ACT 63: Chang'an Rebellion (Part I)
act63: Chang'an is in turmoil
On both sides of the battlement wall stood iron railings covered with rusty flowers, several strands of wire twisted lanyards lay between the iron rails, and on the top fell a large red lantern with only a thin skeleton, and the paper on the lantern had been washed by wind and rain, and had long been scattered into mud. The lantern frame, which looks like a human skull and bones, swayed gently with the wind, dragging down the black shadow of the long and sloping road on the blue brick floor.
The view from the high wall is excellent, through the pheasant moat you can see the devastated inner city, the sky is just right, the unpopular city high-rise is like a cold-toned picture, slowly spread out in front of everyone, with messy and messy to tell the blood and tears belonging to tens of millions of people. Seven or eight militiamen led by the indifferent man bent over, holding short daggers in their mouths, each leaning against the wall, inch by inch approaching the gatehouse in the middle of the city wall.
The castle tower was unexpectedly quiet, with no guards, no sentinels, and the ground was rolling with gravel, and everywhere it felt desolate and lonely.
The indifferent man was a little hesitant, it shouldn't be, this is the base camp, and in the past, no matter how cold or hot, people would be left to watch the wind, why is there no one now? After thinking about it, I felt that I was too worried, there are people, otherwise there would not be an extra corpse under the city wall, maybe it was just that the large army was not there, so it seemed a little deserted.
The indifferent man encouraged himself, approached the porch of the city tower and waved his hand to the militiamen behind him, the militiamen looked at each other, clenched the dagger and went around the front and back, the sound of clattering and shattering, the door was kicked open vigorously, and a puff of fine smoke and dust burst out of the dark city tower, accompanied by a rancid smell.
Militia A was a little stunned, covered his nose and leaned in half of his body, glanced left and right, and said in surprise: "No one? ”
"Huh?" The indifferent man was stunned for a moment, and ran in with a quicker pace.
The musty smell was strong in the dimly lit towers, and the cracks between the window lattices cast specks of light, and the ash fluttered and danced in the wisps of light, mixed with the stench of old decay, spreading everywhere.
The indifferent man was stunned, this place was completely different from before he left, the mountains of food and clothes were gone, the tables, chairs and bedboards were gone, there were a lot of crumpled waste paper on the rotten wood mottled floor, and there were a lot of mosquitoes and flies flying garbage in the corner. The militiamen rushed in and up the stairs up the second floor, up and down in about the same condition, as if the building had been empty, leaving only disgusting spoiled food and something that could not be distinguished.
"Fifth brother?" The indifferent man felt that his brain was a little insufficient, why did the person who was fierce and vicious half an hour ago disappear?
"It's empty too, there's nothing." Several militiamen staggered down the stairs, puzzled, "It seems to have been abandoned for a long time." ”
"No, didn't you see people just now, could it be hell?" 10,000 indifferent men can't figure it out, if there is no one, then whose old face is it that they see? And who threw that militia off the wall and fell to his death?
A more cowardly militiaman shuddered and said in horror: "Isn't it haunted?" ”
"Trouble your mother" The indifferent man pointed to his nose and scolded: "Go and find it, chase along the city wall, I still don't believe it"
The militia looked at each other, and no one listened to his command.
"What do you mean?" The indifferent man twisted his eyebrows and glanced around, sneering frequently.
"Wait... Xiong, there's no need. The militia who had quarreled with the indifferent man under the city wall stood up, scratched his head and said, "We brought a lot of food and drink from the temple, enough to last for a while, and we will find a way to do it ourselves in the future." Your veteran players are with you...... It seems to be a little bad with you, we can't make a hot face and a cold ass. I think this city tower is very good, they don't live in us, and the walking corpses can't come up, safe"
"That's it."
"yes, why do you have to look for them."
“……”
The militiamen were voicing their opinions, and in any case they did not want to chase them.
The indifferent man choked, the other party grabbed the truth and evidence, and he really couldn't come up with a reason to refute it, so he couldn't tell them, "I'm afraid that you won't listen to me, so I must find my former boss and let him take care of you".
When the militiaman saw that he was no longer talking, he became a little bolder, and persuaded: "Let's leave them just to live for ourselves, it's good to be like this now, there are not many people, no less, and you don't have to look at other people's faces." ”
The indifferent man raised his eyebrows, heard the voiceover of the militia, and the expression on his face did not change much, but he scolded in his heart: live your own life? Don't look at other people's faces? When I was in the temple, didn't everyone say that I was looking at my horse's head? Didn't you say you messed with me? It's safe now, settled down, and you don't want to look at your face again?
The indifferent man is choking enough, secretly thinking about whether to learn Song wine, to make an example of chickens and monkeys, and the idea just popped up and hurriedly gave it to him, bah, bah, still use it to learn from him? How old is he......
The militiamen are all like ghosts, where can they not see his thoughts, several people exchanged glances, and said: "Don't worry, the old man spit a nail in one mouthful, what we say in the temple is calculated, and if you are looking for something in the future, the brothers will listen to you." ”
The indifferent man balanced a little bit in his heart, made a thoughtful look, and said: "Okay, I also respect your opinions, if you don't look for it, let's stay here and settle down." ”
The faces of the militiamen also softened, and they smiled contentedly, the city tower was a little dirty, there was nothing else wrong, the place was spacious enough, and the safety factor was higher than that of the camp on the riverbank. If you have to find faults, it is nothing more than inconvenient farming, the militia are all people who have been wandering outside for a few years, and now it is not like at the beginning of the catastrophe, as long as you find a supermarket or warehouse, you can always find some good things. Now you have to rely on yourself for everything in food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and it is easy to solve the problem of wearing clothes and quilts, but there is really no ready-made food.
"In this way, just look for it, but for the sake of safety, we still have to keep an eye on the wind." The indifferent man thought about it and felt that it was not a bad thing to settle down, so he instructed: "You also saw it in the morning, and if you can't kill the people again, the brothers should keep a snack." ”
"Okay, that's fine." The quarrelsome militia nodded in response.
"What do you call it?" The indifferent man glanced at him, feeling that this guy was a strong competitor, and he basically didn't say much on the way out of the camp, and thought he was a coward, but he didn't expect that he would be the first to call out.
"Just call me to rush." The militiaman smiled, straightened out his greasy man's middle, and suddenly squeezed out a lewd smile, and said, "Let's get those girls up first?" ”
"I almost forgot about it." The indifferent man rolled his eyes in his heart, this grandson is really not polite, and he is still thinking about the girl. scolded in his heart, but he couldn't show it on his face, the indifferent man couldn't throw the acne girl to him, if he behaved well, Song Jiu's concubine could also consider it, anyway, he resolutely defended Effie, and no one was allowed to touch it.
"Huh? And who? The indifferent man quickly solved the distribution plan, and after a glance, he found that there was no one missing.
The militiamen looked at each other, all confused: "I was still there just now." ”
As he was talking, there seemed to be a faint movement outside the city tower, and the indifferent man's face changed, and he hurriedly grabbed the dagger and rushed out, and a group of militiamen hurriedly followed.
"Ho ~ ...... mother"
Zhongfen Dachong braked sharply at his feet, and stopped next to the pheasant, staring blankly at the sea of corpses under the city wall, and his legs and stomach cramped. The rest of the people are no better, they were still discussing how to live their lives, and they didn't have time to sit for a while, why are your mother's walking corpses here again?
"Brother Xiong, what should I do?" The strong competitor Da Chong instantly turned into a horse boy Da Chong, swallowing his saliva with difficulty, hoping that the indifferent man would have a way to deal with it.
"Panic" The indifferent man pushed him away with some disgust, and scolded: "The walking corpse can't come up again, what's so afraid of me fucking" Before he finished speaking, the indifferent man's face turned pale, damn it, he was standing tall, but Effie was still down there, thinking of this, the indifferent man's eyes turned again, and he gritted his teeth and ran to the side of the wall.
Da Chong a few people didn't know what to do, looked at each other for a while, and decided to follow him first, although this product is a little unreliable, but it seems to be quite a seed, and it is always excellent to have him rush to the front to block the eye
The indifferent man turned into two steps and rushed to the position of the wall, leaned out of the pheasant trench to take a look, and sure enough, the leash militia was pouting his ass and crawling down, just two or three meters down, and turned his head to say something to the bottom. The three girls who had remained in the city were still tied back to back, and somehow moved from the wall to the corner, and were in a strange position, not knowing what they were doing.
The corpses under the city have poured onto the arch bridge, and now opening the city gate to save people is obviously self-defeating, the place where the three women are located is a grass area between the city wall and the moat, and entering here from the arch bridge requires climbing over the low iron fence, the height can't stop the walking corpses from this side is also a dead end, and you can't see the movement on the side of the arch bridge fence, and the rope militia hasn't paid attention to the indifferent man who is attacking the head and is still talking to something while crawling.
"Hurry up, the walking corpse is coming" The indifferent man was anxious and happy, anxious that the walking corpse was approaching, and happy that this militia was really enlightened, and he went down to save people without his own orders.
However, the leash militia who was concentrating on escaping was startled by the words that suddenly exploded in his ears, and he was already a thief, and when he heard the voice of the indifferent man, he thought that he had discovered his anti-water behavior, and he was in a hurry and failed to step on the edge of the green brick, and immediately slipped off his hand and fell straight down.
The indifferent man scolded the waste, raised his legs and climbed over the battlement wall, and did not forget to shout: "Come down and help the handle"
Da Chong was a little stunned, although the girl is good, my life is higher, what if I can't climb up when I go down? As soon as he hesitated, he saw a trace of resentment flashing in the eyes of the indifferent man, so he had to grit his teeth, and said in his heart that death would be death.
Gu Li was cutting the rope with her hands behind her back, and the militia startled her when she fell, and the dagger in her hand slipped out again, seeing the walking corpse overflowing the arch bridge, the indifferent man above her head also chased down, the more anxious she was, the more she couldn't grasp the dagger, and the tears of anxiety were about to come out.
Meng Fan cheered her on the side, and suddenly saw that the militiaman seemed to twitch, and hurriedly reached out his foot and touched him: "Hmm? ”
The leash militia raised his face with difficulty, his mouth and nose were covered with blood, and he saw that he would not live long.
Mengfan estimated that he had broken his organs, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart, but he had a rope in his mouth, and he couldn't say anything to send him on the road. The militiaman, who had been weakening his breath, suddenly flashed a flash of brilliance in his eyes, and the sadness in Mengfan's eyes aroused him a little strength, and he struggled to climb a few steps, reached out and grabbed the dagger that had slipped, and used all his strength to cut the hemp rope that bound the three of them.
When the militia and the indifferent man tied the rope, they didn't tie them one by one, only put a long rope, and as soon as the outside was cut, the three women were left with the ropes on their hands and feet, at least they didn't have to stick together back to back. Gu Li flipped upside down on the spot, freed her hand to the front, took the dagger and freed Effie's hands, and Effie cut the ropes of the two in turn, and finally managed to get out of trouble before the indifferent men came down.
"Where are you going?" Gu Li pulled off the rope in her mouth, spit out a few mouthfuls, she couldn't close her mouth with the rope before, her saliva kept flowing, and her front placket was wet, so it was not awkward.
"Can't get out, what should Mengfan do?" Effie also panicked, the indifferent man was only three or five meters away from the ground, and the iron fence of the arch bridge was crowded with walking corpses, and he was struggling to reach inside, and it was estimated that he would be squeezed over in a few moments, and there seemed to be no other way out except for the wall.
"Mengfan?" Effie turned her head to glance, but saw that Mengfan did not want to get out, but squatted beside the militia and held the militiaman's already weak rough hand.
The militia kept spitting blood clots in his mouth, and the face that he couldn't find when he threw it into the sea of people was full of nostalgia and unwillingness, and his pupils reflected Mengfan's delicate face, although he knew that this beautiful girl was using herself, but there was no trace of resentment in his eyes.
"Thank you." Meng Fan sighed softly, leaned down to imprint a shallow kiss on his cheek, and asked softly, "What's your name?" ”
"Lee... Plum...... Ahem...... "The militia made a sound like a bellows tearing through their throats, and blood spilled from their mouths and noses, staining the green meadow red.
"Lao Li, well, I remember, my name is Mengfan." Meng Fan smiled at him and squeezed his rough hand.
A smile appeared on the militiaman's blood-stained face with grass clippings, and the picture in his eyes froze.
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