similar dagger is inserted in the waist, and it seems that most of these hundreds of people are wearing uniform boots, although the clothes are very scattered, but they are also very regular.

Judging from the neat movements of these people, these are definitely not ordinary bandits, I am afraid that they are involved in the army, but these are different from the team of the Elders' House that they contacted before, because these people are as wild as the war horses under their crotch.

Finally, the speed of the horses slowed down, and their group had galloped for more than 100 miles, even if it was reported now, it was absolutely impossible to catch up with them, and they were changing directions all the way, and now they should be in the southwest of the capital, outside a dilapidated ancient city, the thief raised his hand, everyone grabbed the reins, and then the thief head got off the horse first, "Let's all come down and rest for a while, I'm afraid the horses are tired after running so far with such a heavy thing, and this master and this little brother may not have much chance to ride their horses and gallop hahaha." As he spoke, he led people into the abandoned ancient city.

The city is not big, and the damage is serious, but the earthen city walls on all sides are still intact, and the houses inside have almost collapsed, the thief immediately ordered more than a dozen people to go to the city wall to sentry, and then led people to sit down on the spot to eat and drink, some thieves handed Sheng Xuan and the master some dry food, the two of them were indeed thirsty and hungry after such a long bump, Sheng Xuan carefully observed the movements of these thieves while eating, and found that they divided the money bag into several small piles and then a team of people sat around the money bag, it seemed very natural, it seems that these people are a few squads in the army on weekdays, and these more than 100 people are probably enough for a riding camp。

The thief didn't say to let them go, and Sheng Xuan was certainly not in a hurry, but Master Bataru was extremely excited, talking about their equipment with the thief head, as if he wanted to earn the gold coins on the ground back into his pocket.

The sky gradually darkened, and the thief said, "Thank you two for giving us a ride, now you can go back." Sheng Xuan suddenly became nervous, because he didn't know if his own people would follow, and if he left like this, he was afraid that these thieves would take advantage of the night to escape.

But can you refuse now? Isn't that to expose your intentions? Besides, there is also a Bataru master by his side, if he lets this master who is second only to Elise be harmed, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce to do business in the future.

In desperation, Shengxuan had no choice but to leave with Bataru, and the thief suddenly became suspicious when he saw that his face was difficult, and suddenly shouted, "Slow, I see that this little brother seems to have a difficult face, is it not what you expected?" "I expect, I expect to go home and lie on the bed quickly, but I don't know the way, now it's dark, how do you let me go?" Batalu also said on the side, "Yes, I just turned a few corners, and I'm a little dizzy, I don't know how to go back." When the thief heard this, he thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing, "Haha, so that's the case, since we all know each other, then I'll be a good person and let a few brothers give you a ride." As he spoke, he shouted, "Someone will send the master and this little brother back." As soon as the words fell, someone led the horse, beckoned the two to get on the horse, and then a dozen people came over and led them out of the ancient city.

The horses galloped all the way, obviously these people were very familiar with this road, at this time the moon had risen and by the moonlight they were already able to distinguish things, suddenly a little flash on the side of the road attracted Sheng Xuan's attention, and he couldn't help but be happy when he looked carefully at the flash just now, and his own people finally caught up.

Didn't take two steps Sheng Xuan didn't seem to sit still, only heard an oooh and disappeared on horseback, the dozen thieves immediately reined in their mounts and came down to check, and at this time, dozens of people suddenly rushed up next to him, and they restrained these dozen people at once.

Sheng Xuan changed into the clothes of a thin thief, and then slowly walked towards the ruined city with a dozen masters on horseback, if it was attacked, these well-trained thieves would definitely follow the city wall to defend it, and it would not be easy to attack at that time, and these dozen or so people who sent him back were subdued just to give him a chance to sneak attack.

Everyone took a more obedient one, and then rode on a horse and walked slowly towards the ruined city, behind a master is using the guy against his waist, as long as the person moves a little, there will be an extra hole on the body, sure enough, under the threat of death, the person is quite cooperative, when approaching the ruined city, someone immediately shouted at the head of the city, "Who?" The man hurriedly shouted, "My own people, we are back!", "Why so fast?" "As soon as they walked not far away, the two guys found their way. "Hehe, those two pieces of waste are just as far away as they come out, and they get lost!" "Craftsmen rarely go out like that." ”

In the middle of answering this question, more than a dozen people had already entered the ruined city, and the thief suddenly ordered, "Everyone is back, let's go." At this time, they have already finished dressing, I am afraid that they will have run away without a trace in the evening, and at this moment, someone suddenly shouted at Shengxuan and a few people, "It's not good, these boys are not from us!"

This shout suddenly caused chaos in the ruined city, and the sound of the war knife unsheathed rang out, and Sheng Xuan saw that he could no longer pretend, so he raised his hand and cut the person who had just brought them in under the horse, and then shouted "Kill." "A bloody battle broke out.

Because magicians are not good at close combat, so these dozen people are martial artists, but now there is no magician to help defend but it is very difficult, Sheng Xuan can only act as a magician at this time, try to use the earth magic defense, resist the impact of the other party, without the support of the magician's long-range magic attack, more than a dozen people were suddenly surrounded by these hundreds of cavalry, Sheng Xuan only saw the fierceness of these people at this time, although not as good as these masters, but also everyone will have a wild fighting spirit, judging from the color of the fighting spirit, it is obviously not more than the fourth order, but the wanton swinging without any control of the fighting spirit, with the strange knife skills and superb riding skills, coupled with the tacit cooperation of these people, they actually suppressed more than a dozen of their masters at once, and a circle of cavalry on the periphery quickly took out the horn bow in the pocket, and the armor-piercing hard arrows made them only have the power to parry, and if they were not careful, they would die here, Sheng Xuan couldn't help but sink down, I didn't expect these people's attacks to be so strong, and then look at the dozen or so masters are also face changes, and the sweat on their foreheads proves that they all feel the same way.

Finally, a snow fell from the sky, which immediately slowed down the cavalry, and only heard the thief shout, "They have helpers, get out quickly." But at this time, if you want to retreat, you have obviously lost the opportunity, only to hear the boom and bang, and powerful magic erupts in all directions, and the moment the magic disappears, the figures flicker, and the weapon with a strong fighting spirit will inevitably bring a blood mist splash.

Although these cavalry were able to besiege these dozen people with the help of strong attacks and skillful cooperation, but in the face of more than a hundred masters who were obviously much higher than them, this battle could only be explained by slaughter, at this time, the thief head was already red-eyed, and with a roar of "retreat" while struggling to lead people to rush inside, but under the care of dozens of mages and more than 100 warriors, how much could they do? It can only be that there are dozens of more corpses on the ground every time they hit the ground, and finally there are only a few dozen people left in this group, and the battle is no longer so fierce, more than a hundred masters slowly surround them in the middle, and Sheng Xuan shouted loudly, "Surrender is life, and those who resist die." ”

Hearing this shout, a few people were eager to run out and surrender, but they were slashed under the horse by the thief's head like lightning, "The descendants of our wolf god only have heroes who died in battle, and there are no cowards who surrendered!"

The rest of the people saw that the leader had killed themselves, and immediately raised their swords and prepared to follow, but at this moment, another piece of snow fell, and suddenly these people moved, and dozens of figures flashed, and they were all subdued.

The crowd quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and although there were still many horses surviving, these horses were as unruly as these warriors, and when they saw someone coming to pull the reins, they roared and were angry, and refused to let the living people come near, so they had no choice but to let them stay next to their masters' bodies, but the bags full of gold coins had been retrieved.

Sheng Xuan led people to escort these dozens of captives back, and the people in the Chamber of Commerce who had been waiting outside hurriedly packed the gold coins into the car and went back with them, while the rest stayed there to deal with the corpses, and the small ruined city became their cemetery, but those war horses still lingered near the ruined city and let out a mournful sound.

In this battle, one hundred and fifty masters actually had a small half, but fortunately no one died, which also made Sheng Xuan breathe a sigh of relief, so he directly withdrew two million gold coins from the Qingqiu branch of the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce, part of which was to pay for the cost of employing them, and the other was to compensate for the injured, and now in Qingqiu, he is half the head of the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and this time he was able to recover more than 10 million payments, and also saved the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce.

Sheng Xuan and the others interrogated this group of captives overnight, but these people were very tough, and they refused to tell the truth even to death, but their equipment still leaked many clues, as can be seen from the sabers and horn bows they used, these people turned out to be a group of warriors of the Xiao Kingdom, and it was impossible for such a number of Xiao Guo troops to enter Qingqiu through the fortress garrisoned by Lone Bamboo in the grassland, which also confirmed Sheng Xuan's previous speculation, it was really not the Elder's Courtyard, but another hidden story.

Sheng Xuan admired the courage and loyalty of these fighters, so he did not beat them to extract confessions, but used a more cruel trick, not allowed to sleep, and asked the same question without sleep for several days, which finally made some people have a nervous breakdown, and finally got something valuable in their mouths.

All the clues point to one person - the Minister of Military Affairs Chun Yuye, you must know that the defense line of the southwest grassland has always been guarded by Chun Yuye's eldest son Chun Yuye, and these warriors of the Owl Country are a lone wolf ranger he has cultivated in the past few years, although it is not a regular army, but these people are well-equipped, and all of them are extraordinary, it is indeed a force to be reckoned with.

Originally, Chun Yu Jinghui participated in several battles against the Xiao Kingdom, established a lot of meritorious deeds, and his father's status as a military and political minister, so that he became a feudal official who guarded one side, behind the rich Qingqiu and Qiling, and in front of the fierce grassland people, it can be said that his responsibility is extremely arduous, originally Chun Yu Jinghui has always been famous for his viciousness to the people of the Xiao Kingdom, but in recent years, he has suddenly changed his attitude, and even took the initiative to give up a small piece of grassland for them to live, and allowed the old people and children of several tribes to enter Qingqiu in exchange for some daily necessities, so that the life of the Xiao Country has been greatly improved, such a positive attitude will of course win the favor of several tribes, and then he recruited warriors from among these tribes and organized a private army of 5,000 men.

Originally, it was understandable to recruit soldiers in order to consolidate the defense, but such a number of strong troops were his own private army, which made people have to doubt his intentions, coupled with the occurrence of this incident, Sheng Xuan couldn't help but secretly said in his heart, "Could it be that this Chun Yu family plans to make trouble?"