The thieves do all the business that may turn around at any time, and the owner of the village usually leaves himself a way to escape, and the demon king is no exception.

Exploring along the secret passage, Yongzhen unsurprisingly came to the cottage in the Juyi Hall, and a thunderous snoring sound came from the lobby.

A strong man with a full beard was lying on the ground on all fours, his clothes were colorful, and he looked very out of place, a typical bandit-like fancy outfit.

There were more than a dozen crooked wine jars beside the strong man, most of which were already empty, only the one that the strong man held in his hand vibrated with his snoring and made a slight sound of water.

There were only two people in the hall, and the other bandits were either standing guard at the door or sleeping in the secondary hall next door.

This bearded man should be the leader of the cottage, Cheng Biting Jin, and another bearded man in relatively neat clothes leaned quietly on the tiger skin chair in Juyi Hall, snoring slightly between even breathing.

Because the bearded man was buried face down on his arm, Yongzhen couldn't see his full picture, and could only roughly judge that it should be Cheng Yanjin's right-hand man.

No wonder there was no one left in the secret passage, and they all fell asleep after the feast. ’

Yongzhen guessed that it should be Cheng Yanjin who was complacent after capturing Shennong Ding, and took this opportunity to celebrate, but he didn't expect that someone happened to find the secret passage and sneaked into the inside of the cottage.

Bypassing the snoring like thunder, Cheng Biting Jin, Yongzhen moved silently with light steps.

As Lu Xiao's chosen partner, Yongzhen has followed Lu Xiao through strict training in infiltration skills, and there is hardly any sound between movements.

There was a small cave dug by hand behind the Gathering Hall, and Yongzhen could feel strong spiritual power fluctuations from inside the cave.

A quaint bronze quadrangular tripod is erected in the center of the cave, and all kinds of treasures looted by the bandits of the demon king are piled up around it.

Yongzhen didn't dare to be interested in Cheng Biting Jin's treasures, and Shennong Ding was her target.

'Hmmm......'

Circling around the heavy bronze tripod twice, Yongzhen was a little worried.

'How am I going to get Ding out silently?' ’

After thinking about it for a while, Yongzhen extracted the spiritual power in his body and used the Guigu Dao Technique to form a water ball, wrapping Shennong Ding in its entirety.

The heavy bronze tripod made Yongzhen's left hand sink slightly, but under the weight loss effect of the spell, Shennong Ding was still lifted up by her.

Almost at the same time as Yongzhen cast the spell, the corners of the bearded man's eyebrows, who were sleeping on the tiger skin chair, suddenly twitched, and a ray of essence flashed in his suddenly opened eyes.

When Yongzhen carefully carried Shennong Ding out of the treasure vault and was about to return along the secret path, a man with a sword standing tall blocked her way.

"Brother, if you don't tell you, it's for stealing, please put down the stolen things in your hands."

The left hand controlled the heavy Shennong Ding, and Yongzhen's right hand pressed on the hilt of the knife at his waist, and he looked at the man vigilantly with his heavy gravity.

This person was the one who had fallen asleep on the tiger skin chair before, and his majestic face was full of seriousness, and his eyes that looked at Yongzhen revealed the meaning of scrutiny.

“…… The faux pas, it was clumsy in the eyes, it turned out to be a girl. ”

The man clasped his fists and saluted Yongzhen: "In Xia Qin Qiong, I am a close friend with the owner of this village." ”

"Girl, Brother Biting Jin has a violent personality, and I persuaded you to return Shending and leave on his own before he woke up, Qin Qiong promised that he would not pursue your stealing behavior."

Yongzhen was silent for a moment, and for a moment he couldn't make up his mind.

This time I happened to meet Cheng Yanjin drunk, it was the best time to take Shennong Ding, and if I missed this time, it would be almost impossible to get such a good opportunity in the future.

Unable to figure out the details of the heroic man in front of him, Yongzhen seemed a little hesitant.

"Yawn!"

The snoring in the Juyi Hall suddenly stopped, and Cheng Yanjin suddenly sneezed in his sleep, and the wine jar in his hand splashed the wine on his face between shaking.

The cold drink woke Cheng Yanjin from his deep sleep, and he looked up in a daze to look around, and found that he was asleep in the lobby.

"Uncle Bao?"

The call from the center of the Juyi Hall made Qin Qiong and Yongzhen's faces change at the same time.

Although he really wanted to help Lu Xiao get back Shennongding in advance, the current situation was already too much consideration by Yongzhen.

Gently putting Ding back in the center of the treasure house, Yongzhen temporarily hid in a corner of the treasure cave under Qin Qiong's eyes.

Qin Qiong turned around and walked towards the staggering Cheng Yanjin: "Brother, I'm here." ”

"Hiccup~"

Cheng Biting Jin's drunkenness had not yet dissipated, his feet fell and stumbled unsteadily, Qin Qiong hurriedly walked up to support him.

"You're not lightly drunk, I'll send you back to your room to rest."

Cheng Yanjin swung vigorously, but he couldn't shake off the drowsiness in his mind.

"Hmm~ Then thank you Brother Shubao."

Seeing Qin Qiong helping Cheng Yanjin to leave, and receiving Qin Qiong's last warning look, Yongzhen gritted his teeth and decided to give up this operation and withdraw from the cottage alone along the same path.

After confirming Yongzhen's departure through breath perception, Qin Qiong relieved Cheng Yanjin's heavy body to the bed.

Cheng Yanjin, who seemed to be confused, suddenly opened his eyes full of drunkenness: "Brother Shubao, there was a thief sneaking in just now, right?" ”

Qin Qiong paused his hand and sighed softly: "It turns out that you have already noticed it." ”

"Wow...... Ahem! ”

Chen tried to pretend to be forced with his trademark laughter, but his dry throat didn't give him enough support, and he coughed in the middle of laughing.

"Ahem~ I've long studied this rumor that it can set the world down, although this thing does have some strange breath, but to say that it can help me clear the day...... Phew! ”

Cheng Biting Jin seems to be rough, but he is actually a person who is thick and fine, which Qin Qiong, as a close friend, knows best.

"Brother Shubao."

Cheng Biting Jin's tired eyes closed again: "You say, when will the chaos in this world end?" How can we, who only know how to fight bravely, protect ourselves and our families in troubled times? ”

Cheng Yanjin was not an ordinary commoner, he was born in a family of eunuchs, received a good education from the family since he was a child, and his great-grandfather and grandfather both served as the great Sima of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Cheng Yanjin's father, Cheng Lou, also served as the Great Zhongzheng of Jeju in the Northern Qi State, and did not gradually fade out of the government and the opposition until the Sui Dynasty destroyed Qi.

Even so, the Cheng family is also a family of eunuchs with red roots.

Cheng Yanjin has been a chivalrous man since he was a child, and a few years ago he organized a civilian armed force of more than 100 people in his hometown to protect the township.

As Yang Guang's tyranny became more and more bottomless, the social order of the Sui Dynasty also deteriorated, and there may be good people who could not survive at any time, thus forming an endless vicious circle.

Although Cheng Yanjin relied on his family's financial resources and personality charm to build a cottage that was different from other thieves, he couldn't see the way forward clearly, so he could only take one step at a time.

Hearing Cheng Biting Jin's question, Qin Qiong opened her mouth to say something, but finally swallowed her words back.

"Brother Jin, you go to sleep first, if you are still interested in this topic when you get up tomorrow, we will continue to talk in detail."

"It's good ......"

"Whew! Call! ”

The thunderous snoring sounded again, Qin Qiong smiled helplessly, and walked out of Cheng Biting Jin's room with her feet raised.

After Yongzhen escaped from the cottage, calm regained in the Juyi Hall, and Qin Qiong sighed softly as he looked at the messy wine jar.

"The signs of troubled times have appeared, the forces of all parties are as divided as these scattered wine jars, and who can say what will happen in the future?"