In the Yangxin Garden, in the stone pavilion, Ding Du was sitting at the stone table, gently blowing the tea that the maid had just served, and his face was full of intoxication.

Outside the pavilion, the shade of the trees is deep, the flowers are blooming, and the scenery is pleasant.

This is one of his private houses, bought from a big businessman a few years ago, a little tidy, the whole house is built in a simple style, the decoration inside is very gorgeous, especially the back of the heart garden is planted with dozens of precious flowers and plants, in addition, he also has more than a dozen personal guards and subordinates, taking care of all the affairs in the house garden.

At noon, it is the most comfortable time in Dingdu, usually after being full of wine and food, come to the small stone pavilion in the back of the house to rest for a while, there will be a maid to send a fragrant and elegant tea, lying in the garden full of flowers, half asleep and half awake, envy the gods.

I don't know when he began to drink the kind of tea with a light fragrance and a refreshing entrance, and half lying in the quiet small stone pavilion in the afternoon, enjoying this beautiful and comfortable time.

This kind of quiet time without being disturbed made him relax physically and mentally, his thoughts paused, and those heavy and trivial official matters made him do everything in detail, one by one, because his power was too great, and the people below did not dare to call the shots, he was not only the boss of the prison in the entire castle, but also the boss of the third detachment of the royal guards, in addition to the desert castle Tuoyang, in terms of position and power, he may belong to the second person.

This time, the prince of Tuore sent their three teams to assist several detachments under the Hussar Brigade, and they worked together to prevent the safety of the Chiyang Spirit Mine. Because according to the reliable information above, there are a group of powerful people who do not know the origin of the Chiyang Spirit Mine will soon attack the Chiyang Spirit Mine, with the purpose of occupying the rich source essence in the Spirit Mine.

Spirit ore is especially precious in the increasingly thin heaven and earth.

Therefore, in order to consolidate his own dominance, Prince Tuore did not give up guarding the spirit mine this time because of the shortage of troops caused by foreign wars, and sent a strong personal soldier team to assist several detachments of the hussar brigade to guard this place, after all, this is a place that the empire values very much, and there can be no mistakes.

This person is in a high position, he has a lot of responsibility, and it is the most normal thing to manage every day, he is very tired all day long, even if Ding Du is as strong as an ox, he is also a little tired.

What's more, there are some secrets that are not known by outsiders, which makes him tired and tired to deal with.

Although he tried to get rid of that confinement, he found it difficult to ascend to heaven, so he also submitted to that confinement with great gentleness.

Today, I finally had time to go back to my private house to rest for a while, but an uninvited guest came, which made him feel a little unhappy.

However, he has always been a good leader who does not lose his temper easily, not to mention that this guest is also his official colleague, although his position and status are slightly lower than his, but the backer behind him is not to be underestimated.

The guest was now sitting across the stone table, dressed in a full uniform, with an awe-inspiring expression and not squinting, and treating the tea eagerly served by the maid as nothing.

This guest was none other than the Hussar Brigade under the Eighth Army of the Shenjiao Empire's Protector Legion, and the leader of the tenth team, Lu Yuanshan, was under the jurisdiction of the empire's powerful regular army.

Behind Lu Yuanshan, the four guards lined up in a line, all of them did not say a word, and their expressions were cold.

This is incompatible with the full spring color in the garden, which makes people dull and depressing.

Although Ding Du is well-cultivated, in the face of these people's rude intrusion, he directly ignores them, and still takes care of himself to enjoy tea and flowers.

After a long time, he sighed: "Lord Lu, is the tea in the cold house really not to your taste, or how about I ask someone to change another cup?"

"Thank you Lord Ding for the tea, Yuanshan is just not used to drinking this kind of soft tea, Yuanshan only drinks spirits that can cut his throat, the stronger the more he loves. Lu Yuanshan said without humility or arrogance, staring at Ding Du with a pair of big eyes without blinking.

Although Ding Du was a full second order bigger than his official, and his martial arts cultivation was a whole fourth order bigger than him, he didn't have the slightest fear in his heart, on the contrary, he was very calm, and he was terrifyingly calm.

He knew that the backer behind Ding Du was Prince Tuolei, but the backer behind him was the military power of the entire empire.

The empire is very large, and there are many princes like the prince of Tuolei, but the military power is the only one in the empire, not any prince can compete with it, its power is extremely huge, comparable to other imperial empires, and its core leader is the supreme ruler of the empire, the supreme ruler of the dynasty - the emperor.

Because the two suspicious outsiders were innocently released, Duan Chao told him about it, which made him so angry that he broke an expensive wine jug.

Obviously, this is because the local forces ignore the existence of their military forces, and for the sake of the majesty of the military forces, he has no hesitation to come and brush the tiger's whiskers, give the local forces a head start, and let them know who is the real boss in the empire.

And he despises underworld forces such as the Dragon Killing Organization very much, and always thinks that they are under the protection of local forces, doing all kinds of evil and doing whatever they want.

Of course, he knew that Long Shaozheng, the boss of the Dragon Killing, was Ding Du's good buddy, he had seen the dwarf boss who was like a fat and round, a murderer with a seventh-order cultivation in the Spirit Vein Realm, extremely ferocious and murderous, and in the face of such a lawless underworld boss, he didn't want to clash with it head-on.

So he still chose Ding Du, who is relatively easy to deal with, after all, people in the same system don't look up and look down.

"Lord Lu doesn't drink tea, that's a pity, we only have fragrant tea here, no spirits. However, I want to ask, Lord Lu came to the cold house at this noon time, I don't know what to do?" Ding knew that the person who came was not good, but he asked knowingly.

"I heard that Lord Ding let go of the two spies captured by our 10th team in the early hours of this morning, Yuan Shan is not talented, I just want to ask, why did you release the two spies?"

"Because they were two slaves killed by the dragon, they were not spies at all, so they were acquitted. Ding said disapprerovingly, taking a sip of tea, and said lightly, "Is it that your army should also take care of the two slaves in our prison?" The implication is a little dissatisfied.

"However, according to the reliable information of our Hussar Brigade, those two prisoners are spies, and they are very harmful to the Chiyang Spirit Mine, is it a bit too rash for Lord Ding to let them go without knowing why. Lu Yuanshan did not flinch in the face of the dissatisfaction of his superiors, and still asked strongly.

"Hehe, Lord Lu, you are getting more and more bold, you dare to come to my house and interrogate me directly, who do you think I am, am I also a prisoner? Besides, the interrogation of prisoners is the business of our prison, not your army, and the conviction is also the business of our prison, and it does not belong to the scope of your army, so please Lord Lu, you can find out the situation and come here to play a big name." Ding Du finally couldn't help it anymore and said angrily.

He said lightly: "The official is sleepy and wants to rest, Lord Lu, please go back." "Pick up the teacup and send it off.

"Hmph, Lord Ding, is there a last sentence in Yuanshan that I don't know if to say or not?" Lu Yuanshan stood up and prepared to leave, but he still said a word not to be outdone.

"What a word, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Ding listened. Ding Du looked blank.

"The prison under your jurisdiction is actually under the jurisdiction of our army, I don't think you, Lord Ding, don't know about it, otherwise you wouldn't have hung the signboard of the 10th Prison of the Hussar Brigade. ”

"Hmph, what if you hang a signboard, the Eighth Legion of the Empire is still under the jurisdiction of Prince Tuolei, you also know that Prince Tuore is the eighth brother of the emperor today, he is a relative of the emperor, and he is in charge of millions of troops in the Eighth Legion, we are all under his jurisdiction, and we can be regarded as working together, do you really want to make each other unhappy for a little thing, if you let the people of the palace know that there is discord between us, it is still the two of us who suffer, Lord Lu, don't you even know this. Ding Du said earnestly, looking distressed.

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yuanshan immediately fell silent, groaned slightly, got up and saluted: "Lord Ding, forgive Yuanshan for offending and take his leave." He turned around and left coldly with the four guards.

Although he was at a disadvantage in this confrontation, it didn't prove that he lost, but he also belonged to the Tuore Palace, and he didn't dare to mess around, after all, Ding Du's official rank was bigger than him, and his seniority was older than him, and his local forces had Dragon Kill as his vassal, however, he would not stop there.

Looking at the backs of Lu Yuanshan and his party, Ding Du sneered and said in a low voice: "Hmph, you want to fight with me, Lu Yuanshan, Lu Yuanshan, you are still tender." If I don't make a move, just let the dragon kill it, and you won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

After thinking about it, he said secretly: "Two spies? According to what Lu Yuanshan said, could it be that those two boys are really spies, and they are really not good for our Chiyang Spirit Mine, but according to my divine sense at that time, they didn't have any cultivation at all, how could they be spies, how could a person who had no cultivation be a spy." ”

"But it's strange enough, in order to save these two people, the tomb robber Nie Guangming did not hesitate to sell a hundred Tusi people to Long Shaozheng as slaves, if it weren't for that, Long Shaozheng wouldn't have come to beg me to release them, there must be something strange in this. It must not be easy for a tomb robber to save people with such a large amount of money. Well, it seems that the official is still cautious, secretly sent someone to find the two outsiders, and asked carefully, if there is really any reputation, it is better to be under house arrest, so as to prevent it from happening, so as to save Lu Yuanshan from catching the official's pigtails. ”

"Moreover, the kid surnamed Fang seems to have a taste for Lao Tzu, so he just took the opportunity to leave him behind, serve me every day, and be happy like a fairy, heh, wouldn't it be wonderful to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Thinking of this, Ding Du's rugged face showed an obscene smile, and an impulse welled up in his heart.

"Well, the sooner this happens, the better, so that you don't have to sleep at night. He thought eagerly, and was about to call one of the guards to come near, and order the matter to go down.

Unexpectedly, a guard hurriedly approached and said respectfully, "Report to your lordship, there are two people who want to see you." ”

"Who is it, and what is your name?" said Ding Du with some displeasure, and the excitement that had just gushed out poured down again.

"Two Tusi people, one is the tomb robber Nie Guangming, and the other is his friend Fang Zhengren, originally, I was going to drive them away, but they said with a dead face that the adults wanted to find them something, and they had to come in. I saw that they were serious, and I was afraid that they would really come to the adults for something, so I asked them to wait at the door, and since the adults didn't want to see them, then I would ask someone to drive them away. The guard was startled when he saw that Ding was not happy, and scolded Nie Guangming in his heart for being a scoundrel.

"Don't, don't chase them, hurry up and invite them in, take them to the study to entertain them, I'll change my clothes and come back." When Ding Du heard that these two people were coming, his eyes were green, and he said eagerly.

Nima, this naïve god, knew that I was going to find them, and even let them take the initiative to send them to the door, hehe, this is really a thousand miles of fate, no matter how it can't be broken, it seems that Lao Tzu will be the groom's official again tonight. Oh, that's cool.

The guard was even more stunned, motionless, as if he had misheard, because he had never seen Ding Du invite people into the study he regarded as forbidden land, and he didn't expect to invite two Tusi people, this was really the first time in the world.

If Ding Du hadn't asked him to ask for someone again, he would have been standing still, thinking hard.