Qianqi and Lingyu left the inner palace of Yuheng together, and when they were about to go outside the palace to look for other clues, a demon servant from the Fuxing Palace informed them that a guest had arrived in Dongyao Shuicheng, and he had already met the elder Ouyang Yong. I have been waiting for him for a long time.
They hurriedly followed the demon servant to the Auxing Palace, passed through the main hall and corridors, and came to Ouyang Yong's room. Behind the plum blossom screen, Sanmu was talking to Ouyang Yong. He was still dressed in a very simple outfit, which was really inconsistent with his status as the most proud subordinate of the Amber Dragon King. It seemed that he had been wandering outside for many days, so that his hair and clothes were stained with a lot of dust. The hat he always wore The straw hat was placed on the table next to it, with some tatters on the edges.
Seeing Qian Qi, Sanmu jumped up from his seat excitedly, saluted and said, "Young Master!"
"Sanmu, there's no need to be polite!" Qianqi stepped forward and pulled Sanmu to sit down together. He had been watching him grow up as if he was his relative.
"I came here this time to report something important. Unfortunately, Lord Demon King Fox is not in the palace at the moment, and I am in a hurry to leave, so I will tell the young master that you still have Lord Yong first." Sanmu took his seat. , and directly told Qian Qi the main purpose of his trip.
"Okay, tell me!" Qian Qi was also curious about what happened that made Sanmu travel all the way here.
"You probably all know about the rare metal that Yin Song is rich in, right? This metal is the hardest among all metals and is mostly used to make weapons." Sanmu introduced with a frown, knowing what he was going to say. It's that serious.
"How could I not know this? The purpose of building Hidden Pine City back then was to use the metal from that place to make weapons for our army!" Ouyang Yong responded.
"Recently, someone has secretly mined a large amount of this rare metal and transported it out of Hidden Pine. I sent many of my men around to find out any news that might be related to Qingyun, but this one worried me the most, and I felt that I had to report it immediately. "Sanmu continued.
"You mean Qingyun is forming his own army?!" Qianqi couldn't help but interrupt Sanmu.
"What I mean is that if his purpose is to build weapons for his own army, then mining this technology on such a large scale means that he must have gathered a considerable army." Sanmu explained the meaning in one sentence.
"Is there any specific movement of these metals? If the quantity is really huge, it should be easy to detect." Ouyang Yong asked.
"That's the problem. The men I sent out to further investigate the matter were all wiped out, and the news never got back to me. In desperation, I had no choice but to take action myself!" Sanmu said with some sadness, and he couldn't help but think of it again. His subordinates who died have been following him for a long time, and they have always been very capable and loyal.
"I didn't expect that he would quietly form his own army again. And the most terrifying thing is that we were completely unaware of it." Ouyang Yong suddenly felt worried.
"Wait, I think there is someone who knows something about this, but I don't know if he is willing to tell us." Qian Qi suddenly had an idea and said.
"You mean?" Ouyang Yong had already guessed who he was referring to.
"Yes, it seems that although he has left Qingyun, such a large-scale army was never built overnight. Why did he never mention such an important matter?! There must be something wrong with it!" Qianqi nodded and said .
"Hey, didn't you expect that? Stupid dragon, you are also smart sometimes!" Ling Yu also felt that Qian Qi's words were indeed reasonable.
"Don't look down on me, hum! How could I not understand such a simple truth!" Qian Qi glanced at him.
"You can't get anything out of that person. You can only rely on Xia Qiu." Ouyang Yong said, twirling his beard.
"That's all I know for the time being. I'll report the rest after further investigation! Well, Mr. Yong, Young Master, I'll take my leave now!" Sanmu stood up and was about to leave, but suddenly he remembered something. Said, "By the way, young master! I took the time to write a letter to Mr. Amber Dragon King. He didn't say anything, but in his heart he was always looking forward to learning more about your current situation!"
Qianqi then thought about it, instead of searching for clues like a needle in a haystack, it would be better to follow Sanmu. He was very experienced in gathering intelligence. Moreover, many of his subordinates had just encountered unexpected events and needed manpower.
So he said: "Sanmu, let me follow you to investigate where those rare metals are transported."
"But this trip may be quite dangerous, my men" Sanmu wanted to persuade Qianqi to give up.
"I have seen all kinds of dangers, what else are you worried about?" Qian Qi was determined.
"How can such an important task be without me? You are so stupid, I have to be there to remind and protect you!" Lingyu said hurriedly when he saw Qianqi was about to leave with Sanmu.
"Then please ask Grandpa Yong to say goodbye to Xia Qiu and the others on our behalf." Qianqi said directly to Ouyang Yong, lest Sanmu continue to persuade him to stay.
"I think it's okay to let them follow you. This is also a learning process. No one in this demon world is better at collecting intelligence than you. No matter what kind of clues you have, you can accurately capture them and find out the whole story. ." Ouyang Yong also thinks that it is a good thing for Qianqi and Lingyu to follow Sanmu.
"Well, Qianqi is my young master, and Master Yong has said so, how can I continue to shirk it. Just leave them two to me, I will protect them even if I risk my life. It's safe." Sanmu no longer refused, and said goodbye to Ouyang Yong with the two teenagers.
Xia Qiu rested all night in Chenji Palace. Early the next morning, Ouyang Xiaoleng came to see her. He was relieved to see that her complexion had almost recovered.
On the first day, the news that he brought Ran Mingzhu into the demon world spread like wildfire. It would have caused another uproar at this critical juncture, so he had no choice but to send her away hurriedly and let her stay in Ouyang's ancient residence to look for potentially useful information from the information previously obtained from the manager of Yujin Apartment.
He himself first went to see Prince Yuli who was under house arrest in Chenji Palace, hoping to find out about Mrs. Lan from his mouth. But although Prince Yuli was heartbroken because of being deceived by Lan Ruoqing's mother and son, his feelings for them still made it difficult for him to reveal anything more to Ouyang Xiaoleng.
Later, Ouyang Xiaoleng had no choice but to leave Chenji Palace and go to the Sparrow Hotel, because Mrs. Lan used to be the owner there, and he thought that maybe there was someone who had dealt with her among the regular guests there.
The street where the Sparrow Hotel is located is eerily quiet during the day, but despite this, there is still evidence that the guests had been there for fun the previous day. The vomit of drunk people can be seen everywhere on the street, many empty wine bottles, and even a few accessories of women who work in Fengyue establishments. Perhaps the color of the whole street is too dark, so Those colorful things are so conspicuous.
The moment the door of the Sparrow Hotel was opened, Ouyang Xiaoleng felt as if he had entered another world. He couldn't help but sigh that the sound insulation effect of the doors and windows of this hotel was really powerful. The lively atmosphere in the hotel was in sharp contrast to the desertedness of the streets.
Some customers were sitting in the rows of chairs in front of the counter chatting. Most of them smoked pipes or rolled cigarettes, making the entire lobby become smoky. There were also many people coming and going upstairs and downstairs.
He went straight to the counter and shook the bell that stood on it. After waiting for about a minute or two, the boss ran down the stairs cursing.
"The busier I get, the messier I get. The busier I get, the busier I get. I'm really unlucky. When will I get some capable helpers?!"
When he saw that the person coming was the Demon King Fox, he realized that he had said the wrong thing and was about to kneel down when he saw Ouyang Xiaolen winking at him. He probably understood what he meant to keep quiet, so he nodded and motioned for him to wait, and then shouted upstairs: "Xiaohua! Xiaohua!"
"Yes, boss!" A young girl's voice quickly responded.
"You lazy guy, how long do you want to hang around here?! Come down and look at the counter for me!" the hotel owner roared in displeasure, his voice completely overpowering those of the guests in the lobby.
"I'm sorry, boss!" A cat girl stumbled down, nodding and bowing to apologize to the boss.
The boss was about to raise his hand to slap her, but because Ouyang Xiaoleng was still there, he took his raised hand back and quickly changed his face to a flattering one and said to Ouyang Xiaoleng: "Sir, you Come with me, let’s talk slowly if you have anything to say!”
"Yeah!" Ouyang Xiaoleng nodded and responded.
When the hotel owner was leaving the lobby, he yelled at the cat girl: "Xiaohua, ask your lazy brother to make the best tea for us! If he can't do such a simple thing well, , then he can pack up his bed and get out tomorrow, my place is not a shelter and I cannot afford to support idle people."
"Yes, yes!" The cat demon girl responded repeatedly, her eyes full of fear, obviously she had been bullied by the boss.
Ouyang Xiaoleng followed the hotel owner to the back of the lobby and asked, "I didn't see that girl last time I came here. How can you invite someone so soon?"
"It's not an invitation, it's just an accommodation! I'm just soft-hearted. After the two siblings moved in, I realized that they didn't have enough money, so I let them stay here temporarily to help out so that I could pay off the rent they owed. . That being said, I have to cover their food and accommodation, and the two of them are useless. Sigh... Just don’t mention it!"
"Oh!" Ouyang Xiaoleng sneered in his heart. This boss obviously got a bargain and found two cheap coolies.
They came to the boss's own room located behind the lobby. It looked very luxurious, not as shabby and shabby as the rest of the hotel. It was obvious from a glance that the boss had earned a lot of money.