On a small island protruding from the water, there is a village made of reeds.
The village was full of people, with many shirtless and muscular men walking back and forth.
There were many women among them who were busy killing and washing fish, but their feet were cuffed. It was obvious that these were stolen by the water bandits on a daily basis.
The village doesn't look big from the outside, but the space inside is not small at all, and there are chickens and ducks.
"Master, when will the man from the palace send someone over?" A lean man with scars at the corners of his eyes asked an old man.
The old man did not answer the scarred man's words. He walked to the deepest room on crutches.
Here are the tablets of their ancestors.
"Kneel down!"
After hearing the words of the head master, the scarred man knelt down without hesitation, and then the old man also knelt down.
"My ancestors, please protect us!" After saying this, the old man kowtowed three times.
The scarred man smiled and said: "Master, let's hand over all the treasures we have robbed over the years to the people in the palace. From now on, those who are popular and drink spicy food are indeed the manifestations of our ancestors."
"shut up!"
The old man was furious and said: "What do you know! We are just making small fuss here, and the court may not take us seriously, but it will be different next time!"
He picked up his crutch and punched the ground heavily: "Once we get involved in a fight in the court, we don't even know how we will die!"
"this……"
The scarred man stopped talking, but it could be seen from his eyes that he still didn't care much.
"Alas~"
Seeing this, the old man sighed and waved his hand to signal him to go out.
"Yes, the boss!"
Just as the scarred man was about to exit, he heard the sounds outside suddenly became noisier, but soon fell silent.
"Wait a minute!" The old man stopped him: "Something's not right!"
Bang!
The door panel shattered, and a handsome young man wearing dark golden armor walked in.
This is the water armor in "The Eight Transformations of the Dragon"!
Looking behind him, he could see people lying on the ground in the square. The blood gathered into a stream and flowed into the water outside the village.
"Who are you?" The old man was shocked and angry.
"Xichang Colonel and Chief Patrol Officer, Lu Yun."
The scarred man took out the nunchaku hidden in his waist and whizzed at him.
"It turns out to be a castrated dog without eggs. Eat my stick first!"
In an instant, Lu Yun stretched out two fingers, clamped a section of his walking stick, and swung it, piercing his head.
The scarred man's eyes widened and his body fell limply.
Seeing this, the old man smiled miserably and said: "I didn't expect that what I was worried about would come so soon. I hate it!"
"You hate it?"
Lu Yun kicked away the scarred man's body and said, "Don't you hate those people who were killed by you for making money?"
"Ha~ it's useless to talk more!"
The old man said resolutely: "In this world, there are always winners and losers. Today I fell into your hands. I admit it!"
He knew he was no match for Lu Yun, so he bit his tongue and committed suicide after speaking.
Lu Yun searched around the village and found the gold and silver they had robbed over the years.
Bang!
Lu Yun casually broke the lock on one of the boxes, and after opening it, he found the mark of Tianbao Golden Toad at the bottom of the box.
"Hmph! It's related to the third prince again."
Later, Lu Yun pulled a large ship, put all the women they had kidnapped aboard, and left here together.
A spark fell on a pile of hay, and the flames rose up, intensified by the wind, and burned the entire village to ashes.
Lu Yun used carrier pigeons to contact the local officials in advance and asked them to come and join him as soon as possible. After the women were settled, he left.
After four or five days, it will be night.
This place quickly became a paradise for scavengers, and the sounds of gnawing corpses continued, making the place look like a ghost.
Suddenly, the sound of oars plowing the water was heard in the distance, and the beasts enjoying the feast fled in a hurry.
"Master Bai, it seems we are late!"
Bai Qingwang and several servants put on coir raincoats, pushed aside the reeds in front of them, and walked onto the shore.
One of them held a lamp and illuminated the surrounding area, saying: "Sir, everyone in the village is dead, not a single person is left alive!"
"What a pity!"
Bai Qingwang chuckled: "It seems that the water bandits here have no connection with us after all."
"Sir, please don't be careless!"
A servant said in a serious tone: "Remember when we left the palace before, the little gelding dog in Xichang also left the palace a few days early. Could it be that he did this?"
"uncertain."
Bai Qingwang paused and said, "Let's go first to see if the gold and silver prepared by Dalongze and the water bandits for us are still there."
"yes."
When they arrived at the place where the bandits stored their gold and silver, they found that the place was full of burnt marks, and an unspeakable smell lingered in the air for a long time.
"Sir, the murderer didn't take away the gold and silver, but burned them!" the servant exclaimed.
"Um……"
Bai Qingwang sighed: "It must be Lu Yun without a doubt! Only he would do this."
"Sir, what should we do?" the servant asked anxiously.
"Huh! What should I do? What else can I do? How did this information leak out?" Bai Qingwang was extremely angry, but also had deep doubts in his heart.
Except for the Qingzhou incident, they had no intention of hiding such a large-scale expropriation.
But how did Lu Yun know about Nanyu Station and Dalongze?
Is there a mole?
impossible!
It is absolutely impossible for someone who knows this information to betray the third prince for a eunuch. What's more important is that only he and the third prince know a lot of the information!
what is going on?
"It doesn't matter!" Bai Qingwang seemed to be relieved.
"What?" The servant didn't seem to hear clearly.
"I said, it doesn't matter. The 'things' part of Tianbao Golden Toad's ceremony has been prepared. These are just a precaution."
"ceremony?"
After all, these servants are not in the third prince's inner circle, so they don't understand these at all.
"Forget it, now that things have come to this point, I might as well tell you."
Bai Qingwang looked around. There was deathly silence in the dark night, as if it was a prelude to the end of life.
"The ceremony of Tianbao Golden Toad is divided into two parts: material and desire. The material part is ready, and now only the desire part is left. When the ceremony is successful, the third prince will have a great chance to be crowned the great treasure in the future. When the time comes,
Waiting for glory and wealth, you will have endless enjoyment."
"I have thanked the Third Prince and Lord Bai!" The servants looked at each other and knelt down excitedly and kowtowed.
On a small mountain peak, Lu Yun sat cross-legged and took the last Blood Python Wrath Pill.