The walls were leaky, the windows were all broken, the wooden doors were almost collapsing, and in such a dilapidated room, a simple plank was all there was.

The icy night wind pierced through the loopholes in the doors, windows, and walls, and kept making a piercing whirring. Chu Zhen, who was being held here, sat calmly on the only wooden board in the room, and put all his attention on cultivation.

Two fireflies floated in the palm of his hand, and the power released created a wave of heat in the house, completely dissipating the cold of the night wind.

Suddenly, Chu Chen's eyes suddenly opened, and then the fireflies disappeared, and the heat wave dissipated.

With a "creak", the door was pushed open, and a small figure walked in with a lantern.

Shen Tian'er was holding a lantern in her left hand and a food box in her right hand, as soon as she walked into the dilapidated house, she felt the heat hit her, and she couldn't help but say in surprise: "This house doesn't seem to be so cold." ”

Walking slowly to the wooden board where Chu Zhen was sitting, Shen Tian'er put the lantern aside, opened the food box, and took out a bowl of white porridge from it.

"Now that Lancheng is short of resources, don't be afraid of poor food, some of them are good to eat. ”

After saying that, she handed over the bowl of white porridge.

Chu Zhen smiled slightly, took the white porridge, and said at the same time: "Thank you for the young hall master's concern." ”

"Cut, who cares about you, the people who are in my gun hall have been starved to death, and if it is spread out, how can we still raise our heads and behave in the gun hall!"

Shen Tian'er rolled her eyes widely, revealing a look of being on top.

Seeing this, Chu Zhen just smiled slightly, after a day of getting along, he found that although this Shen Tian'er had a focused temper and a stupid head, she was not a bad person, so her attitude towards her was much better.

It didn't take a few bites, and the bowl of white porridge was at the bottom, and Chu Zhen put the empty bowl back into the food box.

Seeing that Chu Zhen had finished drinking the porridge, Shen Tian'er cleared her throat, deliberately pretended to be serious, and said loudly: "Since you have finished eating, then I have to judge you now." ”

"Oh, excuse me. ”

"What's your name, where are you from, and where are you going?"

"My name is Chu Chen, I am from the four counties of Hexi, I plan to travel around and practice, I don't know where I want to go. ”

"Oh, the four counties of Hexi?"

Hearing that Chu Zhen was from the four counties of Hexi, Shen Tian'er couldn't help but take a good look at Chu Zhen up and down, and then said: "I have heard of the four counties of Hexi, it is remote and backward, you can reach the sixth grade of Lingyuan at this age, and your talent is good." ”

The four counties of Hexi are not too far from Lancheng, although Shen Tian'er has not been there, she has also heard of it, she didn't expect Chu Zhen to come out of that poor country.

"The young hall master praised it falsely. ”

Shen Tian'er nodded lightly twice, and then turned around and walked out thoughtfully.

"Aren't you supposed to ask some about the caravan being robbed?"

asked a few questions, but Shen Tian'er didn't ask the key points, and even Chu Zhen felt a little anxious for her.

Shen Tian'er reacted immediately, and couldn't help blushing, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed in her heart.

"I, where am I leaving, I'm thinking about how to get you to tell the truth. ”

Feeling that she couldn't get over her face, Shen Tian'er hurriedly found a reason for herself to prevaricate.

Chu Zhen felt funny in his heart, and he didn't expose it, so he waited quietly for Shen Tian'er to continue to ask questions.

Shen Tian'er pretended to be calm and straightened her chest and asked, "Say, what do you know about the robbery of the caravan, and why did you appear at the scene where the caravan was killed?"

"The first time I appeared at the scene of the murder, it was purely accidental. The second time I appeared, I met the keeper of three caravans while staying at the inn, and from their conversation, I learned that one of them was planning to go back, and the other two were planning to go to Arashiro together. Unexpectedly, in the early morning of the next day, not long after I left the inn, I found the body of the caravan that was about to return. At that time, I immediately thought of the two caravans that had been going to Arashijo together, and I chased after them, but I was still late, and by the time I arrived, they had all been killed. You know everything about the rest. ”

Shen Tian'er didn't know that there was another caravan that was killed almost at the same time, and at the same time, she was surprised in her heart, and at the same time, she had a faint sense of foreboding.

"Three caravans, in two directions, were killed at the same time in a similar amount of time. I always feel like something is wrong, no, I have to go and tell my dad quickly. ”

Suddenly feeling uneasy, Shen Tian'er picked up the lantern and food box, and ran out of the door quickly.

Seeing Shen Tian'er running out frizzily, Chu Zhen shook his head, and with a wave of his right hand, the door closed instantly. He closed his eyes again and continued to meditate and cultivate.

The stars are hanging high, the moonlight is gone, and the night wind is blowing, alarming the four fields, it is when the moon is dark and the wind is high. Suddenly, a fire lit up in a corner of Arashijo, and the fire quickly spread with the help of the night wind, and soon turned into a sea of fire.

Early in the morning, the Arashijo Gun Hall was crowded with people, and in the midst of the busyness, there was a faint oppressive atmosphere in the air.

"I'm so angry, who the hell set the fire. ”

Shen Yiping, the owner of the Lancheng Gun Pavilion, paced back and forth angrily, showing the anxiety and anger in his heart.

"Pavilion master, I don't know. The two guards who kept vigil last night mysteriously disappeared, and finding them may be able to ask for answers. ”

In the room, there were still a few people dressed as shopkeepers, all of them with sad faces, sighing, and it could be seen that they had encountered a headache.

"Report, owner, we found two charred bodies in the ruins of the warehouse. ”

"What!"

The two charred corpses should be the two guards who disappeared, Shen Yiping sighed helplessly, waved his hand, and motioned for his subordinates to retreat.

As soon as the person who reported the report retreated, Shen Tian'er rushed in again.

"Dad, I heard that the general warehouse where the grain was stored was burned down, is it true?" As soon as one foot entered the door, Shen Tian'er asked impatiently.

Shen Yiping sighed and nodded weakly.

The Lancheng Gun House controls more than half of the grain stores in Lancheng, and now it is a time when there is a shortage of resources, in order to prevent accidents, only a small part of the grain is left in these grain stores, and the rest is stored in the general warehouse opened by the Gun House. Now that the general warehouse has been burned down, it means that Arashiki has lost nearly half of its grain stock, which is undoubtedly worse.

Shen Tian'er knew how serious the situation was, and she also frowned.

After thinking about it, Shen Yiping stopped his footsteps and immediately ordered: "You go back and immediately block the news, and say to the outside world that the surplus food is sufficient, and carry it for a while." In a few days, I will send people to personally transport a batch of grain back from our gun shop, I don't believe it, there will be an accident this time. ”

"Everything is owned by the owner of the Pavilion. ”

Whether they want to or not, the shopkeepers of these grain stores can only pin their last hope on Shen Yiping, one of the two giants of Lancheng.

But at this moment, a panicked footsteps suddenly broke in.

"Report to the hall owner, it's not good, I don't know who leaked the news that the general grain warehouse was burned, and now a large number of city residents are crowding in various grain stores in the city, looting grain. ”

"What, you guys immediately rushed back to stabilize the situation and announced that the grain would stop selling for seven days, and after seven days everything would be back to normal. ”

Shen Yiping ordered, and these shopkeepers hurriedly got up and ran out, and the anxiety in their hearts was no less than that of Shen Yiping.

Shen Yiping sat on the chair, and said to Shen Tian'er with a frown: "Tian'er, you immediately select a group of good players, go out of the city tonight, and go outside to buy a batch of food and come back to solve the urgent need." ”

"Yes, Dad. ”

Shen Tian'er turned around and wanted to leave, but at this time, Shen Yiping said again: "Also, send someone to the Nudao Gate, and say that I have something important to discuss with the door master Dong Chuan." ”

Hearing this, Shen Tian'er couldn't help frowning, but still responded: "Yes, Dad." ”

In the broken house, Chu Zhen, who had just finished cultivating, lay flat on the wooden plank and took a short rest.

Early in the morning, the movement from outside could not escape Chu Zhen's ears, but he was now under custody, and he didn't want to get out of this dilapidated house and arouse suspicion, so he simply enjoyed himself and stayed in the house with peace of mind.

At this time, the dilapidated wooden door suddenly opened, and Shen Tian'er's figure appeared in front of Chu Zhen's eyes.

Seeing Chu Zhen's leisurely appearance, Shen Tian'er couldn't help but feel funny, the house was very busy, but he, the person who was detained, lived the most comfortable.

"You're so idle!"

"No way, who made me a prisoner, it's better to be honest. Chu Zhen said disappreciatively.

Shen Tian'er put her hands behind her back, her eyes shook to the ground twice, and said, "I'm going to go out, and it is estimated that it will take five or six days to come back, so you can be happy in this broken house." ”

Hearing that Shen Tian'er was going out, Chu Zhen asked in surprise: "Oh, what are you going to do, looking for the murderer?"

Shen Tian'er shook her head lightly, and replied in a slightly heavy tone: "Transporting grain." ”

It was just two words, but Chu Zhen heard the heaviness of Shen Tian'er's heart and the seriousness of the matter.

"How about I'll go with you?" Chu Zhen said.

"You, just rely on the strength of your Lingyuan Six Grades?"

"What's wrong with Lingyuan Liupin, I can still be a person. ”

Shen Tian'er stared at Chu Zhen, her face became a little strange, and she asked, "You, don't you want to escape?"

"Run, how could it be. It's good to eat, it's good to live, it's relaxing, why should I run away. I'm afraid that in a few days, I won't even be able to drink white porridge. I'd rather die of starvation than starve to death. ”

When Shen Tian'er said the word "transporting grain", Chu Zhen guessed that it must be the extreme shortage of food in the city, so he forced the Lancheng Gun House to personally escort the grain.

Shen Tian'er hesitated, then nodded and said, "Okay, you can go with us." But there is one thing I want to make clear first, if something happens, I don't have time to care about you, whether you live or die is up to you, and if you want to slip away halfway, I will definitely shoot you. ”

Looking at Shen Tian'er's sworn appearance, Chu Zhen just smiled slightly, and responded without hesitation: "Okay, just according to what you said." ”

Then, Chu Zhen took his things and left the dilapidated house with Shen Tian'er.