Chapter 78: Heavy Loss

Khafre turned his head and glanced at the sky outside the shop, a look of worry flashed across his face.

Prado was summoned away by the city lord when it was close to lunch, and it was already past lunch time, and it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, but he still didn't come back, which is really strange.

Ordinarily, even if the city lord gave Prado a special favor and stayed for lunch with him, he should be back after the meal.

It's impossible for the city lord to like him so much after seeing him, and wants to stay and have dinner with him, right?

"Uncle, what are we going to do now?" Nasus yawned boredly and asked Khafre.

Hafre glanced at him and waved his hand: "Stop guarding here, go out and check the magic locomotive. If all goes well, we will leave here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and we can't let the magic locomotive have any problems."

Nasus pouted: "What is there to check? The quality of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has always been good, so there will be no problems."

"Go as soon as I tell you!" Khafre stared.

Nasus could only mutter helplessly, got up and walked out the door.

Just as he reached the door, a few tall figures suddenly walked in from the outside, completely blocking the door of the shop.

Nasus was stunned, and after a closer look, he found that the sudden appearance of these people were all wearing the uniforms and armor of the city defense army, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Then he was surprised to find that he actually knew the city guard at the head. It was Captain Wayne who was in charge of guarding the city gate when they entered the city two days ago yesterday.

Captain Wayne's eyes swept across Nasus's face, and then fell on Khafre who just got up in the store.

After glancing at Khafre. He nodded. With a wave of his hand. He shouted in a low voice: "It's them, arrest them all!"

Several city guards behind him rushed out like wolves and tigers, and grabbed the two of them firmly.

"Hey, what are you doing? Did we do something wrong? Why are you arresting us?" Nasus immediately yelled loudly while struggling hard.

However, he was only a young boy, how could he be able to defeat two well-trained soldiers of the city defense army, so he could only yell a few words, which had no effect.

Although Khafre was equally surprised. But he was well-informed after all, and he was much calmer than Nasus.

Seeing the leader, Captain Wayne, he gave Captain Wayne a questioning look.

Captain Wayne turned his gaze, met Hafre's eyes, and shook his head slightly.

Khafre immediately understood, and turned to Nasus, telling him to shut up.

Captain Wayne waved his hand again, and several city guards escorted the two of them out together.

After being escorted by the city defense army and boarding two carriages, a group of people wandered to the city defense army guard post in the south of the city.

Then the city defense army responsible for the escort sent the two to the prison of the guard and locked them in the same cell.

"Uncle. This...what the hell is going on?" After the escorting city guards exited the cell, Nasus finally couldn't help the panic in his heart. asked Khafre.

"Calm down." Hafre patted Nasus on the shoulder, took out a piece of biscuit from his bosom that he ate at noon and hid in his bosom, and handed it over. "Take a bite first and calm down."

Nasus stared blankly at the biscuits that Khafre handed over, thinking that you still let me eat at this time? How could it be possible to eat it!

"Remember, you must first ensure that you are calm when you encounter anything. Then remember that no matter what the situation is, you must first ensure your stomach. Only with physical strength can you ensure that you can make necessary actions when necessary. response. Got it?"

Seeing the solemn expression on Khafre's face, Nasus nodded half-understanding.

After thinking for a while, he reached out to take the biscuits, broke off half and handed it back to Khafre, then bit the other half himself, chewing lightly while falling into thought.

Seeing that Nasus gradually regained his composure, Khafre glanced at the half of the biscuit in his hand, and nodded appreciatively.

This nephew was able to listen to his words like this, and he was able to regain his composure in this situation, and even remembered to give himself half of the biscuits, which really made him very satisfied.

If he can be saved this time, he can really be trained as a successor in the future.

After a pause, Khafre stuffed the other half of the biscuits into his mouth, and after taking a bite, he began to think while chewing.

Although there were not many hints given to him by Captain Wayne just now, a lot of meaning can be read from them.

First of all, Captain Wayne directly told him not to act rashly, obviously because the incident that happened suddenly today involved a lot, and he had to be more careful.

Secondly, this reaction also made Khafre feel a lot more at ease.

Because this means that the problems they encounter may not cause particularly serious consequences, and there should be room for rescue.

Otherwise, Captain Wayne's expression would be more dignified.

In the end, since Captain Wayne is willing to give him a hint, it proves that he is willing to help.

At this point, in fact, the specific help he can give may not be great, but it is very important to be able to reflect this attitude, proving that the matter itself is not that serious, otherwise Captain Wayne, the captain of the city defense army Identity, absolutely dare not participate.

Thinking of this, Hafre let out a breath slowly, slowed down, leaned his back against the cell wall, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

Nasus glanced at Khafre, tilted his head and thought about it, and simply lay down on the ground, and fell asleep like that.

About an hour later, there was a sound of footsteps outside the cell.

Hafre opened his eyes and found that Captain Wayne was the only one walking past.

And when he walked over, he seemed a little cautious, and looked around from time to time, looking a little sneaky.

Seeing Captain Wayne's appearance, Hafre's eyes lit up, he got up immediately, and walked to the door of the cell.

Captain Wayne walked quickly to the edge of the cell, and saw that Khafre was already waiting inside, he couldn't help smiling. I thought to myself that this small businessman from other places was clever.

"Team Wayne..."

Three words just came out of Khafre's mouth. Captain Wayne has put his finger to his lips. Make a silent gesture.

Khafre immediately shut up and stared at Captain Wayne.

"Listen well, don't ask too many questions." Captain Wayne moved closer and lowered his voice extremely low. "According to the information I have inquired, you have attracted the attention of a very important person this time, so you don't need to expect to get away with it. But you don't have to worry, you will not be punished particularly severely this time, and your life will not be in danger .Remember. You will be judged tomorrow, don't try to justify, admit it honestly. Because this is the result that those big people need. If you don't cooperate...you know what I mean."

Hearing what Captain Wayne said was extremely solemn, Hafre nodded solemnly, then glanced at the situation outside the cell, then reached into his bosom, took out a small money bag, and handed it to Captain Wayne.

"Thank you, Captain Wayne, for your help. Please also ask me about my elder brother, that is, Prado."

Captain Wayne hesitated for a moment, and stuffed the money bag into his arms.

"I don't know the specific news about your eldest brother. But I heard that he was only temporarily locked up by the city lord, so there should be no big problem."

"Okay, thank you."

"Remember what I just said, if you want to keep this life, you have to cooperate a little bit." After leaving this sentence, Captain Wayne left in a hurry.

Watching Captain Wayne disappear at the far end of the cell, Khafre pondered for a while, then turned around and patted the sleeping Nasus awake, and explained to him in a low voice.

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Three days later, Khafre, Prado, and Nasus hurriedly left Lalu City in a carriage.

Nasus glanced back at the lofty gate of Lalu City, his face full of unwillingness.

"Uncle, are we going back like this?"

Khafre and Prado looked at each other, sighed, shook their heads and said, "Okay, it's good to be able to leave alive this time."

"But...but they not only confiscated all our money from selling clothes, but also confiscated our magic motorcycle, why!" Nasus' green face was full of anger. "Don't all the people in the Candela Empire disregard the king's law?"

Prado on the side looked a little embarrassed, but the anger and dissatisfaction in his heart made him not want to say any rebuttals at all.

When he was suddenly summoned by the city lord three days ago, at first the city lord and the noble lady beside him were more pleasant to him and asked him some questions about the clothes he sold.

At that time, Prado thought that the clothes he sold had aroused the interest of the city lord and the lady, and he was very happy about it.

But when he explained that these clothes came from the Lampari Kingdom, the noble lady suddenly turned her face, and then the city lord asked someone to arrest him directly and send him to prison.

Later, after a trial that was obviously a formality, they were convicted of commercial fraud and intentional concealment and omission to pay taxes. In the end, not only all the income from the sale of these goods was confiscated, but even Khafre and Nasus were confiscated this time. All the large freight magic locomotives that came to transport the goods were confiscated.

And Prado's store in Lalu City was also directly banned for these two charges, and at the same time it was announced that Prado would lose its business qualifications.

Calculated, their direct economic loss this time has even exceeded 5,000 gold coins.

If you count the loss of shops and business qualifications of Prado, it will be even more miserable.

Prado has worked hard in Lalu City for more than ten years, but now he has nothing overnight, and the blow to him can be imagined.

Fortunately, Khafre, who was also locked up for three days before being released, gave him comfort.

Hafre said that Prado can follow him back to the Kingdom of Lampari.

Although the loss of thousands of gold coins this time was a serious blow to Khafre, but with the foundation he had accumulated in the Lampari Kingdom in the past few years, he could still continue to persevere after returning.

And this time they were dealt a heavy blow, but Hafre and Prado are convinced that there are a large number of cheap goods in the Lampari Kingdom, and they can be sold at a very good price when they are brought to the Candela Empire, and there is absolutely no need to worry about sales. .

This is a very promising and extremely broad market. As long as you grasp it well, you can easily earn back a few thousand gold coins.

The only question is what is the reason for Lalu City's action against them this time.

If this is just the reaction of Lalu City, if it is a special case, then there is no problem.

But if this matter reflects the will of the entire Candela Empire, then it is a very serious problem... (to be continued...)