Chapter Ninety-Nine: Camp
In the evening, the convoy chose a location near the river to rest. Tang Dou secretly took out the map given by the old god stick, and after comparing it, he found that this river should be the Sangmo River. It is an inland river with a total length of 700 miles, connected to Pegasus Lake on the top and the Youhu Lake on the bottom.
However, the Sanmo River is at least seventy miles away from the official road to Elder County, how could he come here to camp?
Tang Dou recalled it carefully, it seemed that when he met this convoy, there was indeed a fork in the road, and he didn't pay too much attention to it at the time, thinking that it was a fork in the road.
Wood walked over at this time, saw Tang Dou looking at the Sangmo River in front of him in a daze, and understood after a little thought, and chuckled: "Xuanzang don't worry, this place does deviate from the official road, but it is the best choice, when we meet you, fifty miles ahead, there is a pass, also known as the Valley of the Dead, the two banks are three hundred meters high, narrow and deep, there is the best place for ambushes, many bandits are ambushed there, and over time, our caravans will not go there to find trouble." Although it takes more than 200 miles to walk here, it is better to be safe, all the way to the plains and grasslands, at a glance, even if you encounter bandits, you can find them in advance!"
Tang Dou understood at this time, and nodded: "It seems that it is really my luck to meet Commander Wood, otherwise it will be a big trouble to really go to the Valley of the Dead and encounter bandits!"
On the way, Tang Dou already had a preliminary understanding of the team. This is the convoy of the Constantine Chamber of Commerce, the largest chamber of commerce in the Purple Gold Country. There are many such convoys of Constantine Chamber of Commerce, and their main purpose is to gather special products from all over the country, and even products from other continents, and send them to the headquarters, that is, the capital of the Purple Gold Country, Purple City. And Wood is the leader of this caravan, and he is also the chief comprador, and it is not uncommon for a gold-level master like him to hold two positions.
And this caravan has to go to Erde to load a batch of goods first, and then go to Illano, which is the same route as Tang Dou's downfall, but he didn't plan to continue to go with the caravan, so he was ready to break up in Erde.
Xuanzang was polite. I think ordinary bandits can't do anything about you, you are just three people and one beast, if you really run, those bandits may not be able to catch up with you!" "Wood is a very cautious person, although he warmly invited Tang Dou, but along the way, he openly and secretly tested Tang Dou many times. The key is that this person is quite aristocratic, although he is tempting, the scale of each time is just right, he can ask questions, but he will not make Tang Dou disgusted.
Of course, Tang Dou was born a big fool, and it was difficult to hear the truth from his mouth!
While the two were talking, they heard someone shouting in the distance, that a bonfire for dinner had been prepared, and that everyone was going to go.
"Wood will take the lead, and I will call my sister to come later!" Tang Dou said.
Just now, Ah Bao took little Lori and Zhu Yuehuo to the river to wash.
"Good!" Wood politely turned away, and soon came to the campfire.
The convoy is very large, naturally there is more than one bonfire, and there are more than a dozen places, and Wood's side is naturally the most noble line in the convoy.
"Uncle, I don't understand, what are you doing with that guy in the team, it's just a waste. I've been watching him all afternoon, and he's not a soul cultivator at all!" Lento grumbled before Wood could sit down.
But it turned out that this column was not a mercenary at all, he was Wood's own nephew, and he was not a normal person, he was the kind with a brain disability, in layman's terms, he was an imbecile. This time Wood came out, and he had to come out with him, but Wood couldn't bear his sister's pleading, so he had to agree. As a result, this guy is not honest, he just wants to be a mercenary, and he doesn't know where to gather some of the most low-rate mercenaries and form a May fireworks mercenary group with him.
There have been a lot of jokes along the way, especially with the three mercenary groups who are really guards, if it weren't for Wood's face, those three mercenary groups would have shot this funny thing to death.
Tang Dou didn't like this guy at first, but after knowing that he was an imbecile, he let go. It's a little too stupid for a normal person to compete with an imbecile, but I have to say that this guy's mouth can indeed offend people, and often three or two words can make him half dead.
"Shut up, what do you know? That monster named Po is not ordinary. Such a smart demon beast, even if it is only silver-level now, and when it grows up in the future, it should not be underestimated, and don't you see that the brute force beast is very afraid of that Ah Bao? Although the brute force beast has no combat power, its defense is very strong, and it is slow to react, and they will not have such a strong reaction when the idle gold-level demon beast appears. But when you see Po, you will be frightened, do you think this is an ordinary demon beast?" Wood scolded in hatred.
He can't help it, when his sister was pregnant with Lieder, in order to save him, she was injured in a battle with the enemy, so she gave birth to such a stupid son, so Wood has always thought that Liede is his own reason, and has been very tolerant and caring for Liede for many years. And although Liede is imbecile, he is not completely ignorant of anything, so Wood has always hoped that through discipline, Liede can be a little more normal.
Now it seems that the educational effect is not very good.
"The Archon is right. That monster is not simple. That Xuanzang is not simple!" said Doris, the leader of the mercenary group with a very hot body.
"Well, what do you say?" asked Edgar, another bearded mercenary leader.
"The one on his body is an elven cloak, and it's a high-end product, I don't see the specifics, unless he's willing to show it to me carefully!" said Doris. She is a hybrid of humans and wood elves, and has considerable authority over elven things, so as soon as she speaks, no one will doubt it.
"Elven cloak, is he related to the elves?" Wood asked with a grimace.
"Not necessarily. Elven cloaks are also available for sale, but it's almost impossible for that kind of high-end goods to be left outside. And I think it's very old, not like a modern thing, and he is a golden ape, I think it may be a battle product left over from the battle between the demon clan and the elf clan, or something similar!" Doroth speculated.
More than 400 years ago, the elven clan used special methods to prepare to invade the Barbarian Yuan Continent, and it happened that the landing site was on the territory of the Golden Ape Clan. There was a big battle between the two sides, and the Golden Ape Clan, with its strength so strong that it shocked the world, actually blocked the elf army of 50,000 with 20,000. Although this also has something to do with the fact that the elven clan didn't want to fight to the death from the beginning, there are only three clans among the demon clans that can do this. It is impossible for humans to do this.
The Golden Ape Clan blocked the Elves for three days with the power of one clan, giving the Demon Clan's army time to assemble and destroying the Elven Clan's plan to invade the Barbarian Yuan Continent. And that battle also completely established the status of the Golden Ape Clan among the demon clans. If it weren't for the fact that their population was really small, I am afraid that the royal family of the demon clan would not be the lion and tiger clans in turn, and there would be another golden ape clan.
"So, Xuanzang is not only a member of the Golden Ape Clan, but also an important figure in the Clan?" said Wood.
Even if the elven cloak was really left over from the Great War, it would not fall into the hands of ordinary people. There is not enough status in the clan to obtain this high-level elf cloak.
"I don't know, but it's strange that Xuanzang is an archer!" said Doris.
"What?archer?, I see he has a sword at his waist, and I don't see a bow on him!" said Edgar in surprise.
"Believe me, I'm also an archer, I can tell that from his demeanor. As for the bow, do you see I have a bow on me?" asked Doris.
Toris uses a folding bow made by the famous master of Fengzang, and when it is usually put away, it is a square box around her waist, and when she needs to use it, she can be expanded in an instant.
"Do you think Master Fengzang's masterpieces are everywhere?" said Egad.
"It doesn't have to be the work of Master Fengzang, I'm just saying that it's possible!" Doroth didn't want to argue about this, she was half elven blood, which made her haughty by nature, and she had absolute confidence in her own vision. In her opinion, what she said was the truth. And the facts, there is no need to argue.
"Ha, I'm sorry everyone, I'm late! The little girl was a little naughty, swam to the center of the river, and caught this naughty girl for a while before catching this naughty girl!" Tang Dou ran over from a distance with a smile, and the giggling little Lori on his shoulder, the soft girl was still tightly wrapped behind him, and Ah Bao was on the other side, also dripping.
Little Lori was honest in front of outsiders immediately, and when Tang Dou sat down, she hid directly behind Tang Dou's cloak, and curiously showed her little head to look at everyone, and her small appearance made everyone smile. As long as there are not psychopathic people in this world, most of them have a preference for beauties and children, especially a little Lori like Xiangru.
"Little girl, don't you eat!" Edgar had a long beard and looked fierce, but he was a person who liked children, and stretched out the barbecue meat in his hand in front of Xiangru and teased.
Xiangru looked at Tang Dou, then at the barbecue, bit her finger and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and finally shook her head: "Thank you, bearded, Xiangru doesn't eat." Xiangru accompanies Sister Yuehuo to eat steamed buns! Xiangxiang's steamed buns are also delicious!"
Because the soft girl is dizzy when she sees the meat now, Tang Dou and Xiangru have eaten vegetarian for the time being.
"Captain Edgar forgive me. My apprentice is seriously ill and can't get meat for the time being, so in order to show that we don't treat everyone equally, we will only eat vegetarian food for the time being!" Tang Dou smiled, and then he was not polite, picked up a toast and handed it to Little Lori and the soft girl.
He used to joke that bread is steamed bread, but it was remembered by little Lori, and now when he sees bread, it is called steamed bread.
"I'm a little embarrassed to eat it now!" said Doris, smiling as she took the roast in her hand.
"Hmph, shameless!" said the teaser again.
As soon as he spoke, everyone's faces changed. (To be continued.) )