Real Cthulhu Running Game

  Chapter 1936 Surprise and fright

"So we have reason to suspect that the Ninth Prince's move is to pave the way for his brother, because you should know how important the position of Boyang City is! If Boyang City is controlled by the Sixth Prince, then his subordinates Soldiers can easily start from Wulong City and reach any city under the rule of the Three Princes, because Boyang City, which is the bridgehead, has changed its flag."

  Yu Lei sighed, and said seriously: "So the third prince gave me a secret order, that is to make you Liu Peng the prefect of Boyang City!"

"what?"

   Liu Xing looked at Yu Lei blankly, never expecting that he could become the prefect of Boyang City at this time.

"Uh, Brother Yu, are you kidding me? Let's not forget that the prefect of Boyang City is a vacant post, because Boyang City is still ruled by the city lord, and I remember that Boyang City itself has a prefect, right?" Liu Xing asked suspiciously.

Baihe City on the side nodded, and then said: "Yes, Boyang City has always had a prefect waiting for an opportunity, and I remember that he was sent by the New Dragon Emperor, so would it be a bit presumptuous for the third prince to do this?" Suspect?"

Yu Lei smiled, shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the prefect in Boyang City is just a decoration, because everyone knows that as long as there are no accidents, the city lord of Boyang City will not be broken, so the Boyang City The prefect is a vain job among the vain jobs! Therefore, the new Dragon Emperor always arranges those who do not want to be rewarded, but have to be rewarded, to take up this idle job, so the current Boyang City prefect is just a poor man, and he never thought about taking over Bo Yangcheng: Although under normal circumstances, the third prince cannot arrange another prefect of Boyang City, but of course he can do so in an emergency situation, so the third prince wants you to be a Boyang city right now. The prefect of Yangcheng!"

Although Liu Xing really wanted to chant a poem at this time, but when he thought that the venerable elder had gone away, he could only sigh, "If this is the case, then I would rather be respectful than obedient, but I am here Before this, I was just an ordinary doctor, so I would like to ask brother Yu to point out some things that I did not do well."

   "That's natural, but I believe in your ability, Liu Peng, and your brothers."

Yu Lei changed the subject and said seriously: "However, you should also know that although you are already the prefect of Boyang City, you can't announce your identity until the critical moment, let alone go to Boyang City to take office, so you now You can make some preparations, but don't make things known to everyone; when things really come to that point, Liu Peng, you can take someone to Boyang City to replace Guo Er, and the third prince will also send elite soldiers to help you complete it. Mission! Of course, the third prince will reward you with some things later, such as various weapons and iron armor."

  Hearing Yu Lei's last sentence, Liu Xing immediately thought of the iron sword he found.

"I understand, but there is one more thing I want to ask Brother Yu, that is, can you recognize the scrap iron sword used by the New Dragon Emperor? Today we found a cave in the ground when we were searching the lair of the wine gorilla , and then found a rusty iron sword inside, as a result, it automatically peeled off the rust after it was seen again; most importantly, we found that the coat of arms on this iron sword was used by the new dragon emperor when he was young The one-horned ox coat of arms from the past, so we combined the story of the new dragon emperor and the scrap iron sword, and suspected that this iron sword is the scrap iron sword over there."

   While speaking, Liu Xing placed the scrap iron sword in front of Yu Lei.

  Yu Lei frowned, looked at the re-rusted iron sword and said, "Uh, didn't you say that this iron sword has been automatically derusted? Why is it still rusty now?"

"The thing is, we suspect that this iron sword still has a scabbard, and this scabbard has not been found yet, so this iron sword has rusted again after leaving the range of the wine orangutan's lair; but we have roughly determined The position of the scabbard, because the iron sword will sense when it is near the scabbard, so we can use different reactions to determine the approximate position and distance of the scabbard."

Liu Xing explained: "However, because the trees near the wine orangutan's lair are really dense, it will not be easy to dig for a while, so we can only wait for a day or two, and we can do it after the logging team enters the field. "

Yu Lei nodded, picked up the iron sword and looked at it carefully: "The style of this iron sword is indeed exactly the same as the scrap iron sword made by Xinlongdi back then. Scrap iron swords do not have too high requirements for actual combat, so scrap iron swords do not have a sharp edge, and this iron sword is also the same; as for the coat of arms of the one-horned ox, it was indeed used by the new dragon emperor in the early days The pattern, but the problem is that those things with the one-horned oxen crest have long been destroyed and lost, in short, no one knows what the real one-horn oxen crest looks like except for the new Dragon Emperor himself."

"After all, the new dragon emperor has not used the one-horned ox emblem for more than two years, that is, he used it more during the period when he was apprenticed to a master, so he actually printed it on scrap iron swords and a few accessories. The coat of arms of the unicorn, and occasionally such a pattern is drawn on the letters with the family; the scrap iron sword fell into the river, and the remaining few belongings have long since been discarded. It is not impossible for those letters to be burned together, because the house where the new dragon emperor once lived has lost fire many times over the years, and was even razed to the ground by the enemy, so those things with the one-horned ox emblem They have all been destroyed by default."

Yu Lei put down the iron sword and continued: "So now, except for the new Dragon Emperor himself, I don't know what the one-horned ox coat of arms looks like. I only know that it is probably a cow with a broken horn. As for which side is the broken horn? The horn is not clear, but a person who had a good relationship with Xinlongdi once said that he remembered that the cow with a good relationship with Xinlongdi had the right horn broken, and only the tip of the horn was broken. Therefore, the antiques on the market today claim to have the coat of arms of a one-horned ox, and its coat of arms is a bull's head without a right horn."

  Liu Xing thought for a while, and said with some entanglement: "If I remember correctly, the one-horned ox emblem on this iron sword does not have the left horn, and it still looks like it is broken in half."

"Oh?"

Yu Lei's eyes lit up, and he said seriously: "That's right, the style of the coat of arms I just mentioned is wrong! Because Xinlongdi saw someone using the coat of arms of a one-horned ox to deceive people, so he specially found a coat of arms. My childhood friend released this fake coat of arms, so that those counterfeiters can be led astray; as for the specific style of the one-horned ox coat of arms, although the new dragon emperor did not say it clearly, the third prince and other royal family members have actually seen it. Pass that cow! Because the relationship between that cow and Xinlongdi is very good, the family has been raising it. Later, after Xinlongdi raised his troops, they sent this cow to the countryside to raise it. Therefore, the third prince They have seen the one-horned ox looking very old, so they are sure that the one-horned ox has lost most of its left horn."

   "Oh, then maybe this iron sword is really the sword of the new Dragon Emperor?" Baihecheng said a little excitedly.

Yu Lei nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, judging from the current situation, this iron sword may indeed be the legendary scrap iron sword! Because judging from the position where the scrap iron sword fell into the water, it It is indeed possible that it will be washed to the nearby river, and then be obtained by the wine gorilla! And you also know that the existence of the air of the emperor can indeed endow the items used by the new Dragon Emperor with some otherworldly abilities, so this iron sword It is quite suitable to be able to automatically remove rust.”

  As soon as Yu Lei finished speaking, he suddenly flicked his wrist, and the square table became a five-sided table.

   That's right, Yu Lei directly cut off a table corner with this iron sword.

   "It's interesting. It's really incredible that this rusty and unsharp iron sword can cut off a table corner so easily."

  Yu Lei said with a look of surprise: "So even if this iron sword is not a legendary scrap iron sword, it should be a magic weapon! So Liu Peng, what are you going to do with this iron sword?"

  The main show is coming!

Liu Xing replied without hesitation: "Of course I will give this iron sword to His Royal Highness the Third Prince! Because if this iron sword is really a waste iron sword, it will be considered as returning to the original owner, and it can also be given to the third prince. The prince brings other benefits; if this iron sword is not a scrap iron sword, it can play a greater role under the hands of the third prince, and this can be regarded as our real meeting gift to the third prince."

  Yu Lei looked at Liu Xing with a "children can teach" expression, nodded and said: "In this case, then I will thank you for the third prince first, I think the third prince will like this gift very much."

   "Then I can rest assured." Liu Xing said with a smile.

   "But isn't there a scabbard missing for this iron sword? So let's put it here for the time being. After the third prince's second batch of rewards arrive, I will arrange for someone to send the sword back."

  Yu Lei said with a smile: "Liu Peng, you really surprise me every time. I really didn't expect you to find such an iron sword..."

  Before Yu Lei finished speaking, he saw Liu Xing take out a token.

After seeing the pattern on the token, Yu Lei's expression became serious all of a sudden, "Well, you have managed to turn me from surprise to surprise now! Because you know that the pattern on this token represents what?"

   Seeing this situation, Liu Xing immediately became serious, "I don't know, this token was dug out from near the iron sword, so we felt that this token was unusual, so we brought it back to study it."

  Yu Lei nodded, picked up the token and looked at it carefully, and put it down after a while, "That's right, this token is the shadow guard token left by the former prince!"

  Go to the prince? !

   Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. Although he knew that this token was not simple, he never thought that it could be related to the former prince.

Seeing the curiosity and doubts on the faces of Liu Xing and others, Yu Lei explained: "Although the prince of the previous dynasty was quite incompetent, his control of the situation was even amazed by the new Dragon Emperor. Before the world was in chaos, the prince of the previous dynasty had already noticed something, so he secretly kept a lot of backhands for himself, and these backhands were not even known to his father! For example, the shadow guard I just mentioned is the former court It is said that these shadow guards are orphans without father and mother, so the former prince is both the lord and father to them, so there is no doubt about the loyalty of these people to the former prince."

"In my opinion, this is a bit outrageous, because the former prince started to train these shadow guards twenty years in advance, and they just played a role when the former prince needed it most, so the new dragon back then The emperor almost fell into the hands of these shadow guards; although the former prince was ignorant, he knew a lot about some messy things, for example, the pattern on this token was named Greek letters, and here The Greek refers to a tribe that has disappeared in the west, this Greek tribe was quite powerful in the past, but because of its beauty in the forest, it was wiped out by other surrounding tribes."

"However, the former prince did not know where he gathered a group of defeated soldiers from the Greek tribes, and let them teach the shadow guards how to use Greek letters to communicate, so the shadow guards rely on these Greek letters to transmit information and identify Enemy and friend, in short, although we know the existence of Shadow Guards and have been trying to catch them all, the result is that the effect is not good because we cannot decipher these Greek letters; and over the years, we have also discovered more than ten different ones. We have deciphered one-third of the meanings of the Greek letters, including the trident on this token, and its meaning is two words—assassin.”

   "Assassin?"

Liu Xing frowned and said: "If there is no accident, this token should have fallen near Tianshui Town more than ten years ago, and then took away the wine orangutan or other monkeys, so I suspect The town of Sweetwater was burned because of this token and has become history... But I remember that there should be no major incidents around here more than ten years ago, right?"

Yu Lei thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, the shadow guards have not made any big moves in these years, and there have been no accidents to important people, but the problem is that the importance of the token of this pattern on the side of the shadow guards can be ruled out." Into the top three, we only got one piece before! You must know that under the arrangement of the former prince, the shadow guards have been scattered in every corner, and usually only recognize tokens but not people, so if this token is missing If so, then the shadow guard who lost the token can indeed take a huge risk and turn Tianshui Town upside down."

  (end of this chapter)