The tall, thin soldier withdrew his gaze from the carriage entering the city, and strode towards the rest of the carriage behind, ready to continue the inspection.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his head sharply, looked at the gray-clothed man's carriage before, looked at the deep ruts that the carriage had rolled over, and said to himself suspiciously: "

If it was only for the transport of cloth and cotton, why was the wagon so heavy?, and the two grooms looked very energetic, but their craftsmanship was a little too bad, and they were so ruthless that they bleed the horses. The clothes he wears and the horsewhip he holds are all new, and one car is obviously enough for one groom, but he uses two, which shows that he is too rich...... Stop!"

"Stop!" the tall and thin soldier figured out something, and quickly shouted to his companions at the city gate, "Stop them!"

When the companion heard this, his expression was solemn, and without hesitation, he drew his weapon and stopped in front of the carriage that was about to reach the city gate.

The two grooms, who were driving the carriage, pulled the reins of their horses to stop their horses, and frowned at the gray-clad man in charge.

The gray-clad man in charge changed his expression slightly, and then quickly jumped out of the carriage and greeted the tall and thin soldier with a smile.

"This adult, this adult, what's wrong? Why did you stop us all of a sudden, what's wrong, are we doing something wrong?"

The tall and thin soldier vigilantly stopped the man in charge a meter away, and questioned unceremoniously: "I think there is something wrong with your carriage." ”

"What's wrong with the carriage?" said the man in charge blankly, "our carriage is the same as everyone else's." ”

"It does look the same on the outside, but why can it press out such a deep rut with only cloth and cotton?" said the tall and thin soldier, pointing to the depression next to him.

"What is this...... "The man in charge scratched his head, "this may be that we have too many goods, my lord, you also saw just now, the boxes in the carriage are stacked one after another, and although one box is light, it adds up to a very heavy one." ”

"And what's the matter with the groom you're driving?" the tall and thin soldier continued.

"Groom, what's wrong with groom?"

"The clothes are new, the whip is new, I won't say it, but why does the driving technique look new? Besides, two grooms in one car is too extravagant, isn't it?"

"This-" The muscles on the man's face twitched, and he said with a bitter face, "My lord, listen to me, only one of this groom is actually mine, and the other one is what I brought to my friends in the city, and the technique is really not good, because they are all beginners, and they used to be farmers in the village." ”

"And you're still hired?"

"Because they're cheap. The man in charge said helplessly, "Their skills are not good, but the salary they ask for is only one-third of that of a normal groom, so I put up with it." As for their clothes and whips, they are indeed new, don't I think they can accept my affection and work hard and stop running? After all, such a cheap groom is really hard to find. ”

After listening to the words of the man in charge, the tall and thin soldier did not dispel his doubts, frowned and thought about it, waved his hand and said to his companion who stopped the carriage: "You guys get on the car again and check it again to see if there is anything strange." ”

"Good. The companion nodded, and the two soldiers jumped into the carriage, drove the man down, and began the second inspection.

The man in charge looked at it, his expression was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to say anything, just patiently waited for the inspection to be completed.

After three minutes, the two soldiers who entered the carriage jumped down, shook their heads at the tall and thin soldiers, and said, "Captain Fowles, there is nothing strange about it, the carriage is indeed full of cloth and cotton. ”

The man in charge looked at the tall and thin man named Fowles, spread his hands and said, "Look, my lord, my carriage is really normal, you just let me into the city, I am really in a hurry to deliver the goods." ”

Fowles frowned deeply and didn't speak, always feeling that something was missing.

The man in charge looked at Falls' appearance, hesitated for a moment, and then approached quietly the next moment, and took out a small money bag and handed it to Falls: "This lord, this is a little bit of my meaning, can you take a look at this matter or forget it?"

Falls didn't answer, took a step back, hung the hand holding the money bag in the air, looked at the man in charge solemnly and said, "You are rich?"

"No, no, it's all small money. ”

"Let me ask you, how much will you pay if you don't deliver on time this time?"

"Ten ......" The man in charge swallowed, not knowing what Falls meant, and said, "Fifteen silver coins." ”

"And how much is in the money bag you handed me now?"

"This ......," the man in charge stiffened.

Without waiting for the man in charge to answer, Fowles grabbed it, opened it, looked at it, and sneered: "Ten silver coins." ”

"Kind of interesting!" said Falls, "you are so generous! I would rather pay ten silver coins than pay fifteen silver coins." It is true that fifteen silver coins are more than ten silver coins, but those fifteen silver coins are not necessarily lost. Now if I still believe that your carriage is okay and let your carriage into the city, then I am a pig. ”

"I'm ......" The man in charge stood there and didn't know what to say, drops of sweat came out of his head.

Fowles ignored the man in charge, pressed the saber at his waist with one hand, looked at his companion who stopped the carriage, and thought for a moment, "Pete, Ralph, you two go under the carriage and take a look, I suspect that they have something entrained, either silver wood wood or finished refined iron. ”

These two things are both expensive and heavy, and they are completely worthy of the word valuable, and the taxes collected are also extremely high, and they are one of the entrainments of tax evasion that are often detected.

"Yes, Captain. The two soldiers whose names were called did not hesitate, nodded, and got under the carriage.

After a while, the brown-haired soldier named Pete came out first, his eyes wide open, a little shocked and a little scared, and a little excited.

"Pete, is there really something under the carriage?" Fowles asked quickly, "what is it?"

"Yes......" Pete swallowed.

At this moment, the red soldier named Ralph came out, his body trembling a little, and in his hand he held a crossbow made of fine iron, and his arrows were already loaded. The end of the arrow shone with a pitch-black luster, and if you look at it carefully, there are faint lines, which are magic patterns.

"Captain, yes...... Weapons. Ralph said in a trembling voice, "There are a lot of them hidden under the carriage, some of which are specially designed to deal with wizards and demon riders, forbidden items among the forbidden ones!"

"Brush!"

Falls reached out and quickly drew the long sword at his waist, pointed at the man in charge next to him, and made a fighting gesture. Then his eyes widened, and he saw Ralph and Pete, who had just emerged from the carriage, their heads popping open, and large streams of blood spurted out, staining their 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-"