Lord of the Desert

Chapter 100 Looking Ahead

As a coalition force, it is natural for the loot to be collected and counted before being released.

That's why Hong Fan traveled all the way, and the search teams he saw were basically mixed numbers, which was convenient for supervision.

But rules are rules, no matter how perfect they are, there will inevitably be people who act independently and embezzle property.

For example, the two Wudangqi from the Li family, and the three from the Hong family.

Hong Fan sensed through the Dragon Soul Tree, followed the suspect from a distance, and explored several stone chambers one by one.

Although the cave is cold and simple, Haifei Fei's collection is dazzling.

In addition to the gold, silver and copper coins packed in boxes, there are also many high-end furniture, exquisite jade articles, and martial arts elixir.

On a pile of debris, Hong Fan also found two silk quilts woven with gold threads.

These things are not only valuable, but many of them also carry clear surname emblems, belonging to various wealthy families in different cities in Liangzhou.

After walking around half a circle with a torch, the two Wudang riders became more and more anxious, obviously they hadn't achieved their goal yet.

But Hong Fan was the first to discover it.

When he passed a remote stone room, he felt the dragon soul tree suddenly swaying its branches and leaves, pointing out the direction.

Hong Fan led the two of them into the room, and there were all kinds of worthless sundries covered with dust, apparently no one cleaned them up for a long time.

However, the innermost stone wall pointed by the dragon soul tree has a hidden mystery.

The sand world senses loose gravel inside the rock.

"The stone is empty."

Hong Fan whispered, gave Hong Lie and Shen Hong a wink, and told them to go to the door to watch the wind.

The two complied immediately.

Then, following the guidance of Sand World and Dragon Soul Tree, Hong Fan quickly found the key.

A reduced version of the sarcophagus, when hidden in the stone wall, the seams are so tight that the naked eye cannot distinguish it.

There are two things hidden in the sarcophagus.

A square oiled paper bag, and a small glass bottle filled with an unknown liquid.

The induction of the Dragon Soul Tree is pointing to the latter.

Hong Fan took out his things, first pushed back the sarcophagus, and then inspected it carefully.

Inside the oiled paper bag was a thick stack of banknotes.

One hundred taels of silver per piece, a total of 150 - one hundred of which are new and tidy, and fifty of which are old and different.

A total of 5000 taels of silver!

It's not that Hong Fan and the second generation have never seen big money, but at this time they are still a little dry.

In the previous life, this was almost equivalent to 1000 or [-] million RMB.

After carefully hiding the banknote in the deepest part of his armor, Hong Fan carefully checked the glass bottle again.

Judging from the texture, the liquid contained in the bottle should be blood, but there are countless golden star spots floating in the scarlet color, which will swell and disperse like fireflies after a little force, releasing flickering light.

With the light of the fire, Hong Fan stared at the blood, inexplicably determined in his heart that it was extremely precious, and it was probably the target of the two Wudangqi.

After all, they can all trigger the induction of the Dragon Soul Tree.

Hong Fan gently rubbed the body of the bottle, and with a little force with his fingers, he unscrewed the bottle cap out of a gap.

At this moment, he felt a storm suddenly rolled up on the altar.

The dragon soul tree's dragon beard-like golden roots fluttered happily, as if a plant that had been drought for a long time met the rain and drew a force from its fingers.

Then, a fruit among the branches grew out of nothing, and solidified itself.

The fruit color is blood red and clear, and the flesh contains golden veins.

Hong Fan naturally recognized that this was the Dragon Soul Fruit he hadn't seen for a long time!

[Can this mysterious blood make the Dragon Soul Tree bear fruit? 】

Hong Fan was pleasantly surprised, and when he looked at the glass bottle again, he found that the golden star in the blood had no power to surge and slowly settled down.

[This can't be considered as me stealing the spoils, right? 】

He quickly closed the bottle cap tightly, and then stuffed the glass bottle into the breastplate as well.

Previously, Hong Fan had always wondered what kind of remuneration would allow several leaders of Haifei to sacrifice their lives to stroke the beards of the three surnames of Jinhai.

Now it seems that it is likely to be the thing in his arms.

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There is no light in the belly of the mountain, and there is no sun or moon.

In it, oil lamps and torches are needed to live and do things anyway, so there is no difference between day and night.

After getting the key items, Hong Fan and the others withdrew from the hill and took a rest in the tent.

The search is still going on.

By the early morning of the second day, most of the bandits' lairs were finally sorted out.

Hong Fan came out of the tent with a piece of dry biscuit in his mouth, and saw more than 300 horses and more than 500 sheep surrounded by a new simple wooden pen, crowded by the side of the trough to drink water.

These livestock are obviously the assets of Flying at Sea—due to the sparse vegetation on the Gobi Desert and the difficulty of grazing, there may be some herdsmen who are chasing grass and not returning.

But now, they have all become trophies of the coalition forces.

Hong Fan stepped forward and looked carefully, about 300 to [-]% of the more than [-] horses could be used as military horses, and the rest could also be used.

Counting 20 taels of army horses and 6000 taels of rough horses, plus sheep, the total value is [-] taels of silver.

Compared with other things being sorted and loaded at this time, this can only be regarded as an addition.

Gold and silver, weapons, armor, bows and arrows, tables and chairs, cloth...

Not only these high-value items, Hong Fan also saw cylinders of lamp oil, bundled torches, hundreds of catties of smoked bacon, and ceramics on the carts behind.

Lin Lin always assembled dozens of two-wheeled scooters.

All of these will be brought back to Jinhai City, and will be distributed to each house after being checked by the accountant team.

After lunch, the team was ready and headed southeast.

The knights went to the armor to lead the front.

In the middle of the team, behind the big banner with a large number of characters, there was a long queue of vehicles. Most of them were loaded with property and supplies, and a small part carried wounded and remains.

At the end are more than 200 captives and livestock strung together with thick ropes.

At the beginning of the journey, the surrounding area was still very quiet.

The coalition forces fought five battles successively, with a total of [-] casualties, of which more than [-] were killed in battle.

Accompanied by the sound of horseshoes, Hong Fan caught a glimpse of Jiang Youde walking behind him from the corner of his eye—he was drooping his head, wiping away his tears.

Time passed slowly in the silent rush.

After camping overnight, the trek started the next morning in the same formation.

But in the afternoon, laughter began to fill the ranks of soldiers.

Hong Fan stepped on the double stirrups and looked back, and there was not much sadness in the place he looked up.

What everyone talked about, a small part was the battle of the day before yesterday, and most of them were about the rich spoils and the rewards they could share.

Even those wounded who were in the car with the body smiled a lot.

Hong Fan glanced at these young or vicissitudes of life, but when he looked back, his nose was slightly sour.

It's not numbness.

Compared with the previous life, the Dahua people face far more uncertainties.

They are therefore more familiar with death and better able to look forward.

Hongduo Mountain has been left far away from the sky.

Jiang Youde no longer shed tears, but just watched with red eyes.

The team walked to the edge of the Golden Sea Desert.

Hong Fan sighed and turned his gaze to the southwest.

In the distance farther than the extreme of the sand, he saw the mountains covered in capes and hidden in the earth, and the clouds gilded by the sun galloped like horses in the sky.

After turning over the gentle slope, Jinhai City was approaching, and scattered street trees began to appear.

Shato held his hoofs, and the wind perched on the leaves.

Hong Fan patted his beloved horse's warm neck.

Whoosh, whoosh...

This is the happy snort of a Bentley.

PS: Hundred chapters.

Generosity should be generous, and worries and thoughts are unforgettable.Why worry?
Only full order~~
(End of this chapter)