That night, the tent where the thief was imprisoned was brightly lit.
Lingxin brought a bowl of white porridge and placed it next to him, then handed him a wooden pipe and let him drink it himself.
Compared to previous performances, Ling Xin changed into a white gauze robe at night. She sat on a wooden box beside her, looking at the bearded man, who was sucking on the wooden pipe thirstily, and then asked.
"Where are you from? I've never seen a fighting style like yours in the Seven Kingdoms of Xuehua." Ling Xin has traveled to many places with the troupe since she was a child, but has never seen such martial arts.
"Hehe, what's the point of telling me? You won't let me go." He said in a low voice after slurping the porridge.
"Hmm... Let me think about it. Maybe next time Lanlier bothers you, I can say a few words for you." Lingxin stretched out her fingers and pressed them on her chin, thinking.
"Haha, that's it... Do you really treat me like a child?"
"Really? Lan Li'er loves to play tricks on people. She might make you sleep in horse manure or put strange liquids in the water you drink."
"Don't show off your childish ways." The man glanced at him.
"Well...then maybe take off all your clothes, lead your portrait to someone, and say that this is the famous Black Hawk thief. I'll give you 2 copper coins for each view." Ling Xin thought about it again.
"Are you a devil?" the man grinned.
"Then are you willing to tell me?" Ling Xin continued to ask.
"Heh, I'm from the Green Empire. Are you satisfied now?"
"I see... You haven't explained the origins of your skills yet... Such exquisite skills can't be acquired in just a few years in the desert."
As the candlelight flickered, Ling Xin and the man chatted intermittently, and gradually learned a lot. When it was almost time, she stopped asking questions and took her things and left.
After returning to the tent, Lan Lier came over excitedly in her nightgown.
"How is it? My method is reliable, right? Seeing that you came back so late, you must have asked a lot of questions."
"Alas, only you would come up with such a weird idea." Ling Xin shook her head helplessly, but also began to speak slowly.
"He's from the Green Empire, a former subordinate of the Crown Prince. He escaped during the civil unrest that year. Fearing a purge by the new Emperor, he traveled all the way to the Seven Kingdoms of Xuehua and eventually became a bandit."
"Oh, so that's how it is." A gleam of money appeared in Lan Lier's eyes.
"This way, we can get more money from the government."
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