At this moment, a cry of exclamation suddenly came from further away.
"Go over and take a look." Zhao Xu told the driver.
It's okay if they didn't hear it. As priests, if they suddenly heard someone else's cry for help and ran away, it would only deflect their own camp.
This is also the reason why professions such as paladins, priests, and druids, which are prone to being nosy, have strong abilities, otherwise it would not be easy for them to survive.
At this time, although the driver didn't want to get involved in such nonsense, he still drove in the direction of the source of the sound after hearing Zhao Xu's instructions behind him.
As the carriage passed the half-person-high wormwood pile in front, the view ahead suddenly widened, and they saw a carriage similar to theirs parked beside the post road.
One of the wheels on one side of the carriage had sunk deep into the mud. A young woman wearing a luxurious fur coat was poking her head out to observe the situation ahead. She was holding a young child in her arms, and she was also curiously watching the battle in front of her.
Another leader, a strong man with a dark appearance, was carrying a tower shield in front of the mother and son to protect them.
Around the carriage, eight guards were dressed in silver armor and holding steel shields, looking warily at the cavalry team ahead.
Surrounding the carriage was a cavalry company, all mounted on horses.
Although many of the cavalry ride on ponies that are generally unable to run long distances with endurance, with their light armor, they can be considered to be strong soldiers and strong horses.
The black armor in front of those cavalrymen was painted in the shape of wolf heads. They were still holding the reins in their hands to control the horses, but they all had murder weapons such as machetes and axes on their bodies, and they were watching the people in front of the carriage with eager eyes.
"They are the Black Wolf Riders nearby. Rumor has it that they do some dirty work for some big shots in Mystra and engage in shady shady activities."
The coachman usually traveled around Mystra and knew basically all the mountains. Knowing that Zhao Xu and the others probably didn't understand this, they explained it directly.
"They usually don't rob and kill merchants on the post road with great fanfare. At most, they just rob. Now they are focusing on this carriage. I'm afraid they have quite a lot of inside information."
Zhao Xu frowned slightly after hearing this, already having a vague guess in his mind.
At best, they would draw their swords to help when encountering injustice, but they would not get involved in the grudges between nobles and wealthy businessmen.
Zheng Xinyun, on the other hand, quietly slipped through the car curtain and stared at the imminent battle in front of him with wide eyes.
"Mrs. Betty, please hand over the boy in your arms so that we can go back to work." The leader of the cavalry, who was wearing a bright full-body armor, shouted. At the same time, he waved a long gun and pointed at the tower in front of him. Betty and her son covered in shields.
Mrs. Betty didn't say anything about this. Instead, the strong man in front of her bodyguard directly yelled: "Black Wolf Cavalry, you came to rob our young master, can you bear the revenge behind you?"
"Ha." When the cavalry leader heard this, he waved his hand directly behind him. Immediately, the other twenty cavalrymen directly drew their scimitars with a cold light in their hands, as if they were ready to charge forward.
Although the cavalry leader noticed the carriage approaching from Zhao Xu, he didn't pay too much attention.
At this time, he shouted to the other side of the carriage: "Young Master, do you really think you will become rich just by climbing a tree? You don't want to think about your origins?"
Betty in the center gritted her teeth and looked at the encircling cavalry team in front of her with hatred. She knew that the child in her arms was the biggest bargaining chip. Once she lost it, she would have no room to turn around.
"Betty?" Eliton thought about it when he heard the name.
"Have you heard of it?" Zhao Xu did not live in Mystra in his previous life. Now, at best, he has read the heraldic history of the upper-level mage families in Mystra, and does not know much about some middle-level forces.
Especially after searching for his own local knowledge and finding nothing, he really couldn't understand the whole context just by hearing the name.
"It seems to be the Mystrali Redbud Chamber of Commerce." Eliton was deep in thought.
Chamber of Commerce
Zhao Xu is no stranger to this kind of organization, and he even knows very well that Mystra's Chamber of Commerce is the white glove of many mage families, specializing in business operations and accumulating wealth for the mage families.
Like the quill that can copy spells, only three chambers of commerce in the entire Mystra have obtained franchise rights, and they were decided after countless disputes.
What Zhao Xu encountered at this moment seemed to be just a small robbery, but in fact it might be a microcosm of the entire power game among the Mystra mage aristocrats.
However, the carriage of the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce and the Black Wolf Cavalry Company seemed to be in a mysterious stalemate. The two sides kept shouting and cursing, but they did not attack each other with swords.
And as the two parties yelled and cursed, Zhao Xu also heard a drama of grudges between wealthy families.
After getting enough information, Zhao Xu retrieved some rumors based on his level 1 professional ability "Learning" as a monastic priest. Combined with the knowledge (local) skills, Zhao Xu immediately obtained a lot of information.
He opened his mouth to explain the ins and outs of the drama in front of him, half-braining and half-speculation to the two people behind him.
The Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce is a family-owned chamber of commerce, mainly engaged in the magic scroll trade in Mystra.
During this period, Abel, the leader of the Chamber of Commerce, remarried Betty, who was already a deacon in the Redbud Chamber of Commerce, after his wife was accidentally killed seven years ago, and then gave birth to Abel's second son, Webster.
Later, as the health of Abel, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, deteriorated, the Chamber of Commerce was gradually controlled by Harry, the eldest son of Abel's first wife, and his second wife, Mrs. Betty.
The two parties were originally at peace with each other until recently, the business leader Abel suddenly suffered a stroke. After being rescued by doctors and priests, most of his body functions were lost. When the oil was exhausted, he felt groggy every day and was no longer able to continue. In charge of the Chamber of Commerce.
At this time, the undercurrent under the Chamber of Commerce suddenly began to surge. Mrs. Betty also sensed that the wind was going in the wrong direction, so she quickly fled back to her parents' home in Frost Dew Town with her youngest son.
That's why there was a scene where Abel's eldest son, Harry, entrusted the Black Wolf Rider to stop Lady Betty.
For him, as long as he has control over his brother Webster, basically his stepmother Betty can't cause any trouble.
"Captain, do we want to save them?" Zheng Xinyun asked.
Now that she knew that the other party was not a weak woman being coerced, Zheng Xinyun no longer had that knot in her heart. Although she looked down on this kind of behavior, she would not get involved rashly.
In this situation where we don't know who is right or wrong, impulsiveness can easily become the butcher's knife for one of the parties.
After seeing a lot of reversal situations on the Internet, players now know how to wait and see before eating melons, chill the melons, and then eat them when they are cold.
At this time, the shouting and cursing between the two sides had become more and more intense, and they even began to collide with weapons, and the sound of collisions was even more constant, as if the two sides were about to start a life-and-death battle without being able to stop each other.
"I'm afraid it's not our turn to take action." Seeing that he was unable to provide more information to Zhao Xu, Eliton felt a little regretful. When he heard Zheng Xinyun's inquiry, he hurriedly expressed his opinion.
"How do you say that?" Zheng Xinyun asked curiously. At this time, she tightened her grip on the light crossbow in her hand. The bow string was tightened, and the crossbow arrow was about to fire.
That was what Zhao Xu had just taken out and given to her.
Originally, the monster old hag's defense ability exceeded level 22, so Zhao Xu had no intention of letting the two of them shoot with light crossbows. Without experience, it would be easy to accidentally injure teammates.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly encountered this confrontation, so he picked them out again for the two of them to make do with.
"According to the situation of the scene, it is obvious that the Black Wolf Cavalry has the upper hand, and although the wheels of the carriage were stuck in the pit, they did not quickly change their horses and escape with the light cavalry. Apparently they thought they had a chance of winning by dragging them on. In addition, the Chamber of Commerce itself is engaged in the scroll trade, saying The other party is not allowed to have some notification methods, and they are waiting for reinforcements to come to their aid." Eliton analyzed.
At this time, he also remembered the amulet filled with sand that Zhao Xu gave him, and then said, "In this case, it might be Mrs. Betty who surrounds and kills those black wolf riders."
But Zhao Xu shook his head, "Betty has no hope. I'm afraid she has realized that it won't be her helper, or she is just betting on a one-in-10,000 chance of an accident."
After hearing this, Zheng Xinyun didn't wait to ask questions when he suddenly saw billowing sand and gray fog rising in the distance from the original post road.
An elite cavalry team of more than thirty people swept in from the direction of Shuanglu Town.
Compared with the ordinary cavalry company that besieged Mrs. Betty, the cavalry companies that attacked from afar were all heavy-duty war horses. The cavalrymen, who were all matte black and heavily armored, were even more majestic. There were more than ten cavalry lances in the front row facing them. Pointing at it, full of chilling meaning.
"Retreat." Zhao Xu ordered the driver in front.
As Harry's elder brother, according to Mystra's tradition and the suppression of the church forces, with witnesses like Zhao Xu, it is destined that the final outcome will be that his brother Webster will be under surveillance for four or five years until Mrs. Betty's death. All forces were wiped out.
Next, when they watched the show again, they seemed to be violating the rules and seemed to be picking up the pieces.
Zhao Xu, who didn't care about the extraneous problems, naturally decided to evacuate.
Seeing the identity of the oncoming cavalry, and feeling the strong smell of blood on the other side, Mrs. Betty immediately understood that her family, who came to rescue her, would probably be robbed and killed by this cavalry company coming from the direction of Frost Dew Town. .
Her eyes turned red, but she hugged her child even more tightly, looking at the leader of the new cavalry, thinking about the way out.
Who would have known that just when the carriage driver flicked his whip and drove the horse in front of him to get up and leave.
With a "bang", an arrow with eagle feathers landed outside the carriage where Zhao Xu was. The arrow head even passed through the weak baffle of the carriage.
The cavalry leader who initially besieged Mrs. Betty turned his horse's head and looked at Zhao Xu. "Friend, after watching the show for so long, you still want to leave so easily without handing over anything?"
(End of chapter)