"City Lord!"
A sergeant suddenly ran over from downstairs of Bai Han, looking anxious, knocking over many people along the way.
"what happened?"
Ye Lin turned around and looked at the subordinate in front of him in confusion, but his heart "thumped" for no reason.
Is it possible that a new monster has appeared in Hanyue City?
After the last incident, he is now a little nervous about these things.
"It's bad! City Lord! The official we sent to report the situation to the imperial capital was killed!"
"Killed!? Impossible! Who would kill a messenger when they have nothing to do? A mountain robber? And he is escorted by our elite city guards. Even if he encounters robbers, he will not let them You succeeded!"
"No, no! I, our people...were...killed by His Majesty the Emperor!"
"What!?"
Ye Lin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly reacted.
His Majesty, the current emperor, has said that "there is no justice in the world"!
This time I asked someone to report everything that happened in Hanyue City. My intention was correct, but what would others think?
That is exactly what he is saying: "There are demons, monsters, and Taoist priests in this world. What the emperor said before is actually wrong!"
What's the difference between saying the emperor is wrong and slapping him in the face?
Therefore, it is not that surprising that these messengers were killed.
"only……"
Ye Lin thought for a moment and then shook his head. Things shouldn't be so simple.
If the emperor wanted to block the news because of this, it was obviously impossible. After all, it was impossible for the millions of people in Hanyue City to be dismissed by just saying "nonsense".
With so many people and such a big change happening in the city, the news will soon spread to the surrounding cities and then spread to the entire Dafu Dynasty.
By then, everyone will know what happened here. Even if your emperor doesn't want to believe it, what's the use?
Moreover, Ye Lin was sure that with His Majesty's methods, it was absolutely impossible for him not to know what had happened recently in Hanyue City.
Ten days have passed since the blood silkworm incident. The emperor must have already learned about what happened in the city through his own news channels, and there should be no reason to disbelieve it.
"Then...why on earth would he do such a deceptive thing...?"
Ye Lin's face showed confusion, and he couldn't figure it out.
At this moment, another sergeant ran up in a panic. He looked even worse than the previous one, rolling and crawling, his face full of fear.
"City Lord! City Lord!"
The man, covered in dust, rushed all the way to the front, then accidentally lost his footing and knelt down with a "pop" and cried:
"City Lord! We...we were attacked! A large army is...advancing towards us!!"
When Ye Lin heard this, his movement to help him froze, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face, and he asked:
"What did you say? An army? Where did the army come from? Tell me clearly! Make it clear!!"
Someone quickly brought a water bowl to the side. The man took it with trembling fingers and drank all the water in the bowl. Then he took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and said:
"Lord City Lord, I am the chief of detectives of the Fifth Legion of the City Guards. I am responsible for investigating the dens of mountain bandits outside the city... Today, today... we received an investigation mission and were operating a hundred miles to the west, but we did not Thinking of being attacked suddenly..."
"The ones who attacked us were not bandits, but a regular exploration team! I can recognize that their uniforms are members of the Jinlin Army! There is no mistake!!"
"When we first met, I planned to go up and say hello to them, but what I didn't expect was that they actually launched an attack and caught us off guard. Many brothers just died..."
"Later, the remaining few people and I fought tooth and nail to resist, and then we turned defeat into victory..."
"But what I didn't expect was that a large army appeared in the distance. Those people... were all from the Jinlin Army... They came well prepared, and their target was in our direction!!"
"Our horse is gone... Finally, we finally managed to snatch one in the fight, but I was the only one who ran back. The other brothers all..."
The detective told the whole story in one breath. Ye Lin frowned and couldn't believe his ears.
The Jinlin Army is His Majesty’s personal army! During His Majesty's conquests in the east and west, they had already established a great reputation. The entire capital was controlled by them. How could they suddenly come to their side?
"Are you sure you read it correctly? That's really the Jin Lin Army?"
Ye Lin checked again with some disbelief, but what he got was the soldier's confident answer.
After asking the other party about the details, he waved away most of the people, leaving only a few close men around.
"What exactly is going on……?"
In the main hall of Baihan Tower, Ye Lin frowned and paced back and forth.
"City Lord, could those Jinlin troops have received news that Hanyue City was in danger and came to help deal with the monster? It's just that because the capital is far away from here, they didn't know it when they arrived a hundred miles away. The monster has been surrendered by the Immortal?"
One of his subordinates asked analytically.
Ye Lin thought for a while, then shook his head and said:
"No, if they really came to help, then why did they attack us as soon as they saw us? We are also Dafu military guards, what reason do they have to attack us?"
Someone else answered:
"Is it possible? Is there some misunderstanding? Some robbers wore the uniforms of our army and fought against the autumn wind. This led to the attack as soon as they met..."
"Impossible! Not to mention that we haven't heard any relevant news in recent days. Even if someone really snatches our military uniforms and goes out to rob us, it won't be the Jinlin Army's turn to attack them in person! If they do, the surrounding local armies will be dispatched! The capital is nearly a thousand miles away from us!!"
"..."
A group of people were discussing at random, causing chaos in the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
After a long while, no one came to any useful conclusion, but one person suddenly said cautiously:
"Is it possible...that they are actually coming for us...?"
Everyone turned to look at him, causing the latter to wave his hands quickly, indicating that he was just talking casually and did not take it seriously.
But Ye Lin walked up to him with a serious face and asked:
"Zou Zi, you just said...that they are coming for us?"
"Ah, Ye... City Lord, I didn't mean that. I just said it casually based on my feelings. Don't take it seriously..."
Ye Lin ignored his words and asked again:
"What is your basis? Why do you have this idea?"
The general named Zou scratched his head and said helplessly:
"City Lord, please don't embarrass me. I'm really just saying casually... It's not that the marching method of the Jinlin Army is too familiar. When I followed the Nanchuan Army to fight against the Southern Barbarians in Nanchuan City, I didn't always use this method. What's the method... This is not a bandit suppression, it's obvious that it's going to be a war..."
"..."
Ye Lin got the answer from the other party, but he didn't want to believe it for a long time.
He looked at Zou Zi in a daze, and the expression on his face changed one after another, and finally turned into a touch of bitterness.
"Could it be that...that person really wants to do this...it's impossible...the price is too high..."
Several people around him were a little confused at first, so what on earth was his new city lord talking about, but none of the people present were stupid. Following the suggestions from several colleagues around him, everyone present immediately understood what the other party meant. .
"How could it be possible!! Is the emperor crazy? He wants to use troops against me!!?"
Some people couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Why!? This doesn't make sense! Is it because we sent a messenger to explain to him about the encounter with monsters in the city? Does he want to kill us?"
"Then... what should we do? Should we sit back and wait for death? But what if the Jinlin Army is just... just passing by...?"
"Fart! Why do people passing by kill our people!!"
"..."
"Stop arguing!!!"
Ye Lin suddenly shouted loudly, interrupting everyone's quarrel.
He took a deep breath, calmed down, and then continued:
"City Master Bai told me that Emperor Xuanyang was an extremely iron-blooded king. In order to eliminate Taoism, he did not hesitate to burn all the books and kill all the Taoist priests! What can such a person do? Do you still have the heart in your heart? Don’t you have a count?”
"The Jinlin Army came here this time not to pass by, nor to suppress bandits! They came for us! To be more precise, they came for Hanyue City!!"
As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunder falling into the deep water, making several people look shocked.
"City, City Lord... do you mean to say that he is not trying to arrest us... but... but... but..."
The man made several mistakes in a row, but he was never able to say the next words.
Everyone else present was the same. They all felt their mouths were dry and they wanted to speak, but couldn't say those two words.
"Slaughter the city..."
Ye Lin spoke.
"If I'm not wrong, the Jin Lin Army came here just to massacre the city..."
Silence, deathly silence, you could hear a needle drop in the main hall of the city lord's palace, the generals all looked dumbfounded.
"Why……?"
After a long time, someone finally spoke.
"Why would he do this? These are millions of people? Is it possible that just because they have experienced this incident, they must all be killed...?"
Ye Lin looked at him deeply and closed his eyes in pain.
"Because... they know too much..."
Five days later, inside Hanyue City.
At this time, more than half a month had passed since the original blood silkworm incident, and the people in the city had gradually come out of the fear of being dominated by monsters.
At first, although Jiujiu had killed the culprit that caused all this - the Sky Blood Silkworm, the people did not know the situation over there.
Even later, when the city lord's palace sent people to post announcements throughout the city that the monster had been killed, everyone was still reluctant to go out.
The situation only eased after a few days.
After all, no monsters had hurt anyone in the city, and the streets were patrolled by city guards. Everyone gradually became more courageous, and began to believe that the monsters had really been killed.
For this reason, the people in the City Lord's Mansion also specially publicized the Tianyuan Sect's affairs, and stated that an Immortal Fate Conference will be held in the city. The Immortal Cultivators will select those with the best spiritual roots from the crowd and grant them great opportunities. .
In this way, Hanyue City gradually resumed production, but it seemed that there was still some distance to go before the prosperity of the past.
And these days, the most discussed topic in the city has changed from monsters eating people to the Immortal Fate Conference.
Everyone is extremely enthusiastic about the ethereal fairyland.
If it were before the appearance of the blood silkworm demon, then no one would be willing to believe in any immortal cultivators, and even everyone would avoid the so-called immortal path.
After all, His Majesty the Emperor has already said that if anyone dares to discuss Taoism again, he will only end up dead.
But after this incident, after personally experiencing the killing of monsters, and after witnessing the thunderclouds covering the sky above the city lord's mansion, and the terrifying sea of blood, no one would question it anymore.
Even the most stubborn old masters in the city had to nod and acknowledge the existence of those monsters and monks at this moment.
Your Majesty, you are indeed wrong.
On this point, the stance of all the people in Hanyue City is the same.
Since the legendary immortals really exist, then those rumors of immortality must not be false.
And in this world, no one is indifferent to immortality.
When the news of the Immortal Fate Conference came out, and when everyone knew that there was such an opportunity to lead to immortality right in front of them, the people in Hanyue City were almost excited.
Nowadays, whether it is streets, alleys, or restaurants and teahouses, as long as you enter a place with people, you will almost hear talk about the Immortal Fate Conference.
According to the latest news released by the City Lord's Mansion, this Immortal Fate Conference is scheduled for the first day of early December, which is tomorrow.
Now, the place where the Immortal Fate Conference is held in the south of the city is already overcrowded.
This place was originally a large market called Jinlifang, which was mainly used for foreign businessmen to do transactions.
It's just that because of the blood silkworm incident, Hanyue City was closed and most of the merchants were lost. Even if it has recovered now, there may not be any seven colors, but a large area has been left vacant.
This area happened to be planned to be the venue for the Immortal Fate Conference.
And Ye Lin has also planned that this area will be renamed "Xianyuanfang" in the future, and a special Xianyuan Conference will be held, or a special Xiuxianfang City will be established.
