"Commander."
In the city lord's palace, a group of patrolling soldiers saw that it was Xing Fei and took the initiative to step aside.
"Where is the city lord staying now?" Xing Fei nodded, looking tired.
This pair of soldiers were on duty in the core area of the city lord's palace. The leader quickly replied: "In the side hall next to the study, but..."
The man realized that if he continued speaking, he would be criticizing behind his back. He quickly fell silent and looked at Xing Fei with some fear.
Xing Fei glanced at these soldiers, seeing the panic and helplessness that had settled on their faces for most of the night, and paused slightly as he walked out, "The thieves who sneaked into the inner city have left, and now we will change defenses every two hours. "
The soldiers were overjoyed, and the tight formation began to loosen. They turned to look at Xing Fei's back as he strode away. Some people were already whispering: "Don't tell me, although we usually look down on the city defense army, in fact, in the eyes of those big shots, Here, we are just cannon fodder like the city defense army."
Someone immediately responded and said, "Yes! It's really coming to an end, and we are actually the ones who will die more."
The team leader frowned when he heard this, looked at the speaker and cursed: "Wu Laoer, don't forget your blind old lady. If it weren't for the Zhaiji Hall opened by the city lord, even if you take the money back every month, I'm afraid it would be..." It won’t work anymore.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers who were talking about each other immediately fell silent.
While the Guards receive treatment many times higher than that of the city defense army, they naturally bear heavier responsibilities. They must stand in every chaos and take the lead in every battle.
But if you want to say that they are not afraid of death when facing masters like tonight, that is the most hypocritical lie. But one thing is that Bai Hao generously bought bones with thousands of gold, and another thing that is difficult to discuss and can only be put under the table is that many of the family members of the soldiers have been arranged to move into the inner city. After entering Zhaiji Hall, the younger one entered a government-run school.
When everything in this body was clearly arranged, and when the order from above came down, they could only grit their teeth and pray that they were not the ones who died this time, and then form a formation and charge towards the enemy.
But I don’t know that the veteran in the Guards Army, Youzi, said: “Anyone who wants to form a large formation with more than a thousand people, whether they die or not depends on God’s mood.”
This sentence was also used as a mantra by the soldiers who went into battle.
The soldier named Wu Laoer was also a veteran in the squad. Tonight he was running around with the captain, but did not go to Andingfang where the most people died. At this time, he came up to the squad leader and patted the squad leader with a shy face. After flattering him for a while, he suddenly sighed: "Captain, do you still remember that silly boy who grew up with me?"
The team leader didn't know what he meant, so he frowned and cursed: "He has a simple and honest personality. I was blind when I chose you over him."
"Hehe, isn't that kid a little stronger than me? How about his brains and his strategist's skills?"
The team leader rolled his eyes after listening to Wu Laoer's self-promotion and was about to lead the team to pass on Xing Fei's order. He suddenly fell silent. Looking at the ruins in the night, Wu Laoer said: "It's a pity that that stupid boy died tonight. Well, for such a big man, all the bones in his body were broken when he came down. I heard that he was just knocked out by the opponent. Why do you think there is such a big gap between us people and those real masters? "
The squad leader was silent for a while after hearing this, then looked towards the direction Xing Fei left and sighed softly: "Just be satisfied, we have met a commander who is considerate of his subordinates. If it were replaced by someone else who just wants to please the city lord and agree with him, , maybe I won’t even be able to rest for a quarter of an hour tonight.”
The night had faded away from the figures of the pair who were drifting away, and Xing Fei, who was truly respected by them, was already standing at the door of the side hall.
In the night wind at this time, the smell of fireworks was stronger than before. What occasionally came out of the hall were some rude curses. Xing Fei looked at the ruins of the study that was directly burned to the side, hesitating whether to go to Bai Hao. Go in at this time when you are furious.
"Come in." Bai Hao's voice came out clearly.
Xing Fei immediately gathered his concentration and walked in quickly.
The side hall was much deserted than expected. Xing Fei smelled the strong smell of medicine in the air and looked to the left. An eight-sided screen blocked his sight. As the candlelight flickered, he could see that there seemed to be a large wooden barrel behind the screen. The figure with only his shoulders exposed was leaning against the edge of the barrel. As if feeling his gaze, he asked indifferently: "Where did you lose him?"
"In Taipingfang near the south gate."
"Well, the mobilization of a thousand-man military formation is naturally not as fast as theirs. This is not your dereliction of duty. Get off."
There was a sound of rushing water. Bai Hao walked out of the screen wearing a robe. Seeing that Xing Fei didn't move, he frowned and said, "What else can you do?"
Xing Fei lowered his eyes slightly, looked at Bai Hao's thick robe hanging on his side, and said with a heavy expression: "The fireworks were sent by their accomplices. After they met at Taipingfang, they were delayed by the Nancheng guard for a moment before the final general caught up. , this man is a first-grade sword cultivator, and he will eventually lose to him, causing many brothers at the south gate to die as well."
The candles in the palace were all on the screen, and when they shone into the empty lobby of the palace, the blood stains on Xing Fei's armor flickered brightly and dimly. Bai Hao saw this, and his face softened slightly: "The guard of the South Gate has done his job well." Rewards, you just have to decide how to do it. As for that first-grade sword cultivator, huh, he is just a rat hiding his head and showing his tail."
Xing Fei lowered his head and expressed his guess: "This person is most likely the sword cultivator whom Fen Xi checked before. I didn't expect him to act with Hidden Valley."
"It's not with Hidden Valley, it's with that scoundrel. I'm not surprised by this."
Xing Fei raised his head and couldn't help but shrink his pupils when he saw Bai Hao's appearance. He suppressed the surprise in his heart and lowered his head and asked, "What else does Mu Qing have to do with this person?"
As soon as the question came out of his mouth, Xing Fei made a conscious mistake. In order to cover up his surprise, he found a bad topic.
Bai Hao stood barefoot on the ground, with the red side of his skin exposed outside his robe, and there were countless thumb-sized pieces of flesh squirming bit by bit at the collar of his chest.
He squinted his eyes, looked at Xing Fei silently, and asked, "Then do you know the identity of this swordsman?"
Xing Fei said calmly: "No one will hear about this matter. The identity of this sword cultivator is very likely to be Zhang Zhiyuan, the former commander of the Guards."
Baihao nodded and asked in a much lower voice, with inexplicable meaning: "Then what do you think Mu Qing has to do with him now?"
In the quiet hall, the rich smell of medicinal herbs made people's chest feel tighter than the smell of fireworks outside the hall. Xing Fei's mind was spinning, and he silently remembered what happened two months earlier, and said in a hoarse voice: "Is this Mu Qing a remnant of the Lin family?" ?”
"That's right! He is Lin Xiao's son, and his age is only eighteen years old..." Bai Hao's words were extremely complicated, and Xing Fei was even more speechless when he heard them.
Most of the monks are good at facial expressions, not to mention that Hidden Valley has a place for alchemy like Ten Thousand Flowers Valley. Facing everyone in Hidden Valley, Xing Fei subconsciously gave up on judging his age by his face. At this time, Bai Hao was forced to be so embarrassed. He was only eighteen years old, and with all kinds of mixed feelings in his heart, he already felt like he had been abandoned by the times.
Bai Hao walked up to Xing Fei, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know you have changed since Qingyun Street."
Xing Fei opened his mouth to say something, and heard a figure outside the city. He didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
"You know what? I know you won't write lies to explain, so that's why I feel free to use you." Although Bai Hao was seriously injured, he still maintained his dignity when facing Xing Fei and chuckled. : "In terms of top combat power, we are indeed far behind them. At this time of ups and downs, Suzaku City still needs you to lead everyone."
Xing Fei lowered his body, knelt on one knee, cupped his fists and said solemnly: "In the end, we must try our best."
"Get up, you two brothers came here with me, you don't need to talk about these rules in private."
After Xing Fei stood up, he asked, "Do you have any other instructions?"
Bai Hao nodded and said: "After working hard all night, it's not too late, but you have to do one thing for me after you go down. Count the brothers who were killed and injured tonight. Tomorrow you will go door to door for me to deliver pensions. I was injured. It’s not serious, you may have to retreat for a period of time. During this period of retreat, you and Geshan can discuss some things.”
Xing Fei didn't expect that he would take over such a big stall after asking so casually, and quickly refused: "How can this be done?"
Bai Hao also knew that after he wiped out the Zheng clan, it would be difficult for Suzaku City to settle down for a long time, and his tone of voice was inevitably gloomy: "Don't worry, I have a feeling that tonight After that, they will be quiet for a while. If you and Geshan are not sure, come and find me below."
Bai Hao pointed to the ground under his feet, Xing Fei understood, and felt a lot more emotion in his heart.
When he received the order to exterminate the family last night, he actually resisted it, but the military order was overwhelming, so he could only do it silently, but he also thought in his heart, did their city lord Bai Hao do something wrong?
Just thinking about it now, behind the peace were soldiers like them fighting in blood and fire. People in Suzaku City are now in panic, but they need a strong leader.
And just before entering the side hall, he thought he would meet an angry Bai Hao. Unexpectedly, Bai Hao not only did not lose his temper, but was also extremely reasonable. He had obviously thought about the problem from the perspective of his brothers.
Thinking of this, Xing Fei promised in a deep voice: "Don't worry, sir, the general will definitely lead the brothers to work together to maintain the peace of Suzaku City."
Bai Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, with an inexplicable smile on his lips, and nodded: "Then let's go down."
After he was sure that Xing Fei was far away and could not hear the movement in the side hall, Bai Hao suddenly bent over and coughed violently. The cough became stronger and stronger. After the tearing sound spread, it actually made the candle behind the screen The fire was swaying endlessly.
When Bai Hao raised his head, his face was covered with throbbing and twisted blood vessels. His expression changed from the previous calm, and he stared at the dark corner of the hall with great ferocity, and said viciously: "I have created it for you no less than three times. Opportunity, but you didn’t react at all, look at the timing of your two shots, they look like shit!”
The atmosphere in the hall dropped to freezing point, and the candlelight was extinguished amidst Bai Hao's roar. In the corner where Bai Hao was staring at, a shadow suddenly moved. After being silent for a while, he asked slowly: "What do you want?"
"Reason, you must give me a reason tonight!" Bai Hao took a few steps forward and stopped.
