Seeing Chen Yong approaching from a distance, Deacon Qian suddenly became energetic.
However, due to the crossbows pointed at him, he still did not dare to stand up. He only knelt there and showed as friendly an expression as possible: "Tell these military lords, I am really a deacon of the Four Seas Merchant Alliance! A third-class deacon!
My last name is Qian!"
The deacons of the entire Four Seas Merchant Alliance are divided into three grades. The third grade is the lowest and the first grade is the highest. They are responsible for the specific affairs of the entire merchant alliance. On top of this, there are nine honorary deacons. The honorary deacons are only in name and do not care about secular affairs.
The occasions when their presence is needed are when dealing with other dignitaries of Qi State.
Although Deacon Qian is only a third-class deacon, he is usually very impressive. The reason why he is in this situation is really difficult to explain.
He had arrived in Jiacheng not long ago, but he had already plundered a large amount of wealth. Taking advantage of the opportunity to master a large amount of life-saving supplies, he sold them at high prices and slaughtered the large and small families in Jiacheng into misery.
Not to mention that the Xi family has withdrawn and Jiacheng has lost its backbone. Even if the Xi family is still there, what can it do in the face of the Four Seas Business Alliance? Are you just letting it be slaughtered?
Yangting relied on the Four Seas Merchant Alliance to provide disaster relief and did not dare to offend, so what could the counties and cities below do?
To Deacon Qian, this was just a small matter, and it was something that the Four Seas Merchant Alliance agreed to do. It was just because Jiacheng was leaderless that he went a little too far.
But the problem is that a large part of the wealth he plundered was put into his own pocket and was separated from the part given to the Four Seas Merchant Alliance. It cannot be seen in the light.
After learning about the mutation of the plague, he immediately took away all the belongings he could take away. He filled more than a dozen boxes with gold and silver alone!
In order to hide his property, he hid his identity and deliberately took a detour to Pingxi County, which was relatively farther away. (It is also one of the border counties of Qi State.)
He understood the horror of the mutated plague, but he did not understand the severity of the Qi army's border blockade.
First, he refused to reveal his identity for fear that the assets he had embezzled would be known to the Four Seas Merchant Alliance. Then, during negotiations with the customs guard, he tried to bribe him.
As a result, he was almost killed on the spot.
Later, he had no choice but to reveal his identity, but he was expelled because of his previous false performance.
Of course, most of the belongings he brought with him were also confiscated. It is said that this was for the sake of his reputation as the deacon of the Four Seas Merchant Alliance.
In desperation, Deacon Qian had no choice but to turn back and follow the trade route of the Sihai Merchant Alliance again, returning to the country via Dingyao County.
However, the border blockade is becoming more and more severe day by day. He lost his waist card in the previous painful experience and was unable to prove his identity...
Poor Deacon Qian was almost killed on the spot. Fortunately, the sergeant guarding the checkpoint remembered that he had detained a group of people from the Four Seas Merchant Alliance the day before yesterday, so he called Chen Yong to identify them.
How much loyalty can a person have from a boss who takes advantage of him and rubs his feet when there is danger?
If possible, Chen Yong really wanted to say that he didn't know this guy, so he could just let the sergeants kill Deacon Qian!
But his friend was also behind Deacon Qian at this time, kneeling with him in a miserable state.
The two pretended not to know each other, not even looking at each other.
"Hey!" Chen Yong said: "Master Deacon, why are you here?"
"It's a long story." Deacon Qian looked at the sergeant guarding the card and said politely, "Sir, can I stand up?"
In his heart, he wanted to find someone to find connections to teach these big-headed soldiers a lesson after he returned home, but at this time, he had to be gentle in front of the crossbow.
Now that his identity has been verified and he knows that he is indeed from Qi, the sergeant guarding the card is not too embarrassed. "Get up."
When he saw Chen Yong, Deacon Qian was very surprised, but as cunning as he was, he certainly would not ask questions such as why are you here.
At this time, he left his job and returned to Qi State. Naturally, he knew about the mutation of the plague!
And he never informed this subordinate at all...
But of course a person like Deacon Qian wouldn’t be a little bit embarrassed. He just pretended to be concerned and said, “You didn’t suffer, did you?”
"Hey, the military officers are all very disciplined, what kind of hardship can they suffer?" Chen Yong said: "Master Deacon, what is the situation now? Brothers are very uneasy in their hearts."
"Okay! Is this a place for you to chat?" Sergeant Shouka interrupted them with a scolding: "It's over!"
"Eh!" Deacon Qian greeted after hearing the sound, and took the lead in the direction of Baichuan City.
"I said, leave! Go back!" Sergeant Shouka suddenly raised his crossbow and pointed it at them.
"No, hasn't it been proven that I am from Qi?" Deacon Qian was confused: "I am a deacon of the Four Seas Merchant Alliance!"
"No matter who you are, the order we received is that no one from the Yangguo direction is allowed to enter!" The sergeant said: "If you want to enter the city, get a letter from the military headquarters!"
As for the general who was in charge the day before yesterday, he was not here this time.
Deacon Qian was full of evil spirits, but he knew that there was nothing he could do with these soldiers.
While he was executing military orders, even if he was actually killed, no one would stand up for him!
The knife is in my heart, I will bear it!
"Then what happened to him?" Deacon Qian pointed at Chen Yong and asked.
"It's impossible for him to enter the city! He is currently being held in a military camp."
"Then you can take us into custody, I can wait!" No matter what, it is impossible for Deacon Qian to return to Yang Country now, that would be too scary.
But all he got was the sergeant's cold response: "No!"
"Why? I'm from Qi too!" Deacon Qian said, suppressing his anger.
"Yesterday is yesterday, and today is today. Every day that passes, the situation becomes more serious. Now you can go back and wait until tomorrow to come back and kill without mercy!"
"Don't you know what the situation in Yang Country is now? Do you want me to go back and wait for death?" Deacon Qian felt a ball of blood rushing to his forehead. He couldn't control so much about enduring humiliation and bearing the burden, and how the future is long.
But the spell-breaking crossbow raised by the sergeant drenched him like a basin of ice water: "Or you can die now!"
Deacon Qian:......
In the end, Chen Yong could only see Deacon Qian and his people leaving in disgrace, including his friends.
But he didn't dare to say anything else. Nothing he could say would be useful.
Before the cruel situation of life and death.
The connections and relationships that I was so proud of in the past all seem so fragile!
…
Deacon Qian took only part of his belongings and took a detour. He would rather pay more for customs clearance and wanted to borrow a way back from other countries.
But at this time, he was horrified to discover that not only the road from Yang State back to Qi State, but the entire Yang State was trapped and locked up by the army!
As we all know, Qi State has nine most elite armies, named Nine Soldiers.
They say death in spring, corpse in summer, death in autumn, and silence in winter.
It is said to chase the wind, cut the rain, annihilate the thunder, and capture the lightning.
The first of the nine soldiers, named Tianfu, has always been the emperor's army personally controlled by the leader of Qi. Now he is led by Jiang Mengxiong, the god of the Qi army.
Deacon Qian made various inquiries through his connections and finally got some information.
The army that sealed off the entire territory of the Yang Kingdom was named Qiu Sha. It was one of the Nine Soldiers of Qi. It was a first-class killing force and the strongest army in the world!
What does Qi Ting want to do? Why didn’t the Merchant Alliance get any news in advance?
