At this time, the conversation between several burly men at the next table caught her attention.
"Have you heard? The Yiwu tribe was exterminated!"
A big bearded man spoke in a low voice, with fear in his tone.
"Extermination of the clan? How is that possible! Although the Yiwu tribe lives in a remote area."
"But it's a tribe of several thousand people after all. Who has the guts to do that?"
Another tall, thin man expressed doubt.
"It's absolutely true! My cousin is serving in the Liangzhou garrison, and he was the one who spread the news."
"I heard that the Yiwu people offended someone they shouldn't have offended overnight."
"The entire tribe was slaughtered, leaving no one alive, not even women and children!"
The bearded man said this while gnawing on the chicken leg in his hand.
“Hiss…ha…”
The tall and thin man took a sip of wine.
"Who on earth is so cruel? How could he do such a vicious thing?"
"I don't know about that." The bearded man shook his head.
"Some say it was done by the King of Northern Frontier, some say it was done by the pirates of Sea Shark, and some say it was..."
He paused deliberately and said mysteriously:
"This is a secret order from Emperor Li Chengfeng of the Qian Dynasty!"
"Li Chengfeng? That's impossible! Although he's still young, he's a wise ruler!"
The tall and thin man expressed disbelief.
"What the hell is a wise ruler? Humph! In this world, where is there such a thing as a truly wise ruler?"
"Whoever gives you milk is your mother! You're just pretending!"
The bearded man wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth.
"I heard that the Yiwu tribe has a large amount of treasure hidden, and Li Chengfeng has coveted it for a long time, so..."
Aimu sat aside and listened calmly. These rumors were more outrageous than each other, and it was difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.
She took a sip of tea and thought: The most important thing now is to find out the next move of the King of Northern Frontier and find the Great Emperor Li Chengfeng as soon as possible.
She must fulfill her father's last wish!
At this time, a ragged old man walked into the teahouse, walked tremblingly to the front of the crowd, and said in a hoarse voice:
"My dear kind-hearted uncles, please have mercy on me and give me something to eat..."
The old man walked up to the bearded man, stretched out his withered hands, and begged:
"Master, please, please be kind and give me some leftovers..."
The bearded man waved his hand impatiently.
"Go away! Get out of the way and don't bother me while I'm drinking!"
The old man did not give up, and walked up to the tall and thin man and begged:
"Master, please be kind..."
The tall and thin man glanced at him with disgust.
"Get away from me! Are you looking for a beating? If you come any closer, I'll beat you to death!"
The old man sighed and turned to leave when Aimu called him.
"Old man, come and sit down."
She pointed to the empty seat across from her.
The old man came over gratefully. Aimu poured him a cup of tea and asked softly:
"Old man, I want to ask you something. Do you know about the genocide of the Yiwu people?"
The old man picked up the teacup, took a sip with trembling hands and said:
"The Yiwu tribe...ah..." He sighed, "What a sin..."
"Do you know what's going on?"
Ayimu asked.
The old man put down his teacup, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice:
"Girl, there are some things that the less you know, the better. The more you know, the more dangerous it is..."
Aimu stared at the old man's cloudy eyes and asked persistently:
"Old man, what do you know? Even just a little clue is very important to me."
The old man's cloudy eyes rolled around, and he fumbled out a rusty copper coin from his ragged clothes, placed it in front of Aimu, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Girl, what do you want to know? Tonight at midnight, in the alley behind the teahouse."
After saying that, the old man stood up and staggered out of the teahouse, leaving Aimu alone to ponder over the copper coin.
As night fell, the alley behind the teahouse was pitch black. There was no one in the alley, only the cold wind whistling past.
"Old man?" Aimu called out tentatively.
A dark figure slowly walked out of the darkness. It was a man in a black robe.
He walked up to Aimu and said in a hoarse voice:
"Girl, do you have copper coins?"
Aimu stared at the black-robed man in front of him vigilantly, and his right hand unconsciously tightened the scimitar at his waist.
"What do you want to do?" Aimu asked in a low voice, his tone trembling slightly.
The man in black robe did not answer, but slowly raised a skinny hand, and a rusty copper coin appeared in his palm.
This copper coin is exactly the same as the one the old man gave her during the day!
Aimu immediately understood what the man in black robe meant and took out the copper coin from his pocket.
"Be quiet and follow me."
The man in black robe finally spoke, his voice was as hoarse as two pieces of sandpaper rubbing against each other, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Aimu hesitated for a moment, but still followed.
The man in black robe led her through twists and turns, through several narrow alleys, and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated courtyard.
Walking to the dilapidated courtyard gate and gently knocking on the doorknob three times, Aimu's heart beat faster involuntarily.
A moment later, the door creaked open. The yard was overgrown with weeds and filled with debris. It looked like no one had lived there for a long time. A low wooden house stood alone in the middle of the yard.
The man in black robe pushed open the door of the wooden house, and a musty smell hit him in the face. He walked to the corner of the wall, as if groping for something.
With a light "click", an inconspicuous stone in the corner of the wall was pressed down, and the wall slowly opened to both sides, revealing a dark staircase leading to the underground.
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