"Bang! Bang! The third watch has arrived, be careful of candles!" The watchman who patrolled the city knocked on the gong, and when he opened his mouth, a puff of breath hit his face. Soon, a thin layer of ice scum formed on his face.
He shouted three times as usual, and when he was about to turn into the alley, he slowed down and rubbed his face with his cotton-gloved hands.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew, blowing the lantern in his hand this way and that, and the candle inside flickered brightly and dimly.
"Hold on!" The watchman hurriedly held the lantern in his arms. At this moment, he felt a black shadow flashing in front of him. When he raised his head and looked up, he saw the tree branch there swaying.
After heaving a sigh of relief, the watchman put down the lantern, and felt a thin shard of ice hitting his face, like a knife cutting him.
He raised the lantern and looked into the sky carefully, and saw dense snow particles falling like coarse salt. He immediately sighed bitterly: "It's not easy to do this job today!"
After saying that, he shook his head, tried his best to straighten his somewhat stooped body, and continued to shout and set off towards the planned route.
"How are you? Are you leaving?" A masked man in black greeted in a low voice among the tree branches.
At this time, a man came out from behind the tree.
He didn't say anything, just waved his hand, gesturing for the masked man on the tree to follow, and then stepped into the night under the moonlight. .
"Why are you here?" The door of a third-entry house creaked, with only a crack exposed. The two masked men squeezed in close to the door. Before they could stand firm, questions filled with dissatisfaction suddenly came from Come.
"Go in and talk." The two masked men whispered, and without waiting for the other party to lead the way, they hurried towards the old place.
"The governor here really doesn't talk about military ethics. He clearly promised to implement the decree next month and started it a few days ago! You don't know that the patrol team here has recently stepped up patrols. If you had come earlier, I’m just afraid I’ll run into them.”
"We came here today to discuss cooperation issues with you... As the city becomes more and more closed, you guys are just looking at it like this? You still owe our caravan a hundred stones of refined salt! There are also thousands of iron tools No delivery! If the new regulations of Shouan City are implemented, if things go on like this, our cooperation will also come to an end!"
"How could I not know what you're talking about? It's just that since the governor took office, the salt lake minerals in Shou'an City have been taken over by her. As for the shops and workshops under our names, she has also been asked to 'maintain the city'." In the name of the legitimate rights and interests of large taxpayers and the business environment, soldiers are dispatched to supervise it! Now, who dares to act under her nose?"
Hearing that Salt and Iron couldn't be solved at the moment, the masked men showed displeasure and only wanted to threaten. Suddenly they remembered that they were still covered with masks and immediately retracted their rich expressions, only a hint of dissatisfaction showed in their eyes.
"Then you are going to owe us a debt? You must know that our debt is not that easy to owe!"
When the owner of the residential yard heard this, he was not alarmed: "The new regulations of the city are beyond our control. If you are unwilling, we can pay the default silver, but after that we have nothing to do with you."
"..." The two masked men heard the hidden meaning and couldn't help but look at each other.
No matter whether we can continue to cooperate or not, the words of breaking the contract cannot come from their mouths, otherwise they will not be able to explain it when they go back.
Seeing their silence, the owner of the house smiled: "It is difficult to violate the city's regulations for the time being, but I have a way to let a few of them leave with their remaining assets... Please come over here."
Half an hour later, the back door to the third courtyard opened again, and two shadows flashed out one after another, and soon disappeared into the night.
