Wait a minute, heroine

The sky turned white, lights were lit up in the Dongming tribe's camp, and early-rising tribesmen opened stalls facing the street.

In the tent at the back, Niaoniao woke up and was a little hungry. He landed on the bedside and looked down at the Night Terror Hall:

"Goojigji?"

On the bed, Ye Jingtang's eyelashes fluttered. The first time his mind cleared, he felt refreshed. The fatigue from the long journey was all gone. It was probably the first time in half a month that he slept so comfortably.

Ye Jingtang let out a soft breath, opened his eyes, saw Niaoniao's upside-down round head, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, raised his hand and gently moved his arms away...

Um? ?

Why do I have arms draped over me? !

Ye Tingtang suddenly woke up and recalled a little - yesterday, he and Xuanji were sitting on the bed and dreaming in a dreamland, and finally they lay down and looked at the stars, and then...

Then I fell asleep without knowing when...

No...

Ye Jingtang secretly thought that something was wrong. His face, which was originally very good-looking, turned white to the naked eye. He often looked at the side with his peripheral vision. The first thing that caught his eye was the woman's fair and flawless cheeks. Her long black hair was tied up with a hairband, and she leaned against it. On the same pillow two feet away, a distance that you can kiss even if you lower your head slightly.

Although her appearance and temperament were impeccable, the woman's sleeping appearance was not very elegant. She was lying on the bed with her right hand across his chest and a small sundial in her hand.

!

Ye Jingtang's body froze slightly and he glanced down quietly - Xuanji was wearing a white skirt. Although it was a little wrinkled, it was complete and there was nothing about the love affair.

And he was still wearing his clothes. It looked like nothing happened last night. He just slept in the same bed all night.

"Huh...scared me to death..."

Ye Jingtang was relieved when he saw this. Seeing that Xuanji was still awake, he was afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings, so he wanted to quietly touch and remove the hand on his chest.

But before she could make a move, she noticed Fairy Lu very close at hand and slowly opened her eyes:

"Hmm~..."

Ye Jingtang secretly thought that something was wrong. He was afraid of being beaten to death by the girl. He reacted very quickly. He quickly pushed away Master Xuanji's arm and sat up. He touched his body and then turned to look at Master Xuanji. His eyes were surprised and suspicious, as if he was humiliated. Young hero' look.

? ?

Master Xuanji slept as comfortably as Ye Jingtang. When she woke up, her mind was blank. Suddenly she found Ye Jingtang sleeping in front of her, and she was naturally startled.

But before she could reprimand her, "Young disciple, what did you do to me?", she saw the look in the eyes of the villain from Night Terror Hall who was the first to complain, and she couldn't help but be stunned.

The two looked at each other, and Xuanji quickly recalled what happened last night. Then she sat up slowly, looked around, and then raised her hand to straighten her wrinkled skirt:

"Why do you look at me like that? I didn't do anything to you, I just fell asleep accidentally..."

Seeing that Master Xuanji did not trouble him, Ye Jingtang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, made a serious look, and touched his clothes again:

"I was scared to death. I thought you were...why are you sleeping on my bed?"

Master Xuanji was actually quite shocked, but she was too smart to show it off. She secretly sensed that after confirming that she was still a yellow-flowered girl, her eyes pointed at the messy floor covered with birds:

"Your bed is over there, why do you mean I'm sleeping in your bed? When I fall asleep, you can't go back and lie down on your own, and you have to squeeze in with me?"

"I don't even know when I fell asleep. You said your martial arts skills are better than mine. Why didn't you remind me?"

After Ye Jingtang responded, he didn't dare to talk nonsense about this matter. He turned around and stood up with Niaoniao in his arms:

"It's daybreak. Get up quickly. I'm going to wash up first."

Master Xuanji nodded slightly. After Ye Jingtang Ma Liu slipped out of the tent, his expression showed a bit strange. He first raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, then looked back at the crumpled bed made by the two of them, and whispered softly. :

"What kind of bad medicine is this..."

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There are too many traders coming and going in Langxuan City, and dragons and snakes are mixed together. The Night Terror Hall wants to turn the Queen Mother and Prince Jing upside down. Naturally, it is necessary to find out the situation in the city in advance to avoid people arriving without knowing anything about the risks, leading to an accident. trouble.

After having breakfast at the Dongmingbu Station, before Fan Qinghe could find any clues about Prisoner's Miasma, Ye Jingtang and Master Xuanji once again became street gangsters.

Langxuan City not only gathered people from all tribes in the West Sea, but also many forces from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Ye Jingtang walked around the city for a long time and found traces of many chambers of commerce and gangs in Liangzhou.

Among them, the Hongshan Gang has the largest station, with nearly a hundred gang members. The stalls sell Liangzhou local specialties, but the main business is to negotiate long-term cooperation with the heads of various ministries and transport grain, salt, iron, etc. to various ministries through smuggling trade routes.

Since the tribes in the West Sea are in urgent need of these necessities, the Hongshan Gang and other smuggling business forces have a very high status in Langxuan City. The elders of each tribe basically come to the door with generous gifts and ask for business.

As the commander of the black yamen, Ye Jingtang still needs to investigate the smuggling business, but revealing his identity outside the customs to investigate smuggling is an interference in the internal affairs of other countries. Wei is not yet domineering to this extent, so for this reason, he just stays on the side and records the information of gang members. , inquire about the origin of the smuggled items, etc., so as to trace the source after returning to the customs.

Xuanji's talents in martial arts and Taoism are astonishingly high, but after ten years of investigation, he has not been able to find out the whereabouts of the Minglong Picture. This shows how strong his ability is in handling cases. In matters like this, he is basically just following behind. Niaoniao wanders around, Niaoniao is responsible for eating, and she is responsible for drinking.

The two of them walked around from morning to afternoon, basically finding out what big forces there were in the city and what masters there might be.

Niaoniao was a little tired after shopping for a day and wanted to eat roasted lamb leg. Ye Jingtang sat down at a roasted lamb stall on the street and planned to have a meal with Master Xuanji before returning to the station.

But while the two were eating at a street stall, a sound of horse bells came from far away in the street, accompanied by a loud noise:

"Let let..."

"With so much goods, whose caravan is this?"

"It seems to be from the Liangzhou Black Flag Gang..."

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After hearing the sound, Ye Jingtang put down his chopsticks and turned back to look at the street. He could see a caravan of more than a hundred people from the Black Flag Gang coming this way.

Because he smashed a car, there was naturally one less carriage in the convoy; the foul-mouthed monk who had been beaten up was riding on a horse wearing a monk's robe and seemed to be in a bad mood.

Hu Yanjing, who had a sword hanging on his side, looked like his dead father. He occasionally looked left and right as he passed through the crowd, seemingly looking for traces of the leader of the Qinchi Department.

Dongfang Shangqing, the youngest son of Prince Liang, may have come to Langxuan City for the first time. At this time, he left the carriage and rode among the guards to watch the street scene.

When Ye Jingtang saw Hu Yanjing arriving, he whispered to Master Xuanji about the Desolate Bone Beach, and then they secretly followed the convoy together...

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Langxuan City is full of foreign businessmen, so it is natural to have a place to stay. However, because the gathering only lasted for more than three months, the number of houses was very small, and the inns were all temporary tents.

At the same time that the Black Flag Gang caravan entered the city, seven or eight men were sitting around in a tent near the big red tent on the outside of the city. There was a makeshift topographic map on the small table in the middle, and there were several weapons next to it.

Cao Aning held a writing brush in his hand, pointed at the city map, and said:

"I just took a look, and most of the people on patrol have moved away. This place is a warehouse and is sparsely populated. Dongfang Shangqing lives near the warehouse..."

Xu Tianying and several old secret guards gathered around the table, listening to the night's battle plan.

Tang Yudan stood at the door of the tent, opened the curtain, and looked at the large tent full of warblers and swallows in the distance.

After the conversation came to an end, Tang Yudan turned around and interjected:

"Even if we enter the rivers and lakes, life and death are our frontiers. Now we are wandering outside, and we don't know when we will die on the road. If we die without children or daughters, it would be unfilial. The Yao Ji tribe borrowed seeds here, and the girls inside are very beautiful. He said, "You don't need a man to support you when you're pregnant. Although you don't have a man's surname and you can't find your son, at least you still have some incense left. If you want me to come and see you, why not..."

As Tang Yudan was talking, he suddenly found that the tent was quiet. Five or six people were staring at him with frowns, and they stopped talking angrily.

Xu Tianying looked unhappy. He originally wanted to remind his junior brother, "The male secret guards are all eunuchs. They have been sterilized a long time ago. What kind of seeds will be left?".

However, saying this really made Cao Aning and others feel troubled. Xu Tianying thought about it and just said:

"The tiger father has no sons. The men of the Yao Ji tribe are all working as laborers and doing menial jobs. They themselves don't like it. How can we, a man with a height of seven feet, let our descendants become untouchables? If you are afraid of death and have no offspring, You can find a place to hide in seclusion and live a normal life, and no one will stop you."

After Tang Yudan was scolded by his senior brother, he realized that most of the tents were filled with eunuchs and came to change the topic:

"It's just a joke, let's talk about business."

Cao Aning has been in the palace for as long as she can remember, but she takes these things lightly and continues to draw on the paper with a brush:

"I have discussed with Hu Yanjing beforehand that he will let Zhang Xuanye go out to have a drink with his men in the evening. Dongfang Shangqing has about a dozen palace guards around him. He has good foundation but is not my opponent. When you find the opportunity, don't really hurt Dongfang Shangqing. , just scare him. When the time comes, you have to stab Zhang Xuanye with a precise technique. It is best to splash blood on Dongfang Shangqing’s face, but don’t hurt the vital part, otherwise you won’t be able to work under King Zuo Xian..."

Xu Tianying was from Jianghu. Seeing his master defecting to King Yan and being killed in the capital, he was actually a little resistant to clinging to powerful people. He thought about it and said:

"Apart from King Zuo Xian, is there no other way out for us?"

Cao Aning paused and thought for a moment:

"There are also green bandits, but the green bandits are too mysterious and don't know what they want. If you join them, you can only obey orders. You might be treated as an outcast that day. I have been running among the tribes in the West Sea for many years, and I know a few tricks. , if King Zuo Xian can’t climb it, let’s go look for it and try.”

Xu Tianying nodded and said no more...

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Time turned into night.

Not far from the Dong Ming Department's station, in the camp where more than a hundred horses were parked, the sound of silk and bamboo came from the central tent. Several black-clothed royal guards and warriors from the Wuma Department patrolled back and forth around the tent.

Ye Jingtang relied on the method of passing through the body to reach the vicinity of the big tent from the darkness. He hid behind a stable and listened carefully to the movements in the tent:

"Young Master Shang Qing can come here in person, which really gives me the honor of the Wu and Horse Department, but the number of hundreds of white-maned horses sent to the palace every year is too large. Even if I can get it, it will be difficult for the Beiliang court to explain it. According to the terms of trade between the two dynasties, only ordinary horses are allowed to be bought and sold, and white-maned horses are the best choice for war horses..."

"Clan Chief Wu underestimated Prince Liang's palace a little. My father has a cavalry force of 30,000, and a hundred horses can't even stir up water if thrown in. I want to send these horses to Yun'an, where the princes and nobles will like them. Rare items, the rarer the breed of horse, the higher the price..."

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Master Xuanji leaned against Ye Jingtang, listened carefully for a long time, and then said:

"It sounds like Dongfang Shangqing is really here to discuss business."

Ye Jingtang has followed Dongfang Shangqing to the residences of several tribes since the afternoon, and they are indeed talking about business. He didn't feel that there was any problem with Dongfang Shangqing, so he responded:

"It seems that Hu Yanjing is indeed deceiving his superiors and secretly smuggling the scaled steel. I don't know if he has called the seller. I will ask him when he is alone later."

After the two waited for a while, Dongfang Shangqing came out of the tent, left the station with his guards, and boarded the carriage at the door. Hu Yanjing served as a guard beside the carriage.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang quietly came to the street and followed him from the darkness, hoping to wait for Hu Yanjing to return to his place of residence before the King of Hell came to ask about the situation.

After following the convoy for a while, Ye Jingtang suddenly noticed someone in the distance looking in the direction of the convoy.

Master Xuanji also sensed it. He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see a row of warehouses over there.

A large number of merchants came to Langxuan City. Items such as dried furs, herbs, etc. that were placed randomly would easily get damp. For this reason, they had to be stored in a warehouse built in advance by the Gouchen Department.

The two of them visited that area today. There are places to buy porcelain near the warehouse, so that area is also called Porcelain Building. Many houses have been built for wealthy merchants to stay, because the entire city is full of tents that are as tall as one person. Standing above the warehouse is a panoramic view of the mountains and small mountains.

At this time, looking carefully through the afterglow of the lights, one could vaguely see the outline of a figure, holding a long tube in his hand, looking at Dongfang Shangqing's motorcade. Judging from his sneaky behavior, he did not look like a guard of the palace. More like a stalker.

Seeing this, Master Xuanji was a little confused and asked:

"Is this where horse bandits are stepping on?"

Judging from many years of experience in escorting, the Ye Jingtang is indeed quite similar, but Langxuan City is the place where the Xihai tribes conduct foreign trade. If an accident scares away the merchants, it will be a loss for all the Xihai tribes. For this reason, they are mutually beneficial All feuding clans can coexist peacefully here. If horse bandits come here to cause trouble, they probably don't want to leave Langxuan City alive.

"I don't know. Let's go and check the situation first."

Seeing that the caravan was moving slowly, Ye Jingtang stopped following it and let Niaoniao take off to investigate the situation. Together with Zhenren Xuanji, they walked through the noisy market like two ghost figures and headed to where the figures were. at...

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