There are no scented streets, and there are no refreshing views. {with}{dream} щ{suimеng][lā}

Everything looked depressed and gloomy, completely devoid of the unforgettable feeling that the soldiers said, and if you want to describe it, it is more like a slum in the imperial capital.

The river is moving slowly around the town, and all kinds of garbage floating on it have formed a sludge layer.

"How can this be, I haven't been here for more than a year, and it has become so depressed. The private looked incredulously at the entrance to the town, where the arched bridges were already covered with moss.

Prosperity and decay can sometimes be seen in the architecture of individual cities.

The smell of stinking water underneath the ground, the outside of the house was so filthy that no one cleaned it up, cobwebs and reptiles were everywhere in the corners, and there were even rat carcasses floating in the river.

The little man was so clumsy that there were only bones left.

More than a year is not a long time, and Wang Chu has also experienced it, so a year ago should have been when he was still in Hajar City.

"I heard before that there was a famine in the northern country for a period of time, which affected many cities, and this Silk Town was also included. Benedictas thought about it, because he was old and rarely had the opportunity to move around, and this journey through the wilderness was the farthest in nearly ten years, and the rest was all from the mouths of others in the cathedral.

"But this is impossible, this is a waterport city, as long as the residents are diligent and help several neighboring countries to transport goods, it will not be easy to be poor. "The private still has a hard time accepting that the ideal town in his heart has become like this in just over a year.

It is true that the water town has its own advantages, and the hot river water can provide all kinds of food in the water, how depressed the economy must be to become like this.

As the fleet approached the city, you could see a few small boats docked outside.

It must have been a long time since anyone had used it, as the chains that held them around were rusty and cobwebbed.

"I don't really like this place, Grand Tutor. Anwenna frowned, the damp depths of the forest were sometimes very harsh, but perhaps the forest was better than the stench of the moment.

"I don't like it either, but today we can only dock here. "It's getting late, and there's not enough time to make the fleet turn around and go back, let alone find the next docking point.

The inland river of Xiushui Town can only pass through small boats, which cannot be entered, and can only dock at the exit of the town.

Pedestrians in the town were looking in the direction of the boat.

The closer Wang Chu got to Wang Chu, the more he felt like a slum in Water Town, the clothes on the townspeople were all black and shiny hair oil, and their faces were dirty...... Most of the poor commoners of this world wore poor clothes, simple coarse cloth and a single garment that could last for years, was completely different from the ornate decoration of the aristocracy.

"Maybe we shouldn't have come to this town. Lias said.

She doesn't like this environment very much, and it looks like the security is very bad.

"But there's no choice left, let's go, General Lias, at least we should go down and have a look. The archbishop said.

No matter which city you go to, there are only a few high-ranking generals who can go to the town to rest, and the other soldiers will stay on the ship, and each ship must maintain at least fifty or sixty troops, so that the night patrol can ensure the safety of the fleet.

There were only two ships here, and a total of a few hundred men with the southern navy of Sindal.

"Let's go, Cam. Let's take a look. Lias led herself out of the boat with the archbishop.

Before getting off the boat, Wang Chu did not forget to ask An Wenna to wear a hood so as not to cause trouble......

The group had changed their clothes on the way here, so even the archbishop looked like he was just a slightly older priest now, and at most the magic wand was prettier.

But these can only be understood by high-level magicians, and in the eyes of civilians it is only more valuable.

The town was also built on land, which looked like it was supposed to be a wetland, but it was transformed into what it is now, with the largest river running through the center, branching out in various lanes, and each adjacent place with stone walls to provide a place to walk.

The outermost part of the central river is barricaded with an iron fence that can be stretched to prevent foreign ships from entering, but in fact, even if two large ships are allowed to enter.

There is a dilapidated hut next to it.

"May I ask if this is Silk Town?" the soldier asked, he had been here, even if it had become depressed, and the pattern of the streets had not changed.

Ahem......

For a long time, there was a coughing sound in the room.

Wang Chu stood on Lias's shoulder and looked at the surrounding houses, and there were still people looking this way in the slightly higher windows.

It's strange why they are all wrapped in black.

Or is the place so poor that it can only buy this simplest coat made of gray linen? The roofs are full of crows, and the walls are crawling with insects.

"Outlander, where are you from?"

A man staggered out of the hut, and saw that the figure was an old man, also wearing a linen coat, and his chin was slightly raised when he spoke.

Wang Chu could even see the dandruff on his beard and the sludge in his wrinkles.

The black and thin face is sloppy.

He was very short, not as tall as Lias's, and he had to look up at everyone.

One eye was slightly closed, and the pupil was white...... It seems that he is blind in one eye, and the flesh around the eyelids is turned out, which should also be the time when the eye was injured and not treated, and the poor sanitary conditions have been infected and formed sarcoma.

"We are a transport team passing by from other places, and it is getting dark, we are going to rest here for the night, is this Xiushui Town? The archbishop said.

"Ah...... It used to be. ”

The old man's trembling body looked at the boat behind them.

"Oh, convoy, it's been a long time since there have been big ships here, I miss it...... I hope you'll miss it too. ”

The crowd didn't understand what he was talking about, but he slowly turned around and opened the door to the city from the side of the iron fence.

It was the first time for Wang Chu to see such a city defense facility, and he had seen a city on land before, surrounded by high walls.

And the place where there is almost no defense in Water Town is the simplest two gates.

When the door opens, the team can enter the city.

To be honest, this place has become like this, Wang Chu doesn't want to live in this kind of town, the boat is better than here, or go back if you don't buy something.

"Thank you, but I still have to take the liberty of asking what happened here and why it became like this, I remember that Xiushui Town was obviously a very wealthy place before. The private asked.

The old man looked up at him, but he was actually looking at everyone.

His old face looked a little gloomy, and he felt like he didn't make a sound when he walked.

"You will stay until tomorrow, and you will go in the morning. Better be careful and watch out for those who are alive. ”