Luoye City is the city with the smallest population in Wanlong County, with a total population of less than 500,000. Like Juyang City, it does not have a deep-water dock and can only dock ships of medium or below size.』Ω
Before the opening of international trade routes in Juyang City, most of the docks at Luoye City's wharf were fishing boats. Merchants in the city mainly sold daily necessities for local residents and rarely used ships to transport goods.
Now it is very different from before. Merchants doing cross-border business have seen the rise of Juyang City, and they have come to Luoye City to establish branches. The quickest ones have built transit warehouses, and there are regular merchant ships going between Luoye City and Juyang City every month.
between.
Every few days, ships come from Juyang City, bringing special products from Shaodian and Jiguo. Of course, there are also merchants from these two countries.
"President, you are back." Two strong men stood guard in front of the pier to greet Tao Mu who was walking out of the pier.
"Well, the goods from Lu's Chamber of Commerce have been delivered safely. Let's go back and celebrate." Tao Mu patted the money bag on his waist proudly.
There was a sound of thick metal banging in the money bag, and the corners of the two men's mouths immediately rose.
A breeze blew by, raising a few dust particles on the ground. Tao Mu looked back at the merchant ship that brought him back.
There were three ships docking at the Luoye City Pier, including the one Tao Mu was on. Because they were all cargo ships, not many people got off the ship. They followed him in twos and threes, and they could basically see everything at a glance.
Doubts flashed in his eyes, but he didn't think much about it. He pretended to be nonchalant, put his arms around his men's shoulders and walked towards the city.
"His soul power is not weak, it is much stronger than before. I think he has hope of advancing to the later stage of fearless knight." Ao Yu's voice came from above the southern gate of Luoye City.
The sound was not loud. The soldiers guarding the tower did not hear anything, and they could not see anything when they looked up.
"Tao Mu ate spiritual things from heaven and earth when he was young. You can't look at him with the eyes of an ordinary knight. I did underestimate him before." Ding Kui's voice also appeared above the south gate.
The two of them were flying over Luoye City hand in hand and covered with water, bullying this small town that had no strong warriors, so no one could see through their whereabouts.
"There is a magic guild, but I heard you and didn't check inside." Ao Yu's dragon soul secretly swept through half of the city and found the first target.
"Okay, remember that place. There is no need to check other places. First follow Tao Mu to his destination." Ding Kui kept staring at Tao Mu to see if Fuyun Club was a public place.
The country he hated most was Cao State, and it was also the country he was most worried about. Tao Mu's report made him be more vigilant, and after careful consideration, he decided to go there himself.
Of course Tao Mu knew that his boss came to Luoye City with powerful thugs, but he didn't know how they got off the boat, how they sneaked into the city, and returned to the Fuyunhui headquarters as planned.
He returned to the headquarters and asked first: "Is Yao Yunrong here?"
One of the men replied: "Yunrong went out at noon and said he would be back in the afternoon."
Tao Mu took out a handful of gold coins and threw them to the subordinate, and said: "Go and order a table of good wine and food. Let's celebrate tonight. When Yun Rong comes back, ask him to come to me and ask about his recent life."
How's it going?"
The man happily collected the gold coins, agreed and ran out. Tao Mu didn't count the number of gold coins. After this trip, he could get some profit. He had to answer Tao Mu's question earlier, otherwise the job would have failed.
to others.
The system of the Fuyun Club is not strict. It does not require members to stay at the headquarters. They only need to say hello in advance and don’t have to go to the headquarters. However, the president has just returned from a job and has a habit of calling everyone to celebrate. Members who don’t have anything important to do
They all gathered at the headquarters. It was rare that Tao Mu couldn't find anyone.
Several men wanted to chat with Tao Mu, but found that the doors and windows of Tao Mu's room were closed, so they dispersed sensibly so as not to disturb the president's rest. In fact, Tao Mu did not rest. This was done to give Ding Kui a signal and inform him of the name.
The undercover agent is not here.
The headquarters of the Fuyun Society is not big. It is just a courtyard with two entrances and two exits. When there are many people, there is no hiding place. Ding Kui and Ao Yu do not know how to penetrate walls. They cannot sneak into an empty room silently, nor can they sneak into an empty room for a long time.
Flying in the air covered with water film, he saw the signal from Tao Mu to plan the next action.
Towards evening, the man named Yao Yunrong returned to the headquarters. Someone next to him immediately told him to find Tao Mu. He repeatedly confirmed that the president planned to inquire about taking over the job, and then went to the backyard and knocked on Tao Mu's door.
"Well, this is it." Ding Kui was wandering in the nearby streets, but his mental energy was always focused on Fuyun Club.
After hearing this, Ao Yu approached Ding Kui and could pull Ding Kui into the invisible state at any time.
Tao Muzhen asked Yao Yunrong in detail what kind of work he had taken on recently, whether he had encountered any problems, whether he needed help from the meeting, etc., but did not say anything special.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Yao Yunrong did not close the door after entering the room, and sat on a chair near the door. He was also very cautious in answering Tao Mu's questions, and did not say a word more than he could.
At this time, Tao Mu asked for the ordered banquet to be delivered to Fuyun Club. Tao Mu enthusiastically took Yao Yunrong's hand to the front yard and invited other members to sit down and start the banquet.
"President, I drank a lot of tea today. I went to your room as soon as I came back. I didn't have time to go to your convenience on the way, haha." Yao Yunrong smiled awkwardly at Tao Mu.
"Go and come back quickly. Don't take the opportunity to avoid drinking less. Someone will remember how much you should drink." Tao Mu waved his hand impatiently.
Yao Yunrong walked quickly outside the hut, checked the surroundings first, and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he picked up a wooden stick from the ground, took out a dagger, carved something on the root of the stick, and then threw it away when no one was prepared.
Outside the wall.
Ding Kui and Ao Yu watched from the sky, taking in all this.
"You and the people outside, I'll deal with this guy inside." Ding Kui whispered in Ao Yu's ear.
Yao Yunrong had no idea that there was someone above him, so after throwing away the stick, he went into the latrine to relieve himself. When he stepped out of the latrine, he suddenly became dizzy and lost consciousness.
Ding Kui walked out of the darkness, reached out to grab Yao Yunrong's belt, hooked his wrists and tucked it under his arm. He checked the direction slightly, found a wall, took a few steps, jumped up, and easily jumped into the backyard.
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After having a banquet in the front yard for a while, someone asked: "Where's Yao Yunrong, why did it take so long to get to the hut?"
"Don't worry about him. In fact, I have something to do for him. Let's continue eating and drinking without waiting for him." Tao Mu stopped a few of his men who wanted to get up and stopped others from looking for Yao Yunrong.
He guessed in his mind what would happen to the suspected undercover person.
Knowing that the president secretly arranged for Yao Yunrong to do things, many Fuyun Club members looked envious. The former head of Fu Niushan was usually very generous to his subordinates. As long as he arranged people to do things, there would be rewards, and the rewards were proportional to the difficulty of the things.
, the higher the difficulty, the more rewards, making everyone look forward to doing private work for him.
When the banquet was over, Yao Yunrong did not come back. Others did not suspect that he had gone to work for Tao Mu. Only Tao Mu was sure that he had been controlled by Ding Kui.
The members of the Fuyun Club who did not live at the headquarters dispersed one after another, leaving only Tao Mu and three others who had lived at the headquarters for a long time.
"I want to rest early, don't disturb me." Tao Mu said and went back to the room.
Naturally, no one dared to disobey the boss's order, and the other three simply went out to have fun. Anyway, there were not many people in Luoye City who could confront Tao Mu head-on, and no one would come looking for trouble at this time.
Tao Mu put the lantern in the yard, walked to the door in the dark, opened the door and asked, "Master, are you there?"
"Light the lamp, there will be no one else in the whole yard." Ding Kui's voice came from the corner of the room.
Tao Mu quickly took out the firebrand and lit the lamp in the room.
I saw Ding Kui sitting on a stool in the corner of the room, and Yao Yunrong lying softly at his feet.
"He," Tao Mu pointed at Yao Yunrong and asked, "how is he?"
"Hmph, peripheral personnel of Cao State's Supervision Department." Ding Kui kicked Yao Yunrong in disgust. It turned out that he had finished interrogating Yao Yunrong before the banquet ended.
The story started when Yin Hua and Lei Zhang returned to Juyang City from the capital. Ding Kui learned that those two people had been hit by the "Human Spell", and he immediately became interested in this fourth-level magic of the Qi system.
** spell, a fourth-level air magic, confuses the target's mind and makes the target answer the caster's questions without reservation. However, this magic has a condition, which requires the caster's mental power to be one level or more stronger than the target.
The realm mentioned here is the realm of spiritual power, and has nothing to do with combat power. There is no clear standard for the realm of human spiritual power. It is generally evaluated with reference to magicians. A higher level of magic cultivation equals a higher level of mental power.
However, the mental power of magicians of the same level is divided into high and low levels. There will be a lot of difference between a particularly excellent one and a particularly ordinary one. When actually casting a magic spell, the caster needs to judge based on experience whether the target person is at a lower level than himself.
For example, Ding Kui's mental power is comparable to that of a forbidden magician. Currently, he is not much different from Ao Yan. He can also reach a higher level when facing Tao Mu.
It happened that Taishu Gong's magic notebook contained a record of ** magic. Ding Kui found it and practiced it immediately. For this reason, he even asked Ao Yan for advice. This magic was very useful to him.
There was so much recorded in his teacher's magic notes that he never had the chance to read them all in such a long time. This experience reminded him that he should find time to read the magic notes carefully and not miss out on those things that might be useful to him.
He has very useful magic.
Although fourth-level magic is not that easy to learn, Ding Kui learned the magic in seclusion for several days. He also secretly went to the prison to conduct experiments on death row prisoners, and the failed experiments were secretly disposed of.
This time he decided to come to Cao State in person because he had initially mastered the art of martial arts and was confident that he could find out the origin of the mysterious man.
"He, he, he?" Tao Mu saw that Yao Yunrong's reaction was abnormal.