Volume 9 Goryeo Under the Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 19 The hearts of the people are in turmoil

In the dark night sky, brilliant fireworks bloomed, like a grand celebration of a festival, but this firework was an invitation from hell, and every bloom was filled with endless blood and human lives, and every time it shone, it was the wail of endless lonely souls. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, in the cold winter of the New Year, in the northeast of the Tang Empire, on this peninsula, endless unjust souls converged into bursts of haze, which persisted here, making this already bitter cold winter more solemn.

Li Kuan stood at the bow of the boat, without the slightest relaxed expression, everything was under control, there was no slightest surprise, and there was no surprise. So he just looked at it flatly,. Looking at the wails of countless people before they died, countless people were shattered into pieces in the bursting fireballs, and then buried by endless earth and rocks on this battlefield. None of this could move his mind, because he was facing a huge view of the corpses of the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty at this time, and there were countless heroic spirits looking forward to returning to their homeland, and now he was here to take them home. Return to that hot land that countless relatives are looking forward to, and still gazing at it before dying. The burden of the Japanese slaves was thrown away by him, and it took a lot of food to feed the burden until now, but at the last moment he performed a good show of climbing the wall.

The city of Dawang was broken, and no one could defend it completely, because the surrounding city walls were completely pushed to the ground, becoming a ruin, and this Goryeo people's hearts did not fall into the Xiongguan, and ended miserably, in this deep winter night, accompanied by endless explosions, completely disappeared in the land of Goryeo. Countless Goryeo soldiers died as the city was shattered, which was an unspeakable pain for the Goryeo Dynasty. Hopeless, there is no hope in sight. Because this city is vulnerable to these people, what else can they use to stop the other party's attack? In addition to being killed. There seems to be no other way. So when the news came, the Goryeo Dynasty was in an uproar, and King Goryeo Rongliu was paralyzed on the throne with a pale face, without the slightest look. Because the fall of the Great King City meant that the complete destruction of the country was just around the corner, he was desperate, but when he was desperate, he was also completely crazy, and he made a decision completely in his heart: This is because you are deceiving people too much. Even if this king loses this country, don't think about it!

Mo Lizhi Yuan Taizuo of the Goryeo Dynasty was also worried at this time, he was a big man in this kingdom who was above ten thousand people under one person, but at this time he was more worried than others, not only because of his status, or because of the worries of the Goryeo Dynasty. It's because it is the Great King City that has been breached now, and his son Yuangai Suwen is in this city at this time, which is their family's last hole card, in his eyes. This son, who has already shown extraordinary talent at a young age, will surpass him sooner or later, don't have an accident! Although he knew that in this case, the chances of Yuangai Suwen being safe were really pitiful. But until the last moment, he still won't give up, just want to last time. Yuangai Suwen escaped death, and this time he will definitely be able to.

But days passed. There was still not the slightest news from Yuangai Suwen, which made his worries even worse. This time I really can't come back. So Yuan Taizuo was completely dead, the whole person seemed to have been drained of the spirit of the whole body in these few days, the whole person became a lot older, for the decision of the king of Goryeo, and never put forward the slightest meaning, which was absolutely impossible before, you must know that in the court of the Goryeo Dynasty, Yuan Taizuo is the only force hostile to Gao Jianwu, the king of Goryeo, because these two forces are the most influential in Goryeo, and Yuan Taizuo's family controls a large part of Goryeo's government, military affairs, and economy. It can be said that he is the uncrowned king of Goryeo. Now that Yuan Taizuo, the leader of this force, has given up the competition, the whole of Goryeo has completely fallen into the control of Gao Jianwu, and everything is going in an unknown direction. All this is changing little by little under Gao Jianwu's arrangement, and the entire Goryeo is completely moving in the other direction, step by step towards a bottomless abyss.

The cold wind blows this land, and the endless white snow travels for free in the cold wind, and in this drift between heaven and earth, the snowflakes are the only passengers. Pyongyang, the capital of Goryeo, is the most populous place in Goryeo. Countless Goryeo people lived around the imperial city, a historic city that was founded around BC and was already the capital of the country when it was founded. After hundreds of years of ups and downs, this city still stands majestically on the Goryeo Peninsula and has experienced the vicissitudes of the world. But now the city is also in the twilight, and the whole city is now like an old man in his twilight years, showing an indescribable fatigue. This is actually an indescribable feeling, a sense of ruin that is revealed by the change in the mentality of the people who live in it.

In these days, countless carriages came and went, and they were all running around in the city of Pyongyang, and on these carriages, there was nothing else, but bags of grain, pieces of dried meat, and so unabashedly in the city, and jars of fine wine, fine and gorgeous silks, expensive animal skins, in short, countless tempting things, wandered before everyone's eyes, and then they were transported to the imperial city where the king lived, and then they were transported out of the imperial city and delivered to the homes of the ministers. In Pyongyang, no matter how big or small the official position is, as long as it is a Goryeo official, all of them are wet with rain and dew. These actions of Goryeo Rongliu have made countless people scratch their heads, at this critical moment of life and death, they don't think about how to protect the country, but instead reveal their wealth like this, what does this mean?

Everything was so bizarre until this day. In the city of Pyongyang, on a dark and windy night, the rolling firelight illuminated the sky, and in a courtyard in the west of the city, suddenly the flames soared into the sky, and the sound of crackling and burning alarmed half of the city's people.

"What's going on here? Isn't that the home of Lord XX? This guy is just a gatekeeper, and he has been rewarded by the king, and there are several carts of meat, as well as grain, and cloth, and now all the fires have been burned, which is a pity! If ......" A look of regret flashed in the eyes of a Korean man, and he spoke to the neighbors, but the last sentence suddenly lowered his voice, as if he had thought of something.

Of course, this situation is happening in many places, and there are many people who show a greedy look in their eyes, but they still hide in an instant, looking at the fire in the distance with an indifferent face, and no one is going to put out the fire, because the fire is too big, and the rolling flames are several feet high, comparable to the walls of the surrounding Pyongyang City, who dares to step forward with such a fire? Besides, in this royal city, such a thing has already alarmed the government, and the soldiers have already taken action, what else are they mixed with!

This night, the Goryeo people in Pyongyang City were completely insomnia, everywhere, bright or dark, there were sneaky figures talking to each other, like ghosts hiding in the shadows under the skyrocketing firelight. On this night, under the darkness of the night, the firelight illuminates the heavens but cannot illuminate the darkness in the hearts of men. It's just that all this is still hidden under the surface of the water, and it is not revealed in the slightest until the next day.

Pak Cang-in is a well-known person in Pyongyang City, not because he is an official of the DPRK and China, or a figure with status, but because he is a well-known scoundrel, in the whole Pyongyang City, all kinds of people gather, good and bad, Park Cang-in is one of the bad pus-shedding guys, all day long, wandering around the Qinglou Chu Pavilion and casino card shops, with a group of people like him, in the Xicheng District of Pyongyang City. His ancestors also had high-ranking officials, and there were also a few people who had been favored by his ancestors in the current court of Goryeo, so although this guy did not do his job properly and bullied the market, but under the protection of these high-ranking officials in the court, life was still enjoyable. But today, one of his subordinates came to him mysteriously and brought him something.

It was a flaming red coral tree that looked like a burning torch, two feet high, and the whole coral looked like a dancing flame, shining brightly in the light of the small residual lamp in the darkroom. This is simply a rare treasure, its value is incalculable, not to mention the actual value of this thing, just the meaning that this thing represents, it is enough to make people's heads hot, because this coral tree Park Cangren knows, because this thing has been in his hands for a long time, and it was taken from a fisherman who went to sea. It was only because of a crisis that he gave this most precious coral tree to an old friend of his ancestors, and then in exchange for surviving that difficulty, and then he heard that the king had obtained a coral that was rare for a hundred years, and he couldn't put it down. From this news, he guessed that this thing was paid to the king by the lord, and he did not have the slightest hope of getting it back. But now that it appeared in front of his eyes again, he was horrified: "Where did this thing come from?" ”

"Boss, this thing was actually snatched from the house of the guy who caught fire yesterday!" Park Cangren's subordinates replied proudly, "That guy has been rewarded by the king, and he shows off in public, and the little one heard that there is a fiery red coral tree, so he took it seriously, and he did a vote last night!" I didn't expect to really snatch the coral tree that the boss had back then! "The subordinates invited the merit, and the vote that I did last night was very fruitful, and in addition to this coral tree, there were many other harvests, which can be described as a great harvest.

"So......" Park Cangren's eyes lit up: "The Tang Dynasty and the Silla people are calling, and the king can't sit still, is this to win people's hearts?" ”

"Boss, you said that a city gate guard has such a treasure, so the rest of the people?" The two looked at each other, their eyes shining: "You said that if we unite with your brother who is a soldier, the things we get will be divided equally...... Park Cangren said in a deep voice.

The city of Pyongyang was in chaos, it was very chaotic, and no one dared to go out. Because it may be difficult to come back as soon as you go out, after that night, the city can no longer find its former peace, countless outlaws began to loot everywhere in this short period of time, no matter whose home, whether they know it or not, the whole city is completely out of control. (To be continued......)