"How's it going today?" Zhao Ping sat in his public court, looking at the official document in his hand, and asked an inspector standing beside him.

"Yu Hou, the latest information, the praying mantis went to Wangyun Tower today, it seems that he went there to listen to a singer named Skylark playing the piano."

"Oh?" Zhao Ping raised his head, "Singer? ”

Zhao Ping understood in his heart that although Wangyun Tower was a restaurant, many people knew in their hearts that the women in the restaurant and the women in the Qinglou were almost the same business.

The inspector who came in to report the news knew that Zhao Ping might have a misunderstanding, so he hurriedly explained: "This...... It's a little different from what adults think, this woman named Skylark is the kind of person who doesn't sell her body, she is indeed a real singer, and her goal is to go there just to listen to music. My brothers investigated and found that since a year ago, the praying mantis would go to Wangyunlou from time to time to listen to tunes and relax. And the singer named Skylark would appear in public in the building every once in a while to play, and because of her superb skills and beauty, there were many young rich children in the city who would go to cheer on her playing days. ”

"Wait, there will be a lot of rich kids going to cheer?" Zhao Ping asked suspiciously, "So, isn't he listening to the piano there alone?" ”

"As far as we know, that's right."

"I see, keep your eyes on that side, and don't forget to investigate the background of this lark. In addition, you should try to investigate as much as possible which of those listeners are regular customers of the larks. ”

"Yes!"

After the inspector left, Zhao Ping frowned, and then took out a letter from his sleeve. After staring at the letter for a moment, he spoke softly to himself.

"It's better to set the meeting with Shi Cheng at Wangyun Tower.......

……

After returning from the Ximo Palace, Shi Cheng and the three of them have been quite monotonous in the past few days, in addition to practicing and meditating, they are closely monitoring the movements of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce with the help of Shi Cheng's newly established "intelligence network" in the royal city. However, what disappointed Shi Cheng was that the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce was like a calm lake, and there was no abnormal movement for a few days.

"It's strange, they made such a big movement on the Xieyang Road before, why is it so quiet in the royal city?" Shi Cheng's heart was quite puzzled, "Could it be that after getting the news that I entered the city, he reined in?"

"Not necessarily, a local snake like Huang Yuan, he must have a lot of ways in his hands, and he knows a lot of people, so it's probably effortless to hide it from an outsider like me."

When Shi Cheng thought of this, his heart became more and more anxious, but suddenly, he thought of something that was not quite right. "Wait, it's been five days since I came to the Western Desert King City, why haven't I seen Huang Yuan appear during this time? The people who were watching outside the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce didn't seem to notice him coming back. ”

Shi Cheng paced in his room, and entered into thought as he walked, "Judging from the previous experience in Redwood City and Yunqiu City, the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce, or at least Huang Yuan, is most likely a very key pawn of the Lu Clan in the Southern Wilderness, and plays a mediating role in many things. But at this time, not only was their entire chamber of commerce quiet, but also the head of the chamber of commerce, Huang Yuan, had never appeared, the Western Desert Country was not the kind of country with a vast territory, and it stands to reason that a businessman of Huang Yuan's status should not go back to the royal city for such a long time. ”

Just when Shi Chengzheng was deep in thought, the voices of two people suddenly talking came from outside the door.

"Wu Gongzi, are you also here to find the master?"

"Huh? It's Steward Li, what a coincidence. ”

The monk's five senses were far sharper than those of ordinary people, and although the sound coming into the door was not loud, the conversation between Wu Neng and Li Doujin outside had already been clearly heard by Shi Cheng.

Soon, there was a knock on the door, and Li Doujin's voice sounded outside the door, "Master, I'm Doujin, the roster of the subordinates in the mansion has been sorted out in the past few days, do you want to take a look." ”

After pondering for a long time and having no clue, Shi Cheng finally decided to change his mind first, "It's Doujin, send it in." ”

The door was opened, and Wu Neng and Li Doojin walked in one after the other. After the two entered the door, Li Doujin respectfully put a thin booklet on the bookcase beside Shi Cheng.

"Master, according to your requirements, there are basically people working in important positions in the mansion in the past few days, but there is still a shortage of manpower overall, do you think you want to relax the recruitment criteria?"

"This is not needed, I won't stay here in the West Desert for too long, and there are not many affairs at home." Shi Cheng vetoed Li Doujin's proposal, and then immediately said, "By the way, Doujin, I have something for you to do." You go and inform the fishing net, and let them focus on investigating the movements of Huang Yuan, the president of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce, and the important movements of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce before we came to the Western Desert King City. ”

In just a few days, the small platform that Shi Cheng erected in the Western Desert King City already had its unique name.

"I see, sir."

"Okay." Shi Cheng nodded, "I don't have anything else to do, you go get busy first." ”

After Li Doujin left, Shi Chengcai looked at Wu Neng and asked with a smile: "Old Wu, why did you suddenly have time to come to me today?" ”

Wu Neng scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "Old ...... Old Stone, that ...... The materials we bought last time we went to Huibao Pavilion have been used almost in the past few days. ”

"How did you use it so fast?" Shi Cheng asked in surprise, "I remember that you stuffed a lot of ingredients in your Heavenly Hidden Box, and all the effort in these few days was used up?" ”

"To be precise, a few very good and rare materials are running out, and the rest of the materials can only be used to make some simple mechanisms, but the crossbow I'm working on these days needs more and better materials."

Speaking of this, Wu Neng spread his hands again, "And I didn't buy too much energy I urgently needed last time, and I will have to trouble Lao Shi to help me keep an eye on it at the auction in a few days." ”

"That's no problem, as far as I know, many auctions are open to the lottery with a good quality spirit stone, although it may not be able to fill your suit of armor with energy, but I think it will definitely be able to save the emergency." Shi Cheng patted his chest and agreed.

Wu Neng couldn't help but give a thumbs up and gave Shi Cheng a big thumbs up.

After Wu Neng left, Shi Cheng looked at the night sky outside the window, "The auction is coming, and the Yuanliu City Lord is coming soon." ”

……

At this time, in the royal palace of the Western Desert Kingdom.

Han Qu, the king of the Western Desert Kingdom and the envoy of Zhennan Jiedu of the Great Wei Empire, was sitting on the bed reading a book at this time, and a confidant was standing beside him at this time holding a lamp for him.

"Xu Zhong, has the internal guard approved the candidates reported by the Martial Academy?"

"Your Majesty, the minister has already asked Jiang Geling, and according to the report he received, the people who were selected to participate in the Martial Arts Conference were all the leaders of the younger generation in the Western Desert Martial Academy, among which Hu Tianming, Sun Qingdie, and Yi Cun were no less powerful than the disciples of the same generation in the sect."

"These people are not worried, what the widows want to know is what the strength of the person who is used to entertain that Xilu Dan Master?"

"Don't worry, you also know Qu Changqing's ability, and the person he personally selected will definitely not go wrong. Qu Changqing said that the weakness of Danshi lies in the weakness of the physical body, so he must be able to attack the short and long. ”

"Oh?" Han Qu was interested, and raised his head to look at Xu Zhong.

"Therefore, the monk selected by Elder Qu Changqing is a body refining expert who is proficient in external skills."

"What's his name?"

"This person's name is Sun Teng, he is seven years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, he used to be an elite disciple of the Golden Sword Sect, and he is extremely good at practicing kung fu. Later, after the violent death of the master of the Golden Dao Gate, Sun Teng did not want to get involved in the infighting of the sect, so he chose to come to the Wangcheng Martial Arts Academy, and now he is serving as a foreign martial arts teacher in the academy, and he is expected to be promoted to the elder of the martial arts academy in the next year. Although Sun Teng was nearly forty years old, he was born immature, and he looked only twenty-seven or eight years old, so he could pretend to be an apprentice of the Martial Academy. ”

"Sun Teng......" Han Qu groaned, he had some impression of the name.

Soon, he remembered, "The widow remembered, at the sword appreciation conference eight years ago, there seemed to be this person named Sun Teng, a pair of copper skin and iron bones can be said to be invulnerable, and he received the seven sword qi of the big disciple of the quicksand sect and his body was not destroyed, and finally relied on a pair of iron fists to turn defeat into victory." ”

"The king has a good memory, it is that Sun Teng. In fact, he was also the champion of the single martial arts competition of the sword appreciation conference that year, and it was because of him that the Golden Sword Gate was regarded as a first-class sect by many martial artists in the country. In addition, the people who participated in that sword appreciation conference were all first-class players, and there were not many participants, so there were not many people on the rivers and lakes who really recognized Sun Teng's face, and it was even more impossible for that Xilu Danshi to know. ”

"Okay, I remember that he was a cultivator at that time, right, I hope he won't let me down." Han Qu's face looked a lot more relaxed.

"That's right, Great King, now he is already a peak cultivator realm, and he is not far from a half-step grandmaster."

Speaking of this, Xu Zhong hesitated, but still persuaded: "King, please forgive the ministers for offending, nothing is perfect, and the martial arts conference the day after tomorrow is so important, is it still safe?" ”

"The words have already been spoken, how can there be any reason to take it back?" Han Qu asked rhetorically, "If this matter can be done well, when the time comes, it will be a great increase in the prestige of our country." ”

Having said this, Han Qu's heart suddenly appeared in his heart, a few days ago, when Li Xiuhan, the governor of the Southern Wilderness of the Great Wei Empire, came to visit him, the look of disdain in his eyebrows and eyes and the noncommittal means he planned to use at the martial arts conference, although Li Xiuhan finally acquiesced to his approach, but Han Qu's heart was still a little panicked.

…….

The night passed quickly, and the eastern sky gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly. At this time, in the traverse sea between the Eastern Continent and the Southern Wilderness, a huge warship, escorted by three Wei warships, was slowly sailing towards the south of the transverse sea at a steady speed.

The large warship that was closely guarded by three warships was not the same as the warship of the Wei navy, and the thirteen-star long-sky flag of the Wei State was not hung on the mast. The white banner is painted with a fiery red lotus.

This is the flag that represents the Yuanliu Empire - the Red Lotus Flag.

An old man who was tall and thin, but with a sharp eye, was standing on the railing on the second floor of the warship at this time, his face was faintly glowing red, and his whole body was like a pine, and it seemed that only the skin on his face had gone through the wind and frost of the years.

A young man dressed as a senior military attache stood straight beside the old man, he looked at the sea breeze that was howling on the sea, and then bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "Holy Lord, according to the sea chart and the news from the Wei people, it will take about five hours to reach Dengnan Port in the Western Desert Country. ”

"Hmm." The old man nodded, and finally turned around, his figure was not strong, but the people around him felt an inexplicable pressure in front of the old man.

It is not the coercion of the aura of an ordinary monk, nor is it the coercion of the aura of a person who has been in a high position for a long time.

It's a power of Dao intent from the avenue of heaven and earth!

It is the power that only the true powerhouse of the Grandmaster Realm can exude!

On an ordinary morning on April 25, the fifteenth year of Jian'an, with the sound of hurried horses' hooves, an urgent horse delivery was sent into the Western Desert King City. The clerk who received the official document did not dare to slack off, and after copying a copy to be sent to the second government, the original copy of the official document was quickly sent to Han Qu's desk.

The content of the official document is very simple, the emperor of the Yuanliu Empire, the first grandmaster of the Eastern Continent, the Yuanliu City Lord, will arrive at Dongdeng Nangang this afternoon.