Sitting on the back of the horse galloping towards Yanfeng City, Shen Wen rushed back and asked, "Young Master, do you know the 'Feng Shui Engine'?"

"I don't know." Lin Chi answered casually.

"It is rumored that an ancient military advisor created a device that can control puppets." Shen Wenchong explained enthusiastically: "It's a pity that his mechanisms have not been passed down. The mechanisms of this era are all inferior imitations..."

——So Shen Wenchong has not yet become a professional institution teacher?

Realizing that his entourage seemed to have "degenerated", Lin Chi didn't say anything and turned to look at the dense forest passing by.

Shen Wenchong, who is now playing for himself, is the young version of the old man being recruited. Although he has strong combat power, his attainments in mechanical skills have deteriorated to the primary level.

In this way, Shen Wenchong's positioning has also changed from a "weapon of mass destruction" to a "personal guard". Although it solved the urgent problem, from a long-term perspective, it can be said that it has been severely weakened.

"We're here." Shen Wenchong said as he grabbed the reins, and the running horses stopped neighing and said, "The 'wildfire' is tired too, let it rest."

"Okay." Lin Chi jumped off the horse's back and reached out to pat his cheeks that were numb by the wind. Following Shen Wenchong, who was leading the horse, walked along the way to his territory.

On a broken wooden sign in front, "Yanfeng City" is written in strange and slender words. Under the action of the game's built-in translation system, Lin Chi can fully understand the meaning of that kind of text.

In order to facilitate communication, the language used by the NPCs in this game seems to be a self-created "common term". Even the words spoken by the young master controlled by Lin Chi are the same language:

"Is this...Yanfeng City?"

Looking at the broken stone road in front of him, Lin Chi really didn't want to believe that this ghost place was his own territory:

The expected war barrier does not exist. It is better to say that it is a ruin than a town. Wherever you look, there are no stone houses, there is not even a wooden house, all of which are broken thatched huts built with wooden sticks.

On both sides of the road full of cracks, several ragged vendors were setting up stalls. The clothes of several pedestrians passing by the street looked similar to those of the primitive people, and they draped the leaves and rags together. Judging from their dark faces, they must have not taken a shower for a long time.

"Buy an apple..."

A skinny vendor raised the already shrinking apple in Lin Chi's hand and grinned and showed a silly smile.

Before Lin Chi could speak, Shen Wenchong, who was holding the horse, had already stood beside him, his expression full of disgust:

"Young master, don't pay attention to them. This is a slum, just go back to the city."

"Is the gap between the rich and the poor so big?" Lin Chi frowned slightly.

"In order to develop the army, a small number of people must be sacrificed, which is inevitable." Shen Wenchong said coldly.

Unlike the "gentle" young master, the guard had no mercy, but just accelerated his pace and strode forward with his horse.

The poor residents here seem to have not recognized the boy as the lord. If they discovered their true identity, would these guys bow down to surrender, or would they wave wooden sticks and rush up to smash their heads into meat sauce?

Looking at these ragged residents, Lin Chi already understood the answer to the question. But now he has no solution to this problem.

"We have to go back to the 'Palace' first."

Lin Chi, who has not arrived in the city yet, doesn’t know what his residence is like. But judging from Shen Wenchong’s dress, the situation in the city should not be too bad.

As the young master, it should be normal to own a palace.

However, in this game, that kind of thing actually doesn't make much sense.

The two walked past the dilapidated street and passed several thatched huts that were emitting stench. Lin Chi saw a mother and daughter playing on the street, looking very happy.

Although the residents here are poor, they do not seem to be self-deprecating and are still living very strongly. If this is the case, they may be able to find ways to win over these residents and make them the strong backing of Yanfeng City.

Perhaps because he gave up his jurisdiction over this area, even the patrol soldiers could not see it. Shen Wenchong led the horse and walked in front, while Lin Chi followed him into a deserted path.

"Are you sure you are going here?" Lin Chi looked at the nearby thatch and shrubs.

"Young Master, stand behind me." Shen Wenchong said, pulling out the short knife hanging around his waist, turning around and looking at the slums he had just passed: "I have to solve some things. Since the beginning, there have been people following us..."

As soon as these words came out, a rustling sound suddenly sounded in the weed half a man tall.

——Are there an ambush?

Lin Chi immediately stood behind Shen Wenchong and stared at the weeds alertly. Under his gaze, two short figures suddenly stood up, holding the sharp wooden spear in both hands, and stabbed directly into Shen Wenchong's chest!

Faced with the enemy's fatal assassination, Shen Wenchong was still calm and suddenly turned around at the last moment before the spear pierced the white clothes.

Although the two ambushers were powerful, it was very difficult to turn this kind of sting attack. Seeing that the two guys were still rushing forward, Shen Wenchong turned around and kicked one of them on the shoulder.

"Well!"

The sound of pain sounded, and the small attacker was kicked out directly, hitting his companion next to him, and the two of them fell heavily to the ground together.

They also wanted to struggle to get up, but Shen Wenchong had already grabbed the collars of the two guys, lifted them up directly, threw them roughly on the grass beside them, and said sternly:

"When you are young, you are robbing? Don't learn good things."

Hearing this, Lin Chi walked over and looked down at the two people. What came into sight were the childish and dirty faces that were still young and red, and his eyes that were like hungry wolves.

Even though they were subdued by Shen Wenchong, the two children wearing grass leaves and "Geely Clothing" still looked dissatisfied. The two of them supported the ground with their hands to get up, but their painful limbs made them lie on the ground and kept whimpering.

"Are you... going to starve to death?" Lin Chi looked at the two children with dark faces.

"Young master, these children have been robbed since childhood. When they grow up, they must be criminals and should be executed directly." Shen Wenchong gritted his teeth.

"No, I think they can come in handy." Lin Chi whispered.

As soon as these words were said, Shen Wenchong looked back at Lin Chi in surprise. One of the children stared fiercely, hissing in pain, and whispered: "We will not be loyal to you, abominable bad guys!"

Hearing the child's remarks, Lin Chi asked, "Why do you say so? You who blocked the road and robbed were bad people, right?"

"It's all your fault!" The child with his hair scattered like dead grass clenched his fists hard: "If it weren't for you, this wouldn't have been like this!"

Shen Wen kicked the child, kicking him on the waist, interrupting the other party's words.

"It's nonsense!" Shen Wenchong said as he was about to slash down.

"Don't move." Lin Chi said loudly.

"I'll kill them now, young master..."

"I said don't move!" Lin Chi shouted.

Although he was still a child, the voice of the "Young Master" was still powerful enough to successfully shock the furious follower. Shen Wenchong finally put down the knife in his hand.

"Young Master, you are a woman's kindness. You were not like this before." Shen Wenchong shook his head.

"I think they are useful." Lin Chi said, squatting down next to the child who was just talking, and asked, "Where is your family?"

"Get out!" The child opened his mouth and was about to bite him, but Lin Chi avoided him.

"If I guess correctly, your family will all die, right?" Lin Chi said softly.

Although the two children did not answer, the sudden twisted expression on their little faces had already provided Lin Chi with the answer.

"You think the poverty here is caused by the exploitation of the rich, so they hate us, right?" Lin Chi continued.

"You guys... deserve to die!"

The child was still full of resentment. The other child lying next to him seemed to have figured it out and slowly spoke:

"Stop talking, let's go back? I don't want to die..."

"Are you so spineless?" The child who had been talking cursed: "It's all their fault! You can't let them go!"

Listening to the other party's resentful words, Lin Chi looked at Shen Wenchong standing beside him, and found that Shen Wenchong was also bowing his head and silent.

——It seems that Shen Wenchong also knew that these children would fall to this point, which was caused by the ruler of Yanfeng City.

With Shen Wenchong's skills, he could kill his opponent in an instant, but he did not kill these two children. It is conceivable that even this guy felt guilty about the "robbers" here.

However, Lin Chi did not let them go because of his simple kindness:

"You were ambushing very well just now, and I couldn't even find it." Lin Chi said with a smile: "And they were very cruel when they started, I like it..."

Looking at the child's eyes like a beast, Lin Chi stretched out his right hand to him and asked, "I just need some people who do 'dirty work'. How about you two join me? Just help me with things and you can eat good food, and you don't have to sleep in the open like now. Isn't it cost-effective?"

"Young Master, they are not trustworthy." Shen Wenchong reminded.

This time, the one who answered Lin Chi's question was the long-haired child lying next to him.

He raised his head with difficulty, pointed his little face covered with mud, and asked softly, "What do you want to... do?"

"Don't talk to him!" The child next to him reached out and grabbed his companion's shoulder: "They are enemies!"

Looking down at the two children who were arguing, Lin Chi said the content of "doing things" in a plain tone:

"kill."

As soon as these words came out, even the child who had been resisting suddenly fell silent.

"Young Master, you..." Shen Wenchong's expression was very complicated.

"What you hate is the rich people in the city. They think it is them who destroyed your family and displaced, right?" Lin Chi chuckled: "I may need to 'treat' some of them recently. You children are not easy to attract attention, and you can do your job for me."

"You mean... can I kill them?" The child who was still resisting before seemed to be shining in his eyes.

"Yes, as long as I help me do things, I can kill my enemies and live a good life, isn't it cost-effective?" Lin Chi said with a smile.

"Young Master, are you trying to..." Shen Wenchong frowned and stared at him.

"Let's talk openly and honestly." Lin Chi stood in front of Shen Wenchong and looked up at the other party's face: "The current 'young master' has no real power, it's just a puppet that is undermined. Am I right?"

"You are still too young and need someone to assist you..." Shen Wenchong's voice suddenly became smaller.

"When I was robbed in a carriage, I was confused. Why did I appear in the wilderness inexplicably and there were not many guards around me. If you hadn't arrived in time, I would have been kidnapped."

"That was the guard's negligence." Shen Wenchong lowered his head.
To be continued...