Lord of Puro

Chapter 689 Comradeship
Li Banfeng was sleeping soundly on the sofa. A woman came up to him, took a blanket and covered him with it.

Her movements were very gentle, but after covering him with the blanket, she deliberately touched Li Banfeng's face.

Li Banfeng opened his eyes slightly, and in the dim light, he could just barely see the outline of the woman.

She had a slender and slightly thin figure, and her soft waist swayed gently in front of Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng smiled, suddenly pulled out a sickle from his side, pointed at the woman, and shouted, "Who are you?"

"What are you doing?" Honglian gently touched Li Banfeng's hand with the lotus leaf.

Li Banfeng blinked and looked carefully.

The one who covered him with the blanket was not a woman, but Honglian.

The graceful woman I saw just now was the swaying lotus leaf of the red lotus.

Honglian felt a little aggrieved: "I was afraid that you would catch a cold, so I covered you with a blanket out of kindness. Why did you pull a knife on me?"

Li Banfeng put away the sickle and searched around his body.

Honglian asked, "What are you looking for?"

"Looking for a pocket watch."

"Are you talking about Meng De? You sent her to serve Zhao Xiaowan."

Li Banfeng rubbed his forehead and woke up the projector: "Use your phone to check what time it is now."

The projector yawned and glanced at it: "Eight o'clock in the morning."

Li Banfeng packed his clothes, washed his face, and prepared to go out.

Honglian asked: "Where are we going?"

"Go to work!" Li Banfeng said, "The Dark Star Bureau starts work at 8:30. If you are late, your wages will be deducted."

This was obviously a joke, Honglian laughed and said, "I see you are not in a hurry to go to work, you are going to check the stairwell, right?"

Li Banfeng held Honglian on the table and gently stroked her heart: "Alian, you also saw what happened to me in the warehouse yesterday, right?"

"I see. It's best not to go to that warehouse. The little train is injured and fell asleep. I don't know when it will wake up. If you meet the old train again, no one will be able to save you."

Li Banfeng touched the seven holes on the lotus core one by one and asked softly, "You are knowledgeable, can you tell me what secrets are in that warehouse?"

Honglian turned her lotus heart and sucked Li Banfeng's finger in. "This is not something that can be explained in half a sentence. Lao Huoche is a master of engineering. If the warehouse was built by him, it must have a high level of spirituality. If the spirituality reaches a certain level, the warehouse will have countless changes.
Just like this house of ours, you have lived here for three whole years. Do you dare to say that you have truly seen through the mysteries of this house?"

Li Banfeng pulled out his fingers and touched the lotus leaf: "As long as we find the mechanism, maybe we can find a way to control the wall."

Honglian wrapped her lotus leaves around Li Banfeng's wrist and said, "Xiao Jiu'er is a smart woman, but she is not a craftsman after all. In her eyes, craftsmanship must have mechanisms.

This is all her knowledge of engineering repairs. As I said before, the small train is made from the old train. Can you tell me where its mechanism is?

People need to know their own worth. Jiuer is used to being conceited, so it doesn't matter if she speaks a few big words casually. You have been rolling around in other states, so you need to know what is deep and what is heavy.

"You go into a dangerous place alone, and you think you can get out of it safely every time? If you make a mistake once, your life will be gone. I tell you, don't go to that building anymore."

Li Banfeng moved his hand back to Lian Xin again: "Hua Jiuer, are you so loving to me today?"

Honglian tightened the lotus leaves and tightly wrapped Li Banfeng's hand: "It's not that I love you, I'm just worried that something happened to you. I'm trapped here and can't get out.

You spent so much time on the stairwell just to figure out where the boundary comes from, am I right?"

Li Banfeng nodded: "You know me well."

Honglian laughed: "In this family, besides Zhao Xiaowan, who else can understand you better than me? She tried her best to study the boundaries, isn't it also to please you?"

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Do you also think that the Dark Star Bureau is related to the Boundary?"

Honglian said: "The boundary is in the hands of the outside state, and the boundary also appeared in the warehouse yesterday, so there must be a connection here.
But I really don't know why you put so much thought into the border. You have status and position in both the outer and inner states, so why bother with the Prostate? You might as well live your own carefree life."

Li Banfeng raised his eyebrows: "What you said makes sense. I'll think about it carefully."

When I walked to the main room, everyone in the family was still asleep. It was never day or night in the house. No one had the habit of getting up early, and now that Mengde was not there, I didn't know how long I would sleep.

Li Banfeng was about to walk to the door when Hong Ying, holding a wash basin, ran after him, yawning, "Qilang, pour out the water for washing your face."

"Why are you so diligent today!" Li Banfeng took the basin.

"Qi Lang, what you said is true. When am I not diligent? I am a house spirit and I have to clean the house."

That’s right, house spirits all like cleanliness. When my wife is not at home, the task of cleaning the room naturally falls to Hong Ying.

After pouring the water for washing face and returning the basin, Li Banfeng looked at Hong Ying.

Home spirits love cleanliness...

This matter seems to have been ignored.

……

As soon as Li Banfeng left, the figure of the Fifth Girl appeared on the wall.

"Senior, I really can't learn your tricks. You covered him with a blanket, and I thought you wanted him to sleep a little longer, but you were actually trying to wake him up.
You advised him not to go to the Dark Star Bureau, but you revealed the secrets related to the boundary. This made him want to get to the bottom of it.
Senior, your skills are so advanced, can you teach me a few more moves?"

Honglian looked at the Fifth Girl and said, "He is just like this. He will definitely accomplish what he wants to do. The fire has already started. I am just adding fuel to the fire.

Instead of grinding your teeth at me, you might as well do something serious. Don't forget what I told you."

……

Arriving at the Dark Star Bureau, Li Banfeng locked the door of his office, brewed a pot of tea, and poured a few cups: "Everyone, please don't be polite, let's drink and chat."

Ban Fengyi held the teacup and made a tea drinking gesture: "I think this tea is very delicious. If you can give me your body for two days, I will definitely taste it."

Li Banfeng continued, "I invited everyone out today mainly for one thing. We were a little reckless in our previous investigation of the stairwell. For the next step, I want to further improve the plan and reduce the risk as much as possible."

Ban Fengyi said: "If you don't go, there will be no risk."

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "I have to go."

Ban Fengyi added: "Go find He Jiaqing and make a deal. If we get his information, we can take less risks."

Li Banfeng shook his head: "I will never trade with He Jiaqing."

Ban Fengyi asked, "So what are your plans?"

Li Banfeng said: "My idea is that we can't act in a centralized manner. We should form a vanguard force to conduct exploratory surveys of key areas to avoid accidents that lead to the annihilation of the entire army."

Ban Fengyi stopped talking.

Li Banfeng glanced at everyone: "What do you think?"

Ban Fengzi said: "Saint Yun, Ban Fengyi is the most suitable to be the vanguard!"

Ban Fengyi kicked Ban Fengzi and said, "Which saint said this?"

After careful discussion, the companions decided to form a vanguard team, which would be composed of only Ban Feng B.

Ban Feng Yi asked Li Ban Feng: "Why can't you consider making a deal with He Jiaqing? It's useless to keep He Haisheng in your hands."

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "I don't think He Jiaqing has any valuable information. Even if he does, he won't tell me easily."

……

He Jiaqing is inspecting the venue on Chu Yaoxian's territory. He is going to hold an important meeting today. The thirteen local gods who have agreed to form an alliance with him will officially join the Brotherhood Alliance at this meeting.

For this meeting, He Jiaqing specially built a hall on Chu Yaoxian's land, and asked Chu Yaoxian to make arrangements for the land reclamation in advance, so that all three heads were busy with the land reclamation and tried to stay away from the hall.

Chu Yaoxian was very serious about her work and there were no omissions at the meeting.

He Jiaqing sat next to the conference table and repeated his speech again.

"We gather here today for our own dignity and honor! From now on, we will no longer be controlled by others. Brothers and sisters in the Brotherhood should stand up straight and use the friendship of brothers and sisters to create a kingdom that belongs to us!"

The drill was almost over, and He Jiaqing looked at Zou Guoming who was fidgeting: "Big Head, what happened?"

Datou said, "We just received news from other states that they still haven't found out where the Third Master is. I'm afraid we won't be able to find the Third Master on our own. It seems we can only wait for Li Qi to let us know."

He Jiaqing shook his head and said, "Li Qi won't give in. He won't trade with me at all."

Datou couldn't figure it out: "Then why did you mention this to him?"

He Jiaqing said: "I mentioned this deal to him so that he could stay out of state temporarily."

Big Head was surprised and asked, "You expected him to stay in the Dark Star Bureau to investigate this matter?"

He Jiaqing smiled and said, "I can't say for sure, but I'm at least 90% sure. We went to the Dark Star Bureau, and although we didn't rescue Third Uncle, the incident was a big deal. There are such important things in the Dark Star Bureau, how could Li Qi give up so easily?"

Big Head lowered his voice and said, "It's a pity that we found too little. If we could get more clues, we might be able to get Li Qi to cooperate with us."

He Jiaqing handed Datou a cigarette and said, "Brother, no matter how many clues we have, Li Qi will not cooperate with us. Even if I see the whole picture of the Dark Star Bureau, Li Qi will not believe me.

He is the head of the Dark Star Bureau. He has enough opportunities and time to investigate the whole incident. He only believes in the results of his own investigation.
The current situation is already very good for us. If he stays out of state, he won't have the opportunity to ruin our business. Otherwise, we wouldn't even be able to hold today's meeting."

Big Head shook his head and said, "That's not the case. There is still a way to deal with him."

He Jiaqing smiled bitterly and said, "How can you deal with him? Do you know how much he has ruined our business? Do you know Gu Wuyan?"

Datou actually recognized Gu Wuyan: "Lao Duan and I went to see him once. He is a rap master. He pissed me off so much that I didn't eat for a whole day. When I ascend to the cloud, I will definitely teach him a lesson."

He Jiaqing sighed, "Gu Wuyan's words are irritating, but at least we could still talk about it before. Now there is no more room for negotiation because Li Qi has already given him the deed."

Big Head frowned: "When did it happen?"

He Jiaqing said, "In the past few days, Gu Wuyan has been spreading the word that Li Qi is a generous man who gave him the deed after only meeting him once. Many local gods secretly want to follow Li Qi. We work so hard, how can we afford him to mess with us? It would be good to let him stay in another state for two more days."

Datou thought for a moment and said, "Once Li Qi has found out everything, he will definitely have to go back to Pro Province."

"How can it be that easy to check?" He Jiaqing lit up a cigarette and took a puff. "But we really have to hurry up and get things done as soon as possible before he comes back to cause trouble."

……

At seven o'clock in the evening, thirteen local gods arrived one after another. After greeting each other, they sat down. He Jiaqing glanced at everyone. As a thief above the clouds, He Jiaqing could tell a lot from the expressions of different people.

These thirteen local gods have signed a contract with He Jiaqing. People like Gengxiu Zhuang Jiahan don't have to worry too much. After signing the contract, he will definitely fulfill it. He came here today just to go through the motions.

But someone like the blade cultivator Qiu Sanda sat in a loose posture with a lazy look. Although he had a smile on his face, it was not real. He drank tea from time to time, which proved that there were still variables in his situation.

There is also the smoke-cultivating Han Huozui, who has a gloomy look and a look of disdain on his face, and seems to be ready to break the promise.

There is a curse on the contract. If they break the agreement, aren’t they afraid that He Jiaqing will take ruthless action?
Of course they are afraid, but it depends on the angle of the breach of contract.

If they could accuse He Jiaqing of not following the contract, the spell in the contract might not be effective.

Even if he couldn't hold He Jiaqing back, as long as he could mobilize other people at the meeting to put pressure on He Jiaqing together, he really didn't believe that He Jiaqing could curse all these people to death.

In addition to the local god, Duan Shuqun and Qian Xiangjun were also at the venue. Datou and Shen Rongqing were waiting outside. There was also an old gentleman wearing glasses and a blue coat, holding a pen and paper in his hand. No one knew what he did.

He Jiaqing glanced at him, and the old man smiled and said, "I am from the Brotherhood Alliance, and it was Miss Shen who asked me to take notes."

Shen Rongqing always does unnecessary things like this. What's the point of taking notes at such meetings?
He Jiaqing was somewhat dissatisfied, but he couldn't get angry. Shen Rongqing just had this habit of wanting to put everything on paper.

Well, when the empire is formed in the future, this record should be considered as a historical document.

The meeting started, and before He Jiaqing finished reading his speech, he was interrupted by Han Huozui, a smoke repairman: "Jiaqing, can you say something honest? Stop talking about the country and dignity. If you don't give us the deed, how can we be dignified? My life is still in your hands, how dare you talk about the country?"

He Jiaqing was not angry, and said with a smile: "Brother Han, the matter of the deed has been agreed upon. After you officially join the Brotherhood Alliance, the deed will be returned to its original owner immediately."

Han Huozui put a cigarette in the mouthpiece, puffing smoke as he slowly said, "Let's make it clear. When do you think it will take after you join the Brotherhood? Will it take three days, a month, or eight or ten years? Is there a definite number?"

Just as He Jiaqing was about to speak, Shen Rongqing entered the meeting room, came to He Jiaqing, and whispered in his ear: "Chu Huaiyuan brought people to the land, saying that they want to open up the wasteland."

Chu Huaiyuan is here at this time?
He Jiaqing looked at the expressions of the earth gods. Some were staring at He Jiaqing, some were looking at Han Huozui, and a few were whispering to each other.

Do they have any dealings with Chu Huaiyuan?

Or is he in contact with Chu Huaiyuan's father, Chu Shaoqiang?

He Jiaqing left the venue and said to Shen Rongqing in a low voice, "You go with Datou and think of an excuse to hold Chu Huaiyuan back and prevent her from approaching the venue."

Just as Shen Rongqing was about to leave, He Jiaqing stopped her again: "Tell Lao Duan to go with you. I'm afraid Datou will lose his composure. Remember, don't hurt Chu Huaiyuan."

Chu Er is Ku Po Po's disciple, and He Jiaqing doesn't want to fall out with Ku Po Po over this matter.

Shen Rongqing called Duan Shuqun, and the two left the venue together.

Duan Shuqun complained, "Why find someone to take notes? Jiaqing doesn't like this."

"Ah? Is that so?" Shen Rongqing didn't understand. Who found someone to take notes?
……

The argument was intense at the meeting. No matter how He Jiaqing explained, Han Huozui insisted on one point: "Jiaqing, just tell us for sure, when will you give us the deed?"

He Jiaqing said: "Didn't I just say that when we are united as one, the deed will naturally be returned to everyone."

Han Huozui changed a cigarette in his cigarette holder, his tone and expression changed: "We even signed a contract with you, isn't this considered a united front? We are sincere to you, you can't just be fake with us, right?"

Blade repairman Qiu Sanda nodded and said, "I think what Lao Han said makes sense. We should be wary of those who haven't signed the contract. We have signed the contract, but you still don't trust us?

You see, Li Qi is very honest in his work. Gu Wuyan signed a contract with Li Qi and got the deed on the spot. We haven't even seen what the deed looks like yet!"

When these words were spoken, people around responded one after another.

"Gu Wuyan has been so happy these past two days, showing off whenever he sees someone."

"Why shouldn't I show off? I have the real stuff! Master Qi is a real worker!"

"Seventh Master is the prince of Neizhou. If he says he can get the deed, he can really get it!"

"Who has it? I heard that it seems that only Chu Yaoxian has the deed, and she got it out of bed in the same bed."

"We don't even know where our contract is, and now we've joined the Brotherhood Alliance and offended Master Qi. What's the purpose?"

Chu Yaoxian's face flushed red.

Zhuang Jiahan, the most honest person, was also unwilling to accept the result and started discussing the matter with everyone else.

The old man who was in charge of taking notes waved his hand and said, "Everyone, stop arguing."

He Jiaqing frowned. How could he have any say here?
Yan Xiu Han Huozui looked at the old man: "What do you think you are? You said you don't want to quarrel? Do we have to listen to your orders?"

The old man shook his head and said, "How dare I tell you anything? I'm old and my hands are slow. You guys are talking about so many things at once that I can't remember them all."

Blade Cultivator Qiu Sandao laughed: "If you can't remember it, don't do this. Are all the Brothers' Alliance people like you? Do you come here just to embarrass yourself?"

This sentence involved He Jiaqing and the entire Brotherhood Alliance.

The old man sighed and said, "Excuse me, if I remember it in a sloppy way, I can still keep up, but for such an important meeting, I think it's better to write it neatly."

Han Huozui blew a puff of smoke at the old man. "I don't know many words, so what is sloppy? What is neat? Can you explain it to me?"

He was worried that he had no chance to cause trouble, and this old man made him even more angry.

The old man patiently explained: "Omitting some strokes is sloppy writing. For example, the character '殺' can be abbreviated to '杀'. If it is written more simply, one horizontal stroke is enough."

Han Huozui laughed: "Do you really think I can't read? How can you pronounce the character 'kill' with a horizontal stroke?"

"Don't you want to study?" The old man took a pen and wrote a horizontal line in the air.

Han Huozui's eyes narrowed, and a "horizontal mark" appeared on his neck.

Blood flowed from the horizontal line, which pierced through the back of Han Huozui's head, and he fell off on the spot.

The group of local gods were so frightened that they didn't even have time to react. The old man looked at Qiu Sandao and said, "You just said I can't have this job? I just wrote a little slowly, and you smashed my job?"

Qiu Sandao quickly activated his blade skills, and an invisible sharp blade pounced towards the old man.

The old man wrote a "丿" towards Qiu Sandao, and the invisible sharp blades all dissipated. This "丿" extended from the corner of the forehead to the chin, leaving a mark on Qiu Sandao's face.

Half of Qiu Sandao's head was cut off, but he was still sitting on the chair, maintaining his previous loose and lazy sitting posture.

The other local gods stood up and tried to escape, but found that dense words appeared on the wall.

These words emerged from the wall one by one and slowly surrounded everyone.

The old man sat at the conference table and sighed: "Look, you said so much, I wrote it all down, it's not easy."

A local god wanted to rush out by hitting the wall, but before he touched the wall, a "契" character pierced his body.

The character “契” has many strokes, which cut the local god into tiny pieces of flesh and blood, scattering them all over the ground.

There was also a local god who wanted to fight with the old man, but before he could get close to him, a "fire" character circled around him and burned him to ashes.

Seeing that he could not escape, Gengxiu Zhuang Jiahan knelt on the ground and begged for mercy from the old man: "Grandpa, please spare my life. I will listen to you in everything. I will listen to Master He from now on."

"You all listen to Master He?" The old man smiled, "Where is Master He?"

Zhuang Jiahan looked back and found that He Jiaqing was not in his seat, and there was no trace of He Jiaqing in the entire venue.

"You've got the wrong person." The old man sighed.

Zhuang Jiahan started running, but just after he took two steps, the word "何" pierced through his body.

Zhuang Jiahan felt a chill in his body and watched his flesh and blood fall to the ground piece by piece.

……

He Jiaqing ran out of the hall and ran for dozens of meters when he suddenly saw the word "thief" appear in front of him.

He Jiaqing did not rush to dodge. He knew that he was surrounded. There was a "thief" approaching him from all directions, above and below.

He held something tightly in his left hand, stretched out his right hand, and used the ring on his finger to draw a stroke on the word "賊". In a very short time, the word "賊" was divided into the words "貝" and "戎". He Jiaqing took advantage of this stolen space and rushed out from the gap.

After running for more than ten miles, He Jiaqing was surrounded by hundreds of "thieves" more than a dozen times. He was always able to use the stolen space to successfully escape again and again.

When he ran to a small river, He Jiaqing stopped. He saw the old man had lit an oil lamp and was sitting by the river reading a book.

He Jiaqing bowed and said, "Senior, how have I offended you?"

The old gentleman laughed and said, "Back then you went to Chaoge to steal a contract and were caught once. You almost lost your life at that time. It has only been a short time since that incident, and you dare to steal in Chaoge again. You really deserve to be Xiao Qianshou's disciple. You are really too greedy."

A Chinese character "貪" flew over, and He Jiaqing waved his right arm, trying to use the ring to separate the Chinese character "貪" and find a way out for himself.

But this time he failed. The old man wrote the word "贪" as a connected stroke, and "今" and "貝" were inseparable. The other strokes were so strong that it was even more difficult to separate them.

The word "貪" was pasted on He Jiaqing's chest, and blood was oozing from his body, with the wound so deep that the bone was visible.

He was still trying hard to avoid the path of the word "貪".

After a long struggle, the spirituality of the word "貪" was stolen by He Jiaqing, and the words turned into ink and fell to the ground.

He Jiaqing covered his chest with his right hand, while his left hand was still clenched tightly.

The old man asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"

He Jiaqing did not answer.

The old man dipped his finger in river water and wrote the word "kai" (open) in the air.

Driven by an invisible force, He Jiaqing's left hand was forced to spread out his palm.

In his palm, he held a bitter herb.

The old man smiled and said, "My dear old woman, how many years have we not seen each other?"

A woman's voice came from a distance: "Shu Wanjuan, you are a marquis in Neizhou, how can a commoner like me see that?"

"No matter what our status is today, our friendship as comrades in arms remains," Shu Wanjuan waved at Granny Ku, "Come over and talk."

PS: I will update the article at midnight tonight. Thank you all my readers for your deep friendship.

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