After the convoy left Yangzhou, it took the official road, of course, this section has also fallen into their control, and now there is smoke everywhere, the lives of ordinary people have long been 'disrupted', not to mention that there are people who dare to visit relatives and friends or do business at this time, except for our team on the spacious road, there is not even a other person. Fastest update access: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ.

In this way, we will not move slowly.

A few days later, we arrived in Huai'an.

It was a dusk and dreary evening, the sound of the wheels hitting the ground spread lonely on the official road, everyone walked very dullly, a huge black shadow appeared on the horizon, like a creeping crouching tiger, and soon, the person who opened the road in front came back to report that he had arrived in Huai'an.

After walking for another half an hour, he finally reached the bottom of the city, and the tall city 'gate' was tightly closed.

At this time, of course, the city 'gate' will be closed under normal circumstances, but the city is too quiet, but looking up at the sky, you can see that although the surroundings are pitch black, the sky above the city is slightly red by the firelight, obviously not a sleeping city.

They went to call the 'door', and after a while, there was a clicking sound inside.

The huge 'gate' let out a long, loud hissing and slowly opened.

As soon as the gates opened, all of us saw a light in front of them.

Because inside the city gate, there are many soldiers standing on both sides, including the steps up to the castle tower, everyone is holding torches in their hands, and there is a fire in front of them, no wonder even the sky is lit up.

They came all the way to meet us?

I opened the curtain and looked out, and my heart was full of doubt, and our people only had a slight 'exchange' with the people guarding the 'gate' of the city, and immediately someone came to lead our team forward, and the troops we brought with us entered the city one after another, except for a group of men and horses who followed to protect us, most of the other teams went to the barracks on the other side.

As I walked inside, my brow slowly furrowed as I walked down the street and looked at both sides.

Here, the situation is almost the same as Yangzhou City.

At this time, it was obviously curfew, but I could still see that many of the pavilions were empty, and the windows were open, and the inside was pitch black, like the eyes of countless empty 'holes' in the dark night were looking at me blankly.

This feeling is very depressing and very uncomfortable.

Of course, I understand that since Pei Yuanxiu can go to Huai'an Mansion, it proves that this place has been occupied by his people, or those who are willing to support him, and there must have been a war here.

I just don't know how many innocent souls have died in the war.

I sighed at the thought of this.

'Hua' Zhu sat next to me, and when he saw me sighing, he said softly: "Miss Yan, you have to be careful with your body. ”

She was very close to me along the way, of course, I also knew that Pei Yuanxiu and Xie Feng were sent to take care of me, or to watch me, but in the end she was just a little girl who listened to someone's dispatch, and I had no contradiction with her, so I didn't get along stiffly for a few days, and when I heard her persuasion, I didn't say anything, so I was ready to put down the curtain.

But before he could withdraw his hand, he saw a group of soldiers patrolling the street with torches in their hands and armor on a road they passed.

Suddenly, they seemed to see something in a small alley, and immediately rushed in, and after a while there was a sound of fighting inside, and the convoy was not affected by them, and continued to drive forward, I hurriedly poked my head out, only to see several people running out of the alley, it seemed that they were all young and strong young men, and they were still fighting with those people with weapons in their hands, but in the end there were many people on the other side, and after a while, I saw that they were all knocked to the ground.

As the carriage drove away, the soldiers could still be heard shouting, "Assassin again!" ”

"Hurry up!"

"Prison in jail!"

On the other side, there are also several small streets.

I watched, didn't make a sound, and lowered the curtain.

When the sky was completely dark, we finally arrived at Huai'an Mansion.

Since the establishment of Huai'an Mansion, because it is in the thriving area of business travel, so the business and trade are prosperous, culture and education are prosperous, and it has always been a place of cultural prosperity.

I was helped out of the carriage by the 'flower' bamboo, and when I looked up, my eyes were brightened.

Immediately, a group of people came out of the government to greet Pei Yuanxiu, and none of these people were wearing official uniforms, of course I also understood what it meant, and looked around the government office, there were more people standing guard and patrolling here than in the city, but these soldiers were all wearing uniform cloth clothes, and there was a big "Zhou" character in front of their chests.

After a look at the people who came to greet him, there was a middle-aged man of moderate size and gorgeous clothes, and the people around him flattered him as "Master Zhou", obviously, this is the celebrity of Huai'an Mansion before - Zhou Chengyin of the Zhou family, obviously, it seems that now it is not just a celebrity.

There were some people around besides the Zhou family, after all, it was not only the Zhou family who came to greet him, but obviously, it was the Zhou family who spoke in Huai'an Mansion.

We were welcomed all the way in.

I don't know what this mansion looked like before, but all the way in, you can see that the surroundings have been washed, although the blood has been washed away, the notches on the walls of the sword are not so easy to clean, and I can roughly guess how tragic the battle has been here.

It's just that the colorful arrangement of the lights covers everything up in the past.

We were quickly ushered into a spacious lobby.

They have probably been waiting for a long time, and when they went in, most of the candles on the candlesticks on both sides were burned, and the wax oil condensed a large mass and fell drop by drop, as soon as Pei Yuanxiu walked in, he was invited by Zhou Chengyin to the main seat in front of the lobby, and we did the seats on both sides.

As soon as everyone sat down, drums sounded on both sides, and a group of dancing girls came in to join the dance.

There were some cold cuts and fruits on the table in front of me, and in a short time the 'waiter' came in and served the steaming dishes, but I had been nesting in the carriage for a day, and at this time I had no appetite, just quietly drinking water and listening to the flattery of the people around me.

At this time, that Zhou Chengyin raised his glass to Pei Yuanxiu and said: "Gongzi is the master of the king this time to conquer the unreasonable, which is really a blessing for the people of the world. Another cup of respect. ”

Pei Yuanxiu only smiled faintly and drank a glass of wine with him.

In the lobby, there are still singing and dancing, and even Han Ruoshi has talked to a few gentry around her, and my attention has been on Pei Yuanxiu and Zhou Chengyin.

After a few drinks, Pei Yuanxiu asked, "Duke Zhou, my advance force has come here in advance to inform you, why is the city 'gate' still closed when I arrive?" ”

When Zhou Chengyin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Childe, don't blame it. In fact, these days, except for Gongzi's men and horses entering the city, Huai'an's city 'gate' did not dare to open for a moment. ”

"Why?"

"Since the occupation of Huai'an, Huai'an City has not been peaceful for a moment."

"Oh?"

"The prefect of Huai'an Mansion was originally a thing that didn't know the times, and he actually contacted this person before the incident, but he not only refused to attach himself to us, but also sent news to the capital. This man refused to surrender, and wanted to mobilize people from the barracks to fight him. Fortunately, Huai'an's garrison had already been bought off by Xia, and he besieged the government with the barracks and his own people, so he took his men to defend it for ten days before it was captured by us. ”

Pei Yuanxiu said lightly: "Then, nothing big happened." ”

Zhou Chengyin said: "The bad thing is that this person is good at buying people's hearts, as soon as he died, those Diao people in the city began to make trouble." ”

"Oh?"

"These Diao people have organized a team, and they are haunted in Huai'an City, attacking us from time to time, and these days it has made 'chickens' and dogs restless."

Pei Yuanxiu frowned slightly: "You didn't think of a way?" ”

"I had already taken my household registration early in the morning, checked it door to door, arrested the families of those people, and then closed the 'gate' of the city, planning to 'force' them to show up."

"I see."

Zhou Chengyin hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that I will also be shocked by the son's driving along the way." ”

"It's all a trivial matter," Pei Yuanxiu waved his hand lightly: "As long as there are no people who disturb me." ”

Zhou Chengyin was stunned for a moment, subconsciously turned his head to look at Han Ruoshi, then looked at me, and immediately smiled all over his face: "This is nature, this is nature." ”

Then Pei Yuanxiu didn't speak much, although there were a wave of beautiful 'women' dancing and singing in the lobby, and people kept coming up to flatter, but his interest was not high, and his appearance was difficult to please made everyone feel a little tricky.

Zhou Chengyin secretly made a 'look' at those people, signaling them not to bother again.

I had been watching their actions from the sidelines, when I suddenly leaned forward, knocked my hand over a glass of wine on the table, and made a smack.

Everyone around me looked at me.

Pei Yuanxiu stood up as soon as possible and rushed to me: "What's wrong?" ”

I frowned and reached out to cover my stomach: "I'm a little uncomfortable. ”

When he heard this, he hurriedly reached out to hug me, but I looked at the people around me, pushed his hand away, and whispered, "I'm fine, I can still go." ”

When he heard this, he could only stretch out his hand to help me, and immediately asked someone to prepare the room, and Zhou Chengyin and they called people to come over to serve and ask for a doctor.

When I was surrounded by them and walked to the back, I looked at Zhou Chengyin out of the corner of my eye.

This "Master Zhou" also looked at my back, thoughtful.