The morning sun was rising, and the icy cold night was slowly dissipated under the warm sunshine. Although the weather was still cold, the cold wind like a steel knife scraping bones gradually decreased and then slowly disappeared at this time.
Licheng, located among the mountains, occupies one of the few flat lands around it. The terrain here is quite high, which makes it more suitable for Licheng to build its site here.
Because less than fifty miles to the east is Ye Xuanjiang. If there are heavy rains in summer, Ye Xuanjiang will often burst near this area. Moreover, the east bank where Xuanwu is located has a higher natural terrain, and every burst will almost
They are all on the west bank, and the floods have almost turned the country into a lake for hundreds of miles.
At this time, a large area around here will be filled with floods, and the hills will become small islands. Because of the high terrain of Licheng, it has never been eroded by floods for so many years.
In addition, Licheng is located on the main east-west road. Boats sailing from north to south will often stop at Licheng.
The transportation hubs of water and land have made Licheng develop particularly prosperously in recent years. Even under the management of Ni Loach, the hands-off shopkeeper, Licheng still maintains a prosperous momentum.
But last night, there was a sudden change in Licheng. This change had little impact on the people of the city, and many people even had no idea what happened.
As early as the day before, the lord of Licheng left Licheng. Everyone knew that this lord was absurd and acted wantonly, so no one in the city paid any attention to it.
It's just that after Ni Loach left the city, he never returned until that night, which aroused the attention of the city defenders. Because when Ni Loach left, he not only took away the trusted warriors around him, but also the two chiefs of the general city.
Or, Lao Shi and Lao Bu, who actually managed Licheng, were taken away together.
This Li city will not have any impact if it leaves Ni Loach, because Ni Loach itself has hardly participated in any decision-making within Li city in recent years.
But Licheng cannot leave Lao Bu and Lao Shi. The operation of the entire city controlled by these two people, the issuance of orders from below, and the management from inside to outside are all completely in their hands. Now they have disappeared.
, it doesn’t matter for a short time, but as time goes by, various problems will slowly surface.
Therefore, when the first magical beast flying mount appeared outside Licheng City, the city guards had already begun to get into chaos. However, although they were panicked, they did not dare to express anything.
They neither sent people to inquire immediately, nor put on a posture of being ready. They chose to be a qualified turtle, hiding in the shell and pretending not to see it.
At this time, the decision-makers in the city were thinking very simply. Even if the other party was really hostile, at least they would not dare to attack Li city casually. Xuanwu and Ye Lin had been in peace for so many years, and there had even been friction between the two sides over the years.
It rarely happens, and the possibility of being attacked by the Xuanwu Empire is very small.
Especially if the Xuanwu Empire were to attack, I'm afraid they wouldn't send such a small number of people, and they were going around like they were showing off their power, but they had no intention of entering the city.
However, these city guards did not have any reaction. When they saw the second Warcraft mount carrying a group of warriors, they sent warriors again to find the whereabouts of the city lord.
It's just that some of the people sent were to find Loach, some were to find Lao Bu, and some were to find Lao Shi, but everyone was too smart to touch those Warcraft mounts.
As the sun rose, the city guards spent a tense and anxious night. There was still no news from the city lord and the two stewards, and the Warcraft mounts seemed to have completely disappeared.
Some leaders of the city guard had been discussing for a long time, and the debate was just about whether to open the city gate. Most of them were not in favor of opening the city gate. They were worried that there would be some special incident, and that it would be difficult to control the situation if a bad person got in.
But when it came time to open the city gate, the city guards realized that there was no need for them to argue. When a large number of merchants and caravans gathered in front of the city gate and began to shout and curse angrily, they
One by one, they could only open the city gate obediently.
"Get out of here, get out of here, you guys are here to protect me. Look at how cowardly you are. Apart from being able to look at a city gate, what other bullshit skills do you have to waste my time?"
The leader of a caravan curled his lips and cursed angrily while directing the caravan to quickly walk out of the city gate. People from another caravan next to him laughed and said after hearing this: "Boss Liu said
That's right, what else can these guys do besides collecting taxes, and by the way, they can also flatter the county governor, haha..."
The person who had cursed before, as well as the people in other caravans around him, all laughed together. It was obvious that they did not take these city guards seriously at all.
It's no wonder that the city guards usually rely on the intimidation power of Lao Shi and Lao Bu to show their power. Now that they are not here, these merchants and caravan leaders will naturally not treat the city guards in front of them.
The guards paid close attention.
After the city gate opened, a caravan was already waiting outside the city gate. Seeing a large number of caravans in the city crowding out of the city, the order was very chaotic. They couldn't rush into the city, but stood sideways at the city gate.
Wait outside.
Some of these people looked like they were from the prairie, but there were two people in the team who looked like they were from the Xuanwu Empire.
Seeing such a group of people, not only the caravan going out was not surprised at all, but also the city guards were not surprised at all.
Because many prairie people want to cross the Xuanwu Empire to do business in the Yelin Empire, most of them will look for a warrior from the Xuanwu Empire as a guide.
Because people from the Xuanwu Empire have more contact with Ye Lin, not only do they understand the market situation of goods more clearly, but they also have certain connections with some major chambers of commerce.
In addition, coming all the way from the prairie to Ye Lin, you will inevitably encounter a lot of troubles and dangers. Having a local expert in the Xuanwu Empire will not only reduce the dangers, but also avoid many unnecessary troubles.
Seeing these outsiders, especially those prairie warriors who were usually very vulgar, they all obediently got out of the way at this time, and those who came out of the city became even more proud.
"You said that Licheng Lao Bu and Lao Shi are in charge, but now there is no one in charge. I think it's time for a new city lord."
The man named Liu glanced disdainfully at the city guards behind him and said loudly without any scruples.
The man who took over before seemed to be very familiar with him. He ordered his team to follow as quickly as possible, and said: "City Lord? When did our city have a city lord? After all, it's not all Lao Shi and Lao Bu who are in charge. I really don't know them.
How did the two of them plan to be so willing to follow such a city lord wholeheartedly?"
These two people spoke without any scruples, even deliberately showing off in front of the city guards. The city guards clearly listened to every word, but they did not dare to say anything, and their faces turned red and white.
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Most of the city guards who stayed in the city were actually affiliated with the Lin family. Of course, these people were also dissatisfied with Ni Loach, but Ni Loach chose to join the line of the family elders, and the matter of being subordinate to the city was because of the support of Lao Bu and Lao Shi.
Even though they were dissatisfied, they could not find a reason to report it to the family.
At this time, listening to everyone's words, they could only endure it with their faces turning red and white, and continue to act like turtles. It seemed that the Lin family had become very good at pretending to be turtles.
The forbearance of the city guards made these caravans even more unscrupulous. The man surnamed Liu saw that all his caravans were almost leaving the city and said with a faint smile.
"Our city lord, apart from messing around in the dark all day, I'm afraid he has nothing left to do. I heard that he just captured someone and he seems to have lost a lot of lives for it." The man surnamed Liu said.
, a lustful smile couldn't help but flash across his face, but his tone was full of disdain and contempt.
The faces of the people who were standing at the gate of the city, waiting to enter the city, suddenly changed after hearing this, and then they all looked like they were listening attentively.
"Hehe, you still don't know what our city lord is good at. If he sees a good 'prey', he will risk his life. If he doesn't torture the opponent to death and make him satisfied, he will never let him go easily. Ouch..."
The other person couldn't help but talk at this time, with a "you know" smile on his face.
At this time, one of the city guards really couldn't bear to listen anymore, and he "coughed" twice. The man surnamed Liu took a look, but didn't say much this time. It didn't matter that Loach was not joking in the city.
But after all, the opponent is a strong person in the late stage of Naqi. If he goes too far, he may also be in trouble.
The other people in the caravan exchanged glances with each other, and everyone showed a knowing smile on their faces. They did not continue to talk about this topic, so the speed of leaving the city was much faster.
In the team waiting outside the city, a man in front of the head glanced at the team incomprehensibly. One of the men, wearing a prairie costume, immediately nodded knowingly, and then said while holding his stomach.
"Oh, oh, I shouldn't have drank too much water from the river last night. My stomach is really uncomfortable. You can go into the city in a while. I will go and deal with it and then meet you in the city."
Without waiting for anyone to answer, the man from the grassland had already held his belly and rushed towards the dense forest in the distance with flying strides. At that speed, he turned out to be a strong man in the early stage of receiving Qi.
The two men in Xuanwu Empire costumes at the front of the team exchanged glances with each other, and then nodded in unison.
