"What's the matter?"

The old man squinted and muttered, his voice as if it had been soaked in tempeh, and the taste was stale and heavy.

"I'm from out of town, I want to inquire about something."

Wen Yan said a second time.

Today the sky is not good, the clouds are very thick, and the shop is even darker.

But the old man's eyes seemed to have a glimmer of light, and he could see the young man's figure and clothes clearly at a glance.

He lowered his legs in his chair, half-slung his cotton shoes, and replied.

"Old man, I have bad ears, so I can't hear clearly."

Wen Yan sighed, took out three copper coins from his arms, and lined them up on the table in turn.

"Uncle, I'm from out of town, I want to inquire about something!"

Then, he spoke for the third time.

At this moment, the old man's problem seemed to have a good medicine, and it was all cured immediately.

"Childe, please speak."

He sat up straight.

"We don't know about other places, there is nothing that my old Cai Tou doesn't know about the things on the streets of Jinhai City!"

"Uncle, is there something going on in the city?"

Wen Yan said.

"I see that many shops are not open, and there are few people on the road."

"Oh, so you asked this, because yesterday there was a beacon fire in the northern sand sea, and the whole city saw it."

Lao Cai replied.

"Beacon? What do you mean? ”

Wen Yan frowned.

"That means the snake people are going south again, and there should be a war in a few days."

The old man said casually, got up and took the cigarette stick from the cabinet, went to the earthen stove behind the shop, took a smoldering stick, and lit the tobacco leaves.

"How's the snake man coming?"

Wen Yan paced two steps, endured the spicy and pungent smell of bad smoke, and asked.

"It's not small!"

Lao Cai went back to the front room, and when he saw the foreign son-in-law's face solemn, he explained with a crooked mouth.

"Yesterday there were three puffs of wolf smoke, and today's is the same, which shows that this time it's a real game."

He sat down on a wicker chair, grabbed the cigarette stick with his mouth crooked, blew lightly, and then sucked back the burning aroma of the tobacco.

"Childe doesn't have to worry, we and the snake people live across the golden sea, and we must have to deal with each other."

"In the early years, we killed them."

"Now that the limelight has changed, and the snake man is not convinced, then touch it again."

Lao Cai squinted and enjoyed, and his reply was a little vague.

It's a pity that there is not much tobacco left in the cigarette stick, and it has burned out after just three puffs.

He knocked the long cigarette stick made of old copper on the side of the cabinet, and a pinch of dirt dust fell.

"Childe has anything else to ask?"

Lao Cai pressed the cigarette stick and finally asked.

"Nope."

Wen Yan shook his head and turned to leave.

"I'm not embarrassed to charge you for this matter."

Lao Cai said that he was going to remove the lid of the sauce jar.

"Would you like to get some soy sauce?" It tastes good......"

And Wen Yan only waved his hand and retreated.

"I don't know the goods."

Lao Cai pursed his lips, raised his eyes and glanced out of the store, just as he saw the beacon fire in the sky slowly dispersing.

So he snorted, but took a wood knife from under the counter and went to the back hall.

Soon, the sound of sharpening knives sounded.

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After a stick of incense, Jin Hai took charge of the martial arts institute.

"Lord Gongsun, Shi Yuanwei of a certain family."

In the reception room, the tall young man who had led the horse into the city before said to Gongsun Shi.

"These three are Du Boyi, Gao Wenyan, and Xu Zijin."

Behind him, three other young men bowed their hands in the same way.

"The four of us are all directly under the state department, and they belong to Xu Xiuqi's division."

Shi Yuanwei said and handed over the tokens of the four people to prove his identity.

"Xu Siye is familiar with me, and he was also there for the send-off banquet before I came to Jinhai."

Gongsun Shi carefully checked the token and replied after confirming that it was correct.

"'Electric Light and Stone Fire' Shi Yuanwei, I have seen this name several times in the past two years."

"I heard that among the several cavalry teams in the state department now, it is also your third team that is the most effective."

"It's a little famous, it's not worth mentioning Gongsun."

Shi Yuanwei said modestly.

"Don't be too modest."

Gongsun Shi smiled and made a good pot of tea himself.

"Jinhai City is 1,200 miles away from Xijing, and not everyone's reputation can spread here."

"You are here, presumably for the sake of the rebels of the Heaven Turning Society?"

He asked.

"Exactly."

Shi Yuanwei responded.

"On the orders of the state department, we will come and take prisoners into custody."

He took out the state document of the Zhangwu Academy in his arms and officially forwarded it.

At the end of the document, there is also the seal of the governor of Liangzhou.

"Dare to ask my lord, how is the situation of the criminals?"

After Gongsun Shi read the complete text, Shi Yuanwei immediately asked.

"Xiao Twelve is in the prison of this office, guarded by a special person, his injuries are stable, so there is no need to worry."

The former replied, but slowly.

"As for Xiao Shisan's corpse, it was frozen in the ice cellar - he broke out in the siege and was beheaded with a knife, you know this, right?"

"Xu Siye told us before leaving."

Shi Yuanwei replied.

"In my team, Brother Du practiced the "Condensing Jade Classic", and the true qi activation can make the dripping water into ice; At that time, the corpse of the traitor will be carried by him all the way, and there is no danger of decay. ”

Gongsun Shi nodded, asked someone to take a letter that had been written a long time ago, and sealed it with fire paint in front of the four people.

"We used some means against Xiao Twelve, but we asked a lot of things, and they are all written down here."

He pressed the sealed letter to the table in front of him.

"Don't worry, Lord Gongsun, we will definitely deliver it."

Shi Yuanwei replied, but he went straight to get it.

"The mission is in the body, and it is inconvenient to delay."

"We want to go and check the next person now."

Gongsun Shi did not reply immediately.

"Are the young heroes so anxious? It's not early today, why don't you rest for a few days before leaving? ”

He took the initiative to add tea for the four of them and proposed.

"Not necessarily."

Shi Yuanwei replied with two words.

There was a moment of silence in the reception room.

"It seems that you also know that the snake people are heading south, and the soldiers are already a hundred miles away."

Gongsun Shi sighed deeply.

"It's about the people of Jinhai City, but this military supervisor has a reluctant request."

"I also ask the four young heroes to postpone their trips and stay to help Jin Hai."

The other party's intentions were already expected by Shi Yuanwei.

Before leaving, the Liangzhou Zhangwu Academy received a message from the flying pigeon, which mentioned that Li Heming was dead.

In this way, there was only one innate master left in Jinhai City.

At this time, the snake people came to attack, and the sympathetic and three-dimensional realm of the cavalry team directly under the Liangzhou Prefecture Department was particularly precious.

However, the Xijing Four did not intend to accept this request.

"Lord Gongsun, forgive me."

Shi Yuanwei refused.

"There will be a reward for this."

Gongsun Shi immediately replied.

"I will report this section in detail, so that the state department will award meritorious service to the four according to the ranking."

"Afterwards, the congratulations of my Jinhai family are also indispensable."

The four of them still shook their heads.

Gongsun Shi couldn't help but be angry, and there was a threat in his words.

"Protecting the family and defending the country is the duty of my generation of warriors."

"The four of them are back to the city at this time, how can their conscience be at ease?"

"This official is a military eunuch, if the city is broken and killed, it will be fine, otherwise he will go to the admiral to report this matter at that time!"

The four of them wavered slightly, obviously scruples.

But after Shi Yuanwei weighed it silently, he still refused after all.

"Lord Gongsun, it's not that we are greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that things have a sequence."

"Before leaving, Si Ye emphasized several times that the prisoner was critical, and he must be brought back to Xijing alive."

"With such an important task, Shi really doesn't want to get involved."

"I'm sorry."

(End of chapter)