Chapter 40: The Great Recruitment
Bang la blah
Bang
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, bringing a rare coolness to the midsummer heat.
"Cool!"
In the blacksmith shop, Fang Hao took advantage of the heavy rain to clean in the courtyard.
The pus splattered out of the one-horned rhinoceros just now was the same as the blood of the blacksmith's son before, it was both fishy and disgusting, and Fang Hao couldn't stand it just now.
He wanted to endure it for a while, waiting for Liu Zhennan to throw an olive branch. Who would have thought that the little fight came out halfway, and Fang Hao, who couldn't bear it anymore, pulled away when Xiao Si attacked.
Sniff and sniff
With a sniffle, Fang Hao sniffed at himself, and the smell was almost over.
Coming to the basement, Fang Hao silently thought about everything that happened at night.
"This is what I should be, so that I can live and feel free!"
"The purpose of martial arts training is to become stronger, and then do whatever you want. ”
"But this year, I've been a little too patient. Eventually, forbearance changed its flavor and began to have a cold-blooded tendency to be selfish. ”
Fang Hao silently analyzed, he didn't like this feeling of his own.
He didn't want the day when his own kind kept falling down next to him, and he didn't do anything, as if it were some other creature and not his own kind.
If there really is that day, then does it make sense to be different from others?
Or can you still be called a human being?
"Tomorrow, it's time to start a different life......"
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Oh... Oh... Oh~
In the early morning, the rooster crows as usual.
The heavy rain, which began to light down before dawn, had completely stopped by the time the sun rose.
Squeak
Fang Hao opened the door and walked out of the blacksmith shop, he didn't plan to continue to cover up.
"Hey, it's so deserted on the street?"
Looking at the empty street, Fang Hao was a little surprised.
Where have all the people gone?
Did they all set off early in the morning to escape from Huancheng?
[Don't, this will kill people!]
Fang Hao thought a little worriedly, what happened last night would definitely increase people's panic, and it was not surprising that there was really a big escape. But if you really escape from Huancheng, you will die!
"Fang Hao?"
"What are you still doing here, why don't you go to the square in front of the East Market, where everyone has already gathered!"
Zhao Damin's daughter-in-law, Bai Ninglian, helped her mother-in-law to stagger down the street, and when she saw Fang Hao standing at the door of the blacksmith shop, she asked in a daze.
"Assemble, assemble, what are you doing?"
Fang Hao wondered.
"You don't know?" Bai Ninglian exclaimed.
"As soon as the morning dawned, the people from the government went everywhere to publicize that we should go to the square in front of the East Market to gather, but you didn't receive it?"
Fang Hao shook his head suspiciously, after breaking through the psychological restraints, he slept very soundly last night.
I had no dreams all night and slept until dawn.
"You were also woken up last night, right? You should have felt the roar of some beast and the shocking crash, right?"
"Hmm. Fang Hao nodded.
"I heard that the government is going to talk about this matter this time! The entire Huancheng City is already in an uproar, and I heard that there is an evil demon descending into the world, and the world will die!"
"Alright, I'm going to get there, or I'll be too late. Bai Ninglian said, helping her mother-in-law a little faster.
[I'll go up and have a look!]
Fang Hao said secretly and followed Bai Ninglian to the square in front of the East Market.
......
"Everyone's lined up, all men over 15 years old and under 50 years old come here to report!"
"Don't play tricks, and don't try to run away. ”
"You've seen the demons above, and it's everywhere outside the city right now. As soon as you get out of Huan City, you haven't gone far before you die under their hideous mouths!"
A non-commissioned officer walked back and forth in the square while constantly shouting loudly.
"Brother Zhao, what are you doing?"
Following Bai Ninglian to the square, Fang Hao saw Zhao Damin who was queuing.
"Join the army!"
"You may not know what happened last night if you're late, but just look at what's on that stage. Zhao Damin pointed to the 'thing' on the platform that was disemboweled, but there was still a trace of anger.
Those are the walking dead who rushed into Huancheng last night, both humans and fierce beasts.
They were placed on the stage, some with severed arms, some with open stomachs. But the vitality of this thing is extremely tenacious, they are not dead, they are just dying, and there is still a trace of life.
[Did you make the demon invasion public with the people?]
[Liu Zhennan wants to use people's fears and desire for life to arouse their will to resist after the disclosure, so as to carry out a national recruitment plan?]
After listening to Zhao Damin's story, Fang Hao said secretly.
The demonized humans and beasts on the stage were put on display, and the people quickly accepted the idea of an invasion.
"Fang Hao, you can join too, one more person has more strength. That officer and soldier said that as long as we survive these few days, the reinforcements sent by the imperial court will arrive, and we will be safe then!"
"Moreover, if any family hides from a man of appropriate age and does not join the army, then the family will be kicked out of Huancheng. You know what it means to get out of Huancheng, it's nothing during the day, but at night it's just food for that thing. ”
Zhao Damin pointed to the demonized creatures on the stage.
He finally knew why it was getting harder and harder to hunt animals recently, and his feelings were so much that after being demonized, he was languishing and hiding during the day.
"Good!"
Fang Hao replied that even if Zhao Damin didn't say it, he would join.
Not as an ordinary soldier, though!
Coming to the back of the line, Fang Hao scanned the entire square. The people here account for about a quarter of Huancheng, and it is estimated that such a gathering was held in front of the four markets in the east, west, north and south.
"Where will Liu Zhennan be now?"
Fang Hao said secretly.
......
Da-da-da-da
Woo Yu Yu ~
There was a sound of horses' hooves, and a group of soldiers came from outside the square. Fang Hao glanced at it, there were a total of twelve people, and there was no eldest prince among them, but the person in the lead seemed to be the Xiao Si beside the eldest prince.
[Oh, it's really fate......]
"Master Li!"
The non-commissioned officer in charge of recruiting troops on the East Bazaar side rushed forward to salute.
"Report to Lord Li, everything is going well here in the East Market. Almost everyone in the entire Eastern District is already here, and as for whether there are any fish that have slipped through the net, I have sent someone to check them one by one. ”
"Well, let's go down. ”
Li Zhuqiang waved his hand absentmindedly, and then made a gesture to the soldiers behind him.
"Show me carefully, if you find anything like the person in the portrait, you must report it to me!"
"Remember, have a better attitude, provoke him and be careful that your head is not protected!"
"Yes!"
The soldiers replied, and each pulled out a portrait of a man in black from his bosom.
Although the face is covered, the outline, eyes, and eyebrows of the portrait are drawn in great detail. But if you compare it with Fang Hao, you will find that this painting is a bit similar, but it is much worse.
If you say it's like, the eyebrows should be more similar.
"Grandma's, ran three bazaars and found dozens of similar people. But when I tried it, they were all bad breeds and weak chickens, and they weren't the same people last night at all. ”
"Hey, if I hadn't played with the eldest son since I was a child, I would have planted ...... last night."
"This is the last market, if you haven't found it yet, it won't be easy to go back......"
Li Zhuqiang muttered, he wandered absentmindedly through the square.
After what happened last night, he was very unhappy. After he was kicked by the eldest prince last night, his ribs hurt all night. And in the morning, he was scolded by the eldest son, and he was in a terrible mood.
Bah!
Li Zhuqiang spat and walked around the square irritably.
Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure......
"This is the untouchable who looked directly at the eldest prince outside the city that day?"
"Hmph, you deserve to be unlucky, who made me feel bad!"
Li Zhuqiang said with a cruel smile.
He had a great memory, especially remembering those who had made mistakes and provoked him. And Fang Hao dared to dodge his whip after looking directly at the eldest prince outside the city, which made him feel very unhappy.
A pariah, who gave you the guts?
Hey, hey, hey......
The corners of Li Zhuqiang's mouth curled slightly, outlining a hideous smile.
Irritability is to be vented......