Qin Wen and the four of them escorted a few sturdy black-clothed people who were tied up, and came to the west gate of Dingwu Pass, Qin Wen raised his eyes and saw that the current Dingwu Pass and when they came here to take the purple charrow essence, it was a big change, the broken city wall has been neatly piled up with stones, and the guards patrolling on the battlements still loom from time to time.

The moat under the drawbridge has also been dug a lot, and occasionally you can see some scattered traces left by fire and blood, it seems that there have been a lot of wars on the side of the city wall during this time, seeing Qin Wen four people escorting a few people over, the guards guarding the city looked at it with some vigilance, and when they were still half a mile away from the city gate, they asked loudly: "Who are you?"

Before Qin Wen could answer, he saw a figure rushing out of the city gate, and he had already come to their side in an instant, and said in surprise: "Ah Wen, when did you come back?" ”

Qin Wen looked at it, it turned out to be Qin Hu, looking at Qin Hu's border soldier clothes, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Ah Hu, you are patrolling the city gate today?"

Qin Hu nodded and said: "During this time, the tribe harassed more severely, and now all the men in the gate have been divided into two teams, guarding the four gates day and night, I was assigned to the west gate today, by the way, are these people with you?"

Qin Wen pointed at Ao Yu and said: "I came back with Ao Yu this time, and the other two next to me also went to Dingwu Pass, and these few, on the way I met them who were preventing the monk from carrying spiritual objects to Dingwu Pass, Ao Yu grabbed it by the way, I want to take it to the pass for the Guan City Lord to interrogate, to see what the situation is?"

Qin Hu sighed slightly and said, "What else can it be, it's still someone sent by Luming City, the two stewards of our mansion were attacked by them at the beginning, but fortunately, I met the second elder at that time, so I reluctantly brought them back." ”

Seeing that Qin Wen's face became solemn, Qin Hu smiled again and said, "Let's go, let's not talk about these things, let's go into the city to meet the elders and city lords, they must be very happy to see you." ”

After entering the city gate, Chang Yu spoke: "Brother Qin, since you have acquaintances here, then let's leave, and we still have to find a place to trade some spiritual things." ”

Qin Wen nodded and said, "Okay." Then Chang Yu's master and servant walked towards another street in the city, Qin Hu also called a few soldiers, escorted the man in black down, and then took Qin Wen and the two of them all the way to the center of the city, and came to the city lord's mansion where they had barbecued meat at the beginning.

The gate of the City Lord's Mansion is now under repair, and many broken places have also been repaired, just when Qin Hu has not stepped forward to let the soldiers report, at this time, a monk wearing battle armor walked out of the door, after seeing Qin Wen, his eyes lit up and he greeted him with a smile and said: "Isn't this Qin Wen of the Qin family? When did you come back from the capital?"

Qin Wen carefully identified it, and it turned out to be the road manager of the former City Lord's Mansion, so he stepped forward and arched his hand: "It turned out to be the road manager, I just arrived at Dingwu Pass today, you are wearing this military uniform today, and you will not recognize it at once." ”

The road steward looked down at the clothes on his body, and said with a smile on his face: "Now the situation in the city has not eased, all the monks have been organized, I am in charge of the defense of the south gate today, you are here to find the city lord, then you go in first, and I will give you the wind and dust in the evening." ”

After Qin Wen said goodbye to the road steward, the soldiers on guard led Qin Wen into the City Lord's Mansion, and after coming to the hall, Qin Wen saw that there were no Taishi chairs and coffee tables in the hall, but a huge sand table with all kinds of small flags on it, Guan Shuo looked at the sand table in front of him with a stern face, and it was the great elder of the Qin family standing next to him.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the Great Elder looked up and saw that it was Qin Wen and Ao Yu, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and immediately reminded Guan Shuo in a low voice: "City Lord, Qin Wen in our clan is back, I'll take him to the side courtyard where my family lives first." ”

After Guan Shuo said "hmm", he immediately reacted and said, "Which Qin Wen? Is it Xiang Gongzi's offering? Let him come in first." After speaking, he turned around and saw Qin Wen standing outside the door, so he smiled and said, "Qin Wen is back, sit down first, come, serve tea." ”

Qin Wen bowed and said, "I've seen the city lord, the great elder, Ao Yu and I just arrived here today, and we are here to meet the city lord." ”

Guan Shuo nodded and said, "Is Xiang Gongzi okay in the capital?"

Qin Wen thought for a while and said: "Xiang Gongzi just passed the hunt in Beiyuan a few days ago, and these days he is preparing for the selection of dragon tricks in the mansion, and we have nothing to do when we come back this time, I read the letters written by the clan a few days ago, and I know that the pills in the city are more difficult now, so I thought about coming back and seeing." ”

Guan Shuo said with a solemn face: "The situation in Dingwu Pass is indeed a little bad now, the pills I brought from Luming City at that time have long been used up, and now Guan Fu has deducted my supply of pills for several months, and the stewards we sent out to purchase pills have been ambushed repeatedly, and there have been several times when there have been heavy armor of Xuanxuan crossbows, and our city has also suffered heavy losses during that time." ”

Qin Wen hesitated for a moment at this time and said, "Why didn't the city lord send the people of the Ao clan to Luming City to buy pills? Even if there is a Xuan crossbow and heavy armor, it should not be able to stop them." ”

Guan Shuo shook his head and said: "At that time, we also thought of this method, but now the elixir in Luming City is still controlled by the army, at that time, the two monks of the Ao family took the steward of your clan to Luming City to buy the elixir, and the large number of pills could not be bought at all, and now all the high-level monks have to be taken to the barracks to report after entering the city, unless there are spiritual level monks, otherwise, it is impossible to break out of Luming City." ”

The Great Elder of the Qin Family also nodded and said: "After Guan Fu got out of these controls, even if he can bring back some pills every time, it is just a drop in the bucket, and it can't solve the problem at all, some time ago there was really no way, so I moved Qin Xiao from the manor, but the refining of pills by a few people is also limited, although it has been alleviated somewhat, it is still not enough overall." ”

Qin Wen pondered for a moment and said: "When I came today, I happened to meet two people on the road who were besieged by a group of people in black, and after saving them, I learned that they came here to trade with elixirs, and those people in black were also arrested by Ao Yu, and now they have been taken to the barracks by Qin Hu." ”

The Great Elder opened his mouth and explained: "Now there is a shortage of elixir in the city, except for Luming City, the surrounding cities are relatively far away, and there are tribes and people who are harassed, there is really no way, the city lord has greatly increased the price of trading elixir in the city, in order to attract other monks to trade elixir here, the situation was not bad at the beginning, but there are many fewer people during this time, it is estimated that Guan Fu has formulated some rules." ”

Qin Wen looked at Guan Shuo's face that had been frowning, and hesitated for a moment: "That Guan Fu has been withholding the supply of pills, hasn't he led troops to attack here?"

Guan Shuo shook his head and said: "Now I am the city lord of Dingwu Guan appointed by the military department, and he has not yet had the courage to use troops against me, but at the beginning, he sent a few high-ranking monks to assassinate me, but at that time he was repelled by several monks of the Ao family, and since then Guan Fu has never sent anyone to come, but has been driving the nearby tribes to attack Dingwu Pass, we have crushed three waves of attacks from the big tribes in the last two months, and it is estimated that there will be tribes coming again in the next few days." ”

Qin Wen looked at the banner on the sand table at this time, he was not too familiar with the war, so he thought for a while and said: "After reading the letter with Ao Yu this time, I also knew that there was a shortage of pills in the city now, so I brought some back with me, and we didn't have anything to do during this time, if there is still an elixir in the city, find me a suitable earth fire, and I will also refine some pills." ”

Guan Shuo's face soothed slightly: "You can bring back the pill, this is also a great help, so I will ask the steward to take you to the treasury in a while, you can directly trade the pill in the warehouse, as for the matter of the earth fire, Qin Da, you see if there is any suitable place." ”

The Great Elder nodded and said, "Ah Xiao is alchemy in the Dan room in our courtyard, and now that Ah Wen is back, there are just a few ground fire vents vacant, just find a suitable one." ”

Qin Wen saw that Guan Shuo still had a lot of things to deal with now, so he took his leave and walked out of the living room with the Great Elder, and on the way to the warehouse, the Great Elder asked Qin Wen with some seriousness: "When you were in the capital, Xiang Gongzi said that he didn't say how to deal with the matter of Luming City?"

Qin Wen nodded and said: "Duanwangfu is still very close to Bixia's bloodline in the royal family, and this time the selection of Xiang Gongzi is also more hopeful, when I went out of Beijing, I heard that the documents for the transfer of Guan Fu from the military department have been issued, and it is estimated that it will be a month or two at most, and Guan Fu will return to Beijing after the handover." ”

The Great Elder nodded, let out a long breath and said, "That's good, as long as Guan Fu leaves, even if the city lord is not transferred back to Luming City, it won't be as difficult as it is now, by the way, how long are you going to stay when you come back this time?"

Qin Wen thought for a while and said, "Now I don't have anything to do when I go back to the capital, for the time being, I will stay in Dingwu Pass to help the city lord refine the alchemy pill, and at the latest I just need to go back before the selection of the dragon formula, is Qin Lu also here now?"

The Great Elder knew that in the Qin family, the relationship between Qin Wen and Qin Lu was the best, so he nodded and said, "Ah Lu is now in the side courtyard of our house, originally he also wanted to participate in the defense of the city guard, but I persuaded him to do some logistics now, and now he is doing some logistics things with the other stewards." ”

The two chatted and chatted, and then came to the treasury, and after trading the pills to the steward of the treasury, Qin Wen followed the Great Elder to a large side courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion where the Qin family lived.