Chapter 594 Entering the City
He Zudao looked up at Danyang City's tall city walls and majestic city gate towers.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the several-foot-high flagpole in front of the city gate tower.
Of course he was not looking at the phoenix flag fluttering in the wind,
Instead, he was looking at the head in the wooden cage under the Phoenix flag.
That was the head of Wang Pu, the former supreme commander of the Chu Navy.
Although more than two months have passed, the head is still lifelike after careful processing.
I think this must be the method of the witches from the woods in the southwest!
He looked at Wang Pu,
And Wang Pu seemed to be looking at him with his wide eyes.
This made He Zudao very uncomfortable.
The people guarding the city gate were not the Tiger and Ben troops of the past, but troops with veils on their heads, rattan armor, leggings, straight knives on their waists, and straw sandals on their feet.
That great southwest wolf soldier.
They were interrogating everyone who entered the city and searching everyone's luggage. From time to time, there were bursts of women's screams, which made He Zudao frown.
With a gentle tap of his feet on the ground, the person disappeared suddenly. The next moment, he had entered the city, leaving behind the many people waiting to enter the city gate and the wolf soldiers.
No one realized that someone had just entered the city in front of them.
He Zudao came to Danyang City last year.
Of course, they come quietly and leave quietly.
At that time, Danyang City was really as prosperous as places like Chang'an and Luoyang!
In just one year, things changed drastically.
The street is still the same as before, and the houses on both sides of the bluestone street are also the same as before, but you can't see the endless flow of people in the past.
Without people, naturally there will be no hot popularity.
I don’t know how long it will take to return to the past situation, and maybe I will never be able to return to the past.
Because the age of peace is over.
Next, we will enter the real war years.
Of course, He Zudao did not pity the Danyang people. On the contrary, the more he was like this, the more capital he had to bargain with Xiang Ying and the others.
After all, the more powerful Jiang Qian is, the higher the value of his existence will be.
The purpose of my visit this time is to let Xiang Ying and Xiong Yi understand that Jiang Qian is not weak and helpless as they imagined. On the contrary, she is very powerful. Without his help, Xiang Ying and the others will suffer a big loss.
Both sides will benefit from cooperation, and both sides will lose from division. Xiang Ying and Xiong Yi must understand this truth.
Walking along the street, he finally saw an open restaurant. He Zudao decided to have a drink first and then think about how to talk to Xiang Ying and Xiong Yi.
At this time, it's almost time for lunch, but there are only two or three tables of customers sitting in the lobby. It's sparse, and the business doesn't look good at all.
The waiter lazily leaned on the counter and dozed off. It was only when He Zudao sat down and knocked on the table that the waiter reacted.
He ran over quickly, pulled off the towel on his shoulders, wiped the table vigorously, and asked diligently: "What do the guests want to eat? Our restaurant is a famous local restaurant with a century-old history in Danyang City."
"Cook some of your restaurant's best signature dishes, and have a bottle of wine!" He Zhongdao took out a piece of silver from his arms and put it on the table: "The extra is yours!"
The waiter's eyes widened with a smile. This piece of silver was only twenty taels at least. In their restaurant, they could almost buy an ordinary table.
Nowadays it is really rare to meet such generous guests.
"Okay, Sir, just let me arrange it for you! Keep it so that you can eat well and well!" He put the money into his arms and went to arrange the food quickly.
When you have money, you are quick to do things. In a moment, he appeared in front of He Zudao again with a tray. Three plates of food and a bottle of wine were placed in front of He Zudao one by one.
He picked up the chopsticks and tasted it briefly. He Zudao nodded, it was indeed good.
"Business is so light every day now?" "Not really!" The waiter shook his head: "Although it is much worse than before, it can still be sustained, but today is a little special."
"What's so special?"
"There was a killing at Caishikou today, and many people came to watch the fun!"
"What day will Danyang City stop killing people?" He Zudao smiled and drank a glass of wine.
"It's different!" The waiter lowered his voice: "All the high-ranking officials were killed today. I heard that the most prominent among them was a former chief eunuch in the palace. Besides, there are seven officials above the third rank. Eight, and there are dozens of remaining minor officials. Even Zhuang Yuanlang, who just passed the exam last year, had his head chopped off. Didn’t it attract everyone to watch? ”
Is it so murderous?
He Zudao doesn't quite understand what Xiang Ying is doing now.
It's okay to kill Wang Pu. It's not that He Han can't be killed, but so many officials can't all be members of the Demon Cult. What they need most now is stability. After winning the first battle with Jiang Qian, After completely stabilizing the domestic situation, it is not too late to slowly liquidate things.
Behind every official is a big family. This is a disguised form of pushing people to the opposite side!
And...
Just when I was thinking about this, a large wave of wolf soldiers walked in outside the door. As soon as they came in, they immediately sat down with a golden sword. The leader, speaking half-understandable Danyang dialect, shouted to get the best. Food and drinks are coming.
The original two or three tables of guests in the room, after seeing these people come in, immediately stood up and ran away regardless of whether they had finished eating.
The waiter went down to arrange the meals with a frown on his face.
We are destined to lose a lot of money today, so there is no need to settle the bill after these wolf soldiers have eaten and drank enough.
He Zudao slowly drank wine and ate vegetables.
The waiter's arrangement was indeed good, the food was delicious, the wine was good, and it was not watered down.
Nowadays, restaurants without water are really rare in restaurants outside. It seems that the money played a role.
The eyes of the leading Southwest Wolf Soldier fell on He Zudao.
Others are afraid when they see them and run away when they see them, but they also enjoy this feeling.
He had been to Danyang in the past, but at that time, everyone looked at them with unabashed contempt, and some even directly called them barbarians and barbarians.
Things have turned around, and now it's their turn to dominate.
With a snap, a knife was slapped in front of He Zudao.
He Zudao raised his head and glanced at him, ignored him, and poured another glass of wine. Just when he was about to pick it up, the leader of the wolf soldiers choked and drew his sword, and the blade directly pressed into He Zudao's hand. ,
The look He Zudao gave him just now reminded him directly of his past experience of being looked down upon in Danyang.
"Looking at you, you are a demon kid. You must have been sent by the Demon Queen to get information. I will cut off your hand first, and then take it back for interrogation slowly!" The leader of the wolf soldiers sneered. The man opposite him had no real energy. Fluctuation is an ordinary person, but judging from his outfit, he should be a wealthy person, probably a local businessman with some background.
But who is the most powerful person in Danyang now?
Xiang Ying, Xiong Yi, and one more, that is their big leader, Na Wei.
The rest of them are nothing, right?
The wrist exerted force and the blade cut downwards. The sharp straight knife could easily break gold and cut jade, but now it didn't cut at all.
The leader of the wolf soldiers groaned and looked up at He Zudao in surprise.
He Zudao glanced at him, picked up the cup, drank the wine in one gulp, and then stood up. When he stood up, the leader of the wolf soldiers opposite him stiffened instantly.
He Zudao walked out.
The group of wolf soldiers heard what their leader said, and now saw that the leader was sitting still, but the man in gray robe wanted to leave, so how could he give in? They all stepped forward and drew their knives to stop him.
Then they all fell down.
There were no injuries at all, but everyone was dead.
He Zudao stepped out of the restaurant, and the next moment, he had disappeared on this street.
When the waiter of the restaurant came out of the back hall, what he saw was the Southwest Wolf soldiers lying in a mess on the floor. At this moment, blood slowly seeped out from the seven orifices of those people.
"Oh my god, Grandpa!" The waiter screamed, his eyes turned white, and he fell to the ground with a thud and passed out.
(End of chapter)