The east gate of Yudu City.
The gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are blasting, red flags are waving, and there are huge crowds of people.
Following the footsteps with a loud bang, a ferocious beast with a mane like a lion and scales like a dragon stepped into the city. This beast was more than a foot tall and had a deliberately slim body shape.
It is the legendary spiritual beast Suanni and the mount of General Wu Anmin.
On the back of the beast, Wu Anmin is dressed in bright red armor, with sword-shaped eyebrows and eagle eyes, looking majestic and majestic. Although facing the cheers of countless people in Yudu City, his expression did not seem to be very happy.
But that's normal. No matter which general in the Yu Dynasty's military led an army of 30,000 tigers and wolves to attack a small island with a population of more than 20,000, victory was not something to be happy about.
Wu Anmin longed for real military exploits. At the age of forty, although he was already one of the top three generals in the Yu Dynasty's military, he had yet to win a real battle.
Generals during the Taiping years were always a little helpless.
What's more, he also has a special identity - the eldest son of the Wu family in Xizhou.
The Wu family had guarded the borders of the Western Regions for the Yu Dynasty for generations and had always been highly relied upon. His sister is the current Empress Wu, and his father once rose to the rank of prime minister. However, after His Majesty made Wu Anmin a general, his father retired and returned to his hometown.
There are a lot of rumors in the market that Wu Anmin only relied on the help of his family, father and sister to get to the position, and he really has no real talent.
As for this Roupu expedition, although His Majesty may have intended to accumulate military exploits for him, this kind of military exploits that could be obtained by anyone really made him a little uninterested.
But he knew that the Yu Dynasty needed such a military exploit.
Wu Anmin now only hopes to finish the scene quickly. Behind him are thousands of burly and ferocious soldiers selected from the army, guarding hundreds of carriages. There is a royal family member of the Roufu Kingdom in each car, and the standards are quite high.
I don't know, but I thought it was to send them off to the city.
Such a majestic team naturally received the warmest cheers from the people of Yudu. The people who had been waiting since the morning threw colorful satin, garlands, fruit baskets, new clothes... to commend the soldiers without hesitation. their merits.
It even made the soldiers a little dazed, almost thinking that they had really fought for the country through life and death.
The prisoner-offering team could not move too fast. They walked ten miles outside the city to offer sacrifices to their ancestors until they entered the city gate and arrived at the imperial city. They walked for a full hour, allowing the people of Yudu to enjoy the military power of the Yu Dynasty.
The shopkeeper of a silk and satin shop in the middle of Tianjie waved his hand and ordered his clerks to deliver several pieces of brand-new brocade to the soldiers parading in the street. This move was greeted with cheers from the people around him.
But after the prisoner-offering procession passed, the shopkeeper came downstairs, feeling secretly sad to himself. This time, in order to gain a good reputation, I really lost a lot of money.
He pushed aside the cloth hanging to dry in the yard and wanted to go back to the house, but suddenly he found a dark human figure huddled in the corner behind the cloth.
"Who?" The boss was startled.
His first reaction was that some little thief wanted to take advantage of the captive to come in and steal something, so he wanted to drive him out.
Unexpectedly, the black figure huddled in the corner, trembling constantly, as if enduring severe pain, and murmured: "Help me..."
"Huh?" The shopkeeper hesitated: "What's wrong with you?"
He walked forward slowly, approaching the shadow in the corner, trying to see clearly what was wrong with the man.
But the next second, I saw a scarlet blood glow suddenly flashing in the eyes of the little black shadow, "Oh——"
This time he saw it clearly. This figure looked to be only about ten years old. His body was black and blue, his blood was pulsating, and his body was covered with terrifying lines. As he approached, the black shadow suddenly burst out and swooped over!
"ah--"
The boss took two steps back and immediately fell to the ground. The black shadow rushed forward, like a wild beast, and actually bit his calf with its teeth!
"Ah! Help!" The shopkeeper screamed loudly in severe pain and fear.
Several waiters rushed over upon hearing the sound and saw that their shopkeeper was being bitten. They immediately picked up sticks and wanted to help.
But after a few blows with the stick, the black figure didn't move at all, just biting the shopkeeper's legs.
A bold man yelled angrily, and actually stretched out his hands to pull the black shadow away. Unexpectedly, the black shadow was as hard as iron and had extremely strong strength. He couldn't pull it away, but the other party suddenly turned over.
"Ah——" The guy was immediately thrown to the ground, and he was about to get a bite on his neck.
He was going to die on the spot!
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At the critical moment, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed, and a mighty figure appeared instantly, grabbing the child's Tianling Cap, and a golden dragon flashed, directly paralyzing his whole body.
Behind this mighty man were several practitioners who were in charge of overseeing the state's uniforms.
"Thanks to Chu Liang's timely reminder, there are indeed unscrupulous people who want to take advantage of the sacrifice of prisoners to cause trouble..." This mighty man is none other than the Heavenly Official of the Supervisory State Mansion, Ji Zidian.
After Chu Liang got the news that the "Xing Zheng" poison had entered Yu's capital city, he immediately guessed that someone must be taking advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble.
At this moment, the people of the whole city are gathered on both sides of Tianjie. If this poison breaks out, a large number of people will freeze in an instant, and the consequences will be disastrous.
So he quickly notified the people in the Supervisory Office, and even the Supervisory Order who had already arrived in the palace rushed back as soon as they received the news.
The Jianguo Mansion and the Sifang City Guards sent out all their manpower to be alert to possible stalemates.
But when the prisoner offering was coming to an end, there were still screams coming from both sides of Tianjie. These screams were quickly drowned out by the carnival crowd.
Ji Zidian's eyes were solemn and he said: "Don't follow me. Go in pairs to carry out spiritual inspections along the street. If there are any evil spirits again, suppress them immediately! The caught poisonous people and those who have been bitten will be controlled and sent back. Supervise the government! Chu Liang can detoxify them."
"Yes!" The men at the rear took the order and left.
…
The prisoner-offering team that had passed by was completely unaware of the commotion in the rear.
Wu Anmin rode his Suan Ni all the way to the imperial city. After he turned over and landed on the ground, he took the mount aside. A group of soldiers dismounted and walked into the imperial city to receive awards.
The Roupu people in the carriage also dismounted and slowly advanced with the team of soldiers.
The leader at the front is King Roupu. He is an old man in his fifties or sixties. He is dressed in the traditional white linen costume of the Roupu Kingdom. His skin is dark and chapped. He looks no different from an old fisherman who goes to sea all year round.
Seeing everything in front of him, he was also amazed at the power of the Yu Dynasty. It can only be said that there are differences between emperors. Compared with Emperor Yu, it is a bit exaggerated to say that he was a big landowner.
The team quickly passed through the palace walls of the imperial city and arrived at the huge square in front of the palace. Emperor Yu was already standing in front of the dragon steps outside the main hall, waiting to review the soldiers who had returned from victory.
Behind him stood the current civil and military officials of the Yu Dynasty. From top to bottom, except for those who left temporarily like the Supervisor of the State, almost everyone who could come had come.
A bright yellow figure stood on a high place. Wu Anmin was the first to kneel down and said loudly: "General, I will see you at last! This Eastern Expedition will live up to its mission!"
Following his movements, people from behind also fell to their knees.
"Hahaha!" Yu Chao, who was on the high rank, laughed and waved his hand, "All officers and men are safe! The people of the country are safe!"
As they stood up, the people of Roupu, led by the king, took out a gray-white bone tooth from their arms, and no one who saw it stopped them. Because everyone knows that this represents their highest courtesy.
Once a Roupu countryman expresses his sincere surrender to someone and his willingness to be a slave, he will cut his cheek with fish teeth to show his loyalty.
At this moment, they obviously want to make such a tribute.
Then King Roupu raised his bone teeth and slowly scratched his right cheek, and blood slowly flowed down. Most of the royal family behind him had clean cheeks, and there were some people behind him who already had a scar on their face. It might be that they had been loyal to the king.
At this moment, a new scar is about to be added.
The civil and military officials of the Yu Dynasty in front and the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty around them also watched them complete this gift with enough respect.
However, as the blood slowly flowed across his cheeks.
Vaguely, a strange, vague smell began to fill the air.
(End of chapter)
