Crystal City City Lord Room

"Smack!" Pan Yu, who was sitting on the upper seat of the guest room, slapped his hand on the table with his hand, and the table made a popping sound, and even the fire around the table was almost blown out by the palm wind

"Is that true?"

Bai Dongyu, the city lord of Crystal City, who was sitting in the master seat of the guest room, nodded solemnly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBai Dongyu is in his forties, with a slightly dark complexion, thick eyebrows and big eyes, sharp edges and corners, like a carving, and is the father of Bai Qiuzheng who followed Banhu on the Silk Road.

"Poor wind, so hard. No wonder I failed the exam repeatedly, it turned out that someone did something from it! Speaking of this, Pan Yu couldn't help but burst into tears.

"The court is mediocre, and even such a serious thing as the national exam can be done!" Bai Dongyu said indignantly, "If someone hadn't done anything wrong, Xifeng would have passed the exam a long time ago!" ”

Bai Dongyu and Pan Yu are cousins, and their biological mother is the daughter sister of the Pan family, the largest dart game in Crystal City. The founder of the dart game is Pan Huacheng, who is famous in the Qinglong River Basin, and has two daughters, Pan Xueying and Pan Xuefei, and a son, Pan Xueyi, who is now the owner of the Qinglong Dart Bureau. Pan Xueying is Bai Dongyu's mother, her father is Bai Lifa, a wealthy businessman in the crystal mine, and Pan Xuefei is Pan Yu's mother, as for her father Pan Yu, she doesn't know - because she was adopted by Pan Xuefei. And her mother never mentioned how to adopt Pan Yu.

"Cousin, let's not tell Feng'er about this for the time being," Bai Dongyu said, "I will send someone to the capital to inquire further to learn more details." ”

"Cousin, then please, I will never give up on this matter!" Pan Yu said indignantly, "In such an officialdom, even if Xifeng is admitted, it is difficult to make a real difference, and he can only be oppressed by corrupt officials everywhere!" ”

"Oh, by the way, how is Qiu Zheng now?" Pan Yu then asked.

"I was about to ask you for help with Qiuzheng's affairs, and I heard that you were going to Shacheng, right?"

Bai Dongyu's question revealed a little anxiety.

"Yes, when we have purchased enough supplies in Crystal City, we will organize the team from Xijia Village and set off." Pan Yu replied.

"I just got the news that Shacheng has completely cut off contact with the outside world. Right now, I'm most worried about Qiuzheng, which is why I'm in a hurry to find you. The city lord said anxiously.

As soon as Pan Yu arrived in Crystal City, he was urgently received by the Lord of Crystal City before he could prepare supplies.

"I'm in charge of your supplies! Cousin, you give me a list of the supplies you need, and I will send more people to prepare them for you within a day, and I will send another hundred elite soldiers to your disposal to go to Shacheng with you, hoping that you can set off as soon as possible! ”

"Cousin, what the hell is going on?"

"My wife and children are under house arrest in the capital by the imperial court, and the conflict between me and the imperial court seems inevitable." Bai Dongyu said worriedly.

"Can't we negotiate?"

"We've talked about it many times, but the imperial court only wants us to disband our city defense army in Crystal City, and it actually wants to relieve me of my military power and control the crystal mine. You know, in fact, most of the income from the crystal mines was handed over to the imperial court, but they were still not satisfied. At that time, the northern Li country went south to besiege the crystal city, I asked the imperial court for help many times, the imperial court held a heavy army but did not save the death, a large number of miners, the people starved to death, if it were not for that time, the lion king risked the danger to desperately rescue, the crystal city would have been ruined long ago, and the slaughter of the northern Li country was famous! I can't joke with the well-being of the hundreds of thousands of people of Crystal City again! I just agreed, and neither did the people of Crystal City. ”

Pan Yu knew very well in his heart that although this cousin was clear and thoughtful, he was indeed thinking about the common people, but compared with the common people, his desire for power was even greater. Pan Yu knew in his heart that he couldn't say anything, so he decided to help Bai Dongyu find his son safely first.

"A year ago, I sent dozens of excellent soldiers along the Silk Crystal Road to Shacheng to inquire about Bai Qiuzheng, but none of them have been able to come back so far. This spring, I sent a few more soldiers to look for them, and although they all returned, they all became delirious and aggressive, but fortunately the Lion King's patrol found them and sent them back. Bai Dongyu said gratefully.

"Recently, there seem to be more and more things about the evil devil's crooked ways, although I am not superstitious, but there are many things that have happened that make me have to believe it!" Bai Dongyu held the table with his right hand and said with a sigh.

When Pan Yu heard this, her eyebrows also frowned slightly, and she asked curiously, "Is there anything special about these soldiers?" ”

"Follow me to take a look, maybe you can see something, I let these soldiers stay on the warship of the Qinglong River, didn't let them go ashore, and sent someone to watch over them."

Then the two walked out of the living room, Pan Yu looked up to see the weather, but the vast night came in a hurry. At the beginning of the lanterns, Pan Yu noticed that the City Lord's Mansion had become more luxurious and magnificent compared to the end of the war. When I came, I didn't notice because I was sitting in the sedan chair and I was preoccupied. In the past, his cousin, as the lord of Crystal City, was very thrifty, which was also an important reason why he was widely loved by the people of Crystal City. Pan Yu felt that this cousin had changed slightly, and as for what kind of change, he couldn't say specifically, but he felt that the two had become more and more estranged.

The City Lord's Mansion is built on the cliff on the right bank of the Qinglong River, overlooking the entire Crystal City and the Qinglong River. There are many holes in the cliff like beehives, of course, they are not as regular as beehives, they are all left by digging crystal mines. The crystals on the right bank of the Qinglong River are almost exhausted, so the crystal-producing mines are concentrated on the cliffs on the left bank. The cliffs on both sides of the river are actually a mountain, and the Qinglong River is like a giant sword that splits this mountain into two, forming an angle between the two cliffs, and the crystal city is built around the two cliffs. The cliff on the right bank is mainly a residential area, surrounded by tall walls, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack; The left bank is a mining area, and most of the mined crystal ore will be transported to the right bank for processing, after all, there are a large number of waterwheels on the right bank to provide power in order to process good crystals. The entire Crystal City is almost concentrated with the best craftsmen and the highest quality energy crystals of various colors in the Crystal Country, which have reaped a lot of money for the Crystal City, but this has also become the source of fierce competition among the major forces in the Crystal City.

Nowadays, the holes on both sides of the cliff are equipped with mirror doors, because there is a large amount of crystal slag left by mining on the walls of the cave, and the mirror surface on the gate can reflect the sunlight into the cave during the day, and the crystal slag can also continue to reflect, so that after daytime irradiation, even at night, the cave is still as bright as day. It's just that the deeper the hole, the worse the brightness, when the enemy ship attacked, the light reflected by the thousands of mirrors on both sides of the strait was enough for the enemy ship to drink a pot, not to mention that now, almost all the holes have giant six-pack crossbows, each arrow is about five feet long, made of pure steel, the power is huge, and the range can reach the opposite bank. The cliffs on both sides are connected by two chain bridges, both of which are paved with wooden planks. One bridge is dedicated to transporting crystal ore, the other is for people to walk on, and there are checkpoints. In addition, there is a pier under the cliffs on both sides of the bank for boats to moor.

Although the war has long ended, with the escalation of the confrontation between the power of the city-states such as Crystal City and Sea City and the imperial court, the cities have begun to upgrade their equipment again. Crystal City has taken advantage of the mines and the river to organize a tight defense.

Bai Dongyu led Pan Yu and a few guards out of the City Lord's Mansion and went straight to a hidden entrance above the cliff. They followed the secret passage hidden in the cave of the cliff to the pier at the bottom of the cliff, where the warship was docked and guarded by several soldiers.

All kinds of boats on the river are bustling, the lanterns and crystals on the ships are lit up, and the mirror doors are also opened at the various holes on the cliffs, and the holes reveal all kinds of light. At this time, the Qinglong River is full of light and dreams! Pan Yu, who grew up in Crystal City, felt the slightest warmth.

At this moment, a huge Crystal City transport sailing ship docked, flying a flag with white crystals on a blue background. Bai Dongyu couldn't suppress his excitement when he saw this ship, and said happily: "It's finally here!" ”

This is a batch of materials that Bai Dongyu has always wanted. He begged Pan Yu to wait by the side of the ship for a while, and ordered someone to fetch a few crystals, because for safety, the warship was not allowed to put on the lights at night, and Bai Dongyu got on the transport ship to get something by himself. So, Bai Dongyu couldn't wait to lead an escort on the transport sailboat.

Pan Yu and the rest of the guards waited on the warship, which was in a dedicated military dock with a large road next to it. At this moment, a group of black donkeys passed by the main road by the dock, and these donkeys were carrying two baskets of crystal ore. Crystal City is located between high mountains and valleys, so the black donkey, which has a strong climbing ability, has become the most important means of transportation in the mining area.

Pan Yu looked at the herd of donkeys holding ore along the dock, and two of the donkeys stopped and stopped, catching her attention. The other donkeys only knew how to walk with their heads buried in their heads, and because of the long work, their expressions were extremely indifferent, and the ears of the donkeys were drooping; The two donkeys were the only ones looking left and right, their ears straight and spinning from time to time, obviously paying attention to the movement on this side of the dock.

"What a curious pair of donkeys!" Pan Yu thought in his heart.

"Hey, I don't know how Feng'er is now, how are you doing—damn it, how can I think of my son when I see a donkey?" Thinking of this, Pan Yu couldn't help but smile.

Not long after the donkeys passed, the crystal was sent over, and at the same time, Bai Dongyu also got off the transport ship in high spirits. He was followed by a soldier holding a bundle of cloth that seemed to be very soft, and he didn't know what was inside. They came straight to Pan Yu's side, and Bai Dongyu said to Pan Yu with a mysterious smile: "Cousin, you have come from afar, please allow me to give you a gift!" I have a request for you this time, and this gift is very useful to you! ”

Pan Yu knew his cousin's temper, and not accepting his gift was tantamount to looking down on him; But if he accepted it, he was afraid that the gift would be too expensive, so Pan Yu said in embarrassment: "If it is useful for me to find Qiuzheng, I will accept it; If it's just gold and silver treasures, then don't be embarrassed for me, okay? Cousin! ”

"Hehe, it's definitely useful, you see!" Bai Qiuzheng said as he opened the soft bag in the soldier's hand.

"Tianshan Snow Silk! Where did you get it! Pan Yu's eyes lit up! Snow silk is the best material for conducting and controlling magical energy, and this Tianshan snow silk is even better! This bundle of Tianshan snow silk is at least five years of output of snow silkworms in the Tianshan area! The legendary magic flying carpet is made of this Tianshan snow silk and precious amethyst. I really don't know how this cousin got it!

"Then I'd be respectful and obey! Thank you so much! Pan Yu said, running his long soft hair with his hand, "Then how did you get these silks?" ”

This is a soldier sent a crystal, Bai Dongyu personally took the crystal, and forcefully hit the two crystals against each other, and the bright light emanated in his hand. He smiled smugly at Pan Yu, and said proudly: "Hehe, I didn't expect that it was this crystal that made me, after all, my ancestor was one of the discoverers of this batch of crystals!" It is also with these precious crystals that I trade a large number of sonic boom conch conch with the Sonic Conch Country, and you know that the Sonic Boom Conch is a powerful weapon! The country of Yinluo is not big, but the ambition is not small, and it continues to collect silk and crystal, and I don't know what it is famous for. It just so happened that I was also short of sonic boom conch, and used my crystal to trade with the merchants of the Sonic Conch country, but I didn't expect to send this batch of precious Tianshan snow silk on their merchant ship, thinking that maybe you could use it, so I bought it with higher chips, and later I learned that these Tianshan snow silk was a tribute received by the royal family in the capital itself, which was used to exchange for more sonic boom conch! It seems that the military power of the capital is also expanding rapidly! ”

"Thank you cousin, this Tianshan snow silk, but the best of transmission control magic, although we can't master it well, but this snow silk is the material that our Xijia Village urgently needs, I thank you on behalf of Xijia Village, rest assured, I will try my best to find and take care of Bai Qiuzheng!"

"Hehe, it's a bit too much, let's help me see what is going on with these soldiers who have been to Shacheng!"

"Okay!" While Pan Yu agreed, he looked at the night sky again. In the eastern sky, the moon is full again, but in the western sky, black clouds are overwhelming. Pan Yu's ear power is far beyond ordinary people, she listens attentively, the ape and wolf cries on both sides of the Qinglong River are endless, but the recent wolf howl seems to come from the warship.

"Cousin, get on board!"

The warship has three floors, and the underwater floor is a warehouse; The two floors on the water are for living and combat, the top is the deck layer, more than two feet from the water, there are six six-pack giant bow and crossbow launchers on each side, and the middle of the deck is the mast and rudder; The lower deck is used for rowing, lodging and eating, with seven windows on each side and seven long oars sticking out on each side of the boat, which is used when the wind and water are against the water. Made of rare iron trees, fire-resistant and as hard as steel, the ship is one of the largest and strongest ships on the Qinglong River. The ship's masts were towering, the sails were folded, and the howl of wolves came from the window of the oars.

Winter nights are damp and cold. Pan Yu followed the city lord and his entourage, and hurriedly boarded the wooden plank of the boat to the dock, and hurriedly ascended to the middle floor, which was the one with the oars.

"It doesn't matter, they're all locked up by me, and they can't escape!" Although he said this, Bai Dongyu unconsciously accelerated his pace again.

Pan Yu, who was following behind, soon smelled the unpleasant smell of blood mixed with the stench. The soldiers guarding the cabin had long since disappeared, and the light of the crystal in Bai Dongyu's hand quickly shone around the entire middle cabin, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned by everything bloody in front of them.

On the floor and walls of the cabin, the fragments of the soldiers' corpses were everywhere, and the dining tables and benches around them were shattered.

Pan Yu glanced up at his cousin, his black eyes turned to him, and a stern look of solidified hatred was cast between his eyebrows.

"Who is so cruel as a beast?"

Pan Yu noticed a few deep creepy scratches on the wall and said, "It's a werewolf!" How did it end up here? ”

"Go and see those soldiers, everyone on alert!" Bai Dongyu shouted loudly, and only then did everyone hurriedly draw their swords and find weapons.

"Don't look at it," Pan Yu said, "those werewolves are the soldiers you mentioned!" ”

Only then did everyone notice that the broken door of the soldier's room was scattered on the ground, and it was obvious that someone had broken through the room.

Pan Yu noticed that Bai Dongyu was trembling, she knew how much the word "werewolf" stimulated his heart, especially now that the son he was most concerned about began to be involved with werewolves.

It was a voice coming from outside the ship.

"Hunt down the dragon!"

This sentence made Pan Yu's heart tremble, and this sound was made by those werewolves on the mast of the ship! Soon the figures of these werewolves disappeared into the jungle by the river.

Hearing this voice, Bai Dongyu knew that this was a hunt order issued by the werewolf tribe, and Xilong would be hunted down.

He decisively decided to help Pan Yu and said, "Cousin, you should set off immediately, use this warship of mine, go to the capital first, see if you can find Brother Xi, and I will equip you with all the crew!" ”

"Thank you, cousin! If it's okay to meet Xilong, I will go directly to Shacheng, and I will definitely find Bai Qiuzheng! You can rest assured! ”

"Okay, no need to be polite, in addition, this warship will be left for you to use first, you don't need to return it to me, go and prepare! I'll get you your supplies ready tonight and carry them to the ship, and I'll give you ten baskets of sonic boom conch in case you need them. I have only one hope, cousin, to help me find Bai Qiuzheng and protect him. If I'm with the warlords of the imperial court, don't let him come back! Bai Dongyu waved his hand and said.

So, just after dawn the next day, this warship carried Pan Yu and his 60 men, facing the whistling north wind, using oars, along the Qinglong River upstream, and quickly marched towards the capital.