Chapter 18: Showdown
"Is this the Broken Soul Tablet Realm?" Long Yuan said.
"Yes, yes, that's right. ”
Lao Zhang was surprised that Long Yuan would actually know about this place, and he must know that this is the only way out of Beisha Province, just like a veteran businessman like him, he also needs to rely on a map to identify.
"I know why the guards disappeared. Long Yuan said thoughtfully.
"Why?"
Yin Ying couldn't help but ask curiously, and Lao Zhang and the others also showed a look of expectation.
"It's a long story, and the top priority now is to get them out as soon as possible. Long Yuan didn't satisfy their curiosity this time, because he knew very well that the longer the time dragged on, the more dangerous it would be for those who disappeared.
In the era of the Hundred Dynasties, the major clans grew stronger and stronger, and the alliances, annexations, and marriages between clans became more and more frequent, and the original clan system could no longer be satisfied, and then a new system of "dynasties" began to appear.
Among them, the seven dynasties are the best in the world, and their royal families are all inherited from ancient times, and there are unclear grievances and grievances between them, and mutual war is inevitable.
The Broken Soul Tablet Realm is the place where the war broke out most fiercely between the Tianyuan Dynasty of the Ye clan and the Xunfeng Dynasty jointly established by the Huyan and Tuoba clans.
In order to resist the attack of the Xunfeng Dynasty, the Tianyuan Dynasty set up many spatial formations in the Soul Breaker Tablet Realm to mobilize troops.
Long Yuan guessed that the disappearance of the guards was most likely related to these spatial arrays. As a Heavenly Destiny Master who cultivated the Space-Time Dao, he knew very well how dangerous a spatial circle that had been in disrepair for many years and had no one to control it, Long Yuan couldn't help but think of the collapse of the spatial tunnel when he came out of the Heavenly Chosen Valley, as well as the Jade Old who was willing to sacrifice in order to save him.
If it were changed to another place, Long Yuan would never risk his life, but the spatial formation left over from the Tian Yuan Dynasty was too important to him, so he had no choice but to take risks.
"Yin Ying, you first settle cause and effect with Lao Zhang. After receiving Yin Ying's nod in response, Long Yuan said to Lao Zhang again: "Yin Ying and I went to save people, and you are waiting for me here." ”
"You must bring them back and get rid of them!" Lao Zhang said earnestly, holding Yin Ying's hand.
"Hmm. ”
Yin Ying nodded vigorously and promised Lao Zhang silently.
Under Long Yuan's gaze, Yin Ying's natal star suddenly flashed, casting a band of light that ordinary people could not see and connected with Lao Zhang.
"Alright, let's go. ”
After speaking, Long Yuan raised his feet and walked towards the cave, and Yin Ying followed him quickly.
The backs of the two disappeared into the darkness of the cave one after the other, silently like a giant mouth from the abyss, devouring its prey in a snare.
"Listen to you, from today onwards, I will be a member of the He family, my old Zhang Mingren doesn't say dark words, and follows Steward Long, I don't know what you guys think?"
After seeing Long Yuan and Yin Ying leave, Lao Zhang's expression was solemn, and the eyes under his thick black eyebrows flashed with majesty that made people dare not look at each other.
Long Yuan didn't expect that his act of saving people by coincidence would actually make Lao Zhang, who had been hesitant, make a decision at this moment.
In Lao Zhang's opinion, those guards in distress were completely to blame, Long Yuan had no obligation to take the risk to save them, but Long Yuan still chose to save them without hesitation, Lao Zhang felt that he was at ease with such a person.
"Hehe, Zhang Tou'er, where did you start talking about this?" The guard who came to ask for help looked at Lao Zhang Dao with a sneer.
"Stay where it's cool, don't dangle in front of Lao Tzu's eyes!" Lao Zhang looked at the guard with disdain, and at the same time scolded loudly.
When Liu Ming was here, this person had been Liu Ming's follower, and at that time, he didn't say anything bad about Long Yuan behind his back, but now that this incident has happened, Lao Zhang naturally won't give him a good look.
"Old man Zhang, don't talk so impulsively, everyone is out to eat, no one is in the way, on weekdays, I respect you for three points when I see your age, and you don't kick your nose in the face!"
was scolded by Lao Zhang in front of everyone, the guard's face was also a little unbearable, his face turned from white to blue, the green tendons on his temples burst out, and he jumped to his feet and scolded back.
Swish!
Lao Zhang was not ambiguous, took out a long knife from his waist and looked at him angrily and said coldly: "Do you roll by yourself, or will I let you get out!"
"You ......!" Seeing that Lao Zhang seemed to be about to move seriously, the guard suddenly became a little intimidated, and he took a few steps back, "Brothers, this old guy is crazy, let's go, ignore him." ”
After saying that, he turned and left, but before he had taken a few steps, he stopped a few steps, and when he looked back, he saw that the rest of the people were standing there unmoved, and at the same time staring at him with a mocking gaze.
"You ......"
A sense of humiliation rose in the guard's chest, and he felt like a clown now, putting on a comical performance in front of everyone.
"Hurry up and go away, don't humiliate yourself. ”
The rest of the guards used their actual actions to tell Lao Zhang their choice.
Seeing this, the guard kept his fingers in the air for a long time, but he couldn't say a word, and finally had to leave in disgrace.
"There are no outsiders now, Zhang Tou'er, if you have anything to say, just say it!"
One of the guards leaned casually against a rock wall, his arms protecting his chest and the old god in the road.
Lao Zhang put away his long knife and swept his gaze over the faces of each of the guards, "Since that's the case, then I'll get straight to the point, I want to kick all but a few of us out of the merchant team." ”
It was quiet, without any noise or rebuttal, and each of the guards had a calm expression, almost as they had expected, especially the three guards who had been selected before, with inexplicable smiles on their lips, and they looked at each other.
The reaction of the guards caught Lao Zhang a little off guard, he originally thought that someone would jump out to oppose it, so he also prepared a large paragraph of rhetoric to persuade these people, but in the end it didn't come in handy at all, which made Lao Zhang feel like he was punching the cotton.
"Lao Zhang, you better be practical, since Liu Ming disappeared, you have been testing us, we have already guessed this situation!" Another guard walked up to Lao Zhang's side and patted Lao Zhang's shoulder and teased.
When Long Yuan was there, these guards would be a little restrained, that was a kind of awe from the bottom of their hearts, but now that Long Yuan was not there, the guards became much more casual.
"You bastards, how did you guess?" Lao Zhang scolded with a smile and slapped the hand that fell on his shoulder.
"Isn't this simple?" said a bored guard who was throwing stones and didn't raise his head, "We are not rookies of running merchants, we all know in our hearts how much the waterway means to the runners, how can this kind of thing be known to outsiders?"
It's okay to say in Beisha Province, anyway, the trade routes are almost developed, and a waterway doesn't matter, but out of Beisha Province, it's completely different, you and Steward Long deliberately rest here, I'm afraid it's also a test for selecting people, Zhang Tou'er, is what I said right?"
After listening to the guard's explanation, Lao Zhang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: These are all human spirits!