Chapter 738: Gathering Intelligence

Evening.

As the night gradually fell, all shops lit up lanterns and candles to welcome customers. The red-light district was still full of debauchery. In the restaurants, people were chatting and drinking. It seemed like a peaceful and prosperous time. However, the refugees who had fled to the restaurants slept like beggars on both sides of the street. The fish caught in the sea could not feed everyone. There were only a few fishing boats and fishermen. Unfortunately, many people would rather beg than go to open up wasteland to farm or go to the sea to make a living.

Mosquitoes and mechanical insects flew into the restaurant and landed on the lampshade. The computer began to collect sounds.

"Do you know? There is an island not far from here, sailing west. There are many beautiful clam girls living on the island. It is said that there are also mermaids! Do you know what these two monsters look like?"

A fat-bellied businessman was talking nonsense to a few friends at a table in the restaurant. The content attracted the attention of other people in the restaurant. Someone shouted to speak quickly. The fat-bellied businessman heard that someone supported him and worked harder. He wiped the oil on his face and opened his mouth to talk nonsense.

"Let's talk about this clam girl first. Clam girl means a beautiful woman with a clam shell. Oh my~ That white and beautiful~ Like a pearl, I guarantee that you guys have never seen it in your life. Hey~ It's really exciting!"

"Is it true? I have played with beauties of all races of human beings, but I have never played with a demon girl. Tell us the details~"

A wretched big man in the crowd laughed and soon caused everyone to make a fuss.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You just played with the barbarians and the girl from the northern grassland. Let me tell you slowly. I know the general situation, but I don't know the details because I haven't played with them." After saying that, the merchant raised his glass and drank it all.

"It is said that the ancestor of this clam girl was originally a fairy maiden in the fairyland Yaochi who was responsible for giving the Queen Mother a bath. One day, because the fairy maiden stole a clam shell from the Queen Mother, she was demoted to the mortal world by the Queen Mother and became a clam girl. The clam shell is crystal clear like white jade, and the condensed skin is more beautiful than pearls. They are all beautiful and stunning. I would be willing to marry one of them and live ten years less in the three realms. Tsk tsk~" After saying that, the guy licked his lips.

"Where is the mermaid? Tell me about the mermaid~"

Someone else started to make a fuss, and the people next to him poured a glass of wine for the merchant attentively.

"Good wine~Okay, since you all want to know about mermaids, I will tell you more. Everyone thinks that mermaids are legendary monsters, but in fact, they have always lived in the deep sea not far from us, and the depth is hundreds of feet deep!" The fat merchant opened his arms and tried to gesture as much as possible.

"You are bragging~ Who has ever seen a depth of hundreds of feet~"

The interrupter next to him was immediately hit on the head with a shoe, an egg, and rotten vegetables. The people sitting here are all merchants from all over the country who are just looking for fun and hate being interrupted.

The fat merchant didn't care, took a sip and continued to talk nonsense.

"It's true that mermaids live in the deep sea, but every full moon night they will go to the reefs in the sea and sing to the moon. Mermaids have long hair and a slender figure, wearing translucent gauze and two shells on their chests." After saying that, the merchant touched his chest in front of everyone to demonstrate where the shells were, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.

"The most important thing is that the mermaids are naturally charming and beautiful, and they are not like the mortals. It is said that being with mermaids will make you stronger and stronger, and even old men can be rejuvenated~"

The last one attracted the attention of a large number of businessmen and dignitaries. Many of the people present were men who were not good at that. After hearing the last one, their eyes lit up instantly. They had the company of beautiful monsters and could enjoy the good fortune. However, when they wanted to know the specific location of the clam girl and the mermaid, the merchant did not say anything, and secretly cursed the merchant for being cunning.

The mechanical insects transmitted all these images to the magic cube. In all the places where the dignitaries and rich people gathered in the city, people used various methods to spread the news about the clam girl and the mermaid. At the same time, the mechanical insects monitoring in the courtyards of the dignitaries learned another thing. One of the two officials who were killed by the drone was a peripheral member of the Wu family, a cultivation family, and the Jindan stage cultivator killed by the magic cube was also a member of the Wu family. The difference was that one was peripheral and the other was internal.

As for where the Wu family lived, these dignitaries had no idea. Several mechanical insects entered the palace to collect intelligence.

In the emperor's study, a mechanical ant climbed onto the crane copper lamp, and the mechanical eye monitored all the scenes in the study.

What the mechanical ant didn't expect was that although it didn't monitor the detailed information about the Wu family here, it learned another piece of news. Seven coastal countries including Yunguo planned to divide a small country. The small country was not even one-seventh the size of Yunguo. The old king lived to the age of sixty and didn't even give birth to a son. After working hard for most of his life, he finally gave birth to a child in his fifties. He was full of hope that it was a son, but it turned out to be a princess. From then on, the old emperor was depressed and didn't know what to do. Therefore, the whole country fell into turmoil, and the surrounding countries were also eyeing it covetously.

The middle-aged emperor sat behind the desk, and two ministers sat on the two chairs in front of him.

"Your Majesty, a total of seven countries agreed to participate in the division of Yaoguo this time. My country and Cheheguo each have half of the territory, and the other five countries share property and ships. I wonder if your majesty agrees."

The emperor behind the table closed his eyes and thought, and the two ministers didn't dare to make a sound. After half an incense stick, the emperor opened his eyes. The minister who just spoke thought that the emperor was definitely dozing off just now.

"We took the territory, they took the fleet and gold and silver, and they will use the gold and silver to buy weapons and food in the future and then use the ships to attack our territory. None of these people are fools..." The emperor shook his head, and the maid stepped forward and handed over a bowl of lotus seed soup respectfully.

The two ministers looked at each other and didn't say anything. They thought that it was impossible to get both territory and property. The other five countries have been watching. How could they watch such a big piece of fat meat being divided equally by Yunguo and Cheheguo? Although it is not adjacent to the Yao country that is about to be divided, it does not delay robbery and extortion. A large area of ​​land is zombies. The coast is so big, and it seems calm, but it actually hides a huge gunpowder barrel.

"Is the old king of Yao dead?" The emperor asked lazily.

"Your Majesty, the old man is still alive, but it is said that he has been attending court less and less recently. Most of the time, his daughter Princess Junru handles government affairs. He seems to be handing over the Yao Kingdom to Princess Junru."

"Oh? I didn't expect that Princess Junru is a talent, but it's a pity that no one in the court believes in her daughter. When the old man dies, the Yao Kingdom will be destroyed."

"Your Majesty, I learned that Princess Junru has a beauty that can make fish sink to the bottom of the water, geese fall to the ground, and the moon hide in shame. She is only 28 years old, and there are endless people who come to her door to ask for marriage, but the old man has not agreed to any marriage, even the Wu family's proposal was rejected by him. If we want to get the territory and property of the Yao Kingdom, we might as well marry Princess Junru, and then we can take everything from the Yao Kingdom with a legitimate reason." Another minister came up with an idea.

"This is a good idea." The emperor was very pleased.

The minister saw that it was effective and simply added fuel to the fire.

"The best candidate for our Yun Kingdom to marry Princess Junru is..." Before the minister finished speaking.