Lu Kuan glared: "What's the matter, I'm usually very efficient, this dwarf is too stupid!" ”

"Haha~" Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon smiled very unkindly.

Xiaoli on the side saw two men arguing, but she just lowered her head and smiled shyly.

……

After about ten minutes, a gently flat hill with slightly higher ground appeared in front of them, and it was pitch black all around, with only a few flickering fires on the hillside.

It was a bonfire lit by someone, and it was burning.

Seeing this scene, Lu Kuan couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

Looking at the area covered by these bonfires, sure enough, as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon said, the number of merchants in front of him should be about three or four hundred, and there are probably nearly a hundred guards in it.

Thinking of this, Lu Kuan took out a torch from his bag, raised it high, turned his head and said to a few people: "Don't move yet, I'll send a new number to the other party to avoid misunderstanding." ”

Then, Lu Kuan rode a velociraptor and walked a few steps forward, came to a small hillside, raised the torch in his hand high, and shook it regularly.

Left, right, bottom, up.

In the dark night in the wilderness, when two caravans of unknown acquaintances meet, they meet each other, and in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, they usually use this unique torch language to communicate over long distances, which means "We are not hostile, send someone to negotiate quickly!" ”

Other similar ones include "borrowing", "there is danger in a certain direction", "there is something to ask you for", and so on.

In the previous life, Lu Kuan had been in the wild all the year round, and he had long been familiar with this set of things between NPCs.

Sure enough, when Lu Kuan repeated the same action for the fourth time, on the opposite hill, there was already a torch coming down from the hillside, and a neat line went straight to this side.

The few people in the back were very surprised, not to mention Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Xiaoli, even old rivers and lakes like Baker didn't know much about this unique way of communication between caravans.

However, for the sake of safety, the four shield guards who followed over were still carefully surrounding Lu Kuan and the others in the middle, and Baker rode a wolf, on Lu Kuan's right hand, vigilantly staring at the comers.

After a while, the other party had already come to the front of several people, and both sides saw each other's situation clearly.

The caravan consisted of seven men, five human cavalry and two tall orc wolf cavalry, all heavily armed and well-armoured, apparently sentries patrolling around the camp.

Standing at the front was an orc knight, with heavy double-layer chain mail on the rest of his body except for his head, a heavy one-handed heavy sword at his waist, and a heavy axe in his hand, the grip of which was thicker than Lu Kuan's arm.

"Sign-up status!" The orc knight stopped more than ten meters away and shouted loudly.

"Old man of Waiheke Harbor, friend of Mr. Starks!" Lu Kuan responded, turning around and motioning for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Xiaoli to come up, and let several people light their torches.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also raised his voice and smiled, "Is it Captain Splittooth?" We've seen it in Rapids Harbor before, I'm Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! ”

The other side obviously recognized the elven warrior monk, and after whispering a few times, these sentries were obviously not as nervous as before, and the orc cavalry also hung the heavy axe back on their waists, and controlled the wolf to take a few steps forward.

Lu Kuan motioned for the dwarven shield guards to put away their weapons, and the shields were also hung back on their backs, and he took the lead in dismounting, and walked up with the two of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

"Why did you come here at night, I thought I had met a robber."

The sturdy orc, known as Captain Splittooth, also got down from the wolf warrior at this time, walked over and smiled at Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, then turned to Xiaoli, bowed slightly and said, "Miss Lili, hello." ”

"Hello Captain Splittooth~" Xiaoli seemed to be familiar with this orc, and said with a grin.

Lu Kuan looked at this orc curiously at this time, and was a little surprised in his heart—since this guy was different from other orcs, his tone of voice was polite, and he was polite, and he always had a kind smile on his face.

A gentleman among the orcs? Lu Kuan couldn't help but think about it and couldn't help but smile.

Splittooth smiled, his gaze swept over the indifferent dwarves behind him, and then turned to Lu Kuan.

Based on his experience, it was easy to see that these people in front of him seemed to be dominated by this young ranger.

Seeing this, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon introduced with a smile: "This is our captain, Lao Lu, this time I came to discuss some business with Mr. Starks. ”

"Oh?"

Cracked Tooth glanced at Lu Kuan in surprise, and then smiled: "Let's stop standing here, let's go in and talk about it." ”

As he spoke, the tall orcs made a gesture of please, and several of them led their horses, and under the escort of the sentinels, they smoothly entered the camp of the merchant group.

Said to be a camp, in fact, it is a simple temporary station, Lu Kuan looked around, and found that a lot of the goods on the horse's fart have not been unloaded, and the wheels of the carriage have not been dismantled, it should be here to rest for a while, and will soon be on the road.

Lu Kuan and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon glanced at each other, and they both saw the happiness in each other's eyes: "It seems that the choice of taking a shortcut this time is the right choice~"

In the middle of the camp was a relatively luxurious carriage, with no goods on the frame, but a rather large carport, plainly decorated, with a small yellow flag of the weed merchant group on the roof of the carport.

As the group approached, a goblin wearing a black hat happened to get out of the carriage.

He was dressed in a modest black robe, with a small braid tied at the back of his head, and his hair was already gray.

And he was dressed very simply, except for a dazzling ruby ring on his left ring finger, which he couldn't tell at all, this was a deputy head of the Weed Merchant Regiment.

"Ah, it's Miss Lili, Mr. Warrior Monk,"

The goblin with a sharp nose smiled and said, stepped on the wooden ladder and walked down, then walked over and warmly shook the hands of Xiaoli and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: "Farewell to Rapids, I didn't expect to see two of you here, haha~"

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also laughed and said, "Mr. Starks, although I also believe in fate, but this time, I came to you specifically. ”

"Oh?" Starx was a little curious, and naturally looked at Lu Kuan next to him.

After a brief introduction, Starx roughly understood what the people meant, and did not express his position, but led everyone to a bonfire first.

"Fierce Tooth, go and bring my table." Starx commanded the orc captain.

"Yes."

The orc captain bowed, then turned to leave.

Starx added a few sticks of firewood to the bonfire, and then looked at Lu Kuan: "Mr. Old Deer, do you want to sell me something, or buy it from me?" ”

"There are buys, and there are sells,"

Lu Kuan already had a plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "The Weed Merchant Group is famous, and it must have come all the way from the Silver Dragon Empire, and it must have brought a lot of special goods, I don't know if I have this honor, let's take a look at your things first?" ”

Starx smiled slightly, glanced at Lili next to him, and then said: "Our merchant group has the rules of the merchant group, and when we come to the Northern Empire, we naturally have our plans, and most of the things have already had buyers." ”.