The cold wind whimpers, and there is a lonely person with a lantern in the long street.
The wooden archway creaked under the strong wind, and snowflakes swirled into the collar of his clothes. The watchman Huang San, wearing a thick leather jacket, walked along the bluestone long street, tapping the bamboo tube from time to time.
, shouting the words "Watch out for water".
At the end of the long street, a noodle stall was still open.
The bone soup cooked by the boss carries the fragrance for miles along the cold wind, and the alluring fragrance attracts some policemen who are looking for a living at night.
"Boss, three ounces of noodles and two pounds of beef."
Huang San put down the bamboo tube in his hand, rubbed his hands and sat on the noodle stall.
it's too cold.
After finishing his shift, Huang San basically eats a bowl of noodles here every day. He is already a regular customer of this noodle stall and has known the owner for more than ten years.
Bailu City is a place to seek immortality.
It is also an ordinary place.
Countless outsiders who failed to seek immortality gathered here to build this big city. Compared with the less than 1% of successful people, the remaining 99% of people are the mainstream of this city. These failures
When they were young, they also had the dream of "seeking immortality", but as they grew older, they gave up their unrealistic dreams, and the rest was just daily necessities.
Huang San came to Bailu City when he was sixteen years old and stayed there for more than thirty years. Now he is fifty-two years old.
Still a bachelor.
In this world, life is difficult for ordinary people, and it is even harder to find a wife.
He didn't know where to go after leaving Bailu City. It was because of the night demon in his hometown that he fled to Bailu City. Over the years, he has become accustomed to the life here. Compared with the turmoil outside, at least it is stable here. Although
Life is a little tougher, but at least I can get through it.
The requirements of a person like him are very simple.
"Why is it so early today?"
After the boss ordered the noodles, he scooped out a bowl of bone soup for Huang San.
Steaming hot.
"The adults have all gone to bed. It's enough for me to walk around twice. Besides, it's not that easy to catch fire." According to regulations, watchers like Huang San are required to walk around the city three times. He is responsible for this.
After walking around the side streets for three times, you have to at least reach Chou Mo Yin Chu.
"That's right. Anyway, there are immortals here."
The boss said with a smile.
Anyway, there was no one around now. After giving Huang San some noodles, he sat across from him and started chatting. The business of night stalls is originally about acquaintances. The world is difficult, and noodle stalls are difficult to run because of survival. Bailu City lives in
The consumption is not low.
"I heard that your daughter is almost fourteen years old? When are you going to let her take the test?"
Becoming an immortal is the dream of all people living in Bailu City. If their current generation cannot do it, they also hope that the next generation can succeed.
Because the Immortal Chief is the backbone of Bailu City.
It is also their hope.
With the existence of the immortals, there will be no night monsters here, and ordinary people like them can live a stable life.
"Next month, next month, Hai Gang will have an opportunity to recruit disciples. I will take Xiu'er to see it." When mentioning his daughter Xiaoxiu, the noodle stall owner Lao Feng smiled as he accepted the reward.
What he is most proud of is that his daughter is qualified!
This was said by an important person passing by the city lord's mansion.
Although the qualifications are not enough to participate in Penglai's Immortal Sect Ceremony, there is still hope to join the gang. For locals like them, the most practical thing is to join the four major forces. Although it is not as good as Penglai Immortal Island, it can be regarded as joining.
If you are lucky, you may not be able to become an immortal if you are lucky.
In the eyes of ordinary people like them, the immortals are superior.
"It's great. It's not like me, a bachelor, with no hope." Huang San ate the last noodle and drank the bone soup in big gulps.
The warmth spread to my stomach.
My hands and feet, which were even more frozen, finally became much more relaxed.
"Chenghui, seven cents."
The boss said with a smile.
"Qi Wen? Why has the price increased again?"
Huang San, who took out five big coins, said dissatisfiedly.
"The world is difficult. I heard that there is another war outside, and many business routes have been cut off. Without supplies, prices will naturally rise." The boss vomited bitterness. He didn't want to raise prices, but it has been true these days.
It's getting more and more difficult.
No different than those big guys in gangs, they care most about food and housing.
"The world is like this, why do those people still want to fight?"
Huang San was so distressed that he paid two extra bucks.
Money that has no value in the eyes of the big shots has to be divided and counted in the eyes of ordinary people. War is the most disturbing thing, and the Taiping Sect's troubles outside have been widely spread. Ordinary people like Huang San may not know the "underworld" behind the scenes.
The Taiping Sect knew about the matter with the Heaven Realm. It was precisely because they knew about it that they were worried.
"I don't know what the big shots think."
The boss took the big money and counted it carefully twice before putting it back in his pocket.
"I heard that the Taiping Cult is causing trouble outside, and many of the gang's biggest figures have been beheaded by them."
"Then he must have not come to our Bailu City. The gang masters in our Bailu City have some immortals."
Huang San collected his things and prepared to go back to rest.
"It's gone, it's gone!!"
There was a rapid beating of a gong in the distance. Along with the sound, the two of them stopped discussing the price issue and quickly looked up into the distance.
I saw the largest house at the end of the street, and a fire broke out at some point.
The soaring fire light dissipated the coldness, and the yellow-brown light illuminated the two of them.
"That place... is the City Lord's Mansion!"
"The City Lord's Mansion is on fire?!"
The two of them felt cold, and their pace of going over to put out the fire slowed down.
There are immortals in the city lord's mansion!
Since there is an immortal, why is there still a fire? If there is a fire that even the immortal cannot put out, is there any use for the two of them to rush over?
Inside the city lord's palace.
"Is this worthy of being called 'Immortal Chief'?"
Jun Tianqi withdrew his right hand, and the lord of Bailu City fell to the ground like a dead dog, making no sound.
"For local gangs, it's good to have a desire-free realm."
Another person stretched out his sword and wiped it on the dead body of the city lord before sheathing the sword.
Ten days later, 'Tianjie' officially attacked Bailu City. This was the plan formulated by Jun Tianqi. However, this was based on the general trend, and the small aspects were assassination and weakening. In order to reduce the pressure of the Taiping Religion in a head-on battle, Tianjie had begun to weaken Bailu City.
The power is here.
As the strongest of the four major forces in Bailu City, the City Lord's Mansion is naturally the first to bear the brunt.
This is not incomprehensible. Any war is accompanied by conspiracy and assassination. Although the high-level combat power in this world is somewhat inhuman, the lower-level management is still inseparable from local snake forces such as the 'Four Major Forces'
.
Jun Tianqi's plan is very simple. In a head-on battle, he will try his best to weaken the opponent. Just like Huang Quan sent people to purge the Taiping Cult members in Qingzhou, he is also doing similar things.