The chief guard took Qin Shu to a restaurant, the façade of this restaurant looked very magnificent, in stark contrast to the dilapidated Chen houses built nearby, and it was expected that the consumption in it would not be cheap. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the door, the chief guard saw an acquaintance again, and yelled at the man, "Lao Xia, Lao Xia, come on, let's have a drink together." ”

Lao Xia was a middle-aged strong man with a scruffy beard, dressed in cyan armor, holding a long knife and a short knife at his waist, his eyes were small but sharp as an eagle, and he kept scanning the market. Seeing the chief of the guard greeting him, he also smiled back perfunctorily and said, "You little egg, tonight's 'big set', how can I have the kung fu to drink with you." I owe this meal, and I will pay it back to Lao Tzu next time. ”

The chief guard raised his hand and shouted, "Okay, I'll find you a few better ones when I go back." ”

Qin Shu and the chief of the guards entered the restaurant, and immediately a bewitching woman in a purple skirt robe greeted them. The woman's figure is graceful, her plump and mature curves are wrapped in a well-cut skirt robe, and her smile exudes a seductive and charming atmosphere, which is indeed a rare stunner in the world.

"Yo, Captain Leo is here, hurry upstairs, and keep the seat for you. Huh, who is this little brother?"

The chief guard smiled at the woman and said, "This is the henchman of the new city lord, called Qin Shu." Boss, don't slack off. ”

The woman's beautiful eyes bent and said with a smile, "What I said, not to mention the red man in front of the city lord, is an ordinary little brother, and I can't be lazy even if it is the brother of your captain Leo." ”

After that, he approached Qin Shu again, smiled at Qin Shu charmingly at Qin Shu close at hand, and said, "Brother Qin, my name is Meiya." I didn't have much preparation for the first meeting, and today's meal is mine. ”

Rulan's breath stroked her cheeks, Qin Shu inexplicably felt that her body was slightly hot, and she smiled helplessly in her heart, this woman from another world is amorous, and she really can't bear it without a little cultivation!

After settling down, Chong Meiya smiled slightly and said, "The boss lady is polite." ”

The two entered the private room, and the food and drinks were quickly served.

The chief guard raised his glass first, and said to Qin Shu, "Brother Qin, I want to thank you for this first cup." If you hadn't been in a hurry, the brothers wouldn't have known how to behave. ”

Qin Shu also picked up his wine glass and said with a smile, "Captain Leo said that he was joking, if you want to say thank you, I have to thank you." If it weren't for you giving this favor, the lord of the castle wouldn't have known how long he would have to wait outside the door. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both drank it all.

After a few glasses of wine, the distance between the two was quickly shortened, and the conversation box was opened.

"Brother Qin, since you have come to the Stele Tower City, you have to know a few things. Leo said, "First, the Qi family's rule here is only nominal, and must not be taken seriously. There are many dragons and snakes in this city, and strange people from all walks of life gather, especially the overseas merchants are extremely fierce, they don't live in the Longlu Continent, so they are not afraid of the Qi family at all, and if something happens, it's just a big deal to get on the boat and run away. So even Steward Qiu didn't dare to provoke them casually. To put it bluntly, the main role of our guards and the 800 Jiayong in the city is to be optimistic that the Qi family's industry here will not be violated, and the rest of us will turn a blind eye. “

After taking a sip of wine, Leo continued, "This second thing is that the city and the three affiliated towns have a permanent population of 23,800, mainly divided into seventeen families, among which the Xia family, the Bilie family, and the Wutu family are the three most powerful. These families have lived here for more than 200 years since the first group of ancestors, and there are many good people in the family, and the folk customs are extremely strong. As the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, don't provoke them if you have nothing to do. ”

"As for the third thing," Leo's face began to solemnize, "the south and west of the city are blocked by a mountain range called the Burning Mountain Range, and strange beasts are rampant on the mountain range. These strange beasts seem to be affected by some kind of aura, and they are more powerful than those in the Central Plains. For example, a Yellow Rank 1 alien beast, in the Central Plains region, a martial artist of the fifth layer of the Beginning Yuan Realm can be singled out, but even the peak of the Beginning Yuan Realm may not be able to win here. Also, the strange beasts here go crazy every few decades, and when they go crazy, they go down the mountain en masse to attack the city. The last time the city was attacked, three of the top ten masters of Longyun Prefecture were in the city, and they were all martial artists of the 'Refining Yuan Realm', which one was not the master who could urge the heavens and the earth to change color by raising his hand? ”

Qin Shu frowned and interjected, "Why is this strange beast attacking the city?"

Leo smiled bitterly, "How do I know this? Anyway, according to the records of the city chronicles, the alien beasts attack the city once every fifty-six years on average. During the siege of the city, those strange beasts are crazy, not only kill people when they see them, destroy houses when they see them, but even kill each other among foreign beasts, so after each siege, in addition to the human corpses everywhere in the city, there will also be a large number of corpses of foreign beasts, but they fatten the group of beast cores and animal skins.

"Alien beasts kill each other?"

Qin Shu took a sip of wine and remembered Darwin's theory of ecological balance, which was widely known in The Origin of Species. In general, cannibalism is caused by the fact that the population is too large and there is not enough territory or food. The most typical is that African male lions often bite to death the cubs born to other male lions before mating with lioness to make room for their future children.

If this theory is also true here, it means that every other cycle, there will be a shortage of food in the Falling Mountains due to the overabundance of alien beasts, and those high-level alien beasts will go to hunt and kill low-level alien beasts, and low-level alien beasts will run down the mountain in groups to escape for their lives. After going down the mountain, there was no food, so of course they came to eat people.

From this point of view, the vanguard of the siege should be low-level alien beasts, and those high-level alien beasts were attracted by low-level alien beasts. This can also explain why the three martial artists chose to resist in the early stage, it is estimated that they saw that the level of the alien beasts that had just begun to attack the city was not high, and they thought that they were sure to deal with it, but they didn't expect that a large wave of high-level alien beasts would follow, and when they reacted, it was too late to escape.

If that's the case......

Leo interrupted Qin Shu's thoughts and said, "Speaking of which, sixty years have passed since the last siege of the city. ”

Qin Shu's brows furrowed more and more, and he said, "So, the current calm period has exceeded the historical average?

Leo nodded, "You see that the market on this street is quite prosperous, right? But if it was five or six years ago, it would have been several times more prosperous than it is now! Over the years, many rich people have already moved out of the city, and most of the remaining ones are businessmen who stay here for a month and leave, and a small part are local long-term residents, such as the three major families, they can rebuild if their family business is destroyed, but once they are gone, there will be no place for them in the stele tower city when they come back, so they will not leave." There are also some pure outlaws, who are waiting for the beasts to attack the city so that they can make a fortune in the chaos. ”

Seeing that Qin Shu didn't say a word, Leo smiled again and said, "Brother Qin doesn't have to worry too much, even if the alien beast attacks the city, it may not be death." As long as you hide in the underground fortifications in advance, you can avoid most of the strange beasts. Of course, there are some strange beasts who are good at burrowing into the ground, and if you encounter this kind of thing, it can only depend on luck......"

Qin Shu saw Leo's ugly smile, and knew that the number of such earth-burrowing beasts would never be small.

There is a sword of Damocles hanging over his head with the sword of the beast attacking the city, and his desire to run the stele tower city to fight against Qi Wei is afraid that it may be frustrated at any time.

Thinking of this, Qin Shu said, "I heard that there is a Martial Emperor of the 'True Yuan Realm' above the 'Refining Yuan Realm' Martial Venerable, and there is also a Martial God of the 'Shenyuan Realm' above, can they defeat this group of strange beasts, why didn't the Qi family invite them to calm the trouble of the strange beasts here?"

Leo seemed to hear a very funny joke and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Martial Emperor? Do you know how many years Longyun Prefecture has not produced a Martial Emperor? It has been 300 years! Also, what kind of martial god do you say? Do you really think that there are martial gods in this world? Legend has it that the martial god 'divine breath breaks through ten thousand armies, and the divine consciousness is close to the void', do you think such a person really exists? Legend has it that there is an acquired void realm above the martial god! Who has ever seen it? It was all made up by idlers. ”

Leo took a sip of wine and continued to smile bitterly, "So, since you are on an errand in the Stele Tower City, you have to be prepared for today and no tomorrow." We are the Qi family's family bravery, and the lives of the whole family are in the hands of the Qi family, and we can't run away if we want to. I can only hope that this strange beast will be so quiet forever that it will never attack the city again. ”

Qin Shu also took a sip of wine, there was Qiu Yuan in front of him, and there were strange beasts in the back, if he wanted to fight the idea of the stele tower city, it seemed that it was not so simple.

It's a long way to go!

Looking at Leo with a gloomy face, Qin Shu finally understood the reason why he was willing to risk offending Qiu Yuan to get close to him. The Stele Tower City is so dangerous, he wants to find an extra way out of here. After all, Qi Ziyan may still gain momentum again, so if she stammers early, it will be much easier to transfer out of here at that time.

Thinking of this, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of Qin Shu's mouth. Do you want to pedal two boats? There is no such cheap thing in this world. As the chief of the guard, Leo is in charge of the internal government defense, and he wants to kill Qiu Yuan, so he is destined to choose only one between Qiu Yuan and his own two ships.

It seems that he has to find a way to overturn the boat of friendship between him and Qiu Yuan first. When he was left with only one boat, he would naturally jump up without hesitation. And once he got on his thief ship, he didn't want to come down.

The two of them had their own goals, and they chatted speculatively between pushing the cups and changing the lamps, and before they knew it, an hour had passed. Considering that Qi Ziyan was still hungry, Qin Shu, who couldn't bear it, had to leave in advance, and unceremoniously packed a bunch of food before leaving. Mei Ya was really trustworthy, saying that if she wanted to get rid of the order, she would be exempted, and she personally sent Qin Shu and Leo to the door.

When he went out, he was about to say goodbye to Leo, but he felt a strange wind blowing not far away. Fortunately, Leo quickly grabbed Qin Shu, otherwise with Qin Shu's small body, he was afraid that he would be blown away directly!