Chapter 374: Shuofang City
The dart boat of the Falling Goose Dart Bureau went against the current in the endless ancient road river water in the night, three people sat on the bow of the boat and looked at the vast night, the thoughts in their hearts were surging, Huaibei sat on the edge of the boat, holding a reed in his mouth and said: "I thought that my Huaibei would do nothing in the shovel line in my life, and spend my life without waves, but I never thought that ah, the ancient road, the battlefield, the blood...... This thing that every man dreams of, is so alive in front of me, no matter whether he becomes a king or loses in the future, whether he is alive or dead, I Huaibei all my life, should be called a word without regrets! ”
Boss Jiang and I looked at each other and smiled, then saw Huaibei turn over and sit beside us, and said: "Brother Bai, do you think that the three of us are a bit like Liu Guanzhang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you are Liu Bei, Boss Jiang is Zhang Fei, I am Guan Yu, Yi Tie Jin Lan, fight the world together!" ”
Boss Jiang pouted: "You are Zhang Fei, I want to be the second master of Guan." ”
I shook my head, "I prefer Cao Cao to be a traitor." ”
Looking at the surprised faces of the two, I smiled and said, "Win or lose, I just want to be the one who can have the last laugh." ”
After a whole night of sailing, everyone did not rest, staring at the river flowing under their feet, as if the dust of the previous life was gone.
The rising sun slowly rose at the end of the Yellow River on the ancient road with the hissing of the goshawk, and a goshawk with pure golden wings glowed with a faint halo in the afterglow of the morning sun, and slowly fell on the shoulders of Boss Jiang, Boss Jiang touched the head of the golden eagle dotingly, and then untied the bamboo slip tied to his legs, took out the note hidden inside, took a look at it after unfolding it, and said lightly: "The Changshui Sailor has left Luoyan Town and is coming in our direction." ”
"They came so blatantly, aren't they afraid of fighting with the defenders of Shuofang City?" Huaibei was puzzled.
"Maybe I came to negotiate with them with some kind of mission."
"Look!"
Huaibei suddenly stood up straight, pointed to the direction of the boat, and in his eyes, he saw that at the end of the wide river, a black shadow like a mountain blocked everyone's sight, and Boss Jiang saw this and accelerated the rhythm of the oars in his hand, waiting for the shadow to get closer and closer, and gradually show the full picture, the three of them couldn't help but gasp together, it is a city.
Baizhang city wall is suspected to be a dragon lying in the water, the whole river is firmly occupied, the work of the mountain and the nine thousands, the trend of despising the world, standing at the end of the river, like an angry King Kong, the dark gate is open, and the three big characters of "Shuofang City" are even more hideous and dazzling.
In particular, the scars on the city wall seem to show the world the war and blood that have happened here, and there are still several miles away from the waterway, and the three of them have been shocked for a long time and are speechless.
After coming to our senses, there were already several small boats carrying soldiers in dark red armor heading towards the dart boat, and after checking the ultimatum of the dart board, we were let in.
I looked at Boss Jiang, who was still talking to himself, and couldn't help but be curious: "You are also here for the first time?" ”
Boss Jiang shook his head, "I don't know how many times I've been here." ”
"Isn't your reaction a little exaggerated?"
Boss Jiang smiled bitterly: "The city wall has been strengthened and rebuilt, and the previous Shuofang City wall is less than one percent of the current one. ”
Shuofang City firmly encircles the northern end of the entire ancient road Yellow River in the city, the rolling river water passes through the city, divides the city into two, although it is early in the morning, it still can't cover up a prosperous situation in the city, the traffic is busy, the pedestrians are selling, the boats on the river row one after another, the residents are safe and happy, and it seems that they have not been affected by the war at all.
After Boss Jiang bolted the boat to the shore, the three of them walked up the bluestone stairs on the road, looking at the carriages and pedestrians passing in front of them, I couldn't help crying and laughing: "Good guy, the ten Luoyan Towns don't add up to that big, right?" ”
Boss Jiang shook his head, "Fifty." ”
Centered on the river in the city, the east side of the river, which is where we are currently located, is the residential area of Shuofang City, where a large number of residents live, and the derivation is residential, restaurant, casino, brothel...... The crowd was surging, and the palanquins of different colors were mixed in, and there were even horse-drawn carriages galloping, arousing a burst of shouting and scolding.
"It seems that no matter where you are, there is such a thing as class education, which will always divide people into three, six, nine and so on, even in the Yellow River, where you can maintain the reincarnation of memory, is no exception."
Before I could finish speaking, I heard Boss Jiang laugh and say, "Then you should go to the west bank to have a look, it is the hub center of the entire Shuofang City, compared to that, this side is nothing." ”
The three of them listened to Boss Jiang as they walked, and when they arrived in a big town like Shuofang City, basically there were people secretly monitoring everything they said and doing, especially a fresh face like us, basically if there was a slight abnormality, they would be arrested on the spot and taken away.
When Boss Jiang spoke, I sank my heart slightly, and a feeling of being followed and peeping suddenly rose in my heart, I didn't follow that feeling to find the source, at this time, the eyes of the three people were already attracted by a white figure in the crowd, and suddenly a spirit was excited, and they turned around and left.
"Damn, why did that female devil appear here."
Huaibei scolded in a low voice, and when he approached, there was a commotion from behind him, the three of them stopped, turned around together, and saw Bai Rushuang riding a tall horse, holding a long black whip in his hand, pointing to a thin man with a goatee in front of him and saying: "Take out the money, otherwise don't blame the old lady's whip for not having long eyes!" ”
Robbery?
The three of them looked at each other, but at this time, they suddenly heard a cry, the sound came from Bai Rushuang's side, the three of them immediately stretched their necks, only to see that next to the horse under Bai Rushuang's crotch, there was a little boy in rags, holding a bag of money bags in his hand, but the bottom of the money bag was cut into a hole, and there was no penny in it.
Bai Rushuang pointed a whip at the goatee with a cold face, but the goatee was not afraid to meet her gaze at all, and screamed: "Which eye of your eye saw that this deflated money was stolen by Lao Tzu, don't spew blood with a little effort, and tell you that in this Shuofang City, even if you are the king of heaven Lao Tzu, you can't take the evidence, and you can't take Lao Tzu!" ”
"Evidence?" A sneer came out of the corner of Bai Rushuang's mouth, looked at the little boy and said, "Did he follow you just now, cut through your money bag, and stole the money inside?" ”
The child nodded while crying, and then Bai Rushuang looked at the crowd of onlookers and said, "Who of you saw him throw the money into the river just now and stand up......
At this time, I noticed that there were several strong men with disgusted faces in the crowd, one staring coldly at the people around him while Bai Rushuang was talking, and he also made eye contact with the goatee from time to time, and suddenly whispered: "Our aunt and grandmother, I'm afraid I'm going to be in trouble today." ”
Sure enough, the crowd of onlookers began to scatter one after another after seeing a few men appear, their faces were afraid, no one dared to open their mouths, and the smile on the goatee's face began to grow thicker and thicker, and he stood up directly, patted the soil on his body and said: "Little girl, it seems that you are planning to frame up today, and this deflated pit Lao Tzu?" ”
"This person's name is Short One Finger, and he said that he is a well-known scoundrel in Shuofang City, and he relies on his eldest brother in the patrol army to do some stealing chickens and dogs, and no one dares to care, it seems that my aunt and grandmother have stepped on a hard nail today."
Listening to Boss Jiang muttering in his ear, I was puzzled: "Since the backer is so hard, wouldn't it be good to join the patrol army directly, and you still need to do this?" ”
Boss Jiang pouted: "He is the patrol force." ”
I sighed, "That's fine, a few of them are added together, and they are not my aunt's opponents." ”
"In Shuofang City, no one dares to fight under the noses of the patrol troops."
Without waiting for Boss Jiang's words to land, the crowd of onlookers around Bai Rushuang had already given up a big circle, everyone looked at her with more or less sadness and pity in their eyes, and several strong men simply got out of the crowd and protected them in front of the short fingers, looking at Bai Rushuang coldly, I found out that the upper body of these people was wearing black plain clothes, but the lower half of the body was a real dark red leg armor, with a saber at the waist, which was exactly the same as the clothes of those soldiers who had checked us at the city gate before.