Chapter 33: Officials and Bandits
The sky is full of yellow sand, the wind is howling, and a small shop dozens of miles outside the city of Shazhou stands alone in the desert, and the doors and windows are closed tightly. The wine curtain rolled in the wind and sand, and four big characters could be faintly seen: Dragon Gate Inn.
The sun is scorching and sandy outside, but the inside of the house is comfortable and clean. In Shazhou, there are not many guests in this kind of ghost weather, only a man in a strong suit is drinking alone. The account room was counting the accounts in front of the counter, and Xiao Er'er hid in the corner and dozed off after greeting the guests.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A sound of calling for the door woke up Xiao Er'er, and he was so frightened that he ran over to open the door.
As soon as the door was opened, the wind and sand immediately swept through the house, and several account books that had just been sorted out in the account room were instantly blown up.
After Xiao Er'er invited the guest in, he hurriedly plugged in the latch of the door, and turned to look at the guest again. I saw him wearing a hat on his head and a black veil covering his face, and he walked around the house, and finally met the man in the power suit.
"Little Er'er, another cup. This brother is with me! The man in the power suit already understood, and shouted from across the table.
The new guest walked straight over and sat down across from the man in the suit. He took off the black veil of the hat, revealing a handsome and chic face, it was Zhang Yiteng.
In order to create a double-knife "Pingsha Flying Bird", Zhang Yiteng collected the white crystal mine from Luhua Mountain, and rushed to Shazhou in the dust, and made an appointment with the local connector of Jubao Villa at the Longmen Inn.
"Zhang Jianshi?" The man in the power suit asked tentatively, and when he saw him nodding, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"In Xiahe Sanquan, he is the steward of the northwest rudder of Jubao Villa, and he has been waiting for the big drive for three days again. Everyone calls me Lao He, and if Zhang Jianshi doesn't give up, he can also call me that. The man took the cup handed by Xiao Er'er, poured wine for Zhang Yiteng, and quietly introduced himself, "At the boundary of the sandbank, I will greet you, and if you have something, just tell me." β
Zhang Yiteng took out a note from his arms, "Lao He, do you know these people?" Tell me a little bit about it. β
Lao He read the note, which read:
The sandbar god catches the swallow evergreen
The three thieves of the desert, Wu Xingwen, Ling Yingshao, and Qi Pengyi.
He looked at the note and thought: "This Yan Changqing is a fast catcher in Shazhou, he has cracked several major cases, and the 'Dark Crow Ancestor' who committed a lot of bloody cases was caught by him, so he has the name of 'God Hunting' in the rivers and lakes." β
"Oh?" Zhang Yiteng couldn't help but be interested, "So this person's martial arts are very strong." β
"Not only are the martial arts strong, but the people are also extremely smart. He studied under Wudang Jiyue Daoist, and his best martial arts was the Dragon Hidden Sword Method of the Wudang School. β
Zhang Yiteng secretly bowed his head, Yan Changqing was really good at swordsmanship. Moreover, this man still sounds like a cadre for the benefit of the people, not a treacherous one, and it would be best if he could take his weapon without a fight.
"As for the three thieves in the desert..."Lao He saw that he didn't speak, so he continued: "Each of the three has a bandit name, and because the name contains an animal, it is also collectively called 'Dragon and Tiger Dog'. β
"The big thief Qi Pengyi, known as the 'Immovable Dragon King', led a group of bandits across the desert, specializing in robbing caravans."
"The second thief Ling Yingshao, the bandit is called 'Killing the Sun Silver Tiger', he goes alone, haunts the throat roads around the Western Regions, and cuts pedestrians."
"The three thieves Wu Xingwen, the bandit name 'Divine Shadow Spirit Dog', is the best at stealing treasures, and has a quirk: before stealing treasures, he must leave a name post. It is said that the time will come and take it; The baby is not left behind, and he has never missed it. β
"These three people smelled like each other, they became brothers, and they created three gold rings to prove their brotherhood, and these three rings are called 'Golden Orchid Rings'."
Hearing Lao He mention the "Jinlan Ring", Zhang Yiteng was in high spirits: it turned out that the three thieves in the desert really had such a ring. It seems that the system didn't lie to me, I just didn't know where to look for them.
Lao He seemed to see what Zhang Yiteng was thinking, and reminded him: "Zhang Jianshi, the whereabouts of the three thieves in the desert were uncertain, and I didn't dare to judge their location for many years in the Western Regions; But right now, I have a clue about the Three Thieves Wu Xingwen. β
Zhang Yiteng's eyes lit up, "Really? Lao He, tell me quickly, what clues? Do you know where he is? β
"Here it isβsandbar! There is a big faction in Shazhou City, called Junzitang. The head of the house, Ji Wuchang, got a new priceless treasure ten days ago, the Nine Dragons Shending. β
Now that Zhang Yiteng has been conditioned, when he hears the word "baby", his first reaction is to go through the peerless treasure house to see if it is a material for creation. As a result, he was disappointed that he didn't have this treasure.
"On the night of the day he got the Shending, he received Wu Xingwen's name post: On the fifth day of the first month of this month, he will 'receive' this thing, and hope that Ji will be in charge."
Zhang Yiteng couldn't help frowning and said, "On the fifth day of the first month of this month? It's the third year of junior high school, so there are less than two days left? β
"Exactly! Coincidentally, Shazhou was originally Yan Changqing's territory, and he naturally would not ignore this incident, and he is now guarding the Junzi Hall. If Zhang Jianshi rushed to the Junzi Hall, he would not only have a chance to meet Wu Xingwen, but also meet the sandbar god for a while. β
Yan Changqing was actually there, which was a surprise. Zhang Yiteng secretly thought that even if he couldn't catch Wu Xingwen, he wouldn't find nothing.
"In fact, the three thieves of the desert have been entrenched in the northwest with impunity, and the sandbar where Yan Changqing is located is naturally within the scope of their evil. Therefore, Yan Changqing is determined to sweep away these three thieves in one fell swoop..."
ββ¦ However, the three thieves were extremely cunning and rarely committed crimes on the sandbank, so he never had a chance to contact them. Now that there is such an opportunity, Yan Changqing will naturally not let it go, vowing to take the opportunity to catch the 'Divine Shadow Spirit Dog' Wu Xingwen. β
"Lao He, I already know about the situation." Zhang Yiteng put on his hat again and stood up, "Without further ado, I want to rush to Shazhou City as soon as possible." If you miss the trip, this kind of opportunity will be rare again. β
"Zhang Jianshi is leaving?" Lao He hadn't adapted to Zhang Yiteng's resolute style of doing things, and stood up.
Several times persuaded him to stay to shelter from the wind and sand for a while, but to no avail, Lao He had to say: "In this case, Lao He will not delay you." If Zhang Jianshi needs my northwest rudder, just ask. Just come to this Dragon Gate Inn and talk to the shopkeeper. It doesn't take a stick of incense, Lao He can shoot his horse and arrive. β
"Thank you so much." Zhang Yiteng bowed to him, suddenly thought of something, and asked with a strange expression, "Lao He, is the shopkeeper here a woman?" β
Lao He was stunned: "Yes, how does Zhang Jianshi know?" β
"Is that a surname Kim?" Zhang Yiteng pondered that since it was the Dragon Gate Inn, could the shopkeeper also be called Jin Xiangyu?
Lao He replied: "No, it's surnamed Tong." Does Zhang Jianshi know? β
"Oh, that's fine." Zhang Yiteng said sneeringly, secretly funny, how could there be such a coincidence.
The two of them hugged their fists and said goodbye. I saw that Zhang Yiteng had just left the Longmen Inn, and he was immediately swallowed by the wind and sand, and there was no trace of him at all.