The beginning of the king guards the Great Wall

Chapter 8
"Release Zhao Xiong, and send someone to monitor him at all times, not allowing him to leave the barracks!"

"Yes, General!"

Walking out of the prison, Hua Mulan gave orders to the guards.

Then he looked at Jiang Ming and Shou Yue.

"You two, get ready and capture the mysterious alchemist with me."

According to Zhao Xiong's confession, he and the mysterious alchemist are scheduled to meet on the fifteenth of each month, which is seven days later.

The mysterious alchemist is a gold-level powerhouse, while most of the soldiers of the guard army only have the strength of bronze. No matter how many there are, it will not help, it is simply giving away their heads.

So this time, Hua Mulan didn't plan to bring them along.

But she was worried that she would not be able to keep the mysterious alchemist alone, so she called Jiang Ming and Shou Yue together.

"Yes!"

Jiang Ming and Shou Yue replied at the same time.

Witnessing the death of countless companions because of the demon seed, they also wished they could kill this mysterious alchemist with their own hands.

After getting the answer, Hua Mulan turned and left.

"Brother Jiang Ming, keep the promise and go to training."

After Hua Mulan left, Baili kept his promise and nodded to Jiang Ming, and also left.

"Wait, don't you have anything to tell me?"

Jiang Ming narrowed his eyes, with a smirk on his face, and glanced at the heavy money bag on Baili Shouyue's waist intentionally or unintentionally.

"What are you talking about? Shou promise doesn't understand what you mean."

Baili keeps the contract and pretends to be sloppy.

"Don't play tricks on me. I can see your game clearly. If you win 400 taels, you will leave without saying a word. You are too stingy, aren't you?"

Jiang Ming ruthlessly exposed him.

"It turns out that Brother Jiang Ming was referring to this..."

Baili smiled shyly, trying to find a reason to refuse, but suddenly saw Jiang Ming's serious face.

Knowing that he couldn't hide, he immediately put on an aggrieved expression.

"I'll give you 50 taels at most..."

"Look at your distressed look, as if I'm blackmailing you."

Jiang Ming shook his head and laughed, and then said: "50 taels is fine, but you have to treat me to a meal."

"That's for sure! Let's go, brother will take you to taste the most authentic foreign wine!"

A meal of food and drink is only a few dollars, which is a bargain compared to 50 taels of silver.

Baili kept the promise, and the abacus was ringing in his heart, and suddenly the cloudy and clear, he pulled Jiang Ming and walked towards the restaurant.

Although the location of the Great Wall is remote, there are many businessmen who do restaurant business here.

After all, among the 10,000+ border guards, none of them have returned home for several years. If they get homesick, they can only comfort their homesickness by eating some hometown dishes.

Datang Restaurant, the highest-grade restaurant near the Great Wall.

People come and go, business is booming.

In the box on the second floor, there is a table of good food and wine.

The two exchanged cups.

Fine wine enters the throat, like drinking nectar, with endless aftertaste.

Jiang Ming's eyes lit up immediately: "Good wine is good wine, the good wine outside the Great Wall really lives up to its reputation!"

"Of course, this is the best Immortal Drunk outside the Great Wall. If you try this again, you must have never eaten this kind of meat."

Baili Shouyue said mysteriously, then put a piece of cooked meat into Jiang Ming's bowl.

Red and white, with distinct texture, slightly darker than the pork you usually eat.

Jiang Ming looked at it for a long time, but he didn't understand what kind of meat it was.

"Let's try it first."

Jiang Ming picked up the piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

The taste is delicate and melts in the mouth, and the taste is far beyond the comparison of ingredients such as chicken, duck and pig that are usually eaten.

Even if it is swallowed into the stomach, the smell of meat still lingers between the lips and teeth, and lingers for a long time.

"It smells so good, what kind of meat is this?" Jiang Ming asked in surprise.

"Guess what." Baili Shouyue raised his eyebrows mischievously.

"It's venison?"

"wrong."

"Is it snake meat?"

"wrong."

"Don't be a fool, tell me quickly."

Jiang Ming guessed wrong several times in a row, and was a little anxious.

Baili Shouyue chuckled and said, "You must not guess that this is the meat of a demon cub!"

"Demon meat?"

Jiang Ming was shocked when he heard the truth.

"Yes."

Baili Shouyue chuckled and nodded, "The body of an adult demon is as hard as a rock, but a cub within three months is extremely tender."

"This steamed baby pig is the signature dish here, even if you have money, you may not be able to eat it."

"Speaking of which, you are really lucky. You just captured a demon cub yesterday. Come on, eat more, make sure you can't eat it in other places."

Baili Shouyue said as he put a piece of meat into his mouth, and then showed an expression of enjoyment.

Even the devils are not spared, yes, this is very Chinese!

But honestly, it tastes really good.

Jiang Ming took a few big mouthfuls with tears in his eyes.

The two ate and drank, and the pot of immortal drunkenness soon bottomed out.

The more Baili kept his promise, the less he drank, and in the end he was almost drinking alone.

His eyes are sad and he looks preoccupied.

"Brother Shou Yue seems to have something on his mind?" Jiang Ming asked.

"Hey, I'm thinking of my missing brother again."

Baili Shouyue let out a long sigh, and looked through the window into the distance.

He looked melancholy, as if reminiscing about the past.

It turns out that Baili Shouyue also has a younger brother named Baili Xuance.

During the monster invasion two years ago, Baili kept his promise and rushed to the front line to support.

Unexpectedly, the rear of the Great Wall was attacked by a demon, and when he came back, Xuan Ce had disappeared.

"My younger brother was taken away by the devil to protect the people. I have been looking for him for two years, but I have found nothing, and I don't know if he is still alive."

When Baili Shouyue talked about his sadness, his eyes became moist.

"So it is."

After Jiang Ming listened to his narration, he suddenly realized.

No wonder keeping the promise is so stingy, he can't even give up 50 taels.

The co-author's money was used to hire someone to find Xuan Ce.

What a good brother.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming began to try to find something related to Xuan Ce in his mind.

According to the background story of the King of Glory, Baili Xuance was rescued and did not die.

And it won't be long before the two brothers will be reunited.

So, Jiang Ming patted Shouyue on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Don't worry, Xuan Ce is a good boy, and he will be fine."

"Hopefully."

Baili Shouyue nodded sullenly, his face still clouded with gloom.

After searching for two years, there was no news. In fact, he knew very well that Xuance might have been buried in the mouth of the devil.

But as an older brother, as long as Xuan Ce's body is not in front of him, he will keep looking for it.

Looking at the lonely appearance of keeping the promise, Jiang Ming couldn't help feeling sour.

He could imagine how sad and guilty it was to keep the contract for the past two years.

All in all, it was all the fault of the mysterious alchemist.

Suddenly, he stood up abruptly.

"go!"

"Where?"

Baili Shouyue looked confused.

"I suddenly feel that the knife is not sharp enough, I need to sharpen it, and I must let that mysterious alchemist come and go!"

After Jiang Ming finished speaking, he walked out of the restaurant without looking back.

Looking at Jiang Ming's resolute back, Baili Shouyue's eyes sparkled.

"Brother Jiang Ming, thank you."

(End of this chapter)