Haiyuan City, the city lord's mansion.

Xia Ren was cultivating, his realm at this time had reached the peak of the innate twofold, very close to the innate threefold, and it was estimated that he would be able to break through to the triple in about a month at most.

You must know that Xia Ren has only been less than three months since he last broke through the innate double, and the average person's innate breakthrough is measured in years, but Xia Ren can break through in just a few months, and this speed is simply beyond the reach of the dust.

Of course, those summoned characters are not among them, the speed at which those people break through is unreasonable, one by one less than thirty, they have already metamorphosed, like Zhou Cang's speed, in the major top sects, they are among the best.

After finishing the cultivation, Xia Ren walked out of the secret room, Xiao Guizi was waiting, saw Xia Ren come out, and said respectfully: "Your Highness, there is news from General Zhou Cang's side." ”

"Oh, there's news from Zhou Cang?"

"Yes, just now, the flying pigeon sent back the news, and now the owner of the city is checking it. ”

After Xia Ren heard this, he walked to the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, usually when he discussed things with Fang Xuanling, he would be in the backyard, and Fang Xuanling would inevitably be in the backyard at this time.

Sure enough, when he arrived in the backyard, Fang Xuanling was sitting in the pavilion looking at a letter.

Xia Ren walked over and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang, I don't know what the situation is on General Zhou Cang's side?"

Fang Xuanling put down the letter and said with a smile: "Lord, everything is going well over there, General Zhou Cang has killed the thief leader, and most of the other pirates have also been killed, and he has also captured a congenital double pirate, ready to escort him back and hand it over to the lord for interrogation." ”

"What about our casualties?"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Don't worry, the Xuanjia cavalry has not suffered any battle damage, and only the three hundred city guards have lost more than thirty people. ”

"Yes, that's a big win. Xia Ren said with some relief.

"I wonder when they will return?"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "General Zhou Cang, they have already begun to return, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the port this evening and return to Haiyuan City in the evening." ”

Xia Ren pondered and said: "After Zhou Cang and them come back, I want to let him be in charge of recruiting first, recruit a group of recruits, and when Zhou Tai comes back, he can train immediately, which can save a lot of time." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "The lord is feasible with this method, so I don't know when General Zhou Tai will come back?"

"It should be soon, with Zhou Tai's strength and identity, there should be no problem in convincing the Zhou family. ”

After speaking, Xia Ren frowned again and said worriedly.

"I just don't know what the shipbuilding technology of the Zhou family is, and whether they can build a warship that meets our expectations. ”

Fang Xuanling comforted: "The lord doesn't have to worry, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, it's really not good, we can build a base within 300 kilometers, with the strength of General Zhou Tai, I believe no one can threaten us." ”

After listening to this, Xia Ren could only sigh and nodded.

He is ready, if the Zhou family can't build a powerful warship, then use the yuan points to carry out the krypton gold lottery, since he has already summoned a second-rate character this year, so the second time it will take 2000 points, and he only has 1630 points, which is not enough.

The sun sets and the moon rises, and in the blink of an eye, it is already night.

The hall of the City Lord's Mansion was brightly lit at this time, and Xia Ren and Fang Xuanling were sitting in the hall playing chess at this time.

A guard trotted in and said, "Your Highness, General Zhou has arrived." ”

When Xia Ren heard this, he immediately pushed away the chessboard and said with a smile: "Since General Zhou is back, then this game of chess will end here." “

Turning to the guards, he ordered, "Let General Zhou and them come in." ”

Fang Xuanling shook his head helplessly.

After a while, Zhou Cang and Qin Yong walked in with a middle-aged man in their arms.

"Knock on Your Highness, the last general has defeated the pirates and come to restore his life. ”

Xia Ren said with a smile: "Two of you, please, you have done a good job this time, and this king will have his own reward later." ”

Then he looked at the middle-aged man who was tied up and asked, "This is the pirate you captured?"

Zhou Canghan said with a smile: "Lord Yingming, this person is the second master we caught when we connected, their leader One-Eyed Snake swore not to surrender, and he was killed by the last general." ”

Qin Yong next to him pursed his lips and did not speak.

At this time, the middle-aged man who was tied up knelt down and said respectfully: "Villain Wang Jun, meet His Royal Highness King Ren, the villain knows a lot of information about Three Snake Island, and he must know everything about His Royal Highness King Ren." ”

Xia Ren nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Why did you become a pirate?"

Wang Jun smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness is aware that the villain followed my eldest brother to join the Three Snakes Island. ”

"Oh, who is your eldest brother?

Xia Ren came to be interested.

"Back to Your Highness, the villain's eldest brother is Wang Shun, the second leader of Three Snake Island, and our two brothers were originally members of the Zhenhai Naval Regiment, but they offended Shangguan and were persecuted, and as a last resort, our two brothers became pirates. ”

Wang Jun was a little indignant, relieved for a moment, and continued: "However, although our brothers have become pirates, they have never killed innocents indiscriminately, and every time our brothers intercept a merchant ship, they only take a small part of the money, and never harm people's lives. ”

Xia Ren was puzzled again: "Then why did you appear on the small island of the joint?"

Wang Jun said in a deep voice: "Because my eldest brother found out that the one-eyed snake was doing some shady things, as if it was trafficking people to other pirates, so he asked me to come to investigate." ”

Then he smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that before I could find out anything, I was caught by your highness." ”

"Isn't the one-eyed snake human trafficking a common business on your Three Snake Island?" Xia Ren asked.

Wang Jun hurriedly spoke: "Your Highness doesn't know, in the Three Snakes Island, my eldest brother is only the second master because his cultivation is second, but my eldest brother joined halfway, so he has never been trusted by the big boss." ”

"In addition, my eldest brother never kills innocents indiscriminately, so they will hide it from my eldest brother when they have anything, this time the one-eyed snake's business, my eldest brother does not know, and the people in charge of this business are their henchmen, my eldest brother can't find out, in case it arouses suspicion, so he sent me to investigate. ”

Xia Ren was a little puzzled after hearing this.

"Your eldest brother sent you to find out the news, doesn't the one-eyed snake know?"

Wang Jun replied: "Our two brothers did not join the Three Snakes Island at the same time, so no one knew that we were brothers, and the villain took refuge in the big boss, and this time it was in the name of the big boss that he mixed into the joint island." ”

After listening to Xia Ren, he sighed a little, but he didn't expect that a small Three Snake Island would also be intrigued, and sure enough, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Then he said solemnly to Wang Jun: "You have explained the address and layout of the Three Snake Island one by one, if this king finds out that what you said is true afterwards, and you two brothers did not kill innocents indiscriminately, then this king can spare your life." ”

Then he added: "If this king leads people to attack the Three Snakes Island, will your eldest brother make a move?

Wang Jun hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, rest assured, what the villain said is absolutely true, if His Royal Highness attacks the Three Snake Island, my eldest brother will never make a move, my eldest brother is now a threefold cultivator, listen to my eldest brother, the big boss seems to be a fourfold cultivator." ”

After thinking about it, he said: "But my eldest brother may not make a move against the big boss, please forgive me, because when my eldest brother was persecuted and chased at that time, he fled to the East China Sea, and it was the big boss who saved my eldest brother's life." ”

"But over the years, my eldest brother has also earned a lot of money for Three Snake Island, and the big boss often kills innocents indiscriminately, so my eldest brother has long been thinking of leaving. ”

Xia Ren waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, this king doesn't need your eldest brother to make a move, as long as you don't make trouble for me, and if you find out afterwards that your two brothers are not indiscriminate killers, this king can give you a chance to be loyal." ”

Wang Jun immediately said gratefully: "Your Highness is merciful, my two brothers are willing to serve His Highness." ”

"Hmm. ”

Xia Ren bowed slightly, and said lightly: "You follow Zhou Cang down first, and write down all the information on the Three Snake Island." ”

Looking at Wang Jun, who was leaving with Zhou Cang, Xia Ren looked at Fang Xuanling on the side and asked, "Does Mr. think what this person said is true?"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "What the following officials have seen, it should be true, but just in case, let General Zhou Cang go with General Zhou Tai when the time comes, with General Zhou Cang's cultivation, even if Wang Shun is against the water, he can also fight." ”

Xia Ren nodded.

"That's it, just wait for Zhou Tai to come back now. ”