Yanzhou City is a large city with a population of more than 100,000.
Of course, the more than 100,000 people here are just the number on the surface, that is, including all the people in the city and the entire Yanzhou territory, minus some who have never registered, live in seclusion, or are simply not recorded in the register. ...In short, after some calculations, we got such a number that everyone can recognize.
In the view of Du Chengfeng, a Taiping man, this city may be a bit small, but to the people in Jibei in the team, Yanzhou City is much larger than Ji Town.
"There is a wall here after all."
Looking up at the towering walls of Yanzhou City, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.
Unlike the city in Ji Town, which could only be regarded as a large fortress, this Yanzhou City was surrounded by a city wall. Although the height of less than two feet is not too high, the wall is quite thick.
Du Chengfeng roughly estimated that if He Xiqing remained a monster, he might be able to defeat Ji Town with only the bloody sword light drawn out after the evil spirit entered the body, but it would take a lot of money to defeat Yanzhou. It takes some effort.
And this means that inside the wall is synonymous with safety.
So for such a safe place, it is normal to have security checks.
"Take out everything and go through it! Especially those with sharp edges and blades... pay attention, this is Yanzhou! Not you Jibei!"
Several soldiers maintained order in the team while shouting at the people in Yangjiabao.
"I know you guys in Jibei don't care about this! But here in Yanzhou, no resentful soldiers who have killed anyone are allowed to enter the city! Now I give you one last chance! Take out all the contraband!"
"Uh, is the investigation so strict...Wait a minute?"
Du Chengfeng suddenly frowned.
"Brother, what kind of soldier did you just say that killed people?"
"Resentful soldiers."
The soldier who was pulled by Du Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, then frowned and looked at Du Chengfeng.
"You guys in Jibei fight and kill people every day. Don't you know this?"
"...Wait a minute?"
Du Chengfeng was confused when asked directly.
He knew that people would be killed in a fight, but what that thing produced was a vicious weapon. What happened to this resentful soldier?
Fortunately, the soldier he held was also a talkative person, and in a few words, he was able to clear up Du Chengfeng's confusion.
It turns out that the Resentful Weapon and the Fierce Weapon are almost the same concept. In other words, they are just different names for the same thing - of course, if there is any difference, it is that the academy in the mountain has recently researched The new theory says that the evil spirit on these weapons should be understood as the resentment of the deceased, which is why people's temperaments change drastically, and they even become murderous demons.
Since this statement sounds reasonable, Yanzhou also uses the term "resentful soldiers". On the one hand, it is naturally following the trend, and on the other hand, it is also to clarify the danger of these fierce weapons.
After all, the Fierce Weapon may sound a bit powerful, but the Resentful Soldier sounds more annoying. This can also prevent many people from coming into contact with this thing out of curiosity, and then fall into madness and start causing murders everywhere.
"That's about it."
The soldier wearing a helmet and whipping armor roughly explained, and his words were polite enough.
But as a listener, Du Chengfeng just felt like he was in another world.
He fell into madness when he touched the evil weapon... When did this happen?
It seems to have been a long time ago. After all, at the level he was in contact with, everyone had already started to have evil spirits enter their bodies. If he didn't have hundreds of lives in his hands, he might not even be able to use the sword light - even the weakest Li The carpenter had already beheaded more than twenty people with his own hands, which in Du Chengfeng's opinion was already very few.
But now it seems that the people here can't even withstand ordinary evil spirits...
"Hey, no."
Du Chengfeng came back to his senses and slapped his forehead.
It's okay if he can't stand it. He shouldn't compare himself with these people. This is a normal life for them. There's nothing that cuts people in half, there's nothing like sewer and brains all over the floor, and they don't do it at every turn. Slaughter hundreds of people to warm up, this is the normal life.
Looking back on his own side...how many people did he kill when he was in Jibei?
I can’t remember it clearly, after all, he moved his hands in a way of gaining experience.
Does anyone know how to calculate how many grains of rice they eat in one meal?
"There seems to be something wrong with this calculation method..."
Du Chengfeng patted his head, trying to normalize his thinking.
But the folks in Yangjiabao had already been inspected by these soldiers.
There were no prohibited items on anyone's body, nor on the cart. Yang Xuan seemed to have expected this kind of inspection, but the folks from Yangjiabao didn't even bring half of their weapons - if it must be said If there is any problem, it is the ancient battle ax in Carpenter Li's hand, but it is normal for a carpenter to carry an ax with him.
Of course, the most important thing is that the ax was broken once, but now it looks dead, without any evil spirit on it.
This made Du Chengfeng sigh in relief.
Carpenter Li can pass the security check, so he can pass it here too. After all, the weapon in his hand has been broken, so there is no evil aura on it.
However, just to be on the safe side, when the soldiers were about to check the saddle bags, he still used force in advance and broke the thick sword again.
"Broken knife."
The soldiers only frowned slightly at the thick sword that was broken into two pieces.
"You thing..."
"It's used as a hatchet."
After saying this, Du Chengfeng picked up the half-cut blade with the handle and made two gestures.
Not to mention, this broken knife with a long handle and a short blade does look like a good hand at chopping firewood.
"I kept the knife head and didn't throw it away. After all, it was passed down from my ancestors. I'll keep it in mind."
"Ah, you can bring the tools in."
The soldiers nodded, but then they frowned.
"This long... weapon of yours? Where did your horse-breaking sword come from?"
In just an instant, these soldiers immediately surrounded Du Chengfeng. They all pointed their spears at Du Chengfeng, and the scene became tense.
"Speak quickly! Hiding weapons secretly is a serious crime! If you tell your parent, you can get a lighter sentence! If you don't tell..."
"No, it's not a weapon. It's an imitation. This is an imitation."
The horse-breaking sword was thrown to the ground. Du Chengfeng pulled out the scabbard, and then the entire blade was safely exposed.
"A souvenir, a pure souvenir. Look, this knife is clean and has never killed anyone."
"This...is true."
The soldiers guarding the city looked at it for a few times and then put away their weapons.
There is no evil spirit on the blade, and there are faint signs of breakage and continuation. Of course, the most important thing is that this is a sword and not a sword. As long as it is not a military weapon like the horse-breaking sword, there is no taboo.
"You can bring it with you, but you have to put it in your bag. After entering the city, you are not allowed to take it out. If you are caught, it will be confiscated on the spot. Do you understand?"
While saying this, the leading soldier raised his hand and patted Du Chengfeng's chest.
"I know you people in Jibei are tough and like to collect such things, but this is Yanzhou, you at least... hmm? What are you hiding in your arms?"
"I……"
Du Chengfeng suddenly felt a toothache.
He also carried seventeen knives in his arms, all of which were weapons that had seen blood, but he had forgotten this one.
"There are also ordnance here!"
While Du Chengfeng was still thinking about the reason, the soldier over there who was checking the saddlebags shouted.
"Quick! Open the bag quickly!"
"this……"
Du Chengfeng turned around and saw the soldiers taking out a phoenix battle flag from the saddle bag.
Good guy, he almost forgot about this thing, and it was actually dug out by these soldiers.
No matter what the reason is, it is untenable now. Even if the horse-breaking sword can get through, this battle flag is a serious weapon. Coupled with the seventeen knives on his body, he can be regarded as someone else this time. Both the stolen goods and the stolen goods were obtained.
"Well, please listen to my explanation. I am actually a grinder. My name is Du Chengfeng..."
While trying hard to persuade these soldiers, Du Chengfeng subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
The soldier closest to him is only three and a half steps away, just within the coverage area of Tiger Leap. Even if he is bare-handed at this moment, the length of his spine is enough to slap the man's head into the cavity - and then the shrunken body can be As a shield to block the spears that might be stabbed, he could take this opportunity to pull out the waist knife of the corpse, use a flying dragon knife to slit the necks of three people, and then grab another spear at this time...
"Du Chengfeng...wait, you said you are Du Chengfeng?"
Just when Du Chengfeng's spine was stretched and he was about to throw himself out, the leading soldier suddenly turned his head.
"Where are you from? Where in Jibei?"
"Yangjiabao, what's wrong?"
The action about to start was interrupted by questions, which made Du Chengfeng a little confused.
If he remembered correctly, his name had only been passed around by the Yang family for a while in Jizhou. Why did it seem that Yanzhou had heard of him as well?
"Du Chengfeng from Yangjiabao, that's right."
The leading soldier called on his companions to put down their weapons.
"Don't be nervous. It's normal for him to have ordnance. After all, this is the Ordnance Chief of Ji Town Governor's Mansion, and he is one of our own!"
"...Would you wait a moment?"
Du Chengfeng became increasingly confused.
If he remembered correctly, he should have just taken on some work from the Jizhou Governor's Mansion as an outsourcer. Why did he suddenly become some sort of Ordnance Master?
Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but think of the big face of Liu Yanran, the commander-in-chief of Jizhou.
"It can't be that the mentally ill man gave me some serious treatment..."
Du Chengfeng always felt that something was not quite right about this matter.
And when he led the soldiers all the way into the city, he realized what kind of huge hole Liu Yanran had left for him.
