"Zhongcheng is back!"

At noon on February 6th, Li Qingchen was sitting on the manger in the backyard of a small house in Chengfufang, looking at the spring rain outside the shed, and said a shocking sentence. "But he is about to die."

After saying that, he looked at Qin Bao who stopped. The latter was shirtless, but had a bunch of gauze wrapped around his shoulders at the back of the shoulder blades. There was even blood seeping out at this time.

Qin Bao was stunned for a moment and asked seriously: "Then what do you mean? Do you want me to see him, or do you want to take me back?"

"It doesn't matter whether he arrests you or not. As long as he doesn't kill you, I will release you anyway." Li Qingchen answered calmly.

"So, now you are the one who makes the decision in Dongdu City?" Qin Bao continued to lower his head to mix the horse ingredients. As he moved, blood seeped out from the side of his shoulder blades again. "You put the Nanya County Prince and the two

Where to put the Taibao?"

"Young masters have their own places to go. The two eunuchs are also very upset right now." Li Qingchen looked at the wound location of the other party again and replied seriously. "In short, I am in charge of criminal law and security. The chief eunuch will take care of it."

After the last few city defense soldiers were stationed, the second eunuch went to the palace..."

"What else is there in the palace?"

"A few Jin Wu guards, a few chamberlains, a few concubines, a few princesses, and of course a few young princes, as well as all the documents in the world, and some utensils in the Xiyuan. It is inevitable that there will be a pile of weeds and dust."

"That's true." Qin Bao came to his senses. "It's just that I'm shallow."

"Shallow or not..." Li Twelve Lang said sternly. "These things are the least valuable at this time, but they are still useful and will be valuable in the future. You must always take them into account."

Qin Bao said nothing: "So what do you want from me?"

"Go and see Zhongcheng!" Li Qingchen said seriously. "After all, it's a battle. Even if your lute bones are worn, Zhongcheng will not be sorry for any of us... When people are about to die, Zhang Xinghe thinks

Sister Miss is here and she wants to go too."

"Brother Zhang may not go, but let's go. I'll go."

Qin Bao paused when he heard this, then poured the horse feed into the manger, but it turned out to be mostly meat and eggs, which made the knobby-spotted beast burst with joy, and he couldn't wait to eat it, splashing all over his master and guests.

Li Twelve Lang immediately stood up from the manger, glanced at the horse material, and then at the weapons wrapped in oilcloth under the stable. He didn't say anything, but carefully moved to the front yard with his mouth covered.

Qin Bao followed soon after.

"Don't you want to eat at home?" Yueniang asked directly in the kitchen without going out.

"Wait until I come back." Qin Bao put on his clothes and lowered his head and replied. "I have something to say tonight...let me don't worry, mother."

"If you can't come back, should you go find Twelve Lang?" Yueniang rushed out of the kitchen.

"Look for me." Li Qingchen had already walked to the door with his sleeves rolled up. He turned around and faced him out of breath. "Just look for me."

Qin Bao nodded, put on his clothes, and followed out in the rain.

After leaving the door and turning to the main road in the middle of the square, the two of them did not ride on horseback, but got on an oilcloth cart, and then hurried along the road to the gate of the square, escorted by a dozen knights.

"There are still so many people on the street... Although it is depressed, there are a lot of people." While walking on the street, Qin Bao couldn't help but be surprised when he looked at the people queuing up to buy food in the drizzle.

"Of course it's a lot." Li Qingchen still held up his sleeves. "Where can they go? Is there a safer place in the world than Dongdu? There is endless food here, and there are countless gold, silver, pearls and jade. If you want to become an official, now

There are many vacancies, there is no war, there is no famine, the tall city walls are protected, the square walls are protected, the world is simply unified!"

Qin Bao sighed: "This is why I am determined to rebel. All these grains are shipped from Hebei, Dongjing, and Jianghuai. They are obtained by the sweat of the people all over the world every day. They did not appear out of thin air in Luokou warehouse."

But in Hebei, when I saw Liyangcang being released, I realized what kind of life the people there were living..."

"What was your day like?"

"I don't even remember the life I lived in those days. I didn't remember the construction of the Eastern Capital. I don't remember the preparation of the north-south ditches and waterways. But I conquered Dongyi first and then conquered Dongyi again. When I just came of age, I felt that everything was different.

Young and strong is like the grain in the urn. It seems that there is not much left every time, but it will bottom out soon..." Qin Bao leaned on the side of the car and said quietly. "And I am Cheng Zhili and Cheng Dalang's man.

, there are usually more than a dozen companions who carry swords and draw bows. Those officials dared to look for me. It’s ridiculous that I was still thinking about joining the army to gain a good career... I am always going against the trend, and my eyes are like this.

You can only see the shallowest layer and your own things.”

Li Qingchen was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "It doesn't matter, you are still young, and your abilities are there. In troubled times, with the ups and downs of princes, no one can do without your natural talent of charging and breaking... There are many people who are hungry for talents.

The thing is... If nothing else, just do something for me now. People in the entire Dongdu are in panic, gangs are running rampant and no one is controlling them. I don’t know how many dirty things they have done. Just clean up each shop for me.

Three squares a day can be cleaned in a month. Millions of people in the eastern capital are counting on you."

Qin Bao was silent.

While the two were talking, the vehicle had already left the square gate, and beyond the square gate, across a wide sky street, was the Lide Square occupied by Jing'an Terrace... I don't know if Dou Lide has any hope of coming here in this life.

This trip.

Just like that, when I came to Tianjie, Tianjie at this time was much deserted compared to the inside of the square... Although the inside of the square was also a bit dilapidated and lifeless, there were many people, and you could even occasionally hear ignorant children.

We were having a lot of fun in the spring rain, but there were very few people on Tian Street. The only people coming and going were motorcades, porters, and transporters of old grain and supplies.

"It's just a dead city." At this time, Qin Bao suddenly said. "The outside is broken, and Guanlong is also broken... It may not be a bad thing if Bai Hengqiu takes it."

Li Qingchen wanted to refute, but when he saw that after crossing Tianjie, he came to the bridge in Lidefang, he shook his head, got off the car first, and walked slowly inside.

Qin Bao had no choice but to follow.

When I came here, I saw another scene: a pool full of dead branches, a collapsed black tower, officials from Jingantai hurriedly going back and forth with their heads lowered, and the cracks in the bricks were so dilapidated that no one had cleaned up the grass in the spring. Going inside again

Walking, I came to a small courtyard opposite the Black Tower, and saw many people who were not moving around, including black and red ribbons, as well as some court officials and backbones of the rich families. They all looked solemn, and some even felt sorry for each other.

.

Li Qingchen walked forward with his sleeves rolled up, and when he saw a familiar older man coming out of the courtyard, he was surprised and asked: "When did Chai Changjian come back? Aren't you working as a general guard in Juoyang? Zhongcheng

Called you back?"

"How is that possible?" Chai Changjian, who had not been a regular inspection officer for a long time, spread his hands and smiled bitterly. "It's just a coincidence that I was kicked back."

"Your cultivation and experience can't hold down a small county?" Li Twelve Lang was really shocked. "Didn't Du Po Zhen go to Huaishang?"

"I was able to suppress the county, and I didn't see Du Po Formation, but Bai Hengyuan, the general manager of Nanyang, sent an army to the north, and everyone in the county responded. I couldn't go against the public opinion, but there is news here in the east capital.

, saying that Bai Hengqiu and Zhong Cheng fell out in Hebei and suffered a big loss." Chai Changjian looked towards the courtyard as he spoke, and his tone became bleak. "How could I pretend to be deaf and dumb? So I just came back.

.”

"Have you met Zhongcheng?" Li Qingchen continued to ask.

Chai Changjian nodded.

"How do you say it?" Li Twelve Lang continued to ask, and everyone around him also pricked up their ears.

"Inform me and let me stay here in Dongdu with peace of mind and supervise the distribution of food in the city." Chai Changjian said half hidden and half.

But Li Twelve Lang seemed to have known something for a long time. He just nodded and turned back to signal Qin Bao to follow.

Everyone looked sideways, but no one stopped them. Instead, they watched the two young men with very bad faces walking into the courtyard.

Under the inner corridor in the courtyard, an old man with an even worse complexion was lying on a raised couch. Uncle Cao, who was always energetic and energetic, seemed to have changed. He was lying there, motionless, with his chest covered.

A small brocade quilt, with saggy skin, pale complexion, and closed eyes.

An official slave followed the instructions and tried to tidy up the other party's messy hair, but was stopped by the old man who opened his eyes slightly and stared.

This point seems to be the same, his hair has never been as neat and clean as those of Bai Hengqiu.

"How is Zhong Cheng's injury?" Qin Bao stepped forward, bowed and asked calmly.

"My life is actually gone." Uncle Cao Huang's words were very clear, and his movements seemed to be agile, because he actually directly lifted the brocade quilt on his body, and then exposed almost the entire sunken chest, and the flesh and blood inside had obviously lost.

Living is just attached to the true energy. "Hang your life, meet a few people, explain the matter, and then die after hearing the news. Just like a flame, it has actually been extinguished, and the last bit of red is gone.

It means hiding in ashes.”

"Can't even the Grand Master live for a few more years?" Qin Bao was really puzzled. "They are all land gods."

"The land gods are not real gods either." Uncle Cao Huang lay there, looking at the sky in the courtyard, his face unchanged, his tone unchanged. "The world is in chaos, the three radiances suddenly opened, the true energy overflowed, and the sundries infected first turned into true

After the dragon, hundreds of tribes were civilized, and the four emperors were born to establish institutions. Starting from the Qing Emperor, the four emperors lived in the sky, and only with the protection and guidance of mortals from above, there were gods and mortals.

As for Long Live. However, even if you are a god, you have to achieve your own throne... But how difficult is it to achieve this? Not even two or three of a hundred great masters can get it, and most of them were born in a time of great strife.

Without attaining the throne, no matter how powerful you are, you are still just an ordinary person, just like an ordinary candlelight cannot compete with the stars."

After hearing this, Qin Bao was sure that his old boss, Uncle Wei Emperor, was really going to die.

Because this person would never express emotion about matters of life and death.

At this thought, even though Qin Bao had already made up his mind, he couldn't help but feel a little sad: "Zhongcheng, do you have any words for calling me a common man?"

"Zhongcheng didn't call you, I asked you to come." Li Qingchen suddenly interrupted and looked at Cao Lin. "Zhongcheng, although Qin Erlang is a fool, he is simple in nature and has strong martial arts, so he still remains here.

The best thing is to put him down and reuse him. Without him, we may not be able to gain a foothold in Dongdu in the future."

Cao Lin finally glanced out of the corner of his eye from the couch and glanced at Li Twelve Lang: "You are weak and cannot use this big iron spear."

Li Qingchen was silent for a moment, and then said seriously: "I'll do my best, and even if it's useless, he can scare people and reassure people even if he's here."

"Then let this gun gather dust." Cao Lin said with a sigh.

"If he leaves, won't he be covered in dust?" Li Twelve said without giving in, even a little excited. "Hebei now has a place for him? Zhang Xing is almost gone! Dongdu can survive, but Zhang Xing can't survive."

"

Qin Bao looked at the other party in surprise... He was picked up from the Dongdu army by the river and sent to the black tower. Then the black tower fell for several days before Li Qingchen fished him out of the underground prison.

At that time, everyone was concerned about the collapse of the Black Tower. What happened to Uncle Cao Huang?

And now, just two days have passed, and this question and its answer are still the same, and few people want to go anywhere else.

In other words, the information was limited to a certain range, and Qin Bao didn't know about it anyway.

"Bai Hengqiu's goal is not Dongdu. At least he uses cunning to deal with Dongdu and Hebei together." Li Qingchen answered frankly. "Now Bai Hengqiu, Duan Wei, Li Ding, there should be more

Xue Changxiong, with more than 100,000 troops, has already rushed towards the gang, and it seems that they have already engaged in battle... It is hard to say whether Zhang Xinghuo is alive, but the gang should have collapsed."

Qin Bao was not surprised, because he had already had a hunch when Zhang Xing invaded Liyangcang. The real enemy would not let the Gang do this. The only difference was that the person responsible for this task changed from the Dongdu Army to the Taiyuan Army.

-The Dongdu Allied Forces changed from Cao Zhongcheng in front of them to Bai Hengqiu.

The enemies have become stronger, there are just more.
To be continued...