readx;? For three days, Lu Yifan and the others carefully hid all the way, and under the search of Wen Jian, Kang Mazi and others all over the mountains, they fled to the edge of the forest of the two realms with trepidation, and the border city of the spiritual realm, 'Black Stone Town', was already close at hand. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past three days, Wen Jian and the others have searched carefully in the forest day and night like mad dogs, and tens of thousands of mountain bandits have wandered extensively on the junction of the two realms forest and the spirit realm, and this move has also provoked the spiritual defenders of Black Stone Town to enter a state of combat readiness, always on guard against this group of bandits in the two realms forest, in case they make any trouble.

Blackstone Town, the northernmost town in the Spiritual Domain, although the place is not large, because it is the only way to travel between the Spiritual Domain and the Holy Domain, the town is quite prosperous and lively. Blackstone Town is named because it is rich in a unique black ore, and the stone business is the most enthusiastic livelihood of the permanent residents of Blackstone Town, and the black stone they mine is mainly for the spiritual realm and the sacred realm.

Since the town of Black Rock is located in the northern boundary of the spiritual domain, the peace of this place is directly related to the safety of the hinterland of the spiritual domain, so the emperor of the spiritual domain specially planted a large army here, with a number of 100,000 people, and the banner is 'Black Stone Battalion'. The commander of the Blackstone Battalion is also the 'Overseer' of the Spirit Domain guarding Blackstone Town, and the status of the Overseer is equivalent to that of the Governor of the Border Guard Mansion of the Holy Domain, and he can be regarded as an important person in charge of the power of life and death. There is a governor in Blackstone Town, so naturally there is no need to install another city lord, and the status of the overseer is far above the city lord. Of course, this great authority is largely due to the military power in Zheng Qin's hands!

The name of the governor of Blackstone Town is Zheng Qin, and more than a dozen generations of his family are all natives of Blackstone Town, and in detail, this Zheng Qin and Zheng Xiaowu of the Two Realms Forest still have a trace of kinship that can't be beaten, after all, the ancestors are both old people in Blackstone Town and have the same surname, in this place with a big palm in Blackstone Town, the two Zheng families will inevitably have some inextricable relationship, and it is said that Zheng Xiaowu has to be honored as an uncle when he sees Zheng Qin, and there is no way to verify whether it is true or not.

However, because of this, there are also many people who secretly speculate that the reason why Zheng Xiaowu can mix so well in the Two Realms Forest is actually inseparable from Zheng Qin's acquiescence in secret. And the same is that Zheng Qin has been able to sit firmly in Blackstone Town for decades, and it is also related to Zheng Xiaowu's 'abiding by the law' obediently cooperated, after all, there are more than 20,000 outlaws hidden in the forests of the two realms, and if these people go crazy, the first one to suffer is Blackstone Town, and with Zheng Xiaowu on it to shock them, Blackstone Town will naturally be able to settle down. After all, six or seven out of ten of the merchants who traveled between the forests of the two realms were from Blackstone. Ensuring the safety of one party is the first duty of the overseer, and Zheng Qin is duty-bound.

There is a magnificent deep house compound in the north of Blackstone Town, there are seven steps paved with black stone inside and outside the bright gate, and the steps of the general mansion are piled up with white jade, but the boundary of Blackstone Town likes to use black stone to build steps. On the left and right sides of the gate sit a strange spirit beast that looks like a dragon and not a dragon, like a phoenix and not a phoenix, the head of the dragon on the left side is raised high and has the attitude of arrogance to all beings, and the head of the phoenix on the right side has a humble meaning, both are unicorn bodies, tiger claws, eagle tails, look different but have a majesty. Legend has it that this is the dragon and phoenix species and the tiger and eagle species after the combination of the thing, the name is: Yu Qi. Yu Qi exists in the world and is not tolerated by heaven and earth, the day of his birth he was punished by heaven and dissipated into the void, and then in the spiritual realm by the spirit clan secret method of gathering the aura of heaven and earth and re-conceived, and the white-headed black eagle of the bald eagle belongs to the same list of spirit beasts. The very magnificent door head is on the top of half of the palace, and the columns made of four black stones are separated from the left and right, and the two vermilion doors that are open are particularly solemn, and there is a large black plaque that is full of one person high in the middle of the door, and there are three gilded characters on the inscription: the governor's house.

There are four guards with knives standing inside and outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion, majestic and solemn without smiling, the ordinary people of Blackstone Town will trot by with their heads down when they pass in front of the gate of the Governor's Mansion, and they will never dare to stop and watch indiscriminately, the people in Blackstone Town know that Zheng Qin has a bad temper, and the slightest disappointment will lead to a serious crime. However, the people of Blackstone Town had to admit that Zheng Qin had indeed governed Blackstone Town in an orderly manner, so most of the people respected and feared Zheng Qin, so they naturally had an inexplicable awe of his mansion in their hearts.

In the early morning, there were not many people on the street, but a fast horse suddenly galloped from the end of the street in the distance, and the fast horse rushed directly to the gate of the governor's mansion, and a black-faced man dressed as a general on the horse did not wait for the horse's hooves to stand on the horse, and the black-faced man who was as light as a swallow landed directly on the black stone steps, and the four guards saw this person kneeling down on one knee to salute, but this person did not even raise his eyelids, and walked directly into the mansion without stopping. The black-faced man is dressed in cyan armor and looks very heavy, the armor between the arms rubbing the side ribs when he walks is actually sonorous, and he is equipped with a huge tiger head knife around his waist, and the handle of the knife can't be as thick as the average man's forearm.

"General Tong, you're here early today!"

In the back hall, a beautiful woman was carefully arranging the dishes and chopsticks around the round table, but strangely there were only two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the huge round table, one gold and the other silver. The table was already full of all kinds of pastries, soups and porridge, obviously the woman was carefully preparing breakfast for someone, and until the black-faced man came in, the woman was always fiddling with the golden bowl and chopsticks on the table, and seemed to be not satisfied with how to put it, so she put it up and picked it up again, picked it up and placed it again at a different angle, and the cycle went on and on. At the round table, four young maidservants with beautiful faces were waiting cautiously, as if they wanted to intervene to help, but they did not dare to disturb the movements of the beautiful woman.

The general Tong in the mouth of the beautiful woman is the black-faced man who just walked in, this person is named Tong Xuanwu, who is the first general under the command of Zheng Qin, the governor of Blackstone Town, and is also a powerful henchman who helps Zheng Qin take charge of the large and small military affairs in the battalion.

"Oh! The last general didn't know that the lady was in the hall, so he was reckless!" Tong Xuanwu was startled when he saw the beautiful woman in the hall, and then hurriedly retreated beyond the threshold, and after tidying up his armor a little, he stood up straight, and bowed respectfully to the beautiful woman's back, "The last general, Tong Xuanwu, ask to see the overseer!"

"Tong Jiangjun is his own person, there is no need to be polite!" The beautiful woman chuckled and agreed without looking back, her mind was all on the dishes and chopsticks on the table and the breakfast, and she didn't seem to care about Tong Xuanwu's intrusion at all, "It's just right, Tong Jiangjun came over to help me see how the breakfast I prepared for the Overseer today is doing?"

Tong Xuanwu is Zheng Qin's confidant, and on weekdays, Zheng Qin allows him to step into the back hall of the governor's mansion at will without asking for his life, which shows how much Zheng Qin values Tong Xuanwu. But even so, Tong Xuanwu is still so respectful to this beautiful woman, thanks to the identity of this woman, she is Zheng Qin's wife, and outsiders call her Mrs. Qi! Don't look at Mrs. Qi's beauty, many people think that she is Zheng Qin's concubine after he became obsessed, but in fact, Mrs. Qi is Zheng Qin's wife, and now she is more than forty years old, but her unique beauty makes her still charming, and even a little more mature and beautiful than ordinary women of twenty-eight years. In fact, Zheng Qin only married Mrs. Qi in his life, and there were no other concubines.

Zheng Qin and Mrs. Qi have been in love for decades, and everyone in the Governor's Mansion knows it, even today, Mrs. Qi still insists on making breakfast for Zheng Qin every day, because she knows that her husband has a bad taste and is extremely angry after getting up early in the morning, and it is difficult to swallow the food cooked by others, and only the pastries made by herself can satisfy Zheng Qin's heart. Mrs. Qi's deep love for Zheng Qin is enough to see from the fact that she can fiddle with Zheng Qin's pair of golden bowls and chopsticks for a long time.

"The pastries made by Madame are all the best in the world, the color and flavor are all the best, even the imperial chef serving the emperor in the palace can't make this wonderful taste!" Tong Xuanwu politely walked to the table, looked at the table full of pastries and praised again and again.

"I know it's useless to ask you!" Mrs. Qi smiled, and then set the golden bowls and chopsticks again before turning her head to look at Tong Xuanwu, and asked softly, "Is it still safe over there in the Two Realms Forest?"

"It's very stable!" Tong Xuanwu replied with a polite smile, "Those bunnies...... Oh no! Although those mountain bandits gathered on the border between the Two Realms Forest and Blackstone Town for some reason, they didn't offend me at Blackstone Town, and I don't think they have the guts!" Tong Xuanwu realized that he had spoken dirty words indiscriminately, so he hurriedly reached out and slapped himself in the mouth.

"That's good!" Mrs. Qi said that, she walked around to the opposite side of the round table and sat down slowly in front of the silver bowl and chopsticks, her every move and smile showed a noble and generous atmosphere, "I just don't want the overseer to be sad, he is too tired, let him worry less if he can worry less!"

"Madame, don't worry, you don't have to worry about such a trivial matter!" Tong Xuanwu patted his chest and promised.

"What's not to bother?"

Just when Tong Xuanwu respectfully replied to Mrs. Qi's words, a slightly gloomy voice suddenly came from outside the hall, and then I saw a middle-aged man in a white nightgown walking into the back hall, this person is seven feet tall and well-proportioned, thick eyebrows, big eyes, nose and wide mouth, it is not difficult to guess that he must have been a handsome and beautiful man when he was young, even if he is middle-aged, he is still mighty, and his well-defined face is matched with a pair of cold and slightly melancholy eyes, which looks like there is a charm that belongs to men.

"See the Overseer!"

As soon as he saw this person appear, Tong Xuanwu and the four maidservants in the hall knelt down one after another, but Mrs. Qi just got up to greet him, stretched out her jade arm and gently stopped Zheng Qin's arm, pulled him to the table and sat down, and personally put a piece of delicate pastry into his gold plate, and then watched Zheng Qin eat the pastry with a look of love, and asked with anticipation: "Overseer, how does the osmanthus cake made by the concubine taste today?"

"Okay!" Zheng Qin gently scraped the tip of Mrs. Qi's nose with his fingers with a doting face, and at this time, Mrs. Qi actually smiled very sweetly like a little girl who had just fallen in love, and walked back to her place and sat down with joy. From beginning to end, Tong Xuanwu and the four maidservants still knelt on the ground and never looked up.

"Get up!" Zheng Qin picked up the chopsticks and carefully selected what he wanted to eat among the pastries on the table, and said casually, "Come on, prepare a pair of chopsticks for General Tong, sit down and eat together!"

"No, no, no, the last general will not dare to ......"

"Sit down!" Without waiting for Tong Xuanwu to refuse, Zheng Qin said again absent-mindedly, this time Tong Xuanwu didn't dare to slack off at all, so he could only thank him again and again, and then under the service of the four maidservants, he carefully sat down at the table, although he sat on a spacious and comfortable chair, but it was more uncomfortable than sitting on a bench, his butt was only slightly attached to the edge of the chair, and his back did not dare to lean back, he carefully held the chopsticks and did not move, but reported to Zheng Qin with a solemn face: " Overseer, the bandits in the Two Realms Forest didn't make any big moves last night, they were still just wandering around the forest, looking at them like they seemed to be looking for something, but none of them disturbed my Blackstone Town!"

"Come, try this, the hibiscus cake made by Mrs. is the best!" Zheng Qin listened to Tong Xuanwu's report, and at the same time used his chopsticks to sandwich a crystal clear hibiscus cake on Tong Xuanwu's plate, Tong Xuanwu saw this and hurriedly raised the plate with both hands, and then, his mouth thanked him again and again, and his face was flattered and moved. But Zheng Qin looked at Tong Xuanwu with a smile, as if he was waiting for him to eat the hibiscus cake. Seeing this, Tong Xuanwu could only carefully pick up the hibiscus cake and stuff it into his mouth, and before he could chew it twice, he hurriedly praised it again and again in a vague voice, and praised the color and fragrance even more, Zheng Qin was happy to hear it, and Mrs. Qi was naturally happy.

But in fact, Tong Xuanwu was very disgusted with sweets in private, and if someone brought a plate of hibiscus cake to his own house, he would have to break the cook's hand. But who made this the Governor's Palace?

In the Governor's Mansion, Tong Xuanwu's favorite food must be sweets, because Mrs. Qi's best thing is to make sweets!

"Who are these restless guys looking for?" Zheng Qin said casually while eating, "As far as I know, in the past month, there have been many merchants in Blackstone Town who have lost their families in the forests of the Two Realms, although the report is unknown about life and death, but I think eighty percent of them died in the forest!"

"I'm still looking into ...... of this"

"No need to check, I haven't seen anyone come out of the forest for so long, those caravan guys will definitely die!" Without waiting for Tong Xuanwu to open his mouth, Zheng Qin opened his mouth confidently and said, "I'm just curious about what Zheng Xiaowu is doing during this time?

"Do you want me to go to the Two Realms Forest and ask him to come and meet the Overseer?" asked Tong Xuanwu in a loud voice.

"No need!" Zheng Qin shook his head slowly, "Don't you know Zheng Xiaowu's rules? When did you see him step out of the Two Realms Forest, the last time we met him was when I went into the forest to find him! My nephew has a very strange temper!" Although Zheng Qin is the same age as Zheng Xiaowu, and even a few years younger than Zheng Xiaowu, Zheng Xiaowu can still only be his nephew because of his seniority.

"Could it be ......" Tong Xuanwu speculated solemnly about the cause ......and effect of this matter, and then said with a worried face, "Zheng Xiaowu can't suppress those mountain bandits in the Two Realms Forest anymore?"

"The affairs in the forest are not in our hands!" Zheng Qin said and got up and put a piece of pastry into Mrs. Qi's plate, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled at the handover, like a newlywed couple, "There is another person surnamed Zheng in the forest, we only take care of Blackstone Town! As long as this group of mountain bandits don't make trouble in my Blackstone Town, it doesn't matter how many people they die." ”

"Yes!" Tong Xuanwu first agreed, and then changed his words, "What should we do about the robbery and killing of the merchants in Blackstone Town?"

"Tell the merchants of Blackstone Town not to go to the Two Realms Forest during this time, I think Zheng Xiaowu will give me an explanation for this matter soon!" Zheng Qin took a sip of hot porridge, and his face couldn't help but show a satisfied expression.

"Okay, that'......"

"Report!"

Just when Tong Xuanwu nodded in agreement, a loud news came from outside the hall, and then I saw a guard kneeling outside the hall door, and replied loudly to the hall: "Tell the overseer, someone outside the palace gate asks to see!"

"Who?"

"He claims to be the sect master of the Sacred Soul Sect, Lu Yifan!"

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