Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 115 Trick
"Postmaster, bring me a jar of wine and a plate of meat."

After throwing some loose silver in front of the postman, the tall and thin old man in colorful robes walked to an empty table. With a wave of his sleeves, the broken chicken bones left by the soldiers on the table fell to the ground.

Qin Huai looked at the tall and thin old man who was waiting quietly among the many soldiers with a playful look in his eyes.

Several soldiers who were obviously drunk looked at the many pockets on the old man's body and teased him drunkenly.

"Old man, your robes are quite novel and much better looking than those worn by high-ranking masters. Which lineage are they from?"

The tall and thin old man chuckled when he saw that the soldiers were talking about him, took a few bowls and poured wine into them, his tone somewhat unpredictable.

"It's a long night, and there's not much fun. How about I play a trick on you, the military lords? If you're interested, you can use it to guess the origins of the old man."

"Okay! Come!"

"no problem!"

Seeing that most of the eyes in the room were on him, the tall and thin old man did not waste any time. With a flip of his hand, several rough bowls filled with wine were placed on the dry wooden table.

A few soldiers were about to laugh when a bearded man noticed something was wrong.

"No, so much wine?"

The table was still dry, without a trace of water or wine. The tall and thin old man also opened the rough bowls one by one for the soldier to check.

There was immediate discussion, and the soldiers confidently expressed their guesses.

"Five ghosts moving! You must have used this method to transport the wine away!"

"The Qi and Blood Evaporation Method! The wine must have evaporated!"

Just as several soldiers were guessing with great interest, a dark shadow quietly climbed up to the second floor and sneaked into the number one upper room of the inn like a piece of paper.

Inside the room, the old eunuch was stroking his huge golden basin. The gold ingot in his hand passed across the mouth of the Pixiu beast, and there was a hint of intoxication in his eyes.

"My dear, when I rob those chieftains, I will make you bigger. Then you must help me achieve immortality and regenerate my broken limbs!"

At this moment, Ma Qi no longer had the style and aura of being second to none as he did outside. He was just like a gambler with red eyes, exuding the most primitive greed.

"Godfather, what if the wealth of those wealthy families is not enough? For this treasure, you have withheld a lot of the annual tribute to the emperor!"

Ma Qi's expression became clear, and he looked at the young eunuch who interrupted him. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and a bright red slap mark suddenly appeared on the young eunuch's fair face.

"Stop talking! It's not the Ming people who are suffering, why do you care so much? What does the life and death of those natives have to do with you?"

"Dong Dong Dong~"

"Please forgive me, godfather. Please forgive me, I was confused for a moment."

The young eunuch did not cry out in pain, but kowtowed regardless of the dirt on the floor.

Ma Qi pulled with his big hand and just as he took out the jade ruyi to teach his godson a lesson, he saw a black shadow taking advantage of the blind spot of his vision to wrap around the Pi Xiu treasure bowl that he regarded as his lifeblood.

"Humph!"

Ma Qi was so furious that a stream of red and white air shot out, instantly shattering the black shadow.

In the lobby downstairs, a tall and thin old man who was making ice wine and drinking it with several soldiers suddenly groaned and ran quickly towards the door.

"Catch him! Don't let the thief escape!"

A loud bell-like voice came from the second floor, and several soldiers woke up instantly. They grabbed tables, chairs and benches and threw them at the tall and thin old man.

"whoosh"

"bang"

A flying needle and a rosary simultaneously flew towards the acupuncture point behind the tall and thin old man's head, and Qin Huai also rushed forward and pulled out the Broken Cloud. Facing the soldiers blocking him with spears in front of him and various flying objects behind him, the tall and thin old man's figure suddenly became blurred.

A black shadow passed through the two spears, and then stepped sideways on the door sill and flew into the sky.

Qin Huai, who had already arrived at the door, had no time to hesitate. He could only rely on his instinct to chop at the black shadow that was kicking the door sideways.

The broken clouds passed through the void unhindered, but the black shadow remained unscathed.

The black shadow that was rushing forward also stopped at this time, looking at the military formation that had already formed and was slowly approaching him, two balls of thick smoke, one black and one white, suddenly emerged from the black shadow's hands.

I saw this tall and thin old man with black smoke in his left hand and white mist in his right hand, and he threw it upwards with force!
A dark cloud with a radius of more than ten meters suddenly covered half of the inn. The tall and thin old man suddenly jumped up, grabbed the rope that fell from the sky, and disappeared into the dark cloud like a nimble monkey.

Holy shit! Divine rope!

Before Qin Huai could sigh, the old eunuch appeared at the door like a ghost, snatched the spear from the soldier's hand, and shot a "big arrow" covered with thick blood and dull golden light towards the thick dark clouds.

After an eagle's cry, the dark clouds were shattered and the moonlight shone on the earth again.

But seeing that there was no figure of the tall and thin old man in the clouds, Ma Qi snorted coldly, looking a little worried.

"Humph! You only know how to use some insidious means."

The old eunuch turned around and glared at the military leaders, then with a wave of his sleeves, he smashed the table that the old man had been sitting on into pieces.

While Qin Huai was watching Ma Qi, who was full of vigor and vitality and no longer old, going upstairs again, he slowly walked to the young Taoist who was watching the show nearby.

"Master, did you know that there was something wrong with that old man?

"Have you ever seen a magic trick, Mr. Qin?"

The young Taoist did not answer directly, but asked Qin Huai instead.

"I have also heard of the technique of the three immortals returning to the cave and the technique of turning wine into ice."

"What about the Immortal Rope and the Five Ghosts Moving?"

Seeing that Qin Huai had some knowledge of magic tricks, the young Taoist smiled and continued asking.

“I’ve only heard of it, but I’ve never seen it.”

"The old man just now should be an illusionist from the lineage of the strange woman in red. Don't be fooled by the magic rope, it looks intimidating, but it's actually just that."

Listening to Guangyu's opinion on the old man's magic tricks, Qin Huai also nodded.

Indeed, if the old man had been a beat slower, he would have been shot down by the old eunuch's spear. If this was the only trick he had, it really wasn't that great.

But the motive of this old man coming here alone to steal is worth exploring. Is it just for money?
In Room No. 1, Ma Qi saw that there was still a bag of heavy gold ingots missing. He immediately became furious and picked up Yu Ruyi, ready to continue teaching his ignorant godson a lesson.

Weiman Mountain, Qishiling

The tall and thin old man who escaped from Fu'an Posthouse covered his chest and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, then waved his hand to disperse the hawk aura and regulate his breath.

"Damn it, I've suffered a huge loss this time. The information from that old ghost Liba has never been accurate!

Isn't it said that the dead eunuch is a villain who only knows how to flatter others? But how could such a villain have such a violent flying gun today? "

The tall and thin old man thought about the flying gun that just passed by him and felt a little scared.

He casually took a bag of gold ingots held up by ten small hands, fed some shadow dust to the five ghosts he raised, and then the tall and thin old man began to calculate the gains and losses to see whether he should continue with this deal.

"Forget it, let me recover first. This ghost dust is almost used up, so I'll take a rest first. I heard that Qinghua has a lot of treasures recently, so I'll go take a look and see if I can get something that the little ghost can use."

After weighing the gold, the tall and thin old man gradually became short and fat, and soon he looked completely different. He hummed a little tune as he went to Qinghua Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)