After Ah Liang finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Shen Haolin and Shen Cha looked at each other, and they both thought of Jiaping Pass more than ten years ago.
Because of the years of war, although Jiapingguan City is called a city, in fact the city walls and gates are in dilapidated condition, and the guards at the gates are ineffective, and all kinds of people can get in, so that after the Shen family army was transferred to Jiapingguan City, , it took a long time to clean up the secret operations and espionage of various countries. Although a lot of effort was spent, there were still fish that slipped through the net. It is a bit regretful to think about it.
Except for those with ulterior motives, the city is also a mixed bag. Many wanted villains and fugitives gather here. They live wantonly in such a place where no one cares about them, making the already chaotic town even worse.
Shen Cha has lived in such an environment full of despair and death since she was a child. She is used to seeing life and death involuntarily. Her neighbors, the grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles who take good care of her, and the little brothers and sisters in their family , and even children of her age disappeared as soon as they said they were gone. They would go out in the morning and might not be able to come back at night. They would also fall asleep the first night and quietly leave this world the next morning.
Shen Cha sighed softly. Later, they calculated statistics and found that almost half of the people died of starvation or freezing due to lack of food and clothing. In comparison, there were far fewer people who died in wars.
The situation in the current Yiqing Prefecture and the cities and counties of the Jin Kingdom is probably not much different from that of Jiapingguan City back then. Especially Yiqing Prefecture, which has been besieged for several days, the food in the city is gradually decreasing, even if there are some high reserves. A large family, even a royal palace, cannot sustain it for much longer.
Shen Haolin kept staring at Shen Cha, and he could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her expression. He reached out and patted her shoulder. Those days were gone, and life would get better and better in the future.
Shen Cha smiled at him and said that he was fine, but suddenly felt sad after hearing A Liang's words.
Although Song Jue and Bai Meng have not experienced it personally, they can imagine what a terrible situation the Yiqing Mansion is now.
"Is the situation in Yiqing Mansion still under control?" Song Jue looked at Ah Liang, "There were no riots caused by the siege?"
"The first few days were indeed very chaotic, and there were some incidents of vandalism, smashing, and looting. They did not dare to rob the shops of Xia merchants and Liao merchants. They mainly targeted those Hu merchants, but they did not get any benefits. His face was bruised and bruised after being beaten by Hu Shang."
"They..." Several people looked at each other, and they were all dumbfounded. "Are they not very smart? How could they think of robbing Hu Shang? With that kind of physique, can they beat him?"
"In Yiqing Prefecture, there is actually an unwritten rule, because in the past few years, the Jin Kingdom has been defeated by Daxia and Liao many times, and the shops of Liao Shang and Xia Shang have a sufficient number of thugs, so , those bastards and scoundrels from the Kingdom of Jin would not attack them easily, but Hu Shang was different. Sometimes they were more peaceful. After all, they were far away from their homeland. If something really went wrong. , and no one will come to rescue them in time, so they can avoid causing trouble and try not to cause trouble." Ah Liang shrugged, "It is precisely because of this that he left the impression that those bastards and scoundrels are easy to bully. Once something happens, Hu Shang and his shop will be the target of their attack."
"But this time I kicked the iron plate." Bai Meng sneered, "How stupid! With Hu Ren's physique, he can beat both of them with one fist."
"Who says otherwise? I was beaten so hard this time that I never dared to provoke Hu merchants again. As for Xia merchants and Liao merchants, they wanted to rob them, but before they could get there, they were blocked by a row of heavily armed men in front of the shop. The thugs were scared away." Ah Liang spread his hands and said, "In the end, it will just be dog eating dog."
"Robbing yourself?" Seeing A Liang nod, Bai Meng shook his head, "Wanyan Ping doesn't care?"
"Of course they are in charge, but they only arrest a few leaders, and cannot put all the troublemakers and fights in prison. Besides, she also knows very well that as the siege time gradually becomes longer, The shortage of food in the city will become more and more obvious, and these shops will inevitably be destroyed. When she sent her subordinates to set fire to the half of the street, we had already moved everything out, thinking, In the most difficult times, these can last for a while.”
"How is Wanyanping's situation now? Can she still hold on?"
"It's okay to hold on for a while, but it's the end of the line." Ah Liang sighed, "Especially during this period, I was feeling hazy and in a trance. I ate very little and slept very little every day. I couldn't sit still. In one place, you can stare at the sky and be in a daze for a long time.”
"Then what? How does she respond to the current situation?"
"She often said that the people who besieged the city were just a bunch of mobs. Not to mention the outsiders, even those from the Wanyan family still had grudges against each other. Besides, there were many interests involved. She had already sent several waves of people there. Sowing discord is still effective to a certain extent. Within the Wanyan family, although most people are against Wanyanping, there are still many people who are optimistic about her. The reason why they join the forces besieging the city is just to follow the crowd. That’s all. If this group of people can win over some wavering or neutral people, the day will not be far when the current confrontation situation will be changed.”
"Wan Yanping really... never forgets to continue to use tricks no matter what the situation." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, "It doesn't matter, the more chaotic Yi Qing Mansion and Jin Kingdom are, the more beneficial it will be for us."
"However, she also said that in fact, the real opponent is not the mob outside the city, not Daxia and Liao, but the person who once supported her behind the scenes, but now wants her life. It is this person, In order to warn her to think twice before acting, we sent dead soldiers to attack the palace in the dead of night."
"Have you seen this person who wants her life?"
"No." Ah Liang shook his head gently, "There is such a person after my subordinates. However, every time Wanyanping receives some strange people, she has people drive us out and prevent us from getting close. Her study. Once, I dared to take a peek."
"Discovered?"
"That's not enough." Ah Liang shook his head gently, "I just saw a black figure from behind. That person was wrapped very tightly from head to toe, for fear that others would see any clues. But..." She thought about it. Thinking, he continued, "I heard Wan Yanping ask him whether the Lord is well recently and whether he still has trouble sleeping. The man said that everything is fine. Please don't worry about it, General Ping, and do the things you assigned. That's the most important thing. That person's tone is very condescending, and he has a slight accent."
"Accent? Where's the accent?"
"I don't know if my subordinate is feeling homesick. It sounds very much like the accent from Jiangnan. It's soft and waxy. It's very friendly to hear such an accent in a foreign country."
