Paranoid Raiders Manual [Quick Pass]

"You mean, there's going to be a drought in a year's time?"

Wen Sheng interrupted her, and the city lord leaned back and asked with a smile: "What evidence do you have to prove that this will definitely happen?"

"It's like this..." Nodding, Qiao Xi sat on the chair and repeated what she said to Yan Bai before.

Only this time, she didn't say that she learned about it through a dream, but said that she only knew about it because of the prophecy of the phantom.

This is more believable.

"She predicted it?"

Glancing at Ruan Jie in surprise, the city lord picked up the tea on the table and sipped it.

He also has a fairly good understanding of the accompanying phantoms of the elves.

After all, he is a person who has dealt with Yanbai for many years, so this matter is naturally very clear.

"Your eidolon has prophecy?" he asked.

"Yes." Qiao Xi admitted without blinking.

Long before she came, she had already gotten along with Ruan Jie.

It doesn't matter whether the prophecy is due to the phantom or not.

As long as you can make the other party believe what she said, even if you lie, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, she holds the script in her hand and is not afraid of overturning.

"No wonder..." His eyes flickered, maybe he remembered something, and the city lord put down the tea: "I completely believe what you said! After all, there are already signs in many places, but this alone, you can convince I, but I can't convince my legion."

With an unhurried tone, he said slowly: "You may not be clear, this war was not started by me in the west, we are more of a self-protection...So no matter what you say is true or false, the right to decide this war is yours. Not with us."

"and many more…"

With his words in her ears, Qiao Xi frowned and said in puzzlement, "What you said just now... many people have signs of drought. What's going on?"

She was very clear about this matter in the Western Capital of Nancheng before she came here, so it was not surprising.

But she was not aware of the fact that there were signs of the drought.

Yanbai didn't mention it either.

"Don't you know?" Looking at her in astonishment, the city lord of Xidu was very puzzled: "How could you not know? I heard from Yanbai that you came all the way from Nancheng a while ago. How could that be?" Don't know what's going on in Nancheng?"

"What about Nancheng?"

Qiao Xi suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Yes." The city lord said: "I don't know when, the jungle on the south side of the city began to wither inexplicably. All the trees, flowers and plants in the forest all withered overnight, and it can be said that there is no grass."

"Not only that, but just two months ago, many of their fields suffered one by one...Now it's the autumn harvest, and they almost haven't harvested any grains, so they want to fight us so urgently."

Tapping the table with his fingertips, he said bluntly, "Therefore, this war is inevitable."

If people in Nancheng wanted to survive, they had to plunder others.

Unfortunately, the western capital is the closest, and the water and soil are fertile, so it is inevitable that they will be targeted.

Although they will not be slaughtered.

"This…"

With a shocked face, Qiao Xi was a little dumb, and her heart was full of turmoil.

She came from Nancheng, so she knew it very well.

The southern part of the city is densely populated with jungles, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.

It stands to reason that self-sufficiency is more than enough.

But I didn't expect... to come to this point now.

No wonder they choose to provoke a fight.

"I understand." Closing her eyes, Qiao Xi took a deep breath and calmed down: "The current situation is really urgent..."

Whether it's war, or the coming drought.

Nothing is trivial.

But no matter what, she couldn't let it develop.

"City Lord." With a serious expression, she suddenly asked: "If I persuade Nancheng not to attack Xidu, will you let them go?"

She needs to understand the attitude of Xidu.

"Persuasion?" As if being teased by her words, the young city lord's face was slightly relaxed, and he almost laughed out loud.

But his good qualities still made him hold back, and he quickly gave an answer: "If you can really persuade Nancheng not to invade us, then naturally I will not take the initiative to provoke a war. After all, the biggest problem now is , it’s next year’s drought, isn’t it?”

"With the words of the city lord, I feel relieved."

Slowly breathing a sigh of relief, Qiao Xi knew that the main problem now was still in Nancheng.

"Tomorrow morning, I will personally go to the South City to persuade them. I also hope that the City Master will try not to break out with them during this period of time. Besides, the North City... I will trouble the City Master to help convey it."

After thinking about it, Qiao Xi said again: "The drought is coming, we must unite."

No matter what conspiracy and tricks are in the heart, the truth is to live.

"I know it myself." With a smile in his eyes, the city lord looked at Ruan Jie beside him and nodded slightly: "Then, I will wait for your good news."

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A conversation ended here, and Qiao Xi's plain face darkened instantly when she walked out of the City Lord's Mansion.

He is really a good city lord who is 'understanding' and 'loves his son like the people'!

If he didn't know that he has the ambition to dominate the world, maybe he could really be deceived by him.

"never mind."

With a sneer, Qiao Xi didn't want to worry about it anymore.

The main problem now is Nancheng.

Maybe the words of the city lord just now are not somewhat true, but the fact that there is no grass growing in Nancheng should be true.

After all, for such a big event, lying is easy to be seen through.

That is to say...

"How could it suddenly wither..."

Qiao Xi couldn't figure it out.

Obviously when I came here, everything was fine.

How did it become like this in just half a month.

Is it really a harbinger of drought?

"Could this be destiny?" She whispered to herself.

"... "

Silently following her buttocks, Ruan Jie didn't dare to make a sound.

Others don't know why Nancheng became like that, but she knows it very well.

What kind of drought is that foreshadowing.

It's just that the life force has been absorbed...

"... "

Next time, she'd better go a little farther away to replenish nutrients!

Licking her lower lip, Ruan Jie thought to herself.

And Qiao Xi, who was walking in front at this time, no matter how she thought about it, she would never have expected it.

The culprit of all this has been under her nose all along.

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When they first came to Xidu, the two of Qiao Xi took a long detour and came here on foot.

That's why it took more than half a year, and this time, it was an emergency to go to Nancheng, so naturally I couldn't walk on foot.

Yanbai made the decision, picked two good horses in the barracks, and the two left the western capital early in the morning.

The elves are the darlings of the earth and can listen to the voices of all things.

This particularity brings them a lot of convenience.

Using their abilities, they learned many things through the birds in the sky.

For example, how terrible the situation in Nancheng is.

The desertion of the land caused panic among the people, but the leader is also violent. For more than half a year, he insisted on using blood and iron to subdue the rectification in the south.

The panic caused by the wasteland was stopped after a massacre.

Don't dare to speak out in anger, let others slaughter you.

This is the true thinking of most of the people in the south.

...

The more news she learned, the more irritable Qiao Xi became.

But no matter how anxious they were, they had to be careful on their way, and went back the same way they came, avoiding towns. They traveled day and night, and finally arrived at their destination—Yuancheng—two months later.

At this time, although the war had not completely begun, there was already friction on the border between the South and the West.

It can be described as instant.

Hastily hiding the horse in the nearby wild forest, Qiao Xi took Ruan Jie, ready to enter the city in disgrace.

At this time, the gap between Nanxi and Nanxi was immediately reflected.

In the western capital, strict inspections are required to enter and exit the city gate.

In Nancheng, it was the exact opposite.

Not to mention checking in and out, there is not even a guard at the gate of the city.

"How is this going?"

Looking around vigilantly, Qiao Xi felt that it was abnormal no matter how she looked at it.

How can there be such a city with its gates open for people to come and go!

Let alone troubled times.

As the city where the supreme leader lives, how can he do whatever he wants.

"We'll go in later."

I searched around, but didn't see a single guard.

Qiao Xi gritted her teeth and decided to talk about it at night.

Night is the best camouflage, and it will still be the case at night.

Then she will go in whether there is a problem or not.

"Um…"

Ruan Jie stroked her dirty hair with a sleepy expression. Ruan Jie shook her head, wanting to find a river to clean it up.

But she knew... Qiao Xi would not agree.

In the past two months, she has seen how desperate that person is.

If it weren't for the fear of exhausting the horse, I'm afraid it wouldn't stop along the way.

In this way, the two of them have not washed properly for two months.

"... "

The more she thought about it, the more she felt itching everywhere. Ruan Jie scratched her hair and body, and her mood became even more depressed.

"what happened to you?"

Finally having free time to pay attention to other things, as soon as Qiao Xi turned her head, she bumped into a crying face next to her.

"It's nothing."

With her head lowered even lower, Ruan Jie silently took two steps back, opening the distance between the two of them.

"???"

Seeing her retreating helplessly, Qiao Xi wondered, "Why are you so far away from me?"

She is not a scourge.

"dirty."

Raising her head, Ruan Jie gave her an aggrieved look.

She couldn't stand not washing properly for two months, let alone that person.

She is no longer that white phantom.

Thinking of this, Ruan Jie's eyes turned red instantly.

"Stink..." she said.

"... "

Although I knew that person Ai Jie, I didn't expect her to cry because of this grievance.

The corner of her mouth twitched. Looking at the other person's sad face, Qiao Xi said a little amusedly: "If you want to take a bath, just tell me! Although we are pressed for time, we still have time to take a bath."

"Hmm..." The crystal tears fell even faster, Ruan Jie moved her lips and sobbed, "I dare not."

She didn't dare to ask for too much.

Who made her do something wrong?

If this person knew, it was because of his own reasons that things turned out like this and made her go on such a tiring journey.

Then she will definitely be angry, and then ignore herself again.

Thinking of this, Ruan Jie felt like she couldn't breathe.

That's why she was obedient and obedient all the way.

"Okay, what are you afraid to say!"

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, she took a few steps forward, and Qiao Xi thought for a while: "Anyway, it's still a few hours before dark, so I'll take you to find some water to wash."

If he doesn't wash again, this person will cry a river.

"Uh-huh…"

Sobbing and wiping away her tears, Ruan Jie nodded and obediently followed.

This is what she proposed to take a bath...

It just so happened that she was starving too...

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