Chapter 875 Hopeless City (143)
Winter is coming.
In a season like this, no one wants to leave the warm imperial capital.
There is mellow wine and warmth in all seasons. This is the country at the feet of the emperor, which is stable and peaceful. Therefore, when winter is about to enter, the imperial capital will become more prosperous.
This year’s imperial capital is different from the past.
Not only was a city called Guanhai City built on the periphery, but there was also a 20-meter-high Cloud Viewing Platform in front of the main city wall. Standing on the platform and overlooking the city, you can have a panoramic view of the old Guanhai City not far away. There is also a vast and boundless plain to the north.
These cities and towers, which took decades to build, attracted many people from outside the city. Going south to the imperial capital has become a trend of this era.
The imperial capital is prosperous, attaches great importance to commercial development, and opens its doors to welcome these foreign businessmen and tourists. The city is bustling with people all day long, with countless wine shops and teahouses, and inns and restaurants are even more overcrowded.
The imperial capital at this time is at its most prosperous time of the year.
The sellers carrying the burdens were shouting and strolling around the city gate. Whenever a wave of people came, they would come forward to display their goods.
He rested against the city gate when no one was around, so when the tall and strong city wall began to shake, he was keenly aware of it immediately.
"What's going on? Uncle Guan, can you feel it? The ground is shaking!"
The gatekeepers were disapproving and scolded him.
"Get over here, don't interfere with official business!"
The salesman touched his head and then put his ear to the city wall to listen.
The sound was clearer now, as if there were thousands of troops and horses running on the ground. The number was so huge that it could make such a thick city wall tremble slightly.
He was afraid, so he rushed up and shouted again.
"Uncle Officer, there is really something going on. Listen, listen and see!" The officer and soldier listened impatiently against the wall. Then the next second, with a solemn look on his face, he turned around and climbed up the stairs inside the city wall. Standing on the cloud viewing platform at the highest point, squinting your eyes and looking hard.
In his sight, dust was flying, and in the chaos, he could vaguely see thousands of unknown creatures rushing in this direction!
Not long after, waves of desolate and distant howls also came. Through the city wall, with great penetrating power, they were directly transmitted to the ears of the emperor on the golden seat in the imperial palace.
"What sound?"
The emperor put down the scroll and asked his attendants in doubt.
The attendant listened carefully, and the howling sound gradually became clearer. Immediately afterwards, the attendant's expression suddenly changed.
He was a soldier who had come down from the battlefield. Facing this long-lost howl of beasts, the fear that had long been hidden deep in his heart surged up. He looked at the emperor in horror, leaning forward to speak in a voice mixed with Uncontrollable trembling.
"Back to the Emperor, my subordinates have heard this sound at the border... It seems to be the howling of an evil raccoon dog..."
"Evil..."
The emperor didn't realize what he was referring to, but although he was old, his reaction speed was very fast. He immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Evil raccoon dogs, are they the ferocious beasts on the ice fields? Are you sure?"
"The howl of the evil raccoon dog is terrifying and desolate, like the cry of a child. My subordinates will never mishear it. This is indeed the howl of the evil raccoon dog! The Great Emperor, the evil raccoon dog, has arrived in the imperial capital!!"
"Impossible!!"
The emperor rejected it outright, but the expression on his face betrayed the turmoil in his heart.
"How could it be possible? How could those things pass through the Hopeless City and reach the Imperial Capital?"
(End of chapter)