The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 225 Carriage Escort

"Me? I'm just a little cook from the countryside. It's very curious to say that Ms. Bloody Mandala will appear here. Could it be that she wants to assassinate someone again?"

"Little cook? That's a ridiculous joke. But never mind, it doesn't matter if you say you're a goblin's slave."

I don't know why, Selyse and Ruth had a conflict when they met, maybe there was something dirty between the two of them.If eyes can release the ultimate magic, I believe that even the entire continent has been blasted into nothingness by two glaring women.

This woman named Selyse was obviously not a good person. William didn't want to get involved with this strange woman who "just happened" to appear. He already had enough troubles on him, and it would be better to avoid similar incidents in the future.

William ignored the two women who were bickering like needlepoints, lightly patted the dishonest Miluna hanging on her shoulder, said "Let's go" to Yasuna and Phineya beside her, and went straight Crossing the carriage and preparing to leave to continue on the road, Yasuna and Finiya looked at each other, shook their heads and followed one after another.

Seeing that William and the others were about to leave, the coachman Sandro hurriedly got out from under the car and shouted: "Everyone! Please wait a moment first." Then he slithered in the mud and chased after them step by step.

Sandro's figure can only be regarded as average among human beings. Even Yasuna (shrunk state) can look down on him without any pressure, let alone the taller William and Phinea.Therefore, when Sandro ran up to the three of them, he looked up at the three elders and the two little guys who had stopped in their tracks. A little smaller.

Misha was hanging on Phinea's shoulder, showing her small head staring at the little horned helmet. Together with Miluna, she looked down at this funny guy covered in mud, happily doing "onlookers", and asked Sander Luo couldn't laugh or cry: "Ah! Didn't you make it out of mud? How could you still run?"

Sandro really wanted to say that I wasn't made of mud, but seeing the cold faces of William and the others, he had no choice but to get to the point: "Look at these respected adults who are all capable warriors, I will meet some Trouble, I hope all the adults can help me and save me."

Let me tell you here that the title "Master" is not something anyone can use indiscriminately on this continent. Only dukes, marquises, and superpowers whose strength is widely recognized among nobles are eligible to be called "Master So-and-so" , Nobles below the earl can only be called a certain master (madam).Of course, if a shameless guy is not afraid of being laughed at, and someone is willing to cooperate, he can still be called a certain adult.

Just looking at Sandro even bringing out the title "adult", it can be seen that he really desperately hopes that William and others can help him.It's a pity that William didn't like these messy names, and Yasuna and her daughter just ran out of the deep mountains, so they had no idea about the little calculations of the coachman's names, but it made Sandro feel hot. (As far as various titles are concerned, elves basically have the most detailed division, while humans have the most extensive influence. Therefore, in a certain manner, elves look down on all other races arrogantly, and humans also It’s a bit sour to despise the elves, because the division of human beings is copied from the cut-down version of the elves’ etiquette).

William patted the mischievous Miluna on the shoulder, and said expressionlessly: "I have my own business to do, so I don't have time to meddle in other people's business. I'm afraid you have found the wrong person." While talking about William She shook her head again, avoiding Miluna's little hand.It was Miluna who pulled his ears a few more times, and this little girl was addicted to pulling movies.

Misha'er obviously also noticed Miruna's little move, she was immediately unhappy, she pouted her small mouth and said angrily, "Miluna! You are not allowed to grab William's ears, come down quickly." Miruna wrapped her small hands around William's neck smacked his face a few times, and then he turned his head and proudly made faces at his "little enemy" to demonstrate, so annoyed that Misha would have been desperate if it wasn't for Fenya's grasp They rushed forward and fought for it.

Although it's interesting for children to be awkward, Sandro didn't have the heart to appreciate it. Seeing that William and the others were about to leave again, he quickly said: "Wait a minute, everyone! Please help us, as long as the carriage can reach Xikangbu smoothly, I am willing." Pay two precious rubies as a reward."

".In the end we will fall ill in this desolate wilderness. We will starve to death and be devoured by wild animals. Turned into a pool of dry bones." Sandro explained in a very "sad" way that if no one helped, his carriage and The tragic end that the crew may encounter.Although this set of rhetoric didn't impress William, it did attract Misha'er who was making eye contact with Miluna. The little girl with too much sense of justice immediately shifted her target, sitting on Feniya's shoulder with her arms folded, and the other Holding his chin with a small hand, imitating his brother's usual manner, he pretended to be deep and said: "Well, I understand! In honor of William and Mishaer, we have agreed to your commission!"

William smiled slightly in his heart, squinted at the little girl, continued to stare at Sandro's uneasy muddy face for a long time, and then said: "Although it is not difficult to help you, it is an unexpected trouble after all. You are underpaid."

Sandro couldn't help but secretly rejoiced when he heard the words: As expected, it's done.There was a disproportionate cunning on the face of this unattractive old coachman, but the wretched appearance was covered by the muddy water on his face, making it difficult to distinguish.

Sandro has been wandering the streets and alleys of Waterdeep City for many years, and has rich experience in identifying people and things. He knows that sometimes when pure money attraction or morality cannot achieve the goal, some special little tricks It can have unexpected effects.

Although gold and silver are precious metals in Faerun, the real hard currency recognized by people is gems. Gold may depreciate for some reasons, but gems will definitely not.If people in two different regions conduct transactions, the only equivalents they trust are those precious gems, except for ancient magic gold coins.

This time Sandro played a very subtle trick. He first asked William for help at a high price of two gems, but Sandro was not sure that the problem could be solved with property alone, so he exaggerated his miserable situation After a while, this can not only win the sympathy of the other party (obviously Misha'er has been recruited), but also send out a signal-I am now a "taken advantage", and there are some advantages to take advantage of, just go ahead and take advantage of it.Under such circumstances, as long as they are normal people, they can't help but "pounce" and kill them, so that they can use the other party's psychological weakness of taking advantage of small things to achieve their goals.

Regardless of whether Sandro's little trick works or not, in short, his goal has been achieved, and the next thing to do is to reduce his losses as much as possible.The coachman pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Sir (seeing that the goal has been achieved, this girl immediately changed the title)! I am just a small coachman, and I don't have so many gems to pay you! Wait a moment, I Need to discuss with my crew, after all, they are the real payers." (Is this a generosity of others?)
Sandro briskly ran back to the carriage, pulling another mud figure who had just climbed out from under the carriage—the little white-faced Daniel, and went to the side to discuss it, although Selyse was the "runaway dog ​​male and female duo" It's a pity that the coachman didn't have the courage to go to her to discuss it.

The two muddy brothers and sisters murmured for a while, and even argued a few words, and then they got together and bit their ears for a while, and finally Daniel nodded reluctantly.Sandro, the coachman, trotted up to William again, and said in a happy voice as if he was taking credit: "Oh! That damned boy is really a disgusting miser. It took me a lot of saliva to persuade him to pay more. What do you think of three precious rubies, sir, this is definitely the best deal."

William looked at the treacherous coachman in front of him, and couldn't help but sneered in his heart, this old man is really a character that cannot be underestimated, he is very cunning.The self-righteous coachman would never have imagined that with William's keen hearing, he had already heard clearly the conversation between him and the little boy Daniel.Sandro directly passed on the cost of the three gems to Daniel. This old and cunning guy planned that if William could be persuaded by three gems, then he would not lose a single gem. Add a pop or two out of your own pocket.

William made a good guess about Sandro's little plan, but he didn't care about the reward. What William valued was the carriage, which would at least allow the two little girls to have a dry place to shelter from the rain. After all, even a cloak made of thick woolen blankets will become thoroughly wet after a long time.Although it was inevitable to have something to do with that girl named Selyse, William, who was a bit deceitful, couldn't care less.

William didn't expose Sandro, and snorted softly: "Three gems? Well, we agreed. Before you go on your way, you'd better clean up the mud on the wheels of the carriage."

Sandro froze for a moment and asked, "Then what are you going to do? Even if the wheels are cleaned, they will still be blocked."

William handed Miluna on his shoulders to Fenya, and said, "Finea, take the two little girls to the carriage, change their wet clothes, and dress warmer. Yasuna , the next step is up to you.” After giving instructions to the two wives, William turned back to Sandro and said, “You just need to follow the instructions, since I promised you, the carriage will be delivered safely to the destination. "

(End of this chapter)