Chapter 117: The Man Behind the Scenes
"I'm not a spy!" the man said, shuddering.
Now that Anlan City is besieging Mogu City, the people of Mogu City have long been indignant. If he is judged to be a spy, he will not be beaten to death!
The people who were eating with him stood on their chairs: "Now that there is a great drought, the water of the Mijiang River is only enough for the people of one city-state to drink, and we are already in the upper reaches, so why should we give it to the people of Anlan City? The competition for water is either you die or I live, even if we die in battle, we can't succumb to Anlan City! Everyone go to the city lord's mansion with me, we will send troops! We want water! We will defeat Anlan City!"
Everyone's emotions were mobilized by him, and the citizens of the ancient city of Mo shouted slogans all the way towards the city lord's mansion.
"We want to send troops! We want water! We want to defeat Anlan City!"
The shout shook the sky, this was putting pressure on the City Lord's Mansion. Many people in the ancient city of Mo participated, and nearly 200,000 people gathered in front of the City Lord's Mansion!
Chen Ran and the others stayed quietly in the inn, there was only one shopkeeper in the inn, and even Xiao Er followed the procession.
"It seems that if we can't wait for the envoy of the Righteous Alliance, the two city-states will fight!" Xu Lai sighed.
Indeed, in order to appease the people's grievances, the City Lord's Mansion must have something to say. When the time comes, the army will go out of the city to confront each other, and it will be difficult to speculate on what will happen next.
Chen Ran said suddenly: "Tong Tong, do you think that the person who led the way just now is weird?"
Tong Tong nodded approvingly: "I feel that person deliberately provoked trouble." ”
"Deliberately stirring up trouble, is there anyone who wants the Yimeng to fight among themselves?" Xu Lai said suspiciously.
His unintentional words woke everyone up. In the infighting of the Yimeng, the Xia Empire will have a chance. After all, the Yimeng is not centralized like the Xia Empire, it is just an alliance of city-states agreement, and each city-state is independent, so everyone can quit if they want to. Once the Yimeng was dissolved, the biggest beneficiary was the Xia Empire.
"Cai'er, I'll find a chance to arrest that person, and you can read his memories when the time comes. Chen Ran said.
Micai nodded, but now was not the time to do it.
The city lord's mansion of the ancient city of Mo has now begun to mobilize troops, and has recruited militia and young men.
There were too many people who signed up, and there were more than 10,000 people. But it's useless to have a lot of people, you have to go through professional training and be fully armed to go to the battlefield, otherwise you will only become cannon fodder!
The armor and blades of the treasury are limited, so those who sign up will have to be screened. The City Lord's Mansion deliberately slowed down, and they were also stalling for time, hoping that the envoys of the Yimeng would come over soon. After all, the people of the City Lord's Mansion are the rulers, they are not hot-headed, and the impact of an all-out war is too great, so if they can not start a war, they will not go to war.
The people of Anlan City also thought the same, so after the army was stationed outside, there was no further action. He didn't even come to the city gate to provoke, so as not to provoke the anger of the people of Mogucheng.
Until the night, the screening of the militia was not over, so naturally it was necessary to wait until the next day. The people of Mogu City saw that the City Lord's Mansion was in action, and everyone stopped shouting.
The parade disbanded automatically, and the guy who took the lead at first whistled home. He lived in the middle of nowhere, in an extremely cold thatched hut.
He entered the thatched hut and followed him in the darkness of the night.
The thatched hut is not big, and there is only one person in it. Chen Ran was about to catch him when there was a sudden knock on the door.
The owner of the hut opened the door, and a soldier in armor stood outside. He welcomed the soldier in, looked outside to see if there was anyone, and closed the door again.
Chen Ran, who was hidden in the shadows, didn't rush out, because he wanted to see what the other party was going to talk about mysteriously.
"Zhao Er, you can quite speak with this mouth, you actually summoned so many people to march, and even the City Lord's Mansion had to call up the army to start acting. "It was the soldier who spoke.
Zhao Er smiled and said: "Zhang San, if you hadn't secretly killed the people of Anlan City, how could there be anything to do with me! Your trick is really powerful, kill the person who fetched water first, and then let Anlan City transfer the army." When the two armies confronted each other, they secretly wounded people with arrows, which finally triggered a large-scale bloody battle. If you hadn't started this, the two city-states would never have gotten to where they are now. ”
Chen Ran was shocked, it seemed that the truth of the matter was already very clear, and he planned to arrest the two people for interrogation, but there was a knock on the door outside.
Zhao Er and Zhang San glanced at each other, and they came to the door vigilantly, Zhang San had already drawn his saber.
"Who is it?" Zhao Er asked inside.
"I'm Lu Da!"
Zhao Er and Zhang San both looked surprised, they heard this familiar voice and immediately opened the door.
"Lu Da, why did you come so soon?" Zhao Er said incredulously.
Lu Da glared fiercely and made a gesture of silence.
Zhao Er reacted and hurriedly welcomed Lu Da into the door. I was so excited just now, so I asked eagerly at the door.
Closing the door again, Zhao Er and Zhang San both looked at Lu Da with eager eyes.
Lu Da looked proud: "Things have been arranged, you will wait to see a good show tomorrow!"
"What's the show to watch?" An abrupt voice sounded in the corner, and Chen Ran quietly walked out.
The faces of the three changed greatly, and Zhao Er stammered, "You...... When did you come in?"
"I was already in. Chen Ran smiled.
The three of them attacked Chen Ran without saying a word, they were all Dou Masters, especially Lu Da who had just arrived, his strength had actually reached the Seven-Vein Dou Master!
The corners of Chen Ran's mouth rose, and the power of darkness came out, sweeping the entire hut in an instant. Lu Da, Zhao Er, and Zhang San had just burst out of their fighting spirit, and the next moment they felt weakness all over their bodies.
Lu Da looked at the black gas in the room, and said in surprise: "You, you, you...... You are the Night Sect Master Chen Ran!"
Chen Ran touched his face, his face had changed, so it must have been an ability to reveal the stuffing. However, these people are indeed very familiar with Chen Ran, otherwise they would not have judged it so quickly.
"Who are you, and what are you plotting?" asked Chenran.
The three of them sat on the ground panting, and in the face of a desperate situation of life and death, they chose to tilt their heads to the side.
"Don't speak, aren't you, aren't you afraid of death?" Chen Ran threatened.
Lu Da said arrogantly: "Death is death, what's the big deal!"
Their layout has been completed, so they are not afraid of life and death.
It seems that he still needs Mi Cai's help, Chen Ran thought about it and decided to tie these people up first, and then go to the inn to find Mi Cai. Because the goal of the three people is too big, if you take them to the inn, it is inevitable that they will not be discovered. Even if they make it to the inn, they struggle to get up, and they will alarm the others. This hut is secluded, but it is a good place for interrogation.
Chen Ran found a rope and tied the three of them up. These fighters don't have any strength anymore, so ordinary ropes can also bind them.
After one last glance at the three people who couldn't move, Chen Ran returned to the inn with confidence. He raised the speed to the highest speed, and when he arrived at the inn, he took the lantern with him, and before he had time to elaborate, he quickly returned to the hut.
But as soon as he entered the thatched hut, Chen Ran was dumbfounded, because Lu Da, Zhao Er, and Zhang San were all gone.
"What about people?" asked Mi Cai, confused.
Chen Ran's face was shocked: "Impossible, I obviously eliminated all their strength, and tied them tightly, they couldn't even move, how could they escape?"
"Someone must have rescued him. Mi Cai speculated.
It seems that only this explanation is the most reasonable, Chen Ran was annoyed, he really didn't expect the other party to have a helper. In that case, there are obviously only three people, could it be that there are still Li Siwang and Wucan't be?
Seeing that Chen Ran was stunned, Mi Cai hurriedly reminded: "They can't run far in the middle of the night, let's chase after them." ”
"That makes sense, you go to the inn first to inform the others, and I'll search the neighborhood. ”
The two of them went their separate ways, and Chen Ran carefully probed their tracks. The other party must have fled in a hurry, and it is inevitable that some clues will be left behind.
Soon Chen Ran found the footprints behind the house, and searched all the way along the footprints, and he had come to a black bamboo forest. Bamboo leaves fell all over the ground, and no footprints could be found on the ground.
Suddenly, the black bamboo around was constantly swaying, and a strange strong wind blew.
As soon as Chen Ran touched the strong wind, he felt a powerful force, and he took a few steps back oppressively, and the whole person was about to be blown apart by the wind. He hurriedly unleashed the power of darkness to resist, and this was able to block the storm's attack.
Before he could breathe his breath, a huge palm print came to him. As soon as it touched the power of darkness, it produced a powerful impact, sending Chen Ran flying upside down......