At the same time, Xu Potian and Chen Yong's tent.

"Brother Xu, why do you agree to listen to Lin Haotian?" Chen Yong asked the question he had always wanted to know.

Xu Potian said: "This time the task is too difficult, and if we don't complete it, we can't go to participate in the military general qualifying competition, since this is an order from His Majesty the Scorpion Emperor, it must be true, it's definitely not a joke, only by cooperating with them, we can successfully complete the task." ”

"That's right, but the thought that we have to listen to Lin Haotian's bastard's orders makes me feel very unhappy. Chen Yong said resentfully.

Xu Potian said: "Brother Chen, it's better to be patient, you just need to think that this is to be able to participate in the military general qualifying competition, this is also our purpose." ”

"That's all there is to it. Chen Yong nodded, paused, and asked again: "Brother Xu, you arranged a killer to assassinate Lin Haotian, if you kill him in the course of this mission, what should you do?"

Xu Potian lowered his voice and said, "The people we arranged will only make a move after we leave the Scorpion Imperial City, so this has no effect at all." ”

"That's good. Chen Yong nodded.

Xu Potian said: "Brother Chen, pay attention, don't mention this matter in the future, just know it in your heart, the wall has ears." ”

"Good. Chen Yong nodded again.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Lin Haotian got up under the sound of the military trumpet, walked out of the tent, and saw those soldiers who were training, he couldn't help but think of his situation in the army, and his blood surged for a while, and he had some urge to join them.

After a while, Scorpion Wu and the others also got up, and they automatically came to Lin Haotian's side, Lin Haotian glanced at everyone, and said loudly: "Let's go to breakfast together, and after eating, we will set off immediately." ”

"Yes. The other nine answered at the same time.

Coming to the cafeteria and having a simple breakfast, Lin Haotian sent the relevant equipment to the other nine team members, and then said: "These are dry food and other equipment, one for each person, bring their own, and each person has a horse, which is already outside the barracks, so we will set off immediately." ”

"Yes. The other nine team members responded at the same time, and then got up and followed Lin Haotian out of the cafeteria.

got the horse, Lin Haotian turned over on the horse, Lin Haotian took out the map and looked at it, then pinched the horse's belly and rushed out in one direction.

Wei Fang prepared Lin Haotian very much for a spirit beast called a unicorn horse, the speed of running is definitely not as good as that of the sweaty dragon horse, but the speed is not slow, there is no problem to travel thousands of miles a day, from this point of view, if you want to reach the eighteen villages, it will take at least a day.

Galloping all the way, except for the necessary pauses and rests, the rest of the time was all in a hurry, Lin Haotian ten people were wearing military uniforms, and the general forces did not dare to provoke them, in this way, this also helped them reduce a lot of trouble, and in the evening, they arrived outside a small town called Shiyan Town.

"Everyone get off the horse!" Lin Haotian grabbed the unicorn and shouted loudly to the other nine.

The other nine people dismounted at the same time, and then they all looked at Lin Haotian, wondering what Lin Haotian would command.

Lin Haotian said: "About twenty miles outside Shiyan Town, it is where the eighteen villages are located, and it is difficult to move at night, we will settle down in this Shiyan Town tonight to rest, now everyone changes into civilian clothes, enters Shiyan Town in batches, and finds different inns to settle down, early tomorrow morning, we will meet directly outside the town." ”

"Why do you want to change into civilian clothes? Wearing this military uniform, it should be more convenient to do things, right?" Chen Yong asked with some unhappiness.

"A fool is a fool, this is so close to the Eighteen Villages, even if this town is not the territory of the Eighteen Villages, there must be many eyes and ears of the Eighteen Villages, wearing military uniforms to enter this town, at most a stick of incense, the news of our arrival will be spread to the Eighteen Villages. Qian Li said with a disdainful face.

"Qian Li, you ......" Hearing Qian Li's joking words, of course Chen Yong was not convinced, and was about to fight back, but his words were interrupted by Lin Haotian.

"Qian Li, Chen Yong, you two stop immediately, I will warn you one last time, if you still don't remember to unite, I will deal with it in strict accordance with military regulations. Lin Haotian's words were fifty boards each, Chen Yong and Qian Li naturally had nothing to say, and they both admitted that they wanted to listen to Lin Haotian's words, so naturally they couldn't regret it, and the two of them didn't quarrel again.

"Let's change our clothes, put away our uniforms, and don't be seen. Lin Haotian ordered again.

This time there was no objection from anyone else, and they went to change their clothes, and soon the crowd was gathered again.

"Enter the town separately, check in separately, find out the news on your own, and unify tomorrow morning. Lin Haotian issued the second order.

"Yes. The other nine people answered at the same time, and they freely combined, in groups of threes, twos, and twos, and entered the town separately.

Lin Haotian was already very careful, but the situation of their arrival was quickly discovered, because this town is close to the eighteen villages, there are not many people who usually come, at most there are some businessmen who have business dealings with the eighteen villages, and usually at most one or two people or one or two caravans come in and out of this town, and now ten strangers came at once, although they did not enter at the same time, but they still attracted the attention of the spies of the eighteen villages, and soon, the news spread to the eighteen villages.

There are two reasons why Eighteen Villages have such a name, the first is that this bandit group is a combination of eighteen bandit groups in the past, and the other is the place where they are entrenched, which is also called Eighteen Villages, so there is such a name.

The main village of the eighteen villages, where the eighteen leaders of the eighteen villages live, but not all of these eighteen leaders live here, generally only seven or eight live here, and most of the others still live in their respective camps.

"Lord Dazhai, there is news from Shiyan Town. A man ran quickly into the camp in the middle of the main village.

"What's the news?" said the man sitting at the top of the table lowered his glass.

The man replied, "Ten strangers have come to Shiyan Town, all riding unicorns, all of them masters. ”

"Coming along?" the lord of the village asked.

The visitor replied: "It's not that we came together, we entered Shiyan Town in twos and threes." ”

"Big brother, we have received news before that the army of Xuanwu City has thoughts about us, and these people are probably their spies. A middle-aged man sitting on the right hand side of the owner of the village said loudly that he was the second master of the eighteen villages.

"What the second brother said makes sense, Ma Sheng, let your people check again, keep an eye on them, as long as there is news, report it immediately. The lord of the village commanded.

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