The first thousand two hundred and sixty-two dead branches on the poplar tree
It's just the first time I've seen thousands of dead bodies neatly arranged like this.
There are only a few trees in Xiutong City, and most of their leaves have fallen off at this time. There are no fallen leaves to sweep away in the autumn wind. However, the people who rarely come to the building at this moment are like dead leaves in the autumn wind, trembling, and if they are not careful,
It will be swept up by the ruthless autumn wind and turned into dust.
The wind in Xiu Tong City has stopped, but the soldiers with swords and guns outside the crowd are still there, and every breath seems to converge into a storm that is colder and more powerful than the autumn wind.
At the front of the soldiers was a handsome young man with a plain expression, no sadness or joy, and no murderous intentions. However, no one dared to underestimate this young general. Needless to say, Shaolai's body was in front of the building.
It's because of this person.
Li Luo calmly looked at the people in the city. Some of these people were innocent, some died innocently, old and young, men and women. They all glanced at the young general timidly, and then lowered their heads in a hurry, thinking carefully.
Looking at the look on the handsome general's face, perhaps the handsome general's next expression or next action will determine the life and death of everyone in the scene. At most, it will just add a few more corpses to the pile of dead people in front of him.
Li Luo quietly looked at the Xiu Tong people in front of the Shaolai building, and he did feel pity in his heart. However, since he decided to lead his soldiers to the Dragon Pond and Tiger's Den in Caohai alone, the compassion in his heart had to be felt deep in his heart, even if he was cruel and murderous.
There can be no hesitation or flinching. The lives of the 40,000 soldiers behind him are now all on Li Luo's shoulders, and there is no room for sloppiness.
Li Luo also recognized a few old friends in the crowd. The Kuai Dao Pang Xiang of Sihai Casino, who was defeated by Li Luo's gambler role in three moves, was also among them. I don't know if it was because of his tragic defeat at the hands of Li Luo. When they saw each other again,
Kuai Dao Pang Xiang no longer has the arrogance and vicissitudes of life he once had, and is just an ordinary middle-aged man who is no longer ordinary.
Li Luo not only defeated Pang Xiang with three moves, but also destroyed Pang Xiang's confidence and the powerful position he had worked so hard to build in Xiu Tong City. Perhaps after Pang Xiang woke up, the money and power around him disappeared. Xiu Tong City has no shortage of casinos.
There is no shortage of people like Pang Xiang. Without the Sihai Casino, other casinos will soon take advantage of the situation and squeeze out everything that originally belonged to Pang Xiang. If he is still alive, it is considered a great blessing among misfortunes. But living like this
It's not much better than death, so Pang Xiang in the crowd was much calmer than others before he was recognized by Li Luo from the crowd. The more he lost, the more he slowly became numb, even if it cost him his own life.
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Pang Xiang did not recognize that the handsome general in front of him was the mysterious gambler with whom he had a dispute. Even if he recognized him, he probably would not be surprised at all by this down-and-out hero.
"Let's borrow food." Li Luo said calmly.
The people in the city suppressed the fear in their hearts and looked up at the young general in astonishment. They didn't understand what Li Luo meant by borrowing food.
Yuan Jun took a step forward and said without any emotion: "Everyone who has surplus food at home will take it all. Take as much as you can, no matter how much it is."
Everyone suddenly realized that these soldiers came to plunder food and grass. The entire Xiu Tong City fell into the hands of these soldiers. According to the past, they could have looted and plundered, but they did not know what the young general's purpose was for borrowing.
"If one day we come back to Xiu Tongcheng again, the food and grass we borrowed today will be returned to you."
No one took it seriously, they just thought it was just a casual remark by the soldiers in front of them. People with a little discernment could recognize the origins of these generals from the armors and weapons worn by Li Luo generals. They were not Caohai soldiers, but Dagan soldiers.
The dispute between Ma Caohai and Da Gan was serious. Xiu Tongcheng almost killed all the dignitaries of Da Gan in the envoy. This time the city was not massacred, which was a rare blessing. Not to mention these cold corpses, no one dared to say anything.
Could the person lying on the pile of corpses be me?
Li Luo didn't speak anymore, and there was no need to say more. The dead body in front of Shaolai's building had already explained everything. It was this indifferent expression that shattered the last trace of calmness among Xiu and the people in the field, and the whole city was filled with excitement.
Permeated with suppressed fear. Sometimes, indifference and calmness are more terrifying than rage.
No one asked, and no one dared to refute. The people in the city naturally followed Dagan's soldiers and returned home to take out the few remaining grains. No matter what, they had to survive first and send away these evil spirits.
It is better to eat dirt on the street corner than to die now.
Li Luo's mood did not change at all, he remained calm as before, as if he was a bystander, not the initiator of all this.
There were many soldiers in the camp who showed unbearable expressions, but after experiencing it a few times, these soldiers should become numb after becoming familiar with them. Li Luo didn't know whether this kind of numbness was good or bad, but he wanted these soldiers to survive.
No matter how unscrupulous it is, it doesn't matter.
Li Luo has understood these principles since he was born, but he rarely has the opportunity to do so. Hucha Dongchan quietly looked at Li Luo, and he really couldn't imagine how much Li Luo was burdened in his heart that ordinary people could not imagine.
's burden.
When the first Xiu Tong brought food to the people, Li Luo left Shaolai Lou alone.
Xiu Tong City was still the same Xiu Tong City, but Li Luo always felt that something was missing here and it was not as complete as before. As he walked, Li Luo came to an inconspicuous courtyard.
Li Luo looked at the courtyard blankly, feeling a little baffled as he didn't know why he came here.
The courtyard door was locked, but of course it couldn't stop a Qinggong master like Li Luo. He jumped over the wall and saw that the courtyard was full of yellow sand and dead branches and was in a dilapidated state. It looked like no one had lived here for a long time.
There is a Populus euphratica tree on the west side of the yard. Its leaves have almost fallen off this season, and only one or two are still hanging on the branches. The strong wind yesterday did not blow them down, which surprised Li Luo.
Li Luo took two steps forward and unknowingly stood where she stood when she saw Mo Qing for the first time. She imitated Mo Qing's appearance and recalled where Mo Qing looked up when he raised his head. What he saw was Populus euphratica.
The tree's messy branches were sparse and ordinary. Li Luo didn't think it was any good-looking, it was just as ordinary and ordinary.
After looking at it for a long time, Li Luo decided to look away. But the moment he looked back, Li Luo suddenly paused, suddenly raised his head again, turned his gaze slightly away, and carefully looked at the dead branches on the poplar tree.