Zhang Tie said this without a single murmur, and it was all done in one go. It was unbelievable. After hearing this, the person named Sneider stared at Zhang Tie with his eyes like a snake. looked at's face for a long time, as if he wanted to see some flaw, but Zhang Tie just pretended not to notice, his eyes just stared at the money bag in Sneider's hand, swallowing hard.
"How about we go home with you to get it? If we let you go, it will be difficult for us to find you if you run away. We are just ordinary Prospector. It is our first time to Black Flame City, so we are not familiar with this place!" Sneider, who carefully stared at the expression on Zhang Tie's face, said in a kind voice.
Zhang Tie pretended to think about it seriously, "Okay! But you have to pay me three... no, five gold coins before I take you home. This counts as a deposit. After all, I picked up that thing. If you want to go back, you have to pay a little reward..."
Sneider and Hark looked at each other, and Zhang Tie seemed to be able to feel it from their eyes. In an instant, the two people seemed to exchange a cruel message with their eyes. The arc outlined by the corner of the man named Hark's mouth had an indescribable meaning of horror and disdain.
"Okay, lead the way!" The five gold coins turned into a stream of golden light and were thrown into Zhang Tie's hand. Zhang Tie grabbed the money tightly in his hand, then quickly put the money into his pocket, and pointed to the pile of things that originally belonged to him on the table in the distance, "Can you return those things to me?"
"Of course..."
As Zhang Tie expected, Hark and Sneider lived in a large Prospector Inn on the edge of Upper East District near the Black Flame City train station. Hark and Sneider wanted a single-family suite in a remote location as their place to stay. Zhang Tie didn't know how these two people came to be. He got himself in, but looking at Hark's exaggerated figure and strength, as long as he put himself in a pocket, carried it on his body, and covered it with a cloak, no one would doubt that Prospector was a group of guys with weird tempers and methods, and had many taboos. No one would suspect that there was a person hidden in the pocket under this guy's cloak.
Zhang Tie was in a coma when he came in. When he went out, Sneider asked Zhang Tie to put on a cloak and a hat to cover himself a little, and then, Zhang Tie and Hark and Sneider walked out of the hotel arm-in-arm like three good friends. No one among the various people from different religions and professions hanging around in the hotel was interested in looking at them.
Sneider's right hand hugged Zhang Tie's neck like a good friend, causing Zhang Tie to complain secretly. Zhang Tie felt that the thing hugging his neck didn't look like a hand, but like a poisonous snake that was spitting out its seeds. A casual bite of a poisonous snake may kill you, and this guy named Sneider always has a faint fishy smell, which makes Zhang Tie feel a little nauseous. Even Zhang Tie doesn't know this Sneider When will the dagger in his hand appear, and then he will slash his neck and end his life. In front of these two people, even though he is already a first-level Battle Soldier, Zhang Tie feels like a baby with no resistance at all. These two people Is the individual at level six or level seven? Zhang Tie doesn't know. What Zhang Tie knows is that if any one of these two people takes action, he will be finished. So tonight, don't expect that your little force value will bring you any hope. If you want to save your life, you have to start somewhere else.
"We brothers have just come to Black Flame City. We are not familiar with the place and are easily nervous. When we are nervous, we can't help but do some things to protect ourselves, which may hurt some people. Therefore, no matter who we meet, any words or actions of yours should not make us nervous. This is good for everyone, understand?" Sneider said to Zhang Tie quite gently after walking out of the hotel.
Zhang Tie nodded obediently, but his mind was spinning rapidly.
It was almost nine o'clock in the evening, and it was not yet Black Flame City curfew time, so there were a lot of people coming and going on the street. The three people were walking along the side of the street, Zhang Tie and Sneider were walking in front, arm in arm, Hark followed two people behind and walked together towards Zhang Tie's "home". During this period, they met two groups of patrolling City Guard on the road. Zhang Tie knew these patrolling City Guard couldn't save himself, so he didn't do anything excessive. At this time, Zhang Tie was most afraid of meeting his acquaintances. Once he met, he might be in trouble tonight. Fortunately, he didn't meet any acquaintances, and he missed two batches of After City Guard, Zhang Tie's honesty also made Zhang Tie feel that Sneider and Hark, who had been tense, relaxed a little, and the tense atmosphere between the three people eased a little.
"That piece of wood seems to be made of Red Thunder Pine material. It's very ordinary. Why is it so important to you?" Zhang Tie, who was pretending to be relaxed while walking on the road, asked Sneider.
"It's nothing. You know Prospector like us sometimes have some secret transactions and contact information. That piece of Red Thunder Pine is a token. This is just a small trick for us Prospector. Because the pattern and material of Red Thunder Pine are very strange, basically there will be no two pieces of Red Thunder Pine wood with exactly the same pattern, so put a piece of Red Thunder Pine Red Thunder Pine is split into two pieces, which is the Letter Talisman used for joints that cannot be counterfeited by anyone. The two pieces of Red Thunder Pine are put together, and the texture of the wood is connected, which means that the person has found the right person. Get the piece of wood, complete our task, and then we leave. You are really lucky, you made ten gold coins so easily..." Sneider also pretended to be relaxed.
Zhang Tie then suddenly realized that the role of Red Thunder Pine was here. It seemed that these two people came to Black Flame City to find someone, so both parties used the piece of wood from Red Thunder Pine as a token for the joint. Unexpectedly, the two of them lost the token for the joint, and then they hurriedly looked for themselves.
"I'm sorry to say it. If I hadn't bumped into you, your things wouldn't have been lost. Otherwise, I only need eight gold coins from you!" Zhang Tie said rather embarrassedly.
"Ten will be ten. This is your luck. It's also our own fault. Let's just pay to teach ourselves a lesson..."
"Haha, thank you. These gold coins are enough for me to use for a long time. The pocket money at home is not that much. It is only ten or twenty silver coins a week. It is enough to find a woman twice..."
"Hahahaha..."
"Hehehehehe..."
Both parties were walking and chatting with each other, really like two good friends.
"By the way, what's your name!" When Zhang Tie was relaxed, Sneider suddenly asked this question, which almost made Zhang Tie say his real name. Fortunately, Zhang Tie, who had been very clear-headed tonight, already had a life-saving plan and story in mind. As soon as he heard this question, he immediately answered it without thinking.
"My name is Du Shaofeng..." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Tie quickly covered his mouth and looked at Sneider at a loss, as if he had said the wrong thing all of a sudden. A trace of pride flashed in Sneider's eyes. This kid is a little more tender after all.
The three people walked on the streets of Upper East City for more than 20 minutes. After a while, they arrived at the residential area where Zhang Tie's "home" is located.
"You two wait here, I'll go in and get something and come down to you right away?" Zhang Tie's heart was beating violently, but his tone was as normal as before.
"Do you live here?" Looking at the heavily guarded residential area in front of them, with bright lights outside the high walls, and two rows of heavily armed City Guard standing at the gate, Sneider and Hark asked with ugly expressions.
"Yes, my brother is an officer of Black Flame City, this is Black Flame City Guard Officer's family residence, of course our family lives here..." Zhang Tie said matter-of-factly, "We didn't live here before, but since my brother became an officer, Black Flame City allocated a house to him, and our family moved here to live here. Please wait a moment, I will come as soon as I can!"
As soon as Zhang Tie moved, his shoulders were tightly clasped by Sneider. Sneider's eyes flashed with a cold light, and the warmth just disappeared in an instant. A pair of eyes stared at Zhang Tie's face like a snake trying to catch its prey.
"Are you familiar with the guards here?"
"Yes, I live here, how can I not be familiar with it?"
"Then let's go in together!"
"Okay..." Zhang Tie smiled and said with a relaxed expression, "It's just that the management of the family area here is stricter. You two are new faces. If you want to go in, you have to ask the family members inside to come out to pick up the people. I'll tell the guard and ask my brother to come out and lead us in. Come on, let's go in together..."
Zhang Tie took the first step...
The three of them walked towards the door of the community together. Every step they took, Zhang Tie's footsteps hit his heart like a hammer. At this time, Zhang Tie felt that his mouth was dry and his eyes were filled with stars. It was like walking on a tightrope. There was a cliff at his feet. If he was not careful, he would be shattered. As long as the guard opened his mouth and said that he did not know him, he would be finished. At this time, Zhang Tie It's a bet. Sneider and Hark are more afraid of being exposed than themselves. This is how Zhang Tie feels. Zhang Tie feels like this. The two of them were extremely afraid of City Guard from Black Flame City. Along the way, they encountered two waves of City Guard and Zhang Tie. Sneider's arms around him will become stronger, as if to warn him not to mess around. Ordinary City Guard may not be in the eyes of these two people, but Black Flame City's officers are at least masters promoted from Battle Soldier who are level five or above. This is the family area and dormitory of active officers. There are soldiers everywhere, and there are a lot of military experts in it. Zhang Tie didn't believe that these two people dared to break in with him. His chance of survival tonight was in the contradiction of making these two people believe that they could get the wood, but in fact they couldn't get it - if they could get it, the two people had achieved their goal, but they would die, and they couldn't get it at all. In despair, they also died. Only when these two people are swinging between being able to get it and not being able to get it, can they have their own way of survival, and their lives are valuable to them.
These truths were all told to him by Tang De when he was working in a grocery store in the past two years - to give a glimmer of hope to those who are desperate, that is, to give yourself a glimmer of hope, to make yourself useful, but not to let others use it so they don't need to use it anymore. This is how the weak can save their lives when they are in trouble.
If these two guys would finally believe what they said and let them go with the idea of giving it a try, then they would have escaped completely.
City Guard was getting closer and closer to the two rows of City Guard standing guard at the gate of the community. Zhang Tie pretended to be calm on the surface, but in fact his feet were almost too weak to move. He was getting closer and closer to those soldiers, getting closer...
Sixty steps...
Fifty steps...
Forty steps...
Thirty steps...
Seeing the three men approaching, some alert soldiers looked over. Finally, when they were almost twenty steps away, Zhang Tie's shoulders tightened, and Sneider's arms around him forced Zhang Tie to turn around and walk away.
"I changed my mind..." Sneider's words made Zhang Tie's heart almost break. "Prospector doesn't like dealing with these people in uniforms. Some very simple things will become very troublesome when these people do it. Let's find another way!"
"What's the trouble? It's a simple answer!" Zhang Tie said pretending to be confused, "Either I go in and take out the things, or we go in and take out the things together, then the transaction is completed..."
"Sneider, I always feel that something is not right about this kid..." Hark, who was following the two people, said angrily, which made Zhang Tie's heart skip a beat...
When turning into an inconspicuous corner on the street, Sneider gave Zhang Tie a cold look, "Hark, you look at this kid first, I'll go around and take a look at the situation here..."
Sneider left, and Hark's big hand fell on Zhang Tie's neck, "Boy, I just think something is wrong with you. Don't play tricks on me. If you are not honest, I will crush your neck..."
Zhang Tie nodded honestly...
Ten minutes later, Sneider, who disappeared for a while, returned here again, his expression became even uglier, "Let's go back first..."
"Let me go. I'll go in for two minutes and I'll take out the block of wood for you in a moment!"
"Shut up!" Sneider shouted in a low voice. As soon as Hark pressed his hand hard, Zhang Tie felt as if his neck was wrapped in a circle of steel bars. In an instant, Zhang Tie's face turned purple...
"Don't kill him, we'll talk about it when we get back..."
The three people returned to the Prospector Inn house faster than when they came. Along the way, Hark and Sneider were silent. They just looked at Zhang Tie with a violent and vicious look, which made Zhang Tie's heart gradually sank to the bottom. Zhang Tie knew that his previous trick worked and made the two people's plan fail. The two people are now in conflict, and the time to truly test themselves and decide their own life and death has come...