In the early morning, Yixuan woke up full of energy, but Lin Yun had two dark circles under his eyes. Since he had practiced the Tribal Mind Method, he had rarely appeared in such a state.

"Senior brother, didn't you sleep well?"

Lin Yun muttered a few words, the two of them had breakfast, he persuaded his junior sister to go back and prepare for it, and after she was clean, she made up for sleep, and did not disturb during the day.

The Lu family's passenger ship was extremely fast, a little earlier than they expected, and arrived at the port before dusk, and it was too late to have dinner, so everyone replenished some dry food and water, and went ashore together.

There were already people at the port who answered, Lu Zhang explained a few words, and everyone rode away.

The crowd galloped all the way to Bronco Town before nightfall. Someone in the town answered, leading everyone to an earthen temple in the west of the town. This temple has been abandoned for many years, the plaque does not know whether it is rotten or picked up by someone to burn as firewood, only a statue, there is still half of the base left, naturally I can't see which way the immortal is enshrined, the earthen wall has collapsed most of it, it looks like it can't shelter from the wind and rain, the only benefit is that the place is big.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry, there are only a few dozen families in our town, and there is no inn, so I really can't vacate other places, so I can only grieve you for a few days." The guide is for the elderly, and he speaks very politely.

Lu Zhang stepped forward to talk to the old man and asked the rest of the people to choose a piece of land to support a tent in the earthen temple. In a short time he returned, and gathered the people.

"It's a bit bad......"

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Persimmon Lane, the corner of the south of the city, is different from the rich and leisurely in the city, and there is always a bad smell mixed with rotten vegetable leaves and chicken feces. It's a slum, a place of thieves and scoundrels, hidden in a miasma of smoke and fire.

The dilapidated courtyard has potholes and earthen walls, but at least you can't see the courtyard from the outside. There is a crooked persimmon tree in the northwest corner of the courtyard, with its teeth and claws a little hideous, and a freshly washed coarse cloth gray coat hangs on the tied rope. In the middle of the courtyard, a pot of meat is stewed on a simple stove built with stone pits.

The sound of water ticking, the sound of boiling water, mixed with rich sweetness.

A jar of freshly cooked rice, a plate of green vegetables, a plate of spicy radish, and a few pairs of chopsticks are placed on a wooden table on the side of the earthen stove, and a middle-aged man in short brown clothes sits at the table. Xu was too close to the fire, he was a little hot, and squatted down and rolled up his trouser legs with difficulty.

The courtyard door opened.

The middle-aged man's hand paused for a moment, then rolled up his trouser legs, and when he straightened up, there was already another man standing opposite. He looked younger than himself, dressed in a white robe, with a jade tree in the wind, while he was short brown and shabby, with hair as messy as a persimmon tree in the courtyard, some white cloth shoes, and unwashed sludge between his fingernails. The middle-aged man had too many reasons to be ashamed of himself, but he just looked up at the person opposite, very calm.

"Braised pork, it's very fragrant." The scholar smiled and sat down on the wooden bench opposite the middle-aged man. The wooden bench was short, and his legs had to be bent high to sit still, but he sat naturally.

The middle-aged man also smiled, took a bowl of rice, and handed it to the scholar. He didn't know how many people would come, so he prepared a few more pairs of dishes and chopsticks.

The scholar eats very slowly, and each bite has to be chewed many times before swallowing. At first, I ate a few pieces of meat, but after I was satisfied, I seemed to lose interest, but I ate a lot of greens and spicy radish. The middle-aged man was swept away, scooped a spoonful of broth and poured it on the rice, and devoured the vegetables and meat, eating extremely sweet. A jar of rice quickly bottomed out, and the two put down their chopsticks almost at the same time.

"Baili Qi, alias Qi Da, it took you more than half a year to infiltrate the Lu Mansion, and we only discovered the problem recently, so it can be seen that your sense of smell is much more sensitive than ours." The scholar spoke naturally.

"The eagle doesn't care about the ants, but the ants have to be on the lookout for lizards at all times, and that's nothing to praise about."

The scholar was noncommittal, and continued:

"We saved your life."

"I'm waiting for someone to come and claim something in return."

"This meal is good, plus a little news."

Bai Li Qi began to hesitate for the first time, he made a living by inquiring about intelligence, there were no rules in this industry, and he could do anything for the information that his employer needed. But there is an iron rule, the intelligence can only tell the employer, if someone else comes to buy, it will take a month. This iron law is the guarantee of the life of the spies, so they defend it with their lives.

Baili Qi is a veteran, he should have chosen to refuse, or die, but he hesitated. He never thought that it was originally the businessman's strategic intelligence, but what he heard was far beyond this category, he didn't know if the upper echelons knew, or it was just an accident, or things weren't like this from the beginning. Like a shrimp in shallow water, he accidentally got caught up in the deep mud of Longtan, and as long as any creature here turned around, he would die without a place to bury. He should have left Qingwei City immediately, and then disappeared for a few years, perhaps leaving a life, but the two words he heard last night would not allow him to leave, and he was waiting for someone to take them.

"I heard very little, the key is only two words, and ......" Bai Liqi habitually paused, saying half and half, this is the most basic skill of negotiation, but this time, he did not pretend to hesitate, "I extremely suspect that it is the result of deliberately letting me hear, and it is likely to be a trap." ”

"It doesn't matter, we'll judge for ourselves. So, talk about the conditions? ”

The scholar was very polite, a little better than Bai Li Qi's best expectations, which caught him a little off guard. But soon he realized that this was not a negotiation of equal strength, it was still an eagle and an ant, but the eagle showed his bearing, and the ant should not feel that it should be so.

"I will leave Qingwei City, ask your nobles to take shelter in secret, and we can part ways in two days."

The scholar was also surprised, Baili Qi asked for very little, his heart was bright, and his tone became more and more gentle.

"It's interesting, you're interesting, and Wanmen is also interesting."

As he spoke, the scholar pulled out a token from his sleeve, and a flash of blue light flashed. Baili Qi only glanced at it, and instantly panicked, this was also the first time he lost his temper in this negotiation. He had long guessed that there would be a big man visiting, but he never expected that it would be such a high existence.

Seeing that he understood, the scholar took back the token again, and said lightly: "I think you are knowledgeable, even if you haven't seen it, you should have heard of it, no one will forge such a token, so you can rest assured that someone will protect you, and pass a message to your high-level officials in Wanmen, saying that I have a big deal and designate you to come to talk." Now, do you want to talk about those two words? ”

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The scholar left Persimmon Alley, and soon Baili Qi would also leave, and everything in this small courtyard would be wiped out. He is actually similar to Baili Qi, he is in charge of negotiations and passing on the information he gets, and as for the decision, he does not participate. But this time, he had to make arrangements immediately, because those two words were far beyond his bottom line.