Gold is Justice

"Unfortunately, this is not the territory of the Murderer Seat Empire, but the Blue Bay Empire. The two of you actually said that you were robbed by the soldiers of the Blue Bay Empire? Oh, there are such funny things in this world ?"

At that moment, Ariel's spirit tensed up immediately!

The tension is not because of his lies being exposed, but because of the rum cheese next to him!

Sure enough, after hearing that this place was not in the enemy's territory, the princess of the Blue Bay Empire immediately became excited, and was about to stand up from the wooden pier immediately, obviously wanting to announce her identity as a princess immediately!

In order to prevent her from saying the wrong thing, Ariel also stood up at the same moment she stood up, stretched out her hand and pulled her into her arms!Then, she took out a stone from her pocket that she had picked up while lying on the side of the ditch, and pointed it directly at the middle-aged man in front of her.

"Hehe, are you panicking?"

The middle-aged man looked at the stone pointing at him without any intention of dodging. Similarly, the surrounding farmers also raised their weapons, all aiming at Ariel and Sweet Wine Cheese.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid...! My dear, I love you, we live and die together...we will never be separated! Believe me...I will definitely protect you from here! Don't be afraid...don't make a sound..."

Ariel squeezed Rummy's neck tightly to prevent her from speaking.Although relying on the power of rum cheese, she could easily push away Ariel's shackles, but the scene she was facing now frightened the princess who had never seen anything in the world, and she didn't dare to speak for a while.

The middle-aged man glanced at Ariel, and saw that he was flustered now, and the hand holding the stone was not very stable, obviously an untrained hand.Such an arm is not to mention holding a stone, even if it is holding a knife, it is a complete weak person.

"Do you still want to continue acting with me? Hehe, the performance is good, you can continue. I have plenty of time to watch your performance."

At this time, a gunman holding a long gun approached slightly, and Ariel immediately pointed the sharp side of the stone in her hand at the gunman, her face became more bleak, and she shouted——

"I didn't offend you! If you want money... If you want money! I can give you money! Give you a lot of money! As long as you let our husband and wife live! I...I can write to my family! You can Take my letter and go get the money! As long as you are willing to let our husband and wife go!"

"Arrow, isn't it? And, this is your wife, Rum, isn't it?"

The middle-aged man ignored Ariel's complaint at all, but continued to say——

"You little brother looks quite pretty, but the wife you marry is ugly."

Ariel quickly pointed the stone in her hand at the middle-aged man, her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but due to her inner timidity, she didn't dare to say anything.

The middle-aged man started to eat the noodles by himself, and said while eating——

"From the beginning, you refused to say who robbed you. After my fellow villagers said that you might have been hijacked by the soldiers of the Blue Bay Empire, you immediately nodded in agreement. Hehe, I really thought I didn't know Are you extorting information? Do you really think that what the people on my side say is all unintentionally true?"

Ariel gritted her teeth, her hand holding the stone was still trembling slightly: "We... really don't know! Believe it or not! Since it's not the army of the Blue Bay Empire, then it's the army of the Murderous Seat Empire." The army?! We were all robbed anyway! What do you want from me? Take you to the place where I was robbed and show you?!"

The middle-aged man took another mouthful of noodles, smacked his mouth, and ate with relish.However, he seemed to dislike the tasteless bowl of noodles, so he turned and entered the house over there. After a while, he took out a handful of chili peppers, crushed them with his fingers, and sprinkled them directly on a bowl of noodles. Stirring and taking a bite——

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"The second flaw is you... Hehe, Mr. Arrow, you are really calm. You don't look like someone who has just been robbed and then walked in the forest for several days. Exhausted people. I ask you, you respond, and it is coherent, everything is clear. Would a panic-stricken person explain what happened to him coherently like you? Did you put us It's a little too stupid to imagine."

Hearing this, Ariel let out a breath silently, and the tension on her face faded slightly.She patted Tianjiu Cheese's shoulder lightly, signaling her not to move or talk nonsense, then let go of her shoulder and said, "I don't even know when calm and composure became a shortcoming." ?”

The middle-aged man was eating noodles, when he suddenly heard Ariel speak in that calm voice again, he obviously had doubts in his heart, and then he raised his head to look.

I saw that young Arrow, surrounded by all the villagers, was still trying to maintain a kind of composure, even though there was still a little panic on his face, and he was trying his best to relax.

"Oh? Interesting, what do you say?" The middle-aged man responded.

Ariel clutched her chest, and said slowly: "I just said that I am a businessman. Maybe you villagers can't understand, but I know exactly what it means to be a businessman. For a businessman, a sum of money As long as there is a mistake in the goods, the money may be lost. As long as there is a little detail that is not thought of, it may be cheated by others. Even like this time, almost all the goods are lost, and my wife and I Encountered a catastrophe. Sir, please understand that a merchant is not like a farmer who can only occupy one place. If necessary, I need to travel the entire Golden Continent. This kind of business?"

Obviously, Ariel's self-confidence and the professional topic she raised made the middle-aged man unable to respond for a while.

Although Ariel admits that the middle-aged man in front of her is very vigilant, no matter how vigilant a person is, it is impossible to figure out a field that he does not understand or understand at all.Once he brings up the topic of special products needed by a businessman, no matter how vigilant he is, it is impossible to tell whether he is lying or stating the truth at once.

People can't understand what they don't understand, and if they don't understand, then some people will start to avoid this topic.For example, stop being entangled in this place and turn to other things.

But there are also some people who still hope to understand with their own little knowledge, so they will raise some topics that they don't necessarily know the answer to.

And once the topic shifts to this aspect, it will be much easier to regain the initiative.

such as……

"You said you were a businessman? How is that possible?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, obviously wanting to take the initiative on this topic presumptuously——

"Now the Blue Bay Empire and the Hunting Seat Empire are at war, and the relationship between the two sides is simply incompatible! At this time, you are still a businessman on the border? Wouldn't a suspicious person like you see a arrest no matter which army it is from?" One?"

Finally, the topic entered Ariel's familiar territory!

Although there was no expression on her face, Ariel shouted long live for this small phased victory in her heart!

From now on, this topic is no longer about the questioning and suspicion of the disadvantaged party in the dominant direction, but that the disadvantaged party can use their own knowledge to completely reverse the self-righteous empirical logic of the superior party.

As long as she can directly twist the opponent's logic, then even if she is being pointed at by so many people with weapons, Ariel can guarantee that she is safe!

"Sir, this sentence is wrong. Originally, I shouldn't say these words, because if I say them and the authorities find out, I will definitely suffer. But now, in order to save the lives of me and my wife, Allow me to explain briefly."

After a short pause, Ariel immediately said——

"Actually, although the situation between the two sides is tense now, the more this time, the more time a small businessman like me can make money."

"Why? Because once the relationship between Murder Hunter and Lanwan becomes tense, all kinds of official trade on the surface will naturally be banned. However, once the official trade on the surface is banned, private trade will naturally It will increase. And because of the risk of being caught, we can often sell the goods for a high price! Make a lot of money from it!"

"For example, it usually costs one gold coin to sell a weapon to Lanwan for the Hunter, and one gold coin for Lanwan to sell a carload of fish to the murderer. At this time, the price can often be mentioned More than three or four times, and some special goods can even be sold for more than ten times the price! Sir, you said, with such a high profit, why should I not make it?"

The middle-aged man was obviously beginning to notice the problem. He looked at his villagers, and it was obvious that the villagers were also interested in the method of making money that this Arrow boy said. Although the weapon in his hand was still pointed at him, But not so tightly.

At the moment, the middle-aged man waved his hand quickly, as if unwilling to admit it, but he didn't want to just change the subject and bury the concept of "making money" in the hearts of the villagers, and then he said: "Just blow it! I see you How long can it last?" He put down his spoon and fork and stopped eating noodles, raised his sleeve to wipe his mouth, and said, "The price can increase? I understand that. But are you going to kill yourself? Such blatant reselling of goods, both sides The border soldiers will kill you even more if they catch you. Under such circumstances, can you still run around and do business? You are lying to ghosts!"

In Ariel's heart, it's almost time to jump up and dance!

On the surface, she exhaled slightly, and said slowly——

"Of course it's impossible under normal circumstances. Because of this, businessmen like us need to manage border officers on both sides."

The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment: "What about?"

Ariel nodded, took out her pocket with a very uncomfortable expression, and said: "After the state does not allow trading, of course we can only make money through this kind of private transaction. However, we can hide it from the countries on both sides. , but it is impossible to hide it from the border army? Therefore, we usually hand over half of the sales to the soldiers on both sides of the army as a management fee, so that they can allow us to travel safely and turn a blind eye. "

Obviously, such an approach has gone beyond the feelings of the middle-aged man, he widened his eyes and said, "Is this okay?!"

Ariel nodded very seriously and said, "Of course. Although the soldiers on the border say they want to defend their homes and the country, wouldn't it be better if they don't have to fight and bleed to death? And as long as we let us pass, there is no need for anything If you do it, you can get a much higher income than the military salary. They are very happy to see businessmen like us! To be honest, I have a very good relationship with some small soldiers on both sides. If we don’t follow their line for a few months, they will still be very nervous, and they will greet us after seeing us! Alas...just this time..."

Ariel paused for a moment, shook her head lightly, and said, "This time, I don't know what happened... We originally planned to take the scheduled route, but I felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the route when we were on the way. , there were no garrison soldiers that should have been there, and all the soldiers had changed into some unfamiliar faces. Alas... If it wasn't for catching up with this wave of merchants as soon as possible and making a good fortune, I should have stopped at that time and stopped Action! In this case... maybe I won't be reduced to this situation now..."

Ariel's stories are almost all lies.

But the most effective thing about lies is that they lie in the field they are best at, and they also fit the aspirations of ordinary people.

There was already some agreement in the eyes of these villagers.

After all, who doesn't like penny money?When this young businessman who calls himself Ai Luo articulates his own logic of making money, and this logic of making money can indeed be justified from the model point of view, its credibility will naturally be scary.

Coupled with Ariel's just right calmness and helplessness before, as well as the faint trace of fear revealed, especially when he saw the appearance of his ugly wife protecting him, as long as he was a normal person, there would be a lot in his heart. More or less there will be some compassion, so I believe what he said.

"You said you were a businessman? Well, let me believe what you said for now."

The middle-aged man stretched out his hand, knocked on the table in front of him, and said——

"What kind of business do you do? What kind of goods do you buy? Tell me and listen."

Ariel's face suddenly became tense, and he subconsciously withdrew his hand holding the stone, covering his pocket.

Obviously, this action has happened once before, so the middle-aged man immediately became alert.He snorted and sneered, and said, "What? Did I discover the flaw? I remember very clearly that you just said that almost all your things were robbed. This is almost worth pondering~~~"

Ariel tilted her head and thought for a while, then said with a very firm attitude: "If... If you want to know, of course I should take it out. This is my last stock... I don't ask you sir Pay directly according to the price of the goods, but at least leave some for my wife's medical treatment, and give some according to the market price, so that I can go back safely."

The middle-aged man stared: "Stop talking nonsense! Take it out!"

Hearing this yell, Ariel trembled all over, and reluctantly took out a small bag from her pocket, and placed it on the stone table.

Chapter 330 Drug Addiction

Later, the middle-aged man opened the small package and saw several bottles inside.He took out one of the bottles, opened it vigilantly, and sniffed it.

In an instant, a surprised expression appeared on his face, and he said, "Happiness is gone?"

Ariel didn't respond immediately, but frowned and said, "Happy San? No, no, this thing is called a tranquilizer, it's not Happy San."

Seeing that Ariel did not speak in his own tone this time, the middle-aged man nodded again. He continued to hold the bottle and smell it, as if he was feeling the smell coming out of it.Afterwards, he poured out a Dulenjia pill from it, placed it in the palm of his hand, and played with it appreciatively.It can be seen that he seems to want to swallow it in one gulp!But in the end, he endured it, put the pill back into the bottle, and put the cap on.

This time, he waved his hand, and the villagers with weapons finally put down their weapons, and no longer faced Ariel and Rummy with a serious attitude.

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"It seems that you are really businessmen. It's really not easy to bring Joysan over from Blue Bay."

At this point, Ariel finally breathed a sigh of relief.

What is relaxing is that the middle-aged man in front of him has finally reduced his doubts about himself to the minimum.However, this also confirms that he is indeed in the Hunter's Zodiac now, and the most essential problem is still unresolved.

"However, you businessmen are really disgusting enough."

The middle-aged man weighed a bottle of pills, then held it in front of Ariel, and said viciously: "According to what you just said, this is a special product, right? Can the price be increased by more than ten times? Then come to us The hands of these ordinary people want to increase by almost [-] times, right? If you run around like this, you will take away so much money from us, and the conscience of you businessmen has really been eaten by dogs!"

Although Ariel really wanted to justify a little bit for a businessman like herself, but after thinking about it, this man seemed to be right~~~ Forget it, it's better not to deliberately provoke the other party, and bring trouble on yourself for no reason.

After a moment of silence, Ariel just looked at another bowl of noodles that had swollen a bit, and said, "You take the goods, at least... how about giving us a bite of food first? We are really hungry, especially my wife , she is sick and cannot go hungry."

The middle-aged man who got Du Lengjia was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Tianjiu Chee's appearance, only to see that her eyes were mixed with fear, and she was also staring at another bowl of noodles on the table.

At that moment, the middle-aged man smiled, pushed the bowl of noodles forward, and said, "Mr. Airl, Ms. Sweet Wine, I offended you a lot before. My name is Flange, eat it! It's really not very peaceful on the border recently. , presumably you also just happened to encounter that unsettling thing, which led to accidents in the process of doing business. This can only be said to be unlucky for you.”

Finally got the food. Although Ariel was also hungry, in order to show her character of "loving his wife", she still pushed the bowl of noodles in her hand in front of the sweet wine cheese.

I don't care about sweet wine and cheese, she is already hungry and crazy, and she has completely ignored her status as a princess, grabbing the noodles and eating them in big mouthfuls.It can be seen that she is really panicked with hunger, even if what she has in her hand is a bowl of tasteless noodles, it still tastes more appetizing than the delicacies of mountains and seas she usually eats.

While watching the rum cheese eating, Ariel said to Frange: "Mr. Frange, may I ask which way to go to the nearest big city? I hope I can go home first. I have lost a lot this time, so I have to go back and take a good rest."

Regarding Ariel's question, Frange frowned.He glanced at the heavily armed farmers around, and said, "Well...it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's really inconvenient recently."

Ariel asked curiously: "What's inconvenient? You were talking about inconvenient just now, what exactly is inconvenient?"

Frange looked at Ariel and his eyes full of curiosity, but he could only smile and said, "I'm sorry, it's really hard to tell you. I can only say that the recent one The area is all blocked, obviously something big is going to happen. Our village is also actively preparing and we will take action soon. For the sake of convenience, I can't tell you what happened, nor can I tell you how to get from our village to the big city .”

The recent big event, if you think about it carefully, it should be that the princess of the Blue Bay Empire is going to the Murderous Seat Empire as an envoy.

Now that the princess is missing, no matter whether the Murderer Empire really wants to completely tear up their face with Lanwan and start actively preparing for the battle, or needs to immediately organize a rescue to rescue the princess, the road closure investigation is affirmative.

But after hearing this news, Ariel felt a little relieved.

At least this means that this village is not too far away from the lava plain battlefield where the fierce battle took place that day.If it is speculated... it should be in a place within a distance of about three days.

At this point, Ariel made a very embarrassed expression, and said: "Mr. Frange, if that's the case... when will we be able to go home? You see, our husband and wife don't have anything valuable on us. If we have been trapped here, wouldn't we starve to death here?"

Frange immediately let out a burst of hearty laughter: "Hahahaha, since you are guests, how can there be any reason to starve to death in our village? Don't worry, since you have no way to leave, you can stay in our village for the time being. Three days a day Although the meal can't give you any good food, it's not difficult to ensure that you and your husband are full."