Chapter 170 Employer
Ling Hao and his party speeded up the way. In just an hour, they went straight to the passage through the three-way intersection again.
At the intersection of Ling Hao and his party, a caravan came to the three-way intersection.
"Stop!" The adventurer walking in the front shouted and waved a stop gesture. After receiving the order, the motorcade behind it stopped the wheels and waited for the instructions.
"My lord, how do we go now?" The head of the caravan jumped off the horse, walked to a gray caravan in the motorcade, and respectfully asked the employer sitting in the carriage.
"Right." A deliberately lowered voice came from the caravan.
The head of this caravan is called Pei Qing. In his middle age, he has been wandering on the fantasy continent for most of his life. He is also a person who has seen the wind and waves, but in the face of this mysterious employer, he feels a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart.
When the employer came to the door, he took over the business without hesitation. However, after these days of travel, he began to regret that he should not have been overwhelmed by the golden gold coins when he saw the bag of gold coins. I didn't ask exactly what was going to be delivered.
The road is aimless, there is no concept of the final destination at all, and the location is getting more and more remote. Although the students who traveled from the four colleges and universities exterminated the bandits who were the disaster of the country, there are still leaks in this remote place after all. The caravan encountered more than five robberies, but what surprised Pei Qing more was the strength of the employer's men. Those good bandits were not under them.
"Why did he hire us at a high price?" This is the question Pei Qing has been thinking about for the first few days. With the skills of the employer, any caravan can be competent for transportation work, and there is no need to hire a regular caravan such as Pei Qing, which is equipped with mercenaries.
However, something that happened the other day made Pei Qing understand why the employer hired him.
That day, when they were passing through a temporary checkpoint, the caravans passing by were strictly checked. Pei Qing secretly bribed the on-duty personnel of the sentry card through his usual connections, and the on-duty personnel pretended to check them and let them go. Some small caravans were not so lucky at all, and some were even ordered to unload the goods for inspection before being released.
After passing the level, Pei Qing finally understood that the mysterious employer chose him precisely because of his connections in all aspects. This can reduce unnecessary trouble along the way.
Since he understood the intention of the mysterious employer, Pei Qing was worried day and night, but he had already boarded the thief's boat, so it was not so easy to go down.
"Yes!" Despite his worries, Pei Qing did not dare to slack off at the employer's instructions.
"Turn right!" Under the command of Pei Qing, the long convoy slowly drove up the right fork, leaving clear ruts along the way.
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"The mayor! Mayor!" The villagers responsible for guarding at the mouth of Yunwu Town hurriedly ran into the mayor's office.
"What's the hurry, calm down!" The old mayor sitting in the chair looked at the person and scolded.
"There was a large convoy outside the town, saying that it was entrusted that there was a batch of things sent to our town." The villager took a few breaths and gave a general description of the situation outside the town.
After listening to this, the old mayor's face changed slightly. He quickly got up and said, "Let's go. Take me to have a look."
He walked to the door, turned around and said to the villager, "Go and inform the elders and ask them to rush to the town immediately."
Seeing the solemn expression of the mayor, the villagers did not dare to neglect. He didn't even delay to gasp, and ran to all parts of the village to inform the elders.
The old mayor walked outside the town and saw the caravan mentioned by the villagers. At this glance, he was really shocked. A long horse stopped at the mouth of the town, at least dozens of them.
Seeing the arrival of the mayor, the villagers in charge of guarding at the entrance of the town hurriedly greeted him as if they were granted amnesty.
"The mayor, they..." The guards of these caravans are not as patient as Ling Hao and his party. The long wait has made them impatient.
"I know." The old town mayor interrupted the villagers who were about to complain and walked towards the convoy.
"Who is the head of the caravan? I'm the mayor of Yunwu Town. He approached the motorcade and asked loudly.
"I'm the head of the caravan." Pei Qing saw the mayor's question and quickly stood up. This town seems to be the end of this trip, and he is eager to end this frightening task as soon as possible.
"Who asked you to send these things to this town?" The old mayor did not dare to take it lightly before he confirmed the identity of the man.
"That gentleman is in the motorcade now. Please follow me." Pei Qing led the old mayor to the employer's carriage.
"Your Excellency, the mayor of Yunwu Town is here." Pei Qing said respectfully.
With a swung, the black curtain on the carriage was lifted, and the mysterious employer walked out of the carriage for the first time since he got on the carriage.
"Is it this gentleman who asked them to deliver these goods to this town?" The old mayor asked the mysterious man in front of him, who was tightly wrapped in a black robe.
"Yes." Pei Qing, who was beside him, heard the real voice of the mysterious employer for the first time. For more than ten days, he has been suppressing his voice.
"Why did you bring these goods to this town?" The old mayor continued to ask.
"Do you know this?" The mysterious man in black turned his hand and took out a dark token.
"God's order! Lord God. I didn't know you were coming. It's really rude. Seeing the token taken out by the mysterious man in black, the old mayor's attitude became extremely respectful.
"Don't be polite." The man in the black robe waved his hand to stop the old mayor from saluteing. The token is just a token of the real god to get him the letter of Yunwu Town. He can use the token to fake the tiger's power, but the consequences of pretending to be the god will not be able to eat it.
"You transport things into the town and unload the goods at their designated location." The man in black turned to Pei Qing and ordered.
"Yes." Pei Qing answered and directed the convoy to drive slowly into the town.
"Your Excellency, all the goods have been unloaded." After a busy afternoon, he finally unloaded the goods of 49 cars. Before he could rest for a while, Pei Qing left in a hurry.
"Hmm." The mysterious employer answered without saying a word.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with us, so we'll leave first." Pei Qing said tentatively, turning around and preparing to leave with the motorcade.
"Boss! We haven't collected the money yet. Why are we leaving like this? An adventurer around Pei Qing shouted. He was worried that Pei Qing would leave without taking the money, and he would not get his reward.
"What an asshole! They are all killed by you!" Pei Qing secretly scolded this reckless man with no eyesight in his heart. The plan he wanted to escape was completely destroyed.
"That's right. Boss Pei, why did you leave like this? Don't you want any money?" The adventurer's loud voice reminds the mysterious employer that these people have been following him for so long that no one can see any clue. Judging from Pei Qing's performance, even if he did not confirm his identity, at least he was suspicious.
"Oh, look at my memory, I'm in a hurry to rush back, and I even forgot to collect the money." Pei Qing reluctantly squeezed out a smile and turned around and said.
The mysterious employer whispered a little, and such a lie could be said. How could a successful businessman like him forget to collect money? Who will believe it?
"Wait a minute, I'll send someone to get the money." The mysterious employer said and waved back. A villager ran back to the town, seemingly going back to withdraw money.
The four subordinates behind him got the instructions and quietly scattered around, surrounding the four corners of the caravan without a trace.
"No, we are still in a hurry to go, so we will go first. I believe that people with status like you will not repudiate." Pei Qing said a few perfunctory words and wanted to leave. He has noticed that the four subordinates of the mysterious employer have occupied a key position and can attack at any time, and his uneasiness is getting stronger and stronger.
"Why, can't you wait for such a little time?" The mysterious employer said coldly, removing the black robe covering his body while talking, revealing the true face of Lushan.
"Thunder Leopard!" Looking at the big man dressed as a martial artist and with red hair on his head in front of him, he is the number one target in the most wanted notice issued by the latest adventurer guild - Thunder Leopard.
Hearing someone behind him exclaim the name of the thunder leopard, Pei Qing immediately knew that it was not good. On the way, the thunder leopard has been staying in the carriage. He must be afraid that his identity will be recognized, and now he dares to show his true face. Is it...
Kill people!
Thinking of this, Pei Qing felt a chill in his heart and saw a cold light in front of him. He subconsciously leaned sideways and let go of the deadly sword.
"Ah!" Pei Qing screamed and an arm fell to the ground.
The sudden change stunned everyone in the caravan. Finally, someone realized the seriousness of the matter and fled everywhere.
Pei Qing covered the broken arm with his right hand, lay down on the ground, and rolled back several times to avoid the subsequent pursuit of the thunder leopard. The pain came from his left arm. Although he escaped a disaster, Pei Qing still did not dare to stop and continued to roll on the ground until he rolled into the chaotic caravan crowd. Under the cover of the crowd, he stood up with difficulty with the help of his cronies.