The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 143 Caravan and Mingyun Town
Spring has passed, summer is deepening, and the weather is gradually getting hotter.

The members of the Bran Merchant Guild drove the mules and horses that were pulling carts or carrying goods, all with sullen faces, and left Mondstadt under the sympathetic gazes of the other caravans.

Many caravans were damaged in the Mondron disaster, but the Bran Merchant Guild was the only one unlucky enough to face a giant dragon head-on. Especially since this merchant guild came all the way from Liyue, it was a blessing from the gods to be able to keep its capital even if it didn't make any money.

The caravan left the city, crossed the bridge, and headed west along the broad official road, intending to go through Qingquan Town and Chenxi Winery and return to Liyue through the stone gate.

Although the dragon disaster has passed, traces of the raging storm can still be seen on both sides of the road. The caravan members walked and stopped, some followed the original road, and some chose the new roads recently opened by other caravans traveling between Liyue and Mondstadt. They were moving relatively steadily.

Perhaps because there was not much cargo on the return trip, the Bran Chamber of Commerce passed through the stone gate and entered Liyue faster than expected.

"Isn't this journey a little too quiet?"

Chen Tianfeng had a knife on his waist and was riding a chestnut horse. He turned his head and looked behind him with a puzzled look on his face.

What about those treasure-stealing groups and bandits?
He remembered that when he first came to Mondstadt, he encountered many bandits on the road from Stone Gate to Dawn Winery - and gained a lot of Mora.

But why was it so quiet this time? They were a caravan, so they shouldn't have encountered more bandits shouting "This road is mine"?
Chen Tianfeng thought for a moment, then looked at Ye Lan, who was dressed like a Liyue merchant, and asked, "Brother Lanyou, what did you do?"

"Brother Chen misunderstood. I didn't do anything."

Ye Lan shook her head and rode side by side with Chen Tianfeng, saying sincerely, "The previous section of the road was through Mondstadt. I am just an ordinary Liyue merchant. Even if I wanted to do something, I would not be able to do it."

"Then why didn't we see any bandits along the way?" Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows slightly. He refused to believe Ye Lan's words at all, especially when she put on the vest of "Lan You" again.

"Brother Chen, you are really asking too much. I am not a bandit, so how can I know why they don't come out to rob people?" Ye Lan glanced at him and said, "Besides, isn't it a good thing that the caravan didn't encounter bandits?"

"...We've already left the stone gate. There's no need to continue acting, right?"

Chen Tianfeng sighed. It was indeed a good thing worth celebrating that a normal caravan would not encounter bandits, but the caravan before him was not a normal caravan.

He glanced at the caravan members who looked tired but actually had steady heartbeats and long breaths. How could they be caravan members? They were clearly well-trained special forces soldiers!

There were even a few who looked quite familiar. Chen Tianfeng was very sure that he had seen them when he was learning swordsmanship from Ye Lan.

"It's better to be careful. The more cautious you are, the safer you will be. I don't want to risk their lives." Ye Lan said calmly.

"..."

Chen Tianfeng was silent for a few seconds, then he bowed to Ye Lan and said, "My fault."

Having stayed in Mond for too long and been so deeply influenced by Venti, he almost forgot how to write the word "cautious". This was really wrong.

He may not care too much, but that doesn't mean these "caravan members" who are still ordinary people can do the same. Mortals are too fragile, and if they lose their caution, they will die one day.

Ye Lan did not dodge, but calmly accepted Chen Tianfeng's apology. After thinking for a while, she said, "Brother Chen, do you really want to meet those bandits?" "How could that be? I wish there were no more bandits in this world."

Chen Tianfeng shook his head, thinking of his start in Teyvat, and then thinking of his start when he first crossed over, he couldn't help smacking his lips. It seemed that both were not very good. The former was being locked in a cage, and the latter was opening his eyes and finding himself turned into a big snake.

At first, he couldn't even speak, and he hissed for a long time before he upgraded with the power of faith and regained the ability to speak. This made him very excited for a long time, and he pulled his high priest to chat from dusk to late night, and until the sun rose, until the gray-haired high priest could no longer hold on and fell asleep.

After waking up, the high priest felt extremely guilty and selected several energetic young men to chat with his inexplicably excited and suddenly talkative god.

"That's a coincidence. I received news that a new group of bandits has appeared in Mingyun Town. They are acting very secretively. I don't know what shameful things they are doing."

Ye Lan turned her head and looked at Chen Tianfeng, a barely perceptible smile flashed across her eyes: "Brother Chen, are you interested in going with me to investigate?"

"Mingyun Town?"

Chen Tianfeng's mind flashed with the information about Mingyun Town, and he couldn't help but wonder, "I remember that place was in a semi-abandoned state. What were the bandits doing there? Was it for the treasure?"

In the beginning, Mingyun Town was rich in minerals and therefore prospered for a while. However, the minerals were eventually exhausted, and Mingyun Town was not suitable for farming or transformation, so it was inevitable that there would be population loss and the prosperity was no longer there.

Mingyun Town should have ended peacefully, but due to some unexpected events, the news that there was a treasure in Mingyun Town spread like wildfire, attracting many treasure-hunting groups and adventurers, making Mingyun Town bustling for a short time. But unfortunately, those who came to search for the treasure eventually returned empty-handed.

Up to now, except for a few persistent people, the matter of Mingyun Town’s treasure has been left unresolved.

Ye Lan raised her eyebrows slightly: "Brother Chen also knows the rumors about the treasure in Mingyun Town?"

"I know, but I don't know much."

Chen Tianfeng nodded and sighed, "A tragedy caused by a misunderstanding. The brothers turned against each other and fled one after another, leaving only a lonely old man who kept muttering about the family motto and treasures, and finally died with regrets."

That day, his father Yuan Hong told his three sons that he had buried a treasure in Mingyun Town, and only if the three brothers worked together could they dig out the treasure.

However, Yuan Hong had never expected that money could move people's hearts, or perhaps he had enough trust in his three sons and believed that they would not harbor grudges and take the treasure for themselves.

But Yuan Hong's third son obviously failed to live up to his father's expectations.

The eldest brother, Yuan Qing, went alone first, intending to keep the treasure for himself, but unfortunately he encountered a monster and was the first to die; the second brother, Yuan Liang, guessed that the treasure was in the mine, so he gritted his teeth and went down the mine alone, and soon caught up with his brothers; the third brother, Yuan Cheng, was not to be outdone, and with the idea of ​​keeping the treasure for himself and running away, he also went down the mine, and finally successfully reunited with his two brothers.

Yuan Hong lost three sons in a short period of time. He was devastated and even mentally disturbed. He often talked about treasures and ancestral teachings. As a result, others heard about it and spread the news. Everyone knew that there was a treasure in Mingyun Town.

But where is the treasure?

What Yuan Hong buried were only the childhood memories of the three sons of the Yuan family, hoping to awaken the brotherhood in the hearts of the three brothers.

(End of this chapter)