"Where are the people? Where are they? Open the door quickly!"
After knocking for a long time, no one answered him. Seeing that some soldiers on the street began to cast unkind glances at him, Boss Chen suddenly became anxious. He raised his legs and struck the door panel with two fierce kicks!
Next, I just heard "bang..." two loud sounds! The next second, poor Mr. Chen started to jump up and down holding his feet.
"It hurts, it hurts! It hurts me so much!"
There was something wrong with the place where he kicked his foot. Poor Mr. Chen was so painful that the sweat on his forehead was dripping down like water!
However, his sacrifice was not in vain. When he was holding his feet and screaming like his little wife, the shopkeeper finally came from the inn door and asked timidly: "Who? Who is banging on the door! "
"I! I'm staying at your inn today!" Liu Hongji, who had been waiting outside, was also a little angry at this time. He was used to traveling all over the country, and he had never seen any inn shut out the guests without asking. This is called What store? Black spots?
"It's you?"
Inside the door, the shopkeeper finally heard Liu Hongji's voice. With a surprised cry, the closed door finally opened a crack.
"Huh..." A candlelight shined on Liu Hongji's face through the gap. After confirming that the person outside was really a distinguished guest staying in the hotel today, the shopkeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered the waiter holding a rolling pin and kitchen knife beside him. Put down the weapon, step forward and remove the door panel, and let the two people in.
"Sir, you... aren't you upstairs? When did you go out? What were you doing?"
"Oh, um, after we finish eating, we need to go out for something!"
Outside the door, Liu Hongji's face was a little hot. He had the nerve to say that he was full, warm and lustful. How could a general of a country stay up late at night and visit a brothel? Do you still want face? So I had to use my brain and find any excuse to excuse it.
"Hey, sir! I'm not in the mood to run around today!" The shopkeeper should be considered to be old. Hearing this, he didn't doubt his presence. He just kept nagging the two of them not to go out casually tonight.
In the midst of this chatter, the waiters around him hurriedly pulled the two people outside into the inn, and then quickly had the door sealed again. This time, not only did they close the door bolt and door stop, they even moved the door. Several sturdy tables were pressed against the door.
Seeing this scene, Liu Hongji realized that no wonder the door didn't move at all when Boss Chen stepped down just now, but his toes almost left him! Based on this defense alone, it would probably take two battering rams to break it open.
"What's going on? There's chaos outside? Are those thieves so powerful?"
After being pulled into the lobby, Liu Hongji saw the anxious look of his boss and his waiters, and when he thought about the soldiers he saw on the street outside, he couldn't help but be slightly shocked. He originally thought that there were only thirty or forty thieves, and it was a big deal. Personally, but looking at it now, it seems that he underestimated this group of thieves!
"So that the guest officer can know!"
The innkeeper also vaguely knew about the official status of Liu Hongji and others, but he didn't hide it much when he heard the words. He said directly in one breath: "The group of thieves outside heard that there were refugees from the previous dynasty and some hunters who had suffered disasters. !There are even officers and soldiers who lost the battle!
They just gathered in the Qinling Mountains this year. They roared in and scattered in all directions. They usually make a living by looting! After the officers and soldiers discovered this group of thieves, they actually came to encircle and suppress them several times, but because the terrain was not familiar to these people, they often returned home in vain. Seeing that the officers and soldiers could not do anything to them, some idle gangsters around them also joined in, which also made them Getting stronger and stronger! I heard that now, there are as many as five or six hundred of them! "
"Five or six hundred people?" Hearing this number, Liu Hongji was shocked at first, but he quickly realized that the number of five or six hundred must have been spread by common people!
If a group of thieves living in the mountains only relied on robbery, their number would definitely not be too large! Because it is impossible to support such a large team just by relying on the plundered supplies! He felt that if there were at most three to two hundred people in this team of thieves, that would be the end of it!
Of course, Liu Hongji also knew that no matter whether the thieves were three or two hundred, seven or eight hundred, or even three or five thousand, it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to break through the former important town of Nanyang!
As an arduous siege, as long as the commander is smarter than a pig, if a team of several thousand people is thrown in casually, there probably won't even be a sound!
Thinking of this, Liu Hongji put down his snack for a moment, scratched his bare head, and asked again to the shopkeeper who was carefully inquiring about what was going on outside: "I just heard them say that this bandit went to attack Xiaoye Village tonight. Xiaoye Village Where is it? Why did your governor here immediately send troops to rush for reinforcements after hearing the news?!"
"That's right!" When someone mentioned their governor, the shopkeeper who was accustomed to nodding and bowing in front of him with a smile showed a rare look of admiration.
"Our governor, Wu Ci, is an honest official and loves the people as his own children! When encountering this kind of situation, there is no reason to stand by and watch. He will naturally send troops to suppress the bandits! And just now, the mayor of this street came over and gave instructions one by one, It won’t be too peaceful tonight, so I’ll close the doors and windows and never go out!”
"Be an honest official and love the people like your own children?" Hearing the shopkeeper's praise of the city's governor, Liu Hongji couldn't help rolling his eyes: "What kind of advantage is this? Isn't this the duty of a city official? Besides, these days, What is the use of being honest? Only those who can do things and know how to do things are good officials! An official who is only honest and loyal but cannot do things can only be a mediocre official! He is not as reliable as those who receive money to do things. ?”
"Yes, yes, the guest officer said that!" The innkeeper nodded and bowed to express his agreement with Liu Hongji's words. However, it is difficult to say how sincere it is!
"Hey, one is a soldier and the other is a thief, can't the soldier be beaten by the thief?" Liu Hongji didn't bother to argue with the shopkeeper, and muttered to himself, and then he couldn't help but think of the scene he just saw on the street, and his heart The impregnable strength of Nanyang City finally wavered!
There is no unbreakable city in the world! A city is built just waiting to be conquered!
Therefore, although Nanyang City is still relatively strong now, Liu Hongji is not sure whether he can hold on if something happens when he encounters such a group of careless officers and soldiers!
"It's a troubled winter, a troubled winter! Look at the appearance of the officials who are going out to help. How can they look like the heroes of the Tang Dynasty! What if, what if the city is destroyed!"
Liu Hongji was still muttering in a low voice, but suddenly there was a sound of swords and guns clashing on the street outside the door, followed by a loud shout of killing!
The crow's mouth is really smart, and the thief has really entered the city!
