In the seventeenth year of the emperor's middle age, on the twenty-fifth day of May, Wurong City.

"It's okay, it's much better than I expected."

Standing not far from Wu Rongtaishou's Mansion, Zhang Yuankong glanced at the surrounding scene and was quite emotional. Twenty days ago, he had come here to visit Han Sha and meet Aroben by chance, at that time, the Yisi Ba Xi army was still the national army guarding the city, Wang De and Xue Ranwei were still the high-spirited generals of the army, and Han Sha was still the supreme governor of the city...... At that time, who would have thought that in just twenty days, the heavens and the earth would be turned upside down!

As far as the eye can see, the city is obviously much more depressed, but it is far from the point where the people are not living in the way that Zhang Yuankong imagined: although most of the middle-level and above businesses are closed, most of the shops operated by those small doors are still doing business cautiously, and the crowds on the streets are much smaller than at the beginning, but it can be seen that most of them are ordinary people who are running for a living. The biggest change was that there were no longer any guards patrolling with red and black sticks, and after a while, a group of Yisi Ba Xi soldiers appeared, representing the highest authority in the city. Looking at them, Zhang Yuankong felt extremely dazzling, but he also had to admit that at least, now, it was the existence of these people that ensured that there was no chaos in the city.

Just now, Zhang Yuankong saw with his own eyes that a second-rate figure, who didn't know what he had done, was bumped into by a team of soldiers, and he didn't rewind, but directly smashed off a hand and threw him down.

"That must be stealing."

There was not as much emotion as Zhang Yuankong, Zhang squinted barefoot, put a chopstick beef in his mouth, raised his glass, and saw that Zhang Yuankong was just staring at him, he didn't mean to drink at all, and he was not annoyed, smiled, and ate it in one bite, smacking the wine, sipping the wine there, and after a while, he went on to introduce that the Yisi Ba Xi army is a veteran army for many years, killing people and setting fires is the profession, but they have no ability to manage the government, and it is impossible for the people of the city to come out to help him, and now he can maintain a basic order, It's all scary with a sword.

"The thief is gone, the woman is castrated, the looter is dead, the fire-bearer is dead."

The soldiers who occupied the city, presided over by Na Na, who was also the envoy of the city, used such an extremely rude and direct method to forcibly suppress the great turmoil that could break out at any time and re-establish order.

"Huh? Such? ”

After listening to Zhang Barefoot's introduction, Zhang Yuankong looked at the city in front of him again and had new questions.

"Not enough people, right? You see, the intensity of such patrols is far less frequent than the original street patrols. In addition, have they put the power of judgment and law enforcement in the hands of the most basic patrol soldiers? In this case...... It's easy to have a lot of grievances, right? ”

"Manpower, that's no way around."

There were only a few thousand soldiers in all, and nearly half of them were taken out of the city by the Amiridin Commander. Now, the hedgehogs are forming a group near Qingxi Cave, vigilantly waiting for the Changting Wing Army that should appear from the north. Most of the rest of the people were sent out to set up defenses, and there were very few who could be used to maintain law and order.

"Actually, among these people, there are only two or three real veterans at most, and the others should be the original masters and the like."

As for the grievances or something, Zhang Barefoot sneered and said, it's strange that there isn't one.

"There are no unjust ghosts in that temple? What's more, do they care if the people on the streets and alleys who work hard to earn food and drink every day are wronged? ”

As far as Zhang Barefoot knows, the discipline set by Na Urna is quite harsh, and those who bend the law for personal gain can only die, and the day before yesterday, he personally disposed of the punishment on the street, and slashed and killed two soldiers who extorted a shop.

"O people up there...... That's it, I already saw it. ”

With the smell of wine in his mouth, Zhang Barefoot said indifferently, why did those two soldiers die? It's not because they're blackmailing, it's because they don't know how to take a sense of proportion when they extort in front of them, forcing people to have no way out, and they are helpless when they make a big fuss in the back, and they can't calm things down in their own streets and alleys.

"The eldest lord doesn't want to hear that there is something, then, whoever lets the eldest lord know that he has something there, he will have to die, it's as simple as that."

Aroused by Zhang Barefoot's cynical attitude, Zhang Yuankong forced himself to press down, lowered his head, sandwiched a few chopsticks by himself, and ate noodles--- in front of him was the somen noodles he ordered at the beginning, and most of the pot of wine was drunk by Zhang Barefoot alone.

Zhang Yuankong's disgust, Zhang Barefoot didn't seem to be able to see it at all, he was happy, poured another glass of wine, drank it soundly, his mouth kept smacking, and after a while, he put down the cup and asked Zhang Yuankong: "Da Zhenren, what places do we have to see in the afternoon?" Do you want to spend the night in the city? ”

Zhang Yuankong said with a calm face: "Eat first, and then talk later." ”

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On that day, the three brothers met frankly, and Zhang Yuankong and Zhang Yuanjin reached an agreement and vetoed Zhang Yuanhe's idea. In this regard, Zhang Yuanhe is very unconvinced, but he is willing to accept it.

"In that case, we'll have to reconsider the next move."

As far as Zhang Yuanhe is concerned, it is not difficult to deal with the tacit understanding before dealing with the snake, after all, as long as it drags on for a few days, as soon as Chen Anguo's army arrives, it doesn't matter if those people start it or not.

"And for now, we're not ready to launch...... Then, it's better to keep a low profile. ”

It's a pity that he missed this opportunity to hit the Shenxiao faction hard, but since he gave up, Zhang Yuanhe no longer talked about it all the time, but seriously pondered how to respond to the current situation.

"Han Taishou over there, I'll maintain it, senior brother, you also have to visit regularly."

As for Zhang Yuanjin, Zhang Yuankong and Zhang Yuanhe were furious with his drunken behavior, but he unexpectedly brought him a very good reputation on the rivers and lakes around Wurong, and even with Yan Sha, his face rose greatly, and when he walked there, some people raised their thumbs and said, my brother is decent enough, and even the true legend of Longhu Mountain can be drunk with confidence!

At first, the three Zhang brothers were puzzled by such a sudden outpouring of enthusiasm, and it was not until the head of the Lin family's group practiced the gun stick sect looked at Zhang Yuanjin with admiration and tried to express their thoughts clearly, that they suddenly realized that they couldn't cry or laugh.

"Never-drunk, believe-it-see, think about it, how terrible is it for a person to be never drunk? Do you dare to make such a friend? ”

And Zhang Yuanjin was not only drunk, but also drunk in a dangerous situation; not only got drunk in a dangerous place, but also helped friends who had known each other for less than two days to fight with the strength of alcohol; Not only did he fight with his friends who had known him for less than two days with the strength of alcohol, but after the fight, he was so drunk that he almost drowned! This kind of behavior, although Zhang Yuankong Zhang Yuanhe was extremely angry, but those who saw the sky patted their necks and shouted, "This kind of blood, as long as it is sold to the family!" In the eyes of the Jianghu man, this is simply refreshing to the extreme, and the morality is to the extreme.

"Anyway...... It's not bad that this thing is like this. ”

His face was distorted, and it was not easy for Zhang Yuanhe to admit that Zhang Yuanjin's crazy behavior did have a great positive effect, and therefore asked him to continue to work hard to communicate with these characters.

"But you have to remember for me, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not allowed to get drunk again as it was that day!"

"Got it, got it."

As for Zhang Yuankong, his idea was to go back to Wurong City to have a look, and this was completely consistent with Zhang Yuanhe's idea.

"We need someone to take a look."

In Zhang Yuanhe's mind, what the situation in Wurong City is related to the next development, and it is always a good thing to be able to grasp first-hand information.

"As far as I know, now the Lin family, the Liu family, the Chen family and the Wang family are all desperately communicating with the city through their own channels, and even Lord Han is also using Pu Shoufeng and their channels to grasp the movements in the city."

As for the necessary channels to infiltrate the city, Zhang Yuanhe had already thought about it, and he could arrange it through the Jingjiao, anyway, on the big face, the characters of Longhu Mountain are still conspiring with the other party to prepare to deal with the Shenxiao faction and Manichaeism.

"No, no, that's not okay, the real people want to enter the city? Of course, Lao Zhang arranged it! ”

Zhang Yuankong did not hide the news of his plan to infiltrate Wurong, and even Zhang Yuanhe deliberately reported to Han Sha, saying that Zhang Yuankong was concerned about state affairs and had just recovered from his serious injuries, so he was determined to sneak back to Wurong and spy on the news. As a result, after being heard by Zhang Barefoot, he was very dissatisfied and came to the door, saying that he had been in Wurong for decades, and he was very proficient in people and geography. In the end, I don't know how he persuaded Zhang Yuanhe, and in the end he really agreed to let him serve as a guide to help Zhang Yuankong enter Wurong.

(The old drunkard...... It's better than Carmen! ）

When he was bored in his heart, he suddenly thought of this section, Zhang Yuankong only felt that his mood was even more irritable, but he couldn't help but think: "Qingxi Cave is like this, naturally there is no encirclement at all, the people of Taiping Dao must have already fled, and it is a pity to leave the immortal, it is really a pity to ......" But when he thought of what he saw and heard in the night rain that day, and when he thought of those smiling, quiet, and calmly waiting for the soldiers who died to come to the door, Zhang Yuankong felt slightly relieved, and actually felt for the first time in his life that it was not a big deal to let the people of Taiping Dao escape.

"O great old gods...... Those serpents older than the world! They curled up and walked through the non-existent wall! ”

While pondering, he suddenly heard a chaotic shouting from the street, Zhang Yuankong was startled, and when he looked out, he saw several people yelling and preaching.

"These madmen...... They're completely unaffected! ”

After asking Carmen for advice, Zhang Yuankong now knows that the correct name of these people is "Cthulhu Cult", not "Killing the Deer" as he thought at first, but even Carmen only knows this.

"Those people are crazy, they are either idiots or fools, and the head is a retard...... In short, I can't deal with it at all! ”

Just thinking back to what happened, Zhang Yuankong saw that there was a sudden chaos on the street below, and a team of Yisi Ba Xi troops trotted over, and they were still more than a dozen steps away, so they scolded and unsheathed their swords. And those Cthulhu cultists have already skillfully broken into pieces, scattered and fled into the streets and alleys.

"Wait, what's going on?"

was really dumbfounded, Zhang Yuankong remembered, even when Han Sha, who hated all kinds of obscenity, was still in charge of the city, these disciples were basically in a semi-legal position, how could it be that now, the Na, who are also Yi people, are in charge, and they seem to be even worse than in the past?

"Well, that's normal."

With a smile, Zhang Barefoot said, after all, Zhang Yuankong had only entered Wurong for a long time, and the situation was unfamiliar.

"Don't think that Yiren is a family...... They're here according to the sect! ”

Even if it is brothers and relatives, as long as the beliefs are different, it is like fire and water, in the homeland of these Yi people, most of the wars are in the name of the gods, in their opinion, heretics? This thing is ten times more hateful than a stranger!

"In the past, they were pressed by Lord Han and were vetted...... I mean, it's pressed by our Dragon and Tiger Mountain! ”

While going downstairs, while bragging about the bull, Zhang Barefoot said, now that the mountain is gone, there is no pressure on these Yijiao, and the next is naturally to kill each other.

"Look at it, this is just the beginning, now they are still afraid of the officers and soldiers outside, and the people above are still sober, hold on, and for a few more days, hum ......"

Talking happily all the way, the two of them had walked out of the hotel, and when Zhang Yuankong was thinking about going down there, he heard someone next to him suddenly call softly: "Old Zhang...... Is that you, Lao Zhang? Zhang Barefoot turned his head in response, looked at it fixedly, and said strangely: "Hey, Zhizhang, is it you?" ”