"Oh?"

"Is there anything unusual?"

Chen Xuan asked calmly.

Ever since the inside of Magdambang City learned about the secret doorway.

The open and secret battle around the colchicum merchant group has come to an end for the time being.

At least on the surface.

But secretly, no one can say what the two sides will do.

After all, there is a secret gold mine of incredible value involved, and the two sides will not rest on their laurels.

Therefore, Chen Xuan had asked Franco Badge and Ophelia to stare at the situation of the Colchicum Merchant Group respectively.

As for Yusula and the state city forces that she is faintly involved in, there is no need to worry too much.

Dealing with the affairs of the Raid Order is the primary duty and task of the state city.

If this matter goes wrong, once the demon disaster breaks out, the entire state city will be threatened by the monsters.

But the colchicum merchant group is different, and Chen Xuan believes that the shrewd Ansetus will definitely make a move.

I saw Ophelia muttering for a while before she spoke slowly.

"That's right, just a few days ago in the two Naroya, the Colchiscus merchant group recruited a large number of laborers."

"Nominally, to build a large pass and forest farm in the Misty Mountain Gorge north of Magdam."

"Bangcheng encourages this kind of wilderness reclamation."

"That's why so many people are out there setting up farms and farmsteads."

"And colchighin has a high wage rate, and there are more than 5,000 laborers who have signed up!"

"It's a big deal both inside and outside of Magdam!"

"But..."

……

At this, Ophelia suddenly fell silent.

Her eyes revealed a mixed emotion.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan didn't urge, just waited quietly for the following.

It took more than a dozen seconds for her to reorganize her language, but her voice became a little deeper.

"But the laborers are missing."

"Together with my father..."

"In addition, someone has explored the core of the colchicum merchant team."

"There's only an empty shell left there."

Hearing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help frowning.

"Ran away?"

He almost blurted it out.

saw Ophelia shake her head gently.

"I... I don't know. ”

"It's weird."

"Thousands of employees and guards of the Colchiscus Merchant Order, plus newly hired laborers, have vanished without a trace in just two Naroa days."

"What is certain, however, is that the baggage and cargo of the station, including most of the horses, mules and transport frames, were taken with the team."

The transfer of five or six thousand people is not something that can be done by sneaking.

What a big deal, didn't Bangcheng suspect or stop it?

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan squinted his eyes and asked loudly.

"What's the reaction of Bangcheng?"

"Has anyone been to the Misty Mountain Canyon north of the city to investigate?"

As Ophelia said, this thing is too suspicious.

This question made the half-elf eldest lady frown even more.

"The North End is a relatively remote urban area."

"When the autumn narcissus merchant group left the city on a large scale that night, the garrison stationed at the city gate did not stop it, and directly let it go, and the garrison of that squadron also left their posts and disappeared afterwards."

"Some say they took the benefits."

"There were also witnesses who saw my father, and he looked eerie."

"After the incident, the light cavalry battalion immediately went to the Misty Mountains to investigate, but found nothing."

"All the rut marks and traces came to an abrupt end outside the canyon."

"When the light cavalry battalion went deep into it, it was mysteriously attacked in the fog, and only one of the riders of the entire squad came back alive with severe burns."

At this point, anyone knows that there must be a big secret hidden in it.

However, Ansetus said that he would run away, which still surprised him a little.

But in some ways, this is also a surprise behavior.

Chen Xuan couldn't help but shake his head.

"Even if the garrison can bribe, why would those 5,000 laborers obediently follow?"

"And so many people who mysteriously disappeared into the canyon of the Misty Mountains."

"What's Bang City's reaction to this?"

Ophelia is also not very clear about the details.

She had already moved out of the estate and had only returned once since the incident.

My father's study was emptied, and even the secret passages were open, and there was nothing in them.

Suddenly, a large number of caravan guards recruited before also disappeared.

She couldn't understand why those people were so cooperative.

This is not something that can be achieved by simply buying money for money.

"Baron Bezos publicly issued a commission of investigation."

"But so far there have been no results."

"Recently, there has been a lot of turmoil inside and outside the city, and it has become a pot of porridge everywhere."

"I suspect that the Dark Gold Mine you are talking about must be somewhere in the northern wilderness."

Ophelia looked a little worried and spoke her mind.

Chen Xuan understood what she meant, and said approvingly.

"You're right, there's definitely something in the northern region."

"That Misty Mountain isn't simple."

The so-called Misty Mountains are a mountain range more than sixty miles north of the city of Magtan.

It is shrouded in a dense milk-like mist all year round.

Judging from past information, there does not seem to be a monster cave there.

There are also few wandering monsters, but there are many vicious monsters in the mountains.

There have also been bold halfling farmers who have cultivated farms around the Misty Mountains.

It's just that all of them were destroyed in one month of Naroa.

The results of the investigation were all "Warcraft Rampage".

Although it is not an absolute taboo zone, most farmers do not choose to go there to open up wasteland.

The Misty Mountains sit to the north and stretch from east to west, like a wall.

And that canyon is the only way to get through.

Over the years, there has not been much written about it.

Seeing the thoughtful look on her master's face, Ophelia added.

"My father's actions were cleverly timed."

"That's when the news of the existence of the secret passages was confirmed and brought back to the city."

"The Colchiscus Merchant Group has been active in the city for many years and has quite a lot of channels and connections."

"So in a very short period of time, with high wages as bait, a large number of idle workers can be quickly attracted."

She uses the word "bait", which indicates that she is also beginning to suspect Ansetus' motives.

"It's a really unexpected move."

"I'm curious about the reaction of the red-haired Walton family."

"It is said that the secret dark gold mine was developed by your father in collaboration with the core members of the red-haired Walton family."

"Your father is in charge of mining and refining, and the red-haired Walton family is in charge of minting and putting it on the market."

"It involves the circulation of materials and commerce."

Dark gold is worth a lot of money and is a symbol of wealth in itself.

Once minted, it can be circulated immediately.

However, in the long run, it will definitely attract the attention of those who care.

Suppose that the business scale of the colchicum merchant group has not grown, but it has wealth far beyond the scale of the business.

Those savvy peers will definitely spot anomalies.

Therefore, after minting, it was immediately circulated into supplies and transported back to Magdam City for sale.

It can not only expand the size of the caravan, but also reasonably increase the value of its own wealth.

Although it is a little troublesome, it can minimize the hidden dangers.

Externally, it was claimed that this was the exclusive trade route between the Walton family and the colchicum merchants.

This is the key to Ansetus' ability to keep a secret for nearly ten Naroa years!

Regarding this part, Chen Xuan had already figured it out.

But the mystery has become even more.

Ansetus left abruptly, and the red-haired Walton family didn't know about it.

And his actions don't seem to be purely for profit.

Now it seems that the so-called strengthening of the Akso family and becoming a wealthy businessman are not his core goals.

And what happened to that guy's original partner, that is, Ophelia's biological mother's death.

It seems that unless you can travel back in time and go back to that moment back then, no one can tell the truth of the matter.

At the mention of the red-haired Walton family, Ophelia couldn't help but shake her head.

The opponent's main sphere of influence is in Atax.

It's not easy to get to the bottom of this.

Neither master nor servant spoke again, and the secret was not something that could be deduced for a while.

Ophelia was just an ignorant child.

"By the way, what about Ursula?"

Speaking of the bells and whistles stepmother, the expression of the half-elf eldest lady became a little strange.

"She..."

"That slut from Eusula moved into the Baron's Castle with Haward's ashes."

"She had a lot of money, and it seemed that she had given a valuable gift, and she had the sympathy of the Baroness Zuzana Finley, who allowed her to live in the castle first."

Chen Xuan always knew that Yusula was covered by someone in Bangcheng, and he was still a high-level, but the specific identity of the other party was unknown.

This person could never be a baroness.

Because Zuzana is not a ruler, and she does not care about municipal and local governance.

"Baron's Castle..."

"Is it Baron Bezos?"

Chen Xuan thought in his heart.

Just when he still had something to ask, the magic array of the tent rippled.

Ophelia made a silent gesture and turned off the soundproofing magic circle.

Immediately, an outside voice came in.

"Miss, Baron Bezos has sent a waiter to interview you."

The master and servant glanced at each other, but they didn't expect it to be a coincidence.

Chen Xuan raised his chin and whispered to Ophelia.

"Let him in."

After receiving clear instructions, Ophelia shouted outside the tent.

"Invite him into the tent to speak."

Then she closed the barrier of the protective magic circle.

About half a minute later, the halfling of the caravan steward led a snake man in a steward's uniform into the tent.

"Respect Miss Axol."

"I'm Puzemeslo Hoskin, Lord Bezos's butler."

"Lord Baron invites you to come to the castle after the moonlight tonight."

"He has something to ask you about the purchase of Demon Tears!"

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(End of chapter)