A few minutes later, Satsuki came to the table and greeted with a little crampedness, "Hello, we'...... We meet again. At this moment, in the dim light, the girl's face was flushed, full of heart-warming shyness.

Iron Slag made a "please" gesture and motioned for her to sit down. Satsuki was stunned for a moment, and then sat down. Then, her eyes flickered as she looked at the three gold coins on the table, her face flickering and darkening, and she looked a little hesitant.

Looking at her nervous expression, Iron Slag knew that she had misunderstood, and was about to explain, but she raised her head and said first: "Sir, can you add seven more gold coins?" Without waiting for Iron Slag to answer, she hurriedly explained, "I...... I'm going to have to pay five gold coins to the bar as an introduction fee this time, so ......"

"I'm going to Lao Cai to find someone, and I need a guide who is familiar with the place to guide me, which is the employment fee." In order to avoid deepening the misunderstanding, Iron Slag hurriedly interrupted her and said.

"Ah......" Xiao Yue's mouth suddenly opened wide and she cried out in a lost voice.

"Is that okay?" Iron Slag asked.

"Who are you looking for?" After a moment, Satsuki recovered from her surprise and looked at the iron slag and asked.

"I don't know him, I don't know his name, I just know that he's a blind old man." Iron Slag said.

Xiao Yue thought for a moment and asked uncertainly, "What did you say...... Is it old and blind? ”

"Who is the old blind man?" Iron Slag asked.

"She was a very old fortune teller, and I heard my grandmother say that when she was a child, she was blind." Satsuki said.

"A soothsayer? Is it the kind of liar who can predict the future and occasionally heal people? Iron Slag asked. He had the impression that soothsayers were doing this kind of thing, and there were several such liars in Iron Mountain. They mysteriously fiddle with crystal balls, or throw some black pieces of bamboo to the ground, and then say they can see the future. A soothsayer once prophesied to him: "You may be unlucky lately." So the soothsayer was beaten by him. Since then, all the soothsayers in Iron Mountain have met him with the same words: "Your future is bright." ”

When he was very young, the Iron Old Man told him that the fate of men should be in their own hands, not to trust those things that pretend to be gods, and if they can really foresee the future, there is no need to mess around in Iron Mountain Town.

"The old blind is not a liar, my grandmother said that when I was young, I had a lot of rashes on my body, and I just looked for him to cure them." Satsuki explained.

"Hmm." Iron Slag nodded, not dwelling too much on the issue, and then said, "Let's go, take me to see." ”

"Okay, you wait first, I'll go change my clothes." After saying that, Satsuki ran to the back of the bar like a gust of wind. It didn't take long for her to change into a slightly old gray cloth dress, run back to the iron slag, tilt her head and smile, and whispered, "Let's go." Iron Slag then stood up and left the bar with Satsuki.

Moments later, on the shopping street, a young man was walking side by side with a young girl in the prime of her life. I saw them in the thin morning light, walking to the west of the wind sand castle......

Meanwhile, at the other end of the Gate, thousands of miles away from Quicksand, a handsome man with blond hair and blue eyes was sitting behind a large desk, listening to his subordinates' debriefings, in a steel fortress with several crimson banners hanging upside down.

"Chief Report, we have confirmed that the two power armors sent by the Secretary General of CSUM belong to the two missing Expeditionary Force knights." A captain said.

"Hmm......" The blond man spun the delicate black pen in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said, "We still need more evidence, although Bi Xiaoniu provided information about the suspect, I think she has another purpose, maybe she is just to eradicate dissidents, in order to avoid being used by her, we should be more cautious." He looked at his subordinates, paused for a moment, and then suddenly his face sank, and ordered, "Find out to me how they got these two power armors." ”

"Yes, sir." The captain stood up and saluted, answered loudly, and then turned to leave.

"Wait......" Before leaving, the blond man stopped him again and reminded, "Let's start with the black market in Dark Town." ”

"Yes!" The captain saluted again.

After the captain left, the blonde man flipped through the notebook on the table. I saw a photo of a girl sandwiched between the white pages. Looking at it, the girl in the photo has bright eyes and bright teeth, wearing a golden dragon cheongsam, and it is the secretary general of the student union of the Central Yincheng Military Academy. The man picked up the photo, looked at it carefully for a while, and then said to himself: "Beauty, if you want others to do things, you have to pay a price." ”

"Toot toot toot...... Toot Toot ......"

Just then, his communicator rang. Glancing at the number on the screen, he was startled, quickly put down the photo and sat up, and respectfully connected to the video communication.

The communicator's screen flashed, and a handsome young man with sword eyebrows appeared. The man was tall, dressed in a major general's uniform and had his trademark short silver hair, and was none other than Eugene Lombard, the second in line to the Lombal family.

"Hello, General Lombal." The man greeted.

"Major Field, please find out as soon as possible the reason for the disappearance of the two expeditionary force knights." Eugene said with a blank face.

"Yes, sir." Major Field replied loudly as he saluted the communicator. As soon as the voice fell, the communication was hung up over there. Looking at the pitch-black screen, he realized that this incident could not be delayed any longer and must be resolved as soon as possible.

Just two hours after Major Field and Major General Eugene Lombard videomailed, Iron Slag and Satsuki arrived at the old street west of the Wind Sand Castle.

Standing on a high vantage point, the houses in Lao Cai are densely packed, mainly composed of small two-storey brick buildings. The passage between the buildings is narrow, barely accommodating three or four people in parallel. Walking into the old street, the alley is full of people coming and going, and it seems to be very lively. Back here, Xiao Yue's mood became cheerful, and she pulled the iron slag from time to time to look at this and that, introducing the long history and customs of the old street.

After turning around in the alley, Satsuki came to a relatively wide alley with iron slag. The alley is about four meters wide and is lined with tricycles parked on both sides. Looking left and right, each tricycle is a small stall, some sell food, some sell daily necessities, some sell clothes, sell newspapers, sell tools, and even buy second-hand firearms, second-hand mobile cars, in short, everything, sell everything......

Satsuki introduced as she walked. This alley is what people call the Old Street, and it is hundreds of years old. It is said that the Wind Sand Castle was expanded from here. Although the houses here are old, they are sturdy and sturdy, and they are still standing on this land after hundreds of years.

Iron Slag didn't have much interest in the history here, and listened to it without saying a word, so it was a pastime. As he walked, Iron Slag saw a cauldron on a tricycle. At the moment, the oil in the pot is boiling, and several long strips of "noodles" are floating on it. Seeing that he was interested, Xiao Yue took out a copper coin and threw it into the small basket in front of the vendor, and said, "Boss, come and get two." ”

"Okay." The vendor took out two newspapers cut into squares, wrapped two "fried noodles" each, and handed them to Satsuki. Xiao Yue took it, handed it to the iron slag, and reminded: "Be careful of scalding." ”

"Hmm." Iron Slag nodded, took it and took a bite. This thing is fragrant and crispy in the mouth. Satsuki said that this is one of the snacks of the Far Easterners, called "fried dough sticks". Iron Slag thought it tasted good, and thought that he would let the chef with the army make it when he went back.

The two of them walked and ate, and after walking for a long time, Satsuki turned into an alley with iron slag, and after walking for a few minutes, she stopped and pointed to an old building, saying that this was the old blind fortune teller's shop.

Looking along Xiaoyue's fingers, there was a black sunshade cloth hanging on the door of the small shop, and if you looked closely, the sunshade cloth was stained with oil, like a rag that had not been washed for many years, and it felt dirty. Iron Slag couldn't help frowning, although he often didn't take a bath, he wasn't dirty to this point. As if sensing his hesitation, Satsuki hurriedly stepped forward to lift the visor, and he immediately walked in.

At this time, the light in the store is very dim, and I can barely see the surroundings. It was a room of less than ten square meters, with a low table in the middle and a crystal ball on it. And at the back of the low table, there sat a thin old man with sharp-beaked monkey cheeks and hollow eye sockets.

"Who?" Sensing that someone was coming in, the old man moved and asked.

"Master, I'm Xiaoyue." "Satsuki? What Satsuki? "Satsuki in North Lane, do you remember? You once cured me of a rash. "Red rash? Okay, okay, did you give the money? "Gave ......" "Is there still a rash?" "No......" "Then what are you doing here?" Ready to donate? "No...... No, if a guest wants to find you, I brought it here. ”

"Does he have any money?" The old man asked hurriedly.

"Ah......" Xiaoyue was speechless for a while, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

"If you don't have money, don't bring it here." Hearing no affirmative reply, the old man suddenly sighed and said listlessly.

"Ding." At that moment, Iron Slag took out a gold coin and threw it on the low table. The moment he heard the movement, the old man quickly reached out and fished it out, and the gold coin that was still beating on the table suddenly disappeared.

"Golden hammer...... O golden hammer......" The old man laughed happily, revealing his jagged yellow teeth. Seeing this, Iron Slag couldn't help frowning, and began to wonder if he had come to the wrong place.

"This guest, what can help you, although the old blind eye can't see, but the heart and eyes are through the sky, know the laws of heaven and earth, can solve problems for you, answer questions, guide the maze, is the so-called mountain flowers to the sea of trees, the red sun to the sky, the water washed the Dragon King Temple, the road is uneven and draws a knife ......to help" The old man shook his head and chattered endlessly.