Shah is a tropical region, crops are usually harvested four or five seasons a year, very high yield, the development of a regional tuntian in Shah can lay a good foundation for the future construction of Shura Hall. 【Latest Chapter Reading】

Shangguan Xiu attached great importance to this matter, and deliberately divided 2,000 brothers and sent them to Xibu Mountain to open up wasteland. Huya Pass is an important border pass, and the troops cannot be less, and the two thousand troops are basically transferred from Yicheng.

With the transfer of 2,000 troops, the defenders of Yicheng were reduced to a mere few hundred men. Fortunately, there is not much power in the vicinity of Yicheng, and the rebels in the Zhenxi area have no intention of developing on the border side.

On this day, Shangguan Xiu was practicing the Gathering Spirit Decision taught to him by Guan Tong, and Qian Jin ran in from outside in a panic.

"Brother Xiu, it's not good......"

Shangguan Xiu opened his eyes, looked at Qian Jin in confusion, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Our caravan has been robbed!"

"Oh?" Shangguan Xiu's expression on his face didn't change, and he asked slowly, "Do you know who did it?"

Qian Jin hurriedly said: "It was done by a group of horse bandits named the Lingyun Gang!"

Shangguan Xiu asked, "Are there any casualties?"

"No, but, but three truckloads of porcelain, one cart of cloth, and one cart of spiritual weapons that we transported were also robbed......

"I see. Ah Jin, you go and appease the brothers in the caravan, and I'll take care of the rest. ”

"Brother Xiu, our losses this time are too great, a whole cart of spiritual weapons, that's worth tens of thousands of taels of silver!" Qian Jin was sweating all over his head.

It was like letting him, a man who only came in and couldn't leave, lose so many goods at once, including so many valuable spiritual weapons, it was like letting him bleed.

Transporting tungsten gold ore from the Ba tribe to Yicheng, where it is sintered and refined, tungsten gold is extracted, forged into spiritual weapons, and then sold back to Shah, which is an important source of income for Shuratang.

Shangguan Xiu was still unhurried, he stood up and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll deal with the next thing, how many goods we lose, how many goods I will get back!"

Seeing that he was full of confidence, Qian Jin's mood finally calmed down.

"Someone!" With Shangguan Xiu's greeting, a soldier walked in from outside, intervened to give a salute, and said, "Brother Xiu!"

"You go and get Xiao Jue. ”

"Yes, Brother Xiu!" the soldier agreed, turned around and walked out quickly.

It didn't take long for Xiao Jue to walk in from outside, and Wu Yufei came with him. After more than a month of cultivation, Xiao Jue's injuries had completely healed, and he strode up to Shangguan Xiu, first bowed his hand, and asked, "Brother Xiu, are you looking for me?"

"Xiao Jue, how are you and your brothers injured?"

Xiao Jue smiled and said, "Brother Xiu, our injuries have all healed. ”

"Do you want to move your muscles?"

Xiao Jue said with a straight face: "What does Brother Xiu want me to do, just give me orders!"

Shangguan Xiu said: "We have a batch of goods that were robbed by nearby bandits, how did they rob us, we have to get it back with interest!"

Xiao Jue's face sank and said, "Brother Xiu, where is this gang?"

Shangguan Xiu turned his eyes and looked at Qian Jin on the side, who grabbed his hair and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiu, I don't know either." ”

"You go and get Luo Fu. ”

Luo Fu is the Dark Banner Master in Shura Hall, in charge of intelligence. After Luo Fu rushed over, as soon as he heard the name of the Lingyun Gang, he immediately nodded and responded: "Brother Xiu, I know that this gang, in our area, is relatively strong, the boss is called Lingyun, and there are more than two hundred people under him." The people of the Lingyun Gang also often come to our Yicheng to have fun, why did Brother Xiu suddenly ask about them?"

"Our caravan was robbed by them just now!" Qian Jin said indignantly.

"Huh?" Luo Fu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "The bandits of the Lingyun Gang are nesting in their mouths!"

"What is that? Draw it to me!" Shangguan Xiu ordered his soldiers to fetch pen and paper.

Soon, the soldiers sent paper, ink, pen and inkstone and handed them to Luo Fu.

Luo Fu picked up the pen, quickly drew a sketch on the paper, and then explained to Shangguan Xiu: "Brother Xiu, this is our Yicheng, twenty miles to the south is Zhangjia Town, and after Zhangjia Town, go more than twenty miles to the south, which is the mouth." ”

Shangguan Xiu listened and watched, and when Luo Fu finished speaking, he smiled leisurely and said, "They are not far from Yicheng!"

"I didn't know that they would be so bold and dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, what does Brother Xiu plan to do with them?"

Shangguan Xiu didn't say anything when he smiled, but his smile at this time made people feel furious.

At noon that day, Shangguan Xiu had lunch and took Xiao Jue, Wu Yufei and other disciples of the Huayu faction to Zuizikou.

They were not in a hurry, and walked slowly along the way.

Now that winter has arrived, the climate in Jeongsai has become more harsh, not very cold, but unusually dry, and the wind and sand have become heavier.

Shangguan Xiu and his party of sixteen people all lifted the scarves wrapped around their necks, covering their mouths, noses and hair, and only exposed their two eyes outside.

After walking forward for a long time, Xiao Jue raised his hand and pointed ahead, turned his head and said loudly: "Brother Xiu, it should be Zhangjiazhen!"

Shangguan Xiu squinted his eyes and looked forward, and sure enough, the outline of a small town appeared in front of him. He nodded and said, "Let's go to the town first, take a sip of tea and then hurry." ”

Now the wind and sand are too big, blowing dry mouths, and hundreds of ants are like crawling into the clothes, which makes people itch all over their bodies.

Zhangjia Town is not small, but it is too depressed, most of the houses in the town are incomplete, and it can be seen that there is no one living in it.

Even the main street in the town was so empty that not even a living person could be seen, and the huge town was like a dead city.

Shangguan Xiu shook his head secretly, and was walking forward, when he saw a banner with the word 'wine' written on the side of the street fluttering in the wind.

He pointed to Zhaoqi, Xiao Jue and the others understood, and urged the horse to go over.

There was not even a horse stake at the door of the tavern, Shangguan Xiu and the others pulled the horses close to a small alley next to the tavern, leaving one person to guard, and Shangguan Xiu and Xiao Jue, Wu Yufei and others walked into the tavern.

As soon as he came in, Shangguan Xiu felt a spiritual pressure rushing towards him. His heart moved, and he quietly looked around the people in the tavern. In the middle of the tavern sat a large man, burly, rugged-looking, with a full beard.

He had a table to himself, and was drinking and eating meat. Around him, there were seven or eight gray-clothed men, no wine or food on their tables, each with a sword in their hand, glaring angrily at the burly man.

In addition to them, there was a table in the corner with three people, two young women and an old man.

I don't know what the situation is here, but it's none of my business, Shangguan Xiu didn't care too much, and when he saw that there were two empty tables on the right side, he walked over.

After sitting down, Shangguan Xiu tore off the cloth towel wrapped around his head, shook it down, and the fine grains of sand fell to the ground. He raised his head and asked, "Little Er, is there a Little Second here?"

Seeing Shangguan Xiu's silver hair hanging down from his temples, everyone present was also shocked, and the old man in the corner whispered to the two girls at the same table, and the two girls invariably raised their heads and looked at Shangguan Xiu.

Shangguan Xiu noticed the two of them staring at him, and he nodded politely with a smile. The two girls who were looking at him both lowered their heads and continued to eat. Shangguan Xiu shrugged, and at this moment, a young man ran out of the back kitchen, and when he saw Shangguan Xiu and the others, he ran forward with a smile on his face and asked, "A few guest officers, what do you want to eat?"

"Four pots of tea!" Shangguan Xiu said casually while tidying up the clothes on his body.

Before the shopkeeper could speak, the burly man who was eating and drinking said without raising his head: "This is a tavern, not a teahouse, if you want to drink tea, you seem to have gone to the wrong place!"

Xiao Jue frowned when he heard this, how could there be such a nosy person, whether he was drinking wine or tea, what did he have to do with him?

He was just about to speak, when Shangguan Xiu smiled at him and waved his hand, and said to the shopkeeper who was still standing aside: "We only need four pots of tea." ”

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, wait a minute. The shopkeeper agreed, and ran back to the back kitchen with a smoke.

It didn't take long for him to bring four pots of tea and more than a dozen teacups.

Shangguan Xiu was really thirsty, poured a cup of tea, blew it slightly, raised his head, and drank the tea.

Xiao Jue, Wu Yufei and the others were much more cautious than Shangguan Xiu, after pouring a cup of tea, they smelled and watched, and they almost used a silver needle to test for poison, and after confirming that there was no problem, they picked up the teacup and drank tea.

This is the benefit of being born in the Jianghu sect, and he is always cautious.

"Duan Qiyue!"

A big man in gray suddenly stood up, walked across from the burly man, and sat down.

He held the hilt of the sword under his ribs with one hand, slapped the table with the other, and said in a deep voice: "Today is your death......!

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard the sound of sand, and a cold light suddenly appeared in the air. The burly man was still stuffy, eating his food, as if he hadn't moved from beginning to end, on the other hand, the big man in gray opposite him sat stiffly on the chair, and after a while, a red mark appeared on his neck, and then, blood flowed out along the red mark, the head on his neck tilted to the side, and rolled down his shoulder, and at the same time, a blood mist sprayed out from the short neck, and the headless corpse fell straight to the side.

What a fast knife! Others may not have seen what was going on, but Shangguan Xiu could see it clearly.

The burly man had indeed kept his head down to eat, but his other hand quickly pulled out the eagle knife from his side. From the time he drew the knife, swung the knife, and finally put the knife into the sheath, the time before and after added up was probably not even a second.

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