This was the third day that Allen had arrived in Mountain City.
It was night, and the City Lord\'s Mansion was brightly lit. In the study, warmth emanated from the floors and walls. Even at the end of winter, it didn\'t feel cold. There is a temperature control room in the City Lord\'s Mansion. In winter, steam is generated and flows through the pipes laid to the main rooms of the City Lord\'s Mansion. Even in winter, walking around the City Lord\'s Mansion wouldn\'t feel cold even if he wore thin clothes. This was especially true of Rackett\'s study. The old count, dressed only in thin clothes, sat at the table and looked at the secret reports that Justin had sent up.
This was an espionage report sent up by someone who was monitoring Allen. As the army expanded, Rackett also tried to build his own intelligence system. This spy team had been established for less than half a year. Its scale was not there, and its ability was limited. However, it could still report to monitor one or two people on its own territory. After being screened by Justin, the report placed before the Rackett case was simple and clear.
Using time as the axis, where Allen had been in the past three days and who he had contacted were all listed in detail in the report. There were a few places where Rackett read them several times. After reading the reports, Rackett snorted heavily.
Coincidentally, the eldest son, Yopuni, pushed open the door and entered. Hearing this heavy snort, he knew that his father was in a bad mood. Yopuni gestured to Justin, who hurriedly retreated. He walked to the count and asked, "What happened?"
Rackett pushed the spy in front of Yopuni and pointed at the places to pay attention to. Yopuni\'s gaze swept across and he frowned, "This Sir Allen has had contact with Remington and went to the Diamond Empress Theatre last night. Could it be to see Parson?"
"I told Parson not to tangle with that singer. He has all kinds of women." Rackett shook his head. "Look, if it weren\'t for that Ollie, outsiders wouldn\'t have been able to find his whereabouts so easily. But what worries me is that these two brats didn\'t mention anything about their contact with Allen! "
Yopuni thought for a moment and said, "Parson, I think it\'s because of Ollie, so I didn\'t dare to mention it to you, father. As for Remington, that would be interesting. The night before yesterday, he raised his troops to denounce us, and he also found out about the troops you sent out of the city. Could it be this Sir Allen's doing? "
"Needless to say, although this bastard didn't do anything in Mountain City, he clearly wanted to sow discord between us father and son. I hate those two brats. One of them lacks a brain, and the other one is timid and afraid of trouble. Both of them are useless! You didn't even tell me, your father, that you were in contact with my sworn enemy. Are you trying to anger me to death? "
A smile flashed in Yopuni's eyes, but he said, "They are just ignorant."
"It\'s fine if it\'s Parson, but Remington isn\'t young either. He still doesn\'t know what\'s important? I think he's determined to go against me. That's fine, he's not allowed to go out for the next few days. Send someone to keep a close eye on him and make him stay at home. How dare he?? Gather? Bucket eunuch? Nai Que? I am in a hurry? Castration? Di Qiao swims in the oxime? Snuggle! Beng Zhuo said to throw Lei Ying out of consideration? What is it worth? Eh? Balance? Alliance? Na Shuo? By way of warning? Coals and cows? Jiaojiao Jiji Ji Ji Ji Ji Ji Pry? Qiao Mei smiled apologetically. Eh? Milk? Luo Tou Pa Di Yang Tu Zheng? All Are Skilled Craftsman Shallow Orifice Long!
Yopuni nodded. "I've already informed Gonzalez. I think he knows what's important."
Rackett sighed and said, "If only Remington was half as sensible as you are. As a father, I could breathe a sigh of relief."
"It's getting late, you should go back and rest."
"You don't have to work too hard." Yopuni smiled and walked out of the study. When the door was closed, he glanced at the old man through the crack in the door and walked happily to his bedroom. He had indeed informed the foreign general, but he had also reached an agreement with Gonza. Of course, Rackett didn't know about these agreements.
"This old thing keeps saying that he wants to entrust me with heavy responsibilities, but now, even a Legion Commander won't let me go. Father, father, you're too scheming. Could it be that you can take all this power to the coffin? "Closing the bedroom, Yopuni muttered," It doesn't matter if you don't give it to me. I'll take it myself. "
The mountain road was boundless.
Coiling Snake Mountain Road had almost become the private road of Earl Rackett's family, from the citizens to the nobles and wealthy merchants in the city. If it wasn't necessary, no one would walk on the Coiling Snake Highway. Besides, this place was deathly silent, and at night, it was even shrouded in cold mist. Who would run to Coiling Snake Mountain Road when they were full? Rackett simply set up a gatehouse at the entrance of the mountain path and sent guards to guard it. Unless it was someone from Rackett's own family, outsiders needed to pass through.
It was already the end of winter, but the weather showed no signs of warming up. Instead, it was even colder. Especially when Mountain City was built on a mountain, it was even colder at night. The cold mist on the Coiling Snake Mountain Road was deep, and the visibility was no more than five meters. Even though there was a street lamp every three meters on the mountain path, in the night mist, these street lamps were as faint as ghost flames, barely able to illuminate an inch of land.
Inside the sentry post at the entrance of the mountain path, two soldiers were smoking in their cotton-padded clothes. In this deadly weather, it's hard work to be on duty at night. The guards of Coiling Snake Mountain Road were all drawn from the barracks in rotation. Jobs like this that had no oil and water to fish out and were freezing and suffering were all placed on the heads of those unlucky bastards who were pushed out by others in the barracks. It was said that they were on duty in rotation, but every time the officer arranged the duty list, it was always those familiar names that came and went.
There were a few smart ones in the room who knew how to stuff gold coins into the pockets of the officers on duty, so they were taken out of the duty list. Most of them could only complain verbally, but they couldn't change anything. They still had to go to Coiling Snake Mountain Road to suffer.
Tonight was no different from before, but the two soldiers in the sentry post felt the atmosphere was oppressive, and they didn't know what was going on. Then, they heard footsteps coming from outside again and again. The older one poked the younger colleague beside him, "Go take a look."
"Why aren't you the one going?"
Then, he was kicked. The young man cursed and threw away his cigarette butt. He casually picked up a saber, but it was so cold that it burned his hand. Thus, he carried a gun, tightened his cotton-padded clothes, and walked over. Outside the sentry post, there was a horse-stopping bolt at the entrance of the mountain path. The soldier held the wooden bolt and looked ahead. A figure gradually appeared in the thick fog.
It was a similarly young man. He held a long saber in his hand and walked over with his head lowered.
"Stop!" The soldier shouted, "Are you blind? You can't tell that this is Coiling Snake Mountain Road, and above is the City Lord's Mansion. This isn't a place for you to stroll around. Get lost, get lost. I can't be bothered to argue with you. If it were anyone else, you would have been beaten up. "
The man grinned, "Just because of what you said, you don't have to die tonight."
"What did you say?" The soldier dug his ears and couldn't hear the man's words clearly. He waved his gun impatiently and said, "Leave quickly, or I'll shoot."
The man really didn't seem to understand and walked forward with his saber in his arms. The soldier cursed, but it wasn't good for him to really shoot. Now that the surroundings were deathly quiet, even the City Lord's Mansion could hear the gunshot. If the old count knew that he was only shooting to chase away a madman, he wouldn't be able to put on a layer of skin. He immediately bypassed the horse-stopping bolt and used the gun as a stick. He stabbed at the man's lower abdomen, wanting to knock him out and drag him away.
Unexpectedly, when the butt of the gun arrived around the man's body, it was as if it had stabbed into a piece of cooked skin. However, there was still a good distance between the gun and the man. The soldier's face was filled with panic. The light in his eyes gradually lit up. He raised his head in shock, only to see that the light was coming from the man's lower body.
The man smiled slightly and suddenly shone with boundless light!
A majestic heat burst forth, and the soldier screamed and flew backwards. He flew high over the horse-stopping bolt and fell under a street lamp a few meters away. When the veteran at the sentry post heard the cries outside, he ran out with a gun and cursed. He happened to see a ball of flames slowly converge and finally condense into a complicated pattern of light on the uninvited guest's body.
The man gently spat out a mouthful of hot air. Suddenly, the lights in the sentry post lit up. The fire in the furnace, which was almost extinguished, suddenly burst into flames. Not only that, but the street lamps on Coiling Snake Mountain Road also lit up one after another. Then, with a rumble, the lampshade of the street lamp exploded, and a burst of flames shot into the sky. Coiling Snake Mountain Road suddenly lit up, and the flames dispersed the cold mist. The cigarette in the veteran's mouth fell to the ground. He couldn't close his mouth as he looked at the strange scene on the mountain path. At this moment, every street lamp was like a torch, winding up the mountain path like a corridor of flames.
A path of peak fire!
Allen smiled. "Destroying the scene like this can be considered open and aboveboard, right?" Then, he walked forward. The Heavenly Fire Qi naturally surged forward, and the horse-stopping bolt first ignited without any fire. The wooden bolt, which had been wet by the cold water vapor, was difficult to ignite, but this time, it burned like dry firewood. When Allen approached, it broke in the middle. Allen stepped over the broken wood and passed by the soldier. When he had taken ten steps, the soldier jumped up and pointed his gun at Allen's back. He said with a trembling voice, "Stop."
At the end of his words, there was a loud bang behind him. The soldier was knocked to the ground by the shock wave and felt the earth shake. When everything calmed down, he looked back and saw that the sentry post had been blown up. Flames were spraying out from the cracks in the pile of rocks. The soldier's face was pale. He looked at a hand that was pressed under a rock and suddenly thought of Allen's words.
You can live tonight!
In other words, other than him, many people would probably die? The soldier finally broke down. He cried and shouted as he threw away his gun and stumbled in the opposite direction.
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