Chapter 143 Caravan and Mingyun Town

Spring has passed, summer is deepening, and the weather is getting hotter.

The members of the Bran Chamber of Commerce drove the mules and horses that were pulling carts or carrying goods, all with droopy faces, and left Mondstadt under the sympathetic eyes of other caravans.

There were many caravans that were damaged in the Mondstadt dragon disaster, but the Bran Chamber of Commerce was the only one that was unlucky enough to face a dragon head-on. Especially since this chamber of commerce came all the way from Liyue, it was a blessing from the gods to be able to keep its capital, not to mention making money.

The caravan left the city, crossed the bridge, and headed west along the wide official road, intending to return to Liyue through the stone gate via Qingquan Town and Dawn Winery.

Although the dragon disaster had passed, traces of the raging storm could still be seen on both sides of the road. The caravan stopped and walked, either along the original road or on the new roads recently opened by other caravans traveling between Liyue and Mondstadt, and they were moving relatively steadily.

Perhaps because there were not many goods on the return trip, the Bran Merchants passed through the stone gate and entered Liyue faster than expected.

"Isn't this road a little too quiet?"

Chen Tianfeng, with a knife on his waist and riding a red horse, turned his head and looked behind him, with a puzzled expression.

What about those treasure-stealing groups and bandits?

He remembered that when he first came to Mondstadt, he encountered many bandits on the road from the stone gate to the Dawn Winery - and gained a lot of Mora.

But why is it so quiet this time? They are a caravan, and it stands to reason that they shouldn't encounter more bandits shouting "This road is mine"?

Chen Tianfeng thought for a moment and looked at Ye Lan, who was dressed as a Liyue merchant beside him: "Brother Lanyou, what did you do?"

"Brother Chen misunderstood, I didn't do anything."

Ye Lan shook her head and rode side by side with Chen Tianfeng, saying sincerely: "The previous section of the road was in Mondstadt. I am just an ordinary Liyue merchant. Even if I want to do something, I am unable to do it."

"Then why didn't you see any bandits along the way?" Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows slightly, and refused to believe Ye Lan's words at all, especially when she put on the vest of "Lanyou" again.

"Brother Chen is really asking for trouble. I am not a bandit. How can I know why they didn't jump out to rob?" Ye Lan glanced at him and said: "Besides, isn't it a good thing that the caravan didn't encounter bandits?"

"... We have already left the stone gate. There is no need to continue acting, right?"

Chen Tianfeng sighed. It is indeed a good thing that a normal caravan doesn't encounter bandits, but the caravan in front of him is not a normal caravan.

He glanced at the caravan members who looked tired but actually had steady heartbeats and long breaths. How could they be caravan members? They were clearly well-trained special forces!

Some of them even looked familiar. Chen Tianfeng was sure that he had seen them when he was learning swordsmanship from Ye Lan.

"It's good to be careful. The more cautious you are, the safer you are. I don't want to risk their lives." Ye Lan said calmly.

"..."

Chen Tianfeng was silent for a few seconds and bowed to Ye Lan: "My fault."

He had been in Mondstadt for too long and was deeply influenced by Wendy. He almost forgot how to write the word "cautious". He really shouldn't have.

He might not care too much, but that didn't mean that these "caravan members" who were still ordinary people could do the same. Mortals were too fragile. If they lost their caution, they would die one day.

Ye Lan did not dodge, but calmly accepted Chen Tianfeng's apology. After thinking for a while, he said, "Brother Chen, do you really want to meet those bandits?"

"How could that be? I wish there were no more bandits in this world."

Chen Tianfeng shook his head, thinking of his start in Teyvat, and then thinking of his start when he first crossed over, he couldn't help smacking his lips. It seemed that both were not very good. The former was locked in a cage, and the latter opened his eyes and found himself turned into a big snake.

At first, he couldn't even speak, "hissing~" for a long time, and then upgraded with the power of faith and regained the ability to speak - which made him excited for a long time, and pulled his high priest to chat from dusk to late at night, and then until the sun rose, until the gray-haired high priest couldn't hold on and fell asleep.

After waking up, the high priest felt guilty and selected several energetic young people to chat with his inexplicably excited and suddenly talkative god.

"What a coincidence! I received news that a new group of bandits appeared in Mingyun Town. They acted quite secretively. I wonder what shameful things they are doing."

Ye Lan turned her head to look at Chen Tianfeng, with a barely perceptible smile in her eyes: "Brother Chen, are you interested in going to investigate with me?"

"Mingyun Town?"

Chen Tianfeng's mind flashed with information about Mingyun Town, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "I remember that it was in a semi-abandoned state. What did the bandits go there for? Is it for the treasure?"

In the beginning, Mingyun Town was rich in minerals, and it prospered for a while, but the minerals would eventually be exhausted. Mingyun Town was not suitable for farming or transformation, so it was inevitable that there would be population loss and prosperity.

Mingyun Town should have ended peacefully like this, but because of some accidents, the news that Mingyun Town had treasures spread like wildfire, attracting many treasure-stealing groups and adventurers, making Mingyun Town a short-lived bustle. But unfortunately, those who came to look for treasures eventually returned empty-handed.

Now, except for a few persistent people, the matter of Mingyun Town's treasure has come to nothing.

Ye Lan raised her eyebrows slightly: "Brother Chen also knows the rumors about the treasure in Mingyun Town?"

"Yes, but I don't know much."

Chen Tianfeng nodded and sighed: "A tragedy caused by a misunderstanding, the brothers turned against each other and fled one after another, leaving only a lonely old man who kept muttering about the family motto and treasure, and finally died with regret."

That day, his father Yuan Hong told his three sons that he had buried a treasure in Mingyun Town, and only the three brothers could dig it out with their concerted efforts.

However, Yuan Hong did not expect that money could move people's hearts, or he had enough trust in his three sons and believed that they would not have a gap in their hearts and take the treasure for themselves.

But Yuan Hong's three sons obviously failed their father's expectations.

The eldest son Yuan Qing was the first to go alone, intending to take the treasure for himself, but unfortunately encountered a monster and died first; the second son Yuan Liang guessed that the treasure was in the mine, gritted his teeth, went down the mine alone, and soon caught up with his brother; the third son Yuan Cheng was not to be outdone, and with the idea of ​​taking the treasure for himself and running away, he also went down the mine, and finally successfully reunited with his two brothers.

Yuan Hong lost three sons in a short period of time. He was devastated by the huge blow and even seemed to be mentally disturbed. He often talked about treasures and ancestral teachings. As a result, others heard it and spread it from one person to ten people. Then, everyone knew that there was a treasure in Mingyun Town.

But where is the treasure?

What Yuan Hong buried was just the childhood memories of the three sons of the Yuan family, hoping to awaken the warmth of brotherhood in the hearts of the three brothers.