The Lord who use immortals as food

It was a rainy night, the river was foggy all around, and the lights turned into a hazy ball of light when they were a little further away.

There were many boats that day, and it was raining, so it was inevitable that they would stay up all night. The supervisor seemed a little impatient, and kept urging them to move faster. When Zhang Ercai finished one trip, he seemed to see someone higher up coming, and the chief supervisor stood behind him.

A vague sentence came: "It must be cleared in half an hour."

There were such times before, almost once a month, and the people of Taiping Cao kept emphasizing that they should go home quickly and not stay. In fact, they were not allowed to stay overnight at the dock in the past, but that day was particularly strict.

Finally, they finished moving in the rain, and Zhang Ercai moved one more trip than others as usual. However, when the whistle of dismissal became more and more sharp, he looked back and saw Erlang from the neighbor's house walking along the river with one foot deep and one foot shallow, getting farther and farther away from the loading and unloading area, and his figure was so blurred that he could hardly see it.

Zhang Ercai hurriedly chased after him, panting in the rainy night, and grabbed the boy: "Why are you still wandering around? Go home quickly!"

"Oh, uncle pulled the line for me!" Erlang pulled his clothes back, turned his face with raindrops but joy, "Uncle, don't worry, I just found something. The big bay of Caohe River is usually not open to people, but there are some big fish in it. It just rained, and I saw a few fluttering fish coming up and opening their mouths. They are so fat!"

He bent over, and in his hand there was a scoop net that he didn't know where he came from: "Wait for me to catch one when I see it, and we two families will enjoy it together."

"Bullshit enjoyment!" Zhang Ercai pulled him, "Can't you hear me? The whistle is not sounding anymore. If you are late, you will be beaten to pieces!"

Erlang just took him forward: "Anyway, you will be beaten, and you have to catch a fish!"

Zhang Ercai had no choice. The two were getting farther and farther away from the loading and unloading area. The lights behind them became just a small dot, and there was only rain curtains around.

He couldn't help but lower his voice, and said anxiously: "Why are you still walking this way? You are not allowed to come to the west bank! Be careful not to run into people!"

"Who is there in this vast wasteland!" Erlang glared, "No one comes because the river is narrow and there are no boats. What's wrong with us catching two fish!"

Zhang Ercai was speechless for a moment. Indeed, he had worked here for four or five years, and he only heard that he could not come to the west bank, but he had never seen anything on the west bank. From a distance, it was just a vast wasteland, without even a house. It hadn't changed at all in the past few years, and what Erlang said was not unreasonable.

Zhang Ercai knew that he couldn't get rid of it, so he simply sat down by a tree and watched him catch fish. The main reason was that his waist and legs were too tired. The dense rain curtain gave people a sense of security, and no human voices could be heard in the distance. The whole island seemed to be empty.

However, while sitting quietly in the rain, he suddenly saw a huge and heavy outline coming in the endless rain curtain of Caohe River.

A huge merchant ship actually arrived at the west bank at this time.

Zhang Ercai was stunned for a long time before he quickly got up and called Erlang. After calling Erlang several times, he looked in the direction he pointed, and then he was also stunned.

Zhang Ercai made the most correct decision at this time. He did not let Erlang go ashore, but jumped into the water with Erlang's clothes.

Because in just a moment, a group of people with swords and swords and orderly actions came to the shore.

Zhang Ercai did not recognize this ship, but he recognized the dress of these people-in the Taiping Cao Gang, the chief supervisor was also respectful when he saw them.

Now all rolled up their sleeves and acted as laborers for loading and unloading.

The big ship slowly docked, and then opened a hole from the side instead of the deck. In the deep rainy night, the warriors in black clothes moved down huge water tank-like containers one by one.

Zhang Ercai could not see what was inside, but it seemed very heavy. It took two people to lift it. In fact, he did not dare to look at it. Erlang beside him also trembled slightly with a pale face.

Because when the big vat was placed on the ground, a very chilling and weird metal sound like hell rang out, and they realized that the huge vat was actually made of iron, and the sealing grid was also fine and tough gold and iron, and there was something very sharp inside that was scratching them madly.

Then the next moment, these big vats on the ground were shaken violently as if they were hit, as if there were vicious tigers imprisoned inside

"Uncle, I have a headache." Erlang trembled and whispered, and Zhang Er covered his mouth with his hand.

Because he himself felt that something that seemed to have pierced the eardrum was vibrating and drilling fiercely in his brain, accompanied by the harsh scratching and becoming a demonic sound. Covering the ears or burying them in the water was completely useless.

A man's voice was heard faintly shouting from the other side: "Cover the rain cloth first and then unload it! - Damn it, everyone woke up when they got wet in the rain"

Under the firelight, a sharp claw suddenly poked out from the mesh of the jar mouth, and was covered by a thick black cloth the next moment, but the silhouette that was as sharp as a dagger still made Zhang Ercai remember it clearly until today.

"How did you leave later?" The writing came to an end.

"After they all left, we swam away in a panic."

"Any follow-up?"

"No, sir, none of us dared to say it, and today is the first time to say it."

The following is a stamped note: [The above facts have been checked with Xing Erlang]

Pei Ye raised his head, and Xie Chuantang looked at him: "We checked this line all night yesterday, but all the people in the inner hall died, and all the clues that should have been there were wiped out ten days ago."

"Ten days ago?" Pei Ye stared.

"At least ten days ago."

Ten days ago, Long Wujun had just broken through Liguan, and Xu Chuogang was about to attack the Taiping Cao Gang.

At that time, the Taiping Cao Gang was so powerful that Li Guan might not even be able to file a case. In the days that followed, Qiu Tianyu held a ten-day banquet, Yu Sicheng put pressure on him, and Di Jiu was assassinated. With every step, the Taiping Cao Gang seemed to become more and more unshakable.

But at that time, Qiu Tianyu had carefully erased all of this.

In a very high probability, even if they completely eradicated the Taiping Cao Gang, they would not even know that such a thing had happened in this wasteland.

Fortunately, it only took Di Jiu a day and a half to sort out these capital flows, and Xu Chuo believed that they had other plans; it was also fortunate that this woman who could investigate the Huanlou alone did not know how to start, and actually got it from a Cao Cao Gong unearthed a secret that he didn't even dare to tell his wife.

Now Xie Chuantang is holding a riding whip and a knife on his waist: "But there is one thing that cannot be erased - the merchant ship that entered Beijing late at night will never disappear without a trace."

Pei Ye reacted after seeing her movements and smiled: "Any clues?"

"I just came back from checking the Caoguan Pass." Xie Chuantang also smiled, "The documents for entering Beijing are issued once a month, but the records of goods sales and purchases in the Taiping Cao ledger are only less than half of the amount. After checking everything, there is only this one The ship is the [Nan Jinfeng] that left Beijing seven days ago.”

".Go after him?" Pei Ye tilted his head and held his sword.

Xie Chuantang nodded, hesitated, and handed him a riding crop: "The above said to call you, but it seems that your arm is not strong yet?"

Pei Ye moved his shoulders: "One left arm is enough."