Amid the howling cold wind, a group of people entered the city gate of Yunnei City.
Among the team, the half-grown boy was full of excitement, because those strong and vigorous soldiers were very polite to him. This was the person he had always envied and looked up to in his dreams.
But the man with the knife who was surrounded by him felt very strange.
When he set out from Mayi, he never thought that he would enter Yunnei City in such a way.
Glancing at these wolf-like and tiger-like officers and soldiers in front and behind them, their unique and almost invisible temperament made them feel uncomfortable all over.
Yunnei is indeed different. He has been to this place before, and the only feeling he felt was chaos. If Mayi is still bound by laws, then this is a place of alienation.
The Heng'an Town Army, which was very close at that time, was one of the main reasons for the chaos in Yunnei City.
The soldiers in Heng'an Town are arrogant and rude, affecting everyone and every transaction here.
There are many powerful swordsmen here, many cunning businessmen, and many thieves who want to take advantage of each other. Fights happen here almost every day, and people appear and disappear quietly every day.
Undoubtedly, he likes such a chaotic place, and only such a place can allow him to show his talents.
But that happened many years ago. It seems so far away that a lifetime has passed. The life of being brave and fierce, and drawing swords at the slightest disagreement has long gone.
Today's Yunnei is no longer the chaotic place it once was.
The Heng'an Town Army has completely become the masters here. The soldiers who set up roadblocks are already elites in hundreds of battles. So who else dares to wantonly kill people in Yunnei City?
Sure enough, after entering Yunnei City, he felt the difference.
In winter, there are very few people on the streets. Even fewer pedestrians carry knives. At this point, Yunnei has even lagged behind Mayi.
Soon, he felt something was wrong again.
After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized that there were no ragged beggars on the street, not a single one.
You know, there are more and more hungry people in Mayi, and the rising food prices have left the government with no way to reduce the number of hungry people except opening warehouses to release grain.
Many people know that many people will die in Mayi this winter, and hunger has begun to plague most residents in Mayi City. Beggars can be seen everywhere, which is the biggest feature of Mayi City today.
What is different from previous years is that most of these beggars are registered residents of Mayi City.
Is there no shortage of food in Yunnei?
This kind of thing is a big topic for him, but he doesn't quite believe in this judgment. Because there is a shortage of food everywhere now, food has become the most precious thing in Mayi, or even in the North.
The consequence of food shortage is definitely not beggars filling the streets, but more and more terrifying refugees.
Rebellions occurred from time to time near Mayi City. They were hungry refugees struggling to death, and I also heard some news that was very funny, but shuddering when I think about it deeply.
Some officials in the prefecture are discussing privately. There is no need to suppress the bandits. Once this winter is over, the rebellion will be gone.
People like him, after hearing such news, felt a chill down his back. Sometimes he even felt that the most ferocious thing in the world was not a wild beast, nor a swordsman walking in the dark like him, but a swordsman like him who walked in the dark.
Only those officials who are above us are right.
So, my thoughts turned back. There was a shortage of food everywhere. How could there be no shortage of food in remote Yunnei?
Where did they get the food? Is it true, as those people said, that the Heng'an Town Army in Yunnei has colluded with the Turks?
Of course, he was just thinking about it, because it had nothing to do with him.
Moreover, his current situation is also quite strange. It seems like a good thing to be able to see that person directly, but unless he is dead, there is nothing he can do.
And he was not a dead soldier. He didn't want to risk his life for someone like Liu Wuzhou. In his opinion, this was just a dangerous deal.
Like all the things he had done before, it all required him to risk his life.
Yes, this was Hu Da, the assassin hired by Liu Wuzhou. However, when he arrived at Yunnei City, he was escorted into the city by the soldiers of the Heng'an Town Army. Not to mention that others could not imagine this, he himself had never dreamed of it.
What's even more ridiculous is that the half-grown boy came to warn his benefactor who saved his father and son's lives in the refugee camp.
It's hard to tell what the outcome of such a joke will be.
Of course, this fantasy journey finally came to an end for the half-grown children. Soon, a restaurant appeared within their sight.
From Hu Da's point of view, the restaurant's defense didn't look very tight.
However, this was a restaurant, and there were wine flags floating on the poles outside. How could a restaurant be defended? This in itself was something worth wondering about for a long time.
This restaurant is called Bahianlou. Hu Da has read some books and knows some big characters.
Unsurprisingly, the soldiers guarding the building gate were much more careful than the guys who set up blocks on the post road. After a simple negotiation, they not only took away Hu Da's short blade, but also hid him in the door.
The dagger was found in the boot.
Hu Daju was already extremely unlucky. When several soldiers searched for his dagger, their cold eyes were all fixed on him.
Tough, strong, and indifferent, these are the characteristics of these soldiers. Hu Daneng could easily smell the strong smell of blood on them.
Perhaps, anyone here has killed many more people than him. They are completely different in temperament from those escort soldiers before.
There is no doubt that they are the best of the best. What Hu Da does not know is that these soldiers crawled out of the sea of blood in the mountains of corpses in Liaodong and braved the wind and snow to return to the Sui Dynasty.
They have witnessed too many deaths, and life is completely insignificant in their eyes. These soldiers, selected from more than two thousand survivors, are the most reliable and loyal soldiers around Heng'an Town General Li Po.
of guards.
Among them were people from Hebei, Shandong, and Jin, all of whom had no family encumbrances. They were also the guards carefully selected by Li Bi for Li Po shortly after Li Po was assassinated.
"who are you?"
The sharp blades hidden in the boots obviously made them feel strange.
Hu Da did not need to open his mouth, and the half-grown boy who always knew how to be grateful came to the rescue, "This is my brother, he came with me..."
Without too much entanglement, the entire Heng'an town army has now been branded Li Po, concise and tough, because Li Po doesn't like to use overly cumbersome means to handle military affairs.
Hu Da successfully broke through the barrier, but at this time, he suddenly seemed to have lost much confidence in whether he could complete the task.
There was no way, there were too many emergencies, and his calm mind was a little hard to turn around. And these soldiers... damn, where did so many vicious people come from? They looked at people as if they were dead.
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He even regretted a little. He shouldn't have come to Yunnei so quickly. He should have inquired about the details of Heng'an Town General Li Ding'an.
In fact, he chose the wrong reference object. He compared the situation of Hengan Town General Han Jing to measure the current Hengan Town Army and Yunnei City.
What was even worse was that he followed the wrong person halfway.
Although it was thrilling to enter the building, it didn't take much effort, but I waited for a long time in the foyer.
There were a lot of people coming and going. At this moment, Hu Da felt that something was wrong. This restaurant... seemed to have become a government office? You, the general of Heng'an, were actually handling military affairs in the restaurant?
He was in a worse mood because nothing happened as he expected.
The half-grown child was also very anxious, and then he habitually started to whisper in his ears, "Why do you have to wait? It's too long, brother, I didn't lie to you, etc."
This made Hu Da even more uneasy. He looked here and there, thinking, damn, you didn't lie to me, you just led me into a tiger's den and a wolf's den...
I don't know how long it took before someone came over and waved them in.
So, the two guys finally met Li Po.
And Li Po also looked at the two people who were brought in with some curiosity. They were from Mayi City. Neither of them recognized them, but they didn't say who sent them. Well, it was a bit weird.
However, it is not unusual for anyone to send people to see him, the general of Heng'an, now. Even Li Shimin has seen it, and there is no one in the world who can surprise him again.
The half-grown child had barely taken a few steps when he stumbled half shorter with a plop.
"Mr. Li, I can see you now."
This posture made Li Po stunned immediately. It was such a familiar name. Thinking back on it, only people from one place would call him that.
The half-grown child was still calling, "Mr. Li, you don't remember me. I am Sanlang Zhang. You even touched my head back then."
Although the stories of the sixth year of Daye seemed to have happened in his previous life, Li Po thought about it and found a few faces in his memory. He pointed at them twice before saying, "Zhang... Zhang Huai, you
My father's name is Zhang Huai, right? You are Zhang Chunsan..."
The half-grown child almost burst into tears, "Yes, yes, yes, you really remember me and my father. My name is Zhang Liudong now. I didn't starve to death that year, so my father changed my name."
Li Po grinned, your father's name-making skills are really not very good. It's the third year of spring and the sixth year of winter. He's better at numbers. The name sounds awkward no matter how you choose it.
He didn't take it seriously. The reason why he remembered Zhang Huai was because he was quite benevolent and righteous. There were not many people he liked in the refugee camp back then, and Zhang Huai was one of them. He was the most popular person in the refugee camp.
People who know how to behave when times are tough.
Even if such a person doesn't have great abilities, Li Pogao can still take a look at him.
It seems that you can no longer hang out in Mayi City and come to join him?
Before he could ask, the half-grown boy gave him a surprise.
"My father asked me to tell you that Lieutenant Liu, um, Liu... Wu Zhou... has sent people to Yunnei to assassinate Mr. Li. You must be careful..."
Li Po didn't say anything, but Hu Da, who was looking at him blankly, almost fell to the ground after hearing this.