"The wasteland has come to make Xia Shenyan meet the four gentlemen!" The boy bowed.

"Four gentlemen? I'm afraid I've recognized the wrong person, I'm the envoy Chi Chao. Chi Chao refused to admit his identity, "I came to use a good method, and I actually pushed the wedding date forward again." Come and make the surname Xia, who are you Xia Jiang, the prime minister of the wasteland? ”

"It's my father." The boy replied.

"Okay, I'm Liao Chun, the fourth gentleman of the Sword Tower."

I didn't expect this young man's background to be so high. "Sure enough, he inherited your father's profound city, if it were Xiao Guang, the matter of urging marriage would definitely be rejected. Are you a practitioner? Chi Chao asked, "How old is this year?" ”

"I'm not a cultivator, I'm only twelve years old this year."

"You are not a practitioner, but you can make it work for you. You're good. Chi Dun poured two glasses of wine, one for himself, and one for Xia Shenyan, "What's the matter with me, let's talk about it." ”

Xia Shenyan didn't drink the wine in the bowl.

"Fourth gentleman, I received news that some people have spread the news that you are about to appear in Daze."

Chi Zhuan's drinking action came to an abrupt halt.

"Who else but you? Spread it, just broadcast it, so what? ”

"Don't you know? In the past, the sword god had single-handedly destroyed Daze's dark dragon, miscellaneous fish and shrimp, although after the sword god returned to the ruins, Daze's three-regardless area revived, but they did not forget everything the sword god did in their bones, they hated the sword god, hated everything about the sword god. As a disciple of the Sword God. Besides, if the cultivation is only at the entrance level, how can the wicked people of Daze give up these good opportunities to wash away their shame? Xia Shen said.

"And what do you think I should do?" Chi Yu knew that Xia Shenyan would have a back hand. Otherwise, the prime minister's son would not easily come to other countries as an envoy.

"I'm here this time to bring my country's national treasure, the Teleportation Stone, you can teleport directly to the Wasteland with me."

"Why did you tell me this, why did you ask me to use teleportation, a foolproof method of arrival?" Chi Chao asked.

"Because the Wasteland has a Meteorite Dragon's Mushroom that treats rotten poisons, you can only take it if you live to the Wasteland."

"Is the hope of life forcing me to become a lackey of a wasteland? Do you think this set will be useful to the gentlemen of the Gui State Sword Tower? Chi Chao smiled, "Help me, thank the prime minister for your kindness." ”

"No, my father just wants to make friends with the four gentlemen." Xia Shenyan explained.

"There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Don't know what I need to do to be the Prime Minister's friend? Chi Chao wanted to know what purpose Xia Jiang had for throwing out the big bait of Meteoric Longzhi.

"I just want you to replace the friendly Princess Duanmuzao with Princess Duanmuzao. There is a father on the Desolate Emperor's side to solve it by himself, all you have to do is to help get started. ”

There must be something strange about changing people for no reason. Chi Chao thought to himself.

"I heard that Xia Xiang was in the age of not being confused, and his wife died early. The Emperor of the Desert has only an arrogant, rude, lustful and ignorant prince and two princesses, one is Duanmu Algae and the other is Duanmu Jing. The heart of Xia Xiang is well known to passers-by! Xia Envoy is about to have a mother who is not a few years older than him.

Xia Shenyan did not refute this matter.

"Did the four gentlemen agree?"

"I'm sorry, Emperor Gui asked me to pick up Duanmu Algae, not Duanmu Vithorde. For the sake of the honor and disgrace of the kingdom of Gui, we envoys can give their lives. Chi Chao rejected Xia Shenyan.

"But what if Guiguo is sorry for you?" Xia Shenyan said, "Your whereabouts were revealed by King Ningling. ”

"Gui Guo is not sorry for me, I am only sorry for those villains in Gui Guo. When I go back, they won't have any good fruit to eat. ”

"Are you really not afraid of death and don't want to live? This is your last chance! ”

A very contradictory sentence, but Chi Chao's answer makes the two no longer contradictory.

"Because of the poison, I am not afraid of death; Because of the rot, I don't want to live. ”

"You've really figured it out?"

"Yes, if that happens, start leaving with Proton and the princess immediately, they came to arrest me just to find an excuse for looting, remember." Chi Chao instructed.

"Four gentlemen, you have taught me a profound lesson today, and I will love my country like the four gentlemen in the future."

After sailing for more than a month, the speed of the ship began to slow down, and the water color changed from blue to brown, indicating that they had reached the border of Osawa.

Daze is located at the junction of the three kingdoms of Gui, Huang and Xi. At the same time, it is also the place where the tributaries of the Li River in the Guiguo Province and the Chishui River in the Wasteland converge, and a large amount of sediment carried by the flowing water settles here, so a swamp is formed here.

There are many dangers in the swamp, and if you are not careful, you will die and become the food and mouth of fish and shrimp.

Fugitives from the Three Kingdoms gathered here, deliberately guarding the killing of passing traders and selling goods, ignoring the law. The Three Kingdoms have gathered troops to encircle and suppress many times, and although they have been effective, they will rise again after a short time. The three countries could not find a way, so they had to block the navigation route here and use the dry road instead.

Only some well-equipped caravans dared to pass through here, and they all had a safe passage that they had invested countless human and financial resources to try.

It is much faster to take the water route than the dry road, so these boat merchants are more profitable than the horse traders.

The family flotilla sailed into this mixed Daze. The soldiers on board are all armed with weapons and ready to defend themselves against the enemy.

Chi Chao stood at the bow of the boat, his left hand ready to draw his sword at any moment.

Xia Shenyan stepped forward and said, "Don't be nervous, there will be no water bandits attacking at this moment." ”

"Why?"

"Most of the bandits follow with a small boat, and if they send someone out, the boat will escape immediately. As soon as the people boarded the boat, the small boat appeared behind the big boat and followed, and so on. The deeper you go into Daze, the more small boats will follow behind the fleet, and when the fleet reaches the exit of the Daze border, all the small boats will rush up. Killing! ”

Do you want to work at ease? First consume the physical strength and spirit of the soldiers accompanying the ship, and finally use a powerful offensive to press the soldiers who are about to collapse, so as to achieve the least consumption of plunder.

Ji Yan let go of the hand that was ready at all times and began to adjust his mentality.

This is a typical guerrilla tactic: the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy rests and disturbs us, and the enemy is tired and we fight. Chi Chao slowly thought about countermeasures.

The only way to destroy the bandits is to encircle. But Daze is so big, they are not familiar with the terrain, and there are not enough people. I thought that this method would not work, so I had to take one step at a time.

After dinner at night, Xia Shenyan's attendant suddenly invited Chi Yan to his cabin.

Entering the door, Xia Shenyan sat at the table. Lying on the ground was a Gui soldier who was tied up by five flowers, and Xia Shenyan asked other attendants to surround him, for fear that the man would seek death.

The attendant who came with Chi Chao closed the door outside, and Xia Shenyan looked at Chi Chao at this time: "Four gentlemen, this person is a fellow bandit, this is a letter from him." ”

Spread out on the table was a piece of paper and a disemboweled-out fish.

There were still undried blood stains on the paper, apparently freshly taken out of the fish's maw.

Chi Chao glanced at the content on the paper and found that it was written in secret language, and he couldn't understand it.

"What does the letter say?" Chi Chao asked.

Xia Shenyan replied: "On the ninth day of the fifth month, the ship was burned, disturbing the morale of the army. The inside should be combined with the outside, and the pool should be captured alive. ”

After listening, Chi Chao took out the short knife on his waist and walked to the fine work on the ground step by step.

The man didn't panic, waiting until Chi Chao pulled the cloth plug from his mouth. The man immediately yelled: "Fuck you! You have the ability to kill me! You sword god's doglegs! Lao Tzu turned into a ghost and won't let you go! ”

"It's noisy!" Chi Chao couldn't help but say, stabbed the knife into the man's thigh, and twisted it again.

Xia Shenyan was very surprised, it stands to reason that the gentleman of Guiyuan would not do this.

"Ahh The man cried out in pain.

"Poof!" Chi Chao pulled out the knife again, and blood immediately gushed out from the man's thigh.

"You shit! Dog, mother's raised! ”

"Ahh

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……

"Xia Envoy, can you give me this person?" Chi Chao Dao.

"Why not."

"Thank you, Xia Envoy!" Chi Chao directly dragged the man's injured leg away and dragged it all the way to the deck.

The whole time, the man was scolding.

On the deck, Chi Chao took out the gold sore medicine and sprinkled it on the man's wound. The blood immediately clotted, and he put the vial of medicine into the man's clothes.

The man was taken to the railing by Chi Chao, "Go back and tell your leader that I, Liao Chun, can tie my hands, as long as he doesn't hurt the people on the boat." Let him come quickly, or I'll hand myself over to another Daze bandit. ”

The man still couldn't figure out why Chi Chao stabbed him, treated him, and finally released him. By this time, Chi Chao had already cut the rope that bound him, and then kicked him off the boat.

Doing all this, Chi Chao breathed a sigh of relief. In a short time, the news will spread, and the bandits will attack in advance. This is what Chi Chao wants.

The great ship sailed until the current did not flow and came to a convenient stop, where they were to rest tonight. The boatmen also took the time to repair the damage caused by the month's voyage.

Chi Chao didn't go to the ship for dinner as usual, but just looked at the starry sky on the deck, overlooking this vast Daze.

There was a glimmer of light on the surface of the lake. When Chi Chao looked closely, he found that it was an oil lamp on a small fishing boat.

Under the oil lamp, an old man in a lily coat was sitting with a fisher, as if he was in another world.

These fishermen who have lived in Daze for generations, Chi Chao, have seen many along the way. The bandits would not have beaten the idea of these people, because they had nothing of value except fishing gear and boats.

The life of a fisherman is to catch a fish when he is hungry and scoop a bowl of water when he is thirsty. If they need daily necessities, they will exchange them for their catch.

Is he the person I'm looking for? Chi Chao asked inwardly. Need to be sure again.

Chi Chao lowered the boat and rowed to the small fishing boat alone. Strangely enough, no matter how long he rowed, the distance of the fishing boat remained the same as his, and he was still parked next to the big boat. What's going on? Is it not allowed to approach? Chi Chao returns to the ship.

Climbing aboard the bow of the boat, Chi Zun recalls the message that Chi Dao left him—that fishermen like to listen to people's poems.

Chi Chao looked at the entire Daze, and suddenly felt a feeling, and recited the poem aloud

Long memories of Osawa

Look up from the railing all day long

Three, three, two, two fishing boats

Autumn is on the island

The sound of the flute is in the reed flowers

The white bird was startled

Don't sit around with your fishing rod

Thinking into the water and the clouds

After reciting a poem, the fishing boat narrowed the distance between the fishing boat and the big boat, and the fishermen on the small boat could be seen nodding slightly in praise

It's not enough. Chi Chao thought to himself. Then he recited:

Success or failure turns empty

Aoyama is still there

Several degrees of sunset red

White-haired fisherman on the river

Accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze

A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet

How many things have happened in ancient and modern times

It's all laughing and talking

"Then why don't you come and drink with me?" As soon as Chi Chao finished singing, a voice full of vicissitudes sounded in his ears.

Chi Chao was delighted, and immediately rushed to the dining room to take out two jars of fine wine, and couldn't wait to drive the boat money to meet the fishermen.

The fisherman looked at the young man who boarded the boat with appreciative eyes, and he could see that there was a majestic aura and a will to cut everything off in the boy's weak body.

"I didn't expect the person who came to be the gentleman of the Sword Tower, it really made my broken fishing boat shine!" The fisherman laughed.

"Seniors are laughing, let's drink." Chi Chao lifted the lid of the wine jar, and a refreshing mellow fragrance came to his nose.

"Thirty years of cellaring Guilin Sanhua wine! Old man, I seem to have only drunk it once in my life. Pour it for me! The fisherman took a deep breath.

"Click!" Two wine glasses appeared out of thin air on the small table in the boat.

Chi Chao poured a large bowl full of bowls for the fisherman, and the fisherman took one sip after another, seemingly unable to stop. After he finished drinking the bowl in his hand, Chi Chao handed over his bowl again, passing it one by one. The two altars and three flowers were drunk by the fishermen, and the wine was not stained.

"If the old man of the woodcutter knew that his apprentice had brought me such a fine wine to drink, would he be so angry that he would chase me down with a firewood knife?" The fishermen are horrified.

"Boy, what's your name?"

"Liao Chun"

"I remember you, old man! You came to me to see if I could cure the poison on you, right? ”

"Actually, it's not." Chi Zhen nodded.

"It's a pity that I don't know how to heal, so I can't help, you came to Daze because you heard that the old pharmacist used to appear here, so you came to try your luck. See if you can meet him? The fisherman's face was slightly red after drinking.

"That's right, does the senior have any news of him?" Chi Chao asked excitedly.

"You're probably going to be disappointed. The old pharmacist has left Osawa. ”

When Chi Chao heard this, he hung his head and looked depressed.

Then the fisherman spoke again, "But old man, I can send you to the old medicine man, at any time." ”

Chi Chao's forehead burst into blue tendons: "The seniors can't finish the words at one time!" ”

"Alright, alright. Don't be angry. I can send you to the old medicine man, but should you think about how to get out of your fleet? And the bandits have already begun to besiege and kill. ”

Chi Chao thought for a while and said, "Senior, do you have the ability to send the fleet out of Daze?" ”

"It's easy." The fisherman stretched out his palm and flipped it over.

"That's fine, when the time comes, I'll tell my seniors to act." Chi Yan got up and took his leave.

"Wait, how can I let you go empty-handed after just drinking your wine? Here you go! The fisherman threw Chi Chao a black stone.

"It's a polyponic, and you can breathe freely underwater when you hold it in your mouth. It will come in handy then. ”

"Thank you, senior!" After receiving the stone in his arms, Chi Chao thanked the fishermen and said goodbye.