Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
A large caravan stirred up clouds of dust.
They sped along until they approached the City of Hope, at which point they gradually slowed down.
The leader of the group was a middle-aged man, who looked to be in his thirties. He was rather thin and had bright, piercing eyes.
He looks like a capable man.
At the city gate, Su Qing, dressed in a black robe, stepped forward with a smile.
"Is it Steward Adnan who has arrived?"
The strong man dismounted from the fiery horse, quickly forcing a smile onto his face, and shook hands warmly with Su Qing.
"May I ask who you are, and why I have never seen you before?"
Although no one would dare to impersonate him right in front of the city gates of the City of Hope, Steward Adnan remained vigilant.
After all, this batch of goods is very important and cannot be taken lightly.
Moreover, he had never seen this person before.
Su Qing smiled calmly: "I used to be just a lowly servant. It was only because the city lord took a liking to me that I was made this steward. Steward Adnan would naturally not remember someone as insignificant as me."
These words made Adnan lower his guard a bit. If the other party was talking about a butler who had just been promoted, then it was indeed unlikely that he would recognize the other party.
Although I wanted to test the waters further, there were no other opportunities at the moment, so I had to give up the idea.
"Come on, please come into the city and rest for a few days, so that I can properly show you the hospitality of a host."
Su Qing warmly invited him to leave, but Adnan immediately declined: "No, let's have a meal first, then we have to leave. This mission is very important, and there's no time to rest."
He looked serious, wanting to use this to prove he wasn't joking.
Su Qing shrugged at him regretfully: "Even if you don't want to rest, you'll probably have to stay for a few days. There's been some trouble on the road ahead!"
Adnan frowned slightly: "What happened?"
"The road ahead is blocked. Several mountains have suddenly appeared. We are organizing people to clear a road, but it will take two days!"
Su Qing explained earnestly.
But the manager, Adnan, found it unbelievable.
"Are you kidding me? How could several mountains suddenly appear?"
"If you don't believe me, you can come with me to see for yourself."
Adnan hesitated for a moment, then nodded, telling everyone to rest. He followed the fat, dark-skinned man across the entire city to the other side of the city. Several towering mountains, hundreds of meters high, blocked the road ahead.
Su Qing's strength has broken through, and the mountain she moved has become even bigger.
Adnan looked up at the mountains and rivers in front of him, pondered briefly, and felt that something was wrong.
The mountain that suddenly appeared, regardless of how it appeared, just happened to block the road. Could it be that someone did it on purpose?
"Why not ask a powerful expert to smash the mountain in front of us?"
Adnan asked a very important question, because the strong are capable of doing so.
Su Qing looked at him with a smile: "Have you ever thought about changing jobs?"
Upon hearing these words, considering the current situation and the thoughts in his mind, Adnan instantly cleared his mind and, as if struck by lightning, quickly retreated.
His face was grim, and he looked at Su Qing warily: "What do you mean by that?"
Su Qing smiled faintly and forcefully suppressed the attack with her palm.
A terrifying aura erupted, and Adnan drew his sword to fight back. The aura he unleashed was almost at the peak of glory, but he was powerless to resist and was knocked down.
Su Qing held it in his palm and smiled, "The Nord family will be destroyed sooner or later. When the nest is overthrown, no egg remains intact. You might as well choose a wise ruler soon!"
"You?"
Adnan sneered, his face full of disdain.
He acknowledged the opponent's strength, but argued that it was far from enough to shake the centuries-old Nord family.
Su Qing remained unperturbed, a smile playing on her lips: "I certainly couldn't do it alone, but what if I contacted other forces? Like the Gustavo family, the Purple Fire Mercenary Group..."
Adnan's pupils contracted sharply; the meaning behind the other person's words alarmed him.
Could it be that many forces have joined forces to take action against the Nord family?
But……
"Impossible, there's no reason for them to join forces."
Adnan still didn't believe it, but Su Qing's next words made his expression change drastically.
"How could the Gustavo family tolerate the Nord family's desire to get involved in the glass business? As for the Purple Fire Mercenary Group, they control one of the three essential routes to the northwestern kingdoms. If they control this route as well, they will have a monopoly, and wealth will flow in continuously. Do you think they wouldn't be tempted?"
This situation exists, or rather, it is bound to happen.
Adnan fell silent. Su Qing smiled at him. After all, the other party had served the Nord family for decades. It was unrealistic to expect him to turn against them immediately.
But once the thought arises, I believe he will soon be able to make the right decision.
"What can I do? And what can I get in return?"
The three great techniques of coercion, bribery, and persuasion through reasoning.
Su Qing had already used both coercion and reasoning; all that remained was the final inducement. Adnan believed the other party would offer him conditions he couldn't refuse.
In fact, he couldn't refuse this condition.
"You can save your life and get a good job!"
Adnan looked at the other person's expression and confirmed that the other person was not joking.
Using one's own life to buy oneself off is truly a hardcore condition.
But he couldn't refuse, because the other party was clearly serious.
After a long silence, Adnan spoke again: "I am bound by a contract and cannot do anything that would harm the interests of the Nord family."
Su Qing was not surprised; this was normal, or rather, it would be abnormal if there were no contract.
No family would trust outsiders that much, but contracts are not without loopholes.
"You don't need to do anything, just stay for two days, and others will take care of the work."
As she spoke, Su Qing took out a contract. The other party had already signed an employment contract, so it was impossible for them to sign a second one. After all, how could one person be employed by two people at the same time?
This is a master-servant contract, which can also be considered an alternative employment contract, except that they are governed by different gods.
The contract terms that Su Qing presented were exceptionally rigorous with very few loopholes. After all, no one could say that there were absolutely no loopholes.
Adnan glanced at it, saw no particularly demanding requirements, and readily signed his name.
The contract was established, and light shimmered on the paper.
Su Qing blew on it with satisfaction and put the contract into her stomach.
Then he took out a sheepskin scroll from his stomach.
The scroll exudes an ancient aura, with faintly visible lines and some obscure ancient characters marking it—it is clearly a map.
This was a replica that Su Qing had spent an entire night creating based on the map given to him by the God of Greed.
Even the parchment scroll itself was indeed very old, containing some poems that Su Qing had erased and re-imprinted with text.
According to the map markings, an ancient ruin was recorded.
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