Chapter Twenty-Four: The Sand Sea Dragon
Ye Ling has been in office for five years, and there has never been a big case in Yuyang City, why did he just leave office for half a year, and there was a murder case?
"Second son, don't worry, tell me slowly, what's going on?"
"No, it's hard to say, I don't know the specific situation, just come with me!"
Ye Ling didn't dare to hesitate, and held the cheats in his arms, "Okay, then go back to the mansion first, ride the horse, and then go straight to the dock!"
Back in the mansion, Ye Ling put the dragon elephant knife on and rode the royal horse, and Ye Ling arrived at the dock within half an hour.
From a distance, it's already a mess.
"Everyone get out of the way, the head of the Ye Ling family has arrived!"
The second son shouted, and the crowd immediately dispersed a pathway.
Ye Ling saw that the cargo shed in front of him was low, and the two sturdy Liba were hugging their knees, leaning on the side of the pile, like a big girl, they couldn't stop sobbing, and the tears washed away the black mud on their cheeks, black and white.
"Two brothers, don't panic, tell me about the situation. ”
As he spoke, Ye Ling put his palm on the shoulders of the two of them, and sent a slight amount of spiritual energy to the two of them to calm their minds.
The state of the two Liba is obviously much better, but when the words come to their mouths, they still dare not speak.
The two of them hesitated for a moment, pointed to the nearest cargo ship next to them, and said, "Master Ye, you are tired to go and take a look yourself, we really don't dare to go." ”
"Okay, that ship, right?" Ye Ling got up and said into the distance.
Ye Ling walked to the upper deck, and saw the heavy burdens stacked indiscriminately at the door of the open cargo ship, so he beckoned to the second son in the distance.
The two of them moved the goods away together, and now the second brother has awakened the bloodline of the martial artist and reached the third level of the forging realm, and the general Liba is not as good as him, and this group of goods has no weight for him.
Clearing the road, Ye Ling slowly walked down the bottom warehouse.
This ship is not big, judging from the mud and sand on the hull, it should be an inland cargo ship walking on the Yujiang River.
In the cabin, there was still a pile of goods, but Ye Ling stood in it, always feeling that a pair of eyes were quietly staring at him.
Quietly running the body protection gangqi, Ye Ling carefully looked at every corner.
Faintly, in the gap of a pile of cargo directly opposite the bow of the ship......
Ye Ling saw that a pair of corrupt and godless eyes were hidden between the two stacks of cargo boxes, which was indeed extremely terrifying!
I finally knew why the two young men were so frightened that they couldn't cry.
Ye Ling walked up quickly, opened the cargo box that blocked the eyes, and let these terrifying eyes show their original form in the dim candlelight in the cabin.
It wasn't a monster, it was a thin, black skeleton.
He curled up and hid between the gaps in the cargo box, allowing Ye Ling to preliminarily identify him as a stowaway.
Smuggling is a very dangerous activity, and the small towns along the Yujiang River are not as rich and prosperous as Yuyang City, so there are often smugglers on cargo ships traveling to and from Yuyang City.
The cargo hold is not a passenger ship, and it is not uncommon for smugglers to die from lack of oxygen, heat stroke, frostbite or other underlying diseases.
With the ideal of getting rich overnight, these people are willing to hide in cramped cabins and dream out of reach.
However, the bones in front of Ye Ling's eyes were black and shiny, and the muscles had shrunk to an incredible degree, stiff as dried meat, and the bones were even blacker as charcoal.
This is no ordinary death from smuggling.
It's poison!
Ye Ling is both a martial artist and a Dan master, and the world can make people die so terrifyingly and terrifying, only poison can do it.
As for what kind of poison it was, Ye Ling was not yet clear and needed further investigation.
Turn around and walk out of the hold.
"Second son, you go and call Li Yuncheng, and then take your brothers at home to help maintain order first, this place needs to be temporarily blocked. ”
After speaking, Ye Ling stood on the deck and waved to everyone: "Don't look at it, it's just an ordinary smuggler death incident, how can you rely on the sea to eat the sea, there is nothing new about stowaways!"
After saying a word, the crowd dispersed two-thirds, and the remaining group of people who really liked to watch the excitement could only wait for the arrival of the large group of people to deal with it.
Returning to the side of the two Liba, Ye Ling said softly: "I have already checked the situation inside, do you know who the dock supervisor is today?"
Liba, who was outside, nodded and said, "The bald old man in front of the crowd is, his surname is Wang." ”
Ye Ling nodded, "Okay, there is nothing to do with the two of you here, let's take a break today, go to Ye Mansion to get a few 'Tranquilizing Solid Yuan Pills', take one each in the morning and evening recently, and disperse." ”
The two wrote about Ye Ling and got up to leave.
Ye Ling found Wang Laohan, the dock supervisor, and was very sure that the place where this ship came from was the end of the Yujiang River, Cangyun City in Western Xinjiang.
"It's more than twenty days from Cangyun City to Yuyang, what did this deceased encounter to hide in such a long-distance cargo ship?"
Instead of having questions, Ye Ling felt that it was better to simply go to Cangyun City to have a look.
After five years of stuffiness in Yuyang, he was already stuffy.
"One Word Breaking Heaven" requires the lives of wicked people to cultivate, and if you take this opportunity to eliminate harm for the people, it is also a great public virtue.
That night, Ye Ling talked with his best friend Li Yuncheng all night, and explained everything in Yuyang City.
Catching up with the first cargo ship in the early morning, Ye Ling embarked on a vast journey to the desert of Western Xinjiang.
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"Brother Ye, don't you feel tired of carrying a knife and a sword on your back at the same time?
The person who spoke was called Huyan Hele, the owner of this cargo ship, a native of Huacheng in Western Xinjiang, and that place was not far from Cangyun City.
"The sword is strong and sharp, used to break armor, and the sword is sharp and used to kill, these two are indispensable for me Ye Ling. Ye Ling replied.
During this trip, Ye Ling often took the initiative to talk with him to learn about the geography, culture and other information of Cangyun City.
Ye Ling smiled faintly, Brother Huyan was curious just by seeing his sword and sword, I don't know what his expression would be if he saw the sleeping Fortune Spirit Mouse in his arms.
"Hey, troublesome and troublesome, we Western Xinjiang warriors all like to use heavy swords, what is the beginning and the end, a giant sword is pulled down, and everything is solved. ”
Huyan and Le were right, Ye Ling sat in the cabin, surrounded by tall guards with giant swords and axes.
Only Brother Huyan was an exception, he was less than forty, and he was as thin as a little old man.
When the night fell, the candlelight reflected on his dark face, and Ye Ling was stunned for a while, thinking that he had seen the strange dead corpse again.
Fortunately, after getting along day and night for more than 20 days, Ye Ling was no longer surprised.
"Brother Ye!"
Outside the cabin, someone called out to Ye Ling loudly.
Ye Ling pushed the door out, and saw the Yujiang River flowing down from the top of the high mountain covered by clouds in the extreme distance, on both sides of the river, on one side is the grassland, on the other side is the desert, it is really a unique wonder in the mortal world.
Huyan Hele pointed to the direction of the desert and said: "A long time ago, this was originally a whole green grassland, but a great war destroyed the local leyline spirit core, causing the place north of the Yujiang River to degenerate into a desert, and the border of the Hongyuan Empire outside has also shrunk for hundreds of miles, and now the source of the Yujiang River is controlled by the mountain ghost clan, I have lived on the Yujiang trade all my life, every time I pass here, I feel that I am choked by the throat of the mountain ghost clan - oh, I see the dense yellow spots over there, there is Cangyun City!"
Ye Ling looked into the distance and saw that above the desert, a slender dragon lurked, walking between several oases in the sand.
Two hours later, the cargo ship docked at the dragon head position, which was the starting point of Cangyun City, Fuermu Wharf.
"Brother Ye, let's go our separate ways, but I will stay at the Crescent Spring Inn near here for a few days, if you need help during this time, just come to the inn to find me. ”
"Okay, then thank you Brother Huyan first. ”
Ye Ling paid the boat fare in full, and gave some more, which was counted as wine money for his brothers.
He had never been to the West before, and he needed a local to help.
This giant dragon in the sea of sand, seemingly continuous, is actually connected by more than a dozen small towns.
Every town is direct, and there are some uninhabited corridors in the sand.
Ye Ling led a Bactrian camel at the Crescent Spring Inn and walked in the corridor in a sand boat.
Before leaving, Brother Huyan said three more times, Canglong City is different from Yuyang, there are dangers hidden everywhere, especially a lone traveler like Ye Ling, if he is not careful, he will end up with no bones.
Under the scorching sun, Ye Ling, who was still vigilant, heard a faint shout in the distance.
"Boy, look where you're going!"