between the shadows of salted fish

Chapter 142 Between the Cracks: Knights and Trade①

On the unknown and quiet avenue, the white fox looked at the invisible road and said, "According to this speed! It may take us several days to arrive!"

The moment the white fox's voice fell, Paqi opened the window and looked at the white fox and said: "There should be several caves near here! We can go there to spend tonight!"

The white fox was stunned for a while and then said: "Cave? Wouldn't there be monsters inhabiting it?"

Pachi shook her head and said: "That cave was a safe area built by people in the past... There will be no monsters in it!"

The white fox nodded subconsciously and said, "Is that so? Let's go over there now!"

Just as the white fox and the others were heading to a safe area, they were in the territory of the Duke of Warren on the other side.

A middle-aged man covered in chains sat in a ball cage and looked at a dozen girls outside and said, "I didn't expect my kindness to be the reason for my failure!"

The girl standing at the front holding the staff hesitated for a moment and said: "Duke Warren! You have not lost... If the legend is true! Then you still have a chance to come back!"

Duke Warren snorted coldly and said, "Opportunity? I don't think that brat who got scolded by me will come back to help me!"

The girl holding the staff hesitated for a moment and then said: "Even so! That one will remember the feelings of fighting together back then... come back to save you! Isn't it?"

Duke Warren looked at the girl holding the staff and said: "Xin...you don't need to comfort me! I know my future!"

Before Xin could say anything, a lazy voice sounded: "Hey, hey! Am I that cold-blooded and ruthless?"

Duke Warren stared wide-eyed at the familiar face who appeared by his side at some point and said, "You brat! You're really back! Can't you see that this is a trap?"

Zhao Yanxiang took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed one into Duke Warren's mouth, saying, "Trap? That person is dead... The trap here has lost its meaning!"

Duke Warren frowned and looked at Zhao Yanxiang and said, "Can you untie me first!"

Zhao Yanxiang nodded, then took out the crimson dagger, waved it at the chain behind Duke Warren a few times, and said, "I was so busy chatting with you that I forgot what to do first!"

Duke Warren stood up helplessly, twisted his joints and said, "You killed them, right?"

Zhao Yanxiang shook his head and said: "The moment I swung the knife... I was the only one of them who was included in the miniature world!"

The Duke of Warren looked at his subordinates around him suspiciously and said, "What is your current situation?"

Without waiting for the people around to speak, Zhao Yanxiang said first: "It's because I imprisoned them!"

After a moment of silence, Duke Warren said: "No wonder this girl Xin said such things... It turns out that their bodies can no longer move!"

Zhao Yanxiang nodded and said: "It's not their fault! And... about the next plan! I don't think you will fight against me again, right?"

After a moment of silence, Duke Warren said: "Can they recover?"

Zhao Yanxiang snapped his fingers and said, "It can be recovered! But it doesn't make much sense!"

Duke Warren asked with a puzzled expression, "Why doesn't it make much sense?"

Before Zhao Yanxiang could speak, Xin said, "My lord! We...are dead!"

Duke Warren asked with a gloomy face: "When did it happen! Why don't I know!"

After hesitating for a moment, Xin said, "Just within a week after you married that woman of unknown origin!"

The Duke of Warren roared with a flushed face, "Damn it (breathing fragrance)! I'm going to kill you!"

As soon as Duke Warren finished speaking, Zhao Yanxiang stretched out his hand and patted Duke Warren in fear, and said, "Stop messing around! You don't have any soldiers now... What are you doing with her?"

After calming down, Duke Warren said, "Your kid has follow-up plans... right?"

Zhao Yanxiang nodded and said, "I can give you a floating fortress! After that, it's your own problem!"

Duke Warren frowned and said, "Will you give it to me for free? Do you think I'm stupid?"

Just as Zhao Yanxiang was about to speak, Duke Warren said: "I remember your kid once said... There is a very powerful person in your world who once said! Free things are either traps or more expensive pies!"

Zhao Yanxiang scratched his head and said, "Don't be so nervous! I have conditions...but it's not as complicated as you think!"

Duke Wallen frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "What do you want? Except for your daughter and that thing! I can trade everything with you!"

Zhao Yanxiang rolled his eyes and said, "What do I want from your daughter? And... I gave you that thing!"

Duke Warren blushed for a moment and said, "Then tell me! What exactly do you want?"

After being silent for a while, Zhao Yanxiang took out a document and handed it to Duke Warren, and said, "Take care of this man! Let him have a chance to grow...Arrange him more work like suppressing bandits!"

After receiving the document, Duke Warren looked at the photo on the document with a puzzled expression, and did not say until a long time after Zhao Yanxiang finished speaking, "This is your son?"

Zhao Yanxiang said with an MMP expression: "Are you trying to mock me for not having a girlfriend?"

Duke Warren looked at Zhao Yanxiang in surprise and said, "Could it be that he is you from the past?"

Zhao Yanxiang shook his head and said: "The past? I haven't passed it for a long time... As for the future! It doesn't exist either!"

After thinking for a long time, the Duke of Warren said: "I know... but I will only help him arrange some bandit suppression work secretly... I can't help him gain benefits openly!"

Zhao Yanxiang looked at Duke Warun and said after a long silence: "This is enough! After all, he needs to grow up..."

On the other side at the same time, Baihu and his party came to a huge lake.

After stopping the wooden cart, the white fox opened the map and looked at it, then looked up at the dense forest not far away and said: "It is said that there are wood elves and water elves living here!"

After hearing Baihu's words, Zi Luolan opened the window and looked around and said, "The relationship between wood elves and humans is normal! Fairies are not hostile to us, but they don't have any good feelings at all!"

The white fox looked suspiciously at the small light spot on the lake not far away and said, "Are those fairies?"

As soon as Baihu finished speaking, Zi Luolan said nervously: "No! That's not a goblin species...that's a dangerous elf of light..."

(End of this chapter)