The scouts sent by Li Qiu quickly brought back new information from the front.

"Your Excellency, visit the Malay newspaper, in front of the army, there is a village where we can camp and rest. One of the guards said happily.

"There is a village, it seems that you are lucky, you send an order to go down and march at full speed, and when the brothers arrive at the village, tell them that they are not allowed to frighten the villagers, and that everyone should rest in the village for the night, and follow me straight to the ancient city of Ergu tomorrow." Li Qiu let out a long sigh of relief on his horse, finally having a place for everyone to get supplies.

Since Li Qiu led the army and left the last village and town that provided supplies, they had not encountered a village or town where they could settle down and rest for several days, and the army had camped in the wilderness.

The soldiers under Li Qiu's command were already physically and mentally exhausted, and the continuous camping in the wilderness was really a miserable and terrible experience for these tough guys of the Qinglong Army who were enjoying happiness in Daliang City every day.

Now the people were thrilled to hear that there was a village ahead that could provide food and lodging, and they thought of the fragrant food, the comfortable and soft beds, and if there were some more village girls singing and dancing enthusiastically...... The soldiers were instantly full of energy.

"Is there anything else you would like to order, General?" asked the guard officer again.

Li Qiu pondered for a moment, but still had some questions in his heart, and he instructed the guard: "You go and call the guide to me, I have something I want to ask him." ”

It didn't take long for the short and fat guide to come to Li Qiu, and he shouted to Li Qiu from afar: "My beloved general, please allow me to shoot rainbow farts at you, the dazzling light that you exude all the time has blinded the villain's dog eyes, so that I can only look up to your majesty from afar." ”

"Okay, next time I will change the rhetoric of slapping and farting, and I will have a new job in the sun. Li Qiu interrupted the fat guide's straightforward flattery, even if Li Qiu liked to listen to rainbow farts again, whoever listened to it for ten days in a row would only have the urge to vomit.

The fat guide standing in front of Li Qiu, he claimed to be 'a little bit of everything in the world', he was hired by Li Qiu from a relatively large village ten days ago, according to the fat guide himself, he was very ...... of the terrain of this generation Very familiar, like familiar with the fat on his body.

Although the fat guide's tone was very loud, he was indeed a little level, and in the next march of the army, the fat guide led everyone to find several hidden shortcuts to the mountain road, saving a lot of time for Li Qiu to go to the ancient city of Er.

In addition, this fat man can speak well, and everyone listens to his various nonsense and nonsense along the way, which also provides a lot of jokes for the boring and boring march.

Li Qiu asked with a sad face: "Do you know what the current situation is in the ancient city of Er, and whether there have been any sensational events or some strange things that have happened there recently." ”

The fat guide smiled flatteringly, and he reached out and stroked the long hair of his shawl, posing in a confident and handsome pose.

Li Qiu resisted the urge to dismount and kick him, waiting for him to reply.

The fat guide smiled and grinned his big pie face and replied: "Your Excellency General, rest assured, the current Ergu City is a prosperous and harmonious scene, and it can be said to be the safest city in the southwest of the empire. ”

Experiencing your sister's experience, Li Qiu didn't feel that his three centimeters could take advantage of the intimate confrontation with the beasts.

Li Qiu coughed, and asked with a serious face: "In the past few years, there have been rebellions and troubles among the beast tribes near the ancient city of Er, even if it is just a small commotion, you can tell me if you want to know." ”

The fat guide laughed, he pretended to open the folding fan in his hand in a chic manner, and after pretending to fan it a few times, he picked up the paper fan and pointed to the distant mountains and rivers proudly and said: "General, you are lonely and unheard, in the surroundings of the ancient city, not to mention the orc clan, even the several major thief groups that have been active for a long time have long since disappeared, and now the beast clan is more well-behaved than one another, if anyone dares to have an opinion on Wu Taishou, I am afraid that I can't even see the moon that night, death is not terrible, and it is a disaster to fall into the hands of the ancient city." ”

My obedient, Li Qiu listened to the exaggeration of the fat guide, and couldn't help but worry more about the future of his trip. Li Qiu thought that his ultimate purpose in coming to the ancient city of Er was to deal with this Wu Taishou and take back the financial power of the ancient city from him, Li Qiu only felt that an unspeakable pain welled up in his heart.

"Is there anything else the general wants to ask, just ask, there is nothing that the villain doesn't know, if there is, I will tell you on the spot. The fat guide patted his chest and said confidently.

Li Qiu was speechless, but the fat guide did not hide his arrogance, Li Qiu thought about it and asked the biggest doubt in his heart, he pondered and asked: "Do you know how the tax situation in the ancient city of Er has been in recent years. ”

The fat guide didn't think about it, and immediately answered without hesitation: "Rich...... They are particularly rich, and now the ancient city has too much tax money to be used, and last year they also built two new fortresses on the edge of the city, and it is said that they made a lot of money just by collecting tolls from passing caravans. ”

Li Qiu sighed gloomily, it seems that he is really going to cut off the wealth of a lot of people this time, Li Qiu thought helplessly, this hellish task really has no chance to be completed, unless that Renjie brother has a bad mind and a big change in personality, he will willingly give up the financial power of the ancient city.

There is still a fart hope for this, he Li Qiu might as well curse this Renjie brother to die quickly, thinking of these things that gave him a headache, Li Qiu lost the interest in continuing to talk with the fat guide.

Soon, Li Qiu and his soldiers came to the village that Tanma had mentioned.

Li Qiu cautiously looked around the village, and it was clear that this was an ordinary village, and like all the villages they encountered on the road ahead, there was nothing particularly noteworthy.

However, what made Li Qiu strange was that there was not even a single figure in the whole village, he deliberately dismounted and inspected several larger houses, and found that there was only a very shallow layer of dust on the furniture and bed boards, looking at the extent of the accumulation of dust, Li Qiu estimated that there should be people living here in this village not long ago.

Li Qiu had a vague doubt in his heart, could it be that this was a trap specially prepared for him by someone. Richter had heard of some of the best bandits in the legend, and they liked to set traps in such villages to ambush the Empire's armies.

Although there should not be such a strong thief group around Er Ancient City, Li Qiu is still a little worried, after all, the tough guys of the Blue Dragon Army under his command, in addition to scaring civilians, their combat effectiveness is surprisingly low, and it is impossible for them to be the opponent of any thief group.

Li Qiu instructed the guard officer to bring the fat guide to ask again, and this time Li Qiu didn't wait for the fat guide to activate the rainbow fart skill, so he directly said the confusion in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the fat guide laughed at Li Qiu's rare and strange appearance at this time, he frankly said that no one lived here just because this village was a temporary residence of an orc clan, and vaguely hinted that Li Qiu was too bold and too worried, he and Li Qiu promised that nothing would happen, everything was under his control, and this village was very safe.

By the way, the fat guide gave Li Qiu and the guards a lecture on the knowledge popularization of the beast tribe, for the slightly larger beast tribes living around the ancient city, they often have several villages of this size, the so-called three caves of cunning beasts, which is also the living tradition of the orc tribe for many years.

And the situation of the entire village relocation of the orcs like the one they encountered now in Li Qiu often happens in the orc tribes, and it is very likely that these orcs have found a better settlement, or the orcs living here have been invited by other orcs to live together.

The orcs just no longer resist the human race, but it doesn't mean that there are no contradictions and conflicts between them, and there are a lot of things between the orcs to annex small races to strengthen their own tribes.

After listening to the fat guide's tirade, Li Qiu suddenly realized, he took a closer look at the village, although there was no one living in the village, the furniture and other items were placed in an orderly manner, not like they had experienced a loot or war, it should be a spontaneous departure as the fat guide said.

Li Qiu, who was a little relieved, then ordered the soldiers who had arranged the patrol in advance to search carefully around the village, and soon the soldiers reported back one after another and did not find anything abnormal.

Li Qiu, who was completely relieved, suddenly felt a feeling of tiredness coming from his body, and he couldn't wait to lie down on the bed and sleep immediately.

In the past few days, Li Qiu has been sleeping on a simple bunk in the wilderness, and he is always worried that he will not be able to recover the financial power of the ancient city of Er, and his own life. Li Qiu has never really settled down to rest, and now that the ancient city of Er is close at hand, Li Qiu can finally let down his guard, and he plans to stay comfortably in the village for a night to replenish his vitality.

Before Li Qiu closed the door, he instructed several guards that he should never wake him up if nothing serious happened, and as for the food and desserts, he would be exempted, and now he wanted to sleep beautifully, sleeping dimly, dead and alive, naturally awake.

Li Qiu said in his heart, how good you want in your dreams, all the troublesome things will disappear without a trace, dreaming is the true meaning of life to realize your ideals, Li Qiu is anxious to go to meet with his princess in his dream, and play a little game of kissing and touching.