"alright!"
"Don't panic, everyone, follow what I said and choose the weapon you have handy!"
Early the next morning.
Song Guicheng stood at the door of the study with a radiant face, looked at the people in front of him, and said loudly.
A sack was opened in front of him, and it was filled with swords of various colors.
Most of the people who only slept for an hour or two yesterday looked a little tired.
Looking at the swords in front of them, Cao Shugong and the other yamen servants among the crowd all had some cultivation skills, so they quickly adapted to their roles and stepped forward to choose the swords.
As for Wang Dagui, Sun Kuan and several of Wang Dagui's relatively loyal servants yesterday, they felt a little embarrassed when they looked at the sword in front of them.
After all, these people are just ordinary people. They can endure hardships and pay for their efforts, but they can fight with swords against a group of guys who don't know whether they are humans or ghosts...
It's indeed a bit overwhelming.
On the contrary, Mr. Luo, who was a scholar, stepped forward very actively, chose a long sword that he usually had handy, and stood behind Song Guicheng.
During this night, no one knew what kind of changes had occurred in the scholar's heart, but there seemed to be a determination as solid as stone in his eyes.
"Commander Song, Wang Dahu and the others are just ordinary people. They may not be able to help with this kind of thing. It's better to let them stay here and we will accompany you." Cao Shugong is a head catcher, even if he gets here Shi still kept his responsibilities in mind, and seeing Wang Dagui and others looking troubled, he immediately stepped forward and spoke to Song Guicheng.
"Yeah..." Wang Dagui reached out and grabbed his son who wanted to step forward to pick a sword. He looked at Song Guicheng with a flattering smile and echoed: "We people, we don't have the strength to tie a chicken, so we went It’s just adding to the chaos, so why not wait here for news of your triumphant return, and prepare a banquet to welcome you all.”
"Dad! There are no unbroken eggs in the overturned nest! We..." Wang Che, who was on the side, couldn't listen anymore and looked at his father and said this.
"You know nothing, shut up!" Wang Dagui immediately shouted, and then looked at Song Guicheng with a flattering expression.
Song Guicheng grinned at this moment. He looked at Wang Che and said, "Your son is not bad."
Wang Dagui nodded in agreement, but still stared at the other party.
But at this moment, Song Guicheng turned his head and looked at everyone present: "If you want to stay, that's no problem."
"But the ugly words are ahead. As soon as I leave, these guys outside the house will have nothing to worry about. I can't guarantee what they will do. If something unexpected happens by then, you are in hell. Don't blame Mr. Song for not warning him. Pass you!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone who was still hesitating looked at the team of nearly a thousand people gathered outside the house, and their expressions suddenly changed.
Wang Dagui was the first to bear the brunt. He trembled, and without caring, he picked up two swords from the ground. He held one tightly and gave the other to his son. His movements were so fast that he had to struggle to climb the stairs before. His appearance is completely different.
Sun Kuan also quickly picked up a long sword and retreated to Chu Yueshan and Chu Qingxiao.
"My surname is Chu, I am my sister's biological brother. You have to keep an eye on me later." He looked towards Chu Yueshan with a pale face.
Chu Yueshan curled his lips. Although he was happy to see Sun Kuan defeated, he was a little nervous thinking about what he would face later, let alone Sun Kuan.
The more panicked you are at this time, the more likely you are to make mistakes.
He didn't want to put Sun Kuan in real danger just because of one or two of his sarcasm.
"Don't worry, as long as my old Chu is here, you have to go behind me to meet your sister."
"Uncle Chu, Uncle Sun, follow me later. If there is any danger, I will help you deal with it." Chu Zhaozhao's voice came at this time.
When Sun Kuan heard this, he looked happy and nodded repeatedly.
"That's not necessary, just help me keep an eye on my Qingxiao." Chu Yueshan, however, did not want to be protected by a younger girl, so he said bravely.
Chu Zhaozhao seemed to have something on his mind, and he just nodded lightly when he heard this.
Chu Qingxiao looked at Chu Zhaozhao and said, "Thank you, Miss Chu."
Chu Zhaozhao subconsciously avoided the other party's gaze, forced a slightly stiff smile on his face, and said: "I am entrusted by the sect and my junior uncle. This is what I should do."
Chu Qingxiao also saw Chu Zhaozhao's strangeness. He just thought that the other party was too nervous and didn't think much about it. He also comforted him and said: "Miss Chu, Commander Song has a high level of cultivation and a very high attainment in swordsmanship. With him here, Candle Yin will definitely be solved, you don’t have to worry too much.”
When Chu Zhaozhao heard this, he glanced at the young man with a warm smile in front of him with a complicated expression. At this moment, he was still thinking about having a relationship with himself...
Her heart was filled with mixed emotions. She wanted to tell the whole story several times, but in the end she swallowed it back...
She nodded and replied: "I hope everything goes well..."
…
"Now that everyone is ready, let's get ready to go!"
About a quarter of an hour later, Song Guicheng spoke to everyone.
He didn't seem to see the look of sadness on everyone's faces, but instead looked a little excited.
"Today's battle is about the survival of Wuling City. If we fail, we will walk together on the road to hell."
"If it's done, we'll leave our name in history and shine through the ages!"
"Cheer up, everyone!"
After he said this, he was the first to turn around and walk towards the outside of the study.
The group of people standing outside the study had experienced the ravages of a night of wind and snow. Their bodies were covered with snow stains, and their exposed palms and necks had purple-green frostbite.
But there was no trace of pain on their faces. Instead, they kept chanting: "The God of Eternal Night, whose wings cover the frosty sky."
Just seeing Song Guicheng approaching, this group of guys who seemed to have lost their consciousness retreated to both sides in a tacit understanding, making way for Song Guicheng.
Song Guicheng seemed to be very adaptable to such a scene. He even hummed a tune and walked into the passage carelessly.
But because he was so courageous, the people following him couldn't relax.
Imagine you are walking in a narrow passage, and there are dense crowds of people standing on both sides of the passage. Their expressions are dull, but their eyes are staring at you, as if their eyeballs are about to pop out of their sockets and stick to you. He keeps mumbling weird words to you such as "The God of Eternal Night, whose wings cover the frosty sky".
This scene is so weird that it makes people go numb.
Everyone clenched the swords in their hands, their feet were trembling, and they looked at the crowd on the left, but they were worried that the guys on the right would make an attack. Looking at the guys on the right, the whispers on the left made people panic.
The road was only four to five feet long, and everyone was walking on thin ice, and every step was startling.
With great difficulty, he followed Song Guicheng and walked out of the crowd.
Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the crowd behind them also turned around, faced everyone, and followed behind them, still mumbling those words.
"Do they mean to send you thousands of miles away?" Even a martial arts practitioner like Chu Yueshan turned a little pale when he looked at the crowd following behind him.
Chu Qingxiao naturally couldn't answer his father's question. He also looked back behind him, hoping to see if he could see what these weird guys wanted to do.
But just when his eyes were focused on the crowd, he suddenly saw crowds of people coming from both sides of the street, gathering into a team of just over a thousand people.
The number of people increased dramatically.
More and more, looking up, the streets behind them are already filled with people in the city, and they are all like the previous group of people, with dumbfounded expressions, and they keep shouting: "God of Eternal Night, Wing Cover" Frosty day.”
And the number of people is still rising, with people constantly coming from all directions...
"This... why does it feel like everyone in Wuling City... is here..."
Sun Kuan said with a pale face, but after he spoke, no one responded to his question.
He was a little strange. He looked around and realized that everyone was stunned by the scene. They were all dumbfounded, and some were even trembling.
Chu Qingxiao was also shocked by this scene. He glanced at Chu Zhaozhao beside him and saw the girl frowning.
After all, he couldn't suppress the confusion in his heart, so he left the team at this moment, walked forward quickly, and walked to Song Guicheng.
Song Guicheng turned around and glanced at him: "What's wrong, are you scared?"
"When we were in the military camp, I was even scared when you chopped off the candles."
"This looks bluffing, but it actually doesn't have much fighting power, so there's no need to worry."
Chu Qingxiao shook his head after hearing this and said, "I just don't understand why Zhu Yin makes so many people surrender to him?"
"Since they knew about Zhu Yin's existence, why didn't they resist?"
Song Guicheng kept walking and replied nonchalantly: "People say that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."
"Think about Wuling City today, with only 10% tax and free martial arts schools. Ordinary people can live a very comfortable life."
"Businessmen never lose money no matter how they do business, and gamblers can win back money at the gambling table even if they spend so much. Don't you want to live like this?"
"Once you live it, it's hard to go back. What should you do? If you want to continue living like this, don't you have to please the person who gave you such a life?"
Chu Qingxiao frowned: "But everyone shouldn't be bewitched by these things, right? There are always some people who don't care about these things, why don't they resist?"
"Who said they didn't resist?" Song Guicheng stopped, and his voice suddenly became much duller: "Maybe those things have happened long ago, but it's like they don't remember the siege of Zhuyin."
"You might have forgotten something."
"It's just that you didn't know it."
Chu Qingxiao's frown deepened, his face looked strange, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of Song Guicheng's words.
"Let's put it more bluntly."
"The shadow of a candle can make everyone forget everything."
"Then why can you remember some clues?"
Song Guicheng turned his head at this moment and looked directly into Chu Qingxiao's eyes, as if he wanted to penetrate his soul.
"Is there a possibility..."
He said this, his voice as low as a ghost whispering.
"What you remember..."
"It's just what Zhuyin wants you to remember."
