Chapter 80: The Merchant
There are six people in the team, and if they come directly to them, they will not have an advantage in numbers, and they will most likely lose their right to speak, so they need to find another ally.
When the number of people on both sides is equal, the alliance will be more stable, and with the mountain of Song Shiyin and their team, the alliance between the two three-person teams will also be stronger, after all, no one wants to take the risk and face the six people alone.
These two squads are the monks of Long Song and the Divine Will.
The three people of the long song were still the ones Song Shiyin had seen, and the group of disciples she had encountered when she went to the Pengzhen Domain to retrieve the Spirit Devouring Vine last time.
These three people are Han Shan, Shen Yueru and that senior brother, she didn't expect that last time, this Han Shan and Shen Yueru looked incompatible, and this time they actually acted together again.
The two sides introduced each other, the senior brother's name was Xu Chengtian, and the three people of the Divine Intention House were Rao Ning, a female cultivator, and two male cultivators, Zheng Ziyu and Su He.
For the first time in cooperation, the two sides are still cautious, and the two sides agree that one side will say a message, but it cannot be repeated.
Song Shiyin will say it first.
Du Yunxi cleared her throat, what she said was that the fire would resurrect people.
Hearing this, several monks from the same sect all glanced at each other, and surprise flashed in their eyes.
At this time, they finally determined that the team members did have the intention of cooperating, not just perfunctory.
Therefore, they also released a confidential information that they had discovered.
Three years ago, a merchant from outside the city came to Shacheng, and after he went to meet the king, the king suddenly began to collect books in a big way.
If there are books at home, everyone can hand them in, and they will get a certain reward, and the people are willing to cooperate and hand in all the books.
This large-scale collection lasted only three months, and after the people had basically turned in all the books they could hand in, the king stopped collecting, and there was no follow-up circular, and the people did not know the king's intentions.
The people of the two teams have a word for each other, and in addition, Song Shiyin and they have got two new news.
It wasn't a year ago, but it became more frequent and regular, with sand striking about once a year in the past.
And in fact, the king's ability is really average, and Shacheng is more prosperous now because the previous king was very powerful.
He actually had three children at that time, and the other two were better than this king, and passed the throne to the current king because he married the queen as his wife.
The previous king admired the queen very much, and felt that the queen was very capable, and he felt that his three sons were not successful, and they had to let the queen assist, and the two of them cooperated with each other, and they would definitely be able to make the whole Sand City more prosperous.
Nowadays, the people of Shacheng rarely mention the previous king, because the king does not let him mention it, and he says that every time he mentions it, it will be his sadness, and he will think of his father, and his heart will be sad, so I hope everyone understands him and does not mention it again.
The more he talked about the end, the more solemn the faces of the people on both sides became.
After a little more news, everything became confusing again.
At the moment, all the clues point to the king, although it is not known what the king's secrets are, or is he really only as harmless as all the news suggests?
Anyway, they had to go to the palace once.
"We went to explore the palace once before, and the outside was surrounded by layers of guards, and it was not easy to enter without spiritual power." Du Yunxi said in a deep voice.
Xu Chengtian from the other team said, "We have a magic weapon that can hide the body, maybe it can come in handy, but this magic weapon can only be used by one person."
Hearing this, Bian Tingyu's eyes lit up, and she immediately answered, "Isn't this just right? We also have a magic weapon here, and one of you will come out, and we will give one of us, and the two of us will enter the palace together, and we will take care of each other."
Both sides agreed to the proposal, but another question arose, who should be chosen?
There was a moment of silence
After that, the team took the initiative to ask Ying, and he said, "Let me go, I will do some fist and foot kung fu, and if I am discovered, I will have a chance to get out."
And on their side, Xu Chengtian went.
When the two of them were ready, they were ready to leave, and Wen Yu turned around again and told the people, "If we don't return in an hour, you will do as planned."
Time passed bit by bit, and during this time, the two teams did not go anywhere else, they reviewed all the clues they had collected again, and sorted out their thoughts little by little.
There is still no clear vein that can connect all the scattered clues, and there are many doubts, depending on whether this time can be gained from the king.
It turned out that Providence was on their side, and in less than an hour, Wen Xuan and Xu Chengtian successfully returned.
As soon as they took the invisible magic weapon, the magic weapon broke and shattered to the ground.
The faces of the two were not good, and everyone present thought that they were in trouble.
Du Yunxi hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother Wen, what's the situation?"
Wen Xi shook his head, nodded again, and he showed a wry smile: "It's really the right thing to go to the palace this time, the king really has too many things to hide from the people, but judging from the clues we have obtained so far, this matter is more complicated than we imagined."
"How?"
"When we entered, the king was in his study, and he sat cross-legged in the middle of the scrolls, and read them one by one.
"His face was gloomy and terrible, and he lost his temper again as he watched, smashing the scrolls in his hand in all directions, which we guessed were most likely the ones he had collected from people's homes."
"Then he got up suddenly, and went out in a rage, and as soon as we saw that there was a play, we hurried to follow."
"Sure enough, the king went to a very remote courtyard in the northern part of the palace, where lived a man, dressed in gold and silver, and full of jewels, and looking like a big white and fat merchant."
"I'm doing everything you say, why did things turn out the way they are? Shacheng is about to die! You can't destroy the people by burning them!" The king said angrily.
The merchant smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, you did what the book says, and it has nothing to do with me."
"You!" The king was angry, and he reached out and pointed his finger at the merchant, gritting his teeth and gasping for air.
"It's you! You brought the prophecy! It's the sand and dust you said that the country is going to be destroyed! Only by letting the gods come into the world can we save the sand! You said all this!" Again, the king said.
"No, no! You are wrong, king, for I do not know about the prophecy that was presented with the tribute, and that the birth of the gods is what the prophecy says, and it has nothing to do with me." The merchant smiled again.
The king was furious, he picked up the teapot next to him and smashed it at the merchant.
The merchant did not dodge, and the teapot did not hit him, but fell at his feet, and the bell shattered to the ground.
"You've got to figure out a way! Otherwise, you will spend the rest of your life in the Netherworld!" The king glared, uttered the words viciously, and then left.
At this point, the whole incident involves a third person, a businessman who does not seem innocent, what will be his story?
The time limit of an hour was about to arrive, and Wen Xuan and Xu Chengtian did not dare to stay for a long time, so the two discussed and left the palace.
After the two finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought again.
"What exactly is the birth of a god? Is it related to the conjoined baby girl born to the queen?" Du Yunxi frowned and spoke in a low voice.
"Who prophesied the destruction of Sand City? Is it the merchant? Why is the king not gullible?"
"What are the books of the king's book? Could it be that the king brought in the wind, sand and fire that burned people?"
There are a lot of clues, and the suspicions are also coming.
"Anyway, we need to go to the palace again, and this merchant can stay in the palace
For so long, but there is no rumor of it, he will definitely not come out, and he can only rely on us to get in." Du Yunxi looked up at everyone and said affirmatively.
"And how do we get in? We've run out of invisible malignans." Shen Yueru asked.
"We can't go in because there's a guard handle at the door, so what if we lure the guard away?" Bian Tingyu said while thinking.
"Not only are there guards at the gate of the palace, but there are also quite a few inside the palace, so how big of an event will it take for them to be lured away?" Shen Yueru shook her head, she felt that such an idea was unrealistic.
"No! Isn't this the only thing that has ever happened?" Du Yunxi smiled, as if he had thought of something.
"Yes, yes! It was the people who drew the king and the guards." Bian Tingyu suddenly realized and blurted out.
"What did they do before? We're still doing it this time." Du Yunxi hooked his lips and smiled, confident.
"But it's not safe, we have to be there among the people, on the one hand, to avoid disturbing the unusual events we have planned, and on the other hand, to delay as much time as possible." Song Shiyin thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Senior Sister Song is right, we can't bet all the treasures on the people, this is not controllable." Wen Xuan also agreed. new
"Let it be then, let us have one on each side, and stir up the people to go to the palace and bring the king and his guards out, while the rest of the men will wait for the opportunity to enter the palace and take aim at the merchant's dwelling." Xu Chengtian proposed.
This idea was well received by everyone.
"I'll do it on our side." Du Yunxi said.
They were opened by Su He, who was a disciple of the Divine Intention Residence, and he showed a polite smile and looked at Zheng Ziyu, who also belonged to the Divine Consciousness Residence.
"Let's let Ziyu come out on our side, he is a stable person, and it is best to do such a thing of internal and external cooperation."
Zheng Ziyu nodded, he was tall and didn't like to talk, he just stood there silently, and he only listened quietly to everyone's speeches.
After the personnel were assigned, the operation began.
Du Yunxi and Zheng Ziyu chose a place, some distance from the palace, but not too far, just right to transmit what happened here back to the palace.
The two of them took out the vegetables they had picked from the oasis a few days before, set up a stall, and took a gong from the house where they were staying.
As soon as Du Yunxi struck the gong, there was a clang, which alarmed everyone nearby.
She exclaimed, "Dear people of Sand City, our team has successfully obtained food in the oasis, you can come to us to receive it, and each person can receive a limited amount of two greens."
"Everyone has worked hard these days, but don't worry, as long as we work together to overcome the difficulties, everything will definitely be fine!"
Bang bang, Du Yunxi knocked a few more times, and she repeated these two sentences again, her voice was high.
Finally, someone couldn't help but poke their heads out of the door, they didn't expect that what Du Yunxi said was true, the green and white tempting thing placed on the stall was really the food they dreamed of.
He rushed over in three or two clicks, his eyes were full of longing and disbelief, he looked up at Du Yunxi and asked, "Is what you said true?" Is this really for us?"
Du Yunxi nodded: "It's true, we are all the people of Shacheng, we should share the weal and woe, this is the food we took the risk to get from the oasis, you can take two of them away."
The man grabbed a green vegetable in one hand and left in disbelief, he turned his head to look at Du Yunxi as he walked, and Du Yunxi only smiled and nodded at him.
It wasn't until he returned to his room with the greens that he felt a sense of reality and security, and he munched on the greens in his mouth, feeling a sense of fullness that he had not felt in his stomach for a long time.