Chapter 83 Another visit to Liangchengang
Yinren Village, Liangchengang.
"Ahead is Liangchengang." Zhou Di lowered the bamboo hat on his head and said in a deep voice.
Yi Xifeng and Li Xintian did not express any opinions. After all, this was the first time for them to participate in a task undertaken by strong men. As martial arts youths before, he and Li Xintian practiced more physical fitness and kung fu. Regarding this kind of team cooperation, Zhou Di, as a strong man and the captain, is obviously more professional.
At this moment, Yi Xifeng and Li Xintian were still wearing the same black and white clothes they wore during the competition during the day. Zhou Di and Zhong Lingxi put on the coir raincoats and hats worn by standard strong men.
Zhong Lingxi frowned beautifully, stared at the empty Liangchengang camp, and murmured: "There is indeed a problem!"
Yi Xifeng was a little curious and asked in a low voice: "How did you tell?"
Zhong Lingxi rolled her eyes at him and did not answer him. Yi Xifeng touched his nose angrily and thought to himself, just because I had a ring with you this afternoon, am I still angry now?
Zhou Di explained in a low voice: "It's too quiet. As the sentry post connecting the north of Yinren Village to the outside area, Liangchengang should have guards on duty at all times."
Li Xintian asked softly: "I heard that the mountain patrol team has the power to make arbitrary decisions when the situation arises. Could it be that some emergency happened and all the people here were transferred?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Zhong Lingxi replied softly while exploring the situation in the camp and observing the surroundings.
"Even if the mountain patrol team transfers everyone, they will send someone to inform the strong men to work, and this place will not be left unattended." Zhou Di then replied.
Before Zhou Di could explain anything, Zhong Lingxi interrupted him and said, "There should be no one left. Let's go into the camp and have a look."
Zhou Di immediately stopped him and said, "No! Judging from the current situation, all the guards at Liangchen Gang should have lost contact. The opponent was able to capture Liangchen Gang without revealing any news. This is enough to show... …”
"It is enough to show that their strength is not something that ordinary strong men in armor and guard armor can handle." Li Xintian slowly raised his hand from the ground, gently flicked the dirt off his hand, and said coldly.
Zhou Di and Zhong Lingxi looked at the little girl who followed Yi Xifeng all the way with some surprise and said little.
The girl didn't pay attention to the gazes of the two people, but looked at Yi Xifeng. Her bright eyes could see the seriousness in the little girl's eyes through the dark mask. Li Xintian nodded at Yi Xifeng first, and then shook his head.
Yi Xifeng said calmly: "Let's go in."
"Brother Yi, we..." Zhou Di wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Yi Xifeng with a wave of his hand, and said calmly: "There is no one inside, yes, there is no living person..."
Soon, the four of them sneaked into the camp at Liangchengang. Just as Yi Xifeng said, there were no traces of any enemies here. Even the empty grounds of the camp were piled with things left from the arena setup a few days ago. Drapery and wooden stakes.
After confirming that there was no one around the camp, the four of them split up to explore the camp. Half an hour later, the four of them gathered again in the tent in the center of the camp.
"What's the gain?" Zhou Di asked first.
Zhong Lingxi shook his head, "It's very clean, there are no traces of fighting, not even a trace of blood!"
Yi Xifeng and Li Xintian also shook their heads, saying they didn't find anything.
"Have you investigated this camp?" Yi Xifeng asked aloud.
Zhou Di nodded and replied: "Miss Zhong and I explored this place at the beginning, but found nothing..."
Zhong Lingxi also nodded in response.
Yi Xifeng frowned and murmured: "There is no trace of fighting, nor even a trace of blood. It seems that our opponent is not only very powerful, but also a veteran in this industry!"
"But people can't disappear out of thin air! How about... how about we expand the search scope further?" Li Xintian suggested.
Zhong Lingxi shook his head slightly and said: "Based on past experience, this is where the incident occurred. We must have missed some clues. There is little point in expanding the search."
Hearing what Zhong Lingxi said, Li Xintian couldn't help but nodded. After all, Zhou Di and Zhong Lingxi were more experienced in dealing with this situation.
Yi Xifeng suggested, "In this case, let's search carefully again?"
Zhong Lingxi wanted to agree, but then she thought it was this annoying kid who suggested it, so she muttered: "Explore again? We are almost digging three feet!"
As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Li Xintian couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he said softly: "You can try this!"
I saw Li Xintian kneeling on the ground with one knee, pressing one palm to the earth, slowly closing his eyes, and the inner energy of the thick earth flowed into the earth through the girl's bright wrist.
After just a moment, Li Xintian stood up again, pointed to the back hall, and said in a cold voice: "In the back hall, it is three steps away from the back tent and one foot deep."
Zhou Di took a deep look at the masked girl in front of him. Originally, during this operation, he was more concerned about Yi Xifeng's combat prowess, and since Li Xintian followed her on the mission, Zhou Di didn't have high expectations for her. What he didn't expect was that this mysterious girl who liked to wear masks had even more unique skills. She actually helped a lot with this mission!
"If I join the Guard Armor in the future, I hope to be on your team." Zhou Di said to Li Xintian with a smile.
Li Xintian tilted his head and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou is so strong, of course Xifeng and I will be happy to have you here!"
When Zhong Lingxi heard Li Xintian's words, she covered her forehead and muttered: "How old are you? You just cried out like a pity for the wind..."
Hearing Zhong Lingxi's words, Li Xintian was a little shy, but fortunately he was wearing a mask, but Yi Xifeng could still see the girl's shyness from the girl's red ears.
While secretly happy in my heart, I couldn't help but retort: "What's wrong with Xiao? What? You're the only one who's older?"
When Zhong Lingxi saw this hateful kid provoking her again, she couldn't help but puff out her chest and shouted: "How big is that?"
Yi Xifeng secretly glanced at the bulging coir raincoat on the opponent's chest, bit his back teeth and said, "I'm getting older..."
Seeing the two of them bickering again, Li Xintian said helplessly: "Stop making trouble, if there is something serious, let's go to the back hall and have a look?"
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Yinren Village, by the Chunfeng River.
"Mr. Shui understands what Mr. Xing means, money matters are easy to talk about." Shui Yuntian paused and said, "This time I asked Mr. Xing to do the work. It was the intention of the county magistrate. Mr. Shui was also ordered to report the information to the county magistrate before. Now that Mr. Xing has completed what the county magistrate ordered, does the county magistrate have any other instructions?" Shui Yuntian asked, squinting his eyes.
When Boss Xing heard Shui Yuntian's words, he couldn't help but think to himself: It seems that the internal fighting in Luoye County was not groundless. The man named Ji only said that Liangchengang, the key point of occupying Yinren Village, would contact Mr. Shui and listen to his arrangements. But looking at this posture, this person named Shui doesn't even know what we are here for. He only received orders to receive us, and even the information about the guards of Yinren Village is slightly flawed. Hum hum, if that's the case, don't blame me, Lao Xing, for just taking money and not working.
Thinking of this, Boss Xing laughed loudly and said: "Mr. Shui, you are too polite. Ji Junzai means that we will lay down Liangchengang. Yes, hold it and guard it well. Wait for Ji Rentu's soldiers to arrive. Of course, if If you encounter any trouble during the process, just come to Mr. Shui." Boss Xing said with a smile while stroking his bald head. He didn't mention anything about following Mr. Shui's orders. He only said that he would come to him if there was trouble.
Shui Yuntian squinted his eyes and said: "Haha, keep it? Keep it safe? Okay, okay, so when Boss Xing comes to Shui's place this time, will he not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing?"
"It's nothing. It's just that the damage to Liangchengang this time is not small. I don't want to come to Mr. Shui to ask for some supplies..." Mr. Xing said.
Baggage? Humph, bandits are bandits. No matter how powerful they are, those who cannot stand on the stage will still not stand on the stage.
Mr. Shui waved his hand and said, "Come here, prepare ten jars of fine wine, a sheep, and ten chickens for Mr. Xing!" Naturally, someone outside agreed and hurried to prepare.
Boss Xing was quite happy when he heard this. He stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Now here is Mr. Laoshui. As for the money matter..." He raised his eyes and looked at Shui Yuntian.
Without waiting for Shui Yuntian's instructions, Hei Rushan, who was wearing a black mask, brought out a tray from the back hall, with a plate of silver ingots neatly stacked inside.
Shui Yuntian stood up, took the tray, and handed it to Boss Xing: "Master Xing, it's just a small gift, but I don't like it. Buy some new things for the brothers."
Looking at the tray in front of him, there was no less than a hundred taels of silver. Old Xing laughed so hard that he hurriedly took it and said, "Thank you for Mr. Shui's kindness, then I, Old Xing, won't disturb Mr. Shui's rest too much!"
As he spoke, he winked at the four people behind him, bowed and left.
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"Boss, this Mr. Shui is quite interesting! If I had known he was so easy to talk to, we should have given him something more." Xing Simu said with a grin.
The leader Xing Boss did not speak, while the second brother Xing Lin beside him said in a low voice: "Easy to talk to? Hum...the two masked warriors beside him are not ordinary things!"
Xing Lin paused for a moment and said uncertainly: "The two of them give me the feeling that they are very similar to the boss!"
The third child, Xingsen, who had been silent until now, also said, "Yes, he should be at the level of a great martial artist!"
"What? Great martial artist? Second brother, third brother, you two won't be injured and your brains will be confused, right? You two are at the peak of the Mang realm. Among the five of us brothers, only the boss is at the realm of the great martial artist!" Shimu yelled.
Lao Wu Xing Lin Lin glanced at Xing Simu and muttered: "Lin Lin, don't make any noise! Didn't you see that the elder brother hasn't said anything?"
Xing Simu glared at Lao Wu Xing Linlin, gritted his teeth and said, "You called me Lin Lin too? I call you Fourth Brother!"
"Lin Lin, your second brother is right. Those two warriors wearing black and white masks are indeed similar in strength to me." The boss Xing Mu said in a deep voice. He paused and continued: "This is not what worries me the most. Yes, even if those two people are similar in strength to me, the five of us brothers don’t need to be afraid of them. The only one I’m afraid of is Mr. Shui.”
"That tall, thin middle-aged man?!" Xing Simu said dumbfounded.
Xing Mu looked back at the direction of Chunfeng River solemnly, and murmured: "It's unfathomable!"
Xing Simu stared blankly at the roast chicken in his hand and muttered, "I wanted to play with a few girls with Mr. Shui..."
Boss Xing glanced at his brothers and said: "Put down everything in your hands and don't want any money. Return to Liangchengang immediately. Let's evacuate Yinren Village tonight!"
