The night was as thick as ink, and the wind became more and more arrogant.
Even in winter, the streets of Nancheng still exude a suffocating stench.
The south is humble and the north is poor. In this south city, most of them are from three religions and nine schools, and there are all kinds of people. Especially the so-called gangs, which breed in this area. They support themselves by collecting protection fees from each family. The most is a group of people.
moth.
And for someone who can be the leader of this place, if he doesn't have any friendly relations with these small gangs, he won't be able to do anything.
"Fourth Master, you will be your commander-in-chief, and I will be my commander. In my territory, it's really hard to replace him with someone else." Zhuo Yun's eyes and brows lacked the respect he had in the yamen, and he looked more like a wanderer.
Fourth Master sat on the chair without moving, twirling the wine glass in his hand, but turned to ask Qin Yi, "What did you say?"
Qin Yi stroked his slightly fat belly and said, "In the west of our city, there are some wealthy businessmen, and I have become friends with you. If I leave, they will probably be reluctant to leave."
There's no point in talking about that.
The fourth master looked outside, and there were shadowy figures moving around. These were probably the thugs summoned by Zhuo Yun.
He chuckled twice, "Let's put it this way, the people I need now must be obedient first, and obedient second. If you don't obey, I will have to replace you."
Zhuo Yun sneered, "Fourth master, in other places, you can call me master. In my place, whether it is inducement or threat, it will not work for me. Let's break up early and go back to our homes to find our own things."
Each wife is better."
Fourth Master raised his eyes and glanced at Zhuo Yun. This guy's last words touched his heart. Tongtong would be anxious if he didn't go back.
Mother-in-law?
This title is quite interesting.
"Let's break up then." Fourth Master said and stood up, "Tietou, come in. Take his head, and let's go back to our homes."
Before Zhuo Yun could react, the door was pushed open. A man who looked like a black tower came in from the door, carrying a wooden axe.
Fourth Master has turned his back.
The iron-headed ax was raised and then dropped. Zhuo Yun didn't even scream, his head moved.
This iron head is Li Fang's former soldier in the army. Two fingers of his left hand were cut off on the battlefield. Because of his disability, he only received a pension of two taels of silver and went home. It was up to Li Fang to find a way to give it to him.
He opened a shop in the south of the city and made a living by blacksmithing. This guy didn't bully people in the south of the city, but he wasn't bullied either. The gangsters on the street also avoided him, knowing that he was not easy to mess with. Fourth Master Ben
I wanted to find a local snake to replace Zhuo Yun, but I didn't expect that Li Fang recommended such a person.
The fourth master didn't look back, he just said: "From now on, Tietou, you are the new commander. Tomorrow I will hang Zhuo Yun's head, and anyone who refuses will be chopped off."
Tietou responded with a dull sound, then bowed and sent Fourth Master out.
"Fourth Master!" Qin Yi had collapsed on the chair and could not get up. His face was full of fear, and the blood splashed on his face made it even more ferocious. He begged: "Fourth Master, I am obedient! You
Tell me to go east, but I will never go west."
"Are you familiar with all the wealthy businessmen?" Fourth Master asked.
Qin Yi nodded quickly, "I'm familiar with them. I don't dare to say they are all, but 80% of them are always there. If you want me to be familiar with them all, I can get familiar with them tomorrow."
Fourth Master nodded, "Well, you should be familiar with it."
After saying that, he got up and walked out.
Hu boldly looked at the bloody scene in front of him with fear, and his scalp was numb. He had killed people before, but this God of Killing was really scary. When he passed by Tietou, he always walked around.
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The fourth master returned home, and everyone in the family was asleep. But Lin Yutong was not in the house. His face suddenly turned dark, and he knew what she was doing without even thinking about it. Now I want to look for her, but I don’t know where she is.
Which side? This woman... is in need of treatment.
He first washed the smell of blood off his body and then asked Cheng Feng to burn the bloody clothes. Only then did he hear someone jumping in from outside.
He turned on the oil lamp, turned around, and saw Lin Yutong coming in quietly.
"Master!" Lin Yutong didn't expect Fourth Master to come back so early, and was wondering if Qian or Jin were waiting for her in the house.
Without saying a word, Fourth Master pulled Lin Yutong, pressed her on his lap, then raised his hand and slapped her hard on the buttocks, "You are so bold now! Is that a little thing worth taking the risk for you?"
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Lin Yutong was stunned. This was because he was spanked.
This time, I exerted all my strength. It seemed that I was really angry.
Lin Yutong kept shouting "Ouch" and "Ouch", "Master, it really hurts. Why do you really hit me?"
He said with a cry.
The Fourth Master paused his hand and said, "I only hit you a few times. Does it hurt?"
Lin Yutong felt his butt was on fire, "You still think you are as strong as before."
"Does it really hurt?" The fourth master took off her cloak, lifted up her skirt, and took off the pants underneath. She couldn't help but take a breath. There were bright red slap marks all over her buttocks. She will definitely turn blue tomorrow.
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He was a little embarrassed for a moment, and when he saw Lin Yutong still with tears on his face and looking at her accusingly, he felt even more uncomfortable. "Master... I'll rub it for you, and hurry up and get the medicine."
Lin Yutong handed over the medicine helplessly, feeling extremely aggrieved. Mrs. Jiang said that Mr. Zhang Ge was reluctant to beat him, but now looking at the fourth master, he was really capable of doing it.
"Aren't you so angry?" Fourth Master said, putting the medicine in his palm, rubbing it to warm it up before applying it to Lin Yutong.
Lin Yutong didn't have time to get angry with him now and talked about what happened tonight.
"That's not right." Fourth Master glared, "If you have something to do, you can't discuss it with me, you have to act on your own. If you are still asked to take risks in this world, what do you want it to do?"
This was quite pleasant to hear. Lin Yutong quickly pushed up his pants and said, "Are you hungry? I'll get a bowl of noodles?"
"Forget it." Fourth Master waved his hand, "I saw some blood tonight, so I don't want to eat it."
Lin Yutong was not hungry anymore and whispered: "I just need to find a way to keep the horse tomorrow, and the matter will be done."
"Don't worry about this matter. We have already arranged for someone to do it." Fourth Master hugged Lin Yutong and stuffed him into the quilt on the kang, "Go to sleep."
Lin Yutong was really tired. He handed the key to Fourth Master and fell asleep next to the pillow.
Fourth Master got up several times during the night and put medicine on her butt, but he didn't wake her up.
Early the next morning, before the two of them got up, someone from the Admiral's Mansion came to invite the Fourth Master.
Lin Yutong only had time to bring a few boiled eggs for Fourth Master and let him go out. Now, eggs outside are no longer available.
Immediately afterwards, I heard that the whole city was under martial law and people were not allowed to go out. Anyone found walking around on the street was a capital crime. People patrolling outside were beating gongs and shouting as they walked.
It was guaranteed that every household could hear it. For a moment, the entire capital was silent and there was no sound.
After being trapped in the city for so many days, not to mention poultry such as chickens and ducks, dogs and cats were all eaten. Even the mice were not spared.
Therefore, there was not even a movement of an animal.
The capital suddenly became a dead city with no life.
The Yin family and the Lin family all stayed in the main room. Because they did nothing, the family only had one meal a day. From their point of view, no one knew when the city would be besieged.
And this day seemed to be extra long. Lin Yutong stood in the newly built attic of his house and looked out. He could see the city wall and the surrounding streets. There was no smoke in the city, and there were five posts and one post every ten steps on the city wall. The people on duty were on duty.
There are more people. This should be related to the fact that many new people have been recruited in the past two days. The people's homes are all shut down. With one less person to eat, everyone has one more chance to survive. Besides, after all, the barracks is responsible for the food.
Even if they have to work hard in the future, at least they don't have to starve now. For people nowadays, living one more day is a blessing. Recruiting troops is not difficult!
As night fell slowly, the sound of carriages and horses came from the street, one after another.
This should mean that all the gates of the Forty-Nine City have been opened. The Xishan Camp has been transferred outside the city to prevent the victims from causing chaos.
The fourth master didn't come back all night, and Lin Yutong also sat on the attic all night, watching the cars going out one after another.
She listened carefully and found that there were almost no overloaded vehicles. This also meant that these nobles, celebrities and wealthy businessmen had no chance to transport their belongings. Only by following the Holy Driver was it safe, and people had to evacuate first.
.Second, there is no time to transport it.
Lin Yutong tapped her fingers on the table, thinking about what she could do with all this. Seizing other people's private property was a bad idea. Now, what is needed is not how much gold, silver, and jewelry, but how much food can be used to stabilize prices and provide relief to the victims.
When daybreak came, there were still a lot of carriages and horses. This time, many of the carriages passed by were caused by women crying and children making noises. These people must be from low-income families. It is common for several families to squeeze into one carriage. There were even some
The child was tied to the shaft of the car.
Yin Laoer and Lin Jiren also went up to the attic and watched the carriages leaving one by one.
"Are you planning to run away?" Yin Laoer said in disbelief, "How come this emperor is also a prodigal?"
Lin Yutong smiled inwardly, feeling that this was true.
Ordinary people would not abandon their ancestral homes easily, so the emperor abandoned the palace.
What is a prodigal if not a prodigal?
"Then what should we do?" Lin Jiren looked like he was about to cry.
In the hearts of the people, what is the emperor? He is a star in the sky. He is the true god in the world! As a result, the faith in their hearts collapsed like this.
Many people will be like Lin Jiren, confused for a moment. This is a kind of confusion of being abandoned.
The reason why the people who suffered from the disaster rushed to the capital was because they firmly believed that there was food at the emperor's feet. The emperor would not ignore his people.
"What should we do next?" Lin Jiren muttered again.
Lin Yutong had no intention of listening to this. She was really going to get busy now...