Lord of the Desert

Chapter 164 Tiqi
"What's the matter?"

The old man narrowed his eyes and muttered, his voice seemed to have been soaked in soy sauce, and the taste was stale and heavy.

"He's from out of town and wants to inquire about something."

Wen Yan said the second time.

The weather is not good today, the clouds are thick, and the shop is even darker.

But the old man's eyes seemed to have a glimmer of light, and he could clearly see the young man's figure and clothes with just one glance.

He put his legs down on the chair, put on his cotton shoes, and replied.

"I have bad ears, old man, so I can't hear clearly."

Wen Yan sighed, took out three copper coins from his pocket, and placed them on the table one by one.

"Old man, I'm from out of town and want to inquire about something!"

Then, he spoke for the third time.

Now, the old man seemed to have got a good medicine for his problems, and he got better immediately.

"Sir, please tell me."

He sat up straight with a "shua".

"We don't know about other places. I, Old Cai, don't know anything about the things on the streets of Jinhai City!"

"Old man, is there something going on in the city?"

Wen Yan said.

"I see that many shops are not open, and there are few people on the road."

"Oh, so you asked this, because there was a beacon fire in the sandy sea in the north yesterday, and everyone in the city saw it."

Lao Cai turned his head back.

"Fenghuo? What do you mean?"

Wen Yan frowned.

"It means that the snake people are going south again, and there should be a war in a few days."

The old man said casually, got up and took the tobacco rod from the cabinet, took a smoldering wooden stick under the earthen stove behind the shop, and lit the tobacco leaves.

"How is the snake man coming?"

Wen Yan took two steps, enduring the pungent smell of bad smoke, and asked.

"Small!"

Lao Cai turned his head back to the front room, and seeing the dignified expression of the outsider, he explained with his mouth twisted.

"Yesterday it was the three puffs of wolf smoke, and today it is the same, which means that this time it is for real."

He sat down on the rattan chair, held the tobacco rod with his mouth tilted, took a puff, and then sucked back the aroma of burning tobacco.

"My lord, don't worry, we live across a sea of ​​gold from the snake man, so we must have contact with each other."

"A few years ago, we were the ones who killed them."

"Now the limelight has changed, and the snake man refuses to accept it again, so let's try again."

Lao Cai squinted his eyes and enjoyed it, and his reply was a little vague.

It's a pity that there is not much tobacco left in the tobacco rod, and it has been burned out after just three puffs.

He knocked the long tobacco rod made of old copper against the side of the cabinet, leaving a handful of dust.

"Is there anything else you want to ask, sir?"

Lao Cai pressed his head down on the cigarette stick, and finally asked.

"Nothing."

Wen Yan shook his head, turned around and wanted to leave.

"It's embarrassing to charge you three pennies for this matter."

Lao Cai said that he was going to take off the lid of the sauce jar.

"Would you like some soy sauce? It tastes good..."

And Wen Yan just waved his hand and backed out.

"I don't know the goods."

Lao Cai pursed his lips, raised his eyes and looked outside the store, and saw the beacon fire slowly dissipating in the sky.

So he snorted, but took a hatchet from under the counter and went to the back hall.

Soon, the sound of sharpening the knife sounded.

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After an incense stick of kung fu, Jin Hai took charge of the martial arts academy.

"Master Gongsun, a certain Shi Yuanwei."

In the reception room, the tall young man who led the horse into the city before said to Gongsun Shi.

"These three are Du Boyi, Gao Wenyan, and Xu Zijin."

Behind him, the other three young men also bowed their hands in salute.

"The four of us are all Tiqi directly under the state department, and they belong to Xu Xiuqi's division."

Shi Yuanwei said as he handed over tokens for four people to prove their identities.

"Xu Siye is acquainted with me. He was also present at the farewell banquet before I came to Jinhai."

Gongsun Shi checked the token carefully, and replied after confirming that it was correct.

"'Electric Light and Stone Fire' Shi Yuanwei, I have seen this name several times in the internal reference in the past two years."

"I heard that among the several cavalry teams in the state department, your third team is the most powerful."

"A little reputation, not worth mentioning by Mr. Gongsun."

Shi Yuanwei said modestly.

"Don't be too modest."

Gongsun Shi smiled and made a pot of good tea himself.

"Jinhai City is [-] miles away from Xijing, so not everyone's reputation can be spread here."

"You guys must be here for the traitors of Fantian Society?"

he asked.

"Exactly."

Shi Yuanwei nodded in response.

"According to the order of the State Department, I will come to detain the prisoners."

He took out the documents from the State Department of the Martial Arts Institute in his arms, and formally forwarded them.

At the end of the document, there is also the seal of the admiral of Liangzhou.

"Dare to ask my lord, what is the situation of the criminals?"

After Gongsun Shi read the complete text, Shi Yuanwei immediately asked.

"Xiao Twelve is in the prison of this yamen. Special personnel are guarding him every step of the way. His injuries are stable, so there is no need to worry."

The former replied, but slowly.

"As for Xiao Shisan's body, it's frozen in the ice cellar—he rose up in the siege and was decapitated with a knife. Do you know that?"

"Xu Siye told us before we set off."

Shi Yuanwei replied.

"Brother Du in my team is practicing the "Jade Condensation Code", and the activation of true energy can turn dripping water into ice; then he will carry the corpse of the traitor along the way, without the risk of decay."

Gongsun Shi nodded, asked someone to fetch a letter that had been written long ago, and sealed it with wax in front of the four of them.

"We used some tricks against Xiao Twelve, but we asked a lot of things, which are all recorded here."

He pressed the sealed letter on the table in front of him.

"Lord Gongsun, don't worry, I will definitely deliver it."

Shi Yuanwei replied, but he went straight to fetch it.

"The mission is in the body, so it is inconvenient to delay."

"We want to examine the servants now."

Gongsun Shi did not reply immediately.

"Are the young heroes in such a hurry? It's getting late today, why don't you rest for a few days before leaving?"

He took the initiative to add tea for the four of them and suggested.

"No need."

Shi Yuanwei replied with two characters.

There was a moment of silence in the reception room.

"It seems that you also know that when the snake man went south, the soldiers were already a hundred miles away."

Gongsun Shi sighed deeply.

"It concerns the people of Jinhai Mancheng, but this Martial Supervisor has an unfeeling request."

"I also ask the four young heroes to postpone their trip and stay to help Jin Hai."

The other party's intentions had already been expected by Shi Yuanwei.

Before departure, Liangzhou Zhangwu Academy received a letter from Feige, which mentioned that Li Heming was dead.

In this way, there is only one innate master left in Jinhai City.

At this time when the snake man came to attack, the Tiqi squad directly under the Liangzhou State Department, who had a sympathetic relationship with heaven and man, and the three Hunranjing were extremely precious.

However, the four in Xijing did not intend to accept this request.

"Master Gongsun, please forgive me."

Shi Yuanwei refused decisively.

"There will be rewards for this."

Gongsun Shi replied immediately.

"I will report this section in detail, so that the state department will award meritorious service to the four according to the rank."

"Afterwards, the He Yi of my Jinhai Zhu family will definitely be indispensable."

The four still shook their heads.

Gongsun Shi couldn't help being anxious, and there was a threat in his words.

"Defending the family and the country is the job of a warrior of my generation."

"The four of you are against the city at this time, how can your conscience be at ease?"

"As a military supervisor, it's fine if the city is broken and died in the line of duty, otherwise I will write a letter to the admiral to report the matter!"

The four of them were slightly shaken, obviously having scruples.

But after Shi Yuanwei weighed silently, he finally refused.

"Lord Gongsun, it's not that we are greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that there is a sequence of events."

"Before the departure, Si Ye repeatedly emphasized the importance of the criminals, and they must be brought back to Xijing alive."

"With such an important task in hand, Shi really doesn't want to make any troubles."

"Sorry."

(End of this chapter)