C2010 Final volume
Final Volume, chapter 125
Ah San and Ah Si asked, "Why does the King say that?"
"The flood to the south of Linqiao County is lighter, so of course most of the citizens would flee towards the south. If Xiao Xiang were to head south as well, with so many people around, he would inevitably reveal herself on the way. If she were to head north, she would at least be able to avoid most of the victims."
Tang Yin shrugged: "If I were Xiao Xiang, I would probably choose to head north."
After hearing his words, Ah San thought about it carefully, as if there was some logic to it. As they were talking, a fleet of more than ten ships rapidly approached from the west. Some of them were big and some were small. They were advancing rapidly from west to east.
Tang Yin's heart skipped a beat as he stood at the bow of the ship and looked towards the fleet in the distance. Because the distance was too far, even with Tang Yin's eyesight, he was unable to see clearly. The only thing he could be sure of was that it was definitely not an army ship, and the people on board definitely not soldiers.
He pondered for a moment, then said to Ah San while shaking his head: "Follow them, see where they are heading to!"
Ah San agreed as she sped up her paddling and secretly caught up with the fleet.
By the time they reached the afternoon, the outline of a city gate gradually appeared in front of them. Ah San took out the map, and after examining it, he said to Tang Yin seriously: "Great King, the screen in front of us should be Yuxian County's screen city!"
"Screen wall ?" Tang Yin had no impression of this place, but he could feel that the ground was rather high, and the flood below the boat had become much shallower. He looked straight ahead and said faintly, "It looks like the screen hasn't been flooded yet!"
Outside the city walls, there were countless ships of varying sizes. Judging by the number of ships parked outside the city, the city must be full by now.
With so many people gathered at the screen, something must have happened. Tang Yin decided to explore the depths of the city.
Fortunately, they were on a small boat, and even though the outside of the city was full of boats, they still forced their way in.
Getting down from the boat, the first thing that entered his sight was the tall and wide city gates of the city, but now, he couldn't even see a single soldier guarding the city, only groups of People of Zhen Country citizens going in and out.
Ah Si inadvertently raised his head and looked at the city wall. His face immediately revealed a look of shock, and he said softly: "Big ? Young Master, look! "
Following Ah Si's line of sight, Tang Yin raised his head and saw that there were more than a hundred ropes hanging on top of the city walls, and on each ropes hung a corpse. Some of the bodies had been dead for a long time, rotting so badly that their faces could not be identified, while others had just died, their bodies stained and dripping blood. There was one thing in common with these corpses, and that was that they all wore the armor of Chuan Army.
After Ah San finished watching, his eyebrows knitted and he said to Tang Yin in a low voice: "Young Noble, it seems like the screen city has been occupied by the traitors."
Tang Yin did not have any reaction, he withdrew his gaze and walked into the city, at the same time saying: "Ah Si, you stay here and watch the boat, Ah San will follow me into the city!"
"Yes!" Young Master! " Ah Si replied, then spoke with worry: "The situation in the city is unknown, young master must be careful!"
Tang Yin smiled indifferently and nodded slightly.
Just as they expected, the inside of the screen city was packed with People of Zhen Country citizens, not only were the shops on the side of the road crowded with people, even the streets were swarming with people, it was very lively, only that the lively scene in the city could not hide the strong killing intent.
There was almost no smile on their faces, and they all carried weapons. Some of them had long swords at their waists, others had swords at their waists, and others had axes and scythes pinned to their belts.
Tang Yin and Ah San followed the crowd and walked inside, sizing up the surrounding situation. As they walked, they welcomed the dozens of big sized fellows, who immediately stood in front of Tang Yin and Ah San, blocking their path.
As Ah San was about to step forward to speak, Tang Yin held him back. Then, taking two steps forward, he smiled lightly at the big men in front of him and asked: "Fellow brothers, is there anything you need?" His words were a perfectly worded Zhen Country accent.
A big sized man walked out from the crowd, first sizing up Tang Yin and Ah San, then smiling, he cupped his hands and said: "Little brother, you only have two of you?"
Not understanding the other party's intention to ask, Tang Yin's mind raced, his face still had a smile, he gently nodded his head and said: "Yes, that's right."
"I believe that the reason why little brother is at the screen city now is also for the King Chuan, since that's the case, why don't you join us, after all, numbers have more power, if you can lead, then we can split the rewards equally!" The big man opened his mouth, the flesh on his face was trembling, and his smile made people panic.
Xiao Xiang is in the screen city now? Tang Yin was secretly shocked, no wonder so many People of Zhen Country were gathered at the floodwater besieged screen, no wonder the city was releasing a dense evil aura, so it turned out that everyone was here to take Xiao Xiang's head.
He quickly made inference in his mind but didn't show it on the surface. He quickly glanced at the people in front of him. Most of them were wearing tattered clothes and didn't have any decent weapons. Besides a few axes, most of them had sticks and rakes. He said with a smile, "It's true that we have more people and more strength. However, I'm worried that you will be a burden to us!"
"Little brother, don't look down on others. We've all fought on the battlefield before, and climbed out from among the corpses. If it wasn't for the fact that ?"
With that, the man intentionally looked down and glanced at the swords on Tang Yin's and Ah San's waists, and continued: "For the sake of your swords, even if the two of you want to join us, we might not agree!"1
Tang Yin and Ah San looked at each other, and the former casually asked: "Are you confident that you can obtain the first ranking?"
The big sized man laughed, he looked around and said: As you can see, there are so many people in the screen city right now, everyone is fighting over the King Chuan's head, everyone wants to get the remuneration, whoever can win will have to rely on their own strength and luck to win, but since we are talking about this, two of us are local, and one of us has been a servant for half a year in the Mayor Palace, so we are very familiar with the situation there, little brother should understand, this point is very advantageous for us!
Tang Yin did not directly ask, but from the side talk, he could roughly determine that Xiao Xiang was trapped in the screen city's Mayor Palace.
He narrowed his eyes and said faintly: "As far as I know, King Chuan has many experts by her side, including two Divine Pool elders. You two are confident that you can beat an elder with Divine Pool?"
"Little bro is pretty well-informed!" No matter how powerful they are, they will only have four hands. However, those who wish to take down the heads of the King Chuan s in the city now, without a hundred thousand, there would at least be eighty to ninety thousand people.
Feeling that the big sized man understood the situation in the city, and could probably obtain a lot of valuable information through him, Tang Yin rolled his eyes, and finally nodded his head: "Alright, since Sir has sincerely invited us, then it's a set for the two of us!"
Seeing him nod in agreement, the large man and his ten or so companions behind him all revealed expressions of joy.
The current rebellion within the Linqiao County was different from the rebellion that Li Shu had instigated. The latter was an organized rebellion led by a leader, while the former was without organization or leadership.
The citizens of Linqiao County wanted to take the heads of the King Chuan s, even if it meant retaliating against them to the point of not saving them.
It was just that one person's power was limited, so the citizens of People of Zhen Country had gathered together again. Some of the teams only had three to five people, while others only had around a dozen or so. Some even had up to a hundred people.
The people who came to find Tang Yin were one of the many teams. For small teams with more than ten people like them, having two more people to help them with would cause their strength to increase greatly. Moreover, Tang Yin and Ah San all carried swords with them.
They pulled Tang Yin and Ah San to a small house in East of City. Through their conversation, Tang Yin found out that the big size man was called Ju Zhuo, he was a local of the Screen City, and this house was also his home.
As for the King Chuan Xiao Xiang, she was indeed trapped inside the screen city's Mayor Palace, with close to a thousand guards trapped along with her. Because the majority of the guards were all Spirit Cultivator s, and they also had the strong walls of the Mayor Palace as a barrier, the People of Zhen Country had attacked them from the front and back several times, but they did not manage to break in.
At the moment, both sides were in a stalemate, but according to Ju Zhuo's estimation, the stalemate wouldn't last for long. Because either the People of Zhen Country had already begun to collect the Pyretic Oil or they had already begun to dig a secret tunnel secretly.
After listening to Ju Zhuo's introduction, Tang Yin asked curiously, "Then, what are your preparations?"
Hearing his question, Ju Zhuo and the rest looked at each other and smiled. He then looked at a young man and said, "A-Tong, go ahead!"
The young man called A-Tong laughed and said, "I was a servant in the Mayor Palace before and knew that there was already a tunnel that led to the outside world in the Mayor Palace. When we start fighting, we can either sneak into the Mayor Palace through the tunnel or wait for the King Chuan to take the initiative to escape!"
"Oh?" Tang Yin's expression turned serious as he asked, "Where is the exit of the secret passage?"
A-Tong shook his head. "I'm the only one who knows about it. I don't even know about it."
Tang Yin was startled, then amused, and did not pursue the matter. Since the other party didn't want to say anything, it was useless for him to ask. Furthermore, if he really wanted to clarify, he could do so at any time. It was just a slight effort on his part.
Joining Ju Zhuo's group would save Tang Yin a lot of trouble. At the very least, he would have a stable foothold, and would be able to understand the situation in the city at any time. The next day after Tang Yin stayed in the screen city, the People of Zhen Country finally could not hold it in and attacked the Mayor Palace.
People of Zhen Country rushed forward while shouting loudly and ignoring everything else. In his hands, he was either carrying a jar filled with Pyretic Oil or holding a torch, and when he rushed to the front and back of the wall, he threw the jar along with the torch into the Mayor Manor.
If only one or two of them did it, it wouldn't do much damage, but when thousands of people did it together, the consequences would be terrible.
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