Chapter 21: The Mysterious Map
I saw the child looking at the wheat with his spare eyes while eating, and his undisguised smile made the child's heart hairy.
Wheat smiled and looked at his noodles in front of the child for him to eat. But at this time, the child didn't dare to eat it, and looked at the creepy smile of the wheat.
"Eat, why don't you eat it," Wheat said with a smile.
The child was a little flustered and said, "What are you laughing at, your saliva is coming out of your laughter." ”
"Is there one?" Wheat was not busy wiping the corners of his mouth with his hands.
"You eat, I really don't mean anything."
The child vigilantly ate the remaining bowl of noodles and said, "I'm leaving, thank you." ”
Wheat hurriedly said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave, what's your name and how old are you." ”
"Why should I tell you, I don't know you," said the child, unhurriedly.
"I'll help you out of the siege, and I'll invite you to eat noodles." Wheat said with a black face.
The child looked at the wheat under the black, and he was really a little scared. He resignedly said: "My name is Xiaobei, 8 years old, without father and mother. That's why I did this kind of thing. ”
Hearing Xiaobei say that he had no father and no mother, Mai also thought that he was not the same in this world, and his sympathy was overflowing.
"Just the boss you just said, I decided to subordinate your little brother. Come on, call the boss again. Wheat said seriously.
Xiaobei said disgustedly, "Get out, Xiao takes advantage of me." ”
"I also have no parents like you, we are all orphans, and I am afraid that I will not be able to sell you." Wheat stared at you Xiaobei said.
"Also, why did you appear in the mercenary's task bar, or offer a bounty of 8,000 taels, what did you do?" Wheat said solemnly.
Xiaobei said impatiently, "How do I know, I didn't steal it, I didn't rob it, I'm leaving, don't follow me." ”
"I'm very serious to tell you, you're worth 8,000 taels, but I took the task, and I handed you over directly to the employer who issued the task, aren't I fragrant?" Wheat said solemnly.
"I really didn't do anything, I only stole food when I was hungry, nothing else." Xiaobei is really a little timid.
"Think about it again, otherwise would you be worth such a high bounty as an orphaned little kid? Forget it, I'm going to hand you over to the employer who sent you the assignment, so that I can also get a lot of money. ”
"No, don't boss, I'll think again"
This time, Xiaobei was really scared, afraid that the wheat would hand him over to others, and even the boss shouted out.
"I remember, on the outskirts of the city, I picked up a box, but I couldn't open it, and I don't know if I was looking for the box." Xiaobei said suddenly.
"Where is the box now, take me to see it, or I'll hand you over." Wheat threatened.
"In a cave on the outskirts of the city, where I usually live alone, I'll take you there." Xiaobei said angrily that he didn't want to get into any trouble for himself.
On the way, Wheat found a hat for Xiaobei to wear, so as not to let other mercenaries see unnecessary trouble.
"Xiaobei, how did your parents die, my parents were killed by bandits more than a month ago." Wheat said gloomily.
"I don't know, I've lived with Uncle Zhang since I was a child, and since Uncle Zhang died a year ago, I've lived alone." Xiaobei said sadly.
Xiaobei also seemed to feel the sadness in Mai's heart, and said softly, "Boss, you still have me, I will cover you in the future."
Wheat immediately laughed when he heard the words, "I'm sorry, you can still cover me, and you will mess with me in the future." ”
Half an hour later, Xiaobei brought wheat to a cave, which was extremely secret, and the entrance of the cave was covered by bushes.
The cave is not large, only one adult high, about one meter wide and 10 meters deep. The dark cave revealed a touch of gloom, and I don't know how Xiaobei lived here.
Wheat took out a few glowing opals from the storage bag and placed them on the stone wall of the cave, and suddenly the whole cave lit up.
Xiaobei looked at the glowing opal and felt very strange. Pick up one and look left and right.
"Xiaobei, where is the box, show it to me." Wheat asked.
Xiaobei put down the opal and rummaged through a lot of things in the corner, and finally found the box.
Wheat took the box and looked left and right, an ordinary stone box the size of a palm. Wheat tried to forcibly open the box, but with his current strength, he couldn't open it.
The wheat poured Tianyuan power into it, and with a click, the stone box opened, and inside was a map, there were mountains and rivers on the map, and there was a particularly high mountain, but there was nothing marked on the map, and I didn't know where it was.
Could it be that it is not Xiaobei who is looking for, but the map in the stone box in Xiaobei's hand, but I can't see anything special.
Wheat took out a copy of the map and put it back in the box.
"Xiaobei, leave this matter to me, you stay here for another night, if you are willing to follow me, I will pick you up tomorrow." Wheat commanded.
After saying that, the wheat turned around and left.
A quarter of an hour later, Wheat returned to the inn and took out the bronze medal of the mission, poured Tianyuan Force into it, and entered the mission number.
I saw a leisurely voice coming from the bronze medal: "Has anyone found it?" Where is it? ”
Wheat responded: "People have found it, but you are not looking for people, are you?" ”
"Hmph, you just need to hand over the person to me, and you don't have to worry about the rest." There was an impatient voice from the bronze medal.
"People will not give it to you, but the stone box can be given to you"
"You know the stone box, have you seen what's inside?" Angry voices rang out from the bronze medal.
"I haven't seen it, we have professional ethics. All I need is money. "The wheat noodles are not red, and the ears are not red.
"Okay, you want a little money, as long as you give me back the stone box."
"The task is 8,000 taels, so let's turn it over and draw it, and then raise a whole number of 20,000 taels of silver."
"Okay, trade now."
After saying that, the mysterious person on the bronze medal put the money in the space of the bronze medal, and the wheat also put the stone box in the space of the bronze medal, as long as both parties agree, the items will be exchanged, and the bronze medal will also directly deduct the handling fee.
The transaction went very smoothly, and after deducting the commission of 1,000 taels, there were 19,000 taels left, which is really high.
Wheat thought back to the person on the other side who promised so happily, whether the money was going to be small. If I knew it, I would have offered 180,000 taels.
I really admire myself, lie with my eyes open, and have professional ethics. But Wheat is also worried that the other party will find out that the stone box has been opened.
It's useless to worry, I'll go to the Mercenary Guild tomorrow to check on the situation. Now that I have enough money, I can go to the auction. Let's see what good treasures are available when the time comes.
The next day, Wheat went to the Mercenary Guild early in the morning, and the task of finding Xiaobei was no longer visible in the task bar. Then I took on a simple task of finding objects.
"Little sister, please advise, if I trade in the token after completing the task, will the employer know who I am." Wheat said with a smile.
"Yo, it's a little brother, I don't know the general situation, unless you identify yourself." The receptionist explained.
"Thank you, young lady, I'm going to do a mission, I have time to invite you to dinner."
Wheat left the Mercenary Guild and walked directly to the cave where Chengjiao Xiaobei lived after completing the task of inquiry.