Walking through the busy city, the road was calm and calm, and one street further ahead was the square outside the palace.
The street where Xia Shang is located, and the other street across a row of buildings is the Hubu Yamen.
When they were about to arrive at the palace, colleagues Chunjiao and Xue Lengxiang stopped.
Xia Shang looked at the two women, his expression became a little nervous, and asked: "What's wrong? Is something happening?"
Xue Lengxiang said: "It doesn't seem to be directed at us, it's the sound of fighting in the street behind."
Xia Shang was about to try to use his perception to investigate, but before he could spread his perception, he heard a sound in his ears.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise, and the ground of the entire street shook. The signboard of a business facing the street fell directly to the ground, causing the crowd to disperse in shock.
This time there was really no need for any perception. Everyone on the street felt the movement on the next street.
The endless crowd suddenly fell into silence like still water. Everyone looked at the direction of the sound. They only saw a burst of thick smoke coming from behind the three-story pavilion, and could vaguely hear the sound coming from the street behind.
cry.
Xia Shang frowned: "That street, that direction... isn't it the warehouse of the national treasury?"
You shouldn't be distracted by other things at this time, but this location is too close and it's an area under Xia Shang's own jurisdiction. With such an abnormal situation happening, it's natural to stop by and take a look.
Xia Shang winked at the two women, and Chunjiao strode up into the sky. She quickly crossed the tall building in front of her while running and stopping quickly.
Xue Lengxiang gently dragged Xia Shang behind him, and a warm energy flowed in from his back. With a gentle inner energy, he flew up with Xia Shang. In the blink of an eye, Xia Shang found that he had arrived.
The Hubu Zhengbu Yamen faces the street.
"Master, stand firm..."
Xue Lengxiang held Xia Shang's shoulders considerately to stabilize his body first.
Xia Shang composed himself and was a little dazed when he saw the Hubu Yamen.
The whole street was shrouded in sand and dust. The Hubu Yamen in front of them could not even see the plaque clearly. All they could see was a group of Hubu officers bending down and coughing in the dust.
Xia Shang patted the lingering dust, turned to look at the government treasury further away, and found that over there was
Where the incident occurred, the specific situation could not be seen, only a dark mass of people could be seen.
In front, Chunjiao waved her sleeves, and a strong wind blew up, directly opening a path in the dense sand and dust, leading directly to the place where the crowd was the densest.
Xia Shang walked in front, without looking at the surrounding household police officers, and headed towards the crowd in front.
After taking a few steps closer, Xia Shang gradually saw the crowd there clearly.
These people are all wearing military uniforms and have a different aura about them. They are probably a group of people who have actually been on the battlefield.
Behind them, Xia Shang saw several policemen belonging to his treasury. At this time, several of them had fallen to the ground and groaned in pain.
Seeing this, Xia Shang quickened his pace and soon arrived in front of these people.
Someone among this group of people noticed Xia Shang's appearance, and two people immediately took out their scimitars and stopped Xia Shang.
As these people got closer, Xia Shang could more clearly feel the killing aura on each other's bodies. Moreover, their skin was very dry, and many cracks could be seen on their faces and hands, which were obviously caused by being blown by the wind for a long time.
Seeing this detail and thinking of the previous events, Xia Shang quickly determined the identities of these people.
It should be the New Taipei Army who agreed to lend supplies.
The New Taipei Army is an elite border defense force in the northern border of Great China. It has long resisted the nomadic barbarians in the extremely cold grasslands behind.
Xia and Shang had long heard about the Hu people of this era. They were the greatest foreign force that threatened the borders of Great China.
It is said that the Hu people are all born with supernatural powers, are violent and warlike, are nomadic by nature, and are extremely good at fighting in the grasslands of the North.
In terms of individual combat effectiveness, those nomadic savages are far stronger than the Japanese pirates. They pose a greater threat to Dahua and put greater pressure on the border defense of the North.
This New North Army was an elite force formed in the early days of the founding of Dahua. It gathered all the elite troops that had helped Emperor Taizu conquer the country.
The New Taipei Army has always represented Dahua's strongest military force. Some people say among the people that if the New Taipei Army had joined last year's Xuzhou Rebellion, the Japanese pirate troops invading Dahua would have been wiped out in an instant.
Xia Shang would not believe such words, but it can be judged from folk legends what kind of role this New North Army has in the hearts of the people.
What kind of status.
It is also enough to prove the status and combat power of this New Taipei Army in the entire Dahua.
It is winter now, and the northern prairie is at its most harsh environment. The Hu people in the northern border will all focus on surviving the harsh winter and will no longer pose a threat to the border.
The New Taipei Army withdraws a group of soldiers back to the capital to rest and recuperate every year.
On the one hand, it is to cultivate and recuperate, on the other hand, it is also to collect various materials to strengthen the border defense after the early spring.
It's not surprising to meet people from the New Taipei Army here. Their purpose should also be obvious. Naturally, it is to hack their military expenditures for Xia and Shang.
"Who is it? Is he from the national treasury?" the two soldiers who stopped Xia Shang asked in a low voice.
Xia Shang did not answer. A messenger in front of him with a bruised nose and swollen face said with a sad face: "Master Jun, we don't know this man. He is not from the treasury."
Xia Shang didn't recognize him at first. When he got closer, he realized that the person speaking was not his adjutant Yao Hanjiang.
This guy was beaten so badly that Xia Shang didn't even recognize him.
The situation has become obvious. This group of people came to ask for supplies and even beat their own people.
Xia Shang's expression immediately turned gloomy: "I am the director of the treasury. If you have any questions, you can come to me."
"Are you that Xia Shang?" A rough voice came from the team.
A big man with a long beard and braids, dark skin, and a body full of knife wounds walked out of the team.
This man's beard is very distinctive, and it is actually braided. He does not look like a Chinese, but more like a nomadic barbarian.
Xia Shang looked him over and nodded calmly.
The other party laughed loudly: "Ha, I finally found your kid! Come on, give me a beating first!"
"General Luo, this can't be done!" Jia Shangjie, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, rushed up from somewhere behind, trying to stop this man's order.
But these soldiers didn't take Shangshu seriously at all. They only had orders in their ears. As long as the general asked him to fight, the King of Heaven would fight too.
Soon, the two officers and soldiers who stopped Xia Shang would take action against Xia Shang.
Xia Shang also sneered. He didn't even look at the hands grabbed by the two soldiers in front of him. He turned back coolly and left two words: "Be gentle."