Dongyuan City.
As a frontier city, it should be like a veteran of many battles, guarding the frontier. The wind cannot blow it, and the rain cannot destroy it.
But its city walls can only be described as horrific. The ruins are ruins.
But it didn't fall into disrepair, it became like this because it was repeatedly attacked. On the city wall, there are still traces of swords, guns, swords and halberds, and there are many arrows stuck in the city, swaying in the wind.
The dark traces are the blood left by the soldiers who died here.
It looks like a general who has been on the battlefield for a long time and died in a fierce battle.
Because of repeated losses, the city became like this again. Therefore, there are no imperial garrison in the city. It is a city that nominally belongs to the Chu State, but is actually ignored by both parties.
The trade here is extremely prosperous, but there are also many crimes.
There are rogues and horse thieves who bring stolen goods and sell them here. There are also normal merchants trading here.
A Jianghu guest and a desperado of the Chu people.
There are also many Mongolian and Yuan people, and Hu people roam freely here.
The strong are respected here.
Of course, there were no soldiers guarding the city gate. People came in and out without order, and it was very messy. Wu Nian saw an old man.
This old man has silver hair, a hunched back, and an extremely thin body. His face is covered with crisscrossing wrinkles. He walks tremblingly and needs a wooden stick to support him.
Such an old man doesn't stay at home, but comes to this dangerous Dongyuan City. He doesn't know why.
He knew that he was in the way, so he walked carefully and tried to avoid conflict with others. He was as humble as an ant.
But even so, a Mongolian man riding a tall horse knocked down the old man because the horse was frightened. Not only did the Meng Yuan man not dismount and apologize, he became furious.
"You old thief. You look like you are about to die. If you don't stay at home and wait for death, you come out to blackmail people, right?"
The Mongolian man got off his horse and hit the old man in the face with his whip.
This Mongolian man has a Chinese character face, a dark red complexion, and a curly beard. He is a bit short, but very strong. He was wearing Mongolian clothes, his hair was tied into pigtails, he spoke awkward Liaodong Chinese, and he was escorted by more than ten tall Mongolian people armed with swords.
Probably a Mongolian noble.
He showed no mercy and waved the riding crop in his hand with all his strength.
With a "pop" sound, the old man's face was immediately torn open and blood flowed freely. Even though the old man's face was weather-beaten and his skin was relatively hard, he still couldn't resist the whip of the Mengyuan people who were like wolves and tigers.
"Ah." The old man let out a scream and fell backwards to the ground. But he did not cry, but immediately begged for mercy.
He struggled to kneel down, kowtowed to the Meng Yuan nobles and said, "This sir. This sir. It's the villain's fault. It's the villain's fault. Please spare my life."
The Han people talk about Confucian etiquette, which does not mean that there are no ruffians and lazy bullies. Just very little.
Some ruffians and lazy bullies are still very kind and righteous, but there are even fewer people to deal with such old men.
But the Mongolian people are different. They live in white water and black mountains, and they respect the strong. Before the rise, if they encountered a heavy snowstorm, or if a large number of domestic livestock froze to death, or if there was no food in the house, they would drive away the elderly at home.
Let the old man freeze to death in the ice and snow.
Without the constraints of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, they only talk about respecting the strong.
Therefore, the sages said that human nature is inherently evil and needs to be nurtured and nurtured.
The old man's plea for mercy did not arouse the pity of the Mongolian nobles, but instead aroused his anger. The whip in his hand fell on the old man like raindrops.
The old man rolled up his body skillfully, resisting the falling whip, and let out a suppressed grunt.
It was not that there were no people passing by, and it was not that there were no powerful Han people around, but they all just glanced at him. Some sympathized, but no one took action and left in a hurry.
In this Liaodong territory, survival is not easy.
What's more, the Mongolian people are now powerful, and this Mongolian nobleman has many guards, so he is not easy to mess with.
Why bother with an irrelevant person?
Not far away, a team was parked.
Twenty or thirty people gathered around several large vehicles, one of which was a horse-drawn carriage. The carriage is relatively exquisite, and it seems that the person in the carriage is of high status.
Among these people, there were ten strong men riding tall horses, carrying swords and bows. Their actions were very orderly, and their brows were full of compelling murderous intent.
Their origins are indeed not simple. They are the family soldiers of the commanding envoy Wei Changqing.
In the great Chu country.
The commander is the highest military officer of the guard. He has five thousand households, fifty hundred households, and more than 5,000 soldiers under his command.
Wei Changqing was a veteran general in Liaodong, famous for his bravery in Chu and Mongolia.
He is one of the few generals among the entire Liaodong guards who can fight and dare to fight.
The people in the carriage are not simple either. It's Wei Changqing's youngest daughter, Wei Ru.
In Chu State, women can get married when they are thirteen or fourteen years old, but Wei Ru is eighteen years old and has not yet been married. She is a "contemporary leftover girl".
However, she has no physical defects, no body odor, no disability, and no infirmity.
She is very good-looking and is a very outstanding beauty.
The reason why she can't get married is because she is very strong. Known as the "Female Tiger of the Wei Family".
She doesn't know how to embroider or weave or wash clothes. But he is strong and capable of fighting ferocious beasts. He can draw a powerful bow and shoot from left to right. He can use a spear eight feet long to hunt tigers at full speed.
She has three brothers, but they are not as brave as her.
Wei Changqing often lamented, if the little girl were a boy and passed me on as a general, I would die in peace.
Inside the carriage.
Wei Ru gently lifted the black car curtain and saw the scene in front of the city gate. He sighed softly and said, "There are all Han people in the city, but not one of them is a man."
She has an oval face and straight eyebrows, like a man's sword eyebrows. Her facial features are extremely delicate. There is a dash of heroism in her beauty, and a little bit of charm in her heroism.
She is very tall, different from ordinary people, but her figure is like that of a normal woman, bigger when she should be, and thin when she should be, but there is a terrifying power hidden in this woman's body.
Her dress is also very refreshing. She has thick and smooth green hair, which is only tied into a ponytail and hangs down the back of her head. She is wearing a narrow-sleeved outfit, with a delicate dagger stuck at her waist, and a sheathed steel knife standing beside her.
Rouge Tiger of the Wei family never dresses up and doesn't like the bracelets on her head, but she never leaves her weapons.
When Wei Ru's red lips whispered the words, Wei Ru's slender but powerful right hand had already touched the steel knife next to him, and his eyes were shining with the light of wanting to cause trouble.
The straight eyebrows exuded a cold murderous aura.
"Miss, you can't cause trouble again. Last time you castrated Chen Zongbao. It took a lot of effort for me to sort it out."
There was also a little maidservant sitting in the carriage. Looking at the murderous face of her young lady, she was frightened and said tremblingly.
Chen Zongbao, the son of Qianhu, was drunk and behaved inappropriately to tease Wei Ru. She pulled out the small dagger from her waist and castrated it herself.
I have heard of noble ladies sending people to castrate those who molested them.
But I have never heard of a woman castrating a man by herself.
She can't get married, there's a reason why she can't get married.
At this moment, Wu Nian's eyes flashed with light.
