After a long time, there was no movement from the outside world, but people in the caravan did not dare to leave the camp and go to the sand dunes to investigate the situation, so they could only wait quietly.
Because the owner of the pack car warned the caravan in time and avoided a disaster, he was naturally regarded as a hero by the people in the caravan. If it weren't for the fact that the crisis had not been resolved yet, maybe they would have held a banquet for this, and after all, it could be solved in one go
Killing nearly forty sand pirates is already a big victory.
As for the only deceased caravan manager, he almost caused a catastrophe. If he had not died, he would definitely be held accountable by the caravan. But now that he is dead, he will not say anything more and hastily put away the body.
One day, tomorrow they will be buried directly in the nearby desert according to the customs of their respective tribes.
As the sky gradually became brighter, the people in the caravan knew that the crisis was truly resolved. At this time, they sent a bold person to carefully touch the area near the sand dunes, conduct a survey, and then sent some people to patrol the surrounding areas.
After walking around for a while, I finally confirmed that yesterday's sand pirates had retreated.
The people in the caravan immediately relaxed after being tense all night, and many people even sat on the ground and fell asleep like this.
Because the director of the caravan died last night, the caravan selected one person from the elders of each tribe to be the new director. Kesang, as the most experienced elder, was elected as the new director.
At Kesang's request, the convoy set off immediately, trying to cross the Lesser Moss Desert during the day, and clean up the goods of the small caravans at the rear. Half of the money was used as compensation for the loss of caravan personnel, and the other half was given as a reward.
The owner of the pack car, after all, if he were not the owner of the pack car, I am afraid that the caravan would have been doomed last night.
Perhaps in order to show the importance to the owner of the pack car, Kesang also placed the car of the pack car owner in the middle of their tribe's convoy for easy care.
After a series of instructions and arrangements, the caravan quickly opened up the defensive camp, turned into convoy mode again, and moved quickly towards the outside of the Xiaogusi Desert. In order to prevent the sand bandits from suddenly attacking during the day, Kesang also
A large number of people were arranged to patrol the outside of the convoy in turns to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Although this increased the burden on the caravan guards, in order to save their lives, the caravan guards did not complain too much and carried out the orders honestly.
Because we had already walked half of the distance last night, and everyone was in a hurry now, the convoy had already walked out of the Little Gusi Desert before noon and arrived at the junction of the Little Gusi Desert and the Quinsis Snow Mountain.
Small grassland.
This small grassland has no name and is owned by tribes. Because it is at the foot of Quinsis Snow Mountain, the water resources here are abundant and weeds grow vigorously. Therefore, most of the nearby tribes will come here to graze and bring some tribal products with them.
Other tribes who came here to graze their cattle traded, and over time, a market common to all nearby tribes was formed here.
The joint caravan was not completely safe after passing through the Xiaogusi Desert. It was only after the caravan drove into a market composed of large and small tents in the middle of this small grassland that it was completely safe. There was no need to worry about the desert.
The thieves attacked.
Although the tribes around the small grassland are all small tribes, the tribes have marriages, very close relations, and are very united to the outside world. Because they are herding tribes, there is no shortage of beasts of burden in the tribe, and the tribe members are also very good riders.
, once the sand thieves break into this area, it is basically difficult to escape, so this is a safe haven.
It seems that this is not the first time that the joint caravan has come here. When they arrived at the market, Gu Sang took the initiative to talk to an old man who led the patrol team. The relationship between the two seemed to be very good, and then the old man let himself
The cavalry under his command led the convoy into an open space in the market and set up camp. At this time, the caravan members also began to do business with people from other tribes in the market.
Just when everyone in the caravan was busy, the pack car Leo was in seemed very leisurely. In order to thank the owner of the pack car, the people in the caravan took the initiative to tie up the pack car owner and dispose of the batch of small items given to him.
The only thing that surprised everyone about the caravan's goods was that they received a large sum of gold. The owner of the caravan, who was already considered a small rich man, did not show much joy, but more of a worried look on his face.
For this reason, some people also tried to ask the owner of the pack car what worried him, but the owner of the pack car did not say anything, just took it vaguely, and then returned to his pack car with a box full of Jinsa.
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"Now that you've done it, don't regret it." Leo said as he played with the metal ball in his hand and looked at the frustrated owner of the carriage sitting next to him.
"What do you know?" The owner of the carriage glanced at Leo and said nonchalantly.
Leo smiled and said with surprise, "I know you are the spy placed in the caravan by those sand thieves."
Hearing Leo's words, the owner of the carriage was startled. He quickly stuck his head out of the carriage and looked around. After finding no one else, he shrank back, looked at Leo with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "
How did you know?"
Leo said calmly: "It's very simple. If you were not a sand bandit, how could you be so familiar with the sand bandits' tactics? And if you didn't know it in advance, how could you be so sure that the survivors of the small team behind were all
Where are the sand pirates?”
The owner of the carriage was silent for a moment and asked, "Why didn't you report me?"
"Why should I report you?" Leo asked back and said with a smile: "If I report you, I, as the person who hired you, will definitely be jointly and severally liable, and who will drive me if I report you? What's more, you are now
The hero of the caravan, as a foreigner, I say that the hero of the caravan is an internal agent of the sand pirates, who would believe it?"
The owner of the carriage was silent for a while and said: "I used to be a member of the Xiaoxiao, but I have already quit. In order to quit, I passed the ceremony and gave up my qualification to wield weapons." As he spoke, he revealed his youth.
He removed his thumb on his right hand and said, "I just want to live a peaceful life, but they came to me and asked me to be the internal agent of this caravan." After saying that, he turned to look at Leo and said: "
At first, I thought you were from Xiao, because their plan was to have a foreigner hire my pack car and sneak into the convoy, and the timing of your arrival was such a coincidence."
Leo asked in confusion: "Why did you choose betrayal instead of completing your internal mission? Aren't you afraid of the revenge of those sand pirates?"
"Of course I'm afraid," the owner of the carriage looked at Leo with fear and responded honestly: "It's just that I'm more afraid of death. If I help them get in, you'll probably kill us all, and you also have this
Ability, right?”
Leo did not give the other party an answer, but asked slightly curiously: "Why are the sand pirates targeting this caravan?"
"It's not very clear. Logically speaking, the goods of this caravan are not particularly valuable, and it is very troublesome to get rid of them. According to Xiao's principles of doing things, unless the caravan encounters a bad year, otherwise they will not
They will attack these caravans." The owner of the cart shook his head slightly and said, "It is possible that they were hired by someone to attack this caravan."
"Hire? Will Sand Pirates be hired by others?"
"Of course, those big tribes need some people to help them do some shady things. Sand Pirates are the best candidates." The owner of the carriage showed a look of disdain and said: "Why do you think Xiao Xiao has been able to stay in Dagusi for so many years?"
The desert is safe and sound. It's not that the big men of the city-states can't destroy him, but that they don't want to and they need the owl to do things for them."
After listening to the driver's explanation, Leo didn't ask any more questions and sat back on the carpet as if he was concentrating with his eyes closed.
The owner of the carriage hesitated for a moment, took out all the rewards he had received from the caravan, pushed them in front of Leo, and said, "Since you helped me hide it..."
"No need! You can keep it for yourself!" Leo shook his head, then smiled and said, "And someone will give me money."
Just as Leo finished speaking, Gu Sang, who had become the caravan manager, was heard outside the carriage and said, "Is Mr. Leo here?"
Following Gu Sang, without waiting for Leo to respond, he opened the door curtain and walked in. After seeing the owner of the cart, he pretended to be surprised and said: "So Mr. Sans, you are here too? I have something to talk to you about.
Let’s talk to your employer and ask if you can make it easier for me?”
Although Gu Sang seemed to be asking the owner of the carriage for advice, his tone was actually more like asking the owner of the carriage to leave now, and he could not refuse.
The owner of the carriage also heard the meaning, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Leo. After seeing Leo nodding, he left the carriage.
This detail was noticed by Gu Sang, and he couldn't help but re-examine Leo's identity or ability, because he saw the emotion of awe in the expression of the owner of the carriage.
Gu Sang had thought about recruiting this Sanz as a pack-carriage driver before, because he could see that this Sanz was not simple, even when surrounded by people, he did not show any timidity.
However, Sanz declined his invitation very tactfully and behaved very appropriately, neither humble nor overbearing. But such a person now showed such obvious awe towards Leo, a foreigner, which made Gu Sang feel a little...
Suspicious, he gave up the speech he had prepared before.
Gu Sang couldn't find a good explanation for the time being, so he could only say straight to the point: "Is this wood carving yours?"
As he spoke, Gu Sang took out the wooden sculpture and placed it in front of Leo.
"No." Leo shook his head and gave an answer that surprised Gu Sang, but then he heard Leo say again: "I have given this wood carving to the child of your tribe, and the right of ownership belongs to him."
Hearing Leo's words, Gu Sang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "I think this wood carving is extremely exquisite. I heard that Mr. Leo also has several wood carvings here, which are just a set. I wonder if Mr. Leo would like to
Are you willing to sell this set of wood carvings to me? I'm willing to pay a high price."
"What's the high price you said?" Leo asked in a deep voice.
"Five...five hundred gold sa." Gu Sang was originally going to say fifty golden sa, but thinking of the look on the owner of the carriage just now, he immediately changed his mind and increased the number tenfold.
"Haha!" Leo smiled and said: "The supervisor is really good at joking and offering such an unexpected price, but you seem to have underestimated the value of my wood carving. If you are willing to pay five thousand gold for each
, I would like to consider it."
"What? Five thousand gold samosas each!" Gu Sang was obviously frightened by this number, because even if this caravan transaction was carried out, the gross profit that their tribe could earn was only more than six thousand gold sacrificial coins. If all kinds of
In terms of cost, four thousand gold pieces was already a high price, but Leo actually offered five thousand gold pieces for this wood carving, which really surprised him.
"Are you kidding?" Gu Sang said with a slightly gloomy face.
"Don't you think a magical object with magical power is not worth five thousand gold coins?" Leo asked rhetorically.
At this moment, Gu Sang understood that it was impossible for him to detect the leak. Obviously the other party knew the value and effect of this thing very well.
If he hadn't met Leo before, Gu Sang might have had some ill intentions and snatched the wood carving directly from Leo. But after seeing the attitude of the owner of the carriage towards Leo and Leo's own performance, he knew that he was facing
I'm afraid this person is far from being as simple as he seems on the surface. The other person is probably also the kind of person with special abilities in the legend, because only this kind of person will give away items with special abilities to others without caring.
Gu Sang was silent for a moment, lowered his attitude, and said: "I hope Mr. Leo can keep this set of wood carvings for a few days, and I will immediately collect enough money to purchase it."
"Can you get it together?" Leo took out the box containing the wood carvings, opened it and showed it to Gu Sang, and said, "There are four more here. Twenty thousand gold coins is not a small amount."
Seeing the four identically carved wood carvings in the box, Gu Sang's breathing became a lot heavier, and his eyes showed a strong possessiveness. But fortunately, his reason was still there, allowing him to calm down and not make any panic moves.
After that, he hurriedly left Leo's pack car and returned to his tribe's camp. Then he quickly wrote something in his tent, stuffed these things into the cloth bag, and grabbed a bag from the cage.
Just messenger the eagle, tie the cloth bag to its chest, go out and let it fly.
According to Gu Sang's estimation, the messenger eagle will arrive at the tribe at night at most. By then, the Bi tribe should be able to raise enough funds to capture the four wooden sculptures before arriving at Kusteel City.
Gu Sang's idea was very good, but he didn't realize that he left Leo's car in a hurry, his expression and behavior were a little strange, and what he did after leaving was also very abnormal. In the eyes of some thoughtful people, they had already guessed it.
Chapter completed!