After the war, the bandits had retreated and the curfew in the city was lifted. Although it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, the number of people walking on the streets was still there. Some street teahouses and restaurants had even opened, and many people were chatting and drinking in groups.
Tea, bragging, talking about various wars that I heard from hearsay, it was a very pleasant winter night...
Chang Yu led the crowd from the military camp and walked around the West Street of Prince Jin's Mansion. This is the center of government offices and there are not many people around. However, because the war has just ended and everything is in dire need, all government offices are still very busy. So far, they have not been busy.
get off work.
We walked from West Street to East Street, which is very close to Yichun Gate. It is usually a bustling place, but due to the demolition of surrounding areas during the war, and the fierce battle last night with many rockets causing trouble, it now looks a bit desolate.
He looked up at the top of the city. It was brightly lit and there were patrolling soldiers coming and going from time to time. It could be seen that the officers and soldiers were not careless because of the retreat of the bandits. After all, there were countless broken soldiers around. It was so cold and lacked food and clothing that these thieves could not be ruled out.
The army turned back to beg for their lives.
Of course, they had only two purposes for turning back. First, to surrender, so that at least they would not freeze to death and starve to death. Second, to take the opportunity to sneak into the city and survive.
But no matter what, the city gates were closed at night, and they couldn't enter the city for any purpose.
Although Yichun Gate is a bit desolate at this time, it is Chang Yu's destination tonight, because the largest brothel in Taiyuan City is nearby.
That's right, Chang Yu fulfilled his promise and took Tu Yuan and others to find the young lady.
In fact, when they arrived at Yichun Gate after wandering around on the street for a few times, Tu Yuan and others knew Chang Yu's intentions and were immediately overjoyed, but they had to suppress their excitement and maintain an absolute low profile.
After all, just after the war, he came to see the young lady, and the impact would be very bad if word spread.
The business at Luoyan Tower was extremely booming. Perhaps it was because the people were happy after the rebels retreated, so they came here together to celebrate and have a lot of fun. At least Chang Yu and others could hear Sizhu's laughter from afar.
The few people did not delay in front of the door and strode straight in. Just as Turtle was about to stop them, he suddenly felt that someone looked familiar. Just as he was confused, he saw a person running downstairs to welcome these people upstairs. His face suddenly changed.
It changed.
Because he knew that the man was a Jinyiwei. It was said that Jinyiwei had set up an office in the VIP room above. He would also ask girls to accompany him on weekdays and spend a lot of money...
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, have the rebels retreated?" Wu Mengming asked quickly when he saw Chang Yu coming in, with an excited look on his face.
Seeing that the bags under his eyes were swollen and blue, Chang Yu knew that this old boy was having a lot of fun. He looked at the girl next to him and gave him a look to tell him to leave.
The girl hurriedly left obediently. Chang Yu then sat down and motioned for Wu Mengming to get up: "I heard that you are so strong every day that the Luoyan Tower is about to collapse because of you, isn't it?"
The factory supervisor joked: "It's a humble job, cough cough cough, nothing to do, cough cough cough, my back is sore..." Wu Mengming looked embarrassed and hurriedly poured tea for Chang Yu.
Chang Yu smiled slightly: "The bandit army fled, Taiyuan was relieved, and our brothers escaped from death. I also wanted to have some fun, so here we are. Mr. Wu is familiar with the road and can give you some recommendations."
Hey, that's what happened. Wu Mengming felt light in his heart. He looked at Tu Yuan and others at the door and immediately narrowed his eyes: "Brothers, you are right. This Luoyan Tower is the largest flower tower in Taiyuan, and the girls inside are all
Top quality, especially that Chunxiang who plays the flute well... By the way, that Yanqiu is also pretty good with fair skin, good looks and long legs..."
Ahem, cough, cough, seeing the Huazong veteran talking more and more explicit, Chang Yu had to interrupt him and said to Cheng Ming and others: "Have fun, Mr. Wu is treating you, but keep a low profile and pay attention to the impact."
"Thank you, Mr. Wu." Tu Yuan, Jia Wai Xiong and others all smiled happily, clasped their fists in thanks to Wu Mengming, and then turned around and went out to have fun.
"Uh uh uh, it's just a trivial matter, what's the point..." Before Wu Mengming could say anything, seeing everyone had left, he felt a little embarrassed. He looked back at Chang Yu and then sat down: "Do you like the song, factory supervisor?"
Can I call one for you?"
Chang Yu chuckled: "Master Wu, our family loves to drink tea, and we also love to listen to music. Even women, our family loves it, but today we just drink tea and chat."
"Chat, that's great. What would the factory manager want to talk about?" Wu Mengming looked relaxed when he heard this.
"Let's talk about what we will say when we meet the saint after we return to Beijing." Chang Yu looked at Wu Mengming with half-smiling eyes.
"Are you going back to Beijing?" Wu Mengming was startled, then overjoyed.
Chang Yu nodded slightly.
At dawn, the clouds were overcast and the cold was even worse. The soldiers on the city head shrank their necks, folded their hands on their chests, and patrolled along the city wall while breathing in the air-conditioning.
Zhou Yuji got up early in the morning, and after some condolences at the military camp, he went to the palace to see Chang Yu, but was told that he had not returned last night.
Could it be that he also slept in the military camp last night? Zhou Yuji went to the city with doubts. Although the bandit army had retreated, he did not dare to be careless at all. He had to make a personal inspection before he felt relieved.
After entering the city from the small south gate, I immediately raised my eyebrows. There were a lot of people gathered outside the city gate, a few of them close to a hundred. The soldiers reported that they were refugees.
Zhou Yuji smiled, "Refugees? These are obviously the rebels who were defeated yesterday. They could not bear the hunger and cold and fled back."
As expected, news soon came that in addition to the west gate, there were crowds gathering outside the southeast and north cities.
"Detain them and examine them closely together with the prisoners." Zhou Yuji immediately ordered his general Wang Yongkui to handle the matter.
Soon the city gates opened wide and a group of people came out of the city and escorted those outside the city into the city. Not long after, another large group of people came out of the city, but it was the refugee logistics team that continued to clear the outside of the city.
After a fierce battle all night, the outside of the city was piled with all kinds of siege baggage, as well as rolling stones, logs, and more corpses. This was not a small siege. Sun Kangzhou organized thousands of logistics personnel to clean up, and only half of it was done in one day. Today
Start work early in the morning.
This kind of work is dirty, messy and painful, but the refugees are rushing to get there because the government has issued a document stating that food stocks are limited. From now on, the porridge shops will start to limit the supply, and logistics personnel will be given priority.
"General, come and report on the horse."
Zhou Yuji, who was looking southward on the city, turned his head to look at Tanma, who had a dusty face, and raised his eyebrows: "Say."
"Yesterday at dusk, it took the rebel army less than half an hour to capture Taigu County... A fire broke out in the middle of the night, and Taigu was in ruins...".
Hearing this, Zhou Yuji showed a murderous look on his face, clenched his fists, and then breathed out heavily: "Immediately go to see the factory supervisor, saying that I have something important to discuss with you."
Finding Chang Yu was by no means an easy task. Zhou Yuji sent his men all over the palace and the two most likely places, the military camp, found nothing.
It wasn't until Chang Yu took the initiative to show up to have breakfast at the palace that he was discovered at the east gate of the palace.
Chang Yu was not in a hurry when he learned that Zhou Yuji had an important matter to discuss with him. What important matter could there be at this time was nothing more than the whereabouts of the bandit army.
"Go over and tell General Zhou that our family will wait for him to have breakfast at the palace," Chang Yu said to the ordering soldier.
After breakfast, he had to go to the palace, and he brought so many people with him. When he saw Chang Yu bringing Wu Mengming and Tu Yuanshu to the palace, Zhu Shenxuan expressed his confusion. What the hell is the palace?
"Commander Zhou will be here soon, and even Mr. Cai and Governor Wang will be back too. The prince will prepare some good dishes," Chang Yu said with a smile.
Zhu Shenxuan heard the words: "Is something wrong?"
Chang Yu nodded: "About the movement of the bandit army."
"The bandits have returned to Taiyuan again?" Zhu Shenxuan frowned.
"How is that possible?" Chang Yu laughed.
"That's none of my business." Zhu Shenxuan put his hands behind his back and turned around to leave.
Chang Yu was stunned: "Why don't you listen together?"
"I have something else to do and I have to go gather wool. I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." After that, he left.
Everyone looked confused, Chang Yu smiled bitterly, this guy really cares about nothing that has nothing to do with him. (To be continued)