After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1312 If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected will happen
Where could he go? Did he escape?

As the sun was about to set, the sunset glowed particularly brilliantly. His companions returned with an empty mule cart and asked Aang, "Where are the people?"

“No, I didn’t find it.”

The four of them scolded him and went to look for him everywhere in the village.

Also unsuccessful.

It was getting dark, so the five of them had to go home to eat, pretending nothing had happened.

A dark shadow flashed by behind the hay room west of Zhuangzi.

Amid the chirping of spring insects, Chenjiazhuang is about to spend another ordinary night.

It was almost midnight when several long and fierce howls suddenly sounded from the east of Zhuangzi!

The cry pierced the night sky and woke up the sleeping villagers.

They had never heard such a strange sound.

……

He Lingchuan helped the Situ family "without asking for anything in return", setting a good example. Surrounding forces of all sizes expressed their intention to cooperate with the Yangshan Islands.

This is a good thing, and it is also He Lingchuan's goal, but there are always some minor unpleasantness mixed in. For example, a small place hopes to borrow 40,000 low-interest loans from the Yangshan Islands, paying the interest first and then the loan, and the collateral is two mines in the territory.

It sounds like a good deal, but one of the two mines is a poor mine, and the other has exhausted its reserves. Together, they are not worth even three thousand taels of silver.

The information sent from this place also includes two fake accounts. Their intention is obvious.

Anyway, there is no long-term stability here. They will cheat whenever they get the chance. In a few years, when a new makeshift team comes on the scene, who will be able to take on the old responsibilities?

There are countless pitfalls hidden in cooperation, so Jiang Lishui has to be extremely careful.

The agreement that Jiang Lishui handed to He Lingchuan at the moment was a trade request from the Kingdom of Peleus, which was one of the seven allied forces to attack Bisha. The country had strong national strength and a stable regime.

The Kingdom of Peleus attached great importance to this transaction and sent people to negotiate twice.

However, Yangshan Chamber of Commerce received too many requests, and it took Jiang Lishui several days to draft this agreement and submit it to He Lingchuan for review.

He Lingchuan looked at it, but was not interested: "Press it and discuss it later."

After finishing the chores, He Lingchuan gave a few instructions and wanted to leave. Fu Liushan walked in leisurely from outside with a piece of fruit leather in his mouth.

"Master Fu is back?" He Lingchuan knew that Fu Liushan had recently gone to Shizhoutou and Liuping to "collect folk songs" and wanted to listen to the people's descriptions of the two battles and the Black Armored Army.

Anyway, Yangshan will reimburse the travel expenses for food, accommodation and transportation. "Did you have a smooth trip?"

"It went smoothly, without any wind or waves. Yang Meng, the garrison commander of Shizhoutou, has taken over Liuping and seems to have gone to Xiadun, which was originally Zhao Guangzhi's territory. His garrison has now expanded to 800 people."

"So fast?" He Lingchuan still remembered that when Yang Meng was defending the city of Shizhoutou a few days ago, he only had 500 soldiers available. In just three days, he had added a lot of manpower.

Of course, how much combat effectiveness can these new people have?
However, the apparent increase in the number of people can indeed fool outsiders who are unaware of the true situation.

"I also went to Feng County." Fu Liushan looked at He Lingchuan with a strange look in his eyes. "What happened in these places is similar to what you described before, but it is particularly shocking and refreshing to the civilians. I think, no matter who the leader of the black armor is-"

He Lingchuan wanted to be hypocritical, so he followed suit. He was the boss who paid the money, so there was nothing wrong with that.

"——The effect he wanted was achieved."

He Lingchuan smiled: "That's good."

He went to great lengths to act mysterious and mysterious, not only to shock people, but also for many other purposes.

"But..." Fu Liushan said in a long tone, "There is a detail that you didn't mention before. Before and after the black-armored cavalry left, relief patterns of dragon heads appeared on the walls of these places, usually on the walls of the city gates. They were extremely detailed and lifelike. After three days of this, the dragon heads disappeared again."

Well, it's a Jiao, not a dragon. It only has small horns on its head, which are far from long enough.

He Lingchuan asked him: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"I saw it." Fu Liushan looked at He Lingchuan meaningfully, "What on earth is that?"

Yeah, what is that?
"No conclusion has been reached yet." He Lingchuan smiled. "This is a new situation that has never happened before. Master Fu, you know about it."

To Fu Liushan, this smile seemed somewhat unfathomable.

Although he had no idea why there was a dragon head pattern on the wall, he knew the details of the Luosheng Armor/Qianglong Armor and knew that it was a treasure made of the scales of the ancient dragon god!

Luo Shengjia has been in existence for a long time, and has never been associated with such strange phenomena until he fell into the hands of He Lingchuan.

What on earth did that man surnamed He do to Luo Shengjia?
However, Fu Liushan quickly recovered and shrugged: "I just came back to let you know. It's okay. I'm going to have a drink. Alas, I've been busy traveling these days."

He Lingchuan couldn't help but remind him: "Write out the script first. Dou Wenguan and the troupe have been waiting for your script for a long time."

Fu Liushan didn't even turn his head, just waved his hand and disappeared.

He Lingchuan's face suddenly darkened and he slowly walked across the garden.

There are no outsiders here, only the tall kapok flowers blooming unrestrainedly and passionately, as bright as the fiery clouds in the sky.

He Lingchuan found a big rock to sit on and stared at Hongyun, lost in thought.

When he led the crowd to leave Shizhoutou and Liuping, he was in a hurry and had no time to see what was added to the wall. But when the intelligence from various places came back, He Lingchuan was so surprised when he heard about the appearance of the dragon head relief that he almost scratched his head!
Because he knew the function of the dragon head totem, or the black dragon totem, he was more surprised than anyone else.

This mark represents the blessing of heaven and earth, and places like Shizhoutou and Liuping are obviously not qualified. So, it only lasts for three short days?
Can he understand it this way?

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, the soul-catching mirror in his arms couldn't help but ask, "Are you thinking about the dragon head totem again?"

He Lingchuan had been deep in thought for the past few days. Only Mirror knew that he was always thinking about this totem that appeared and disappeared inexplicably.

With the soul-catching mirror, it would be difficult for external spies to escape under its nose, so He Lingchuan felt relieved to speak.

"Well, this thing came at a really bad time. It ruined my plan."

As soon as He Lingchuan heard that the dragon head relief appeared following the actions of the black-armored army, he knew that something strange was happening.

Man proposes, God disposes. His plans rarely go smoothly and are always full of variables.

God really likes to give him surprises/shocks.

Mirror asked curiously, "Isn't this totem great? You said it yourself, it represents the blessing of heaven. It has blessed you, and yet you're complaining about your own incompleteness?"

This is the news that He Lingchuan obtained from the Panlong World, and he also mentioned it to Jingzi.

"It's not the right time." He Lingchuan murmured, "It's not the right time."

The mirror asked: "So is it a blessing or a curse?"

(End of this chapter)