Zhou Xingyun was confident and was not afraid to let those who caused trouble at the city gate leave the city, because he had already seen through that the thousands of old and weak women and children who followed the hunchbacked old woman to the city gate had no intention of leaving Lingdu City. They dragged their families to the city.
The door is nothing more than responding to the request of the hunchbacked old woman and following along to create momentum.
The purpose of the hunchbacked old woman was not really to lead people out of Lingdu City. They just wanted to take this opportunity to force the royal guards to open the city gate.
Once the gates of Lingdu City are opened, the more than 5,000 Northern City guards guarding the gates will attack the city without hesitation.
If the royal guards refused to open the city gate, they would keep making unreasonable troubles at the city gate, thereby increasing the conflict between the people of Lingdu City and the royal guards, and causing resentment among the people in Lingdu City. With luck, they might be able to force the royal family to open a warehouse.
For food, give each of them a bushel of rice.
Unfortunately, Zhou Xingyun had already figured out what the hunchbacked old woman was thinking.
The old, weak, women and children gathered at the city gate now have no intention of leaving the city. This can be seen from the items they carry.
If these people really want to go out of town to join Sky Bear or their distant relatives, travel bags are essential.
What does it mean for a person to leave his hometown without even taking a few packages with him? Think about the time when the villagers on the outskirts of Shiyuan City fled the north and were hunted down by Xuanyang Cult disciples. They all carried large and small bags to salute. Then
This is the correct way to travel long distances.
"Come, come, come, grandma, please come here. Lord Qing will definitely be moved to tears when he sees you surrendering to him so unswervingly." Zhou Xingyun friendly gestured to the hunchbacked old woman to follow him up the city wall.
"How can I climb a rope ladder with my old bones! Open the city gate and let me out!"
"Ouch! Look at me, I'm so stupid. I have a bad backbone, right? No problem, I respect the old and the young the most. I'll carry you out." Zhou Xingyun squatted down with a playful smile and motioned for the hunchbacked old woman to ride up.
"There are thousands of us here, climbing up the rope ladder one by one, even if we climb tomorrow!" The hunchbacked old woman argued hard. After all, Zhou Xingyun's approach was different from her expected plan.
"It's just a matter of climbing a ladder. It won't take long. Besides, it's still unknown whether the folks in Lingdu City are willing to follow you out of the city."
"What do you mean!"
"What I mean is that just because you want to follow Master Qing and leave Lingdu City without hesitation does not mean that they are willing to follow Master Qing. You can only represent yourself. As for whether they are willing to leave the city, I will ask them one by one." Zhou Xingyun smiled.
He said nonchalantly: "Aunt Fushou, please rest assured. If all of them are like you and follow Master Qing unswervingly, I will definitely let them out of the city. Otherwise, you can come with us to bear witness."
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As he said that, Zhou Xingyun looked around at the people of Lingdu City gathered at the city gate, and pointed at a little girl: "Who is there? Yes, it's you. Little girl, don't look around, come here..."
"Sir, what do you want me to do?" A little girl about the same age as Yu Wushuang walked out of the crowd shivering.
"Don't be afraid, little girl. I'm not a weirdo. I won't eat you." Zhou Xingyun forced out a harmless smile.
"Ah, what does Senior Brother Xingyun want to do?" Xu Zhiqian stared at Zhou Xingyun warily. What is this guy's plan for calling a little girl out?
"Can you please stop looking at me with that perverted look? I'm not a lolita fan. I just want to ask her a few things." Zhou Xingyun patted the little girl seemingly affectionately.
Shoulder: "Can you tell me, little girl, how old you are this year?"
Zhou Xingyun originally wanted to send a friendly condolence, but what he didn't expect was that when the people of Lingdu City saw his actions, they immediately became angry...
"What are you doing, thief!"
"Let that girl go!"
"Ah? What's going on?" Zhou Xingyun looked around the crowd with a confused look on his face. The ferocious looks on his face scared him so much that he quickly retracted his big hand on the little girl's shoulder: "I didn't do anything, why are you so excited?"
"Xingyun... don't do anything inappropriate." Wei Suyao had to remind Zhou Xingyun that if his behavior were in the 21st century, of course there would be no problem. The elder brother cared about his young sister and patted his shoulder to show friendship.
However, today's society is different...
"This concubine is in her golden age and already has a husband. I hope you will respect her." The little girl was like a frightened rabbit, lowering her head and huddled up in a ball, trembling in fear.
"Ha!" Zhou Xingyun was stunned. Jin Chai's age was around 12 years old, and they were getting married... He really didn't expect it.
Zhou Xingyun finally understood why his actions aroused public outrage. At this time, he carefully observed the little girl and found that the girl was indeed a woman.
However, it doesn't matter whether the little girl is a woman or not. Zhou Xingyun's purpose in asking her to come forward is because he wants to put an end to the farce of leaving the city caused by the hunchbacked old woman.
"Ahem... I'm rude, young man. May I ask what the girl's name is?"
"My concubine Hong'er, I have met you, sir." Although the little girl was scared, she was still very polite and saluted Zhou Xingyun.
"Congratulations to Miss Hong'er. Congratulations to Miss Hong'er. Today you are very lucky to have the opportunity to leave Lingdu City and follow Mr. Ziqing who loves the people. Now you only need to climb the city wall along the tower and then go out along the rope ladder and get away from the city.
Lingdu City is controlled by the royal family." Zhou Xingyun seemed to congratulate the little girl on winning a big prize, and said with an enthusiastic smile: "Miss Hong'er, please do it, we will never stop you."
"I...I won't leave." The little girl was stunned. After all, she had no intention of leaving Lingdu City from the beginning.
"Not leaving? Why? Aren't you going to follow Mr. Qing? Opportunities are rare and will never come back. Miss Hong'er has thought it over carefully!"
"Hong'er! If he asks you to leave, just leave! Master Qing's men will meet us outside the city!" The hunchbacked old woman saw the little girl's hesitation, and immediately shouted with anger on her face.
"Aunt Fushou, I can't leave. My husband is injured and needs someone to take care of him. I must stay and take care of him." The little girl said eagerly.
"Huh? Aren't you folks from Lingdu City going out of the city to follow Qing Tian Xiong? Miss Hong'er just calls your husband to go out of the city together. Your husband is injured, Master Qing will definitely ask a doctor to help him treat it."
Zhou Xingyun said proudly: "Don't say I'm impersonal. I'm extremely gracious and allow you to go back and take your husband with you to leave Lingdu City."
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm not leaving. I'm going home now."
As Zhou Xingyun expected, most of the old, weak, women and children who gathered at the city gate to build momentum had no intention of leaving Lingdu City, or perhaps, they had left Lingdu City and didn't know where to go.
Today, I was just ordered by the hunchbacked old woman to follow her to the city gate to do things. After the things were done, the hunchbacked old woman would distribute some food to them.
"Hong'er, stop! You traitor of Lingdu City! If you dare to run away now, the neighbors on Pinglang Road will never spare you! You
You little bastard and your young husband, just wait and see!" The hunchbacked old woman shouted with a ferocious face, and the crutch in her hand stomped on the ground, making a thumping sound like a hammer.
When the little girl heard what the hunchbacked old woman said, she was so frightened that she dared not move.
"Miss Hong'er, do you still remember what I said to congratulate you just now? I didn't mean anything. You are indeed very lucky today." Zhou Xingyun smiled calmly and said: "On behalf of Her Royal Highness, I will give you a small profit and take you in."
A family of two. As long as
If you turn over the food stored at home, you will be able to enjoy the same treatment as the residents of Qili Street, Luoming Street, and Dongdaohu Street and live in the downtown square of Lingdu City. Your food, clothing, housing, transportation, and personal safety will be protected by the royal guards.
shelter!"
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! I will go back and discuss it with my husband right now." The little girl was so excited when she heard this, she immediately trotted away. No matter how the hunchbacked old woman called, the little girl ignored her.
Zhou Xingyun watched the little girl go away and couldn't help but look back at the crowd gathered under the city gate: "So, who else wants to go out of the city next?"
In an instant, the residents of Lingdu City who were surrounding the city gate didn't know what to do. After all, they agreed to follow the hunchbacked old woman to build momentum, but they had no intention of actually leaving the city.
As a result, Zhou Xingyun staged such a drama. Everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to do.
However, while everyone was at a loss, they were also a little envious of the little girl who won the jackpot and received Zhou Xingyun's favor.
"What are you hesitating about? What on earth do you have to hesitate about? The royal family controls the granary, and we will only die if we stay in Lingdu City. Now as long as we climb over this wall, we can join Master Qing outside. Do you need to hesitate?" Hunchback?
The old woman said to the crowd without changing her expression: "Instead of staying in Lingdu City and starving our bodies, it is better to go outside the city to ask for help from Mr. Zhou Mu. Mr. Qing will give you warm hospitality when he sees us leaving Lingdu City."
The hunchbacked old woman said casually that as long as they left the city, Qingtian Bear would send people to pick them up and provide them with food, clothing, housing and transportation. Even if it didn't work, Qingtian Bear would also give them dry food for the journey to keep them away from the war zone.
The hunchbacked old woman opened her mouth and said, Mr. Zhou Mu loves the people like his own children and is not as overbearing as the royal family. He just trapped the residents of Lingdu City in the city and held Master Zhou Mu hostage with the lives of the people!
Now you can climb the rope ladder to leave Lingdu City and stay away from the war. After the struggle between the royal family and Qingtian Bear is over, everyone can choose whether to return to Lingdu City based on the results of the battle.
"Yes! Aunt Fushou is right. If we leave Lingdu City now, we are far away from the war zone. There is nothing to hesitate at all! That silly girl Hong'er actually chose to stay in Lingdu City. She is really a woman's opinion and is beyond stupid.
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"Then let's go home quickly, take all the food supplies with us, and leave together."
"No! The royal guards must have ulterior motives for letting us go so easily. If they see us leaving the city with our stored grains, they will definitely confiscate our stored grains!"
"Then what should we do? We don't have dry food. Even if we leave the city, it won't help."
"We have Master Qing! As long as Master Qing gives us dry food for the two-day journey, we can go to a nearby town to take shelter. In short, no matter where we go, it will be safer than staying in Lingdu City."
The people gathered at the city gate were talking a lot. After all, Qingtian Xiong was about to confront the royal guards. When the time came, Lingdu City would fall into a war, and the war would inevitably affect the people in the city.
It is undoubtedly the best choice to leave Lingdu City now and go to a nearby town to avoid the limelight...