Qin Geng stood on the bow of the ship, holding the dark Purple Clay Teapot in his hand, raising it high, and the sound was like thunder exploding on the noisy river.
"Focus on your moves! Don't just stare at the turds and dead people! Look for pots like this!"
With a flick of his wrist, he threw the Purple Clay Teapot to the captain of the neighboring ship. "This is what those foreigners use to transport goods! No matter if it is hidden in a rice vat, a flour bag, or in the crotch of trousers, as long as you have this thing, it will be a capital crime for foreigners!"
I caught it hurriedly, feeling cold and biting in my hand, as if I had touched a piece of ten-thousand-year-old ice, and I couldn't help but shiver.
The soldiers from the South navy around were mostly rough men who practiced hard bridge and hard horse kung fu. They had never seen such a battle before.
They all looked at each other, staring at the inconspicuous Purple Clay Teapot, wondering in their hearts: How much cargo can such a palm-sized thing carry? Is it possible that it can also hold guns?
"Get out of the way! Let me take a look!"
A skinny old man squeezed out from the crowd, carrying Compass on his back and a bunch of copper coins hanging around his waist. He was an old worshiper of Geomancy Office who was on board the ship.
He rushed forward in a few steps, snatched Purple Clay Teapot from the boss's hand, narrowed his cloudy old eyes, quickly rubbed his fingers on the body of the pot, then took out a talisman from his arms and stuck it on the mouth of the pot.
The talisman paper spontaneously ignited without fire, emitting a stream of black smoke, accompanied by the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling in the wind.
"My dear!"
The old priest's face changed drastically and he took a breath. "This is an evil way! Foreigners This is the Alchemy of the West and our Ghost-Raising Art has been hybridized! This one is Water-Vapor Space refined with Living Soul. It looks small, but it can fit a room's worth of stuff inside! It's very dangerous! This is a very dangerous thing!"
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding soldiers instantly exploded.
The soldier who originally thought this was just an ordinary teapot, now looked at Purple Clay Teapot, his eyes changed, as if he was looking at the most venomous snake in the world.
"Xiehu! Damn Xiehu!"
"No wonder Sixteen Days didn't even find a single hair on it. He was transported with this damn thing!"
"Search! Search for me!"
With goals and physical reference in mind, these soldiers who had been frustrated for half a month went completely crazy.
I don't feel dirty anymore, and I don't have to worry about bad luck.
For a time, the whole river was in a state of chaos.
"Clang!"
On a merchant ship transporting cloth, the soldiers roughly tore the cloth apart, and sure enough, from the core of the bundle of foreign cloth, they took out several identical Purple Clay Teapot.
"Report! Guangshun merchant ship found six Purple Clay Teapot!"
"Report! Ten handfuls of Purple Clay Teapot were dug out of the coal pile at the bottom of the coal ship!"
"Report! The candy seller also has two handfuls in his load!"
Good news comes frequently, but it is also shocking.
The penetration of Foreigners is simply pervasive.
Not only the conspicuous dung boat White Boat, but also the most inconspicuous small businesses in daily life are used by them as a channel for transporting goods.
On the pier, more and more ships were detained, crowded together in a dark mass.
Jiang Youzhi stood on the high platform with his hands behind his back, his normally smiling face now as cold as a piece of iron.
He looked at the boxes of Purple Clay Teapot that were found, and then looked at the group of traders and boats kneeling on the ground and shivering -
Husband, steward.
"Thousand Households Commander, these people----too many."
Zhou Dawei strode over and said in a low voice, "If everything is seized, half of Tianjin's terminal will probably be paralyzed. There are many uninformed Kuhaha here who were deceived into bringing goods----"
"Not aware?"
Jiang Youzhi sneered and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Pass my order!"
"Everyone on the ship who has Purple Clay Teapot found on their body, whether they know it or not, no matter what their identity is, all will be locked up! Take them back to the Wave-Quelling Bureau dungeon and interrogate them strictly! I want to know who gave them this pot, and who is on the line!"
"If you dare to resist, you will be killed on the spot!"
"Yes!"
The wolf-like soldiers rushed into the crowd, and the iron chains rattled.
Cries and begging for mercy instantly echoed throughout the pier.
"It's unfair, sir! I really don't know what that is!"
"Shut up! Take it away!"
Jiang Youzhi Without even looking at the people being towed away, he pointed to the frightened merchant ships on the right, but this time they really found nothing.
"As for what hasn't been found out."
"Let go!"
"When we Wave-Quelling Bureau work, we pay attention to clear rewards and punishments. Those who are not foreigners should do business and do business, and we will protect them."
With this move, the order of the terminal that was about to be paralyzed was reorganized.
Fierce, but also efficient.
After handling the scene, Jiang Youzhi turned around and looked at Qin Geng, who was dressed in official uniform but still had a bit of gunpowder smoke on his body. His eyes instantly became hot, as if he were looking at a peerless treasure.
"Brother Qin!"
Jiang Youzhi even changed his name and grabbed Qin Geng's wrist. "Let's go! Take these Purple Clay Teapot and follow me back to Headquarters!"
This time, you broke the sky, but you also repaired it!"
Wave-Quelling Bureau Headquarters, inner hall.
Jia Xincun didn't fan at all today.
He was wearing a golden pheasant suit, sitting on the Grandmaster Chair, frowning, and the tea cup in his hand was already cold.
One day of the three-day period has passed.
If there is no movement, although Office Director will not lose his head, he will lose all his face, and it will be difficult to explain to Retired Emperor.
"Report-!
A long-drawn announcement, with unconcealed joy, came straight in from outside the gate.
"Master Office Director! Great victory! Jiang Qianhu and Qin River-Blocking Guard are asking for a meeting! They say they broke Foreigners's shipping channels, and both the people and the stolen goods were confiscated!"
"Oops!"
Jia Xincun stood up suddenly, his movement was so big that he knocked over the teacup and spilled tea on the floor, but he didn't even notice.
"Quick! Pass quickly!"
After a while.
Jiang Youzhi took the lead, Qin Geng followed, followed by seven or eight soldiers, carrying two large boxes into the lobby.
"Fortunately, the bid was fulfilled!"
Jiang Youzhi knelt down on one knee and said in a loud voice, "Foreigners's plan to secretly infiltrate Chen Cang has been defeated! It's all thanks to Qin Geng Qin River-Blocking Guard's sharp eyesight that saw through Foreigners's treacherous plan to transport goods with the evil purple clay pot!"
"Open!"
The lid of the box is opened.
Two boxes full of Purple Clay Teapot glowed with a faint cold light under the candlelight.
Jia Xincun strode down the steps, regardless of his manners, reached out and grabbed a handful of Purple Clay Teapot.
It's cold to the touch and smells sinister.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Jia Xincun Even if you say three good words, that well-maintained face and the folds of your smile can kill flies.
"I knew it! I knew there must be a ghost in Foreigners!"
"This thing----"
Jia Xincun played with Purple Clay Teapot, with a stern look in his eyes. "The old scholars at Antiquities Office mentioned it before, saying that the West had a technology, but I didn't expect that they actually figured it out.
He turned around and his eyes fell on Qin Geng.
I looked at it carefully from top to bottom.
"Qin Geng."
"The mark is on."
Qin Geng clasping fists, neither humble nor arrogant.
"Well done."
Jia Xincun patted Qin Geng's shoulder hard, with such force that he didn't look like a civil servant at all.
"Your eyes are poisonous! Your courage is so strong!"
"If it weren't for you, we Wave-Quelling Bureau would still be fooled around like fools by Foreigners."
"This is the first achievement!"
Jia Xincun turned to look at the secretary next to him. "Write it down! Qin Geng, you have made a contribution to breaking the situation, so remember the first contribution! I will report the great achievement to you Capital, and see the royal reward."
"Thank you, sir, for your cultivation!"
Jia Xincun waved his hand and looked solemn. "Now is not the time to celebrate."
"Now that we know what it is, it will be easier to handle."
"Come here! Here are some of the worshipers from Antiquities Office, Geomancy Office, and Mohist Grand Artisans. Please take care of your business and come to the lobby immediately!"
It only takes a cup of tea.
Wave-Quelling Bureau The lobby has turned into a temporary workshop.
Several old men with white beards gathered around the pile of Purple Clay Teapot, like urchins who saw a rare toy, dismantling it and marveling at it.
"Wonderful, although it is damaged, the Rune Circuit on it is indeed unique."
"This is Grievance Energy, which is made of Mercury and sealed with Water Cultivator----"
"Okay! Stop admiring!"
Jia Xincun knocked on the table impatiently. "I just want to ask, now that you know the principle, can you find it out? Can you locate it?"
"Yes!"
--
A master craftsman from Mo School straightened up and held a newly dismantled core component in his hand. "Since this thing has energy fluctuations, it can be fixed."
"Just take out the Mercury in this core, click on Heavenly Pool in Compass, and then change the counterweight of Magnetic Needle."
As the great craftsman spoke, he kept moving his hands.
It only takes a moment.
A modified Compass took shape.
I saw the pointer spinning wildly twice, and then pointed at the pile of Purple Clay Teapot in the box, making a "buzzing" sound.
"It's done!"
The master was sweating profusely, but his face looked excited.
"As long as there are Purple Clay Teapot within a hundred meters, the pointer will react. If there are many, the pointer will get hot. "Okay!"
Jia Xincun waved his sleeves. "All craftsmen, start immediately! Work overnight!"
"Make one and send one out!"
"Tell the brothers below, take this Compass and turn Tianjin upside down!"
"Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you have to dig out all these Purple Clay Teapots hiding in the ditch!"
With the distribution of the first batch of Compass, the efficiency of the entire Wave-Quelling Bureau instantly increased by more than ten times.
Originally, we still needed to rely on naked eyes and intuition to guess, but now with this "Evil-Seeking Compass", it means opening the eyes of the sky.
That night, Tianjin had no sleep.
At dawn.
Qin Geng returned to the Ping'an County Town branch.
That night, he was not idle either. He took the newly issued Compass and Tiger Cub and they swept around the water again.
The results were brilliant.
There were no less than fifty Purple Clay Teapot stuffed in the running water tank of his little speedboat alone.
Entered the branch lobby.
--
Jiang Youzhi was sitting in front of the case checking Merit Ledger. When he saw Qin Geng come in, his face smiled more sincerely than ever before.
"Fifth Master, hard work."
Jiang Youzhi pointed to the thick booklet in front of him. "Your contribution has been approved above."
"The first achievement is the big one. It is recorded in the file and will be used for future promotions."
"In addition to the pots seized last night, plus the previous heads, there are also rewards for solving this case."
Jiang Youzhi stretched out two fingers and touched the booklet a little harder.
"Gui, ten skills!"
Ten merits.
Qin Geng felt a slight movement in his heart.
This is not a small amount.
According to the price before Wave-Quelling Bureau, if an ordinary soldier kills one Foreigners Water Ghost, only one-tenth of the work will be counted.
These ten skills are equivalent to one hundred Foreigners Water Ghost lives, or ten months of hard work without making any mistakes.
"It's been prepared for you a long time ago."
Jiang Youzhi took out a picture album bound with gold thread from the drawer, with "Treasures of the Imperial Treasury" written in four large gilded characters on the cover.
"This is the exchange list specially approved for us Wave-Quelling Bureau above. They are all good things from the royal family Imperial Treasury. You can't buy them on the market even if you have money."
Qin Geng took the album and opened the first page.
An enticing aura of wealth hit my face.
[Shaolin Great Pill]: Living dead, flesh and bones. Requires merit: one hundred merit.
Qin Geng The corners of his mouth twitched.
One hundred efforts, this requires clearing Foreigners's lair.
Turn the page.
[Western Repeating Firearm (specially made)]: Enchant Mo School Armor-Piercing Rune, which can fire ten bullets in a row and ignore Transforming Force's body protection. Requires fifty meritorious service.
A good thing, but of little use to you.
Turn it over again.
[Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus (five hundred years)]: Requires meritorious service: thirty meritorious service.
Qin Geng Turning through the pages, I was dazzled.
Everything here can cause a bloody storm if placed in the arena.
His finger finally stopped on a page.
[Nine-Turn Bear-Snake Pill]:
It is made from the guts of Northern Black Bear, the blood of Southern Border Golden-Ring Snake King, supplemented by thirty-six kinds of precious medicinal materials, and refined through nine steaming and nine sun-drying processes.
Efficacy: Extremely replenishes qi and blood, strengthens muscles and bones. It is miraculous for martial arts practitioners who practice kung fu or who are in urgent need of replenishing qi and blood.
Required meritorious deeds: ten meritorious deeds.
That's it.
Qin Geng What are its current shortcomings?
It's Blood Fare.
Half-Step Crushing Fist's cultivation requires the support of massive amounts of Qi and blood.
Every burst of breaking free from the iron chain is overdrafting the body.
Although there are supplements from Water Lord and Blood Fare, it is a steady stream.
If you want to break through Transforming Force quickly, and if you want to thoroughly practice Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone, you need this strong medicine.
This single pill was equivalent to the mutant snakehead he had been eating for half a month.
"That's it."
Qin Geng pointed his finger at that line of words.
Jiang Youzhi came over and took a look, exclaiming. "Nine-Turn Bear-Snake Pill? Good eyesight."
"This was used exclusively by the palace for Imperial Guard Commander to practice. It is the most powerful and the most yang."
"That is to say, your body can handle it. If you change it to one with a weak foundation, I'm afraid your nose will bleed to death if you take this one."
Jiang Youzhi As he spoke, he made an outline on the booklet, and then took out a delicate small porcelain bottle from the cabinet behind him.
"I have a lot of Imperial Treasury's things, but I'm taking the risk of losing my head, so don't make any announcement about it."
"The ten skills are gone.
", Qin Geng took the porcelain bottle.
Remove the plug.
A strong and somewhat pungent medicinal fragrance instantly filled the air.
Just one whiff makes me feel hot all over my body, and my pubic region feels faintly hot.
"Good stuff."
Qin Geng Cork the bottle and put it carefully into your arms.
It was worth the effort this night.
With this medicine and the guidance of Ye Lanzen.
I'm afraid that Half-Step Crushing Fist iron chain won't be able to lock him for a few days.
"There's one more thing."
Jiang Youzhi closed the book and lowered his voice. "Although Purple Clay Teapot was defeated this time, it was only Foreigners's first move."
"In the next few days, Yin Mountain is afraid there will be big movements."
"The road on the water is impassable. Foreigners will still find a way. This is a matter of you asking the question and me solving the problem. You come and I go. It is estimated that the stalemate will last for a long time. Don't relax."