Chapter 284: Jingjing’s Great Changes (Fifth Update)
The sun is thin, and the red clouds are like sweet marshmallows floating in the sky.
The imperial capital Jingjing.
Li Hu is a waiter at a restaurant called Dabaokoufu, diagonally opposite the center of Jingjing, Jingcheng Square. This three-story high-end restaurant has considerate service, good geographical location, and extremely good business. Even if the dining price is several times that of restaurants with the same taste, it is still crowded with people and prosperous business.
Most of the people who came here to have dinner were dignitaries in the imperial capital, with big belly and rich appearance, and many even were court officials.
At this time, the waiters recruited by Li Hu and other bosses were so busy that they served tea and food to greet the guests, and they didn't even have the chance to raise their heads and breathe.
Li Hu felt a little strange. Today, the restaurant was surprisingly leisurely. It was the peak of supper, but there were very few people coming to the restaurant to eat.
"Brother, let it go." He walked carefully to the second floor with the fragrant grilled fish. The third floor was a private room for a feast, and the second floor was a crowd hall. This 180 square meters of crowd hall had a total of twenty round tables. Generally speaking, at this time, the second floor must be full, not only the second floor, but also the first and third floors.
Then the shopkeeper will arrange the sleek Li Hu at the door of the first floor to greet the late customers with a smile, asking them to queue up with numbers and wait patiently.
However, today there were only five tables of people eating on the second floor. And half of the dining tables on the first floor were empty. As for the private rooms on the third floor, it was even more record-breaking, and the first time I hung up the zero.
"Customer, your grilled fish." Li Hu steadily placed a plate smaller than the washbasin on the table of four people, and found that there was nothing left to do next. He raised his head and saw a few equally idle guys standing next to the window on the second floor. He stretched out his fingers and pointed at the bottom, and then made a surprise cry again.
Li Hu shook his head, thinking that there was something to make a fuss about. But he had nothing to do anyway, so he walked over.
"Brother Hu, look, the gate of the royal city is so lively. There are so many guards coming in and out." A young man with a gray felt hat on his head and a little bit of green flashed on his face. He saw that Li Hu, who was the highest-qualified in the store, came over and reported to him the "military information" like asking for credit.
Haha, what's the matter? Li Hu didn't care. He was already near the royal city. It was normal to see the guards of the royal city from here. He stuck his head out and saw the scene in front of him, and then his expression became strange.
There were many guards in the royal city in their sight, more than Li Hu's imagination. They were dressed in neat military uniforms and holding straight spears in their hands. They came from the end of the street in groups of ten and hundreds of people. Then they walked into the royal city in a square gathered in the royal city.
If this is the case, it would be fine. The Queen's New Deal has just been established, and it is reasonable to strengthen the guards of the royal city. What made Li Hu take a breath was that most of the guards were staggering and tied up like dumplings in front of them. Most of these people were bloated and there were a very small number of people with sperm shapes.
The sharp spear was pressed against their waists. As long as they walked slowly, they might be poked into blood by the spear. There were many guards, so there were many such people.
A team of guards passed by the downstairs where he was enjoying his blessing. Li Hu wanted to see what the tied person looked like. He narrowed his eyes slightly. As if to avoid the gaze of people on the roadside, the man kept lowering his head decadently until he was stabbed by the spear behind him, and he straightened his waist in pain.
Li Hu seized the opportunity and glanced at him. Then he was stunned. Isn’t this a regular visitor, Qian Bu, the Finance Department? And, there is also the familiar figure not far away, oh, not just him. Looking closely, Li Hu was shocked to find that most of these people were ministers in the court or generals with great military achievements.
"Brother Hu, the one tied up is... the commander of the imperial guards, Xie Wuhua!" A scream made this dusk extremely strange and disturbing...
People who live on this street or do business on this street, after a large number of royal city guards who were suppressing "inmates" appeared, they all closed the door like ghosts.
For a moment, people were panicked, and the sound of "slap..." closing the doors on the whole street were heard. Under the emergency order of the shopkeeper, the feasted friends hurriedly closed the door and the windows. Some customers who were dining did not dare to speak loudly when they saw this, and hurriedly ran out of the kitchen at the back door.
Afterwards, Li Hu and others who were hiding on the second floor carefully opened the gap in the window. In front of them were still teams of guards escorting prisoners until Laowan. When the whole street became quiet, the guys found that the lights scattered from the royal city tonight were particularly bright, red, and looked like blood.
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Because the Guo family's army withdrew early, all the land south of Rong'an City and north of Beidou Pass was recovered by Shang. In the evening, Liu Chang held a celebration banquet and poured Guo Lin drunk. However, the next morning, Guo Lin, who relied on his strength to drive away the alcohol, still got up early.
After gathering troops, Guo Lin led a 20,000 army out of Yunjiang City. People along the way heard that the prince-consort drove away the Guo family army, all came here enthusiastically, wanting to see the style of the fiery prince-consort. Some even led cattle and sheep and said they wanted to give it to the prince-consort to make barbecue.
These things are all the hearts of the villagers. Although Guo Lin wanted to refuse, he finally accepted them one by one. He asked the soldiers of his entourage to record the gift-giving and their address. When he returned to Jingjing, he would send the equivalent gold coins.
Guo Lin, who is about to marry Yu Xin, is very happy, but as a triumphant army, he still feels that it is better to lead the troops into the gate of Jingjing City with his army. He has never tasted this feeling before. In general, Guo Lin, who is about to be the groom, is full of expectations.
Yunjiang City is three hundred miles away from Jingjing. In the evening, when the sun was west, Guo Lin's military horses finally appeared on the avenue less than one mile from Jingjing City. From a distance, you can see outside Jingjing City, a jade chariot, and nearly a thousand people surrounded the imperial carriage, waiting there.
"It seems that the big girl has already received the news of my triumphant success." Guo Lin smiled slightly, and with a "drive", he rode his horse and galloped with more than ten riders around him.
Dust and smoke rolled, and a distance of one mile was crossed in an instant.
"The person who comes is Guo San, Marshal Guo." In front of the jade chariot, the guards of the royal city raised their hands and called Guo Lin.
Guo Linxin said that it was indeed a big girl, and she was becoming more and more queenly, so she asked a young man to talk to him. He raised his voice and said loudly: "That's it."
But as soon as the words were finished, the guards of the royal city immediately changed their formation. After a string of fancy moves, they took out a long bow from behind and aimed at Guo Lin. On the city wall, fully armed archers also emerged, revealing the cold arrow tips.
"Your Majesty has an order. Those who get Guo San's head are promoted to the third level, and the bounty is 10,000 taels. Launch." A loud voice exploded on the ground. Suddenly, dense rain of arrows flew down the sky. Several confused knights around Guo Lin were tied into hedgehogs before they could react. Blood flowed all over the ground.