Donovan was furious at being ignored. If it had been normal, he would have cut these bastards into pieces, but today he had to endure it, because his background did not allow him to act arrogantly.
Even a thousand-year-old wealthy family has people they can't afford to offend.
"I am, Master Donovan, what advice do you have?"
Elaine is neither humble nor silent.
"Haha, I don't dare. It was my men who offended me. Please, Your Royal Highness, please don't argue with them!"
Donovan smiled and waved, "I will visit Her Royal Highness again when I have the opportunity in the future. I'll say goodbye!"
"Huh? Just let them leave like this?"
Hutao is not angry.
"Forget it, if a fight breaks out, we may not necessarily get an advantage, and there will be a lot of trouble!"
Downton grabbed Hu Tao, who was eager to try, and his eyes fell on the guards behind Donovan.
All of these people have extraordinary aura and are all dead soldiers. Even if they are not of high rank, the tactics of dying together will be too much for people to bear. What's more, as one of the heirs of a wealthy family, Donovan himself is powerful and has several legends.
With top-notch magic equipment and marshal-level bodyguards at your side, this is a thorny hedgehog. Anyone who wants to take a bite will have to pay a high price.
"Master, just let them go like this?"
The maid was dissatisfied.
"Of course not. The identities of these two people are not simple. Even if they want to regain their reputation, they have to do it secretly!"
Rubbing the maid's plump breasts, Donovan whistled. His temporary forbearance was just to pay back a hundredfold. Not only did he want Downton to die, but he also wanted to ravage Elaine in front of him.
"Does a grassroots think that becoming a duke means he is a noble? Humph. I will make him understand what it means to be a rich man!"
Donovan's fingers were so hard that he almost squeezed the maid's breasts, but she didn't even dare to frown, and had to keep smiling.
Downton and his entourage provoked Donovan, but actually remained intact, which puzzled the business team staying at Blue Lake.
Of course, those who know the truth don't dare to speak nonsense. It would be terrible if Donovan, who has lost face, gets angry.
On the morning of the next day, the two major business groups, Borgia and Habsburg, set off for Ujimqin. According to the plan, they had to rest for three days, but Donovan didn't want to stay with Downton, so he set off early.
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Only the gold-encrusted roses remain of the entire settlement.
"you sure?"
Downton planned to buy Alice's goods and let her go home. But he didn't expect to be rejected.
"I'm very grateful for your help, but you helped me this time, what will I do next?" Alice smiled bitterly, "Why don't you take a trip!"
"Ambitious!"
Downton gave a thumbs up.
"I can't help it!"
Alice pretended to be helpless. She wanted to take a peek at Downton's expression and guess what he was thinking, but she was afraid of revealing her fault, so she held it back.
This was all taught to her by the steward. After yesterday's conflict, the steward guessed that Downton must have a great background, so he decided to take a gamble.
Going to Ujimqin to sell goods is just an excuse. The real purpose is to use this time to build a good relationship between the eldest lady and Downton, or at least become close friends, and to find a strong backing for the family.
Of course, it would be even better if she became a girlfriend or a lover no matter what, but I guess it's unlikely.
"Isn't this guy a lolicon?"
Seeing Downton not touching Juliet, but sleeping in a tent with Little Walnut at night, the steward felt slanderous.
On the third day, the business group set off.
"Is it too late to regret now?"
Juliet curled her lips, disgusted that these people were in the way.
"No regrets!"
The steward shook his head like a rattle. Safety issues? He wasn't worried at all. With the bone dragon and so many demon soldiers, safety could be completely guaranteed as long as he didn't run into a large bandit group.
"It's an orc!"
The merchant group had gone less than a thousand meters when a troop of orc cavalry chased them, shocking the servants to the point of trembling with fear.
"No, you can go back!"
Downton pulled out a stack of golden tickets, without counting them, and handed them to the leader of the team, the Thousand Leader.
"But sir, this road has been very uneven recently. Several gangs of bandits have been wandering around and looting. It's better for us to follow!"
Thousands of people persuaded.
"I am Di Polo, is this okay?"
The steward listened for a few words and finally understood that it was the orc soldiers who wanted to provide free protection. This made him more curious about Romeo's identity. You must know that even the two wealthy business groups did not receive such treatment.
In the end, a cavalry of 300 people set off with the team. At least these guys could make the robbers pretending to be regular troops retreat. As for the real robbers, it depends on whose sword is stronger.
"Romeo, the supplies we have prepared may not be enough!"
Setting up camp in the evening, Alice found Downton, looking worried. Orcs have a huge appetite, let alone these strong men.
"Don't worry, they brought rations!"
Hearing these understatements, the entire business group was dumbfounded and began to guess about Downton's identity. He was a human being, and even if he was escorted by the regular orc army, he also brought his own dry food. This was a big deal.
Downton understood that it was Barak that these people wanted to please.
As a superior, Downton's skills gradually increased, and he still took food from the war space and distributed it to the orcs, so the reluctance in their eyes disappeared, and they even took the initiative to chat with people from the business group.
Along the way, bandits appeared from time to time. After seeing the flag of this orc army, they looked around and then retreated.
Downton was not in a good mood, because he kept seeing human corpses abandoned on the road, with wild wolves biting them.
"Are those bandits all brave? How dare they attack the caravan of a wealthy family?"
The steward couldn't help but be shocked when he saw among the corpses a boss who had just spoken to him two days ago.
"The whole family is hungry, who cares who you are? Just grab it first and then talk about it!"
The captain didn't even bother to examine the body.
"Not to mention humans, even we orcs will be robbed by those bandits, and some orcs who can't survive will pick up weapons and start free business."
"Hey, because of this snow disaster, it is said that more than one million people have died."
"Thanks to Chief Barak for distributing tents and food for free, otherwise I don't know how many people would have died. Those noble gentlemen would only hide in the warm castle and talk nonsense about disaster relief."
When they saw a slaughtered orc tribe, the soldiers' faces were full of anger. This was not done by humans, because humans would not be stupid enough to come out to rob in the middle of winter. And the tribes can use it.
Everything was taken away, even the clothes on the corpse. Humans obviously wouldn't do such a thing.
"Hey, life is not easy anywhere!"
Elaine sighed.
On the third day of the journey, in the evening, Gold-Inlaid Rose actually caught up with two major business groups, which surprised everyone, and the steward hurriedly caught up to ask.
"They have been under attack for the past three days, so the trip has been delayed!"
While reporting, the steward wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was very happy. If it weren't for this regular army, his entire army would have been wiped out.
The two major business groups were also full of surprises at the intact gold-encrusted rose, especially when they saw an army escorting it, their eyes almost popped out.
"Camp where you are!"
Downton doesn't know how to ask for help, so there is no group tour.
"good!"
The steward hesitated and gave up.
At midnight, screams suddenly pierced the sky. The people in the Golden Rose were so shocked that they almost peed their pants. They rushed out of the camp one by one, only to find that there was nothing going on on their side, and the two major business groups were stationed there.
, already filled with flames.
If they weren't worried about burning supplies and emptying water from bamboo baskets, the robbers would have killed people with rockets.
"coming!"
Some people exclaimed that under the moonlight, they could see a cavalry charging over. Just when people thought a bloody battle was inevitable, the captain stood up and roared loudly.
The robbers took one look at the war flags flying high in the camp, and then walked away. Until the middle of the night, the noise fell silent, and the gold-encrusted rose was not attacked.
In the early morning, the business group left the corpses on the ground and continued to set off.
"here we go again!"
The guards waited sternly, but after the robbers shot a bunch of arrows, they left. However, they did not dare to relax, because if they relaxed, the robbers might rush into the battle.
"We can't continue like this. They are consuming our energy and morale. I can guarantee that the day before they arrive in Ujimqin, they will launch a general attack."
During lunch, someone suggested that we must come up with a solution.
"If the enemy doesn't attack, what can I do?"
Although Donovan is not very good at fighting, he knows that once the soldiers are scattered, they may be defeated one by one.
“Why is it okay to have gold-encrusted roses?”
Some people are confused.
"It's because of the Duke of Downton!"
Before a principal could finish speaking, he felt a gaze full of murderous intent falling on him. He was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head and said, "I'm sorry, it was my fault. I shouldn't have talked nonsense!"
Snap! Snap!
The boss slapped her face so hard that it soon swelled into a pig's head.
Donovan sent a messenger to negotiate, but what was waiting for him was a corpse that had been cut into pieces by five horses. He was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
The business group continued on their way, and were still harassed by bandits. As for the gold-encrusted rose, it was intact.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Are those bandits blind? Why are they only looking for trouble with me?"
In the evening, in the camp, Donovan whipped a maid severely to vent his anger. In the past two days, he had lost all face. He originally planned to wait for Downton to come and beg him to join the business group and seek asylum.
When the time came, I wanted to humiliate him severely, but to my surprise, I was the one who got into trouble.
"He must be waiting for a joke!"
Donovan was so angry that after beating the maid to death, he turned around and left.
"Master, please calm down. Those robbers may have deliberately caused this situation to make us kill each other and then profit from it."
The boss quickly tried to persuade me.
Donovan calmed down, but this could not avoid the fate of the merchant group being attacked. When the next morning, he discovered that the Habsburg merchant group's convoy had abandoned him and joined the gold-encrusted rose.
Ordinary business groups did not dare to offend Donovan, but as the Habsburg business group took the lead, they also left and sought asylum from Downton. (To be continued...)
