Alien landlady

Chapter 50 The First Mission
The servants were no longer surprised by Bai Tongtong's emergence from the back garden from time to time, but seeing that Balbo came back in the same way today, Mr. Steward had to ask a few questions about magic when he took his purse and coat. experience.

For Balbo, it was the first teleportation experience in his life without a teleportation array. The smile on his face did not let go until he sat at the dining table with his wife.

During the meal and chat, Balbo talked about the troubles of the recent business failure. Viscount Hope’s farm has a batch of high-grade sheep’s milk cheese that has been fermented for five years. , this kind of product with excellent background is a hot commodity in the market, and it can earn several times the income if it is sold to other places farther away.

Faseas was lucky to get the exclusive distribution right of this batch of cheese. The buyers are all long-term cooperative customers, big businessmen with financial resources and reputation. Shipping.

As a result, all the truckloads of goods that I shipped without exception encountered the notorious Black Spear bandits just after they left the border of Fort Chemington. After a few days of harassment and fighting, the mercenary group that had been invited to escort the car for protection resigned on the grounds that they were full of wounded soldiers.

Every time this happens, Faseas not only loses a large number of goods, but also pays the buyer high liquidated damages for failing to deliver on time.

There is no way to make up for the huge losses at both ends. In fact, Faseas is already on the verge of bankruptcy, and Balbo will lose his job every minute.

For Bai Tongtong, this is really not good news that he is happy to hear.

"Why is the outside of Fort Chemington suddenly so uneven? I remember that I didn't even encounter a single hair of a robber when I came here last year."

"I don't know." Balbo shook his head in distress, "We are not the only ones who have been hurt, there are also other caravans. I don't know why that bandit group appeared in this area. I asked the mercenary guild to inquire, but it was all in vain. The bandit group was always on the move. The city lord issued a mission to suppress the bandits, but it has been linked to the mercenary guild, and no one has succeeded so far."

Bai Tongtong glanced at Ah Huang who was sleeping at his feet, and it also looked at him with shining eyes.

[It's time for you fake mercenary to do something serious. 】

"Okay, I'll go to the mercenary guild tomorrow to take up this task." Bai Tongtong looked up and gave Balbo a comforting smile.

After breakfast the next day, Ah Huang and Bai Tongtong swaggered out of nowhere outside the gate of the mercenary guild, and walked around a few times, as if confirming the environment she was in, so that the fishhooks hiding in the dark could take a closer look at her , before entering the guild.

The task of suppressing bandits is the first one on the task board. There is no level limit, but only mercenaries can take it. Bai Tongtong had to register and go through the formalities. The other party didn't ask why, and gave her a brand new copy a few minutes later. The mercenary manual, after which Bai Tongtong paid a sum of money to keep her identity information secret for three years. She knew that if she didn’t do this, her information would be shared and circulated within the guild immediately after she walked out. This is not a good idea .

With a formal identity, I took over the task of suppressing the bandits, and got the records of the Black Spear Bandit Group. The most important thing is the places that have appeared in these days. The information comes from those who have encountered them and survived. Confessions of mercenaries.

Bai Tongtong took these things to a nearby small restaurant, ordered a large pot of fresh juice, and ordered a glass of water. She condensed the water into crushed ice cubes and added it to the juice. While drinking, she read the information carefully. Sleeping curled up in a nearby chair.

There were more and more people in the small restaurant, all of them came to see the Wuying Cat, all the tables were filled with mercenaries, and people kept pouring in from outside, standing in the corners, their eyes were all on Ah Huang and Bai Tongtong's body moved back and forth.

The mercenaries who were involved in the storm on Selo Street yesterday already knew that the two who were blown away were covered in blood, the one who was frozen, and the few who were trapped in the pit were all mages from the Mages Guild brought by the sheriff. He rescued them, and because he couldn't pay the rescue fee and the fine for disrupting the city's order, he had already been in prison for a whole night, and he might have to stay for a few more days before he could come out.

With such a profound lesson in front of them, none of the mercenaries present dared to provoke Bai Tongtong anymore, but the temptation brought by the Shadowless Cat surpassed everything else, knowing that they couldn't be provoked, many people came to open their eyes.

Bai Tongtong flipped through the brick-thick materials with her left hand, and copied them with her right hand at the same time, copying the important points she liked on the paper before analyzing them.

The Black Spear Bandit Group is notorious. It wins with the mobility of the cavalry. All members are dressed in black. Harvest your own loot.

The place where they appeared was outside the boundaries of Fort Chamington, and they had no jurisdiction. Fort Chamington could not justifiably send troops to suppress bandits, and the real owner of that territory obviously could not be counted on. Good choice, but this high-reward and high-risk task has been hung up for more than a month, but there are still many people watching but no one accepts it, even the large mercenary group with a large number of people does not accept it, because they have to find a mercenary in the vast wilderness. Bandits are a waste of time and effort.

This kind of mobile bandit group is really a headache. No one knows where they will appear tomorrow after committing a crime today. Bai Tongtong frowns more and more as she looks at it. She is not sure whether she can complete the task.

As for the first mercenary mission, who wouldn't want to complete it beautifully.

Most of the mercenaries are big men with big feet and three rough feet. There are only a few mercenaries who understand culture and brains, and they must be the mainstay of the mercenary regiment. thought.

After drinking a few glasses of iced juice, her right hand was covered with ink stains. Bai Tongtong finally finished reading the information briefly. Seeing her packing up, a man with a bird's nest head, stubble on his face, thick black eye circles, and torn leather armor suddenly pulled away. She sat down on the chair opposite her.

"Hello, Miss Bai, I'm Mardo, the leader of the Tequila Mercenary Group. I heard that you have accepted the task of destroying the Black Spear Bandit Group? We can help you."

The onlookers cursed, "Mardo, you are still helping people suppress bandits, and your regiment is still the lowest level of trash!"

Immediately afterwards, more mercenary regiment leaders gathered around, vying to introduce themselves to Bai Tongtong, hoping to get the chance to join her in suppressing bandits.

The leader of the tequila mercenary group, Mardo, who was despised by everyone, was mentioned aside a long time ago, and was forced to give up the best seat he occupied.

Bai Tongtong patiently listened to the self-introductions of the regiment leaders. Judging from their appearance, they could roughly distinguish the strength of each regiment. The well-equipped and shiny weapons are the eternal advantages.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd yelled, and everyone shut up in fright. After a closer look, a man with hairy hair had a long wound on his arm. Ah Huang sat on a chair with a displeased face, licking Bloody paws.

The mercenaries roared with laughter mercilessly, joking that the poor man must have wanted to touch the cat in a sneaky way, so he was scratched like this.

Bai Tongtong just took this opportunity to pay the bill and leave, not to waste time with these mercenaries, but just told them that she still needs to do some investigation work, and if she needs their help, she will come back to them.

The mercenaries had all witnessed how Bai Tongtong condensed water into ice just now, and they all knew that she must know a little bit of magic. Seeing that she made it clear that she was prevarication and perfunctory, no one said anything, they all said a few polite words, watched people leave, and the others They also dispersed one after another.

The fishhooks in the crowd immediately returned to their respective strongholds and passed the latest information to the upline.

Bai Tongtong asked Ah Huang to take her directly to Mr. Faseas on Celo Street. Balbo was just about to go to the street to have lunch, and she unknowingly spent the whole morning sorting out the materials.

The two greeted each other, and Bai Tongtong asked him to find some employees who had encountered the Black Spear Mercenary Group, and wanted to ask some details.

Balbo quickly found two people, originally there were still a few people, but they all went out to eat, Bai Tongtong simply invited the three of them to have lunch together, chatting while eating.

In a restaurant that Balbo often goes to, the four of them sat around a table and ate their respective lunches. Ah Huang didn't know where to go for food.

The two employees told all the details they could recall, including starting with the convoy, and even the name of the hotel where they stayed.

The convoy walked out of the city through the same city gate every time, but after that they went in different directions, so the locations where the employees encountered the Black Spear bandits were different. The only thing in common was that they were not under the jurisdiction of Fort Chemington. within.

The employees are all innocent civilians who grew up in the peaceful environment of Fort Chemington, married and had children. The close contact with dangerous people is limited to the mercenaries escorting the car and guarding the car. It is the first time in their lives to encounter the bandit group. It would be nice to be able to come back alive, but he didn’t dare to follow the car anymore, so Faseas had to send another employee. In the end, each employee was tortured mentally and physically by the Black Spear Bandit in turn. No one can send the situation.

Phaseas urgently needs to cash in the high-grade sheep’s milk cheese in his hands, but because of the Black Spears, the merchants on the street are afraid that the goods they send out will be robbed. The robbers even robbed grain, oil and cloth. And the bosses of the various car dealerships can't afford the repeated losses of their own manpower. The pensions paid to their families alone can make the bosses bankrupt, and they would rather not take long-distance business.

Not only the caravans departing were robbed, but the caravans coming to Fort Cheamington were also robbed. The trade route was cut off by the Black Spear, and commercial activities in the city came to a standstill. Big, everyone is annoyed, but no one has the skills to solve this big problem.The city lord couldn't bear to release the task, the amount was quite considerable, once it was completed, it would be enough for a mercenary regiment of about 50 people to replace it with brand new equipment.

Bai Tongtong wrote down the businessman's name and address on a piece of paper, and after dinner, she went to the door to do some research so as to draw a more detailed map of the attack. In her intuition, she always felt that this matter was a bit inexplicable, but she I have to wait until I get back and then review it calmly.

Ah Huang came back from looking for food, too lazy to accompany Bai Tongtong to do this boring errand work, it ran to Balbo's office, basked in the sun on his window sill, and took a nap. Merchant employees from other firms watched.

Bai Tongtong spent the afternoon walking back and forth on Sailuo Street, finding more and more victimized businessmen, and went to the car dealers to ask the leaders and drivers of the cars, until it was dark, Ah Huang led Balbo in a car After finding Bai Tongtong who was still investigating and inquiring, the hard day was finally over.

Appeared in the back garden, opened the back door and walked into the room, took a shower and had a meal, sat in front of the desk in the bedroom and continued to work, Ah Huang lay in the middle of the bed with his belly exposed and fell asleep soundly.

Two hours later, Bai Tongtong put down his pen in a sudden enlightenment, and slapped it on the desk angrily.

Ah Huang seemed to be awake all the time, turned over quickly, jumped from the bed to the table, and sat down on the edge of the table.

【All figured out? 】

"This is another case of malicious revenge." Bai Tongtong patted a few pieces of paper in front of her, on which were the data she had analyzed in the past two hours, "Phaseas' shipments have been robbed every time, and the winning rate is 100%. No other businessman is as unlucky as repeatedly making mistakes."

[With such a covert method, this person has a grudge against Phaseas? 】

"Phaseas is just an ordinary businessman who buys some agricultural and sideline products from Viscount Hope's farm and sells them. How much hatred can he have with others? Moreover, he was robbed once when he delivered a batch of goods, which is too dangerous. It’s targeted, and the victims of other businessmen are just smoke bombs put by the Black Spear Bandit Group to conceal their true purpose.”

【so? 】

"The Black Spear bandits are in collusion with someone in the city, someone who knows every step of Phaseas' convoy in detail."

[Phaseas' employees betrayed their boss? 】

"Each delivery is different from the employee of the car. I don't think it is possible for the employee to do it. This requires strong intelligence tracking capabilities."

[Is the result still related to you? 】Ah Huang licked his mouth, 【It seems that our enemies just don't give up. They didn't dare to touch the Gaerti family after suffering so much, so they came up with the idea of ​​Phasias? 】

"Anyone who can do this has to be at least at the level of a fishing rod. When it comes to fishing rods, I only think of one person."

[If it’s that tea merchant, it’s quite possible. He’s a tea merchant on the surface, but he’s also a fishing rod in private. Reminiscing that his theft must be related to me, it is only natural to get revenge. 】

"Does he still need to check, or maybe someone else took revenge for his relatives and friends. Do you remember the address of that tea merchant?"

【certainly.I'll go now. 】Ah Huang jumped onto the windowsill and jumped out of the open window.

Bai Tongtong packed up the table full of papers, waiting for Ah Huang to bring her news.

　It’s the weekend, everyone, have a good weekend. On such a hot day, of course the most comfortable enjoyment is to sit at home and read and write book reviews~~
　　
　
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