Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Siege of October (22)

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

In the middle of the night, a shocking explosion from the direction of Ruicheng broke the silence of the slow night, and after shaking the mountains for a while, countless people woke up from their sleep, and boundless confusion suddenly descended on the world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the alarm bell of the Canglan Legion rang, Liu Chen opened his eyes from his meditation and groaned for a long time before he sighed and got dressed and got out of bed, and slowly walked out of the tent.

"What's that?"

"I'm ...... What's going on in the city?"

"Oh my God......"

The fire clouds in the distant sky lit up all the darkness between heaven and earth, and in the thick smoke, intermittent explosions came from the firelight, and it didn't take long for the pungent smoke to almost envelop the entire Canglan Legion camp.

Liu Chen was wearing a robe, standing alone on the grassy slope, he was stunned, at this moment, no one cared about the silence of King Canglan, and his uneasy mood had already spread like the evening breeze......

"Don't worry!" I don't know when, Beigong Huan, who was dressed in a white palace skirt, suddenly appeared beside Liu Chen, staring at Liu Chen's side face for a long time, the eyes of the female knight of the Divine Kingdom flashed with some complicated light from time to time, "I just received the news, a few of them hid in a safe place before the explosion......

"What you promised me is just to light the fire......" Liu Chen frowned, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, he didn't want to turn sideways to look at Beigong Huan's face, he was afraid that he would not be able to control the urge to strangle his sister-in-law to death.

"We also just learned that after the beginning of winter, Ruicheng is already preparing for the carnival on the first night...... Those fireworks and firecrackers are all piled up in the Armaments Division not far from the shantytown!" Hesitantly stretched out her soft wattle, Beigong Huan tightly held Liu Chen's trembling big hand, and for a long time, she moved her steps and blocked in front of Liu Chen, "Brother-in-law, I'm sorry!"

I can't bear to hear the wail in the sea of fire anymore, and I can't bear to imagine the sadness in the purgatory of the world, Liu Chen closed his eyes, forced himself to breathe, calmed down, and after a long time, he shook the corners of his lips that were slightly dry, and said in an extremely hoarse voice: "Huanhuan, this is the last time, okay?"

"Good!" the white-haired female knight's eyes flashed with a ghostly light, and a solemn smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth with a slight bow.

"We can accept defeat, but we must not do anything for the sake of victory...... In that case, what's the difference between me and Yu Taixuan?"

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Ruicheng, Zhangjia Courtyard.

"Have you found out?"

In front of Zhang Chen, who was full of anger, the nobles of the city all bowed their heads and looked frightened.

"Lao Tzu is asking you, have you found out?" Suddenly took a leap, and Zhang Chen, who had a hideous face, came to the side of the Metropolitan Governor of the Ruicheng Armaments Division, grabbed people's necks, and roared through gritted teeth: "Do you think you can fool around without talking?"

"Uh...... "Lord Wang's big hand became tighter and tighter, until the head of the Metropolitan Governor of the Armaments Division was bruised, and his face was extremely red, "Lord Wang is angry...... Belch...... The cause of the incident is that the houses in the shantytown have been in disrepair for a long time, and in recent years, too many refugees have been introduced...... The Armaments Division is too close to civilian houses...... Belch...... The prince spares his life......"

"Click!"

When the Governor of the Armaments Division fell to the ground with wide eyes, the gradually cold corpse only made the people in the hall suddenly silent.

"Zhang Zuo!" After a while, Zhang Chen came back to his senses and looked coldly at the panicked Ruicheng General Staff, "What are the statistical results over there?"

"......Huh" Hearing Zhang Chen's question, Zhang Zuo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, quietly raised his hand to wipe his sweat, he came out of the crowd, bowed and said: "Back to the prince, last night's shantytown fire killed and burned more than 37,000 displaced people, especially after the explosion of the Armaments Division, several alleys in the west of the city were all affected, but fortunately, the Grain Storage Division transferred the warehouse in time, which did not cause greater losses......

"yes...... The food is still there, we still have a way out!" Zhang Chen cried with a sad face, and returned to the top seat in despair, "If something goes wrong with the grain storage department...... If you don't need Liu Chen's little bastard to attack, Rui Cheng will collapse completely!"

"The prince is mourning, take care of your body!" Seeing that Zhang Chen was weak and irritable, the nobles naturally followed his words to appease him, everyone is really good......

"That'...... Hundreds of thousands of displaced people have nowhere to settle, and sooner or later there will be trouble, what ideas do you have to solve this problem?"

"Lord Wang!" Zhang Chen's question hit Zhang Zuo's heart, and he laughed secretly in his heart, and the General Staff once again took the lead in responding: "Looking all over the city, only the wasteland in the camp north of the city can accommodate so many displaced people, otherwise, let's put them there first, and wait for the New Year?"

"It's okay!" Zhang Chen nodded and squinted, making it impossible to figure out what he was thinking, "It's just that after the Chinese New Year, where can they be placed?"

"Hehe, Uncle Shi can take this opportunity to put the shantytown renovation on the agenda!" Before Zhang Zuo could speak, Wen Renhao, who was beside Zhang Chen, suddenly chuckled and took over the conversation, and slowly seduced: "After the New Year, the homeless people can live in new houses, and Uncle Shi is another merit!"

"Hmph!" Zhang Zuo sneered in his heart, but he had to cooperate with Wen Renhao's words: "Shaozong's words are extremely ...... It's just ......"

"It's just what?" Zhang Chen opened his eyes, and the bloodshot tiger eyes startled the old men in the hall again.

"Uh...... Back to the prince's words, the Canglan army has besieged the city for two months, and after repeated battles, Ruicheng's inner library is almost empty...... We really can't afford to spare money to renovate the shantytowns...... Pity those innocent people, they have suffered from heaven in vain!" Zhang Zuo had a bitter face, a compassionate and compassionate demeanor, and Wen Renhao, who could see that people understood all the internal causes, felt disgusted in his heart, and he almost scolded him!

"What should I do if the inner library has no money?" Zhang Chen's old face turned grim, and his big eyes began to drip and patrol the bodies of everyone in the hall again.

"Lord ......"

"Hmph!" waved his hand to interrupt Zhang Zuo's continuation, Zhang Chen stood up, sneered and walked to the center of the hall, his mind was in a hurry, he suddenly had a flash ......of inspiration: "There is no money in the inner treasury, you have money! Hahahaha, there are so many merchants in Ruicheng, they also have money! That's it, you all take out the money for Lao Tzu, and this king will repair the shantytown and accumulate virtue and do good!"

“......”

When Zhang Chen walked out of the hall like crazy, the breathtaking laughter kept echoing in the sky above the courtyard, and the crowd standing on the spot looked at each other, not understanding what was going on at all...... It is true that everyone has a lot of money, but you Zhang Chen don't need to be so happy...... Don't you see that the corpse of the Commander of the Armaments Division on the ground is still steaming?

Only in the dark that no one else can notice, Wen Renhao and Zhang Zuo subconsciously exchanged a look, and after the smile was not smiling, the two turned their heads again, and at the same time scolded each other in their hearts as "inner ghosts!" (to be continued. )