Chapter 18: Fortress tongue fight

Caranda touched the root of the wall and watched a group of thugs walk away from the corner of the front street and waved back. Luo Ling, Cohen and others hurriedly followed her through the wide road and then concealed to the next corner.
The fortress of Juan's family is in sight. From a distance, this fortress looks like an octagonal cake, made of stone, square and square. There are two narrow and wide archery holes on the eight walls, which can be seen through the dim light inside. The flash of the silhouette.
The main entrance underneath is made of iron, and one person is half tall. There is a small iron window in the middle where someone should be watching them.
"Go!" Luo Ling pushed Cohen.
Cohen bit his scalp and took a shield from the guard. Carefully showing half of his body from the root of the wall, he shouted to the fortress: "Is it from the Juan family? I'm Cohen, the manager of the Dyne family. I have important things to talk to you!"
Cohen shouted three times in a row, and then someone in the window replied: "There is no place for you here. You can find a way to escape yourself."
"We are not here to flee. I have the magician of Suero City, Lord Luo Ling. And Miss Kalanda, the head of the Blue Flame Mercenary Corps. They have important things to talk to your house owner. Talk. It's about your life! "
Obviously, the identity of Luo Ling and Kalanda played a role. After a long time, the iron door opened a slit. An leaned out of his head and ran over nervously.
He glanced at Cohen and Kalanda, who he obviously knew. When he saw Luo Ling, he asked hesitantly: "Are you really a magician?"
Luo Ling smiled and held out a finger, pointing to the guard's brow and said: "Do you want to see my magic?"
The guard burst into cold sweat, "Ah, no, no, please come in, the lords are waiting for you in the fortress."
Soon, Luo Ling and his party sat in the fortress's reception room. There was no luxury atmosphere in the Dyne's house. A few swords and axe and two pairs of armor hung on the bluestone wall. It was all decorated here. style.
Luo Ling sat across from the homeowners of Juan's, Balt's, and Lynch's. These people may be the only big merchants left in the whole market.
She was sitting on her legs, Kalanda and Cohen stood on both sides of her, and behind them were four powerful guards of Kong Wu, who looked extraordinary.
"I really like the style here, tough and capable, reminiscent of the good quality of all soldiers." Luo Ling touched the hardwood chair and said to the head of Juan.
"My grandfather is a kingdom knight." Roman Juan has a big beard and looks a little military, "So, I like to go straight to talk. I want to know, Miss Luo, why are you falling down?" Come?"
"I'm here to save your life." Luo Ling said, with indifferent eyes.
As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the people in this room could not help but change slightly. Roman Juan said: "We are very safe now, the fort is well-protected, and food and water are enough. What does Miss Luo mean?"
"Is it safe? Although I am a woman who does not understand the battle front, but along the way, I also thought of several ways to easily break this castle. The key question now is whether anyone will do it, and when to do it."
"Are you threatening?"
"I just wanted to make an analogy. If I were a thug, I would find someone to put some door shields at night, move some weed firewood, and pile up the fort for a week. I think you have no way to take those people with bows and arrows. Then they just light These plants, smoke and fire for one night, everything was resolved. Of course, I will also arrange people at the door. If the people inside ca n’t help but roast and want to break through, then it will fall into my pocket. "
"The slaves are all busy with robbery . What good is it for them to attack a fortress so hard?" The owner of the Balt family asked back.
"Revenge is not counted? Most people just follow blindly, as long as there is a leader who can't get through with you, shouting that the fortress is full of treasure, are you afraid that you will not find someone to sell your life? ... hehe."
The three homeowners fell silent, as slave traders, and the slaves they had enmity with could almost use Suero to make a few laps.
Luo Ling was not in a hurry. She picked up the tea on the table and sipped it slowly. The tea was a flower tea mixed with spices and milk, sweet and sour.
"Do you ... is there any way?" Roman Juan changed his name and finally no longer looked down upon the young girl in front of her.
Luo Ling smiled, bright eyes turned around the three and a half old men, and looked at their tangles, "That is of course, a leader in my hometown said: Do not fight the battle of uncertainty. I There is a companion who is a powerful spiritual magician who has a great way to control the will of the crowd. At a certain cost, he can solve this matter. "
"What price?"
"Take away all the slaves he controls."
"What? It's impossible. You know how many gold coins these slaves are worth. These gold coins are enough to invite several great magicians!"
"This is blackmail! You are too much."
"We can pay this master a gold coin, but the slave has to return it to us!"
Luo Ling looked at the three of them quietly, her fingers imaginary on the side of her legs, and unconsciously the room seemed cold. Roman Juan felt a chill in his back and suddenly sneezed. He subconsciously wanted to pick up tea to warm his body. At the entrance, he found that it was as cold as winter ice water, and some ice crystals were mixed in.
"Calm." Luo Ling's voice was very soft, but with a chill.
auzw.com At this time, Roman looked at the lady opposite, only to think that it was a goddess of snow and ice. He remembered this, it turned out that this is also a mage. If it really angered her ..., he quickly coughed twice and changed his tone: "We say so much, it is also necessary. After all, most of the slave business has people, lords everywhere, and kings. Adults have interests in them, and even some high-level magicians have a lot of connections with it. You know, we are just some little pawns who rush ahead. "
"I only asked three questions." Luo Ling didn't seem to hear Roman's complaint.
"First, how many gold coins will be lost if the mob wandering is not stopped?"
"Second, the lords have suppressed the riots, and after searching the camp, how many live slaves will be left to return to your hands?"
"Third, who will all the losses be counted in the end, those big men, or you?"
The people present were suddenly speechless.
Luo Ling stood up and stroked her forehead with her hand: "I'm a little tired. Please help me prepare a room for me to take a break. When I wake up, I should leave. Such a small place, I still do Get free. "
Upstairs in the lounge.
Luo Ling covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times. The mouth was full of salty saltiness. Taking a look at the veil, the middle was stained with a hint of red.
She frowned slightly and sighed. Shu Ling's admonition was indeed true. When the consciousness was not completed, reading "The Sea of ​​Shadows" had caused a variation in mental power. For her, magic became a matter of hurting others as well as herself. Today, only a small movement was made downstairs, and his heart was injured. If this problem is not solved, no matter how high the magic is, it will be decorated.
I don't know what happened to Xiao Chen. At least he didn't hurt himself by using power, but he was much luckier than himself.
The knock on the door rang.
"Come in!"
"Miss Luo." Cohen saluted. "I made some inquiries among the people. They generally felt that the fortress could not be held, and their emotions were very pessimistic. In addition, the housekeepers had been in the reception room and seemed to be fiercely quarreling. "
"You have the heart. Rest assured, their quarrel is just the nature of the corrupt businessmen. When people fall into the water, even a straw will be caught, let alone we are a boat that can really save lives. What about? "
"Miss Luo, are we pushing them too anxiously?" Cohen asked anxiously, and all he had just seen in the reception room were the real bigwigs in the business. Cohen had never seen anyone talk to them like this.
"This is an unequal negotiation, and we have more cards than them. Naturally, you don't have to be polite. You have to know that the same negotiation, under different atmospheres, will get very different benefits." Luo Ling seemed confident. "You don't have to look at these things with a man's eye, and learn to stand taller."
"You laughed, I was a steward."
"Oh, maybe it won't be soon."
While Cohen was puzzled, someone knocked on the door again. It was Roman's housekeeper. He used the name of having some afternoon tea and asked Luo Ling to go downstairs.
There were still a few in the room, but after a series of quarrels, the spirits of the three were a bit weak. But Luo Ling's face was better after a rest.
A few people exchanged their eyes, and finally Roman Juan opened his mouth: "Master Luo Ling, after careful consideration, we decided to accept your proposal. However, there is a premise here, that is, the loss can not be expanded, especially It can't affect this fortress. "
"Except for the safety of the three of you. I will not guarantee anything else. This is a gamble."
"Three of us?"
"Yes, it is up to me and the head of Kalanda to guarantee that we will not leave you until the matter is resolved. Of course, our fellow Master Xiao Chen will do his best to resolve this crisis. If there is no like With his ability to control his spirit like that, even if you find some magicians who can throw fireballs, what's the use? "Hearing these words, the three owners settled down, and they finally agreed to Luo Ling's request.
"Okay, after talking about the first condition, I have additional small requirements." Luo Ling beckoned to Cohen and asked him to sit on the chair beside her, facing the three.
"Cohen is in charge of the old man under Dyne. After this disaster, many slave trade families have been completely eradicated. Now the slave market is a bit big, and there are a few merchants. So, it should let people like him come into play. Cohen will be here in the future. One of the merchants. I hope you all support it. "
"Adult! This ..." Cohen was so shocked that he hadn't known these mages for half a day. How could such an arrangement fall on himself?
"No need to worry, I think several homeowners should agree to do this. What do you say?"
Roman and others thought with their buttocks that this is the future of Luo Ling's unwillingness to intervene in the slave market, but now that the situation is stronger than people, what can they say? What's more, the slave market was reshuffled, and everyone's share was much larger, provided that they could eat them alive. The mage in front of him is the guarantee of this premise.
"Mr. Cohen is indeed capable, with such a businessman joining us, and with the support of a master like Miss Luo, the slave market can be restored much faster."
"Good, good, everyone will take care of it in the future."
Several homeowners said one after another.
"Very good! Since this is the case, we can wait for the news with peace of mind." After this sentence, the mental and physical exhaustion made Luo Ling's body a little soft. She supported the armrest with her hand and took a sip of tea, but the sweet taste made her almost vomit.
All those tough, indifferent, and confident are just appearances. From stepping into this fortress, she was like a clock with a tight clockwork, being careful not to show any cowardice. And now, I can finally live up to that guy's expectations. She glanced at the smoky sky from the narrow window gap, and secretly said in her heart: Xiao Chen, then it's all up to you.