Chapter 4: Icewine and Silver [1]

"Have you eaten enough?"

Liu Ruiying looked at the five or six empty plates in front of him.

He couldn't eat so much in a day.

"Eat your fill......"

Hua Nong was obviously a little embarrassed as well.

For him, he will always eat as long as he can.

One more bite will make you hungry for a while.

Because he never knows when his next meal will be.

This is no longer the case.

But after so many years of habits, it is not just a matter of changing them.

"Let's go. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Hua Nong asked.

He thought Liu Ruiying would stay in town for one night.

Besides, this golden bead of his own. But it has not yet dispersed.

"Do you like to be lively?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"What's the buzz?"

Hua Nong asked rhetorically.

Liu Ruiying was speechless.

After all, the definition of hilarious is too general.

The insects and birds in the mountains and forests can be regarded as lively.

However, the market is full of people, and it can be considered lively.

That's a really difficult question to answer.

"I don't like to be busy, so let's go. ”

There was silence for a long time.

Liu Ruiying got up and said.

But there was a sound of "dong dong dong" falling to the ground behind him.

He looked back.

I found that the soldiers of the Zhenbei King Domain who came in just now were all lying on the ground one by one.

Only one officer, who looked like a lieutenant, drew his sword and was still holding on to himself.

Look around.

The little second and the shopkeeper have long since disappeared.

In addition to himself and Hua Nong, there were only the sergeants who fell to the ground in the hall.

"It seems that this excitement can't get out of it......"

Liu Ruiying muttered to herself.

Hua Nong also stood up and looked at the scene in front of him curiously.

"Are they dead?"

Hua Nong asked.

He felt that once a person lay down, he either slept or died.

But in the current situation, these people must not be sleeping, so they must be dead.

"No, they're not dead. But it's estimated that it's coming soon. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

He drank the rest of the wine from the jug in one go.

The cold taste made his teeth flutter a little.

It was the first time he had drunk such a cold drink.

It seems that the problem lies in the wine.

Liu Ruiying slowly stepped forward.

When the lieutenant saw Liu Ruiying, he immediately pointed a knife at him.

"I am the provincial flag of Tianmu Province, the Central Capital Investigation Division!"

Liu Ruiying reported her identity and said.

As soon as the lieutenant heard the word "Investigation Division", he immediately put down his knife.

"Provincial Flag Lord, save ...... Help me!"

After saying that, he also fell to the ground, unconscious.

Liu Ruiying touched the wine on their table.

but it was warm.

It seems to have been drugged.

When the powder is added to the wine, the taste will naturally be a little different.

But if the wine is scalded, the average person will not be able to taste the slight difference in taste.

"Hahaha!

The door to the private room upstairs opened.

Before the man could go downstairs, the voice came out.

When I saw these people, the uniforms of the Investigation Division on their bodies were gone.

They were all dressed in civilian clothes, carrying long knives in their hands.

"Where did you get the uniforms of your Investigation Division?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

The affairs of the Zhenbei Royal Domain have nothing to do with him.

But these people dared to pretend to be the people of the Investigation Division, but Liu Ruiying had to take care of it.

"Zhongdu Investigation Division, such a big name! A few of our brothers are just borrowing and using it. ”

The fake detective director from earlier said.

Apparently the leader of such people.

"The name of the province is definitely not as good as the provincial flag. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"That's right, so I want to borrow something from Liu Xingqi. ”

The leader said.

"Borrow what?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"It's just that I took this thing, and I can't return it. ”

The leader didn't answer Liu Ruiying's words, but said so.

"I didn't expect this skin to be worth a lot of money...... You know, I haven't showered in three days!"

Liu Ruiying smiled and said.

"With the name of your Investigation Division, my brothers can go anywhere in this world. ”

The leader said.

"I'm afraid it's more than that, right?"

Liu Ruiying said.

"As the saying goes, if you read 10,000 books, you travel 10,000 miles. None of my brothers have ever studied, and we have to have the capital to walk thousands of miles. ”

The leader said.

"It seems that these soldiers of the Zhenbei Kingdom are escorting your capital. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"That's right, and it's four million taels of silver!"

The leader said.

His voice trembled.

I couldn't hold back my excitement.

Four million taels!

This must be the money used by the Zhenbei Royal Domain to resist the army of the border pass of the grassland royal court.

It's just that Liu Ruiying has an extraordinary curiosity about the people in front of her.

What kind of person is so bold and capable to rob the money by pretending to be a person from the Investigation Division?

"Your name is really Dongyi?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"The owner of that dress is called Dong Yi. ”

The leader said.

Then he threw a blood-soaked official certificate at Liu Ruiying.

Liu Ruiying opened it and took a look.

It reads: Zhongdu Investigation Division, Tianmu Province Province, Dongyi.

After Liu Ruiying saw it, he carefully put this official in his arms.

Then close your eyes.

Pick up a pot of wine from the table of the former soldiers of the Zhenbei King and sprinkle it on the ground.

Although Liu Ruiying didn't know this province called Dong Yi.

But after all, he and he are all subordinate to the Investigation Department of the Central Capital.

It's also an old man.

The soup falls to the ground.

It's a memorial. Liu Ruiying's hand was on the hilt of the sword.

The great master in the body also came to the spirit in an instant.

Inside him stood up on the stage.

There are some impatient big fights.

The leader saw Liu Ruiying preparing to draw his sword.

Just a contemptuous smile.

He lifted the knife in his hand.

The blade flickered a few times.

The wine jug in front of Liu Ruiying was neatly cut into three sections.

Then his gaze became vicious.

"Hua Nong!"

Liu Ruiying called.

Hua Nong stepped forward in response.

And there was no answer.

"What do you see in his eyes?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

Hua Nong looked at it very seriously.

was so serious that the leader was stared at a little hairy, and his eyes were a little evasive.

"I could see he wanted to take a gamble. ”

Hua Nong said.

"What does he want to bet on?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"I don't know. But I could tell he wanted to gamble. ”

Hua Nong shook his head and said.

"He's gambling with his life. ”

Liu Ruiying shook her head and said.

"Whose life?"

Hua Nong asked.

"You and mine, and himself and the group behind him. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

But since you want to gamble, you have to have some witnesses. Otherwise, how can we win or lose? Unfortunately, the only witnesses can't open their eyes now. ”

Liu Ruiying looked at the Zhenbei King Domain sergeant lying at his feet and said.

"There is no need for witnessing. Whoever can walk out of the door of this sword restaurant will naturally win the bet. ”

The leader said.

This sentence is finished.

The restaurant is surprisingly quiet.

Even the noise outside the door could not be heard.

"Your bureau is really big!"

Liu Ruiying glanced out the window and said.

"I've never believed in white wolves with empty gloves. A business without capital is happy to be gained, and it is also happy to be lost. ”

The leader said.

"So you set up the whole town at any cost?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"Including the little beggar who picked up the bag of sugar-fried chestnuts you threw out the window. ”

The leader said.

"It's a pity ......"

Liu Ruiying said.

"What a pity?"

The leader asked.

"It's a pity that most of my half-packet of fried chestnuts with sugar is ...... I thought I could really make the little beggar happy for half the day, but I guess he should have thrown it away as soon as he entered the alley. ”

Liu Ruiying shook her head and said with a sigh.

"You can choose your own decent death. ”

The leader said.

"A decent way to die? ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"Besides, although your knife is very fast, the ability to cut off the wine bottle alone is not enough for me to be killed. ”

Liu Ruiying continued.

"His knife, soon?"

Hua Nong asked suddenly.

"Look!"

Liu Ruiying pointed to the wine bottle on the table that was broken into three sections and said to Hua Nong.

Hua Nong was very disdainful.

But this expression annoyed the leader.

"Then I'll start with you!"

The leader said.

"Cutting off a wine bottle is not the same as cutting your neck. The vertebrae are a very strong place. ”

Hua Nong said quietly.

The leader heard this.

But it stabilized his mind.

He looked at Hua Nong's nondescript dress, and then at the broken sword at his waist.

In an instant, the sword light flashed again.

The string of gold beads hanging around Hua Nong's neck immediately broke.

Jingle bell.

and scattered all over the earth.

"Why did you cut off my gold orb?"

Hua Nong said.

Took a few steps forward.

"Because that's the closest to your neck. ”

The leader said.

"No matter how close you are to your neck, it's not your neck. If you want to kill me, you should swing a knife at my neck, not cut off my orb. ”

Hua Nong said.

Liu Ruiying could feel Hua Nong's anger.

This boy is like a silent volcano.

On weekdays, there may be snow and trees.

But once it erupts, there will be no grass within a thousand miles.

"A string of gold beads...... I didn't expect Liu Xingqi's friend to love money so much!"

The leader scoffed.

"I love money. But this bead of gold I want to give to the poor. There are no poor people in this restaurant, but you have scattered them. ”

Hua Nong said.

Liu Ruiying found a stool and sat down.

Naturally, he was not afraid of these people.

But he wanted to see how Hua Nong would respond.

Unexpectedly, Hua Nong squatted down and began to pick up those gold beads one by one and put them in his pocket.

The leader looked at Hua Nong's appearance of picking up the gold beads, and was about to swing his knife to cut it, but was blocked by Liu Ruiying's sword.

Hua Nong didn't care about what happened behind him.

He was already carefully picking up the gold beads.

Liu Ruiying blocked the leader's knife.

"Since you've already taken out the sword, don't blame me for letting you die an undignified death. ”

The leader said.

Liu Ruiying was silent.

Stand up and stab with a sword.

Since this leader can kill the province of the Investigation Division.

Of course, he also has real skills.

His steps shifted.

dodged Liu Ruiying's sword.

Then a palm is slapped out.

Liu Ruiying avoided its edge.

This palm hit the pillar in the restaurant hall.

The pillar was slapped and collapsed.

Liu Ruiying's face froze.

I'm afraid that this leader's cultivation is already approaching the Earth Sect Realm.

"It's so easy to cultivate, why don't you do something serious?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"For me, that's the right thing!"

The man said.

He tore up his robe. There was even a dress under the robe.

It's just that this dress is the clothing of the steppe people.

"You are from the Prairie Court!"

Liu Ruiying exclaimed.

Now all cause and effect can be coherent.

No wonder they dared to intercept and kill the province of the Central Investigation Division.

Because they weren't originally from the Five Great Realms.

And robbing the military salary of the border army of the king of Zhenbei will naturally make the border army feel uneasy.

If the grassland royal court attacks in a turbulent time, it will definitely be a border pass.

The gateway to the Zhenbei King's Domain was thus opened.

The wolf riders of the steppe can drive straight in.

"In the Lower Prairie Royal Court, under the command of General Angxiong of Youlu, the three princes of the Fire Facing Department, Jing Yao. ”

The leader said.

Immediately, everyone behind him also took off the royal clothes.

The prairie costume on his body is revealed.

"What are you going to do in the grassland? Aren't you afraid that Shangguan Yao Xu, the king of Zhenbei, and Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, will join forces to send troops and cut off the heads of your wolf kings?"

Liu Ruiying said.

"Hahaha! Liu Xingqi, if you say this, I'm afraid you won't believe it. ”

Jing Yao laughed three times and said.

Liu Ruiying was silent.

He knew that what Jing Yao said was right.

The Five Great Princes seem to be sincerely united.

In fact, it is a struggle for profit.

This Jing Yao obviously knew a lot about this.

If only it were as united as it seemed.

He had already destroyed the grassland royal court, and then moved south to unify the barbarian tribes.

But why has there been no movement for so long?

It's not because the distribution of benefits has never been negotiated.

Among the five kings, who doesn't want to ask for more land and money?

Since we can't talk about it, we don't talk about it at all.

Otherwise, even if they are forcibly enveloped together, they will fall apart in an instant.

Thinking of this, Liu Ruiying broke out in a cold sweat behind his back.

He felt that the wolf king Mingyao could no longer suppress his ambition and **.

When he first arrived in the Dingxi Domain, he happened to run into a wolf rider.

Although it ended in the execution of He Youjian.

But isn't the Prairie Court just going to do it?

Now the Dingxi Royal Domain is gathering heavy troops in the border area.

Even Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, led the Xuanya army to Jiying Town in person.

In order to strengthen the morale of the army and reassure the people.

However, the royal domain bordering the grassland is not only the Dingxi royal domain.

The Zhenbei royal domain also has thousands of miles of border passes and grasslands.

However, Shangguan Yao Xu, the king of Zhenbei, has always had a soft attitude towards the grassland.

The border passes of the Zhenbei royal domain have established countless treaty ports.

The merchants of the steppe and the caravans of the Zhenbei Empire were constantly in contact with each other.

It seems peaceful.

But it is precisely because of this peace that the grassland is given an opportunity to take advantage of.

If Liu Ruiying hadn't happened to come to this restaurant today.

Isn't this 4 million taels of military salaries a gift to the grassland?

Liu Ruiying made a move before, just because they killed the province of the Investigation Division.

You can't sit idly by.

But now things are getting extremely complicated.

Not only is it involved in the Investigation Division.

It also involved the Zhenbei Royal Domain and the Grassland Royal Court.

The situation was far beyond what he could handle.

However, the most urgent task is to first keep this salary.

Although the other party is the three princes of the fire department.

But Liu Ruiying is no longer what it used to be.

Hua Nong had picked up all the gold beads he could see.

I counted them, but there seemed to be a few missing.

"If you can't find it, don't look for it. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

Hua Nong didn't have any understanding of the situation in front of him.

But you can also feel the coldness and solemnity that comes to your face.

He slowly drew his sword as well.

Liu Ruiying hadn't reacted yet.

Hua Nong's sword had already stabbed Jing Yao's throat.

But this sword is not as sharp as it used to be.

But it was blocked by Jing Yao's horizontal knife.

Although he blocked Hua Nong's sword.

But Jing Yao's eyes were full of incredulity.

He didn't expect this young man to have such a fast sword.

And the strength of the sword is so amazing!

It already made his blade tremble slightly.

"Are you also a member of the Investigation Division?"

Jing Yao asked.

The Dong Yi he killed was originally a pot-bellied wine bag and rice bag.

Before he could use the knife, he knelt in front of him and cried for his father and mother's begging for mercy.

So he took it for granted that this investigation department had become rotten and unorthodox.

But I didn't expect that there would be such a heroic teenager.

"I'm not. ”

Hua Nong withdrew his sword, shook his head and said.

Obviously, this sword did not succeed,

He was hit hard.

"But I'm going to be soon!"

Hua Non continued.

The fighting spirit was rekindled in his eyes.

Just like when he fought wild beasts in the mountains and forests.

Since one sword can't be made, then another sword will be made.

Don't give up.

Because there is only one consequence of giving up.

That's death.

Hua Nong felt that the world outside the mountains and forests was very strange.

It's so amazing that he couldn't even think of it before.

So he was reluctant to die.

Besides, he also owed Liu Ruiying twenty taels of silver.

If this debt is not repaid, how can he die?

But just when he was about to make a second sword, Liu Ruiying stood in front of him.

"You go to the back and look at the money. Remember, there are eighteen chests in total, and each box has a cross seal affixed to it. Whoever comes close to that silver except me, you can draw your sword. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

Hua Nong nodded.

He put away his sword and walked to the back of the restaurant.

On the way, he saw another gold bead that he had not found before.

After picking it up, it was put in my pocket as usual.

Liu Ruiying kept seeing Hua Nong's figure flipping out of the back window of the restaurant.

Only then did he turn his head and look directly at Jing Yao.