Chapter 688: Entering Black Rock City
Looking at the figures, the young man quickly came back to his senses after a brief period of confusion, and at the same time recalled the words shouted by the soldiers just now...
【King? That turned out to be the king of Zhou Dynasty? ! 】
As the thought flashed through, the young man's eyes quickly fell on the figure that looked like stars holding the moon.
It was hard for the young man to imagine that the person on the opposite side was actually the king himself.
There was no time to think about it, he just made a decision and knelt down directly towards Zhou Xu.
“The common people pay homage to the King! Long live the King! Long live the King!”
The young man’s bow played a clear leading role. In an instant, the rebels gathered in the city gate area. , also followed the three chants of long live, and knelt down to worship.
Listening to the bursts of "Long live, long live, long live, long live", Zhou Xu was really not used to it.
But he also knew that this was a chore created by Yan Sheng's guy, and it was popular here to say "Long Live the Three Times."
"No gifts for all of you. As long as you sincerely submit to me, Da Zhou, I will naturally treat you all equally."
While signaling for everyone to be free of gifts, Zhou Xu did not forget to say another casual word, gathering a It won't take him more than a few seconds anyway.
Then, he looked at the young man who stood up.
In this era, there are many, if not many, skinny and skinny people.
For example, few of the people in Huangsha City, including Kong Daqian and others, were strong. Compared with the people of the Zhou Dynasty, each of them was like a refugee from a famine. Same.
But the one in front of him was even more exaggerated, completely visible to the naked eye. Zhou Xu could clearly see that the emaciation of the other party's sunken cheeks and eye sockets was not simply caused by food problems, but had an unconcealable look. Sick.
For this young man, although the word "consumption ghost" does not sound good, it is indeed appropriate.
"Are you sick?"
Faced with this sudden question, the young man pursed his lips and answered respectfully...
"Thank you for your concern, your Majesty. It’s due to congenital deficiencies and weak constitution. Recently, I was infected with wind and cold..."
Before he finished speaking, the young man couldn't help but cough violently.
Looking like that, he could really cough himself to death, which made Zhou Xu a little nervous.
“That’s all, let’s talk somewhere else.”
It’s freezing outside right now, and the wind is not strong. Looking at the other party’s appearance, if this continues, I’m afraid he’ll die. .
After signaling Shi Lei to arrange for soldiers to take over Blackstone City's defense work and city patrol work, Zhou Xu rushed towards the city lord's palace under the escort of Silk and other elven knights.
Along the way, Zhou Xu didn't need to deliberately show off, it was enough to become the focus of attention of all the people along the way. At the same time, it also made all the people clearly aware that Black Rock City has now changed hands!
Through the central avenue in the center of the city, they soon arrived at the city lord's mansion that had been cleared out early.
Before, the rebel army symbolically occupied this place. After discovering that all the supplies in the city lord's palace had been taken away by Yan Sheng, they left while cursing the foolish king.
Now that Zhou Xu came over, he saw that everything was in a mess, as if he had been robbed by a thief.
Zhou Xu didn't mind it either. He walked into the lobby, picked up an overturned Taishi chair, and sat down carelessly.
"Silk, ask a few people to search the city lord's mansion carefully."
"Yes!"
After Silk took the order and left, Zhou Xushuang saw When it came to the young man they brought over.
He just called a private soldier and brought the person over on horseback.
But the young man's body was obviously very weak. After this trip, he felt that half of his life was almost gone, and he could hardly stand.
"Pick up a chair and sit down."
"Common people don't dare." Although Zhou Xu has been very easy-going from the moment of contact to the present, the young man does not dare to be careless.
But he really couldn't stand now, and the ground was too cold, so he just knelt down, which was too much for him. Then his eyes fell on a cushion that fell on the ground, and then I had to bite the bullet and speak out...
"The common people are weak, please allow the king to allow the common people to kneel on this cushion."
"Go with me."
Looking at the young man who was still obviously very embarrassed, Zhou Xu followed him.
The young man who received the permission suddenly felt relieved.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
While thanking him, the young man put the cushion under his body and felt a lot more relaxed.
During this period, Zhou Xu was not in a hurry. After waiting for the other party to catch his breath, he asked slowly...
"Are you the leader of the rebel army in this city?"
Hearing this, the young man quickly shook his head.
"Report to your Majesty, the grassroots are not the leaders of the rebels in the city."
While speaking, the young general Yan Sheng captured strong men in the city and sent them into the army, and by some strange combination of circumstances, the leader of the rebels was captured. I told you what happened when all the characters were captured.
After listening, Zhou Xu had a rough idea of the situation here.
“Judging from your words and deeds, you don’t look like ordinary people.”
In fact, what’s more important is that if it were ordinary people, in this era of hardship, children with congenital deficiencies would not survive at all. By this time, I cannot say 100%, but at least 99% will die young.
In response, the young man laughed miserably.
“Reporting back to your Majesty, the grassroots’ surname is Huo. Due to congenital deficiencies, he has been weak and sick since he was a child, so his parents named him ‘Qu Bing’.”
Fortunately, he was not drinking water at the moment, otherwise as soon as the name was said, the saliva would definitely be sprayed in the other person's face. At the same time, this also made Zhou Xu couldn't help but ask...
"Who are your parents?" "Could there be a Chosen One among them?"
Huo Qubing was undoubtedly aware of the existence of the Chosen One, but when faced with this question, he shook his head.
"The parents of the grassroots are just ordinary people, but we were originally citizens of the Han Dynasty. The founding emperor of our Han Dynasty was the chosen one. This Black Rock City was originally the land of the Han Dynasty. My grandfather was a member of the Han Dynasty at that time. He was a minor official, and his parents later did some business, and they did accumulate some wealth."
"But due to poor health, I spent a lot of money since I was a child, and in the past two years, I have basically spent all my money. After all, my father died of illness six months ago due to overwork, and my mother died not long after Cao Min was born.”
Speaking of this, Huo Qubing's face already showed a touch of uncontrollable sadness.
Although his family was relatively wealthy when he was a child, he was probably not very lucky as he was frail and sickly.
“Today’s ordinary people only know a few more words and read a few more books than ordinary people. Other than that, they are not as good as ordinary people.”
[That’s it. , a cultural man whose ancestors served as officials. 】
[The chosen one who established the Han Kingdom can basically be confirmed to be a fellow countryman, but the Han Dynasty is dead, so there is nothing to say now. The more important thing now is...]
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At this moment, Zhou Xu was obviously more interested in the attribute panel of Huo Qubing in front of him than the great man who had lost his country and had become a thing of the past.
You must know that in the history of China in their original world, this name was a generation of god generals!
Needless to say, the mantra activates!
【Eye of Insight! 】
(End of this chapter)