Bloodline Lord of War

  Chapter 51 The Earl of the Saber (Part 2)

  Jana stayed in Raging Waves City for two days, and after all the carriages were filled with iron ore, she was about to return to Silver Frost City.

  Robin went to see her off and sent her all the way outside the city gate. Before parting, Robin kindly told Janna:

   "I heard that a group of horse bandits appeared near the trade road recently, specializing in robbing passing caravans. Janna, be careful."

   "Oh, I know about this. There are about a hundred horse bandits in this group, and the leader at the head even proclaims himself the Earl of the Saber." Janna said with a smile, a little disapproving.

"Don't worry, there are three business roads from the wasteland to Silver Frost City, the left road, the middle road, and the right road. The left road and the middle road are more prosperous. The gang of horse bandits only roam between the left road and the middle road. I will take the right road. It's still safe."

   "The horse bandits are so rampant, don't the imperial patrols ignore them?" Robin asked strangely.

Janna spread her hands, and said helplessly, "They ran away after they robbed, and they ran back and forth between the two business roads, and they didn't have a fixed base. Even if the imperial patrols wanted to catch them, they couldn't catch them. Moreover, this group of horse bandits There may be an internal response in Silver Frost City."

   "Why do you say that?" Robin asked curiously.

"Because every time the imperial patrols go out to suppress the bandits, this group of horse bandits seem to know in advance, and immediately slip away. Every time they rob, they can perfectly avoid the patrol's route. If this is a coincidence , that must be too coincidental."

  Jana analyzed carefully and said: "And, I think, the insider of the horse bandit may be Viscount Buck."

   "Why?" Robin asked again. He didn't know many situations, so he couldn't make a judgment.

"Because Viscount Buck's caravan also went from the left and the middle, but he has never been robbed by horse bandits. It may be luck once or twice, and he happened to avoid the horse bandits, but he can avoid them every time. It’s not as simple as being lucky.”

"However, this is just my guess. I don't have any evidence. But I think Viscount Buck can do this kind of thing with his insidiousness and collusion with horse bandits. In fact, I am not the only one. Many businessmen doubt Buck, but We can't catch him, and we don't have any power, so we can only suffer from being dumb."

"Several businessmen I know are engaged in serious business. They sell wood and grain to the wasteland, and bring back fur and medicinal materials. Because this gang of horse bandits dominates the trade route, they can't continue to do business and are forced to do business." bankrupted."

   Having said that, Jana sighed heavily. "It's really hard to live in this unfair world."

   "It's very ironic to say that Buck hypocritically offered a reward of one hundred gold coins on the head of the Earl of the Saber. He is really hypocritical." Janna cursed viciously.

   Robin suddenly remembered that Viscount Buck's behavior of thieves shouting for thieves was particularly aptly described by a sentence in his hometown: to be a **** and to set up an archway.

  After hearing so much from Janna, Robin also had a deeper understanding of this glamorous Viscount Barker. This man looks well-dressed, but behind his back is full of despicable deeds.

  Jana looked up at the sky, and said to Robin: "Okay, Lord Baron, I should go."

  Robin helped Janna onto the horse, and Janna rode on the horse, smiling at the lord: "The next time I come, it should be a week later."

  Robin raised his hand and patted the horse's neck, nodded: "Well, be careful on the road."

  …

   A few days later, at Buck's house.

  In a luxuriously decorated reception room, Buck crossed his legs and sat comfortably on the sofa chair, holding a cup of fragrant black tea in his hand.

   A moment later, the butler led a man in.

  This man looks about thirty years old, tall and mighty, with a fierce look on his face, wearing leather armor and a saber hanging from his waist.

  If Jana and other businessmen were here, their jaws would drop in shock when they saw this man, because this man was the Earl of the Saber, and there was a portrait of his arrest warrant posted on the wall of Silverfrost City.

   "Master, here comes the saber." The butler walked up to Buck and said in a low voice.

  Buck asked: "No one saw it?"

  Housekeeper: "Master, don't worry, everything has been checked along the way, and it was delivered directly in a carriage, and no one saw it."

  Buck nodded in satisfaction, and the butler immediately turned and left the reception room, leaving only Buck and Saber in the room.

   Saber immediately knelt down on one knee, looked very respectful, and called out in a hoarse voice: "Master."

  Buck tapped the sofa chair opposite him with his chin: "Sit down."

   "Thank you, Master." Saber stood up and sat down respectfully.

  Outside, the Earl of the Saber, who had made countless businessmen fearful, behaved like a little girl in front of Buck.

  Buck put down his teacup, opened his mouth and ordered: "Take your people, leave the left and middle roads, and go to the right business road."

  Saber’s rough face showed an expression of incomprehension: “Master, there aren’t many people going on Youshang Dao. You’re too poor and have no money. Why do you go to Youshang Dao?”

  Buck frowned slightly dissatisfied, and said coldly: "When is it your turn to give your opinion?"

   Saber immediately lowered his head in fear: "The master said so."

  Then, Buck picked up a portrait from the tea table at hand, and the person painted on it was Janna.

  Buck handed the portrait to Saber, who immediately stood up, took the portrait with respectful hands, and looked at it seriously.

"I have a task for you. This woman is called Janna. She is a merchant. You should block the merchant road on the right. If you see her caravan, grab it every time you see it. Do you understand?" Buck said slowly in a cold tone, his face A sinister expression appeared on his face.

  His purpose is very simple, it is to make Robin unable to do business, he wants to make all of Robin's iron ore rot in the mine, and there is no exchange for a dime.

   And this is only the first step of Buck's plan. If Robin doesn't give in obediently, then he still has many bad moves waiting for Robin.

  Buck chooses to attack Janna's caravan first, which is also revenge for Janna, because Janna turned her back on him and chose Robin.

  He wants to let Janna know that standing with Robin will not end well.

   "Understood!" Saber laughed ferociously, revealing a row of big yellow teeth.

  He carefully recorded Janna's appearance in his head, then rolled up the portrait and put it in his pocket.

   Then, Buck picked up a bag of gold coins from the tea table and threw it to the saber: "You have done a good job these days, I will reward you."

   Saber immediately smiled, stood up and knelt down on one knee: "Thank you, master."

   "Let's go, let the butler take you out of the city."

   "It's the master."

  After the saber left, Buck was the only one left in the reception room. He picked up his teacup again and continued to taste the fragrant black tea.

  He couldn't help recalling the scene when he met Robin, and suddenly felt contempt in his heart. He didn't even have a cup of hot tea. Such a poor ghost deserves to be called a nobleman?

   A sneer slowly appeared on his face, facing the air in front of him, he said to himself: "Robin, let's wait and see, I will make your death look ugly."

   Thank you Qinghe Sanren for your reward, thank you

  (end of this chapter)