The tall and thin soldier stopped looking at the carriage entering the city and walked towards the other carriages behind him, preparing to continue the inspection.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his head suddenly, looked at the carriage of the man in gray clothes, looked at the deep ruts made by the carriage, and said to himself suspiciously: "
If it was just transporting cloth and cotton, why would the carriage be so heavy? Moreover, the two grooms looked very energetic, but their skills were a bit poor. They were so cruel that they beat the horses to blood. The clothes he is wearing and the riding whip he is holding are all new. One car is enough for one groom, but two are used. This shows that he is too rich... Stop! "
"Stop!" The tall and thin soldier thought about something, shouted quickly, and called to his companions at the city gate, "Stop them!"
After hearing the words, the companion's expression became solemn. Without hesitation, he said "swipe", drew his weapon, and stopped in front of the carriage that was about to reach the city gate.
The two grooms driving the carriage suddenly pulled the reins to stop the horse, frowning and looking at the man in charge in gray clothes.
The expression of the man in charge of the gray clothes changed slightly, and then he quickly jumped out of the carriage and faced the tall and thin soldier with a smile.
"My lord, this lord, what's wrong? Why did you stop us suddenly? Is there something wrong?"
The tall and thin soldier cautiously stopped the man in charge one meter away and questioned unceremoniously: "I think there is something wrong with your carriage."
"Carriage? What's wrong with the carriage?" The man in charge asked blankly, "Our carriage is the same as everyone else's."
"It does look the same from the outside, but why can it only be filled with cloth and cotton and make such deep ruts?" the tall and thin soldier pointed at the depression next to him and said.
"Is this..." the man in charge scratched his head, "Maybe we are loading too much goods. Sir, you just saw that the boxes in the carriage are piled one on top of the other. Although each box is light, the total weight is very heavy. "
"Then what's going on with the groom you drive?" the tall and thin soldier continued to ask.
"Groom, what happened to the groom?"
"The clothes are new, the riding crop is new, I won't go into details, but why does the driving technology also look new? Besides, using two grooms in one car is too luxurious, isn't it?"
"This -" the muscles on the man's face twisted, and he said with a grimace, "Sir, listen to me, actually only one of the grooms is mine, and the other one was brought by me to a friend in the city. The skills are indeed not good, because they are all novices and were farmers in the village before."
"Then you still hire me?"
"Because they are cheap." The man in charge said helplessly. "Their skills are not good, but their salary is only one-third of that of a normal groom, so I tolerate it. As for their clothes and riding whips, they are indeed new. Didn’t I just think that they would accept my kindness and keep working hard and not run away? After all, it’s really hard to find such a cheap groom."
After listening to the words of the man in charge, the tall and thin soldier did not dispel his suspicion. He frowned and thought for a while, then waved his hand and said to his companions who stopped the carriage: "You guys get in the carriage and check again to see if there is anything strange."
"Okay." The companion nodded, and the two soldiers jumped on the carriage, drove the people out, and started the second inspection.
The man in charge looked at it and looked a little anxious, but he didn't dare to say anything. He just waited patiently for the inspection to be completed.
Three minutes later, the two soldiers who entered the carriage jumped down, shook their heads at the tall and thin soldier and said, "Captain Falls, there is nothing strange. The carriage is indeed filled with cloth and cotton."
The man in charge looked at the tall and thin man named Fowles, spread his hands and said: "Look, sir, my carriage is really normal. Just let me go into the city. I am really in a hurry to deliver the goods."
Fowles frowned deeply and said nothing, always feeling that there was something missing.
The man in charge looked at Fowles, hesitated for a moment, then quietly approached him, took out a large money bag and handed it to Fowles: "My lord, this is what I mean, you see Do you want to let this matter go?"
Fowles didn't answer. He took a step back, hung the man in charge's hand holding the money bag in the air, looked at the man in charge seriously and said, "Are you rich?"
"No, no, it's all small money."
"Let me ask you, if you don't deliver on time this time, how much will you have to pay?"
"Ten..." The man in charge swallowed his saliva, not knowing what Fowles meant, and said, "Fifteen silver coins."
"Then how much is in the purse you handed me now?"
"This..." The man in charge's expression froze.
"Before the man in charge could answer, Fowles grabbed it, opened it, looked at it, and sneered: "Ten silver coins. "
"It's interesting!" Fowles said, "You are so generous! In order not to compensate for fifteen silver coins, you would rather pay ten silver coins. Indeed, fifteen silver coins are more than ten silver coins, but those fifteen silver coins are not You must pay for it. Now if I still believe that your carriage is fine and let your carriage enter the city, then I will be a pig."
"I..." The man in charge stood there and didn't know what to say, with drops of sweat pouring out of his head.
Fowles ignored the man in charge, held down the sword at his waist with one hand, looked at his companions who were blocking the carriage, thought for a while and said: "Pete, Ralph, you two get under the carriage and take a look. , I suspect that they have something mixed with them, either wooden products of silver wood or finished refined ironware."
Both of these items are expensive and heavy, and can definitely be called expensive. The taxes charged on them are also extremely high, and they are one of the items that are often detected as tax evasion items.
"Okay, Captain." The two soldiers whose names were called nodded without hesitation and got under the carriage.
After a while, the brown-haired soldier named Pete came out first, his eyes wide open, with a bit of shock, fear, and a bit of excitement in his eyes.
"Pete, is there really something under the carriage?" Fowles asked quickly, "What is it?"
"Yes..." Peter swallowed.
At this time, a red soldier named Ralph came out, his body trembling a little, holding a crossbow made of fine iron in his hand, with arrows already loaded. The end of the arrow shines with a dark luster, and if you look carefully, there are faint lines, which are magic lines.
"Captain, it's... weapons." Ralph said tremblingly, "There are many hidden under the carriage, some of which are specially used to deal with wizards and demon knights. They are the most forbidden items among the forbidden items!"
"brush!"
Fowles reached out and quickly pulled out the long sword from his waist, pointed it at the man in charge next to him, and made a fighting stance. Then his eyes widened, and he saw Ralph and Peter who had just gotten out of the carriage compartment. Their heads suddenly exploded, and large streams of blood spurted out, staining the field of vision red.
Not far away, Richard, who was waiting in the crowd to enter the city, raised his eyebrows when he saw this scene, opened his mouth and said silently: "Wizard-"