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Chen Dingfang and the three of them came to the mud city of the king of Loulan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For them, it is not the first time to come here, Chen Dingfang has lived in the Western Regions for a long time, he has lived in the Western Regions for more than 20 years, but most of them are in Loulan Kingdom, but not in the mud city; and Lao Zhao followed Hong Yuqing's father Lord Hong in the Western Regions as an official for several years, and the mud city has also been to the city a few times, not familiar but not strange, the only person who is a little unfamiliar is Wang Hao'er, the force of the yellow whirlwind is on the border of Ganqing, and he rarely goes deep into the hinterland of the Western Regions, and he has only been to the mud city once.

The mud city has an exotic atmosphere different from the territory of the Han people, and the people on the street are endless, but as far as the eye can see, there is a strange costume, only to see white, yellow, brown or more strange red hair, and the skin is also different from the Han people, or fair or brown and black, and occasionally you can see one or two yellow-skinned Central Plains merchants, which feels quite cordial.

Chen Dingfang is an old horse who knows the way, and he quickly found an inn with a good environment with the two of them, because Lao Zhao and Wang Hao'er were pretending to be Chen Dingfang's entourage this time, so they booked two rooms, Chen Dingfang lived in one, and Zhao Wang and Wang shared one.

After a short wash, the three of them gathered in Chen Dingfang's room to discuss matters.

Lao Zhao spoke first: "I remember that when I came with Lord Hong last year, there were many Han people traveling in this city, but for some reason, I didn't see a few today?"

Wang Hao'er also said: "The number of merchants in the Central Plains on the Ganqing Silk Road this year is obviously much less, if it weren't for this reason, the yellow whirlwind would not have thought of sneaking into the Western Regions trade route to rob, but it is also a blessing and a curse, if it is not for the robbery, you will not meet the master, and there will be no chance to worship under the stars." ”

Chen Dingfang smiled and said, "The questions of the two senior brothers, the younger brother can answer them." At the beginning of the year, I was in the mud city, and then the elder brother recruited people to work, and the younger brother was greedy for a lot of money, so he was deceived by the senior brother...... Haha, but it's really a blessing in disguise, and I got a great opportunity from my teacher. Two senior brothers, this mud city is the Silk Road in the Western Regions, the trade route is divided into north and south, all kinds of business travelers gather here, so that this city has become the first important gathering place of trade between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and the mud city is prosperous. It's just that in recent years, the Central Plains Great Xia Dynasty and the Western Regions have bred contradictions, and the consolation envoys sent by the Great Xia to the Western Regions are all corrupt and mediocre people, who exploit the countries seriously, and the means are tyrannical, which has aroused the dissatisfaction and resistance of the countries, coupled with the rise of the Great Yue Kingdom in the west, the countries have a new choice to rely on, some openly resist the Great Xia, and some want to offend each other, such as this Shanshan country, but the businessman's sense of smell is the keen, they obviously feel the tense atmosphere of the Western Regions, and they are naturally unwilling to wade into troubled waters now, if the Great Xia and the Western Regions suddenly start a war, it is not a matter of losing some propertyTherefore, there are naturally many fewer Han people from the Central Plains in the Western Regions this year. ”

Wang Hao'er listened and said worriedly: "Last time, Senior Brother and Zhao Si came here to do things, and some traces were found, I'm afraid there are still people who are worried about it, if there are too few Han people in the city, you and I can't hide it, and it will be a little troublesome to do something." ”

Lao Zhao said in a deep voice: "The head of the sect only orders the two of us to protect your thoughtfulness, and listen to your dispatch in everything, Senior Brother Chen can act flexibly, and we will not interfere more." ”

Chen Dingfang said humbly: "There are two senior brothers, how dare the younger brother make his own opinion." However, Senior Brother Wang is also right, last time Senior Brother alarmed some people, I am afraid that they will not relax their vigilance in the short term, and what we want to do must be considered in the long run. For the sake of safety, the younger brother suggested that we can take a roundabout technique and find another way to slowly approach the goal. ”

Wang Hao'er saw that he was confident and asked, "Senior Brother Chen has a clever plan?"

Lao Zhao also looked at Chen Dingfang, Chen Dingfang coughed, and said in a low voice: "I can't talk about a clever plan, but the younger brother thinks that we can do business first!"

Lao Zhao was dissatisfied: "What kind of strategy is this! The target is an important minister of the kingdom, if we do business, when will we be able to contact the target?"

Chen Dingfang was good-natured and patiently explained: " The younger brother thinks that there are two advantages to temporarily covering up as a businessman: first, we have just entered the city, if there are indeed people who have arranged personnel to supervise, they will inevitably focus on us who have newly entered the city, but they have limited manpower, it is impossible to keep an eye on us, first cover up with business, and you can get a more secure identity for a period of time; second, according to the information of the senior brother, he has the information of a big businessman who is closely related to the target, we can gradually approach this businessman first, it is best to gain his trust, and then contact the target through him, maybe the effect is better than our direct contact with the target。 What do the two senior brothers think?"

Lao Zhao didn't have any better ideas, he was silent, Wang Hao'er nodded: "This plan is very appropriate! Before leaving, Master told us to act at the opportunity, since the situation in the city is complicated, I agree with Senior Brother Chen's approach." In addition, we can also take the opportunity to observe whether anyone is monitoring us, who is it, what are their intentions, so as to prepare for the next step in advance. ”

Lao Zhao saw that the two of them had the same idea, and he had no opinion, so he said in a deep voice: "Then listen to you, Senior Brother Chen will talk about it in detail." ”

So Chen Dingfang began to whisper, and the three of them began the first step of the Loulan plan in this room.

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Ding Peng was haunted by the death of the thin pole, but he couldn't find any clues for a while, let alone lock the suspect, so he could only put the matter on hold, ready to find out the assassin when he thought of a way.

The affairs of the Qianhu Basin were gradually on track, and Ding Peng also bid farewell to Gentle Township and began to retreat and cultivate the third layer of the Five Poisons Divine Palm.

It is said to be a retreat, but it is actually a small retreat, he will go out every day, and convene the heads of various departments in the evening to listen to the progress of the work or other affairs in the sect, but Ding Peng only gives instructions on decision-making, and is no longer as hands-on as before, and the implementation and supervision of specific things are handed over to special people, and most of his energy is focused on cultivation.

Up to now, Ding Peng has practiced two layers of the Five Poison Divine Palm, namely the Five Poisonous Fire Palm trained by the poison of the Red Lianzi, and the Five Poisonous Ice Palm trained by the Ice Toad, this third layer can be freely chosen, and the remaining three poisons: scorpions, centipedes, geckos, you can choose any one, but the five elements can only choose metallic.

The Five Poison Divine Palm is composed of five poisons: poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, and toads. The five kinds of poisons correspond to the five elements, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and each layer of the five poison divine palms is made of a specific poison of the five elements, and the poisons can be exchanged, but the five elements cannot be chaotic.

For example, Ding Peng's first layer of the Five Poison Divine Palm, he can choose Chilianzi, and he can also choose scorpions, centipedes, geckos, and toads, but the five elements must be fire attributes, such as fire attribute flame centipedes, etc., in the same way, the second layer must be water attribute poisons, if Ding Peng hadn't discovered the ice toad, he might have chosen the blue water in the system to cultivate.

The third layer of the Five Poison Divine Palm, the five elements attribute is gold, and the poison can be chosen arbitrarily among the remaining three, Ding Peng traveled all over the Qianhu Basin, but did not choose the right poison, and finally could only choose a poison with incomparably poisonous poison in the system according to the requirements of cost performance and toxicity.

This is a terrible poison, in the "Poison Sutra" has recorded a kind of its kind, the small body dares to challenge the Hantan giant Jiao, relying on the terrifying poison.

It has a black metallic lustrous skin, and when it doesn't move, it looks like a dead thing without life, but when it moves, it's almost impossible to see its movements with the naked eye, and the places where it crawls are covered with poison, and even no grass grows, and it can't grow plants for years, but the most poisonous is its urine and semen.

"The Book of Poison" says: This thing is extremely lewd, likes water, and has a lot of water every time it encounters it. Its essence is highly poisonous, and it turns into pus when people touch it.

There is also a small story recorded in the Poison Sutra: It is said that in summer, the woman of the family bathed her two children at night, and there was tea left over from the day on the table next to her, and the children were thirsty, so she gave them to drink. Who knows that after a while, the child will be gone, and the water in the basin will become muddy and fishy.

Not to mention the bodily fluids that are directly next to it, even if the bodily fluids fall into the water, the water will become highly poisonous.

However, the poison that Ding Peng exchanged from the system was ten times more toxic than the same kind recorded in the "Poison Sutra".