Chapter 399: Empty Favors
"Wait! Senior, according to my master, although the 'Source of Magic Power' can accelerate the promotion speed of magicians, it will have many adverse effects on their future development!
"Audrey only knows one thing but doesn't know the other!'The 'Source of Magic' is not a treasure for ordinary magicians in the first place, they have to do their best and bring humiliation on themselves, so who can blame them?!"
"You kid should take this as a warning, don't rush for quick success!"
"If the 'Source of Magic Power' is still in your hands after you become a Dharma Saint, then it may become a powerful help for you!
"Thank you seniors for your advice! I just wonder if the kid is lucky enough to know your title?"
"After so many years, I have long forgotten my name, I have been delicious all my life, you can call me 'foodie'!" The restaurant owner dropped this sentence and drifted away, and disappeared in an instant.
Li Zijun laughed dumbly when he heard these two words, how dare he use it to call this master he has only seen in his life, or call him 'boss'!
With the 'boss' leaving, the ban in the room disappears, and several people, including Rodney, come to their senses one by one.
"Grand Duke, if you don't dislike filth, I have a way to escort you through!" Rodney didn't seem to notice the change just now, he was still worried about how Li Zijun would pass the level.
Li Zijun peeked at the other diners, who were also like Rodney. They all began to continue the previous topic, and they were all unaware of what had happened in this room!
Magic can make people hallucinate, which is nothing in Li Zijun's perception of magic, what he didn't expect is that magic can also control people's normal thinking!
He had been talking to the 'boss' for a long time, but no one in the room noticed about it afterwards, which was unbelievable!
It seems that the realm of magicians is not as simple as he knew before!Li Zijun secretly sighed in his heart.
"Grand Duke, Grand Duke?" Rodney couldn't help but whisper when he saw Li Zijun in a daze.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I just got a little distracted!" Li Zijun woke up. He smiled and apologized to Rodney.
"And what do you think of my proposal?"
"I'm like a lost dog right now. How can I have any qualifications to be unfilthy or not! It's just that my identity is sensitive, and once someone finds out, I'm afraid that I will immediately bring you ruin! This is definitely the result I don't want to see!"
"Grand Duke, I won't say anything in front of you, a wise man! I'll help you this time. Ostensibly, it is to repay me for your kindness to me in Toscano. But actually. I'm also trying to get rich for myself!"
"You can also see that my business is not easy to do in the first place, after the turmoil in Ziqing. I'm afraid it's going to be even harder for me!"
"This time I rushed to Fengqi, it seems to be a big business, but in fact, I don't have anything left after removing people and horses, as well as dividends to friends. This has to be something wrong in the middle, in case a few beasts get sick, or encounter a temporary tax increase on the Feng Qi side, it is a question of whether I can save my capital in the end!"
"Actually, I wanted to change my career to do something else, but I never found a more suitable livelihood. Meeting you was an opportunity for me and I would love to take the risk for you!"
"What conditions do you have?" Speaking of which, Li Zijun probably guessed what Rodney was thinking, he was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice.
"If you can get out safely, I hope you will give me a hereditary knighthood on the Seine, and reward me with dozens of acres of fertile land. ”
"Am I a little greedy?" Rodney couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw Li Zijun suddenly smile softly.
"You misunderstood!" Li Zijun smiled and waved his hand at Rodney.
"Your conditions are very reasonable, and you can even say a little low! The reason why I laugh is entirely because I didn't really realize until this moment that I have been promoted to duke, and you will probably be the first person to be knighted after I become a duke!"
"So you agreed to my terms?" Rodney asked, looking at Li Zijun with a little excitement.
What Rodney didn't expect was that Li Zijun shook his head at him after a slight pause.
"Since I am the first recipient after becoming a duke, why do you want some discounts!"
"In this way, your knighthood will be hereditary for three consecutive generations, and in addition, I will give you 300 acres of fertile land, and you will not have to pay any taxes on these 300 acres of fertile land during my lifetime!"
Rodney didn't expect Li Zijun to give him such a big discount, he was completely stunned! For a while, he didn't know what else he should say!
It took a while for Rodney to wake up from his shock. He forgot where he was, and hurriedly got up to thank Li Zijun.
Fortunately, Li Zijun still had a certain amount of prediction, and pushed him back to his seat, which did not attract the attention of the people around him.
"Tell me about your method, how can I successfully pass the level in front of me without being discovered by them?" Li Zijun calmed Rodney's emotions with a smile before asking him for advice.
"This idea of mine is a bit rancid, please don't be surprised!" Rodney, who was relaxed, looked at Li Zijun and suddenly showed a wicked smile.
Rodney's idea is not only rancid, it is simply stinking! Li Zijun really suspected that something was wrong with his brain at this moment, so he followed Rodney's suggestion and hid in such a ghost place!
Underneath the cage where the beast is transported, there is usually a box that can be inserted. The function of this box is to prevent the feces of wild animals from remaining in the cage, so as to ensure the hygiene of the cage.
This box is generally not very large, but it is more than enough to hide in a person, especially a thin person like Li Zijun now, who is only a hundred pounds in his body!
It's just the smell here, then you can imagine it! Although Rodney repeatedly cleaned the wooden box where Li Zijun was hiding, the smell that had accumulated all year round almost smoked Li Zijun unconscious!
Li Zijun had the intention to quit and reappear to find a way to get through, but after thinking about it, once Lilian suspected the 'merchant' on the side of the road, she would immediately lead the army back here!
Compared with Lilian's ruthlessness, the taste here is no longer so pungent, and Li Zijun gritted his teeth and endured it.
The next day, Rodney got up early in the morning, and as soon as it was dawn, he called his companions one by one. Li Zijun, who had endured half the night, finally heard the sound of the caravan departing.
Rodney calmed his mind a little and directed the caravan towards the checkpoint outside the town.
Due to the time, there were not many people waiting to pass the border, and it was soon the turn of the Rodney caravan to be inspected.
According to the procedure, the Ziqing soldiers first asked the caravan members to be compared one by one to make sure that there were no suspicious characters among them, and then conducted a detailed search of each carriage.
"Release!" After completing all this, the inspecting soldier waved his arm to his comrades who had set up the barricade.
Rodney, who was tense and nervous, heard these two words, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he hurriedly commanded the team to pass the level.
"Wait!As far as I know, the cages will have a sewage outlet, and there is a box underneath, have you checked there?" the man who looked like a small official suddenly walked out and questioned the soldier who had just been in charge of inspecting the Rodney caravan.
"My lord, how is it possible that the person we are looking for is hiding in such a pickled place?! I think it's better to forget it?" the soldier and the little official should not belong to the same system, and he didn't seem to pay much attention to the little official's questioning.
"Forget it, if he just hides in that place, will it be yours or mine? Don't talk nonsense, search for me, I can't let go of any place!" The little official looked at the soldier in front of him with a sneer, it was obvious that he didn't actually believe that Li Zijun would hide there, he just did this to make things difficult for this soldier.
"Yes, my lord!" the soldier had no choice but to carry out the order.
"My lord, do you see?" Rodney was shocked, and immediately stepped forward two steps forward, and gave the little official a copper coin.
"A simple check, it won't delay you too much!" the little official looked at Rodney and nodded, and secretly took the copper coin into his arms.
Faced with this scoundrel who collects money and does not do anything, Rodney is completely desperate, he can only hope that it is really a simple investigation and will not expose Li Zijun's whereabouts.
Under Rodney's nervous gaze, the soldiers pulled out the boxes one by one, and in an instant, he had already come to the beast cage where Li Zijun was hiding.
Rodney felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and his aristocratic dreams were almost completely shattered at this moment. He seems to have seen the scene of his head being cut off!
At this moment, the lazy Hans suddenly stood up, and at the moment when the soldier was about to open the box, he leisurely released his excrement!
"Plop la!" Li Zijun's original most frightened voice turned into a natural sound at this moment, and he looked forward to this voice going on forever!
"My lord, do you still need to check this?" Seeing such a scene, the anger in the soldier's heart was no longer controllable, and he turned his head and looked at the little official viciously and asked.
After all, the little official was a civilian official, and under the murderous gaze of the soldiers, he finally did not dare to continue the prank.
"Forget it, let them pass!" After the little official gave this order, he did not forget to look at Rodney again, and motioned to Rodney that it was his credit that the caravan was able to pass.
Hans's cage was at the bottom of the caravan, and the inspection should end here anyway, and this order from the little official was not even an empty favor!
However, Rodney didn't have the heart to deal with him at this time, and when he saw that the barricades had been removed, he hurriedly entered the town with the caravan......!