Chapter Nine hundred and twentieth: [Your speed is very fast]
Chapter 927: [You are quite fast]
Jinyang City has an extra group of refugees, but Heiling City has an extra group of guests.
There is something strange about this group of guests.
Different.
In front of him was a pathfinding thief with sharp eyes riding a running lizard. In the middle of the team were dozens of mercenaries, escorting a dozen criminals who had been tortured to the point where their flesh had been shaved off, their teeth had fallen off, and their bodies were almost reduced to skeletons tied up in prison cars.
Entering the city. At the very back, there is a huge Yalong tribe's Big-footed Earth-walking Dragon. Along the road covered with bones, the Big-footed Earth-walking Dragon came slowly, carrying a person on its back.
The extremely luxurious golden seat.
On the golden throne, in addition to two similarly dressed silver-armored warriors, there was also a female slave and a little girl holding a baby.
Different from ordinary caravans, this team is more like a slave-catching team.
But it’s rare to see a slave-catching team be so luxurious. They will get a quasi-heaven-level ‘big-footed earth dragon’ that only city lords and above are eligible to ride, and also get a very cool golden throne...
The most surprising thing is that there is no particularly noble person on the Golden Seat, only two warriors, and even a lowly female slave and a little girl who looks like a hungry man. Even if they sit on
At the feet of two silver-armored warriors, sitting on the extremely luxurious
On the golden throne, they looked down at the surroundings, but the timidity and uneasiness in their eyes could still be clearly seen. Anyone with a little discernment could tell at a glance that they were definitely not noble queens. On the contrary, these should be
Untouchables, the hungry among the untouchables!
What qualifications do untouchables have to sit on the golden throne?
The captain of the guard who was in charge of collecting taxes at the city gate was surprised by this.
"The rich sect smells of wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road..." He vaguely heard the silver-armored warrior on the left saying to the silver-armored warrior on the right on the golden throne.
"Don't drop your book bag. Now is not the time to get emotional. Get down to business quickly. We don't have much time to begin with. We still have to cross Zifeng Swamp, so we need to quickly take down the outer ones." The guard captain at the city gate heard Silver on the right again.
The armored warrior said this. Although it was a bit far away and the surroundings were a bit noisy, so he couldn't hear it very clearly, but judging from the accent, the silver-armored warrior on the right should be a woman.
"What do you do?" The guard stepped forward and stopped the thieves who were walking in the front, shouting loudly. No matter what status you have when you come to Heiling City, you must pay taxes. This is the rule set by the lord.
The lord of Heiling City is the younger brother of the lord of the country.
Not to mention the Black Ling Territory, even in the entire Zhifeng Kingdom, no one dares to disobey the Lord's will.
Here, the lord is the sky and the earth, the only ruler who controls the destiny of everyone in the Black Ling Territory!
The path-finding thief with shining eyes rolled down the back of the long-legged running lizard, with a smile on his face. He stepped forward to say hello like an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time. He very skillfully handed the guard a small money bag, and then put it to the guard's ear.
, he bit his ears and said for a while, then pointed back at the big
The dragon walked around and whispered something. Finally, the pathfinder thief took out a bigger and more bulging money bag from his arms, and offered it with a smile as tax... This is all normal, almost all of them
This is what caravans or slave-catching parties did.
Bribing guards is the most common action for every pathfinder thief, and paying taxes is also in compliance with the laws of each region.
Originally this ordinary procedure made the captain at the city gate frown secretly.
I don't know what it feels like.
The captain of the guard always felt that the smile of this pathfinder thief was not flattery, but an indescribable mockery.
It seemed as if the guard who collected the money would be in trouble soon... But there was no problem with the gold coins at all. When the guard captain opened the money bag to register the tax, he found that the gold coins were real, there was no deception, and there were many of them, far exceeding the ordinary ones.
Slave-catching teams, even caravans exceeding the normal size.
This, do these people have so much money that they have no place to squander it?
Look at the escaped slaves they captured. Every one of them was tortured to the point of death. They were completely worthless. Is it really worth paying nearly a thousand gold coins in taxes for these escaped slaves? Besides, a team like this,
Others were already complaining when they had to pay a hundred gold, but this pathfinder thief paid nearly a thousand gold and still had a smile on his face.
So weird!
When the team entered the city, the guard captain still couldn't understand why he felt uneasy.
You should be happy because you have been taxed heavily and you have more shares. Why do you still feel uncomfortable? What went wrong?
"Greyhound, what did he say just now?" the guard captain summoned his men to ask.
"Boss, that is a slave-catching team that hunts down escaped slaves. They have been traveling between Zhifeng Country and Cyclonus Country for a long time. They were just passing through this time. It is said that they are usually mainly responsible for smuggling, and catching slaves is just a part-time job. I guess they entered this time
A large amount of goods, the price was very generous, and more than 800 gold were paid in taxes. Head, we are going to be prosperous this time, so we have to pay
The maximum limit of two hundred gold has been exceeded, and the remaining gold can be divided into more than six hundred gold. Now the brothers can finally celebrate! In this poor and rotten place, how long has it been since I had such income, half a month, no,
I haven’t seen such a fat sheep come to my door in half a year!” The guard danced with excitement and reported the good news to the captain with a beaming smile.
The captain of the guard nodded, indicating that he understood.
Although he had the opportunity to enrich his own pocket, he did not feel happy, and even felt a vague fear.
Impossible... This slave-catching team actually paid 800 gold as tax? No matter how profitable smuggling is, it is impossible to pay such a tax when entering the city. This is simply the behavior of a fool. Who would spend so much money for no reason?
?
If this slave-catching team did this on purpose, then why?
Why did they pay heavy bribes to enter the city?
How could that pathfinder thief reveal a mocking smile deep in his eyes? How could those lowly female slaves and little girls who were as hungry as civilians be qualified to sit on the Golden Seat? The most puzzling thing is,
Those two silver-armored warriors dressed exactly the same, obviously very weak in strength, how could they make themselves feel so scared?
The captain of the guard in charge of collecting taxes at the city entrance couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
I don’t know how much time passed.
From a distant direction, a gryphon flew over, carrying a flying courier covered in blood. Before it could enter the city, the courier fell down.
When the captain of the guard rushed forward to rescue the flying courier, he found that he had been seriously injured and was on the verge of death. At the last moment, the flying courier became energetic again and held the hand of the guard captain tightly: "Quick, quick,
Report to the lord quickly
Sir, Yotei City, Sandstone City, Gobi City, Thorn City, and Walnut City have all been captured. I just escaped from Buffalo City... I, I, I am the only one who escaped... Quickly inform the lord, the enemy...
...asking the Lord for help, ah..."
The messenger seemed to have something to say, but he couldn't hold it anymore.
He tilted his head and died.
"I'll be right away..." When the guard captain heard the news, he immediately jumped to the ground. The entire Black Ridge Territory was invaded, so what's the point? I don't know who it was. Territory outside the war zone was also invaded. Could it be that the war has already begun?
Has it spread to the rear areas such as the Wind-stopping Swamp area?
He was preparing to rush to the Lord's Mansion as fast as possible and report the bad news to Lord Black Ling.
But the bloody and tragic scene of the escaped slave who had just been tied to the prison car and tortured into a human shape flashed through the mind of the captain of the guard.
Yotei City, Sandstone City, Gobi City, Thorn City, Walnut City and Buffalo City were all captured by the enemy. So, were all the city lords and garrison generals of these cities captured?
Could it be...
The captain of the guard suddenly shivered in fear.
I thought of the smiling faces of the thieves who had paid heavy taxes just now, of the untouchables who could never sit on the throne, of the escaped slaves who were tied up in prison cars and tortured into human shapes, of the men and women dressed the same
The conversation of the samurai... The guard captain was so frightened that he trembled all over, and his whole body was soaked with sweat like rain.
"What's wrong? Head?" Several guards looked at the captain inexplicably.
"I have something very important to report to the king. You guys should stay here. By the way, I don't want my share of the tax. Just give it to you. Remember to have fun at night!" the guard captain wiped out.
I sweated a lot, suppressed the fear in my heart, and ordered to go on.
"Understood, boss, you have to go early and come back early!" Several guards were so happy when they heard that the captain was going to go on a mission to the king for free.
"The gryphon is ready!" The clever greyhound even quickly held the captain's flying courier's mount and waited on the captain's departure.
"Goodbye, brothers." The guard captain climbed up behind the griffin and said this intentionally.
Then, he urged the gryphon frantically.
Let it drive as fast as possible.
Two days later.
The gryphon, which was overworked from flying at high speeds day and night, fell to the ground and was abandoned by the guard captain.
The captain of the guard used all his strength to rush on his way. What he wanted most in his heart was not to report this news to the king. The king did not need to report such news to him. I believe he had already received it. What he wanted to do was
, to save his own life, and to escape desperately to the capital where the king is, because that is the safest place.
In Green Willow City, the capital of Zhifeng Kingdom, the tall spire has appeared at the limit of sight.
Green Willow City is a peaceful place where war has never broken out.
Because of the great strength of the Zhifeng Kingdom and its location at the rear of the Tianhua Domain war zone, here, thousands of miles of fertile soil and prosperity, no army or mob has ever been able to attack here...
The guard captain faintly saw Green Willow City in sight, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Okay, I can finally escape here and it's safe.
He took off his captain's clothes and threw them all away, then put on the deerskin he got from hunting, pretending to be a hunter who had lived in the forest area for a long time. Although he didn't know how the war was going, he had abandoned his former captain of the city gate guard.
I decided to change my identity, sneak into Green Willow City, and live a new life in this peaceful city. I have a certain strength, so I don’t have to worry about starving to death. As long as the place of residence is safe enough, it doesn’t matter what my identity is.
After checking it up and down, I felt that there were no flaws.
The former guard captain flew out of the forest area and landed at the gate of Green Willow City. He handed the guard his identity certificate and tax money that he had disguised earlier, and with a smile on his face, he said that he needed to go into the city to sell some furs.
"You poor guy!" the guard snorted with a bit of disgust, and forcibly extorted two more gold coins, then waved his hand: "Get out of here!"
"Wow, look, look over there, there is a luxurious slave-catching team coming over. My God, this slave-catching team seems to have made a lot of money. The big-footed walking dragon actually has a golden throne on its back.
"Whose slave-catching team is this?" Several guards started talking in surprise.
The former guard captain of Heiling City stiffened when he heard this.
He turned back in disbelief.
Desperately, I discovered that the slave-catching team I had seen in Black Ling City before was slowly walking towards Green Willow City.
Their team seemed to be a little stronger. There were more than a dozen mercenaries responsible for guarding, and there were also a few more prison vehicles. The only thing that remained unchanged was the pathfinder thief riding a running lizard. His eyes were still bright and his face was bright.
Still smiling...and sitting on the golden seat were the same slave girl and the little girl holding the baby. Above them, sat the two silver-armored warriors dressed almost exactly the same.
The former guard captain turned pale with fright and almost collapsed on the ground.
He knew the distance between Heiling City and Green Willow City.
Not to mention walking with big feet, even flying with a gryphon would take ten days.
The reason why he was able to get here in three days was because he discovered an unknown space rift and passed through the space rift, saving at least 70% of the distance to get here.
This slow and leisurely pace could catch up with the slave-catching team that walked from Black Ling City to Green Willow City...
The former guard captain no longer dared to think or look, because he found that a bloody shadow in one of the prison cars was very familiar... The path-finding thief with sharp eyes turned over and jumped off the lizard, and stuffed the guard with a smile on his face.
After picking up the money bag, he suddenly smiled at the former Heiling City guard captain and said, "You are quite fast. I never thought you could still be ahead of us!"