Dharma Ring: Selling dung beetles at the border

After Neferi inquired about the news, she was stunned:

I am dead?

King Neferi is dead. The man corrected her.

I am Neferi! Neferi said loudly.

The man looked at Neferi. She looked like an ordinary peasant woman at this time, and she was covered in dust all the way back. The clothes haven't changed, they are still the clothes of a wild warrior, cool and simple, but they are also different from the King Neferi who showed up in Stone City - Hyde has chosen another set of silver armor as gorgeous as Godfrey to add to her. brilliance.

The man looked at Neferi like this and smiled happily:

If you are Neferi, then I will be Godfrey.

I am really Neferi!

Then tell me, what is the content of the Arena Decree issued by King Neferi that made the whole city cheer? a passerby said, What are the new taxation and management measures for foreign merchants in the market, and what are the details?

Neferi was stunned: What the hell? There is no such thing.

Wuming reminded her: Could it be Hyde who did it?

Don't underestimate me. Neferi said, I'm also very responsible - I've seen all those laws and I don't just sign them casually.

Of course you don't know. A passerby said, This is the decree issued by the great wise king Neferi recently. When she promoted these new rules, the whole audience cheered. Unfortunately, she probably offended some old power groups , and within a few days, she was assassinated.”

Passers-by sighed and lamented, as if something valuable had died prematurely.

Neferi and Wuming looked at each other.

Neferi asked passers-by: How did Neferi die?

Speaking of this somewhat heavy topic, the passerby became more and more sad: This is a regrettable story...

Stop, compress it to within twenty words. Neferi promptly interrupted the complete story that the man was about to say.

I don't know, but I heard that the assassin was Blood Finger. A passerby shook his head and sighed, That day, King Nephili was planning to amend some new laws, and he was assassinated in front of the court. I heard that the whole place was in an uproar and the whole country was shocked.

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information, Wuming said:

Let's ask Hyde. It seems that our Serui has done a lot during this period of time.

Kenneth Hyde? the passerby said, I heard that Prime Minister Hyde was too sad and locked himself in King Neferi's palace.

It's such a familiar scene, Neferi said.

She had been told a lot of stories before and was forced to hide in the palace without leaving the house. Hyde's situation now sounds like a replica.

Based on Nepheli's understanding of Kenneth Hyde, he would not be so irresponsible.

Wu Ming listened happily: Why do you seem to know everything, but you only heard about it? What do you do?

When Wuming said this, Neferi also reacted. This passerby knows a lot about the internal affairs of the imperial court, and he talks about it in a serious way, but he must also add that he has heard about it.

Me? I'm a bard. A passerby said, The Death of the King is a very good subject, I'm here to pick it up.

Neferi rolled her eyes, wishing she could slap the bard to death. I just asked for a long time in vain.

Hello poet, I'm looking forward to your work. Wuming smiled and took off the disguises of himself and Nefeli, Let's go, Nefeli, we'd better ask Hyde first to ask about the situation.

Passers-by were stunned: King Neferi? Aren't you dead?

Wuming left with Neferi and waved to passers-by:

Is the resurrection of the king more interesting than the death of the king? When you finish writing the story, you can come to Yatan. We have plenty of stages to give you the opportunity to perform.

Wuming and Neferi returned to the palace. Although there were guards along the way, when they saw Neferi, they were shocked. After checking the news, they let them go. By the way, they passed on this information as quickly as possible. King Neferi didn't know where it came from. The news popped up.

On the way, Wuming also asked a few people to compare news.

People with different identities gave different answers. Some people said that Hyde was under house arrest in the palace because he was suspected of planning the assassination of the king. He is the prime minister, an important minister under one person and above ten thousand people. If he wants to gain more power, the next step can only be to assassinate King Neferi, so he colludes with Blood Finger to assassinate the wise king Neferi.

Considering that Hyde knew that it was a substitute, this statement was of course nonsense.

So far, there is no doubt about the assassin's identity. Wuming said, They say he is Blood Finger. But why does Blood Finger want to kill you?

How do I know? Neferi was also puzzled. Shouldn't they kill Yura? Speaking of where Yura is now, I haven't seen him much since the volcano.

People have to calm down after realizing their long-cherished wish. Wuming said, Many people have completed their mission and even become confused to death. He should be able to come out.

Anyway, Se Rui helped you avoid disaster. Wuming said, Let me just say, a substitute is a good thing.

While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived in front of the palace.

In front of the palace, two guards guarded the door. Seeing Neferi coming back, their faces were full of surprise and surprise.

Neferi had explained it countless times on the way here. She explained it quickly as if she was announcing the names of the dishes, and asked the two of them to open the door.

Were you specially sent to watch over Hyde? Neferi felt that the two guards were a little unfamiliar. Who is spreading the idea that Hyde wants to usurp the throne? The person who sent you?

The guard nodded, acknowledging it.

Nonsense. Let's explain the problem later. Tell me who is looking for trouble and playing such a conspiracy——

While Neferi taught the doorman a lesson, she pushed open the door and saw Hyde bundled up on the chair where she usually worked. When she saw Neferi opening the door and coming in, her eyes widened and she wanted to say something.

Isn't it house arrest? Neferi wondered, This isn't soft either.

Hyde had the rope in his mouth, groaning and making a loud noise.

Nefeli looked back and saw two doormen closing the door and entering the room. They raised their swords and struck at the heads of Wuming and Nefeli.

Before Neferi could take action, Wuming had already caught the knife in one hand. The blade curled red-hot in his hand, and the high heat spread along the handle to the guard's hand. The two men let out a groan and released their weapons.

As if a signal had been given, several more people emerged from various corners of the dormitory, all of them masked and holding sharp knives.

Ambush me in the room? Neferi sneered disdainfully, and with a turn of the ax, a storm blew up in the room.

The assassins had no room to dodge. Their bodies left the ground uncontrollably, colliding with each other and smashing together.

The assassins raised their knives to each other, but they could not touch Neferi. They could only cut each other and themselves, and shed pieces of blood. The blood fell on the ground, as if boiling, like some kind of squirming, active and strange.

The pool of blood on the ground splashed with a bloody arrow, stabbing Neferi. Neferi crossed her axes to block the blood arrows, but her own attack was interrupted. The assassins regained their freedom and rushed toward the pool of blood on the ground.

But before they reached the pool of blood, all the assassins' bodies slowed down, and they rushed towards the pool of blood as if in slow motion. Wuming clapped his hands to dissipate the light on his hands, and then stepped on the ground. The ground fire surged and burned away the blood, completely eliminating the possibility of them escaping with blood.

Wuming cast another gravity magic, gathered all the assassins together, took off their clothes, twisted them into ropes, and tied them up tightly.

It seems they are all assassins from the Blood Dynasty. Wuming said, Why did you provoke the Blood Dynasty? I will kill you even after blocking the door.

I don't know. Neferi became more and more confused.

Wuming didn't hesitate: Forget it, there are so many people, you can always ask.

Wuming tied up the people, left their mouths open, and asked them:

Why do you want to kill Neferi? If you tell the truth, you can get a lighter sentence. If you resist stubbornly, there will be a bottomless abyss waiting for you. The blood dynasty has no boundaries, and you can only turn around...

Wuming said clichés, trying to trick the assassin into talking.

After hearing this, the assassin sneered and spat on Wuming with blood on his face: We are not afraid of death.

Wuming wiped off the blood on his helmet:

We can always find a way to pry your mouth open. We saw a lot of things in the volcano this time.

Then go find it. The assassin said, Do you think you can tie us up? As long as you give us a little blood, we can escape.

Neferi untied Hyde, and when she heard the assassin's arrogant words, she asked in confusion: Why did he tell us?

Because they are not afraid. Wuming smiled, Didn't you hear what they said? They are not afraid of death, and they can run away with a little blood. What does this mean? It means that we can't do anything with them. We can draw their blood, but not enough If you smoke too much, they can run away; if you smoke too much, they will die.

The assassin was pleased that Wuming understood what they meant, and nodded: Give up, don't even think about asking anything from us. Once you accept the fact that we are prisoners, we will be invincible.

Wuming turned around and stretched out his hand to Neferi:

Lend me your axe.

What to do? Neferi handed it over curiously.

Wuming took the axe, pulled out one of the assassin's arms, and made a hole with the axe. Some dirty blood splattered on the ax and the floor.

But the bleeding stopped quickly, and the nameless ax blade did not cut through the assassin's veins.

Wuming put down the ax, put his iron hand into the wound, rummaged through the flesh with his fingers, and hooked out a smooth blood vessel.

Although it was a little painful and scary, the assassins of the Blood Dynasty had never seen anything before, so they didn't think that Wuming's torture and confession was nothing. The assassin even wanted to taunt him.

Before he opened his mouth, the blood vessel had been severed, and blood shot out from the blood vessel, accumulating more and more on the ground.

Neferi quickly grabbed a basin to prevent her bedroom from being completely polluted into a torture chamber on the other side of the volcano.

Just bleed like this. Wuming looked at the big basin and made a mark, Just stop here.

I thought you had some secret technique, but it turns out it's bloodletting. Neferi said, Didn't you say that bloodletting is not allowed?

You can't put too much or too little. Wuming said, Just put it just right, or not.

You can actually judge how much blood can be drained so accurately? Neferi was shocked, Did you learn from the perfumer?

No, I speak from experience. Wuming said.

Nefeli looked at Wuming cautiously and took a small step back:

Talking from experience?

An understatement, with a strong smell of blood and chills. How many people must have been killed to know so clearly how much blood a person has?

Wuming proudly wiped the blood on his hands:

We also cooperated with the Blood Dynasty at the beginning. Based on the principle of sustainable development, I have done a lot of research on how much blood a person can lose without losing his life.

Haida, who was far away in Yatan, suddenly shivered, touched her shoulders, and put a piece of epileptic stone next to her feet to keep herself warm.

Wuming followed the same method, bleeding the assassins one by one, keeping them in a state where they would die if they lost a little more blood, but they couldn't squeeze out enough blood if they wanted to run.

The assassins of the Blood Dynasty were dumbfounded, and because they were too weak from blood loss, they were unable to resist anymore, and their will was somewhat weakened. People who are crazy about cursed blood lose blood. There is nothing more terrible than this.

Okay, done. Wuming patted the blood on his hands, Now, I will separate you all and interrogate the same questions separately. Those who answer different answers than others will be punished. But if you are honest If you answer, you will be given preferential treatment.”

Wuming waved his hand: Let's go to the interrogation.

Neferi was still dealing with the pile of blood that Wuming had released, and she realized belatedly:

So you borrowed my ax just to bleed them - why don't you use your own sword.

My sword is expensive, so I need to take good care of it. Wuming said seriously.

Nefeli threw the blood basin and pinched Wuming's neck with a pair of strong hands.

Don't fight internally. If the prisoners see that we are not working together, it will greatly affect the effect of the interrogation. Wuming said.

The last few people divided the work and reviewed everyone.

Wuming walked out of the interrogation room, feeling helpless.

Although the method is very effective, none of them know the important information. Wuming said, Everyone is just a puppet who follows the instructions of their superiors - smart.

However, Wuming still asked for some useful information. For example, the Blood Dynasty was led by the blood priest Esgar, whom they had dealt with before, and Se Rui was still taken with them.

Strange, what is the purpose of this group of people? Nefeli was confused.

You'll know when you find them. Wuming took out a piece of pyroxene crystal.

What is this? Neferi asked.

Wuming said: Se Lian said that Ser Rui had not been tested and might have problems, so he might not be willing to come back, so he gave me this - Ser Lian buried something in Ser Rui, which can directly locate her location. .You can even display a map and mark locations directly.”

Wuming sighed at the magic and convenience of magic, activated the pyroxene, and projected a map.

Neferi recognized it at a glance. This was the map near Stone City. It was not so detailed, but the general location could be identified.

Where is this place? Wuming asked Neferi.

Neferi thought for a while, feeling a little unsure:

This seems to be...a camp for your employees?