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How could a woman not like treasures? Moreover, it was such a rare treasure, and it was given to him by her beloved. Fan Min very treasuredly held the crystal stone in her hand. At this time, the crystal stone was no longer ice cold and became warm, which also filled her heart with sweetness.

The next day, Tang Yin set out on his journey towards the Yan City. Afraid that the journey would cause suspicion, he did not bring too many people with him, other than the three Shangguan brothers, twenty or so Dark Arrow's members who had at least reached the Spirit Transformation realm, and a dozen or so hanger-ons.

There were only thirty or so of them. Dressed up as merchants, they rode horses through the night.

From Heaven Pass to Yan City, one would have to pass through three counties, which were Guannan County, Jinguang County, and Lehu County. Guannan County was very close to Zhong Tian. Even though the County Head had expressed her willingness to be loyal to Zhong Tian, she, after all, was very far from the emperor and even though she said that, she did not actually take action. Even if she did not send any troops to attack the Heaven Pass, she did not display any hostility towards the Tianyuan County which was headed by Tang Yin. After passing the Guannan, they entered the boundaries of the Jinguang County. The cities here all began to be under martial law, and at night, there was a curfew.

The Lehu County was very close to the Yan City, and once Zhong Tian and Zhong Tian started fighting, they would enter. The Pleasant Lake was Zhong Tian's starting point, retreat, the Pleasant Lake was Zhong Tian's barrier, and this county was extremely important to Zhong Tian. When Tang Yin killed Zhong Tian's envoy with a single slash, the latter would immediately remove the Lehu County and replace it with his trusted subordinate, Geng Qiang.

Geng Qiang was a great general under Zhong Tian's command, his Spiritual Martial Cultivation reaching the Spirit Origin Stage, he was courageous and energetic, a powerful martial general, but he was brutal and headstrong, did not understand internal affairs, and was not suited to be a County Magistrate. The reason why Zhong Tian reused him was only because he had enough loyalty.

Ever since Geng Qiang became the County Magistrate, the people of Pleasant Lake had fallen into a state of turmoil. Geng Qiang used his iron blooded wrist to control his speech, and set up spies in all directions. If he found out that people were talking about Zhong Tian in discontent, he would either capture him and bring him to the imperial palace to behead him, or send people to assassinate him.

At that time, their words were very open, and even normal scholars and even commoners could directly go up to the Sovereign King, to make their own stand on national affairs, regardless of whether the Sovereign King accepted the matter or not, they would never kill the scholars and commoners, but now that the situation of Lehu County had completely changed, a single sentence could decide a person's life and death, in this extremely tense environment, everyone's nerves were stretched to the extreme. On the surface, their discontented emotions were suppressed, but in reality, all of them moved to the shadows.

When Tang Yin and the rest entered the Lehu County, they felt that the place had changed not because of the changes in scenery but because of the changes in people. In the past, the Lehu County was normally filled with a lot of activity, with many people coming and going, and many people coming like the tide. But now, even in the broad daylight, there were not many people on the streets.

The guards' uniforms had already changed. Originally, their Feng Army s were all dressed in black, but now they were all dressed in red, and looking at the guards who were wearing new clothes, Tang Yin sneered in his heart. It seemed that Zhong Tian really planned to change his Feng Country into Peng Country.

As the saying goes, for the heavens to want him to die, it must make him go crazy.

After Tang Yin and the others entered the city, they found a restaurant.

The restaurant was cold and deserted, the waiter was dozing off listlessly, and Tang Yin and the rest had not woken him up recently.

Tang Yin shot a glance at it before directly entering the shop, and sat down at a table near the window. Cheng Jin walked up to the waiter, knocked on the table, and said: "Wake up, wake up!"

The waiter opened his eyes in a daze. Seeing so many people arrive all of a sudden, he was unable to react and asked, "Who are you?"

"Isn't this a restaurant? Of course it's for dinner, are you guys still doing business? " Cheng Jin frowned.

The waiter finally regained her senses, and with a face full of smiles, she bowed and said repeatedly: "Sit, sit, sit. Sir, please sit, what do you want to eat?"

Cheng Jin said: "Let's have 100 mantou, 50 jin of beef, half of the beef will do, and we'll take the other half."

Hearing that, the waiter grinned and laughed dryly: "I'm sorry Sir, our little shop does not have that much beef."

"What?" Cheng Jin raised his eyebrows. He only wanted fifty kilograms of beef, not five hundred kilograms. How could such a big restaurant not have one? He sneered and asked, "Do you think we can't afford to eat an overlord's meal?"

"No, no, no, Sir has misunderstood." The waiter rubbed his hands and laughed bitterly: "Sir, take a look yourself. Where are the customers in the shop right now? "There aren't many people here all day, so the store doesn't prepare that much beef."

Cheng Jin blinked his eyes, looking around, that's not right, such a big restaurant, with tens of tables, other than the thirty people on his side, there were only two other customers. It had to be known that it was time for lunch, which was probably a good time for business. He shook his head and raised it to look at Tang Yin.

The latter said in a soft voice, "It's fine if you don't have it. You can do whatever you want as long as you can fill your stomach!"

Cheng Jin nodded his head and said to the waiter: "My family's boss... You heard what the young master said?! Go and prepare! " After saying so, he stuck out his tongue and nearly got away with it. Luckily, he reacted fast enough, and changed the topic in time.

"Alright, Sir, please wait!" The waiter responded and quickly left.

Cheng Jin sat down beside Tang Yin, and said in a low voice: "I didn't think that in just a few short months, my Lehu County would become like this."

Tang Yin shrugged and laughed, but did not say anything.

Not long after, the waiter brought the steamed buns and side dishes one by one. The steamed buns were dry and hard, so it was hard to say how many days they had been for.

Due to the lack of food, Tang Yin and the rest were able to eat very fast. Just as everyone was about to finish eating, a group of soldiers walked in from outside.

There were only a dozen soldiers here, like a patrol team. However, his Evil Qi was different from Tang Yin's. Tang Yin's Evil Qi carried a killing intent and madness, but his Evil Qi was filled with frivolity.

Seeing that there were suddenly soldiers coming, Cheng Jin and the rest were shocked, although they were still eating, but their other hand had already been placed under the table, grabbing onto the hidden sabers at their waists, preparing to take action if anything went wrong.

Tang Yin was much calmer than the rest. Recently, he had not even taken a glance at the soldiers, he did not even bat an eyelid, and continued to eat his meal quickly with his head down.

Junior Captain looked around the restaurant, then asked with an unfriendly tone: "Who are those horses outside?"

Secretly saying that it was troublesome, Cheng Jin stood up and cupped his hands towards the Junior Captain, and smiled: "It's mine."

"Oh?" Junior Captain tilted her head and sized Cheng Jin up, then asked: "Why are you bringing so many horses?"

"I am a merchant, of course the horses are for carrying goods."

"Carry the goods?" The Junior Captain snorted, walked to Cheng Jin and said: "Why haven't I seen your goods?"

"It has already been sold. We are now preparing to return home."

"Argument!" Junior Captain sneered: "I think you guys are plotting something?"

was behind him, he took a step forward and grabbed onto the palm that he had prepared to pull out his blade, using all his strength to indicate that he did not need to take action, at the same time, Tang Yin stood up and said with a smile: "We are indeed merchants who have passed by here, I hope that general can help us." While speaking, a silver ingot appeared in his hand and he handed it over to Junior Captain.

The Junior Captain had never been called a general before in her life, so hearing Tang Yin's words, she naturally enjoyed it. Adding to the silver that was given to him, her gloomy face immediately lit up, and without leaving a trace, he took Tang Yin's silver and stuffed it into his belt. Then, she pretended to say, "It's not peaceful right now, it's best not to come out during this period.

"Yes!" "General is right!" Tang Yin said with a smile.

Junior Captain nodded his head in satisfaction, she turned back to his opponents and raised his head, saying: "Don't worry, they are just ordinary customers." With a single ingot, Tang Yin and the rest changed from scheming to ordinary merchants, clearly showing how powerful money was.

Hearing Junior Captain's words, the soldiers all put down their spears one by one, their expressions returning to normal.

Junior Captain picked up a steamed bun and took a bite. She turned his head and spat it out, then threw the steamed bun to the side and muttered: "What the hell is this?" As he spoke, he walked towards the other two customers and asked, "What are you two doing?"

"Officer, this lowly one is also a merchant!"

"Oh? I don't think so! " Junior Captain put her hands behind her back and glanced at the two of them.

The two merchants were not as understanding as Tang Yin, and they could not even take out that much silver. The two people repeatedly said, "Army lord, we really are merchants, and we even have proof …" While talking, the two took out their unique merchant's book and handed it over to Junior Captain.

Seeing that he was not able to obtain any benefits from the two of them, the Junior Captain was enraged. He took the book and tore it up without even looking at it, and said coldly: "What bullsh * t book, your father sees you two as ghosts!" With that, he tilted his head and shouted, "Take these two men away and press them back for interrogation!"

"Yes sir!" "Yes!" The soldiers answered and rushed forward. They held the two customers down, tied their hands, and led them out.

Brother Shangguan, Cheng Jin and the rest all frowned, they subconsciously clenched their fists.

How was this a soldier, it was a group of bandits! No wonder the Lehu County was so low right now, most of the shops were closed, it was all because of these Zhong Tian lackeys.

Tang Yin was not as indignant as the rest. After he sat down, he said softly, "This has nothing to do with us. Sit down and continue eating."