"Is this Changli?"

Gongsun Du stopped not far from the west gate of Changli City, and saw three or five soldiers guarding the city in different shapes at the city gate, as well as the almost empty street from the city gate to the inside, he said with uncertainty on his side.

Gongsun Yan was also a little confused, I remember that when I left more than ten years ago, there were still a lot of people in Changli City, soldiers, uh, and the quality was not bad, but how can it be ...... now

Gongsun Yan looked up at the top of the city gate, and the word "Changli" clearly appeared in front of him, as if a piece was missing, and it seemed to have been smashed by something. I don't know if it was like this before, or if something happened that no one knows.

When Gongsun Du saw his father's movements, he also looked at it, but he didn't have a problem with the gap, but thought: This is really Changli City, it's really bleak. However, it seems that the hometown is estimated to be about the same, and it may not be so easy to return to the ancestral land this time!

Soon, Gongsun Du stopped thinking, retracted his gaze, turned over and dismounted, pulled the horse and walked towards the city. After walking a few steps, he found that Gongsun Yan did not follow, so he turned around and shouted, "Dad, let's go." Have a good meal in the advanced city. ”

Gongsun Yan came back to his senses and replied in a loud voice: "Okay! ”

There were five soldiers guarding the city at the city gate, one old and four weak, just one team.

The old one, with a big beard, just lay on the ground, sleeping lazily, even if he was awakened by Gongsun Yan's voice, he just glanced at it, and then continued to sleep.

Four are weak, four spears are placed against the city wall, and the people like hemp rods are sitting on the ground against the city wall, chatting with each other. Gongsun Yan's voice made their eyes glow red.

looked at Gongsun Du's father and son, the tallest one of them straightened the crooked cloth armor on his body, and said excitedly: "Here comes the fat sheep!" ”

The other three nodded in agreement.

"Fat sheep? Scold! ”

The four soldiers who were just about to move hesitated, they were guarding the city gate for not a day or two, and they were not following the veterans for a day or two. The veteran's vision is very clear, about half a year ago, the veteran also said such a sentence, at that time they each believed it, but if it wasn't for the veteran's desperate maintenance, they would have finished the game at that time.

"Could it be that these two are too?"

The tall man who spoke at the beginning looked intently, and saw that Gongsun Du's father and son had blades around their necks, and both of them were strong and strong, obviously not good. In particular, there was no fear on the face of ordinary people when they saw the officers and soldiers.

"Forget it!"

The tall one sat back down, and the other three also looked stupid.

Gongsun Du didn't know that a difficult situation had just disappeared. When he came to the city gate, he stopped, glanced at the sleeping veterans, and then took out a dozen copper coins and threw them at the four soldiers, and asked, "Tell me why there are few people in Changli City?" ”

The four tall soldiers didn't expect that even if they didn't extort, they could get the money, and they were overjoyed, and then the tall soldier replied: "This uncle is wrong." ”

"Wrong?" Gongsun Du was surprised.

The tall soldier snatched four copper coins, put them in his arms, and glared at the other three soldiers before replying in a deep voice: "It's not that there don't seem to be many people, but there really aren't many left." ”

Gongsun Du's heart moved, but his face was silent, and he said, "How many people are there in the city?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, but it's probably about five thousand!" I don't know if it was because of the dozen or so copper coins that made Gao and the other four soldiers lose their vigilance, and they returned quickly, and the veterans didn't even have a chance to stop them.

Gongsun Du nodded, and then arched his hand and said, "Thank you!" ”

Afterwards, Gongsun Du and Gongsun Yan glanced at each other and walked towards the city.

After the two of them walked away, the veteran's eyes suddenly opened, and he said to the tall soldier: "Gao Pole, you go, keep an eye on them for me, and if there is any situation, come back and tell me immediately." ”

"I ......" the tall soldier didn't want to go, but as for why, he didn't know, maybe ...... It's because of the four copper coins in my arms.

The old soldier's face sank, and he shouted: "What am I, don't hurry up, if something happens, Lao Tzu will ask for your head." ”

The tall soldier was taken aback and hurried to follow.

Gongsun Du didn't know what was happening behind him, but after walking dozens of zhang away, he felt that there was someone behind him, but he didn't say anything, just walked with Gongsun Yan on the street where there were few people. After walking for more than 100 zhang, I found a place to eat, called Lao Xu Inn, and the father and son walked in together.

I don't know if it's luck, there are seven or eight people in this inn, divided into three tables, drinking wine. Looking at the appearance of Xiao Er dozing off, it is obvious that these people have not been drinking for a while, and they are still familiar people.

"Xiao Kun is a guest." A certain drinker glanced at his eyes and saw Gongsun Du's father and son who had just stepped into the door, and shouted at Xiao Er.

"Where?"

Xiao Er was immediately awakened, first screamed indiscriminately, and then hurriedly ran to Gongsun Yan's father and son, took the reins diligently, and said with a smile: "The two of you, please!" And the horse was given to the little one, and he kept the one that was well fed. ”

Gongsun Yan nodded with a smile, and then took Gongsun Du to find a table with no one by the window and sit down.

After a while, Xiao Er came back and said with a smile: "I don't know what you two want to eat?" ”

Gongsun Yan looked at Gongsun Du, obviously he was used to being in charge of Gongsun Du along the way.

Xiao Er's face couldn't help but turn pale when he saw this, he didn't expect that his eyes would look at the wrong person. Previously, he knew the father and son as soon as he saw the two, so it should be the old one who was in charge, so he would take the reins from Gongsun Yan's hand first. That's the priority!

Gongsun Du didn't care about this, and said to Xiao Er: "If you have any specialty dishes, you can serve three or five at will, and then have a jar of good wine." ”

"Howler!" Seeing that he was not being asked, Xiao Er responded happily, and then wiped the table clean and ran to the back hall.

Gongsun Yan was a little surprised that Gongsun Du actually ordered wine. Gongsun Du didn't explain, just chatted casually, and at the same time observed the drinkers in the house.

In fact, the reason why Gongsun Du asked for altar wine was that he saw the people in the store drinking, but it was not big, mainly because he wanted to drink. One is to satisfy his cravings, and the other is that he wants to know what level of wine is now. I can't say it, this thing will play a big role in his future planning.

"Huh?"

Gongsun Du suddenly sighed, looking quite puzzled?

"Guest, the wine you asked for is here!" Xiao Er dragged a long voice and walked over with a smile on his face holding a wine jar about a foot high.

Xiao Er put the wine jar and two wine bowls on the table, and said with a smile: "Please use it slowly, two of you!" ”

After speaking, Xiao Er was about to turn around and leave, but Gongsun Du stopped him: "Little Second Brother, wait." ”

Xiao Er looked at Gongsun Du strangely, obviously very puzzled.

Gongsun Du took out a small string of copper coins, threw them to Xiao Er, and said, "I heard that there are not many people in the city now, I don't know if that's the case?" ”

Xiao Er took the copper coin and sighed: "Hey, don't hide it from the guest officer, since two years ago, the number of people in our Changli City has been getting fewer and fewer day by day, and now I don't know if there is still thirty percent of two years ago." ”

Gongsun Du nodded, raised his eyebrows and looked at the drinkers in the house, and said, "Are these all regular customers in your store?" ”

Xiao Er responded: "That's right, it's all of them." ”

Gongsun Duchong pouted at a corner of the house and said, "Do you know who this is?" ”

Syllable~

Xiao Er slapped himself lightly and apologized: "Guest officer, I'm sorry, it's a small fault, it's nonsense." This master is not a regular customer of ours, and he only arrived a little earlier than you. ”

"Oh?" Gongsun Du looked at the man thoughtfully. Because this person was in the corner, Gongsun Du hadn't seen it before, and when he observed it just now, he found that this person seemed to be someone he knew, but he couldn't remember what he knew for a while.

"Guest, if you don't have anything to ask, the little one will step down."

Gongsun Du heard Xiao Er's words, nodded, his eyes were still staring at the man drinking in the corner, the man seemed to be aware, looked up at him, and then withdrew his gaze.

Seeing his appearance, Gongsun Yan also glanced at the man, his heart tightened, and he said in a low voice: "Leopard, what's wrong?" Could it be ......?"

The words were not finished, but the meaning in them, Gongsun Du was just stunned for a moment and heard it, waved his hand and said: "No, Dad, we are in a hurry all the way, they can't be so fast, they all ran in front of us." Besides, even if it is, it can't be the only one who isn't. ”

Gongsun Yan relieved his heart, nodded, stopped talking, and instead slapped the mud seal, poured wine and drank.

Gongsun Du said again: "Dad, I think this person seems to have seen it somewhere, and it's quite familiar, but I can't remember it, I don't know if you have any impressions?" As he spoke, he continued to wonder where he had seen it.