Chapter 124: Plague Ghosts
At the age of thirty-seven, he received the hereditary position of mayor from his father, and he and his family had great power in the town, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they cover the sky with one hand.
At this time, he was carefully preparing for the feast, and he was going to entertain a guest he could not afford to provoke.
The guest did not smile, sat on the upper seat, his eyes did not scan the surroundings, and his gaze was as uncomfortable as if he had been stung by a wasp.
"Lord Plague, I wonder if today's food is delicious?" Fuji smiled and tried to ask, looking like a dog's leg.
In the eyes of the plague ghosts, isn't the little mayor of the temple just a dog.
"I heard that there is a stir-fry technique in Beiting City, but I haven't had the opportunity to taste it, Servant Temple, do you have any cooks who have learned stir-frying?" The plague ghost's complexion was dark, his eyes were tattooed with purple-gray ciphertext, and his delicate three-pronged beard was stained with a few drops of wine, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he made his heart tremble.
The servant temple hurriedly bowed his waist lower: "Lord Plague Ghost, you know, the little ones rarely go to Beiting City, and the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate have been investigating the small ones. ”
"It's boring, this 30,000 miles in the Western Regions, there is nothing to be interested in," the plague ghost finally put his eyes back on the servant temple, "Let's talk about Wanzihe Town, how is the preparation for this year's New Year's offering?" ”
"Lord Plague, this year, the North Courtyard has been sacked by the Chaktuo army, and our Wanzihe Town has also been affected," the voice of the servant temple became smaller and smaller, "This year's New Year's offering...... Only half of it was raised. ”
After hearing this, a dark smile appeared on his face: "Half? It's the end of the year, and you say only half of it was raised? Servant Temple, don't forget how you got your position as mayor of the town! ”
"Plague Lord! Most of the wealth in the town was plundered by the Chakto's army," the servant temple didn't dare to look directly at the plague ghost, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "You are the prince of Chakto, and if Chaktora takes it, doesn't it mean that you take it?" ”
The corners of the plague ghost's mouth rose slightly, and he no longer paid attention to the servant temple, but continued to eat on his own.
In the entire hall, only the sound of the plague ghosts eating meat and drinking wine remained, and the servants were trembling on their knees, cold sweat falling down their chins and falling to the floor.
For the servant temple, this meal is simply tormenting, he is waiting for the plague ghost, but he can't wait, he has to kneel if he can't wait.
"Didn't you think I'd come back this year when you were rushing to talk to my two brothers?" The plague seemed to be full, and he picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, and he was very personable, and he couldn't tell that he was from a barbaric country like Chakto.
"Nope! Absolutely nothing! I am only loyal to you, I have prepared most of the annual offerings, but your two brothers forcibly collected them when they crossed the border, and I tried to stop them but to no avail," the servant temple was full of horror, and he did not dare to raise his head.
"My two brothers, who have not achieved enough and have more than failed, have become the objects of jokes in the story of the empty city plan! Hmph, what a great opportunity they wasted, now the Beiting City has almost been turned into an iron bucket, and all the spies sent in have been sunk in the sea, and they still have the face to take my annual offering! The more the plague ghost spoke, the more angry he became, and he raised his hand and overturned the wine table.
The servant temple silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and when he heard the words of the plague ghost, he knew that he had passed the catastrophe this time.
"Get up, tell me what's going on with that Hexi puff of smoke!" The plague ghost tidied up his clothes again and asked.
The servant temple hurriedly got up, and then nodded and introduced: "A burst of smoke in Hexi is a group of horse thieves of hundreds of people, the mountain that was erected two years ago, specializing in robbing caravans, was hunted down and killed after last autumn because of the plundering of the grain and grass of the border army, and disappeared for more than half a year, and the result appeared in the Beiting Realm Huilongpo on the third day!" ”
"I remember that a bazaar has just formed here in Longpo, and many caravans from the Western Regions will rest there, and a puff of smoke is here to rob the caravans there," the plague ghost paced in the hall, and the smile on his face disappeared, "I still thought about swallowing it after fattening, but I didn't expect to be preempted by them!" ”
He didn't speak again, because he knew that the plague didn't like to be disturbed when he was thinking about things.
A burst of smoke is a very taboo to cross the line, if they just entered the north courtyard and cut the flag to the ghost cloud thief, then the ghost cloud thief will sit down and chat with a burst of smoke, maybe they will also draw a sphere of influence and hand it over to a burst of smoke, but a burst of smoke not only did not worship the mountain and cut the flag, but directly started business in the north courtyard, which is Chiguoguo's provocation.
"It stands to reason that a burst of smoke can pull up a team of 100 people, it shouldn't be a person who doesn't know the rules, get a burst of smoke from him, do you really think that a team of 100 people can really fight against my ghost cloud thief?" The plague ghost exhaled slowly, "Servant Temple, what do you think?" ”
The servant temple immediately replied: "Beiting City has just ended the turmoil, and the Beiting army is also in the recuperation stage at the end of the battle, so now is a good time for our ghost cloud thieves to make a lot of money!" ”
"The North Court is known as 100,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers, every time we enter and leave the North Court, we need to be cautious and plan carefully, even if the North Court has no time to be distracted this time, we can't be careless," the plague ghost is not like a bandit at the moment but more like a strategist, "Call the ghost slave here, I have something to order!" ”
Ghost slaves, a team of dead soldiers cultivated by ghost cloud thieves, they have been cut off since childhood, fed with secret medicine, and trained inhumane with cruel rules of competition. Ghost slaves don't have any internal strength and true qi, some are just extremely brutal physical strength, if you compare them, you can think of them as Yellow Turban wrestlers who have no subjective consciousness and will only obey the command of their master.
"Yes, Honorable Lord Plague, I'll bring the ghost slave here," the temple bowed deeply and exited the hall.
The plague rubbed his temples, a characteristic action he made when he thought.
As one of the nine leaders of the Ghost Cloud Thieves, his strength can only be ranked at the bottom, and I have to say that a puff of smoke is very attractive to him. If he could defeat a puff of smoke and control it before the other eight leaders arrived, then his prestige and strength would be greatly enhanced, at least on par with the "Three Great Ghosts"!
"A hundred-strong army of horse bandits, bandits who dare to plunder military rations, must crush their courage with the power of thunder, and then exert their might," a plan gradually formed in the mind of the plague ghost, "We must find a guide who is very familiar with the terrain of Huilongpo, and take advantage of the smoke to loot the merchants wantonly, and launch an attack when the mood is high!" ”
But where to find such a guide?
It's so hard...... This is something that can be encountered but not sought, so let's think of a more practical solution......
Do you want the ghost slave to lead the team to kill it head-on?
It's not impossible, the plague ghost is sure to defeat a burst of smoke head-on, but it can't be taken by surprise. This gives a burst of smoke a reaction time to escape, so what is there to talk about? They are pure horse bandits, and they are more mobile than their own team.
For a while, the plague ghost fell into a tangle.