Chapter 683 Borrowing a Chicken to Lay Eggs
At noon, a remote house somewhere in Hanshui City. .
In the reading courtyard, the doors and windows are closed. Bright light shines on the impure crystal glass, reflecting a magnificent color like amber. Occasionally, a butterfly will be attracted by confusion, stay temporarily, and may find that it is not a flower petal. Its colorful wings flutter lightly, and then leave again...
"Huh..." Zachary sighed faintly, his eyes slightly lowered, and his eyes retracted from the crystal glass where the butterfly flew away. There was hidden fear and panic in his expression, but most of them were still confused...
Yes, just confused!
Zachary was sent here late last night. He originally thought that he would be greeted with rounds of torture to extract confessions, until he would rather die than give in, or be tortured but fail to explain everything, which has no value, and then be quietly Silent killing...
This is a normal process. Zachary has been mentally prepared for this since he found out that he was not killed on the spot.
Fear? fear?
Of course, these emotions exist, but Zachary thinks he can take it lightly. After all, he has experienced most of his life, and he can be regarded as living a good life. In this way, there is nothing to be afraid of.
But just when he was thinking that he should choose to die rather than surrender, and take the secret to meet the gods or demons. In order to suffer less pain before death, I must cooperate with the other party's inquiries honestly... I have to say that this is a rather distressing choice. Zachary himself was a little hesitant, but then he discovered that things did not go as he thought...
It was past midnight and half a day, during which Zachary did not close his eyes and rest, and no one came to interrogate him, let alone threaten him with execution. He felt as if he had been forgotten, just like this remote courtyard, deserted and uncared for...
Rubbing his eyebrows, the deep bags under his eyes moved. Zachary felt vaguely regretful now. If he had known this, he should have had a good sleep last night...
Just then, there was a polite knock on the door.
Is it finally here... Zachary was immediately refreshed when he heard the sound. He sat up straight and maintained the demeanor of a big shot: "Please come in!"
Creaking, the wooden door was pushed open, and a young man walked in with a tray. The steaming food was constantly exuding the aroma of **. Zachary frowned slightly when he saw this. He had seen this person before, and it was the other person who brought breakfast in the early morning. He was obviously not the one here for interrogation.
"Sorry, I don't know your taste, so I'm just making some home-cooked dishes. If you have any taboos or preferences, please tell me and we will try our best to satisfy you." Putting down the food, the young man said politely with a smile on his lips.
Zachary was slightly startled when he heard the words. He lowered his head and looked at the food on the table, which was not expensive but was delicious and tasty. He opened his mouth, raised his head, and laughed at himself: "The last good meal? Haha, I didn't expect that I would be so old." face."
"You're overthinking." The young man shrugged, turned around and left without saying anything more.
"Wait, what exactly do you want to do?" Zachary pressed his hand on the wooden table and finally couldn't help but asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to bribe me with this? I can tell you clearly right now, I can do anything. I won’t tell you!”
This was Zachary's test. After all, the situation before him was too weird. But the young man was not moved at all when he heard this. He turned sideways and spread his hands: "Who cares?"
"Well……"
Walking to the door, the young man paused, but still did not close the door. He turned around and said calmly: "By the way, if it's too boring for you, sir, to stay in the room, you can go to the courtyard to do some activities, as long as you don't leave here. Of course. You just can’t leave, haha...Okay, I hope you have a good appetite, sir, and enjoy this wonderful lunch!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man's figure disappeared outside the arch of the courtyard, leaving only Zachary looking at him in astonishment, with a dazed look on his face. After a while, he shook his head inexplicably, picked up the knife and fork, and started to enjoy this wonderful lunch...
But at this time, on the roof, a fat figure was lying down, reaching out to take out a pen and paper from his arms, muttering to himself, "What the hell is this nonsense? You are enjoying life and drinking down there, and I am here." Drinking Northwest above, it’s really…”
He shook his head speechlessly, "Well, let me see... a fork in the left hand and a knife in the right hand. Well, congratulations, you are not left-handed... you like to eat vegetables and eat less meat. Tsk, tsk, you are an old man and you don't have that kind of teeth. Sorry... ...Oh, you look very elegant when eating, but too slow..."
While talking nonchalantly, he waved his quill and wrote quickly. This posture seemed to record every move of Zachary who was eating below in detail.
I have to say, this scene is a bit weird. Although peeping on a beautiful woman taking a bath is obscene enough, you can still imagine the reason, and it's not too exaggerated. But spying on a bad old man eating... This behavior can no longer be described as pornographic. It really cannot be explained!
In fact, when the cold wind blows from time to time, the pages of the book turn. You can also see some descriptions of sitting postures, walking postures, etc. The level of detail is jaw-dropping!
About half an hour later, the man on the roof stood up, gently closed the pen and paper, covered the gap between the roof tiles, raised his head, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Nima, it took me a long time to eat, you really want me to die... …kindness?"
After speaking for a while, he suddenly turned his head, only to find that a figure had already climbed onto the roof, waving his hand and silently walking towards this side. "Boss." He looked relaxed and waved hello as well.
"Haha, how are you, Harry, have you gained anything?" Tang En walked over with a smile, his voice controlled between the two of them.
"Now, it's all here." Harry handed over the pen and paper and spread his hands helplessly, "Boss, I don't understand, are these trivial things of any use to us? Moreover, if we know these things, we can directly punish him. It’s better if you don’t serve me.”
Shaking his head, "Haha, of course it is useful. You must know that the actions people make when they are nervous are always different from normal times." Tang En took the paper smoothly, flipped it over, and nodded, "Go on, We still have about three days, so we must know exactly Zachary’s schedule, daily habits, etc. This is very important!”
After a pause, he patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "This time we play a game of borrowing a chicken to lay eggs. It's very interesting."
"Okay, I don't have any problem, it's just..." Harry pointed to his feet and grinned, "It's very unpleasant to see him eating and drinking like this!"
"Ha, please be considerate, you won't have a good life in a few days." Tang En chuckled and shook his head, "Well, let's do this. How about I leave it to you to extract a confession from him in three days?"
"Wow, I guess I can't wait any longer!"
"Ha ha……"
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Not to mention what 'borrowing chickens to lay eggs' means, Tang En fell into a busy situation after leaving here.
Now that purple-bore cannons have begun to be produced on a large scale, the required alchemical materials are a big problem. Zi Yi is the commander of an army. Whatever he needs, no matter whether it is forbidden or not, just give the command and someone will naturally come to his door. But of course Tang En couldn't do it. He could only operate through the black market, and he couldn't just go through the black market in one city, otherwise he would be very likely to be exposed.
Furthermore, once the weapon is made, it will definitely not work if it is left in Hanshui City because there are too many variables. Therefore, Tang En had to arrange for people to be transported into Shiwanda Mountain, pass through the layers of defenses of Bran's army, and deliver them to the gray-coated army's Joshua.
Yes, these things can be fixed, but they also take a lot of time. And because of its self-evident importance, Tang En did not dare to leave it to others and could only do it himself.
In addition to these, the farce of cheats worth more than 500 yuan is rapidly fermenting. Tang En must pay attention to it...
In addition, due to the strong suppression of the Temple of Light, the 'forgery of miracles' and the various ugly shady stories of the clergy, these incidents that should have caused a huge storm are quickly calming down. In this way, Tang En, who is the master of suffering, will of course arrest a few more clergy models, publicize and plan, and continue to pour dirty water on the Temple of Light...
What? Create a killer organization?
Oh, there is no rush for this, because there is one ready-made, waiting for Tang En to receive it...
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(ps: I would like to thank book friend "jht121" for the reward!) (To be continued.)