i have a magic world

Chapter 145 Run away unexpectedly, a mystery【Seeking follow-up】

"Oh?"

"Is there any change?"

Chen Xuan asked calmly.

Since the news about the secret door passage was known inside the city of Magta.

The open and secret struggles surrounding the Qiushuixian merchant group have come to an end for the time being.

At least on the surface.

However, no one can tell what the two sides will do secretly.

After all, a secret dark gold mine with an astonishing value is involved, and the two parties will never let it go.

That's why Chen Xuan asked Franco Budge and Ophelia to keep an eye on the situation of the Colchicum Merchant Group respectively.

As for Ursula and the forces in the city that she is vaguely involved in, there is no need to worry too much.

Dealing with the crusade order is Bangcheng's primary responsibility and task.

If this incident goes wrong, once the demon disaster breaks out, the entire city will be threatened by monsters.

But the Colchicius Merchant Group is different, Chen Xuan believes that the shrewd Ansetus will definitely take action.

Ophelia pondered for a while before speaking slowly.

"It's like this. Just two days ago, the Colchicum Merchant Group recruited a large number of laborers."

"The name is to go to the Misty Mountain Canyon north of Magtan City to build a large pass and forest farm."

"Bangcheng encourages this kind of wild land reclamation."

"That's why there are so many people out there setting up farms and estates."

"And Qiu Shuixian offered high wages, and there are more than [-] workers who signed up!"

"This is a big project inside and outside Magtan City!"

"but…"

……

Having said that, Ophelia fell silent for a moment.

Her eyes revealed a complex emotion.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan didn't rush, but just quietly waited for the next step.

It took more than ten seconds before she reorganized her words, but her voice became a little deeper.

"But those laborers are missing."

"Together with my father..."

"Also, someone has inspected the core location of the Colchicum Merchant's team."

"There's just an empty shell left."

Hearing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help frowning.

"Run away?"

He almost blurted out.

Ophelia shook her head slightly.

"I...I don't know either."

"This thing is too weird."

"Thousands of employees and guards of the Colchicum Merchant Group, plus newly hired laborers, disappeared without a trace in just two naroa days."

"However, what is certain is that the luggage and goods in the station, including most of the horses, mules, and carriages used for transportation, were taken away with the team."

The transfer of 6000 people cannot be done secretly.

What a big deal, didn't Bangcheng suspect or stop it?
Thinking of this, Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes and asked loudly.

"What's the reaction from Bangcheng?"

"Has anyone investigated the Misty Mountain Canyon in the north of the city?"

As Ophelia said, this matter is too suspicious.

This question made the half-elf lady frowned even tighter.

"The North District is a relatively remote urban area."

"When the Qiushuixian merchant group left the city on a large scale that night, the guards stationed at the city gate did not stop them and let them go. Afterwards, the guards of that squadron also left their posts and disappeared."

"Some people say they took advantage."

"There are also witnesses who saw my father, and his demeanor became ghastly."

"After the incident, the Qingqi Battalion immediately went to Misty Mountain to investigate, but found nothing."

"All the ruts and tracks come to an abrupt end outside the canyon."

"When the light cavalry battalion went deep into it, it was attacked mysteriously in the mist. Of the entire team of riders, only one came back alive, with severe burn injuries on his body."

Now that the matter has been narrated to this point, everyone understands that there must be a big secret hidden in it.

However, Ansetus still felt a little surprised when he said that he ran away.

But in a way, this can be regarded as an unexpected behavior.

Chen Xuan couldn't help shaking his head.

"Even if the garrison can be bribed, why do the more than 5000 laborers obediently follow?"

"There are so many people who mysteriously disappeared in the Misty Mountain Canyon."

"How did Bangcheng react to this?"

Ophelia is not too clear about the details.

She has moved out of the estate and has only been back since the incident.

Father's study room was emptied, and even the secret passage was opened, and there was nothing in it.

Suddenly, a large number of caravan guards recruited before also disappeared together.

She also couldn't understand why those people cooperated so much.

This is not an effect that can be achieved simply by buying money.

"Baron Bezos issued a commission of investigation in public."

"But so far no results."

"Recently, the situation inside and outside the city has been surging, and everything has become a mess."

"I suspect that the dark gold mine you mentioned should be located somewhere in the northern wilderness."

Ophelia expressed her thoughts with a worried expression.

Chen Xuan understood what she meant and said in agreement.

"You're right, there must be something in the northern region."

"That Misty Mountain is not simple either."

The so-called Misty Mountain is a mountain range more than 60 miles north of Magtan City.

It is shrouded in dense milk-like mist all year round.

According to past information, it seems that there is no monster burrow there.

There are also few wandering monsters, but there are many ferocious monsters in the mountains.

There have also been bold halfling farmers who have cultivated farms around the Misty Mountains before.

It's just that without exception, they were all destroyed within one Naloa month.

The results of the survey were all "Warcraft Rampage".

Although it is not an absolute taboo area, most farmers will not choose to open up wasteland there.

The Misty Mountains lay to the north, stretching from east to west like a wall.

And the canyon in it is the only access.

There are not many records for so many years.

Seeing her master's expression of thought, Ophelia continued to add.

"My father's actions were well timed."

"That was the moment when the news of the existence of secret door passages everywhere was confirmed and sent back to the city."

"The Qiushuixian Merchant Group has been active in the city for many years and has quite a lot of channels and connections."

"So it can quickly attract a large number of idle workers with high salaries as bait in a very short period of time."

Her use of the word "bait" suggests that she, too, is beginning to suspect Ancetus' motives.

"This trick is really unexpected."

"I'm more curious about the reaction of the red-haired Walton family."

"It is said that the secret dark gold mine was jointly developed by your father and the core members of the red-haired Walton family."

"Your father is in charge of mining and refining, and the red-haired Walton family is in charge of minting coins and putting them on the market."

"It involves the circulation cycle of materials and commerce."

Dark gold is very valuable and is itself a symbol of wealth.

Coins can be circulated immediately after minting.

However, in the long run, it will definitely attract the attention of interested people.

Assuming that the business scale of the Qiushuixian Merchant Group has not grown, but it has wealth far exceeding the scale of the business.

Those astute peers will definitely spot the anomalies.

Therefore, after the coins were minted, they were immediately circulated and converted into materials, and transported back to Magtan City for sale.

It can not only expand the scale of the caravan, but also reasonably increase the value of one's own wealth.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it can minimize hidden dangers.

It is claimed to the outside world that this is the exclusive business route of the Walton family and the Colchicum Merchant Group.

This is the key to Ansetus being able to keep the secret for nearly ten Naloa years!
Regarding this part of the matter, Chen Xuan had already figured it out.

But the mystery just got bigger.

Ansetus left abruptly, whether the red-haired Walton family knew about it or not.

Moreover, his various behaviors don't seem to be purely for profit.

Now it seems that the so-called strengthening the Axo family and becoming a big businessman with rich capital does not seem to be his core goal.

And what happened to the death of that guy's original partner, Ophelia's biological mother.

It seems that unless one can travel back in time and go back to that moment, no one can tell the truth of the matter.

Speaking of the red-haired Walton family, Ophelia couldn't help shaking her head.

The opponent's main sphere of influence is in the giant city of Atax.

It is not easy to find out the news in this regard.

Neither the master nor the servant spoke any more, and the secrets in it will not be deduced in a short while.

Ophelia was just an ignorant and ignorant child back then.

"By the way, where's Ursula?"

Speaking of that flashy stepmother, the half-elf lady's expression became a little weird.

"she…"

"That bitch Ursula brought Howard's ashes into the baron's castle."

"She has a lot of private money, and it seems that she has sent a valuable gift, and has won the sympathy of Baroness Zuzana Finlay, allowing her to live in the castle first."

Chen Xuan has always known that Ursula is being guarded by someone in Bangcheng, and he is a high-level person, but the specific identity of the other party is unknown.

This person could never be the Baroness.

Because Zuzana is not a ruler, nor does she care about municipal and local governance.

"The Baron's Castle..."

"Is it Baron Bezos?"

Chen Xuan thought in his heart.

Just when he still had something to ask, the magic circle of the tent rippled.

Ophelia made a silent gesture and closed the soundproof magic circle.

Immediately there was an external sound coming in.

"Miss, Baron Bezos sent a waiter to have an interview with you."

The master and servant looked at each other, unexpectedly it was a coincidence.

Chen Xuan raised his chin and softly instructed Ophelia.

"Let him in."

After receiving clear instructions, Ophelia shouted towards the outside of the tent.

"Ask him to come into the tent and talk."

Then she closed the isolation of the protective magic circle.

About half a minute later, the halfling in charge of the caravan led a snake man in a steward's uniform into the camp.

"Respect Miss Axl."

"I am Puzemeslo Hoskin, the steward of Lord Bezos."

"The baron invites you to visit the castle after the moonlight today."

"He has something to ask you about the purchase of magic tears!"

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(End of this chapter)