Chapter 79 Sparrow Old Number

  The big Han nodded slightly, and a dull sound came from his neck, as if he would drop his head with just a little more force. The green-clad man who had led the crowd in hastily stepped forward a few steps and said to him in a low voice: "Sir, there are two knights here, and many brothers have come with them. This task will not be messed up. You can rest assured..."

  The body of the Great Han suddenly began to shake violently, using all his strength to pry open a gap in his eyelids that had been stuck together, and his turbid eyes rolled around, looking at Xiaotang, revealing a smile that could only be described as terrifying. He let out a hoarse laugh, saying: "Haha, so it's a pretty little girl... thanks for the hard work..." Before he could finish speaking, a foul-smelling mist burst forth from his throat, and with that, he died.

  Xiao Hai's footsteps moved lightly, and he took out a white handkerchief to cover the face of the deceased Han. After mourning in silence for a few moments, he turned around and asked, "What exactly happened? Explain it clearly." The green-clad man who had led the way was named Zhao Qing, with the official title of Green-Clad Hundred Household. He was originally a deputy officer, but now that his superior had died, he was in command of the Green-Clads in Xie Lian Town.

  Zhao Qing took a deep breath and slowly began to speak: "Ten years ago, there were 340 of us brothers together. With Commander Li's deployment here..." He paused slightly at this point, shaking his head with a bitter smile: "It's Commander Qian, Lord Li Jiao. We've been calling him Commander-in-Chief all these years, and it's hard to change the habit."

  Xiao Sai shook his head: "It doesn't matter, just the leader of the escort is enough, you continue to speak." After finishing, he seemed to have thought of something again and asked: "Is your master's name Lei Jiao?!"

  Zhao Qing's face showed a hint of pride, nodding and saying: "Not bad, it is indeed Li Jiao!" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the charred corpse of the big man. Liang Xin also felt that this name was familiar, and immediately remembered that when chatting with Liu Yi in the past, the latter had mentioned this name.

  Lui Kung, in the past few decades, can be regarded as a legendary figure in the Nine Dragons and Tsing Yi. At the age of 20, he single-handedly killed his way into the Jiangnan Twelve Linked Ring Fort, killing twelve bandit chiefs, and became famous overnight, from then on, his name was known throughout the land.

  Beiguan evil bandits shocked Ma Tang, Pingyao heresy led the way door, Baishan witch mountain on the cannibal temple, Nanhai Liukou chase cloud island... In more than a decade, Li Jiao cracked many big cases, personally killing countless giant bandits and witches, with great prestige among his colleagues, and also gained the trust of the commander-in-chief, even the emperor often mentioned this person.

  The commander intentionally cultivated him to become the master of one of the three major courts, but Li Jiao was unwilling to be bound by the imperial court and refused to go further after becoming a thousand-household official. He continued to wander around the local area, and later this person went into hiding and gradually faded out of people's sight. Unexpectedly, he was sent here by the commander as an undercover agent.

  Apart from his outstanding military achievements, Li Jiao also has another identity: the inheritor of the Li family's mechanical skills. He is a master designer of mechanisms!

  Liang Xin and Xiao Yu exchanged a glance, one was a dark horse with a promising future, the other was a hidden ranger, and there were 340 elite green-clad warriors... What kind of person was hiding in Linbell Town!

  Qingyi Lishi Zhao Qing continued: "The person to be protected is Cheng Zhanggui, the old master of 'Sparrow' Inn. What kind of person this old man is, the leader has never mentioned, and we haven't asked either."

  Sparrow Old Number is a business, rice flour, clothing hardware, tea medicine, all kinds of businesses, on the surface, it seems that the store has a close relationship with the Town North Escort Bureau, and every time there are large quantities of goods to be transported, Program Director will entrust them to the Escort Bureau.

  In the dark, all the arrangements of the green clothes were also centered around Sparrow Old Number, and for ten years, everything had been peaceful and uneventful, until last night, when 'General Commander' Li Jiao's cricket died.

  Liang Xin warned himself once again to calm down, to learn from Xiao Yu's example of remaining unruffled even if Mount Tai were to crumble before him. However, upon hearing this, he still couldn't help but let out a sound: "Huh?"

  The goat horns hastily cooperated with the owner, staring wide-eyed and mouth agape in a shocked expression.

  Zhao Qing was teased by You Ji and the monkey until he couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head: "The General Commander's cicada is no ordinary thing, it has a special name called 'Knowing Heaven's Mandate'. This insect can predict disasters, and it's said that the Imperial Envoy personally sought it out to give to the General Commander."

  This strange insect's specific usage is unknown to Liang Xin, but he thinks it should have a similar effect to Zhuang Buzhou's Spirit Nurturing Vessel.

  A loud noise was heard, and the town must have suffered a great disaster. Li Jiao did not dare to be slow, and ordered his subordinates to be on high alert. He himself led Zhao Qing and other subordinates out of the town to investigate.

  At this point, a strange expression appeared on Zhao Qing's face, fear, anger, helplessness and real viciousness!

  "As soon as we left the town, we fell into the enemy's ambush, and they used sorcery..."

  From the start of the battle to their retreat back to town, Zhao Qing didn't even get a glimpse of the enemy's appearance. They were trapped by a mysterious array and attacked from all sides by straw men wielding wooden swords who felt no pain.

  The danger of the fierce battle is not to be said, one by one, the green-clad men were killed, and Li Jiao was forced to bring out the Tianjue Lihuo's power hidden in his body, using divine fire to break through the formation, only then did he escape back to the town.

  Lijiao's whole body was scorched because he used his own body as a medium to lead the fire and retreat from the enemy, causing injury.

  Liang Xin nodded, roughly understanding that the people from the Astral Observatory had set up a demonic formation outside the town, only allowing entry but not exit, which was why they were able to enter the town so smoothly. As he thought about this, Liang Xin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow - today was the Grand Harvest Festival, and merchants and villagers from nearby were pouring into the town; according to the Astral Observatory's plan, wouldn't all these people be unable to leave?

  Zhao Qing and others escorted the dying Li Jiao back, immediately releasing the cloud sparrow to seek external help. Liang Xin and others also had a fierce battle with Gu Shi's third son, Liu Li, and then rushed over.

  Liang Xin understood what had happened and frowned, asking: "Who is the patrol leader of the town?"

  But Zhao Qing was taken aback: "Are there still roaming cavalry in town?"

  Even among the Qingyi, the identity of the Youji was a top secret, let alone Zhao Qing being just an ordinary Qingyi guard. It's likely that even his superior, Li Jiao, didn't know that there was still a Youji secretly supporting him in the town.

  Then Zhao Qing showed a look of sudden realization and told Liang Xin and others about something that had just happened.

  Li Jiao was seriously injured, and the enemy was about to attack the town. Today coincided with the Grand Harvest Festival, and many outsiders entered the town. The Green Robes divided into several small teams to secretly investigate the identities of the newcomers. Before long, one of the teams went missing.

  Xiao Hai frowned: "Missing? What does it mean?"

  Liang Xin reacted relatively quickly and had already figured out the reason: "This small team discovered a spy, but the spy's methods were ruthless..."

  Zhao Qing nodded: "Not bad, these brothers discovered a suspicious person, and were silenced by the other party while following him."

  The men in green immediately launched a search, doing their best to find the spy who had infiltrated the town. However, when they found the spy, they were shocked to discover that he had already been killed by someone else, his body brutally battered and bruised all over.

  As he spoke, Zhao Qing pulled out a certificate from his bosom. Liang Xin couldn't understand the curved and twisted seal characters on it, so he handed it directly to Xiao Quan.

  Xiao Hai looked up and saw a surprised expression: "It's Guoshi's fifth disciple, Bai Mao and Shang."

  The fifth disciple of Guoshi, at least a three-step practitioner, can make him surrender in Lianhua Town, only that dark horse.

  Zhao Qing's expression seemed to relax a bit. For ordinary qingyi guards, with three yuqi sitting in town, even the most dangerous situation could be handled.

  Xiao Hai nodded and said, "Since he won't show up, that's it. He'll take action when the situation is critical." Then she changed the subject: "The enemy has already surrounded the town, why haven't they attacked yet?"

  Zhao Qing let out a stifled breath: "It's only a matter of time, surround first and then attack. Once they've set up their offensive formation, we'll make our move." As he spoke, he coldly sneered again: "We've been operating here for ten whole years, with hidden mechanisms and ambushes everywhere. Even if it were a god who rashly charged in, they'd still have to suffer a few major setbacks first."

  Xiao Hai glanced at Liang Xin, and Liang Xin quickly racked his brains, thinking while speaking: "It's almost certain that the Celestial Master's sect didn't rush to attack the small town, they should be waiting for Luli's reinforcements. But who would have thought that we killed Luli? With this variable in place, it's hard to say who will win or lose in the end!"

  Xiao Hai thought for a moment and understood that Liang Xin's words sounded reasonable at first, but were actually nonsense upon closer inspection.

  Zhao Qing asked from the side: "Now, are we defending the town or breaking through?"

  Liang Xin smiled and shook his head without answering. Instead, he beckoned to Zhao Qing: "Lead the way, let's go find Manager Cheng."

  Zhao Qing responded with a "yes" and led the way forward.

  As Liang Xin got up, the green-clad man who had been following him also wanted to follow, but Liang Xin shook his head and stopped him, saying to Xiong Dawei: "You stay here and be more careful."

  It's already dusk now, and the town is still bustling. The Sparrow Inn is close to the Security Bureau, just a short walk away.

  The door of the old sparrow's shop is not big, and two young clerks sit behind the counter, looking very bored. Occasionally, they whisper complaints about the boss's harshness, and even during the Dragon Boat Festival, no holidays are given...

  Liang Xin and the others directly arrived at the inner hall, sat down and waited. A neatly dressed servant went in to report, and after a moment, the sound of gurgling water arose, an old man with a white beard came out, holding a water pipe, walked out with a smile: "Old man Cheng Bu Shan, has seen the two adults."