Chapter 144: Shadow in the Rain
Xishan City, in an inconspicuous dark alley.
"Lord Messenger, if there is anything you command." A man in temple attire bowed his head and said that in front of him was a messenger in a brown hooded robe.
The messenger's calm voice came from under the hood: "The grange outside the city, the owner of the farm is called Taylor, there is a man named Zhang Yuan, try to protect him." ”
"Yes."
"Also, the inside of the temple has begun to be cleared recently, and it may be that the wind hasn't been heard here in Xishan City, but it's coming soon. Lord Zephyr is not here in Kitcher, so be careful not to make any stubble. ”
"Yes."
Xishan City, under the gate of Shicheng, Zhang Yuan was staring nervously at Shen Cheng in front of him. The two didn't stay too close, and there were several people in between, which was also to avoid arousing the suspicion of the guards, although it was normal for two people to enter the city together.
"What are you doing?" After the guard checked the person in front of him, he called Zhang Yuan behind him and asked.
Zhang Yuan stretched out his finger and pointed to the basket hanging on his arm, and tried to make a sneering expression and said, "Today is the birthday of my little master, and the master sent me to Mucheng to buy some fish and go back to entertain guests. ”
"Who is your master?" The guard asked again.
"It's Lord Chen."
"Which Lord Chen?"
Zhang Yuan was asked one question after another and his head began to sweat, but he still smiled and said: "I am just a subordinate, how dare I call the master's name?" ”
The guard stared at Zhang Yuan's eyes for a long time, and suddenly laughed and said, "Alas, let's go in, I'll tease you." Who in the city doesn't know about Miss Chen's birthday today, but why did you go to Mucheng to buy it? ”
While Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, he hurriedly replied: "The master said, this fish must be fresh, and those fish in the city can't do it." ”
"Alright, alright, you go in." The guard smiled and beckoned to Zhang Yuan, signaling that he could go in, and then looked up at the next person and said, "Hey, you, what are you doing?" ”
Zhang Yuan walked into the city quickly, and Shen Cheng, who entered the city one step ahead of him, had already gone to action, but Shen Cheng had already used the Star Wing Technique on Zhang Yuan, so the two could still maintain communication. As for the Lord Chen that Zhang Yuan said, he is a big nobleman in the city, and his full name is Chen Enxu. Zhang Yuan will definitely not be this Lord Chen's subordinate, this is just a method that he and Shen Cheng discussed to get by.
I secretly said sorry to this Lord Chen in my heart, because Zhang Yuan not only had to use the identity of the Chen family to enter the city today, but also stole technology in the Chen family's workshop. This is also planned by Shen Cheng after stepping on the point, Chen Enxu's family business is also famous in this stone city, three textile workshops, two east of the city and one west of the city, and Shen Cheng decided to attack the workshop in the west of the city.
Zhang Yuan looked at the basket and fish in his hand, and secretly said that it was a pity, this fish could only be seen and could not be eaten. He placed the basket on a wooden barrel on the side of the street and walked towards the west side of the stone city.
"Shen Cheng, what's the situation, I'm rushing to the workshop to the west." Zhang Yuan said to Shen Cheng through the Star Wing Technique as he walked.
"I'm in the market, and I want to check the security in the city first, so that if I find out, I don't know how to get out. Boss, can you go to the vicinity of Chen's Mansion to have a look first, we need to make sure that Chen Enxu will not send too many private soldiers to the western workshop today. Shen Cheng quickly replied after receiving Zhang Yuan's inquiry.
"No problem." Zhang Yuan looked at the busy crowd around him, and after seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he directly turned his steps one hundred and eighty degrees and walked in another direction. The city gate where he and Shen Cheng entered was the south gate, and Chen Enxu's residence was in the east of the city, which is why Shen Cheng proposed to choose the workshop west of Chen's house.
When he came to the outside of Chen's house, Zhang Yuan deliberately chose a narrow alley in the distance to look at the gate of Chen's house. Today is the fourteenth birthday of the second lady of the Chen family, and Chen Enxu wants to give a banquet to the nobles who have a close relationship with him in Shicheng, as well as the big and small figures in the military temple. Of course, everyone is not really here to celebrate the little girl's birthday, but these nobles are in a panic, so they just find some reason to contact other masters.
"It seems that there are quite a lot of guests in the Chen family, and there are also a lot of people dressed as private soldiers. But I don't think these old men in Stone City can think of anyone who will work in the workshop, right, how about it, do you act as usual tonight? Zhang Yuan hid back in the alley and communicated with Shen Cheng intentionally.
"Well, we'll be able to start working as soon as it gets dark."
Zhang Yuan looked up at the sky, it was estimated that there would be a while before it got dark, so he would just go to the Chen family's workshop while strolling. There is nothing new in Shicheng compared to Hanse, if there is any difference, Zhang Yuan feels that there are armed people wandering around the streets of this city at any time, probably all of them are private soldiers of a certain family.
There are many more entertainment venues in Stone City than in Hanse, and Zhang Yuan looked all the way and saw a lot of buildings such as taverns and hooks. But then again, after all, the stone city in Xishan City is full of nobles, and the commoners live in the wooden city, and the stone wall is of course a pure flower world.
The time soon came to night, and Zhang Yuan slipped all the way to the outside of the workshop. At this moment, Zhang Yuan heard Shen Ying's voice in his head: "Boss, I see you." ”
"Well, you see me, where are you?" Zhang Yuan asked with some surprise.
"Upper."
When Zhang Yuan heard this, he looked up and looked at the height, there was a small guard tower in the courtyard wall of the workshop, and he knew at a glance that it was a police standby building. A figure stood on the roof of the watchtower and beckoned to Zhang Yuan, and then Zhang Yuan heard Shen Cheng say: "Our luck is good, the guards here have all run to protect the big shots, and there are only people working in the workshop." ”
"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. It's not so cruel, but it's about the same, the nobles are having a banquet, and the people are still working for them here, and the only guilt left in my heart when I think of it is gone. Zhang Yuan heard Shen Cheng say that his subordinates were still working, and said with some emotion.
"I also wish they didn't have to work at this time, because then I wouldn't have a good time. Forget it, I'll try my luck first, just wait outside if the boss says it, and tell me with the astral spell if there's anything wrong. After Shen Cheng finished speaking, he jumped down from the watchtower, Zhang Yuan, who saw this scene, wanted to exclaim, but after thinking about it, Shen Cheng must have landed after his body was blurred, and he would not be injured at all.
Zhang Yuan looked left and right, and there was nothing to do, so he casually found a step on the side of the street and sat down. The night here is still quite cold, Zhang Yuan can only put his hand in his arms, and the whole person is shrunk into a ball.
"Boss, I've found a place where no one is around, and there are textile machinery in it. But I just put the Pathfinder in there, and I'll have to find a way to get in. ”
"Boss, I've found the key in the watchtower, there are a lot of them, there should be one that can open that door."
"Great, boss, I'm in the room. And you would never think that only a few of these machines are enchanted, and it seems that it is easy to imitate. ”
"Boss ......"
Zhang Yuan listened to Shen Cheng constantly report the process, and he was a little groggy sitting on the steps, with his head lowered. Finally, Zhang Yuan's head was lowered and he didn't raise it again, and sat there directly and fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, Zhang Yuan suddenly woke up, only to find that there were bean-sized raindrops on his head. Although his body was almost wet, Zhang Yuan quickly found an eaves to hide from the rain.
A gust of wind blew through the hall, Zhang Yuan trembled, he quickly covered his body and called out with his mind: "Shen Negative, Shen Negative, are you okay?" It's raining heavily outside! ”
"It's raining? Boss, that's a good thing, if it rains, those guys will stay at the banquet longer, and we'll have more time to crack the technology. And those workers are also resting now, and I'm cracking the machinery they operate, and I guess it won't be long left. Shen Cheng on the other end said, it seems that Zhang Yuan has to wait outside for a while.
Just when Zhang Yuan was desperately moving his body to keep warm, a somewhat beautiful voice suddenly sounded in the rain: "Water curtain!" ”
A curtain of water rose in the front, left and right directions, surrounding Zhang Yuan, who was suddenly frightened and leaned against the wall behind him, and asked nervously, "Who?" ”
"Hmph." A blue shadow came out of the water curtain in front of him, glared at Zhang Yuan and asked, "I'm the master here, what's the matter, don't you know?" I'd like to ask you what you're sneaking up on here, if you're trying to do something wrong while my house is having a party? ”
"What's this, it turns out that Chen Enxu is a woman......" Zhang Yuan said with a black line, Shen Cheng said that others were trapped in the rain and would not come, isn't this coming, and he also grabbed himself.
"Presumptuous, my father's name is also what you want to call? Hmph, but I already know that you definitely don't have a good idea. In that case, I'll take you down first, and then everything will be clear! The person who claimed to be Chen Enxu's daughter raised his hand and pointed after speaking, and two water dragons suddenly rushed out of the water curtain and crashed directly into Zhang Yuan.
Broken! Zhang Yuan secretly screamed, isn't this the end, this bastard woman is really, what kind of hatred and grudge, come up and use magic to deal with herself.
Who knew that seeing that the water dragon was about to touch Zhang Yuan, an electric arc suddenly bounced around his body, not only knocking the water dragon back to its original shape and turning it into water droplets scattered all over the sky, but also along the rain in the air directly to the woman's body.
Zhang Yuan only heard a coquettish cry from the woman, and the three water curtains fell directly from the sky, smashing heavily on the ground to form a puddle. Then a voice appeared in Zhang Yuan's mind that he hadn't heard: "Are you annoying, why are there so many things to sleep, Zhang Yuan, quickly solve the matter, I will continue to sleep." ”
Zhang Yuan: ?