Chapter 919: Wind and Snow in Yuezhou
On December 7 of the first year of Tong'an of the Han Empire, the southeast of the Han Empire, the city of Yuezhou ......
The heavy snow in the sky fell one after another, shrouding the entire land of Yuezhou in the goose feather snow, such heavy snow, for the people of Yuezhou City, has not been encountered for many years, and this year's abnormality is also interpreted by the ruler of Yuezhou City at this moment as "the auspicious rui of the white lotus in the world".
At this moment, Yuezhou City is already the ruling center of the White Lotus Sect and the "capital" of the "White Lotus Heavenly Kingdom", and it is set in Yuezhou City at this moment.
The heavy snow of "Xiangrui" was still falling, and at the gate of the south of Yuezhou City, the soldiers guarding the city locked their heads and watched the people of the Yitang in the city using a cart to pull out a corpse that had been frozen to death in the heavy snow for several days.
The corpses were piled up on the cart, covered with straw mats, and their feet, without any blood and shoes, were exposed from under the straw mats, stiff or jet black.
The people who lined up at the gate of the city looked at the corpses under the straw mats, and their faces were unbearable, but they didn't dare to speak, just watched silently.
Those corpses were the street children in the city, the beggars, and those who had been imprisoned by the White Lotus Sect in the camp of the North City.
This auspicious snow on behalf of the white lotus in the world fell, those in the city who had no residence, only a single clothes, in the past two days, were cleaned, the mass grave outside the city of Yuezhou, these days can hardly accommodate so many corpses, plus the weather is cold, the soil is hard, many corpses, after being pulled out of the city, fell in a small ravine near the mass grave.
The wild dogs that no one fed outside the city of Yuezhou City, these days almost all gathered on the side of the mass grave, occasionally in the snow to see a day or two, the wild dog's mouth and eyes are red, looking at people can show a fierce light, there used to be people outside the city to hunt wild dogs to eat, but these days, even the living homeless people don't eat those wild dogs, because they really can't eat.
In stark contrast to the mass graves outside the city, in the city for several days, there is a lot of construction and lanterns, and almost everyone is preparing for an upcoming grand ceremony.
Just like the queue that is lining up into the city at this moment, the carriages are pulling either wine and meat or silk and satin or gold and silver jewelry, and some of the carriages are pulling all kinds of gorgeous furniture, or all kinds of building materials-the golden silk nanmu, the fine white marble, and the farthest is the red bricks transported from Fuzhou......
It was in this heavy snow that a convoy that braved the wind and snow and drove from a distance with the flag of the White Lotus Sect also came to the south gate entrance of Yuezhou City and joined the army queuing up to enter the city.
"Da", the wheelbarrow with a face just walked out of the door, the wheel hit a small stone on the road, the driver pushing the wheelbarrow shook his hand, the wheelbarrow was crooked, and the two stiff corpses covered by the mat on the car rolled off the car.
The two corpses were a woman and a seven or eight-year-old child, the corpses were dressed in ragged clothes, like a mother and child, the woman hugged the seven or eight-year-old child in her arms tightly, the child was tightly curled up in the woman's arms, because the musculoskeletal body had stiffened and could not be separated, so they could only be carried to the car together......
The two corpses rolled down, and the eyes of the people waiting at the city gate looked at it at once, and many of them showed unbearable looks in their eyes, and several children who were waiting to enter the city turned their heads, but they were covered by the adults around them and were not allowed to look.
"What are you doing, don't you hurry up and transport the corpse away, don't block here, snap ......" A leader of the White Lotus Sect who was guarding the city gate came over, glared at the poor wheelbarrow driver with fire-breathing eyes, and as he spoke, the whip in his hand was whipped on the coachman's body.
The coachman who was pumped gritted his teeth and didn't dare to make a sound, and the other coachmen who were pushing the wheelbarrow saw it and hurriedly came over to help, and everyone carried the two corpses on the ground back to the car, then covered them with straw mats, and pushed the cart creaking away without saying a word.
This is just a small episode, after the wheelbarrow with the corpses left, the south gate of Yuezhou City returned to calm, and the people entering the city were lining up to enter the city, and the same was true for those who left the city.
Yan Liqiang watched the bodies of the two mothers and sons who fell to the ground being lifted back onto the wheelbarrow, and then walked away, at this moment, he was sitting in a carriage in the middle of the convoy with the flag of the White Lotus Sect, wearing a mask of mountain wind on his face, wearing a thick cotton coat, wearing a turban of the White Lotus Sect on his head, a dogskin scarf around his neck, revealing a small half of his face, and a goose feather knife hanging from his waist, a guard's outfit.
As he watched the bodies of the mother and son fall from the wheelbarrow, Yan Liqiang clenched his fists tightly, and only after hearing the dragon king's cough did he turn his head and force himself to relax.
The dragon king sat next to Yan Liqiang, hunched over, dressed as an elderly coachman.
Li Hongtu and Ji Xiaoyao are also in the convoy, Li Hongtu is also dressed as a coachman, and Ji Xiaoyao is a bookkeeper, Hua Ruxue is also in the convoy, and several other women are sitting in a carriage in front of Yan Liqiang, in this convoy of hundreds of people, Yan Liqiang They are inconspicuous at all.
Cui Lichen did not follow Yan Liqiang and them, but another team, for this operation, Cui Lichen issued a convening order from Yuluo Palace, a group of top Yuluo Palace powerhouses, for the same purpose, have already entered Yuezhou first, and then they will fight together......
Soon, it was Yan Liqiang's turn for their convoy to be inspected as they entered the city.
"Where are you from?" asked the little Junguan of the White Lotus Sect who was whipping the coachman just now, looking at a steward who got out of the car in front of him.
"We are the people of General Guangwei's mansion......" the steward replied without being humble or arrogant.
"What's in the car?"
"It's all for the ceremony!"
"Well, I'm going to check ......"
"This military master, please ......"
The little leader of the White Lotus Sect waved his hand, and he took two White Lotus Sect sergeants to inspect one car after another, in the front car, there were three cars loaded with large boxes, and the boxes were filled with some gold, silver and jewelry, and the back cars were loaded with some silk and satin, as well as some exquisite utensils and personnel.
The little leader of the White Lotus Sect watched car by car, and when he checked the car in front of Yan Liqiang, he picked up the curtain with the spear in his hand, and heard several women's exclamations coming from the car.
The little leader of the White Lotus Sect's eyes lit up all of a sudden, looked at the woman in the car, and after swallowing a mouthful of spit, he turned his head and looked at the steward of the convoy, and the momentum and voice of the whole person suddenly rose several times, "Didn't you say that this convoy is full of canonical things, what's going on, call these women down, I want to check ...... carefully"
The steward didn't panic at all, just looked at the little boss calmly, and even looked at the little boss with a hint of disdain, "The woman in this car is a show girl selected by General Guangwei, and she will be sent to the palace soon, this military master, are you sure you want to let these show girls come down to check?"
Hearing this, the little leader of the White Lotus Sect's face changed, his body seemed to tremble, he was still domineering just now, and in a blink of an eye, he smiled heaps on his face, and his waist collapsed, "Haha, that's okay, it's okay, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, you can go in......", as he spoke, he waved his hand at the city gate, and the convoy entered Yuezhou City without any danger.
The streets in this Yuezhou city, even if it is snowy, are swept clean, what is even more surprising is the trees on both sides of the street, in this winter, the trees on both sides of the street have no leaves, bare only branches, but at this moment, the branches of the trees on both sides of the street are hung with colorful cloth and colored satin, which are forcibly decorated with a festive atmosphere, and completely at any cost......
Many of the newcomers in the street were not dressed much, and they were in a hurry, shivering in the wind and snow, but none of them dared to tear off the cloth and silk that hung on the trees and wrap them around themselves.
Within a few minutes of entering the city, a large group of well-equipped and proud cavalry roared past Yan Liqiang's convoy.
"This is the cavalry stationed in the city, called Chiba Wei, completely selected and controlled by the rebellious cronies, and it is also the strongest force in the hands of the rebel, there are 50,000 in the Chiba Acropolis, and there are 100,000 in the camp in the west outside the city, on the day of the ceremony, the Chiba Wei will be in charge of the guards outside the rebellious palace, as soon as we do it, these Chiba guards will rush to the palace, and the Chiba guards outside the city will also rush to the city to respond......" The dragon king sitting next to Yan Liqiang looked at the road in front of him, and his mouth didn't move, but the sound of a mosquito moaning clearly reached Yan Liqiang's ears.
"Do all these Chiba guards deserve to die?"
Yan Liqiang's mouth didn't move, but the same sound also reached the ears of the dragon king.
"People who don't deserve to die, they can't enter Chiba Wei, those who can enter Chiba Wei have innocent blood on their hands, as long as Chiba Wei is swept away, the situation in Yuezhou City can be controlled......"
Yan Liqiang looked coldly at the cavalry who disappeared in front, and said calmly, "Okay, I'll accept the lives of these 150,000 Chiye Guards!"