Chapter 289 Negligent Xiao Wu
After Dares returned to the city lord's palace, he did not immediately go to the study room in the backyard. Instead, he held a small dinner and invited the nobles and nobles in the city to come for the meal and discuss the issue of soul crystals buried under the roads in the city. .
However, these local nobles in Falling Star City did not know much about this. They only knew that starting more than two hundred years ago, successive city lords began to plan the roads and the distribution of buildings in the city.
After learning that all the previous city lords had died of illness, Dales' expression suddenly changed, he ended the dinner in advance and hurried to the backyard study.
Seeing the bookshelves separated, Dales thought that the other party had gone out temporarily and forgot to close the secret passage. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but also secretly cursed the other party for his carelessness, and even hesitated to go down to explore.
Now, he suspects that he has been kept in the dark by Hu Fangyuan. They are not using each other at all, but he is being used unilaterally by the other party!
Once the other party gets the results they want, they will also find ways to "die" themselves in order to keep the secret.
But Hu Fangyuan was a degenerate. If he were to confront him face to face, Dales was not sure whether he would survive.
Not to mention, the other party is still a soul sect!
In the end, Dales turned the soul guide lamp on the desk, closed the open bookshelf, and prepared to wait here for Hu Fangyuan to come back and conduct some testing.
Just waiting until dark, the patrols in the city came to report: "Lord City Lord, there are people digging roads everywhere in the city, and many people dug out soul sand and soul crystals!"
"Huh?" Dales raised his head sharply and cursed, "Those stupid people are really greedy and ignorant. They destroyed the roads in the city just to get some soul crystals. You are so bold, arrest them all!"
"Lord City Lord, those stupid people are extremely insignificant. As soon as there is any trouble, they just drag their tools and run away. Moreover, there are people digging in every street in the city. There are only 500 troops in the city. They are all dispatched for fear of making a fuss. And many of them are in conflict with the people in the city. We are also related to each other..." The visitor was slightly worried.
"What are you making a fuss about? They are clearly stealing my property from Fallen Star City! This is a serious crime! If you dare to cover it up, you will be punished!"
Dales shouted angrily.
Why are there soul crystals and soul sand buried underground?
He didn't know, but it was definitely related to Hu Fangyuan. He had to ask clearly, how could he be poached?
The Qibao Glazed Sect...
Not to be offended.
But the stupid people in the city actually dared to bully him?
Simply the opposite!
However, when his subordinate was about to do it, Dales suddenly stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, this matter is really not suitable for mobilizing a large number of people. We will capture a few prisoners tomorrow and chop them up in the street to serve as a warning to others." Those who steal the soul crystals in the city must return them obediently, not even a single soul crystal shall be missing.”
"But what if they still hide it privately?"
"Then keep killing."
Dales said coldly, "My Falling Star City is most in need of stupid people. I have killed more than twenty people. Those people are worried and will send the soul crystal back obediently! I will praise you again then." , it also seems that I have clear rewards and punishments!”
"The city lord is wise!"
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at the same time.
Since the gate outside Falling Star City had been closed, Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu could only walk around the outer wall, and finally found a dog hole and got in.
"You actually got into a dog hole! What bad luck!" Xiao Wu was the last one to climb out of the dog hole, patted the dust on his body, and cursed.
"Isn't your martial spirit the Soft Bone Rabbit? Doesn't the Soft Bone Rabbit live in a hole in the ground? It's normal to drill holes." Zhou Qing also patted the dust in front and behind him, saying this, but he was complaining in his heart:
[As a transformed soft-bone rabbit, drilling holes, shouldn’t it trigger your past childhood memories? 】
"Normally, you big-headed ghost!" Xiao Wu rolled her eyes. The Silky Bone Rabbit did live in a cave dug underground, but after she transformed, she actually liked a more spacious place and hated the narrow and cramped place. Come to tired caves and passages.
"A true man, capable of bending and stretching." Tang San, who had also fallen into a dog's hole, looked a little ugly, but he still found a reasonable excuse for himself.
Zhou Qing smiled, and after cleaning up the dust on his body, he walked along the narrow walkway between the houses in front of him and onto the dim street.
As far as the eye can see, the lights of the houses on both sides of the street have been turned off, but there are intermittent slight knocking sounds from both sides, and there are flickering lights of fire.
Following the sound and the light of the fire, the three of them saw three or five men digging the road, digging out the green bricks on the ground. Sand and soil were piled randomly on the side of the road. When they were tired, they wiped the sweat from their foreheads. When they were thirsty, He picked up the water bag hanging on his waist and took a sip.
The woman next to her was holding a bag filled with soul sand. After it was full, she put it on her shoulder without feeling too heavy, and ran towards the nearby path.
When a man saw Zhou Qing, he immediately stopped what he was doing. Seeing their childish faces, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then blamed a capable man standing outside: "I let you go, how come you let people get close?"
"Big brother..."
"Forget it, luckily it's a child, just leave it alone and be careful next time! If we are discovered by the patrols in the city, even if I have a brother-in-law who is a soldier and is caught, we will have to go to jail!"
The man didn't scold the people who showed off, but just looked at the clothes of Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, and said: "Children, your adults are also digging roads. Did the noise wake you up? Go back and tell them, don't be here Dig on the road in front of your home.”
"Thank you, we are just curious and came to check." After Zhou Qing said this, he called Tang San and Xiao Wu to pass them and continue walking forward.
"Weird kid." The man didn't think much about it and just asked his brother to continue digging.
"Brother, are these soul sands valuable?"
"Is that possible? I've asked about it. One gold soul coin is one pound. It is said to be used for making ink, which is used for writing by dignitaries."
"We are no longer lucky to have treasures buried by successive lords of Falling Star City. We might as well dig out more soul sand. After passing this village, there is no such store!"
There were many exchanges like this along the way.
Tang San said: "At this rate, it is estimated that in less than three days, the residents of the entire city will take action and dig out the roads in the city. Most of the soul sand and soul crystals in the ground will also be dug up, thus completely destroying the city." The soul guidance core array”
"We can only destroy part of it. After all, the 'gullies' between the houses still exist. The aura of Falling Star City will still have a negligible effect under the influence of the specific wind direction and speed of the airflow."
Zhou Qing shook his head slightly, "Besides, the commotion among the people in the city is not small, but Dales did not take action immediately. I am afraid he wants to make plans tomorrow."
Xiao Wu asked, "By the way, when I came down, the hole above was not closed. Will Dales find out what happened below?"
Zhou Qing: "???"
"Forget it, we have closed the other side of the passage anyway. According to Hu Fangyuan's diary, Dales doesn't know that there is another secret passage leading outside the city, so it doesn't matter." br>
(End of chapter)