Chapter 1208: An Old Friend Stuck on the Wall

The sun moved west, and the two of them finally saw a town on the high ridge ahead. Dong Rui happily patted the horse's rump: "Look, look, isn't this it?"

"Wrong." He Lingchuan looked left and right, "We are going to Jishi Village, does this look like a village to you?"

"Villages also come in big and small sizes." Actually, Dong Rui also reacted at this time, but still subconsciously argued, "I've seen the biggest village, it has thousands of households, catching up to a town."

"Cut it out, you bring us the wrong way every three days, can you be a little more reliable?"

Dong Rui was also aggrieved. It was common to recognize the wrong road in a place he was unfamiliar with, right? And they didn't hire a guide, could he be blamed? The Ghost Ape suddenly pointed to the green crops on both sides of the road and made two squeaks.

"Right, this is all peanut fields." Dong Rui nodded repeatedly, "This town is obsessed with peanuts. I'll buy some for you and Lingguang as snacks later."

Since they were here, they might as well enter the town for supplies.

The two walked in and found that the place was very large, with many buildings, and what they saw under the ridge earlier was just a small corner.

This was clearly a city! "There's a bun shop..." Dong Rui didn't finish his sentence, but no one followed him.

Dong Rui looked back and saw He Lingchuan stopped on the side of the road, looking at the wanted poster on the wall.

His eyes were a little surprised.

This dirt wall was almost covered with wanted posters. The wind blew, and the yellow paper rustled, full of desolation.

The pedestrians behind didn't gather to look, as if they were already used to it, and a sentence floated over gloomily: "Good people don't live long, sigh..."

"What, did you see a familiar face again?"

Dong Rui just asked casually, but He Lingchuan nodded: "It really is."

"Which one?" How could he forget that this guy had a rebellious bone, and it didn't seem out of character for him to have a few rebellious friends, right?

He Lingchuan pointed to one of the portraits: "Him."

Portraits, usually very abstract, it was good enough to distinguish between men and women. But this person had a scar on his neck, which was also drawn, so it was a feature.

Dong Rui looked at his name again: "Boss Situ He?"

The explanation in the reward was that this person was the son of a bandit leader, extremely vicious, from the Gaopu Nation. Informants could get a reward of ten taels; if he could be captured, dead or alive, the reward would be one hundred taels!

That's a heavy reward.

"Son of a bandit leader?" Dong Rui wondered, "Hey, this person's surname is Boss Situ, isn't the place we are going to..."

Surprise was surprise, he didn't forget to lower his voice. It wasn't appropriate to discuss these on the main road.

He Lingchuan gave an "en." The place they were going to belonged to the Boss Situ family.

The Boss Situ family should be the local emperor with high power and influence in this area, but he didn't expect Boss Situ He to become a wanted criminal, with portraits hanging everywhere.

There were too many strange things in the Flash Gold Plain, and his intelligence probably needed to be updated.

"The wanted poster didn't say what he did either."

The wanted poster for Concubine Mei they saw in the old Pu Nation at least listed the crime of "poisoning royal relatives"; but what crime did Boss Situ He commit? It wasn't mentioned at all.

He Lingchuan shook his head: "Son of a bandit leader, isn't this the crime?"

It seemed that the one who was "guilty" was Boss Situ He's father.

"The wanted criminal in the portrait is your acquaintance, are you sure?"

"Boss Situ He does have a scar on his neck, the same as the portrait, and I also know he is indeed from the Gaopu Nation." Name, characteristics, and origin all matched, so the chance of misidentification should be very small. "This should be an old acquaintance of mine from the Lingxu Imperial Academy, and the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce also does business with his family in this area. I just don't understand, Boss Situ He was a good son of a general, how did he become a wanted criminal and the son of a bandit leader here?"

Boss Situ He was one of the students He Lingchuan met at the Lingxu Imperial Academy, often hanging out with foreign dignitaries like Jin Zhen. At that time, He Lingchuan only knew he was the son of a general from the Gaopu Nation, but didn't know where this country was—

At that time, He Lingchuan didn't even know the location of the Flash Gold Plain, so naturally he wouldn't care about the small countries on the Flash Gold Plain.

How many romantic figures were concentrated in the Lingxu City Imperial Academy? At least half were descendants of famous families from all over the world. Boss Situ He's family background was unremarkable among them, and he rarely mentioned it himself.

He was quite diligent, and his grades were very good, and he had insights. But this wasn't a talkative person; usually, people like Jin Zhen and Zheng Zewu were the ones showing off in front, while Boss Situ He stayed silently on the side.

However, Boss Situ He could open his chatterbox after drinking too much, and discuss the heroes of the world with He Lingchuan and others.

According to He Lingchuan's observation, this person's character was very good, just a bit stubborn; as long as he recognized something, eight horses couldn't pull him back, and he wouldn't care even if he hit his head and bled.

Unlike students like Zheng Zewu who were determined to stay in Lingxu City, Boss Situ He swore to He Lingchuan several times after drinking that he must return to his homeland and change the poverty and weakness there.

That place was exactly where He Lingchuan was standing now.

Only after experiencing it personally did he know that the Flash Gold Plain was chaotic to this extent, and did he know how difficult it was for Boss Situ He's dream to come true.

Boss Situ He's bold words were still in his ears, how did he become a wanted criminal? Dong Rui blurted out: "Did his father rebel?"

"Possibly."

In the Flash Gold Plain, if the family didn't have money and power, Boss Situ He wouldn't have the opportunity to go to Lingxu City for further studies and see the world. The ups and downs of his life were probably tied to his family.

Hearing news of an old friend, it was in this environment, He Lingchuan sighed.

"Seeing this wanted poster, I know we are indeed lost."

The place they were going to was the territory of the Boss Situ family! This place had Boss Situ He's wanted poster, so it was naturally not their destination.

However, since they were here, they might as well find something to eat before leaving.

There were people selling boiled peanuts and salted peanuts everywhere, it seemed that the local specialty was this, so the two of them also wanted to eat peanuts.

Entering the bun shop, despite the small storefront, they actually sold eleven or twelve kinds of food, steaming hot, one of which was Manjian cake.

"Give me two plates of Manjian cake." The shop could only fit a small wooden table, so the two simply sat down to eat.

This thing was different from the steamed cakes He Lingchuan had eaten before; it was two fingers wide, honeycomb-shaped inside, and when you took a bite, it was soft and fluffy, with peanut, sesame, lard, and sugar filling inside, fragrant and sweet.

It wasn't too greasy, just right.

Pair it with a large bowl of peanut and mung bean soup; the mung beans had to be boiled until they bloomed, and the peanuts had to be able to float one by one, refreshing! Of course, eating sweets in this kind of place, the price was also the most expensive.

Master Sun liked sweets, and after shopping with her many times, He Lingchuan's taste buds had long changed from resistance to acceptance.

Dong Rui didn't like this, and only wanted scallion rolls and peanut sprout and egg buns.

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