At dawn, the city in the county was still peaceful and quiet. Some slight movements came from the palace. After washing and dressing, some footsteps were heard rushing in the same direction.
The figure of the Hades Emperor stood in front of the palace gate and waited. His subordinates appeared in front of him one after another. Except for the Hades Emperor, everyone was covered in robes. A gust of cold wind blew, indicating that winter was coming.
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The Hades Emperor glanced around and saw that his subordinates were all here. "Ah~~~~~~" A long yawn made the Hades Emperor look. Sean Biya gently rubbed her unconscious eyelids, "This spirit
···I walked with me all night and never saw you so tired."
"Hey" Sean Biya put down her hand, "I don't care how long I sleep at home. I naturally feel sleepy if I don't get enough sleep."
"Okay, okay." Pluto Emperor didn't wait much longer. "Go back to your Wanhan City. You can sleep as long as you like. Follow me. You have to set off according to my time."
Sean Biya looked at Pluto Emperor with an unhappy look as he followed behind. Others saw that Pluto Emperor seemed to be used to wearing masks and wore them on his face almost all day long. A group of them also put on their masks and followed Pluto Emperor.
The steps left the county town.
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The four seasons always turn around, and the breath of winter comes to the earth. This coldness can be felt especially in the north.
Ertou Mountain is located in the central part of the north of the continent, with an altitude of about two thousand meters. It is neither too high nor too low. The plants on the mountain are lush and green, and monsters appear from time to time. However, most of them are low-level monsters. If there are people living there, Ertou Mountain
Mountains are also more suitable.
Now in winter, Ertou Mountain is covered with snow, and the lush vegetation is also covered with snow, losing its previous green appearance in winter.
Twenty miles away from Ertou Mountain, a city-state was established here.
There are about 60,000 people living in Hetu City. Farming and animal husbandry are the main industries here. The flow of slaves is not much. Its prosperity can be regarded as average among the city-states in the mainland. On both sides of the city gate
The statue shows that this is a city-state ruled by humans.
An official road runs from Hetucheng through Ertou Mountain and extends further.
In the snow, three continuous footprints appeared. On the official road approaching Ertou Mountain, two businessmen walked towards Ertou Mountain with a flat head.
After one of the business travelers entered the official road of Ertou Mountain, he looked around and observed the movements around him, looking a little nervous.
The other business traveler looked relaxed. Seeing the other man's behavior, he felt funny, "Brother...what are you doing? Looking around, your expression is so nervous. There is nothing to be afraid of. Although there are mountains in Ertou Mountain,
Monsters appear, but they are all low-level monsters. Besides, it is already winter. The monsters have probably gone for the winter. How can they come out to hunt? Look at the white snow. There are no monster footprints. Everything will be fine.
.”
The young business traveler looked around. Along the way, there were indeed only the footprints of the two of him and Bian Tou. The woods beside the official road had lost their dense branches and leaves in winter, and the field of vision was almost clear. There was indeed no trace of anything.
, I began to relax and looked at the older businessman, "Brother... what you said makes sense, but I wasn't worried about monsters just now. I heard that Ertou Mountain has appeared in recent months.
I met a group of bandits. I heard that they also built their own fortress in the mountains. Whenever a business trip appears, they will come out to rob property. I was worried about this just now. After all, we didn’t hire mercenaries, it was just the two of us.
I still feel a little worried."
"Haha..." the older business traveler laughed and said: "Don't be afraid, brother, I have heard of these bandits, but I also heard that these bandits in Ertou Mountain are just a bunch of trash. Every time they pass by here,
Business travelers have never been successfully robbed by them. What do you think of such bandits? Why are we afraid of them? Brother... don't worry, this news has been spread a lot. These bandits are trash and they can't be false. Besides,
The official road to Ertou Mountain is only ten miles long, and it will be safe once you leave Ertou Mountain."
"Hehe..." A laughter suddenly came from the woods, causing the two business travelers to tremble violently, and their eyes looked towards the place where the sound came from. "Who?" The older business traveler also began to look a little nervous, although
The news said that these bandits had not successfully robbed the business traveler's property, but the young business traveler was right. The two of them did not hire mercenaries to protect them. If there were more people on the other side, they would not be able to escape.
"Hahaha..." A young man walked out from behind a tree trunk. Perhaps because of the hard life, the clothes he wore in the winter were a little thin. The only thing that made people feel warm was a jacket wrapped around his shoulders.
A piece of animal skin.
"Ah~ I owe~" The man sneezed and his nose turned purple from the cold. After trembling, he raised his sword and pointed it at the two businessmen. "I am the robber you said. Didn't you just call us trash? Now.
Let you see if we are trash after all, little kids... come out here."
Following the man's cry, the robbers who had been hiding behind the tree trunks on both sides of the official road came out one by one. The two business travelers saw that there were more than a dozen of these robbers.
"Brother, run quickly." The young businessman pulled the rope around the flat head and urged his brother to run for his life.
"Don't let them escape," the leader of the men from before shouted, and the other robbers quickly chased after him.
Because they were not far apart, the first few robbers had already caught up with the two business travelers. Two of the robbers rushed in front of Bian Tou and used their bodies to block "Don't even think about running away..."
The flat head made a sound like a baby, lowered his head slightly, and hit him with his huge body. The two robbers were startled, and they were knocked away without haste to avoid.
"Stop them!" the bandit leader roared. Although his body didn't look strong at all, his confidence was not weak.
When several bandits saw the situation just now, they learned a lesson and did not stop Bian Tou. After all, their bodies could not resist Bian Tou's huge body. They quickly caught up with the two businessmen and pointed their long swords at them, "Hurry up and stop it."
Get off, otherwise we won’t be polite.”
When the older business traveler saw that the robber beside him was chasing him, and the sword was still on his shoulder, he didn't dare to run forward anymore, so he patted the panicked Bian Tou with his hand to make Bian Tou relax.
Come down, "Brother... don't run away, we can't run away."
"I know, brother." The young business traveler also held a long sword around his neck and pulled Bian Tou's rope, causing Bian Tou to stop.
"Hahaha..." The bandit leader walked up happily, but as soon as he got to the businessman, "Ah~ Ouch~" he sneezed again.
"Master, you are so cold." A robber looked naive and somewhat concerned about the leader of the robbers.
"Qi'er..." The boss rubbed the tip of his nose, "You still have the nerve to talk to me, don't you see that everyone is used to being cold?" The long sword suddenly pointed at the two businessmen and asked: "What do you have?
Ah? Hurry up and take out the valuable things, otherwise we won’t be polite.”
The older business traveler really regretted that he did not hire mercenaries. These bandits looked like ordinary people. No wonder the robberies failed. If you hired a mercenary at random, there would be no difficulty in facing these bandits. Facing the bandit leader,
The older business traveler showed a pained face and begged: "Brother robber... We two brothers are just running a small business. Look, we don't have much goods, and we don't have much money on us. We use all the money."
Are you here to buy goods and are you going to sell them? No money."
"Stop talking nonsense." The leader gestured with his sword again. "If you don't take it out, I will search you." He said this with this plan.
The elder businessman's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly took out two gold coins from his pocket, "Brother Robber...I'll give them to you, this...this..." and stretched out his hand to the master.
The boss took the gold coins and looked a little happy, "After being a robber for so long, I finally got some money, and you." Then he pointed to the young businessman.
"Brother Robber...Brother Robber..." the older businessman shouted: "He is my brother. Between the two of us, I am in charge of the money. We bought some clothes on this trip and are preparing to transport them to neighboring city-states."
Sell it, all the money is spent, and only 2 gold are left for food and drink, nothing else."
The headmaster stared at the two people for a while, seeming to believe what the older businessman said, and put away his sword, "Okay... I believe you, but you have to open your clothes and let me see them."
The elder businessman's face regained some of his expression, "Cheng, Cheng, I will open it for you to see."
The eldest master looked at these clothes, but they were all worn in winter. As bandits, the clothes are thin in the winter. "Young men, each of you choose a piece of clothing, let's go."
"Ouch~ah~" The older business traveler had a headache, but he couldn't stop it. Seeing that half of the clothes he was going to sell were snatched away, he felt sad. However, after seeing the robbers leave, he felt a little better.
After regaining some composure, he took off the hat he was wearing, reached out and took out a money bag in the hat, "These idiots, fortunately I was smart, they only robbed me of 2 gold coins, those clothes are considered cheap.
them."
"Hehe..." The young businessman also smiled and said: "Fortunately, brother is prepared."
"Let's go", the older business traveler took Bian Tou and hurriedly left the official road of Ertou Mountain.
A group of bandits also headed back to their mountain stronghold.