When the two of them were far away and out of sight, the old man slowly got up from the ground, brushed off the dust on his clothes, and showed an expression of hatred on his wrinkled face.

"A group of jackals will come to a bad end sooner or later." The old man hummed softly.

He didn't dare to speak loudly. Who knew if those two people would be hiding somewhere and eavesdropping?

The old man stood up, closed the courtyard door, and blocked it with wooden bolts. Then he walked towards the inner courtyard.

…

Within a few days, the news that the rearguard army wanted to transport jewelry had spread throughout the country.

In a teahouse, due to the city's lockdown, a few people were sitting sparsely.

"The rear guard wants to transport jewelry? Shouldn't this kind of information be kept confidential?"

"Keep it secret? What can we keep secret? When we found this batch of jewelry, there were dozens of people nearby, and everyone could see it."

"Hey, I'm not talking about whether the jewelry has been found, but when the jewelry will be delivered, and the news that Princess Dedema has taken a liking to an item."

"This is what the soldiers of the rear guard said themselves. They don't care about leaking secrets at all. I suspect they want to lure a few people to rob it so that they can be easily arrested and increase their business performance."

"This is most likely. Those people are fishing, and the bait is the so-called jewelry."

"Go, go, drink tea, don't talk about state affairs."

When the tea guests were chatting in a lively mood, the teahouse owner came out personally to chase them away.

Whether this business can be done or not in the recent period is a matter of fact, but if it offends those people from the Mongolian tribe, the small teahouse will not be able to bear it.

"Don't be afraid, boss, let's just stop talking."

"Yes, boss, we are all good citizens. We have known each other for so long, why don't we know this?"

Everyone who was talking stopped talking and didn't want to say anything more.

They just talk about it, but if it comes to serious matters, they will be afraid.

The best way for ordinary people to survive is to protect themselves wisely, and there is nothing they can do about it.

Because the power of the people is weak, they are like ants in the face of the general trend.

Scenes like this appeared on many streets in the city, and the news quickly began to spread.

Early that morning, three soldiers from the rear guard came out of the back door.

It's just that each of them carries a backpack, wears a sword on his body, does not wear armor, and goes into battle lightly.

Walking at the front was a tall man with a black beard on his chin, a felt hat on his head, and a scarf made of fox tail around his neck, showing that he was no ordinary rear guard.

A soldier, but a soldier of great status.

The three of them walked outside in a formation. They didn't say anything, but moved forward slowly and steadily.

After walking for more than half a block, we changed to another road. Not only did we not encounter anything dangerous, we didn't even see anyone.

When the common people see it from a distance, they have already hid. Who dares to really come out?

If they accidentally get involved in a battle, many of them are ordinary people with families. They cannot throw away their lives just because they want to watch the fun.

"Are you the rearguard soldiers?" Suddenly, a loud voice sounded.

A figure emerged from the street corner.

This man has a handsome face, is wearing armor, and has his hand on the handle of the knife. The embroidery on his hat and collar shows that he is a noble of extremely high status.

"Who are you, sir?" asked the bearded man who was the leader among the three.

"With your blind eyes, can't you recognize General Ben Ulihan?" Ulihan yelled with his eyes wide open.

"It turns out to be General Wulihan, please forgive me." The bearded man said with a military salute.

"You don't need to go to the headquarters to see His Highness, just give the things to me, the general." Wulihan raised his eyebrows.

"General...that warrant..." the bearded man hesitated to speak.

"The warrant is here, take it."

General Ullihan took out a piece of paper from his pocket very unhappily...

The bearded man bent over and approached, reaching out to take the piece of paper in Ullihan's hand.

Just when the bearded man's finger came close to the paper, a sudden change occurred.

A silver light shot out from between the bearded man's fingers. Because of its speed, it was caught off guard and hit the tiger's mouth of Wulihan's finger, sinking deeply into it.

Wulihan stepped on the ground with his feet, and he immediately began to retreat, his body sliding backwards, but the wind roared, and there was a sword light shining behind him.

At the same time, a cold light flashed from the side.

There were extremely skilled masters on all three sides. After being hit by the silver needle, Wulihan's physical strength dissipated rapidly. Under the siege of the three people, he could not escape at all.

The sword light pierced Wulihan's body, and the cold light from the side also hit Wulihan's body.

Wulihan fell to the ground, unable to move.

He was quickly restrained by three people with ropes.

"Zi Yan, come and search me." The sergeant standing at the back said.

"Yes, I'll do it."

The bearded man spoke again, but his voice changed.

It was no longer the rough man's voice at the beginning, but became a woman's voice.

Zi Yan stretched out her hand and groped around Wulihan's body, checking out many small objects.

"Stop him and take him away."

"good."

In the backyard of Zuirenxiang Inn.

The person tied to the chair showed a woman's face.

"Sure enough, it's a woman pretending to be a woman. Could it be the puppet master?" Luo Fengtang held his chin with his fingers, thoughtfully.

"Probably not, but it must have something to do with the puppet master." Zi Yan said calmly.

"This time we pretended to be rear guard soldiers, and the operation was considered a success... It is difficult for the puppet master to take action on his own. After all, the uncertainty is too great. Puppet masters are generally extremely cautious."

"Ask this person and see if you can dig out some clues." Luo Fengtang said.

"Don't hold out too much hope, this woman is probably a puppet of the puppet master." Zi Yan frowned.

"Aren't the puppet master's puppets all made of paper?" Luo Fengtang asked doubtfully. He really didn't know much about the puppet master.

"Puppet masters not only use props as puppets, they may also use living creatures as puppets. The living creatures may be birds or animals, or they may be humans. Therefore, puppet masters have clearly offended many people in the world.

But there are only a handful of puppet masters who have actually been caught."

Purple smoke.

"Does using a living person as a puppet mean coercing others? Is this method too common?" Luo Fengtang feels that using living people is very common.

"It's different. The methods of the puppet masters are very strange. They often brainwash someone into becoming their own substitute. This brainwashing method is the secret technique passed down by the puppet masters. I don't know how it is done specifically."

Purple smoke.

"Just do your best. Even if you can't get anything special out of this person, it's already a victory if you can lure the puppet master into action this time."
Chapter completed!