Chapter 5: [Bad News] (6th Update)
(The outburst continues, and I feel like I can't get enough strength!)
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When everyone was full of wine and food, Lin Tao smiled knowingly, and suddenly he felt that the people in Kazchupi Town were living a good life, although they were poor. But being with your own family, no matter what, is a happy thing in itself.
Thinking of this, Lin Tao thought of himself again and couldn't help sighing. At the beginning, he promised that Fu Bo would go back to see him, he still had two and a half years to stay in Baidi Academy, and he didn't know how the old man was doing now, and he was enough to live a good life under Luo Yashan's care? Lin Tao couldn't help but worry, he knew that Fu Bo was worried about him and his father.
Father Lin Fangtian didn't know what was going on, and there had been no news of him for half a year, and it was only through Luo Yashan that he learned what he was doing. Did the powerful Holy See already capture him? Lin Tao didn't know, and he didn't want to continue to think about this question in depth.
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"Mayor Logar, Mayor Logar!" Just as Lin Tao was pondering, a hurried shout pulled Lin Tao back to reality, and the voice seemed to be in a hurry to find Logal.
Lin Tao and Logal, who were sitting at both ends of the table, couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both looked at the doubts in their eyes.
"Mayor Logar, Mayor Logar!" the cry grew faster.
At this moment, Logar couldn't sit still anymore, and he hurriedly apologized to Lin Tao: "I'm sorry, Brother Lin Tao, you sit first." I'm afraid something has happened!"
Logar's wife had just cleaned up the dining table, and when she heard the shouting, she also came over and said with a puzzled expression: "Isn't this Bayer, didn't their hunting party go hunting? Why did they come back now?" Isn't it ......?" she said.
The whole Logar family looked at each other, and they all saw a worried look in each other's eyes. Obviously, Bayer was supposed to go hunting at this time, but suddenly rushed back and appeared in the town, so the only explanation that can work is the same, that is, something is wrong.
Thinking of this, Logar could not wait any longer, and immediately rushed out of the house in two steps, and his wife, old father, and eldest son Heinz also rushed out.
Listening to their tones, Lin Tao also knew what was going on, and immediately walked out.
The next moment, Logal's worried voice came into Lin Tao's ears, and he only heard him say: "Beyer, Bair, why are you back, what happened to make you so panicked?
Bairel was out of breath at this time, panting incessantly, and he didn't have the strength to speak anymore. And around him was already full of residents of the small town of Kazchubi, who looked at Bye Bye with worried expressions.
"Is something going on?" said a middle-aged woman worriedly.
"Don't crow's mouth. Her husband, who had a broken arm, heard his wife say this, and quickly scolded him with a straight face.
When the middle-aged woman heard her husband's roar, she was obviously taken aback, and she didn't dare to talk back to her husband, but she was a little unconvinced, so she pursed her lips and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I didn't talk nonsense, otherwise why would I have come back alone, and the other members of the hunting team have not returned." ”
His husband's ears were sharp, and when he heard his wife say this, he suddenly became angry, raised his cautious right hand and was about to slap her, "Tell you not to talk nonsense, you still talk nonsense, in case it is something else." ”
The surrounding townspeople guessed everything, everyone said a word, and the door of Logar's house suddenly became a vegetable market.
Logar was a big man, and he could understand the feelings of the townspeople, many of whom had relatives in the hunting party, and it was natural for them to be worried. But such a loud voice is obviously a bit of a hindrance. At that moment, he scolded, waved his hand and said, "Everyone be quiet, let Bye Baier speak first." And Aqizan, why are you yelling at your woman so loudly, and you're still going to hit her?
Hearing Logar's reprimand, Aqizan was a little embarrassed but unwilling to reassure his raised right hand, snorted coldly, and whispered: "Look how I clean you up when I go back." ”
Aqizan's wife was suddenly frightened by her husband's words.
Logar's wife gave her eldest son Heinz a look, and Heinz also understood. He immediately ran into the house, and when he came out again, he took a large glass of water in his hand, and reached out and handed it to Beyer, who was constantly panting and unable to speak.
Beyer nodded, and with an excited face, he turned to the water cup handed over by Heinz, and opened his mouth to drink it cleanly.
After a short rest, I burped and regained my breath. Beyel wiped his water-stained lips with his dusty, tattered sleeves before saying, "Mayor, it's not good, something is wrong." ”
Logar frowned, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, something big has happened, you speak slowly, don't miss anything in 1510." ”
Beyel nodded, and said, "That's right, last night when we were resting in a small valley more than fifty miles away from the town, we somehow encountered a robber attack. It's time for the robbers to catch us all......"
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Logar frowned and reprimanded: "Sister-in-law of the Qi family, what will you ask later, let Bye Baier finish the matter first, okay?"
The old woman, who was called the sister-in-law of the Zil family by Logar, was also aware of her gaffe, nodded at the moment, and stopped speaking.
Without distractions, Beyel continued: "They robbed us of all the gains we had made in a day. And this morning they sent me out of the blue, and their leader said that I should inform the mayor that you should take 30,000 gold coins to ransom the captured brothers, otherwise they will never see the sun again for ten days.
Hearing this, the crowd suddenly erupted, some of them exclaimed, some of them were full of melancholy, and those whose families were in the hunting party had a gloomy face, they did not expect to hear such bad news. Having lived in the town for so long, how could it be impossible not to know the conditions in the town. 30,000 gold coins, how can you take it out?
In short, everyone up and down the town was in a great state of sorrow, and some people were already crying.
When Logar heard the news, he was like a bolt from the blue, and he was stunned, his face was gloomy, he didn't expect such a big thing to happen at this juncture. After a long time, he sighed, and his whole person seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and said, "It seems that even God has abandoned us!"
As the mayor of the town, he knows the economic state of the town best, 30,000 gold coins, he laughed helplessly, "Don't talk about 30,000 gold coins, even 33,000, the town can't take it out!"
Lin Tao didn't expect such a thing to happen, although he was not from Kazcupi Town, but after being infected by people's pathos, he felt uncomfortable.
Although Logar didn't say it explicitly, he knew at first that even if the town took out 30,000 gold coins to ransom the kidnapped townspeople. I don't know if the kidnappers on the other side will tear up the ticket. The most important thing is that it is spring, and they need to stock up on food for the next winter during this season. It can be said that there is no delay for a day, and now there is no one to hunt for ten days, and the migration period of the whole spring is very short, and I am afraid that food will become a problem when the winter is passed today. If there is no money to redeem the lives of those hunting team members, I am afraid that with the methods of those robbers, there are no hunting team members who can come back alive. You must know that the entire hunting team was captured except for Beyer, and it was more than fifty young and strong men. Without them hunting, the whole town would probably face a situation where it would not be possible to open the pot in a few days.
For a moment, Logar's mind had many, many terrible consequences on his mind. Obviously, the only way now is to rescue the members of the hunting party. But 30,000 gold coins, easy to say, where did they go to get so much money?
"Damn it!" someone shouted angrily.
"This is to cut off our last chance of life!"
"Mayor Mayor, it's a big deal that we're going to fight those bandits. If we want to die, we won't make them happy!"
All kinds of voices rang out, and the scalp of Super Logar was numb.
After a while, Logar pressed his hands and said to everyone: "Don't worry, we will definitely be able to figure out a solution, isn't there still a few days left? Now please go back to your own home, I need to think about the solution!"
Even though the townsfolk of Kazchupi had more to say in their hearts, after hearing Logar's words, they obediently shut their mouths and went back to their homes in groups.
It can be seen that Logar has an unusually high reputation in the town.