The teahouse was relatively clean, but the tables and chairs were very old and looked shabby. Seeing so many people rushing in, the shopkeepers and waiters in the teahouse were stunned. They shivered and stood against the wall, not daring to breathe.
After Tang Yin came in, he looked around a lot, then walked to the table in the middle and sat down. The other generals also found their seats and sat down one after another.
Tang Yinxiang raised his eyes and looked at the manager, wanting to wave to him.
He was not wearing royal clothes, but he was still wearing a military uniform. When the shopkeeper saw him calling him, he did not dare to go over. At this time, two guards came forward. Without any explanation, one of them grabbed one of his arms and dragged him to Tang Yin.
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"General, have mercy, General, have mercy!" The shopkeeper knelt on the ground, with snot and tears flowing out.
"Don't be afraid, shopkeeper, we Fengren are not tigers that eat humans." Tang Yin patted his shoulder with a smile, and then said: "Ask your guy to serve us some herbal tea to escape the summer heat."
Ah? So it turns out I was just drinking tea?! The shopkeeper was stunned for a while before he realized what he was doing. He stood up from the ground in a hurry, turned around and shouted: "Serve tea, serve tea to the generals quickly. What are you doing standing still?"
, he said to Tang Yin: "Guys have never seen the world, I'll go over and urge you..."
"No need." Tang Yin waved his hand, pointed to the empty seat next to him, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, sit down and chat."
The teahouse owner secretly grinned, but did not dare to disobey. He sat tremblingly next to Tang Yin. He said he was sitting, but in fact, his whole body was stiff, almost like kneeling there. Tang Yin asked casually while waiting for tea:
"Is your business good here?"
When the Fengjun guards rushed in just now, they chased away a lot of tea patrons, there must be dozens of them. The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly and stammered: "xiao...xiao's business is just to make ends meet."
Tang Yin changed the topic and asked again: "What is the name of the lord of this city?"
"It's Master Liu Chongliu!" the shopkeeper replied truthfully.
"Where is he now?" Tang Yinxiao asked.
The Lord has run away a long time ago, I don’t know where the Lord of the City is..."
Before he finished speaking, the guards standing around also took out their sabers.
When the shopkeeper saw this, he was so frightened that he lost his wits. He used his knees as his feet, took two quick steps back, kowtowed repeatedly, his voice changed, and he actually shouted: "Everything the little man said is true, it is indeed true."
Know where the Lord of the City has gone!"
Tang Yin was happy and said with a smile: "You don't have to be afraid, I'm just talking." He raised his head and looked at the guards on the left and right with dissatisfaction. Everyone stopped and lowered their heads and stepped back half a step.
Soon, the shop assistants served the tea one by one. Before Tang Yin could drink it first, Ah San and Ah Si quickly took out the silver needle and tested whether the tea was poisonous. Then the waiter tried the drink to confirm that it was non-toxic and non-toxic.
Yao couldn't help but help Tang Yin fill up the tea.
Tang Yin took a sip and almost spit it out on the spot. The tea was bitter and astringent, making it difficult to swallow. However, he also understood that the taste of herbal tea to escape the summer heat was not much better. He forced himself to swallow the tea and said with a smile.
: "Shopkeeper, since the city lords have run away, why don't you run away?"
The shopkeeper Xiao carefully replied: "There are no soldiers in the city, and there will be no more fighting, so... so none of the people in the city ran away..." "But there are not many people on the streets." Tang Yin
He said while drinking tea and shrugging.
"The wind and sand have been too strong these days, so everyone is trying to avoid going out."
"Oh, so that's it." Tang Yin felt the same way and muttered in a low voice: "What a damn weather." As he said that, he drank the remaining half bowl of tea.
It was obvious that Tang Yin should be the leader of these Fengjun troops. Seeing that his tea bowl was empty, the shopkeeper fawningly took the initiative to pour him tea. However, before his hand even touched the teapot, he was slapped open by Ah San and Ah Si.
, the latter glared at him coldly, then picked up the teapot and filled Tang Yin's tea bowl.
Tang Yin asked calmly: "Anqiu is backward and isolated, and the weather is also very bad. Have you never considered moving to other counties?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "The climate here is a bit worse, but our ancestors have lived here for generations and are used to it, and we are not willing to leave. Moreover, Anqiu was not so depressed before. We
This place is very close to Yu State, and caravans from the two countries often pass by Anqiu. However, in recent decades, Anqiu has been plagued by banditry, and caravans gradually no longer dare to leave Anqiu, and would rather take a long way to Surabaya."
"Bandits are causing disasters?" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't the government willing to send troops to encircle and suppress it?"
"The government has sent troops." The shopkeeper said helplessly: "We have carried out several encirclement and suppression campaigns before, but they were unsuccessful. The imperial court was unwilling to use the Central Army, so the banditry issue has been dragged on." "Oh!
Tang Yin nodded and said: "If the banditry is eliminated, Anqiu will be much more prosperous, right?" "Of course, without bandits, caravans will pour in in large numbers, and Xiaoren's teahouse business will be much stronger than it is now."
!" Seeing that Tang Yin's attitude has always been very easy-going, the shopkeeper gradually became more courageous and spoke much more smoothly than before.
"What's the point of just banditry?!" Tang Yin said proudly: "I, Dafeng, have been ordered by the emperor to fight against rebellion. When I pass by Anqiu this time, I should also contribute to the people of Anqiu!"
"General, are you going to help Anqiu suppress the bandits?" The shopkeeper was surprised and happy, looking at Tang Yin with wide eyes.
Tang Yin nodded and said with a smile: "It's just a little effort. Besides, it is also my responsibility, Feng Jun, to ensure that the people of Baoanqiu live and work in peace and contentment!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion in the backyard of the teahouse. Before anyone could figure out what was going on, a waiter rushed in from the back door in a panic and ran towards Tang Yin. Before he could get closer, people around him
The guards had already taken action first and knocked him to the ground.
The shopkeeper's face changed, and he shouted to Tang Yin: "General, he is a clerk in my shop."
Tang Yin waved his hands to the guards and asked them to move away. The waiter got up from the ground tremblingly, enduring the pain in his body, and cried to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, there is a wind army rushing into the backyard, wanting to kill the boss's wife and Xiao
Sister is rude!"
Hearing this, the shopkeeper was shocked and horrified, and shouted anxiously to Tang Yin: "General, what are you..."
Tang Yin also frowned secretly. When he entered the city, he had already promised not to massacre the city, harm the people, or plunder money. How come he couldn't stop this kind of thing, and it was still under his nose. He was faceless.
He shouted in a deep voice with an expression on his face: "Cheng Jin!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"Go and see what's going on."
"yes!"
Cheng Jin agreed and strode toward the backyard. The shopkeeper couldn't sit still anymore. He didn't know what was going on in the backyard. He was so anxious that he stood up, looked at Tang Yin, and said tremblingly: "General
Tang Yin didn't say anything more, he just waved his hands in annoyance. The shopkeeper stood up with relief and rushed to the backyard quickly.
The noise in the backyard not only did not stop, but became louder and louder. After a while, there was even a scream. Tang Yin's brows were almost knitted into knots. He slammed the tea bowl in his hand on the table and leaned over his desk.
Get up and go to the backyard to see what's going on.
When he got out of the back door of the teahouse, he took a look outside. Well, there were several corpses lying on the ground in the courtyard. They were all teahouse clerks. There were also more than 20 Fengjun guards standing on both sides. Several of them had steel weapons in their hands.
The knife was still dripping with blood.
Seeing Tang Yin coming out, all the guards trembled, knelt on one knee and saluted, and said in unison: "Your Majesty!"
Tang Yin's face was calm and he didn't ask any questions. He looked up at the back room opposite, hesitated for a moment, and then walked over.
As soon as he entered the room, the smell of blood hit his nostrils. The shopkeeper who had been answering questions with him just now fell into a pool of blood. A ruthless knife almost cut off half of his neck, and blood was flowing along the wound.
The spray spurted out everywhere. Looking inside, there was Cheng Jin and several Fengjun guards in ragged clothes. Lying on the bed was a naked woman with white hair.
Huahua's body was bruised and purple, and her wide-open eyes stared at the ceiling without blinking. She was obviously out of breath. Next to the body, there was a girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old.
The clothes had been torn to pieces and were curled up in the corner.
"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" Tang Yin's eyes were spitting fire, and his lungs were almost exploding with anger. In the past, people often said that the Feng army had loose military discipline and poor military conduct, and burned and killed the common people of the enemy country.
Looting, no evil, no crime, Tang Yin did not deny this, and also dealt with it several times, but this time it was better, there were no more problems with several central legions, and by then the closest bodyguard around him
Something happened to the team, how could this make him feel so embarrassed?
Cheng Jin looked around at the guards around him, shook his head secretly, and silently retreated behind Tang Yin.
In the crowd, a guard captain bravely said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Here's the thing. When we found out, this woman was lying on the bed without clothes, seducing us. The brothers couldn't control it for a while.
He wanted to live there, so...then the tavern owner ran in and shouted at him with a stick, so the brothers cut him down with a knife to protect themselves!"
Tang Yin almost got angry, he could think of such a lame excuse! He looked around at everyone, nodded slowly, turned his head and shouted: "Cheng Jin?"
"My subordinate is here!"
"According to military law, ordinary people, women and children are killed indiscriminately. How should we deal with it?"
Cheng Jin straightened his face and said, "The crime should be executed!"
"Then what are you waiting for?"
Cheng Jin did not dare to show any mercy anymore, so he took two steps back and shouted loudly: "Come here, take them all down!" Following his words, more than ten people appeared in the room instantly, all in brocade black.
They were dressed in clothes, with a blood-red cloak on their backs, and snakeskin sabers on their waists. No one saw where they came from, and no one even heard the sound of them entering the room, as if they were born out of thin air.
The hidden arrow personnel stepped forward and without any explanation, pushed several guards and the guard captain to the ground.
Even hidden arrows were deployed. The guards saw that the king was definitely not trying to scare them. They all looked bloodless and lay on the ground, shouting repeatedly: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life!"
The captain of the guard screamed the loudest: "Your Majesty, seeing that I have followed your Majesty for several years without any merit but with hard work, please bypass me this time! Your Majesty -"