abnabooks Chapter 1998: Meeting Again in a Foreign Land
Chapter 1998: Meeting Again in a Foreign Land
Chapter 1998: Meeting Again in a Foreign Land
When the Black Armored Army entered Mian City and when Guo Baiyu's head was hung on the tip of a spear for public display, cheers were overwhelming and the people lined the streets to welcome them.
From being on the verge of death to surviving a desperate situation and finally turning defeat into victory, Mian Cheng was overjoyed and immersed in the joy of such an extreme reversal.
The black-armored soldiers entered the city with their backs straight.
No matter how many times you are welcomed with open arms, the feeling is addictive, especially when people are so grateful from the bottom of their hearts.
The cheers, applause, and smiles on people’s faces let them know that their fight and hard work were worth it.
The defenders of Miancheng were even more moved to tears.
They won. After enduring dozens of days and nights of purgatory-like suffering, they survived and waited for the reinforcements promised by the Dragon God.
Wanqi Liang looked around but didn't see the local official: "Where is County Magistrate Huang?"
"County Magistrate Huang has unfortunately died in the line of duty." Tu Shanfang's face was gloomy. "Hao County was conquered by Guo Baiyu, and we took in more than 30,000 people from Hao County. But the former county magistrate Yu An took the opportunity to plot against County Magistrate Huang, using insect monsters to control County Magistrate Huang and shut down the city beasts. That's why Mian City suffered the disaster today."
"What about people?"
"Yu An wanted to sneak out of the city, but we stopped him."
Wanqi Liang said, "Send someone to take me to see him."
There were a lot of things to do in Miancheng after the war, and he was not the kind of leader who needed to be accompanied by someone all the time, so he let Tu Shanfang go and deal with the business first.
As expected, as soon as Wanqi Liang left, everyone came to Tushan Fang to deal with matters inside and outside the city, which made him very overwhelmed.
He could manage the city defense army, but as for the city affairs, what else could a rough man like him who couldn't even read a single word do except signing?
There were five or six people hiding in the crowd nearby, all of them were commoners. One of them was Qingyang's Qingwei, the commander stationed in Guo Baiyu's team.
After Guo Baiyu was driven away, the people of Miancheng went out to clean up the battlefield and rescue the wounded. There were many people coming in and out, and the governor took the opportunity to sneak in.
He was holding the arm of a girl, who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with an ordinary face, a little dark and rough, no different from the local girls in Miancheng, and could be lost in the crowd.
The warlord asked the woman, "Do you know what you should do?"
She answered with great conviction: "Yes!"
Just at this moment, Fan Shuang and his son rushed over to report a batch of supplies. There were too many things picked up from outside the city, both their own and the enemy's.
Fan Shuang had just spoken a few words to Tu Shanfang when they saw a man walk out of the black-armored army with a fat monkey sitting on his shoulder.
Seeing that he looked familiar, Fan Shuang immediately raised her hand and said hello: "Hey, Mr. Wei!"
Isn't this Wei Yishan who is next to He Xiao? During He Xiao's stay in Tianshui City as a businessman, Wei Yishan was a long-term resident of Yongquan Villa. It is said that he also has a special workshop. Fan Shuang was also curious about his work content, but no one in the villa could explain it clearly. All she knew was that he would stay in seclusion for more than ten or twenty days, and as soon as he opened the door, there would be inexplicable boxes of all sizes coming in and out.
Also, He Xiao treated him with special courtesy.
As a frequent visitor to Yongquan Villa, Fan Shuang had met Wei Yishan four or five times and had become familiar with him.
Meeting again in a foreign land feels like a lifetime ago.
"Fan Shuang?" Dong Rui was surprised when he saw him. "Why are you here?"
In fact, what he wanted to say was, you are really lucky. On the day of Bai Tan's uprising, he slaughtered half of the high-ranking officials in Tianshui City, but he didn't slaughter the Fan family - just because of the relationship between Fan Shuang and He Xiao.
"Alas, it's hard to put it into words!" Fan Shuang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The Yao Kingdom was destroyed, and our family fled and finally settled down in Mian City. Brother Tu helped my father and I find a job in the city."
He pointed at Tu Shanfang and introduced the two parties. The latter immediately saluted Dong Rui and said, "Thank you for saving my life!"
The bat-like monster killed people like crazy. After Dong Rui entered the city, he happened to see the little monster crawling into Dong Rui's sleeve and never showed up again.
Dong Rui was at a loss: "What favor?"
"I was fighting on the top of the city, and it was your demon servant who killed the insect demon." Tu Shanfang gestured, "A monster that looked like a bat..."
He was not with He Lingchuan and Dong Rui, so he didn't know that the thing was called "Demon Puppet".
"Oh, it's okay." Dong Rui kept talking about his business. "Where are the remains of the insect demon?"
"It's still on the city wall and hasn't been cleaned yet. I'll send it to you later." Tu Shanfang asked shamelessly, "Can your demon servant spit fire?"
He was referring to the little monkey on Dong Rui's shoulder.
Just now it was killing people in the chaos of the army. It was obviously tall and powerful.
The monkey didn't even look at him, but just held up the water bag and drank water.
"Yeah, what?"
"The feeding port of the city beast has been tampered with. It is still a block of solid ice and cannot be burned by ordinary fire. I am afraid that the mechanism may be damaged by cutting with a knife or an axe."
"Isn't this simple?" Dong Rui was also very happy. He raised his chin to the monkey on his shoulder and said, "Let it go."
At the master's command, the ghost ape had no choice but to roll his eyes and follow the city guards to climb up the city wall to melt the ice at the feed inlet.
After hearing the name "Mr. Wei", the Qingwei in the crowd looked at Dong Rui for a few more times, and then asked the demon puppet master beside him:
"Is it him?"
"Yes, it was this cunning creature!" The Demon Puppet Master confirmed, "His monkey killed my Nine Rings, and his body was stained with the Nine Rings' fluid. I was able to track him all the way!"
"Okay." Qingwei still remembered the palace master's instructions and looked at the little girl beside him. "It will take time to start. Let's go and set up first."
"The Palace Master said that this person is a loner by nature. He won't always hang out with people, and there will definitely be times when he is alone."
The Demon Puppet Master also nodded: "People in our line of work usually don't like crowds."
The crowd in Miancheng has been surrounding the army and Fan Shuang has been assigned to Dong Rui. Now the city is in chaos and short of manpower, he, who is in charge of accounting and inspection, has to be responsible for reception. Mr. Dong is not an ordinary person, and it is rare that the two of them are somewhat familiar with each other. Who else can this task be given to if not Fan Shuang?
Fan Shuang originally wanted to arrange for Dong Rui to live in a private house behind the city, but Dong Rui thought it was too noisy there, after all, there were too many people going in and out of the city office today. So, he found a garden near the east of the city. Although it was not far from the city gate, the house was large and the entrance was far from the main house, which was quiet in the midst of noise. What made Dong Rui even more satisfied was that the owner of this house had fled with his family before Guo Baiyu attacked Miancheng, so Dong Rui lived in the huge house alone, which was quiet.
After helping to settle him down, Fan Shuang looked around and said, "Hey, why hasn't your ape servant come back yet?"
"Maybe the ice on top of the city is hard to deal with, after all, it is magical." Dong Rui yawned, "Okay, no need to clean it up so carefully, I'll only stay for one night and leave tomorrow morning."
The Black Armor Army has a heavy task to do. Now that Guo Baiyu has surrendered, Wanqi Liang will have to rush to other battlefields early tomorrow morning.