There was still half a month before Chu Nan agreed to leave Ganyu, but the pirates came to collect salt in the middle of the month. Zhang Yuan originally wanted to sell Chu Nan a favor and pushed the matter back, but Chu Nan
Nan refused. By the end of the month, he would not have enough time. He had to deal with not only the pirates, but also people like Zhang Yuan in Ganyu.
It is easy to get rid of the pirates, but for a person like Zhang Yuan who is popular with the people, if his popularity is not broken, it will be more troublesome to deal with it later. Therefore, Chu Nan’s idea is to break his popularity first, and then deal with this kind of people.
It is much easier for people without aristocratic background.
As night fell, Chu Nan leisurely cooked tea soup, Cao Xing sat aside silently, and Hou Cheng walked around in the tent, looking quite anxious.
"General Hou, don't be anxious, my mantis will be back soon." Chu Nan was a little upset by his shaking and said.
He has a telepathic connection with the demonic mantis. The closer the distance, the stronger the connection. Although it was disconnected for a while, it has now been restored, indicating that the mantis has returned.
"Relying on a beast, this general always thinks it's a bit of a joke." Hou Cheng expressed doubts about Chu Nan's decision.
"Now that your spiritual intelligence has been opened, treat it as a human being, and he can do things that many people can't do." Chu Nan picked up the tea bowl and took a sip...it tasted really bad.
"Except for killing, what else do you think he is better than ordinary people?" Hou Cheng asked rhetorically.
"For example, it can fly. It can sneak into the enemy camp silently. It cannot detect the truth. But in the current situation, it can find the den of thieves that neither Tao Shijun nor Liu Shijun could find before.
Is it enough?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.
"But does it know the way?" Hou Cheng asked with a frown. If he couldn't get back ten thousand kilograms of salt, he could just throw it away. If he sold the salt, it would be worth his two years' salary.
"Flying insects will leave some smells where they walk. You can identify the path based on these smells. There is no need to worry about this." Chu Nan didn't want to drink this tea soup anymore. It was not the same thing as tea, and it took him a long time.
Kungfu makes tea. No wonder there are more people drinking alcohol than tea in this era. Who can drink this thing?
Immediately, Chu Nan looked at Hou Cheng.
This guy's arrogant energy seems to have revived in recent days. Has it gone away again?
That's all, this cooperation is pretty much over here. If you cut off someone's fate a little bit, let's just let it go.
"Sir, what are you looking at me for?" Hou Cheng felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Chu Nan.
"It's nothing, I just feel that after this battle, this time you and I are working together is over." Chu Nan shook his head. Hou Cheng's destiny has been weakened by three points in total. If he has great luck in the future, he must keep some of it. He can't
Used up.
Hou Cheng felt that Chu Nan looked at him with a bit of pity in his eyes... He was very unhappy, but if he supported Chu Nan, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart. After all, this man does have some abilities, that's all, just for the past few days.
Well, it won’t hurt anyway, so just listen to him first.
The two of them had their own thoughts, Cao Xing was drinking tea in silence, and the tent was silent for a while.
Suddenly, Chu Nan raised his head and looked outside the tent: "I'm back."
As soon as he finished speaking, they heard exclamations from outside the tent and the sirens blown by the soldiers. The three of them quickly walked out of the tent and saw the demonic mantis descending from the sky. Then it turned into a green light and landed on Chu Nan's shoulder. It had turned into
What a common praying mantis looks like.
Obviously, it is more accustomed to this look.
The current Demonic Mantis can give back much more information than before.
"Nothing, stand down!" Hou Cheng waved his hand to the surrounding soldiers. Although many soldiers knew about the existence of the demonic mantis, they did not know its specific appearance. At this moment, the demonic mantis flew in so unscrupulously, which made people think
It's an attack by monsters.
"How?" After the three of them returned to the tent and sat down, Hou Cheng looked at Chu Nan anxiously.
"We found the place, there are many people, there are mountains and the sea." Chu Nan said nothing more.
"What else?" Hou Cheng was a little anxious: "How many people are there? Where are the mountains and the sea?"
"Cough~" Chu Nan coughed lightly and looked at Hou Cheng with a polite smile: "That's all."
Although the demon mantis has evolved and become more intelligent, it is still a beast after all. In its previous life... the mantis had basically no exposure to complex concepts, so it was just like a human child, ignorant and ignorant.
Numbers, inability to judge the environment, and other small details cannot be handled well.
We need to strengthen education in the future. First of all, we need to make it real, and it is best to learn some military skills. Of course, we don't expect it to lead troops to fight, but when spying on intelligence, we should at least know what to spy on. If possible, it is best to learn what people say, and don't expect to be able.
Speaking, but at least being able to understand.
"That's all!?" Hou Cheng stood up and looked at Chu Nan in disbelief.
"Yeah~" Chu Nan knew he was in the wrong, and his smile was full of sincerity: "At least I know where the place is."
"Where?" Hou Cheng asked.
"Where?" Chu Nan looked at the demonic mantis.
The demon mantis gestured with its forelimbs, bared its teeth and claws at Chu Nan, and at the same time, a chaotic message came. There were trees, rocks, houses, etc., all of which were places where the demon mantis left its scent.
Chu Nan: "..."
"How?" Hou Cheng didn't understand what the demonic mantis was expressing by baring its teeth and waving its claws for a long time, and then looked at Chu Nan.
After Chu Nan was silent for a moment, he bared his teeth and claws for a long time at Hou Cheng imitating the demon mantis, and then stopped: "That's it."
Hou Cheng: "???"
Immediately afterwards, the veins on my forehead popped out.
"Cough!" Chu Nan looked at Hou Cheng's blushing face and coughed slightly: "It expresses the places where smells are left along the way, so let the scouts follow it tonight and they will find it. Moreover, this method also has advantages."
"What's the benefit?" Hou Cheng looked at Chu Nan.
"You won't get lost. The location you found must be accurate, and there don't seem to be any bumpy paths along the way." Chu Nan considered.
Hou Cheng nodded, which was probably his only comfort.
Then he suddenly reacted, looked at Chu Nan, and then at the demonic mantis on his shoulder: "It's flying back."
"Yeah~"
Hou Cheng's face turned dark. This demonic mantis can fly, but the scouts don't have this skill. How are they going to lead this way?
After a long silence, Hou Cheng let out a deep breath: "That's all, I'll go investigate in person tonight."
"It's just an exploration, don't act rashly. Not only will these pirates be wiped out, I will also use them to break the reputation of the people from afar!" Chu Nan said quickly.
"Don't worry, it's okay if I only bring two relatives!" Hou Cheng nodded with a dark face.
The sky had darkened, and Chu Nan and Cao Xing followed Hou Cheng outside the camp.
Under Chu Nan's instructions, the demon mantis flew reluctantly onto Hou Cheng's shoulder.
Hou Cheng was immediately tense. This was a little animal that could cut his own neck at any time.
"Don't worry, we are one of our own." Chu Nan said kindly.
"Hmph, get in formation!" Hou Cheng was obviously very angry and snorted coldly.
Two personal followers quickly came behind Hou Cheng.
"Flying like the wind!" Hou Cheng shouted softly, and the three of them flew away, very fast, and soon disappeared from sight...