Chapter 326 A Little Tricky

There was a dense and continuous sound of horseshoes. Han Shuo, who quickly approached from far to near, inspected the progress of the project on the city wall. Seeing the knight commander Falkeland riding a tall warhorse, he rushed over anxiously.

Falkeland, who dismounted from his horse, trotted all the way to the wall in front of Han Shuo, panting and looked up at Han Shuo: "My lord, the caravan transporting chariots and other equipment from Hailan City was snatched by some bandits on the way. , Those robbers let out their words. You must pay 50,000 gold coins before letting people hand over chariots and other equipment."

The bandits who wandered from Hailan City to Brettle City were not large in scale. When Han Shuo ordered these equipment from some chambers of commerce through Phoebe, he not only reminded them to be careful of the robbers on the way, but also asked Falkeland to send someone to pick them up in advance. According to Han Shuo's judgment, those small groups of robbers should not have the guts to do anything. Now listen to the news from Falconland. He asked with a gloomy face, "You mean. Several groups of robbers united to make a move?"

Falkeland's face was a little embarrassed. He nodded and replied: "That's right, one bandit would definitely not dare to attack, but this time five bandits joined together. Some guards in the caravan couldn't stand it at all. Lord City Lord, those damn bandits are asking for their own death. I will immediately Lead the knights in the city and eradicate all these robbers."

"Wait!" Han Shuo shouted. Stopping Kelan's impulse, he thought for a while before asking: "How many people in total know about the news of our purchase of those chariot equipment?"

"This time the soldiers on the way to pick up and drop off know, what's the matter, my lord?" Falkeland was puzzled, and didn't understand why Han Shuo suddenly brought up this matter.

With a cold snort, Han Shuo said, "How did those robbers know by chance that the caravan would come on that day, and why did they suddenly unite together and dare to extort our gold coins after robbing the caravan? Don't you think this is very strange?" Is there something interesting?"

As soon as the words came out. Falkeland was startled and shouted: "My lord is saying that there may be spies among our people?"

"No, maybe, there must be!" Han Shuo suddenly shouted: "I will not pursue your dereliction of duty. I will give you half a day to find that spy and execute it for me! Also, when the next conscription time is, don't do it because of lack of people. Just absorb it at will, and anyone with unclean background will be kicked out!"

"Yes!" Fakeland agreed loudly. He jumped onto the horse's back and galloped out with a cold face.

He was in charge of this matter, and he couldn't get rid of the responsibility for such a big mistake. When Lawrence let him arrive in Brettle City, he explained to him that Han Shuo could completely decide his life and death from now on. Falkeland, who is so powerful, knows that Han Shuo is definitely not a soft-hearted person cursing the traitor in his heart. At the same time, he was thinking of a way to quickly get him out.

An hour later, on the wide marble square in front of the City Lord's Mansion,

A total of 300 knights, all on tall horses and shining armor, were lined up neatly under the order of Vacland, not to mention this time Vacland's dereliction of duty, the military posture and momentum of these knights were refined during his training. . It really seems to have the demeanor of the Grand Knights, which shows that Facland is indeed an outstanding knight officer.

Han Shuo sat in the city lord's mansion, and didn't care about what method Falkeland would use to find the spies. Just thinking about how to remove these bandit obstacles on the way from Hailan City to Brettle City as soon as possible.

During this period of time, Han Shuo focused all his attention on the Seven Principalities that he might come back to plunder at any time. I have ignored some large and small bandit groups during this journey. There are more than a dozen bandits along the way, and they are all small bandits who can't get on the stage and only have hundreds or even dozens of people. It is not at the same level as the big bandit groups with thousands of people running between Brettle City and the Seven Principalities.

After Tu Luoda was killed last time, Han Shuo thought that those little robbers should not dare to act rashly, so he didn't take them seriously. Unexpectedly, at a critical time. It turned out that these little robbers stabbed in the back and snatched away the war equipment worth 100,000 gold coins. This made Han Shuo have a murderous desire to completely destroy them.

The road between Brettle City and Hailan City is the most important passage connecting Brettle City to the Lancelot Empire. It is self-evident that the safety of this road is important if Brettle City wants to develop . If the immigrants have not reached Brettle City. Got robbed on the way. I'm afraid no one would dare to settle in Brettle City no matter how extravagant Han Shuo said.

"It's them who want to die, it's not that I don't give them a way out!" Han Shuo clarified his thoughts. His fingers unconsciously tapped on the armrest of the chair, and said firmly.

Falkeland lived up to Han Shuo's trust in him, and only took two hours to find out the spies. Han Shuo did not see who it was. However, they heard a series of horrific howls of pain coming from outside the city lord's mansion.

This scalp-numbing scream lasted for a while and stopped abruptly, and after five minutes, Falkeland walked in in awe. After performing a humble etiquette in front of Han Shuo, Falkeland said in a low voice, "My lord, I have neglected my duty."

Slightly rectified his slack posture. Han Shuo glanced coldly at Falkeland. Asked: "Are you out of trial?"

Nodding his head, Fakeland replied: "There are three soldiers who have just joined. All of them were brought in by the bandits around. Because I think they are strong and strong. In addition, there is a shortage of people at this time. No After careful investigation, they were allowed to join the knight order. This is all my negligence. Please punish me, Lord Earl?"

As Fakeland said, Brettle City is currently employing people. Talents like Fakeland who can both lead and train soldiers are really lacking. Fakeland's momentary negligence is indeed dereliction of duty. But Han Shuo didn't have anyone who could replace him.

Han Shuo was silent for a while, then snorted coldly and said, "I'll make a note of this for now. If you can atone for your crimes in the process of encircling and annihilating those bandits, I will forget about your dereliction of duty this time."

Vaclan nodded heavily. He saluted solemnly. He said loudly: "Don't worry, my lord, this kind of thing will never happen again, and none of the robbers who participated in the robbery will escape. As a knight, I assure you."

"Okay then, call a hundred of the knights you brought. Let's go to the robber's den. See if these robbers have the qualifications to take the fifty thousand gold coins in my hand." Han Shuo stood up with his eyes squinted. Kelan clearly felt the strong killing intent coming from him. He knew in his heart that those daring robbers would definitely pay a heavy price this time.

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night. The sky was as black as a canvas smeared with thick ink. This moonless night extremely affected people's sight. Groups of torches were burning blazingly, heading towards a direction where the air was humid and full of weeds.

In the long river in the shape of a willow leaf. There were more than a dozen huge rafts lined up, and many strong figures also holding torches stood on the rafts. Noisy chatter came from the people standing on the raft.

Falkeland, holding a torch, rode on his horse and frowned at the robber on the raft in the river in the distance, cursing in a low voice: "You cunning robber, I didn't expect to place the transaction here. This is a bit difficult. "

This area is far away from Bretel City, not between Hailan City and Brettle City at all. Instead, it is in the center of the city of Bretel leading to the Seven Duchies.

The last time Han Shuo caught Helen •: Tina brought six magic crystal cannons. It is the city of Bretel returning from this river. It's just because of the six heavy magic crystal cannons. It took him only two days to get back to Brettle from here. This time, Han Shuo and his party, which were purely composed of knights, only took half a day. So I arrived here at night as agreed.

I have to say that the robbers did choose a good place this time. Once they took 50,000 gold coins, they could quickly get away from here by taking advantage of the convenience of the raft. The location of the transaction will be notified temporarily by the robbers. By the time Han Shuo and the others knew they were in this place, it was too late to prepare. Unknowingly, I have fallen into a passive state.

"This group of robbers is not easy. The way they came here was well arranged. It also made us fall into a trap. Once they took the gold coins, they can easily escape with the help of a raft. The knights can't chase after them at all. It seems that we are really serious this time." We met a group of difficult robbers." Han Shuo said to Falkeland, looking at the bandits in front of him.

"My lord, what should I do, even if my lord is a necromancer, those dark creatures can't do anything in the water?" Fakeland said to Han Shuo anxiously, but he was about to make amends. With all the enthusiasm, I plan to make a big deal in this transaction.

"There are still a few light-type magicians on the opposite side. It seems that these robbers have planned for a long time. These light-type magicians should come to guard against me, um. Could it be that this matter is not that simple. Someone is secretly Counting us?" Han Shuo just passed by a demon. First, I saw two low-level light magicians. Said softly in surprise.

An intermediate magician of the light system and an advanced magician of the light system. This level of light magician has limited effect on high-level evil knights, but if flying gargoyles approach them, even mid-to-high-level holy light lighting can cause considerable damage to gargoyles.

therefore. Han Shuo, who saw the existence of the two light magicians, immediately became more aware. He waved his hand and said to Falkeland: "Stop for now. I'll check the situation first. If this is a trap, we will retreat immediately."

until now. Only one of the three yin demons that Han Shuo refined remained. This made Han Shuo's observations not as fast as before, and he could not cover the entire audience as before. in the heart. Han Shuo has already begun to think about whether he should spend some time. A higher-level mysterious demon who has retreated to practice has come out.

A Yin Demon circled around the raft on the river, and actually found the war equipment purchased by Han Shuo, including Fu Binen and Jack from the Booth Firm. The two of them were tightly bound by the robbers. Two sharp steel knives rest on their necks. Fu Binen and Jack's expressions shrank, obviously frightened a lot.

Except Fubinen and Jack. In addition, there were a dozen businessmen from various chambers of commerce, and more than 30 bodyguards of the chamber of commerce who were arrested and detained, all of which were also tightly tied up. There are robbers guarding them all around.

Winning Cameron's Booth Firm in a gamble. It seems to have become a big fortune for the Imperial Commercial Bank. Cameron was devastated by this huge loss. Also lost the trust of many chambers of commerce. On the contrary, Buster Company took advantage of the situation. Gradually active among the major commercial firms.

This time Han Shuo purchased war equipment. It was transported by the Buster Company in conjunction with some other chambers of commerce. The first time if not a good start. It will affect their impression of Brettle City, and it may be difficult to continue cooperation in the future.

therefore. Not only Fubinen and Jack. The safety of those arrested merchants and the guards of the Chamber of Commerce is equally important. If their safety cannot be guaranteed, even if all these robbers are killed, it will be difficult to make up for future losses. Looking at the robbers who were closely guarded, Han Shuo felt a headache for a while.

"Doakes. What should we do next?" A man with a rough appearance and a height of two meters was obviously the leader of a bandit. At this time, on the raft, he asked a young man with a firm face and ambitious eyes shining in his pupils.

This young man is dressed like a gangster and is nearly 1.9 meters tall. Standing there straight like a spear that would never bend, the fancy bandit attire could not hide the ambition light in his eyes. This young man named Doakes. Glancing at the bandit leader. I said to myself: "Don't worry. I thought clearly beforehand. I didn't let you kill these captives. It will make them feel scruples. What's more, in this small river, we still have the advantage of rafts. Two light recruited with a lot of money Department of magicians can block the invasion of gargoyles, this matter is foolproof, I think they have no other way out except to give money."

"Doakes, the ordinary genius of the Imperial Military Academy, it's him, no wonder!" said Han Shuo who heard their speech through Yin Demon. The Yin Demon circled around the young man and murmured.