After the immortal disappeared

The interruption of the wild sand season originally made the locals call it abnormal. The brave ones ventured to the edge of the desert and walked around for a few times, and found that the previously manic local creatures no longer attacked people, and ordinary people could also set foot in the desert without being eaten.

At night, a distorted red light appears in the clear sky of the desert, which is very much like an aurora, and like the sky of this world being smashed into pieces. It is not known whether the red light shines up from the ground or comes in from the outside.

After some time, the red light formed a blurry shadow, beautiful but very abstract.

Later, it gradually became clear, as if there were mountains, buildings, and rivers...like a mirage.

No one knows what's going on. It's as close as Blackwater City. People can appreciate this wonder by standing on the city gate tower or even on the nearby hill.

So the second part of Liu Baobao's letter is about the new guests in Blackwater City.

Blackwater City is the closest to Panlong Desert. For those who are curious about the changes in the desert, Blackwater City is the first stop.

It followed the Panlong Desert and slowly welcomed strange guests.

These new customers call themselves traveling merchants individually, while dozens or dozens of people call themselves business groups.

Liu Baobao thinks they are all talking nonsense.

It doesn't look like it, it just doesn't look like it. Liu Baobao runs a business group in his own family, and he can recognize the temperament of a caravan at a glance.

The identities of these new guests in Blackwater City are questionable.

Liu Baobao occasionally saw several gangs scolding each other. Judging from their accents, at least one of them seemed to be from Baling.

As the number of outsiders in Blackwater City increased, so did the number of accidents.

The number of explorers entering Panlong Desert is increasing day by day. They replenished food and water in Blackwater City, exchanged for mounts, and then headed north.

Some come back quickly, some never come back.

As a native of Heishui City, Liu Baobao has of course heard the legend of Panlong Ancient City, and also knows that most people here should go to the Panlong ruins.

But there are only a few explorers who have found the ruins of Panlong.

Most people are lost in the desert. If you are lucky, you will be disappointed. If you are not lucky, your life will be lost.

One of the adventurer teams had ten people before setting off, but only five people came back. The five survivors got drunk in a tavern in Blackwater City and said that they had indeed found the ancient city of Panlong. It was a ruins during the day, but at night it turned into a city that never sleeps with people coming and going, with markets selling goods and children coming and going. lively.

Two adventurers were curious and brave, so they went to Panlong City's restaurant to order food.

But they didn't expect that these foods, which looked steaming hot and full of color and aroma, would be very bland and even have an indescribable bitterness after entering their mouths.

They couldn't eat anymore and turned to leave, but the waiter came to collect the money.

Four dishes and one soup came at a sky-high price.

How can these people be willing to give it?

The guy yelled, "Someone here wants to default on their debt!"

Hearing the sound from outside, more than a dozen officials rushed over and fiercely came forward to take someone away. The adventurers refused, and the two sides fought.

Of course, they said they were fighting with weapons. The real situation may be that they were beaten to the ground and beaten until they were unconscious.

During this period, no matter they took out copper coins or silver coins to pay the bill, they would not accept it.

Later, these people woke up from being exposed to the scorching sun during the day. When they opened their eyes, they found themselves lying in the ruins, their mouths were chapped, and they were almost dehydrated.

But their companions, the five companions who had eaten in the restaurant, were already dead.

After Liu Baobao heard about it, he went to consult the great shaman.

According to the Great Shaman of Mandu, there is a difference between life and death. The mistake of this group of people was that a living person ate something they shouldn't have eaten.

But most people are lucky enough to at least come back alive.

There was another team that was even more unlucky and was completely wiped out.

Others had seen them in the hinterland of the desert, and everyone was very happy at that time. They said they saw the lights of Panlong City from a distance at night. But more than ten days later, their bodies appeared on the edge of the desert. The causes of death were beating, puncture, and violent trampling.

It was at least more than two hundred miles from the center of the desert to the edge. I don’t know how they died.

But these misfortunes failed to stop the footsteps of latecomers. On the contrary, the number of outsiders in Blackwater City increased day by day.

After reading Liu Baobao's letter, He Lingchuan had a clear idea.

After resting for a night and collecting whitebait as reward, the Demoiselle Crane set off on the road at noon the next day, flying back west.

Two days later, another batch of mortgage assets in Yuan Kingdom were evaluated.

Probably because they have experienced the harshness and harshness of Hu Qin and others, the accounts of these assets are very clear, and there are basically no major problems. He Lingchuan readily signed the second and final batch of loans, which were money, food and materials worth a total of 3.74 million silver.

The news of General Changning's victory in the south has spread, and the Yuan Kingdom has received another loan of more than three million yuan. The monarch ordered the Yuan capital to celebrate a day, and the place was so lively that it seemed like a festival.

There was a lot of traffic at the entrance of He Mansion, and there were teams of people coming to give gifts.

Everyone can see that this long-lost victory will make the He family make great progress and have a bright future!

The most popular upstarts in the Yuan Kingdom are none other than the He family.

Under such circumstances, He Mansion closed its doors tightly and refused all gifts.

This was He Chunhua's request before leaving.

Even Mrs. Ying stayed at home and did not socialize with the ladies.

"As soon as they saw me, they didn't say more than three words before they wanted to push the girls at home over." She looked at her eldest son, "Chuan'er, do you want..."

"No." He Lingchuan refused, "I'm not interested in vulgar fans."

Beautiful skins are the same.

In the blink of an eye, the affairs of Yuandu were completed. He Lingchuan left five Rongshan disciples to continue to monitor the payment entries, while he took Qiu Hu and others to prepare for the westward journey.

Shan Youjun came to invite you, hoping to accompany He Lingchuan.

He Lingchuan sat in the yard and looked at him, and suddenly sighed deeply: "Have you finally paid back the fifty taels of silver you borrowed from Sun Hongye?"

Shan Youjun's expression changed, he never expected that Young Master He would ask about this.

"You are really not a spy." He Lingchuan could only see clearly in his eyes, "Dad sent you to monitor me. You have to report every move I make to him, right?"

Shan Youjun opened his mouth to argue, but found that the light in He Lingchuan's eyes seemed to pierce people's hearts.

At this moment he understood that it was useless to argue.

He Lingchuan had already seen it and confirmed it.

Qiu Hu slowly walked over from the side, staring closely at Shan Youjun.

His gaze made Shan Youjun feel a thorn in his back.

He Lingchuan said calmly: "Those who understand current affairs are heroes. I don't blame you."

During the Battle of Hanhe, He Lingchuan was washed away by the flood and disappeared for more than a year. Shan Youjun was originally his personal soldier, but at that time he had no choice but to work under He Chunhua.

To take other people's money, you have to sacrifice your life for them.

He Lingchuan suddenly returned, and Shan Youjun faced an embarrassing choice:

Should he work for He Lingchuan next, or continue to take orders from He Chunhua?