In the dozen or so silent streets crisscrossed the Dumen district, an army with a difference emerged. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

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Unlike ordinary soldiers, these soldiers did not carry weapons in their hands, and instead of weapons, they wore red ribbons.

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There was one every few dozen paces, and they stood straight in the middle of the street, staring as if a nail had been driven there.

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This immediately became a special sight.

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The windows facing the street opened one after another, and curious faces peeked out from them. When they saw the words written on the silk ribbons worn by the soldiers: "Serve the people, and respond to their requests." There was an immediate look of suspicion on their faces.

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Serving the people? It's not a lie, is it? In the 5,000 years since the beginning of history, has there been an army that has served the people?

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And responsive? Isn't that a bodhisattva? Is there such an army in the world?

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Unbelief. No one believed it.

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As the day passed, the streets changed from bathed in morning light to brilliant sunshine to the silhouette of an orange sunset, and the soldiers never moved a single step, only the ribbons on their bodies fluttered slightly in the wind. It was only when it was time to eat that the guards were changed, and it was not until the time of the lantern that these soldiers quietly left.

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These soldiers didn't come to trick us into opening the door, and then rush into the house to grab something while we opened the door? With such doubts and fears, no one dared to open the door during this day.

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Early the next morning, the soldiers reappeared on the streets of the Dumen district.

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It's still the same straight standing, it's still the same without squinting, it's still the same energy.

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Occasionally, people poked their heads out of the window and looked down at the soldiers in the street with cold and suspicious eyes, and none of them were willing to greet the soldiers, for fear of inadvertently inviting evil.

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But there are already bold people who can't help but open the door and borrow some rice and oil from the next door. If people want to live, they can't do without firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and they can't always hide at home.

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But most people still don't dare to open the door, especially those with female juniors.

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In the afternoon, a bitter cold wind blew on the ground, and cold rain began to fall from the sky.

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The rain poured down from the faces of the soldiers like a stream, drenching all the clothes on them, and the soldiers shivered with cold, but they gritted their teeth and endured it, and did not move even half a step. If they move under the eaves of a house on the side of the street, they can avoid getting wet from the rain. But no one did.

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When the people in the windows on both sides of the street saw this, they really didn't understand what these soldiers were doing, and they didn't understand what they were doing it for. Some people couldn't bear to look at it and quietly left the window, while others couldn't look at it, quietly opened the door and delivered umbrellas to the soldiers at the door. The soldiers said thank you and held their umbrellas in their hands. The rest of the soldiers, who did not have umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain, continued to stand in the rain, all soaking wet.

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It wasn't until the time of the lantern that the soldiers lined up and left in the rain. The soldiers who had accepted the people's umbrellas quietly placed them at the people's doors.

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It rained all night.

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"This group of soldiers probably won't be here tomorrow." Hearing the sound of the rain pouring outside the window, some people began to speculate.

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In the early hours of the next morning, when the first rays of dawn from the east reached the streets of Dogan, one window after another was pushed open, revealing sleepy-eyed faces with a look of surprise on their faces.

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The rain was still pouring and pouring down, and there was no sign of stopping.

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In the same place where the soldiers had stood yesterday, stood the same soldiers, still wearing red ribbons. Unlike yesterday, these soldiers were wearing raincoats, and the rain rustled on the raincoats, which seemed to be in a posture of standing here for a long time regardless of the wind and rain.

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When the people on both sides of the street saw this scene, they did not understand what these soldiers were doing this for. If they do this to win the people to open the door, they don't need to go to such trouble at all. The common people's firewood and grass can't withstand the kicks of those wolf-like soldiers at all.

So why are they standing here in the sun and rain like this?

The common people really don't understand, and they don't bother to guess.

Now they are doing what they have to do, because they need to eat three meals a day, and they need to buy groceries to eat. Not every family grows their own vegetables.

They don't have the same sense of rejection as they had for the previous two days. However, they walked cautiously on both sides of the street, trying not to get close to the soldiers, let alone provoke them.

Whatever is requested, they are killed and do not believe. Who dares to control the soldiers and borrow ten of their dares? Those soldiers don't bully them viciously, and the little people will be Amitabha!

Ordinary people who wanted to buy things went out to buy things, but those who opened shops did not open their doors. They only opened a crack in the door when someone knocked on the door to buy something, and their eyes looked nervously around through the crack in the door, and when they saw that there was no danger, they stretched out their hands through the crack in the door to pay for the delivery. As soon as the transaction is completed, the door of the store is closed, making it look like a thief.

Those who open shops are much more wealthy than those who buy things. They can't afford to be swept away by the soldiers. Even though the soldiers are standing motionless in the streets, who knows when they will burst into the store and loot everything in it.

It can be said that Song Qi's 3,000 soldiers stood on the street for three days in the wind and rain, only in exchange for some people at home to open the door to the street, but those shops and merchants were still closed.

Song Qi and Mingyu have not been idle in the past few days. The two of them walked almost all the streets and alleys of Dumen District, hoping to see even the slightest progress.

"Brother Song, can you do this?" Mingyu saw the soldiers standing on the street in the cold wind and cold rain, and she couldn't bear it, and she really wanted Song Qi to end this futile exercise.

"Alas, I don't know if it's okay, let's let them stand on the street for five days first. If it doesn't work after five days, forget it. Song Qi gritted his teeth and said. He also couldn't bear it, but he finally held back. Song Qi saw that the storefronts on both sides were still solid and clear, and he wanted to knock on their doors in person, but he finally held back.

"I wonder what the situation is in other districts?" Mingyu asked curiously.

"I don't know. Or let's go to other districts. Song Qi said.

"Good! Let's go. Mingyu said indispensably. (To be continued.) )