Chapter 133 Grandson, grandpa is here to pick you up!
The Twelve Docks Headquarters is located at the southwest canal dock in the Exiled Lands.
The canal connects to the open sea in the north and to the inland in the south, extending in all directions.
The entire main helm was built against the dock and was cast into a stone fortress with ships as the base outside the stone fortress. Looking out, the gardenia stems looked like a forest and the cabins looked like scales.
Large and small ships cover a large area of the river outside the dock, and the scene is magnificent.
After nightfall, the pier is brightly lit.
The gang members were going back and forth to unload the goods, shouting loudly.
Two heads, one big and one small, appeared on a tower ten feet away from the dock. Their four eyes stared dimly at the lights over there, and their noses were filled with the fishy smell of water vapor wafting from the canal with every breath they took.
Du Buqin quickly took in the surroundings and quickly grasped the situation. He whispered, "There are twelve watchtowers surrounding the stone fortress. There are guards in the towers, and archers are stationed on the upper floors of each tower. They're spending a huge amount of money, waiting for me to fall into their trap!"
Tian Bao said, "You have bad intentions."
"He has bad intentions! I've been here before, but there weren't so many watchtowers, and there weren't so many people hiding in them. Look at those people loading and unloading cargo at the dock. They look normal, but they have shifty eyes and speak in a stiff manner. They're acting! No wonder several of the branch offices have withdrawn. They must have deployed all of their forces here. That bastard with the big beard is trying to lure me here and trap me!"
Sweetie, "He's afraid of death."
"Well said!"
"Where is Uncle Broken Blade?"
"That stone fort over there with lights like will-o'-the-wisp is the main hall of Pier 12. Broken Knife should be inside." Du Buwei gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Big Beard must have prepared some drinks to entertain him. Damn it, we're feeding mosquitoes here while he's enjoying himself inside!"
"Are you going?"
"Wait a minute, I'll think about how to get rid of the archer." Otherwise, he would be shot into a sieve as soon as he showed his head.
Unfortunately, the twelve watchtowers were scattered all over the place, and he couldn't get anywhere because he was confused.
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Stone Castle Hall.
Just as Dubuwei guessed, the bearded man prepared good wine and food in the hall, waiting for Duandao to come.
The jade pendant has been delivered, and Duan Dao can't wait until tomorrow.
At this moment, the candlelight in the hall was bright, and the air was filled with the aroma of wine and vegetables. A bearded man sat at one end of the dining table, holding a wine glass with a faint smile on his face, looking confident that he was sure of victory.
Duan Dao did not sit down, but stood opposite him. Under the light, his cold and hard facial features looked sharper than before, and his aura was so cold that it could freeze water vapor into ice chips.
"Where is the person?" He stared at his bearded man with sharp eyes, speaking each word in a tense voice.
The bearded man chuckled. He didn't mind the man's reluctance to sit down. As long as Broken Blade came, he couldn't escape his grasp. "Why are you in such a hurry? Since I've given you the jade pendant, I won't hide the secrets behind it. However, there's no such thing as a business without capital in this world. What do you think, General Yuan?"
These three words made Duan Dao's eyelids twitch violently, and the coldness on his body became even stronger. Scarlet appeared in his eyes, and red streaks overflowed.
The roaring sound of bloodshed on the battlefield seemed to ring in his ears again, stirring up the bloodiness deep in his heart again and again.
At the execution ground at Caishikou in Jingdong City, the emperor's knife chopped off the ground, soaking the earth with the blood of the Yuan family, leaving more than a hundred innocent souls in the family! This chilled his bloodiness.
When one's achievements are too great, they frighten the master. When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked.
The Yuan family shed blood on the battlefield to protect the country and the people, and they never had any regrets.
However, the final outcome was not that he died on the battlefield, but that he died in the country for which he was loyal.
Loyal and brave?
Broken Blade was shaking all over and laughing, his laughter was ironic and sad.
The desolate laughter floated in the air, lingering in the hall of the stone fortress for a long time, cleansing people's souls.
The bearded man tightened his grip on the wine glass and lowered his eyes. "Broken Knife, I, the bearded man, respect heroes, but you know best that being a hero never ends well, and the Land of Exile doesn't need heroes. That's a fact. As long as you're willing to serve me, I'll definitely give you a share of the Outer City power I control in the future. The current confrontation between the Twelve Piers and Tu Beishan is irreversible. I also know that you have a bottom line and principles in your actions: don't harm innocent people, the elderly, the weak, women, and children."
He raised his eyes, met the man's scarlet, cold eyes, and opened his mouth. "But he's immune to poison, so he's not innocent, is he? You kill him for me, and then capture Huo Ziheng. Just these two things, and I'll tell you everything behind the jade pendant, including the whereabouts of the person you want to see. After this, whether you stay or go, I at Pier Twelve will never make things difficult for you."
Duan Dao's laughter gradually died down, and he met the bearded man's eyes.
The air temperature around dropped to the lowest point, and something was stretched to the extreme, ready to break with a single touch.
The bearded man saw murderous intent in the man's eyes. He slowly placed his wine glass on the table, a slight clinking sound, and laughed, "Back when the Yuan family was convicted, your sister-in-law was frightened and gave birth to a premature son after nine months of pregnancy. She entrusted the child to a wet nurse and secretly took him away, claiming the fetus had died in the womb. The jade pendant was found on that child. It was the only remaining bloodline of your Yuan family besides you."
Which is more important, the whereabouts of the only remaining bloodline or the life of the old poisonous creature that is immune to the poison?
Duan Dao said nothing, his eyes fixed on the bearded man without blinking or flinching.
A breeze blew in from outside the hall, brushing against the candlelight, causing it to sway and flicker. The light in the hall also dimmed and brightened, casting even heavier shadows on the faces of the two people confronting each other.
Wait until the candlelight is still again.
With a clang of dragon's roar, the Moon-Drinking Sword flashed in the air and pointed directly at the bearded man.
The man's hand holding the knife was strong and steady.
"As a descendant of the Yuan family, I must inherit the Yuan family's ancestral teachings and traditions, value friendship and loyalty, and be fearless of death."
"I will never do that to a shrewd person!"
The bearded man's face darkened, he slammed the table and stood up, shouting, "Broken Knife! I'll give you some face, don't think I'm afraid of you——"
Suddenly, the ground outside the hall shook violently, and the rumbling sound reached the sky.
Interrupted the bearded man's wild talk.
A laughter came from the room, "Broken Dao, grandson! Grandpa is here to pick you up!"
There was also a little baby voice, "The one with the beard, I'm lying to you!"
The hand holding the knife steadily trembled, "..."
The bearded man suddenly turned his head and looked outside the hall.
It's dark under the lamp.
It was pitch black outside, and I could only hear voices but not see anyone.
The rumbling sound was incessant, rang out a full twelve times, accompanied by countless screams that stopped abruptly in between.
"Hahahaha!" The blood that had been stirred up and then suppressed and cooled lingered in his chest. Broken Knife laughed heartily towards the sky, and slashed through the air, straight at the bearded man. "You misjudged. I'm not here to be controlled by you. Since you have the information, how can I not tell the truth if I capture you!"
The bearded man dodged in a hurry. Although he didn't look embarrassed, he was filled with murderous intent due to a series of unexpected events. "Alright! In that case, you can't leave Pier Twelve! Come on, set up the formation!"
"Bu your grandma!" The old man's voice floated in from outside again, "I'm going to tear down your nest today! Sweetie, smash, smash, smash!"
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