"Mr. Chenyao, we are ready!"
Dajir handed the shovel to Chen Yao.
He put away the shovel and looked at the time. It was now 22:14. According to the speed of the carriage, it should be this moment.
"Withdraw the sentries you arranged and act according to the plan."
"clear."
Dajir called the tribesmen back from both sides of the road non-stop, and then led the tribesmen back to the tunnel, while Chen Yao hid behind a tree beside the road and waited to watch the show.
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"Drive! Drive!"
A sound of shouts from the groom came, and a strange smile appeared on Chen Yao's lips.
"Boss, why did you choose this time to set off? It's going to be dark soon, I feel a little bad..."
The groom asked doubtfully while driving the horse.
"Hmph! What do you know! According to my many years of business experience, this is the time when bandits are least active!"
Zhang Jichang scolded the groom dissatisfied.
"So that's it."
Zhang Jichang was equipped with a total of four guards, two grooms, two horses, a sedan shed and a cart of goods for this business trip.
"Kaka...kaka..." The sedan shed shook and sank, and Zhang Jichang suddenly felt something was wrong...
"what happened?"
"I don't know, boss!"
The ground suddenly began to crack, and then there was a roar, and the entire ground collapsed directly. The two horses and the groom fell into the cracked hole. The sedan shed and cargo pulled behind the horses were naturally not spared, and they were all pulled into the hole...
"Hahaha! What a relief!" Chen Yao watched the whole process from the side, naturally feeling very comfortable.
The entire caravan fell into a pothole. Zhang Jichang and others were thrown to pieces, and they were obviously still a little unresponsive.
"Ahem! Who on earth dares to set a trap on this road!"
"Boss! My arm is broken! Oh, boss, it hurts so much..."
"Boss, my head feels so dizzy..."
"Don't cry! You useless things! Think about how to get out first!"
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After listening to the group's cries for help with enjoyment, Chen Yao walked to the pothole in disguise after more than ten minutes.
"What happened? Is there anyone inside?"
Chen Yao pretended to be hypocritical and shouted anxiously into the pit.
"Help! Please help us!"
Hearing the sound, Zhang Jichang called for help as if grasping at straws.
"Boss Zhang??? It's me, I'm Chen Yao, we just met not long ago!"
Chen Yao said with some surprise.
"Chen Yao? Ah! It's you! Can you get us out?" At this time, Zhang Jichang no longer cared about his identity.
"No problem, just wait." After sitting by the pothole for a few minutes, Chen Yao took out a rope, tied one end to the tree, lowered the other end into the pothole, and pulled several people up.
"I'm saved...Chen Yao, thanks to you." Zhang Jichang sat next to the pothole, panting.
"Your servants are seriously injured... Come on, let's go back to town for treatment, right?"
Chen Yao said worriedly.
"But these goods..." Zhang Jichang said with some pain.
"Haha, it's now. Boss Zhang is still thinking about the goods. Have you never thought about who set this trap? If they come here now, I'm afraid none of us will be able to escape."
"If you don't leave, I will leave!"
Zhang Jichang was a little touched by Chen Yao's words.
"You're right! Let's leave quickly!"
Zhang Jichang suddenly woke up from a dream, and then was supported by Chen Yao and led his servant towards the direction of Shenmu Town.
What no one noticed was that in the deepest part of the pit, some black shadows were quickly passing through...
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"Mr. Chen Yao?? What happened?!" Li Tiantian, who was on duty, spotted Chen Yao and his group and immediately stepped forward to ask.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's take a few injured people for treatment first." Chen Yao looked at the injured people solemnly.
"Okay, Mr. Chenyao!"
After several people were sent to the clinic in the town, Chen Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss Zhang, you have to be careful in the future! Once you leave the town, you may not be targeted by something."
Chen Yao patted Zhang Jichang's shoulder sincerely.
"Then, if nothing happens, I'll go find Captain Siwen first and go with him to check on the situation."
Chen Yao nodded to Li Yitian as a greeting.
"Yes, yes, little brother Chen Yao is right, then I'll trouble little brother Chen Yao!"
Zhang Jichang's face was full of gratitude.
Waving his hand, Chen Yao hurriedly turned around and left the clinic because he was so happy that he could hardly hold back.
I don't know what kind of expression he will have when he learns that his goods are missing. Chen Yao is looking forward to it...
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After wandering around for a long time, Chen Yao arrived at the guard department in order to delay time.
"Brother Siwen?"
When Chen Yao arrived at the guard department, he happened to see Siwen facing a group of guards in front of him, seemingly arranging duty shifts. "Chen Yao? I heard them say that something happened to a caravan just now?"
"It's like this..." Chen Yao talked about the whole process of wandering around nearby because he was investigating the goblin lair, and then he heard the noise and rescued the goblin.
"That's it...each group! Carry out your duties quickly as arranged! Rao Sepei, you will lead today's night patrol!"
Siwen turned around and arranged.
"Yes! Captain!"
After each group of guards was ordered to go on duty, Siwen turned to Chen Yao.
"Let's go to the scene and see what's going on."
"No problem." Before leaving, Chen Yao looked at the time. It was now 22:47. The processing over there should have been completed...
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After leaving the town, Chen Yao and Si Wen walked slowly towards the location of the incident.
"Chen Yao, have you seen the scene before? What exactly is going on?"
"Well, the caravan must have fallen into a trap. It was a big, big pit, so big that it swallowed the entire caravan."
"But don't set anything in the trap, otherwise they might..."
Chen Yao rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully.
Just as they were talking, the two of them had reached the edge of the pothole where the incident occurred.
"For such a big trap, even if I ask ten people to dig it at the same time, the time required will not be less than two hours."
"And we have to consider that there will be pedestrians passing by...how on earth do you do this??!"
After two rounds of careful observation, Siwen stood aside and said in shock and doubt.
"Chen Yao, hold on tight."
Siwen followed the rope that Chen Yao had lowered before and successfully reached the bottom of the pit, but after a while, he climbed up again along the rope.
"Brother Siwen, how are you?" Chen Yaoming asked knowingly.
"Has it been a week since you returned to town?"
"Absolutely." Chen Yao thought for a moment and said.
"It's... so bizarre! All the horses and the goods on the carriage are missing! And there is no trace left either in the pit or outside the pit!"
"It seems like it was premeditated..."
"What should we do next?" Chen Yao looked at Siwen, who was frowning.
"Leave this matter to me. If there's nothing else, you can go back first."
"By the way, remember to call twenty guards over for me. You can find Li Yitian and tell him the situation here and let him make arrangements."
"no problem."
After returning to the town, Chen Yao first informed the guards on duty at the town gate about the incident, and then he turned around and walked in another direction...
After making sure that no one was around, Chen Yao got into a bush and disappeared.
Before reaching the underground space, Chen Yao used the light of his flashlight to spot a suspicious figure at the end of the underground passage.
Seeing that the person coming was Chen Yao, the figure revealed his entire body.
"Mr. Chen Yao! You..."
"Let's not talk about anything else. First, arrange for your tribe to fill in all the passages, leaving only the one when I came. Do it now."
Chen Yao interrupted Dajier, who looked a little excited.
"I understand, Mr. Chenyao!"
Dajir did not hesitate, summoned all the tribesmen with a scream, and then quickly ordered the tribesmen to start taking action.
It is estimated that this matter will not be over for a while. Taking advantage of the time arranged by Dajier, Chen Yao found a place to sit down, and then called out the Tianji box panel.
[Currently available energy is 15.5%
Current body durability: 65.7%
Compatibility with the host: 27.6%]
Um? If he remembered correctly, the last time he checked the fitness column, it was still 22%. Why did it go up a bit this time?
Forget it, don't think about that problem anymore, Chen Yao took out a small piece of warm blue crystal fragment from the binding ring.
"Tianji box, replenish energy!"
Chen Yao spoke the instructions from his heart in ancient Xia language, and then Chen Yao put the blue crystal in his hand close to the Tianji box...
【receive...
Available energy detected, identifying...
The energy type is solid high-energy crystallization.
Is it confirmed that it will be used to replenish the energy of the Tianji box? 】
"confirm."
【receive...
Energy is being replenished...]
Strands of silver silk threads protrude from the Tianji box in the form of Chen Yao's wristband. After the ribbon is close to the crystal in Chen Yao's hand, it first gathers and then wraps it.
This process lasted for about a minute. As the silver thread retracted the wristband, the place where the crystal originally existed became empty.
[Energy replenishment completed!
A total of 9.7% of energy was replenished this time...
The current available energy of the body is 25.2%...]
What! ! !
Chen Yao was extremely shocked at this moment. The village chief gave him such a large battery pack before, but only after it was completely dismantled by the Tianji box did he get about 15% of the energy!
Such a small piece of blue crystal, only about ten grams, can actually replenish nearly ten percent of the energy!
While Chen Yao was shocked, a burst of footsteps came.
"Mr. Chenyao, I have already arranged what you asked."
Dajir stood respectfully beside Chen Yao.
After closing the panel of the Tianji box, Chen Yao stood up.
"There's nothing wrong with those things, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Chen Yao, I have checked two horses and a cart of goods. The horses have some minor injuries, but the goods are basically undamaged."
"Very good, take me to see it."
Following Dajier, Chen Yao came to the stone palace again. The difference from last time was that there were several more wooden boxes and two horses here.
Seeing Chen Yao and the two approaching, the horse, which was already a little uneasy, rubbed its hind hooves restlessly, which was a sign that it was about to attack...
Chen Yao stood with his hands behind his back and didn't do anything. On the contrary, Dajir hurriedly stepped forward, bared his teeth, and gave a low roar to the two horses, and the two horses calmed down.
After circling the two horses and patting their backs again, Chen Yao sighed.
"The horse is a good horse, but it's a pity that it has the wrong owner! This horse is such a pity..."
Chen Yao's words were full of regret.
"Mr. Chenyao, how should we deal with them?"
"It's impossible to use it. After all, it's the cusp of the storm now."
"Kill him, be quick, and then let your tribesmen be divided, what do you think?"
Chen Yao turned his head and glanced at Dajier.
"Do your will."
"Take it away and deal with it now. Remember, don't leave a tail."
"yes."
Dajir led the two horses out of the stone palace.
After rubbing his hands, Chen Yao walked towards the wooden boxes with some excitement.
First, he looked around the boxes. Chen Yao found that these boxes were basically in good condition. It seemed that the sealing was good, but how to open it...
Chen Yao thought of the crowbar, a tool called the Holy Sword of Physics that he had seen in the book "Blue Star Craftsmanship".
"Tianji, change."
After roughly recalling the structure of the crowbar, Chen Yao gave the transformation command to the Tianji box.
The machine body on his wrist changed. A tool with one end upright, one end flat and curved upward, and one end in the shape of a hook with a flat fork appeared in Chen Yao's hand.
Insert the vertical end of the crowbar into the gap in the box. Chen Yao stepped on the box, grabbed the curved end and pressed hard!
"Squeak...squeak!!"
A corner of the top surface of the wooden box was pried open, and Chen Yao could see clearly what was inside.
"It's fabric..." Chen Yao reached out and touched it. He found that the fabric was of good quality and should be high-end.
Although these fabrics are high-end goods, there are twelve boxes, all containing fabrics, which makes Chen Yao a little uninterested.
"Forget it, it's better than nothing."
After taking back the Tianji box, Chen Yao, who had nothing to do, sat on the stone throne and dozed off...
【Fourth update today! ! ! !
Thank you for your support along the way! ! 】
