That night, all the big shots in Zhongdu City were racking their brains.
Some people want to take advantage of the opportunity to gain benefits; some pretend to give in and make secret plans; some suddenly realize that enemies and allies are equally weak; of course, some are just incompetent and furious.
Although that person had the highest status among all the big shots, the other big shots didn't take him seriously at all.
The large number of ordinary people did not consider that. Although the fire in the palace city was quickly extinguished, the chaos in Zhongdu City was still on the rise.
Perhaps after the two attacks of the Mongols, too many people in Zhongdu were on the verge of collapse, and they missed an opportunity to burst out; or perhaps, under the increasingly lax management of Zhongdu City, many people planned to take advantage of the situation. This chaos serves as a cover for one's own actions.
In short, it is very inexplicable that Guo Ning himself only advanced and retreated at Changyi Gate, killed a few people, and cast a few big lights. However, the riots in Zhongdu that resulted from this continued one after another and could not be completely suppressed. The riots It even spread to the south and east of the city for a time, and people set fire to Luoma City, Caoliang Warehouse, Arsenal, East City and Jiao City and other places.
The north of the city, close to the Guangtai Gate that was blocked last year, is where many disaster victims and refugees gather. They also took the opportunity to riot and roar, and once rushed into the Baoen Temple in Jiahuifang to snatch rice and grains, and had violent conflicts with the monks. .
Under this situation, agencies in the city that had sufficient manpower, such as Daxing Mansion, Zhongdu Road Military and Horse Management Office, Zhongdu Road Police Department, Police Inspectorate and even Zhongdu Transportation Department, were all involved. And as the situation worsened, More and more organizations are getting involved, each with their own ideas, constraining each other, confronting each other, and the situation is getting more and more chaotic, with all kinds of absurdities to name a few.
Until the early morning of the next day, Guo Ning climbed to Niuxin Mountain, more than 40 miles west of the city, and could still see the smoke above the big city in the distance. It was probably the disheveled soot that was wrapped in the hot air and flying all over the sky.
The location he was in was a small manor owned by Tu Danhang.
Yesterday afternoon, Monk Luo, Li Ting and others settled here, and Guo Ning also returned here after coming out of Zhongdu City.
Although he made a huge noise in Zhongdu City, the soldiers stationed at the manor were not in a hurry to move. This is the manor of the Tu Dan clan. If Tu Danyi can't even protect his own clan's manor, then he has nothing to do with it. The value of cooperation.
At this time, the soldiers woke up one after another and lined up in front of the kitchen to wait for their meals. When Zhao Jue and the other three were fighting in the city, they were all slightly injured, but not seriously injured, but the soldiers asked these three to stand at the front of the queue. , be the first to enjoy it.
Ni Yi was the fourth in line. This young man brought most of the bags of exquisite food from Zhongdu City. After just one night, it was all plundered by his companions. Now he was carrying the bowl and moving forward along the line. , looking a little dazed, probably because he couldn't bear such a tragic loss.
Cui Xiannu, on the other hand, was running around making arrangements, watching the villagers slaughter a pig and a sheep, and prepared them to be roasted and eaten by the soldiers.
He was not so active yesterday. He always felt that his family was being coerced by Guo Ning, and the head of the family was trapped in the fire pit of killing officials and rebelling. Also, because of the hard work of riding long distances, he had a sickly appearance.
However, when Guo Ning and others came out of Zhongdu City, Du Shisheng mentioned a few words to him about the current situation of Mr. Tushan. His waist and back pain no longer stopped, and he suddenly became flattering, and even began to He loudly scolded the villagers who were not quick enough to kill pigs and sheep.
Guo Ning was not hungry yet, but the mountain air in the early morning was a bit cool. So he came down from the high slope and headed towards the farm.
This farm had obviously been attacked by the Mongolian army. The houses on one side of the road had been burned, and the walls and column heads were all black. The number of farmers in the farm should have been reduced a lot, and many houses were vacated. Those houses
From the corner of the house to the ravine at the back, there were lush weeds.
A villager was climbing up the ravine with a basket on his back and a child who was also carrying a basket.
When he emerged, he saw Guo Ning and hurriedly nodded and bowed to indicate.
Guo Ning heard something making a "gurgling" sound in the basket and asked, "What did you catch?"
The villager grinned, and the long scar on his cheek twisted. He patted the basket and said, "Five fat pheasants! Hmm... Last night, the great monk said he liked eating chickens. He was willing to pay two hundred yuan for these.
Money to buy it!"
Monk Luo has a very good appetite. It was a pity that he could not go to Zhongdu City to eat and drink yesterday. However, he had obviously found delicious food in Zhuangzi. He spent two hundred coins to buy five pheasants, which was quite a lot.
So generous.
"After you get the money, don't hide it, buy more food and store it in the mountains!" Guo Ning said to them with a smile.
The villagers nodded repeatedly, wondering if they heard it.
They hurriedly walked in front, and Guo Ning followed slowly, pacing slowly.
Yesterday, there were times when the group was nervous, but there were also harvests that could satisfy their expectations. At this moment, the tranquility in the manor was in perfect contrast to the dirt, dirt, and bloody killings in Zhongdu. This made Guo Ning feel a rare sense of relaxation.
But Guo Ning knew very well that no matter whether it was in Zhongdu or outside the city, in a few months, everything in front of him would not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed.
This is one of the reasons why Guo Ning always uses violent means to promote drastic changes in the situation. He is eager to change because he is afraid; he is afraid of the enemy that will appear at any time and will destroy everything.
However, no matter how fast he moves, he cannot change much in a short period of time.
The world is turning and time is running out! Guo Ning stopped and sighed deeply.
Before the sigh fell, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the distance on the road.
There are quite a few knights.
There are secret sentries and rangers outside the manor, which no one can easily bypass. The only ones who can enter the manor directly are Li Ting and his men.
Guo Ning quickened his pace slightly, and sure enough he saw Li Ting leading the way and crossing the col.
He and his men were all covered in blood. Some of them had killed more than others. The blood stains on their armor had now dried to purple-black color.
The cavalry was moving very fast. As they approached Guo Ning, Li Ting calmly grabbed the reins and jumped down.
He jumped off the horse: "Liu Lang, according to your instructions, I have taken back my house in Baodi County, and left Li Yun and more than ten people to station there. However, I haven't gone back for several years, and the local gangsters
I didn’t know the reputation of my second master Li, so something happened... Fortunately, there was no mistake."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but be suspicious: "Since the imperial court abandoned Yingzhou in the third year of Cheng'an, Baodi has become far less prosperous than Tongzhou, and has become more and more dilapidated year by year. Is that damn place really useful? I spent the whole night running back and forth.
, but I’m so tired that I’m going to have cramps... Don’t let me work in vain!”
Guo Ning smiled and patted Li Ting on the back, and said confidently: "Li Er, we still have a lot of things to do. Sooner or later you will find that all arrangements are useful! Go to eat, after eating,
We are going back to Anzhou!"
The general trend of the future seems to be very difficult to change, but if you think about it from another perspective, haven't many subtle changes and arrangements in advance begun?
Guo Ning doesn't know to what extent these small changes can accumulate to affect the overall situation and then choke the throat of fate.
Even the final success or failure is unknown. But this does not affect Guo Ning's self-confidence, and it further arouses his burning fighting spirit, all because of the joy of life and the challenge of life.