Updated: 2013-11-22

"Oh, we're just visiting it casually." Ashu Rufat replied politely. "It seems that yours is more important than ours. But it seems, dear Mr. Dix, you seem to be in trouble."

"A trouble?" Dix smiled bitterly. "Oh, yes, it's a trouble. I suffered a loss, a loss of money and property."

"What are you referring to?" Ashu Rufate said deliberately. "It seems that you have suffered a great misfortune."

"I can say that, because it is perfectly appropriate to call it a 'unfortunate' when the loss of property reaches more than 20,000 gold Ollie." Dix did not hide his expression. "But it was not just the money issue that really annoyed me. What I hate more is this fate, opportunity, or the power of whatever name you call it. It destroys my hope and my property."

"What, twenty thousand? That can really be called misfortune." Ashu Rufat asked. "Can I ask the source of this misfortune? It's just my personal curiosity. If you find it inconvenient, you can pretend I didn't say it."

"Nothing inconvenient, I think many people here know." Dix forced a smile. "It's the horse around me."

Ashrufate looked at the horse up close. Don’t talk about the strength of the horse, but its appearance is really nothing to say. The horse has big eyes, round and shiny eyes, small and upright ears, long and curved neck, and straight and powerful back and waist. The horse doctor just said "little beauty", and the word used to describe this horse is not an exaggeration at all.

"This is a good horse," said Ashu Rufate.

"Yes, it used to be the best horse in the neighborhood - or the entire province of Acaneia. I named it "Swift". It is my pride. It is no exaggeration to say that 20,000 gold Oli is underestimated. Last year, I planned to ride it to the spring race. At that time, almost everyone recognized that I was the favorite to win the championship - myself included. But just a slippage when I jumped over a bush, it became what it is."

When he said this, he pointed at the position of the horse's legs. Ashu Rufate followed Dix's hand and saw something bandaged on one of the horse's hooves. A strong smell of medicine made him realize that the horse's hooves were receiving external application of medicine.

"I've been waiting for a whole year and asked the best doctor I can find to treat it." Dix continued. "I'll pin my hopes on it's timely recovery. But the result is... I have to wait for about three years. But even if I wait, it has only half the chance of fully recovering. And this is even its best result. Now, there is only about one month left for this year's horse racing. Now even if I want to find a good horse, it's too late." Dix shook his head regretfully. "It seems that I can only miss this year's horse racing."

"It's really... so regretful." Ashu Rufate expressed sympathy.

"Forget it, don't talk about this." Dix took the lead to the way toward the house. "My servant should have the best wine."

Ashu Rufate followed him. Halfway through the road, an intuition made him look back and look back, where he saw a stranger separated by a fence, wearing a windbreaker and a hat. This man looked like a passerby brought here by curiosity. At this moment, the stranger was riding on a horse and looking towards him through the fence. Perhaps because of the attention of Ashu Rufate, the stranger rode away from the observation position, and his figure was soon covered by the fence and the tree.

...

That afternoon, Io was wandering around the warehouse of a chamber of commerce in the city.

The subordinates were responsible for other fragmentary matters, so he, the head of the company, had temporarily got a brief leisure time. Speaking of which, he had been away from here for many years. At this moment, the city was very different from what he remembered. At least this place, which is the warehouse where he is now, he remembered that it was once a temple in the Star Domain Church of the Gods.

Of course, the temple has now moved to the outskirts of the city next to the city gate - the size of the temple has been expanded several times, and the original small places are no longer sufficient.

However, as a warehouse, it is quite big here. Because today's merchants pay attention to the separation of samples and goods. Samples are placed in warehouses, and real bulk goods are hidden in warehouses. This is the warehouse of the "Shuangma" Chamber of Commerce, which is the largest chamber of commerce in Brassian City. This "biggest" means the local scale. The Shuangma Chamber of Commerce is the most suitable for a regional chamber of commerce. However, other chambers of commerce may be far above the Shuangma Chamber of commerce. Their comprehensive strength is just a branch committee or even an office. However, the Shuangma Chamber of commerce is a real local chamber of commerce with a lot of support in the local area. It also operates a lot of businesses, and even many small chambers of commerce exist based on it - as its upstream supplier or downstream distributor.

During the past period of his life, Eo once set his greatest ideal as the senior management of joining the Shuangma Chamber of Commerce. Unfortunately, he really lacks the ability to do business, so his ideal has never been realized. Of course, this is just an immature ideal in his youth. Now Eo recalls the past and just smiles when he thinks about the past, he has a brighter future and future. From the moment he leaves his hometown and goes to the royal city, his future is destined to be not ordinary.

As long as he solves the current situation, all problems will not be problems.

When he was thinking this way, a young guy came over to say hello. Although Iozhi came here just to be nostalgic, his uneasy look was mistaken for his business to come.

"Sir, are you here to purchase?" The guy posted it politely. "Look, we produce high-quality fur here. The price is very reasonable..."

"No, I'm not here to buy?"

"You want to trade futures?" The guy misunderstood what Io meant. "Oh, we have futures for fur and tobacco here... I'm willing to tell you a secret that our fur has a good texture this year and produces a lot, but it's likely to rise next year. A bumper harvest and a bad harvest are a normal state in the fur market..."

"I'm not interested in futures either. I just come and have a look... I mean just a visit." Eo said. At this time, Lyle suddenly walked in from outside.

"Brother Io." Lyle's expression looked hurried. "You are indeed here."

"What's the matter?" Eo took the opportunity to get rid of the guy's entanglement. Lyle dragged his hand and pulled him outside the warehouse.

"Lyle, what's wrong? I'll ask you to find someone to monitor my two cousins..."

"Brother Io, I'm here to report on this." Lyle walked to a remote corner. "This morning they went out to visit Sir Dicks."

"Go to borrow money?" asked Eo. He had learned about Dix's recent situation from Lyle. In fact, this was no secret. Who in the neighborhood didn't know that the guy who liked luxury and was good at showing off had already suffered a big loss in the matter of horses. But how could he say that a lean camel is bigger than a horse? Who said he was a rich man? If Dix suddenly took out tens of thousands of gold orleys from a corner of his house, it wouldn't be too outrageous.

However, both sides are not close friends. Dix would not be fooled by a few words and lent the money to them, right? Iohara is very confident that the two sisters cannot borrow money, but when he saw Lyle's anxious expression, he suddenly found that he was a little worried.

"No, they bought the horse from Dix," Lyle replied.

"Let's go there and have a detailed talk." Io breathed a sigh of relief.

A little later, the two of them came to the high-end tavern that they were already very familiar with. At this time, there were very few people in the tavern, so the two of them quickly found a quiet and peaceful location. After sitting down, Lyle repeated the news he had found to Eo. It must be noted that Lyle did not look at anything else, and he really had a way to find out the news. Not only did he send someone to follow the target, he also ran over in person and spent a few small money to get first-hand information from Dix's servant.

"Did they buy that horse?" Io asked in confusion. "A horse that is already lame?"

"Yes, that horse is almost impossible to recover. Even if it is restored, it will happen several years later."

"It's really that way?"

"If this is not the case, how could Dix be willing to sell it? And he only sold five hundred Jin Oli." Lyle explained. "You should know him as a man, Brother Io. Although he is easy to show off, he is not a fool."

"That's right." Io carefully recalled the latest information. "They bought a horse that was worthless..."

"The value of the horse lies in breeding and giving birth to a foal," Lyle replied. "That's the price."

"Anyway, that horse is impossible to attend a horse race," said Io. "Maybe it can give birth to great offspring, but that's three or five years later."

"That's exactly that," Lyle replied. "So something is wrong."

"I don't think something is right, either," said Io. "You said that Ashrufate had been to visit the city of Ma City for a day before."

"Yes, all day. According to the stalker, it seems that I didn't even eat lunch. But in the end I didn't buy any horses."

"He went to the horse market first, but he didn't buy a horse," Io concluded. "Then he ran to Dix and bought a sick horse that was already lame?" His face suddenly smiled, and a smile that made Lyle feel a little frightened.

"I understand." Eo replied. "Continue to stare at him! It seems that Eshu Rufate is very active."

“Very positive…”

"This is also the advantage of mercenaries," said Eo. "For money, they can do whatever it takes. This is why my two cousins ​​chose him as their husband."

"Brother Io, you understand...what does it mean? What do they want to do?"
Chapter completed!