New system?
next day
"Damn it! Who told you to open the city gate?! Are you trying to cause trouble?"
An angry roar broke the silence of the early morning and awakened Tong Zhenzhen who was dreaming. She was trying to struggle to get up, but then she thought about how hard she had worked last night and Xie Ci had said that she didn't need to worry about him today, so she simply fell back down and continued to sleep under the quilt.
In a daze, she heard quarreling and cursing coming from outside. Then a thunderous sound of footsteps passed by and the shouting gradually subsided. She felt more relieved and fell asleep peacefully.
I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly heard the sound of someone opening the tent door, and then the dazzling sunlight poured in. Tong Zhenzhen raised her hands to cover her eyes and began to roll around in a bad mood:
"Who turned on the light? I still want to go back to sleep—"
"Why are you sleeping? Lazy guy, it's already noon, and you're still sleeping!" Xie Ci peeled her out of the cocoon formed by layers of quilts with a bit of a smile and coaxed her:
"Okay, thanks to the goddess, the city has been successfully captured. Your friends have made your favorite spicy salad and are waiting for you."
"Spicy mix?!"
Tong Zhenzhen was resurrected from the dead body in an instant. She stood up too fast and bumped into Xie Ci's chin. Fortunately, he was prepared. He held her cheeks with both hands from mid-air, gently pulled them to both sides, and joked:
"I get excited when I hear about eating. You've eaten like a pig, and you're still eating?"
"What's it to you? I'm not eating your food!" Tong Zhenzhen was completely sobered by his noise. She rolled her eyes at him and didn't even bother to change her pajamas. She quickly put on her sweater and coat and wanted to rush out to taste her favorite spicy mixed soup.
"Come back, your hair is all sticky like a hedgehog!" Xie Ci sighed, stretched out his long arms and pulled the person back, "Comb your hair first and wash your face before you go."
He looked around and soon found the hairband and comb that Tong Zhenzhen had casually thrown on the bedside. He held the restless Tong Zhenzhen in his arms with one hand and picked up the comb with the other hand to comb her hair.
Xie Ci's actions could be described as gentle, and were much more comfortable than her usual violent hair combing. Tong Zhenzhen yawned and just let him go.
His slender knuckles moved flexibly among the innocent hair, easily taming the messy hair that was curled up by the strange sleeping posture, gathering them into a bunch, and putting on the hair tie with one hand skillfully, and a perfect bun was made in the blink of an eye.
"Wow, that's pretty good. Who did you learn this skill from?" Tong Zhenzhen touched her hair back and could feel that it was tied just right, not pinching her scalp at all, nor too loose to fall apart.
"It's nothing. I already knew it. I learned a few tricks from your mother." Xie Ci snorted proudly and pulled out a face towel from the side and handed it to her.
At the same time, Qu Fei, who was carrying a full set of washing and hair-tying tools, saw this scene and tactfully slowed down her pace, turned around and left, and said to Xue Yide who was following her:
"It seems that the child already has a new mother."
Xue Yide pushed his glasses, walked forward and hugged her naturally, and continued:
"The child is grown up now, and it's time for him to have his own ideas."
"But I always feel that there is something weird between them." Qu Fei looked back at the two people who were playing around, feeling a little worried.
"This may be because your daughter has no gender awareness. She probably regards Xie Ci as a close friend." Xue Yide made a diagnosis with a sharp eye.
"Alas, poor General Xie. I wish he wouldn't be so stubborn and could make things clear sooner." Qu Fei sighed, took Xue Yide's arm, and went to the city with him to have lunch.
When Tong Zhenzhen was reluctantly going into the city to eat, she happened to meet the general who had fainted because of Xie Ci's bad words. He was tied up like a dumpling and tied to the pillar next to the city gate. Surrounded by a group of soldiers who were trying to persuade him, Tong Zhenzhen became interested. She took a bowl of spicy salad from Li Yan, moved a small stool and sat not far away, eating it as a meal.
"Commander, why are you doing this? It's not worth it to risk your life for the emperor's ambition!"
"That's right. Look at those countries that have agreed to peace talks. The people are living and working in peace and contentment. They no longer have to worry about suffering from war."
"Furthermore, following you as commander, we always go hungry, and if we don't do what you want, we'll be beaten and scolded. We don't want to live like this anymore..."
The general struggled violently for a few times, but he was too fragile to break free, and could only curse in vain:
"Shut up! I give you rewards as punishments and punishments as rewards. You do these cowardly things and you still have the nerve to excuse yourself?!"
"How is this cowardly? This is called abandoning darkness and joining the light! Wait a minute—" The soldier was retorting and suddenly realized something was wrong. What he just said seemed to be the classic line of the Mushroom Queen. He hesitated for a moment and tried to speak:
"Your mouth..."
"It's really big!" the general blurted out subconsciously, but when he came to his senses it was too late. Everyone had already heard it clearly and were looking at him with complicated eyes.
"Hey, Commander, so you were watching too! Then why did you do this?" The soldier suddenly felt that he was much friendlier and put his arm around his shoulder enthusiastically.
"Shut up! What do you know, young man? Xie Ci is so arrogant, if I don't pretend to be polite, I will lose face in front of him!" The general grumbled dissatisfiedly.
But you are quite embarrassed now...
Tong Zhenzhen silently swallowed a mouthful of spicy salad and watched the soldiers untie him. Then a group of people gathered together to eat.
Five days later
Yuandu
The news of the priests' triumphant return spread throughout the streets and alleys. Families flocked to the main road, wanting to catch a glimpse of the priests. The sedan chairs moved slowly forward, and the people were filled with singing and laughter along the way.
Tong Zhenzhen smiled and greeted the crowd outside, then returned to the group meeting to report:
"The above is our victory this time. A total of five countries have been turned into crispy skins. Your Majesty, how is the situation in Yuandu these days? Is there any unusual movement?"
But Zhao Xu wasn't listening at all:
"Grandmaster, when will you teach that old man Changhao a lesson? He is such a weakling that he always comes to show off in front of me!"
Tong Zhenzhen: …
Forget it, I won’t bother with the internet-addicted teenager.
He turned around and asked Ma Chengyun who stayed in Yuandu:
"Xiao Ma, report the situation."
"Okay! As of today, two-thirds of the countries have completed the crisping process and reached a reconciliation. At the same time, our Pony Run has also entered every country that has joined the big family of love and peace. We have a Yuandu headquarters and 320 branches..."
Seeing that he was going off topic and bringing the topic to his own supermarket chain, Tong Zhenzhen quickly stopped him:
"Stop! I'm asking you about our world peace cause, not your supermarket! Has there been any unusual movement recently? Especially in Gulou!"
As Gulou is the most powerful country, they have always tried to avoid it, waiting until the surrounding countries have been dealt with, and then taking it down in one fell swoop.
"Oh, there are indeed some unusual movements," Ma Chengyun put away his account book and began to report seriously, "Didn't we arrest Shao Hui's subordinate Aguda before? Gulou used part of the occupied Linyuan land to redeem him. And I heard that his cell is very close to the high priest's. The two of them are suspected to have communicated in the prison. As soon as Aguda left, the high priest's attitude became much more arrogant, although he was quite arrogant before..."
Without waiting for Tong Zhenzhen's instructions, Xie Ci started to speak:
"I will instruct the people in the prison to keep a close watch on him. Gulou will not tolerate this. After suffering a loss this time, Shao Hui will definitely take action."
Everyone discussed for a long time, mostly about the next strategy to guard against Gu Lou. Considering that Tong Zhenzhen and the others had just returned to Yuandu and were exhausted from the long journey, they didn't drive for too long and let them go back to rest.
Gulou Military Camp
Aguda, a tall and strong man, was kneeling there timidly, wishing he could disappear on the spot.
"Tell me, how do you feel? Because I was as stupid as a pig, I was captured alive by Xie Ci, and this forced me to give back the territory I had fought so hard for. It was a great shame!"
The man on the first seat had a burly build and was wearing heavy iron armor. He stared at Aguda, who dared not raise his head, with his leopard eyes, with a ferocious look on his face.
"Yes, it is my incompetence that has brought shame to the general!" Aguda kowtowed like a madman. The sound of his body hitting the mud echoed in the room for a long time, and soon blood appeared.
Shao Hui knocked on the table impatiently:
"Alright, stop talking after the fact. I want to ask you, what exactly is the method you mentioned in the secret letter to turn the tables? If it's just a made-up excuse to get out of trouble..."
He held his palm horizontally, suspended it across his neck and made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"I dare not!"
Aguda shook his head repeatedly and told the truth in a nutshell:
"Yes, it's like this. I was imprisoned and got a treasure by accident. According to my guess, it must have been lost by the priests of Linyuan. I don't know how it ended up in my hands."
"Heh, the priestess' magic weapon? How could such an important thing accidentally fall into your hands?!" Shao Hui snorted coldly, feeling that this man was taking him for a fool. Even he was a little afraid of the abilities of those priests, which was why he had not taken action against them. Now Aguda actually lied that he had got their magic weapon. It was simply abominable!
"Someone, drag him away and torture him!"
"General, calm down, calm down! I really didn't lie!" Aguda knelt a few steps to Shao Hui's feet and cried:
"This thing is called the Cyber Fraud System. I once took the opportunity to communicate with the former high priest of Linyuan. The power of those priests should all come from this. With the system, you can have those extraordinary powers. With my system, I can easily defraud the money of the people of Linyuan and use it as the military pay for our Gulou Army."
Shao Hui showed little interest at first, but he spoke fairly well and the issue of military pay also made him excited, so he raised his chin to signal him to continue.
When Aguda saw that he had relaxed his attitude, he was overjoyed and added hurriedly:
"If used properly, we might be able to trick the priest into coming. Then the general can set up a dragnet and capture him! Furthermore, we can also take away the priest's system. Who can stop the general then? The general will succeed!"
These words were extremely attractive to Shao Hui, an ambitious man. He narrowed his eyes slightly, grabbed Aguda's neck, and easily lifted him up from the ground.
"General..." Aguda's face turned red and his feet kept struggling in the air.
Shao Hui sneered and threw him far away. Aguda rolled on the ground for several times before he barely stopped, gasping for breath, with a fingerprint left on his neck.
"I'll trust you this time. Remember, there will be a reward for success. But if you dare to lie to this general..." Shao Hui glanced at him with a warning in his eyes.
"I, ahem, I will definitely live up to the general's trust! Please rest assured, general!" Aguda quickly got up from the ground and expressed his loyalty to Shao Hui. At the same time, he touched his neck, feeling a little scared.
For some reason, he always felt that the magic power of those priests had weakened. Previously, Xie Ci had beaten him up without any injury, but today Shao Hui just pinched his neck and left such a heavy bruise. He didn't know if his online fraud system could really work as described above...
But of course he couldn't say these words to Shao Hui, as this was his last resort to survive.
Aguda swallowed his saliva, suppressed his anxiety, and continued to report to Shao Hui the news he had heard in Linyuan Prison.
"Tsk, the high priest is a piece of shit. The general has placed him in Linyuan for so many years, but he is useless!" Shao Hui became more and more annoyed after listening to these nonsense. "Okay, okay, you should get down and do the work. I'll do as you say. Let's start by defrauding people of their money."
"I obey your orders!"
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