Chapter 165 Accident

“Andrew, Andrew.”

I whispered to Andrew behind me. Andrew came over and listened carefully to me and said, "Take out Levi's wallet."

Andrew understood and took out the cloth bag full of money from his back pocket and handed it to me. I took it and opened the bag, which was full of good quality Oren gold coins.

I took out a few gold coins without counting them, and threw them into the air in the dense crowd, at the closest distance to the soldier, and shouted, "Ah, my money!"

The sudden shout naturally attracted everyone's attention, but how could they look around for the source of the sound? Of course, they had to focus on the gold coins falling on their heads!

"Look! Gold coins!"

Some people began to exclaim with joy in their voices, while more people lowered their heads to look for the Oren gold coins scattered on the ground. For these poor people, it was very difficult to see the Oren gold coins, let alone touch and own them.

Faced with these Oren gold coins of very good quality, everyone present knew what it meant to own even one of them, so greedy thoughts began to spread in everyone's hearts.

"Money! I have money!"

For the sake of those few Oren gold coins, everyone went crazy. They rushed forward to pick up the Oren gold coins scattered on the ground. Those who had not picked up any became extremely jealous when they saw those who had picked them up, so they took advantage of the chaos to snatch them. As a result, the situation got out of control.

"Hey, stay calm, don't panic!"

The fully armed soldiers tried to stabilize the situation that was gradually getting out of control, but how could this stop the civilians from wanting Oren gold coins?

I held Anais's hand and walked through the crowded crowd, and left Ludinan right under the eyes of the anxious soldiers.

"Hurry, hurry, before they come to their senses!"

As I said this, I helped Anai cover her head with the headscarf, and the three of us ran out of Ludinan together.

"Luga, what should we do next?" Andrew asked me.

"We are going to a nearby village. We must hurry because when Levi gets here and knows about the commotion, he will definitely know what happened."

After Ludinan, we ran southwards and found a village within two miles. We bought some bread, dried meat and fruit with denarius, and paid two orens to bribe an old coachman who was familiar with the road to Genoa. The old coachman had never seen such golden orens before, and he agreed to our request as soon as he took the gold coins. It took less than half an hour to get everything ready.

Without further ado, the three of us got on the carriage and urged the old coachman to drive away from the village.

Not long after we set out, I realized that I had made a fatal mistake. Where is Anais's mother? My mind has been tense from last night until now, so I didn't think too much about it. Since leaving Ludinan, my nerves have been slightly relaxed. Now, they are tense to the extreme.

"Anai!"

I turned around and asked her, "Where is your mother? Why haven't I seen her?"

When she mentioned her mother, a trace of loss flashed in Anai's eyes. She lowered her head and was silent for a long time. Finally, she whispered: "My mother is dead."

"What! Dead?"

How could I not believe it? At that time, Anais' mother seemed to be in better condition than Anais, but how could she die so suddenly? I hurriedly asked, "What happened? Did the Romans or the Huns cause trouble for you?"

"No, it's not." Anais shook his head and continued, "It's a disease. People say that Ludinan's betrayal angered the gods. Even for the survivors of the Roman massacre, the gods still refused to forgive them, so they spread the disease and caused more people to die."

"Disease..." This reminds me of the plague, which was caused by bacteria and viruses that grew from decaying corpses. In our time, this is common sense, but in such an ancient time, they could not explain it and could only blame it on the gods, saying that it was the anger of the gods.

"But the disease didn't last long. When it snowed, the divine punishment miraculously stopped. But my mother could never come back."

Anais voice became smaller and smaller, I knew that my question brought her back to the pain that she could not bear to recall.

"Uh, I'm so sorry, Ana, I didn't mean it." I apologized quickly, hoping that she would forgive me and stop recalling and suffering. I gently placed my hands on her shoulders, feeling her body trembling with sobs.

"I will treat you well, Anais." I said this in a deep voice, but my inner thoughts were still very firm. This poor woman in front of me looked like she had lost everything, but she chose to trust me, so I wanted to treat her well, I had to treat her well. But this was ultimately my wishful thinking, because there would always be accidents.

"Hey, stop, I order you to stop!"

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As the carriage was moving forward on the deserted road, I suddenly heard a rough shout from behind, accompanied by the sound of rapid horse hooves. I turned around and saw that it was Li Wei and a group of cavalrymen led by him, running towards us in a dusty manner.

"Hurry, old man, run!"

I hurriedly urged the old coachman to drive. Seeing them getting closer and closer, I never expected that they would catch up so quickly. It seems that Levi is a character that should not be underestimated.

The old coachman was so old that he naturally had to be careful. So at my urging, he turned around and saw a large group of cavalry rushing towards him with murderous intent. He naturally knew who the three people were on the carriage.

“Clatter.”

When the old coachman saw the cavalry, he didn't care about anything else and just stopped the carriage.

"What, what happened?"

Before I could question the old coachman, I saw him nimbly jump off the carriage, lean forward slightly with a servile look, kneel on the side of the road, and tremble.

There was no other way. Levi and his cavalry quickly arrived here and stopped behind our carriage. The other cavalry quickly came up and surrounded us. They were serious. The weapons in their hands flashed silver in the sunlight. In an instant, dozens of pairs of eyes stared at us.

"It's a good thing you woke up not too late, Orius Luca." Levi sat on the horse, half-closed his eyes, looking at me.

(End of this chapter)