Originally, Du Chengfeng expected that the course of the riot would be like this.
First, Ruan Shantao, the strongest person in Yanzhou, was targeted for elimination, and then riots broke out in the city. It was obvious that this was a set of plans that were linked to each other and had even been arranged for a long time - and all of this was obviously Xiang Rong's handiwork. As Ruan Shantao's old friend, he was also someone who could rival Ruan Shantao. This ability to fall into the city in one day is really daunting.
And unlike He Xiqing's previous hard fight, which only broke through a Ji Town fortress, Xiang Rong did not use a single soldier, but he had already plunged the entire Yanzhou City into chaos.
"But, it's not like there are really no soldiers at all..."
This is what Du Chengfeng is most confused about. If he were to do this... let alone soldiers, the riots in Yanzhou City were like that before. Even if he only brought a group of bandits, he might be able to take advantage of it. Take this city down indiscriminately.
But now...no.
Nothing at all.
After just one riot, the danger in Yanzhou City seemed to have passed.
"we won."
"we won!!!"
The soldiers cheered one after another, as if this would make them forget the pain on their bodies, and the captives also breathed a sigh of relief. They were glad that they finally survived. Although the people in the city who collected the corpses were hurt, they also tried hard to maintain the atmosphere of victory. After all, these people who had just escaped death really needed the momentum of victory to dilute the previous despair and panic.
In the Governor's Mansion, Qi Jinshan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Yanzhou Army, had already set up a banquet to entertain the heroes of this battle.
As for the hero, it is naturally Du Chengfeng who killed all the monsters.
"Come! Hero! Drink this cup full!"
During the banquet, Qi Jinshan raised his glass of wine to Du Chengfeng.
This is the first time Du Chengfeng has seen the commander-in-chief of Yanzhou. His handsome appearance is more like a scribe than a warrior. Fortunately, in addition to his wide robe and long sleeves, he also has Wearing a pair of crotch armor can be regarded as adding some heroic atmosphere to himself. Just looking at the way he stands with his sword, he has a bit of momentum.
It's just that compared to Jizhou's commander-in-chief, it's still a little worse.
Compared with Liu Yanran from Jibei, Qi Jinshan's aura is more like that of a normal person.
Since they are normal people, they should still be able to communicate.
"Come on! Drink!"
Du Chengfeng was not polite and drank all the wine in the glass down his throat in one breath.
This Qi Jinshan is indeed a good communicator. At least he speaks much better than Liu Yanran. After filtering out most of the useless flattery, Du Chengfeng also knows that Xiang Rong, who had previously harmed Ruan Shantao in the mountains, , that old friend of Ruan Shantao has become the national advisor of the grassland people and is leading his troops south.
"The safety of Yanzhou City depends more on heroes."
Qi Jinshan toasted again.
"With heroes here, Yanzhou will be safe and sound!"
Isn't this a little too high of a view of me?
Although he drank, Du Chengfeng didn't agree to anything, just because he knew that Xiang Rong was not something he could handle now - he was a master at the same level as Ruan Shantao, and he even surpassed him in terms of force. Ruan Shantao turned into a monster, and in addition, the man named Xiang Rong was not lacking in strategy and cruelty. Just like the riot in Yanzhou City, if there is a cooperation between inside and outside, Yanzhou will miss on the spot.
But Xiang Rong did not come with his troops.
What's the delay? Or did an unexpected situation disrupt the plan? Du Chengfeng didn't know what was going on.
But at least he knew that even if he delayed for a few days, Xiang Rong could still easily defeat Yanzhou.
So, it's time to go.
On the way back with the horse, Du Chengfeng, who smelled of alcohol, was thinking. Although others are drunk now, their minds are much clearer than during the day.
You should evacuate immediately. This is the most rational decision. But it was obvious that his body had its own ideas.
With his thoughts complicated, he did not go back to the house. Instead, he went all the way to the depths of the arsenal and came under the huge word "Benevolence", trying to use the handwriting left by the cheap teacher to help him calm down. one time.
But when Du Chengfeng opened the door deep in the arsenal, he found that someone had already entered.
"Old Liu?"
Smelling the familiar smell of alcohol, Du Chengfeng was stunned.
"when did you come?"
"I do not remember."
The drunk Liu Bolun turned around, still holding a jar of wine in his arms.
"Eh? Did you drink too? Come on, drink some more, and just drink with me."
"……good."
Although he had drunk a lot, Du Chengfeng still nodded.
After all, he has also noticed that Liu Bolun's mood seems to be a little wrong at the moment.
"I haven't told you before, but I don't actually come from an academy."
After drinking a few sips of wine, Liu Bolun lay on the ground and talked about his past.
"I was originally an Imperial College student in Jiankang City, and I got the official position only after being recommended by the old man... Originally I thought I could make up for the vacancies in a good place and work more leisurely, so that I could make more wine in my free time. Liquor, get something good to drink. Who would have known that the old man sent me directly to Yanzhou, a place that has seen ghosts, just a Jibei away from the prairie people..."
Immediately afterwards, Liu Bolun started to curse Ruan Shantao all over his body.
But soon, Liu Bolun shook his head.
"Of course, it's useless to say this now. After all, the old man himself has been squeezed out. He has come to Yanzhou himself. What else can I say?"
At this point, Liu Bolun's voice paused.
"Brother Du, I want to tell you something. This is my fault."
"Um?"
Du Chengfeng frowned.
"What's up?"
"Some of the rotten weapons in the warehouse were actually soaked in wine."
After gritting his teeth, Liu Bolun opened his mouth.
"When I first came to Yanzhou, I wanted to find a convenient way to be lazy, so I came up with the method of making wine... But it was also the first time for me to use wine to dissolve evil spirits, so I figured it out. Some mistakes, just..."
"Then the old man helped you jack up the tank?"
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but glance at Liu Bolun.
He didn't expect that the problem with the arsenal that he couldn't find out after turning around a few times before would actually be caused by this drunkard.
"It should be said that the old man has been helping me top the tank."
Liu Bolun sighed.
"It was only later that I found out that the old man had already made arrangements in the arsenal. If it weren't for the old man's words and sword being pressed into the arsenal, something big would have happened when I messed around before... So I'm actually not as aboveboard as I said. , I was awarded the gold seal not just because I was competing with the governor, but mainly because I did commit a crime."
At this point, Liu Bolun was stunned.
"But the old man still let me go into the mountain."
Liu Bolun looked down at the wine jar in his arms.
Ruan Shantao still let him go into the mountains, even though he would be charged some money, but for Liu Bolun, who could afford to make moonshine, the money was nothing. What's more, being awarded an official title is not without consequences. Without Ruan Shantao's blessing, he might have been dragged to Ming Zhengdian for punishment.
There was slightly more wine in the jar.
"So..."
Liu Bolun raised his head and looked at the word "Benevolence" on the wall.
"This old immortal is obviously so powerful, how could he really die?"
Shaking his head, Liu Bolun simply picked up the wine jar and drank heavily, even plunging his entire head into the wine jar.
This made Du Chengfeng have to spend some time to pull Liu Bolun's head out of the jar, otherwise he might be suffocated inside.
However, when Du Chengfeng was about to leave the arsenal and hand the place over to Liu Bolun for self-isolation, Liu Bolun, who had sobered up a little, stopped him.
"Wait a minute, Brother Du."
After gesturing to himself and then to the top of Du Chengfeng's head, Liu Bolun was a little confused.
"Have you grown taller?"
