When Song Yuanqiao heard this, he fell into deep thought.

Lincheng is also a large-scale old gathering place that has stood for ten years without falling, and it is not normal to raise the flag and surrender before it is fought.

Could there be fraud in this?

Song Yuanqiao pondered for a moment, made a decision, and ordered: "Everyone is on standby, without my order, you are not allowed to enter the city!" ”

"Yes! Command! ”

"Guards, follow me!"

"Yes!"

Whether there is fraud or not, you will know if you go in and take a turn.

As the commander, the situation in Lincheng still has to be judged by himself, so that he can be more assured.

With such an idea, Song Yuanqiao took his guards and walked towards the gathering place in Lincheng.

As the warriors said, the gates were open, and white flags fluttered on the walls, with a line of small characters written in the local script, which translates to "We hope to be able to be protected by the Great Chu Empire".

Song Yuanqiao looked at the flag, then turned his head to look at his guards, and said, "After entering the city, be smart, and retreat immediately when you see that the situation is wrong, understand?" ”

"Understood!" The guards are on the right path.

Song Yuanqiao nodded and walked towards the gathering place.

The guards were all following him.

As soon as I entered the gathering place, I saw a cordon set up on both sides of the city gate.

Thousands of people stood outside the cordon, looking in the direction of the city gate with a look of hope.

After seeing Song Yuanqiao appear, everyone's faces were filled with sincere smiles, and they began to wave the flag in their hands and shouted loudly: "Welcome, welcome!" Put out the welcome mat! ”

“......”

Caught off guard, Song Yuanqiao almost fell.

What's going on?

I know that there is a confrontation between the two forces, and I don't know what kind of welcome party I think!

What does the city gathering place want to do?

Song Yuanqiao took a deep breath, tried his best to restrain his emotions, and continued to move forward with a blank face.

The guards behind him unconsciously straightened their waists to make themselves appear more erect.

"Welcome, welcome! Put out the welcome mat! ”

The enthusiastic shouts continued.

Song Yuanqiao suddenly discovered something unexpected - the flags in the hands of these people turned out to be the dragon banners of the Great Chu Empire!

Now, he's completely messy.

Where did these guys get so many dragon flags? Could it be that they had already expected such a day and sewed the flag in advance?

This......

Song Yuanqiao was speechless.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a formal suit with a big belly appeared at the end of the road, saw Song Yuanqiao, and hurriedly greeted him.

The guards saw him and subconsciously aimed at him.

The middle-aged man didn't care at all, his fat body twisted in front of Song Yuanqiao, stretched out his hands, and grabbed Song Yuanqiao's hand.

With an excited face, he said in a trembling voice: "Commander Song, we have finally waited for you!" ”

When he spoke, it was as if he had seen his own father, to be precise, even more excited than seeing his own father.

The guards looked at him, but they didn't let their guard down, still aiming at his head.

As long as he makes the slightest aggressive move, he will not hesitate to kill him.

Song Yuanqiao was holding his hands, without any expression on his face, but he was a little confused in his heart.

At this moment, several questions couldn't help but pop up in his mind.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Immediately, these questions were quickly replaced by others.

Who is he? Do I know him? What's he doing?

Song Yuanqiao searched frantically in his mind, but he couldn't remember that he knew such a pot-bellied middle-aged man.

After a moment, he finally gave up and asked directly, "Are you?" ”

The middle-aged man grinned, showed a flattering smile, and said: "Commander Song leads you every day, it is normal for people not to know me, please allow me to introduce myself briefly, my name is Liu Jin, before you arrived, I was the person in charge of the Lincheng gathering place." ”

The person in charge of the Lincheng gathering place......

In other words, this guy is the boss of Lincheng?

Song Yuanqiao's expression became a little strange, and he subconsciously glanced him up and down.

This guy doesn't look like a boss-level character at all!

Compared to BOSS, he is more like a shrewd profiteer, or a contractor for projects......

The Lincheng gathering place is also an old large-scale gathering place, but the boss is so unbearable?

It's not that Song Yuanqiao judges people by their appearance, but the image and temperament of Liu Jin in front of him are too different from the bosses in other gathering places!

This guy can't be a stand-in for the real boss, right?

Song Yuanqiao suddenly had such an idea in his mind, and he looked Liu Jin up and down again.

Liu Jin found that Song Yuanqiao's eyes were full of doubts, and he didn't show any dissatisfaction, just stood in place with a smile.

The big face that is round like a moon cake is a little cute when he laughs.

"Commander Song, I know you have a lot of questions now, if you have enough time, I can answer them for you one by one, so let's find a place to sit down first, eat something, and then talk slowly, what do you think?"

Song Yuanqiao thought about it, nodded, and said, "Okay." ”

"Please!" Liu Jin stood in place, and with his arm as thick as a cylinder, he made a gesture of please.

Song Yuanqiao was not polite to him and continued to walk forward.

Liu Jin was like a little heel, following behind him, and said as he walked: "Although Lincheng is not a good place, it is not a gathering place when it comes to food. ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to feel that his words were a little domineering, and he hurriedly added: "Of course, it can't be compared with the Great Chu Empire, I know that Commander Song is a big man, well-informed, and has eaten all good things, so this time, I specially prepared some new things unique to Lincheng, and I want to invite Commander Song to taste and taste." ”

When it comes to eating, this guy is full of joy all over his body.

It's as if the most pleasant thing in the world is eating.

He was full of thoughts about eating, but Song Yuanqiao was not.

At this moment, his mind was full of question marks, still with a capital letter.

What is the situation in Lincheng?

What's going on with this guy in front of you?

This looks like the end of the world!

As if seeing Song Yuanqiao's confusion, Liu Jin changed his words, no longer talking about food, but said very seriously: "Commander Song doesn't know, the geographical location of our city is relatively special, and it just happens to be stuck at the junction of the northern region and the eastern region.

The terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so other gathering places can't hit our attention at all.

So I thought about setting up a checkpoint here, and merchants who came and went in and out of the checkpoint had to pay a certain fee, that is, food.

In addition, there is also the fact that the merchants in the eastern region and the merchants in the northern region generally transit through us, and our commerce and trade here are relatively developed.

Therefore, compared to other gathering places, our life in the city is more comfortable......"