077 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 76

☆、Chapter 76: Close the city gate and never live in peace 2

“Open the door!”

“Let us in!”

The soldiers retreated into the city and the gates were closed.The people who were driven out by the soldiers rushed back like a black tide and slapped on the door.The soldiers on the tower shouted: “Back off! Back off! Those who have received the money can go on their way. Go to the east, don’t stay!”

However, these Yong’an people left their hometown and fled all the way to the imperial city closest to them.The gates of the imperial city were closed to them. If they wanted to survive, they had to bypass the imperial city and walk a longer way to the city further east.

But the journey to this point has been full of difficulties and dangers, with countless casualties. How can we still have the energy to continue moving forward?Even if each person is given some transportation, water and dry food, how many days can they last on the road?

They were all disgraced, some were dragging pots and pans, some were carrying dolls on their backs, some were carrying stretchers, some were supporting them, some were lying down, they could no longer move, and they were sitting in groups on the ground in front of the city wall.The young men still had the energy to get angry, hammering on the city gate and shouting: “You can’t do this! You want us to die!”

“We are all Xianle people, why don’t you kill them all like this?”

A man shouted until his voice became hoarse: “Forget it, just kick us out. I won’t go in, but let my wife and children stay, okay?!”

Just like an earthworm shaking a tree, the city gate remains motionless.

Xie Lian stood above the tower.With his white clothes flying, he crossed the female wall and looked down.Outside the imperial city, all he could see were slowly squirming human heads, dark and dense, much like the ant colonies he had seen when he was playing in the imperial garden when he was a child.

At that time, out of curiosity, he looked at it a few more times, stretched out a finger, and wanted to poke it secretly. Immediately, a palace official shouted: “Your Highness, this thing is so dirty, don’t touch it, don’t touch it!” He hurried over with his skirt and crushed the ants to death with a few feet.

When the ants are alive, they are nothing to look at except for being densely packed together. When they are trampled to death, they become nothing more than a puddle of mud, and there is nothing to look at.

Within the imperial city, thousands of houses were brightly lit and filled with music.A city wall separates two completely different worlds.

It’s just that the people from Yong’an who came later couldn’t go in, but those who were inside actually had to be kicked out.Although cold and tough, Xie Lian probably knows that this is because in the past few months, the people of the Imperial City and the people of Yong’an have been getting into trouble more and more, leaving a group of such men in the city for fear of causing trouble if they cooperate with each other.

However, there was one thing that he felt could still be discussed, and he said in a daze: “Why do women and children have to be evacuated too? Some people inside can’t go very far.”

Feng Xin and Mu Qingshi stood behind him.Mu Qing said: “If you want to evacuate, you have to evacuate together. Don’t worry about the lack of numbers but the inequality. You can’t treat them differently, otherwise it will inevitably irritate people. Why can they stay and I can’t stay?”

Feng Chuang: “You think too much.”

Mu Qing said calmly: “There are some people who think so. Moreover, if the wives and children have not left, those men will not be willing to leave far, and they will come back sooner or later. Keeping people in the city means leaving trouble in the future.”

These Yong’an people refused to leave, and the soldiers in the city tower couldn’t leave either. They all said, “Huh, let’s just waste it like this!”

Since His Majesty the King has given the order, do you think that just sitting here and wasting it will be useful?If energy is consumed for one or two days, can it still be consumed for one, two, or two years?

The officers and people of the imperial city all thought so.Some Yongan people accepted their fate in despair, decided to take a gamble and continued eastward, but there were not many.Most of them were still sitting at the gate of the city, hoping that the imperial city would open and let them in, at least giving them a place to stay and make some repairs before continuing on their way.More newcomers from Yong’an arrived. Although they were very disappointed to see that the city gate was closed, they saw so many people guarding it and joined the large army with waiting and expectation.

So, three or four days later, more and more people gathered at the gate of the city. Tens of thousands of people were almost camping here, forming a spectacular spectacle.They were barely able to survive with the water and dry food provided by the king, but they were almost reaching their limit.

This limit is on the fifth day.

For the past five days, Xie Lian has been dividing it into three parts every day, one part for the believers in the Prince’s Palace, one part for arranging water transportation and rainfall, and one part for taking care of the people in Yong’an outside the city. Even with the help of Feng Xin and Mu Qing, sometimes he feels overwhelmed and unable to do what he wants.On this day, at a certain time when he was not guarding outside the city, under the scorching sun, a scream suddenly rang out in front of the city gate.

The ones screaming were a couple holding a child.Everyone gathered around and asked: “What’s wrong with this child?” “Are you hungry or thirsty?” After a moment, they exclaimed: “Everyone, please bring some water over, this child’s face cannot be seen!”

The woman cried and gave water to the blushing child, but all the water was spat out.His father said: “I don’t know what’s going on. He’s sick. Doctor, I need a doctor!”

He rushed to the city gate with his son in his arms, banged the door and said: “Open the door, open the door and help! Someone is going to die, my son is going to die!”

The soldiers inside the door naturally did not dare to open the door.Regardless of whether someone is really going to die, there are tens of thousands of people outside the door. Once the door is opened, there is no thought of closing it again, and the only dare is to inform the superior officers.The weather was hot, and the soldiers who had been guarding for many days were a little impatient and said perfunctorily: “Give him water and food.” So they used a rope to hang some water and food down.The man said: “Thank you, thank you all the soldiers, but we don’t need water and food. Can you help us find a doctor?”

This is very embarrassing.You can neither let him in to find a doctor, nor can you hang a doctor down to him.God knows what these hungry people who have been hungry for four or five days will do when they get outside.So, several generals said: “Forget it, don’t worry about it, ignore it, no one will die. If you ask again, I will report it. I have already gone to ask for instructions from His Majesty the King.”

The king of the country has been very worried about Yong’an for the past few days and has been angry frequently. Naturally, no one dares to bother him for such a trivial matter.Several soldiers answered accordingly, and the man felt very relieved. He thanked the king repeatedly and knelt down to kowtow.However, hour after hour passed, and the shadows under the scorching sun moved from one side to the other. The doctor did not appear for a long time, but the child in his arms was getting hotter and hotter.

The hands of the couple holding the child kept shaking. The man was covered in cold sweat and murmured: “Is anyone else coming? Will you open the door for me?”

He finally couldn’t bear it anymore and shouted loudly from the top of the tower: “Generals, I’m sorry, I want to ask… where is the doctor?”

The soldier replied: “I have gone to ask His Majesty the King for instructions. Just wait.”

Some people below couldn’t hold it any longer: “I told you to leave two hours ago, why haven’t you come back yet?”

The soldiers followed the instructions of their superiors and ignored them after answering.The people under the wall were angry, helpless, and sad. They gathered around the child and began to doubt: “Did they really inform His Majesty the King? They couldn’t lie to us, right?”

The child’s father couldn’t wait any longer, so he took the child and tied it on his back, and said a few words to his wife.The woman took off an amulet from her neck and put it around her husband’s neck.The man ran towards the wall and tried to climb up.

It was extremely difficult to repair the outside of the city wall. He grabbed a few handfuls and was unable to climb up. The other men all said, “I’m here to help you!” and went to help him.Dozens of people piled up on top of each other and sent him to the high ground.At this point, the man could barely hold on to the rope used to carry water and food and continue climbing.The tens of thousands of people below were looking at him nervously, not daring to encourage him for fear of being discovered.The soldiers guarded the city tower for a few days. This group of Yong’an refugees did not cause any big trouble, so they inevitably relaxed a little. When the man climbed almost halfway up, they suddenly noticed a man clinging to the city wall and shouted: “What are you doing! You are not allowed to climb the wall! Anyone who climbs the wall will be killed without mercy! Do you hear that, anyone who climbs the wall will be killed without mercy!”

They threatened, and the man shouted loudly: “I don’t mean any harm! I just want to take my child to see a doctor, but I can’t do anything!” He continued to crawl while shouting.A general who was having a meal was extremely angry when he heard about this.If this person climbed up unharmed and set a precedent, wouldn’t countless Yongan people follow suit?Must be stopped!So, he strode forward and shouted down from the wall: “Are you desperate for your life? Get down immediately. If you don’t get down, I won’t spare you!”

And the man had already climbed to a very high place. After halfway, he would be able to go up with more effort, so he naturally refused to stop.The general always spoke his mind in the military camp, and no one dared to disobey his orders.Who dares not to listen? It’s very simple.He came to the wall, drew his sword and struck, and the rope broke.

The man held the broken rope and fell from the air.Amidst the screams of countless people, he fell heavily on the hard ground outside the city gate.

Xie Lian appeared at this time.

The man was on his back, and he was carrying a child on his back.With a “pop” sound, it was crushed into a ball of exploding meat paste, and a blood flower spattered several feet.His neck was also broken, his eyes were wide open, and an amulet slipped from his twisted neck, with the word “Xianle” written in the middle and embroidered with gold thread. It was the amulet consecrated from the Prince’s Palace.

The moment before he climbed, this man and his wife had both held amulets and silently prayed for His Highness the Crown Prince’s blessing. Therefore, Xie Lian heard their prayers and rushed here.

However, after all, he is not the heroic protagonist in those legendary novels. Every time, he can show up just before the sword is raised and fall, and save someone at the critical moment.The woman didn’t have the courage to open her husband’s body to see what had become of her son. She covered her face and screamed. Without looking, she ran forward and hit the wall with her head. There was a “thud” and she fell down motionless.

Right in front of Xie Lian’s eyes, under the walls of the Imperial City, there were three more corpses in an instant!

He hadn’t yet reacted, but the people outside the city gate couldn’t bear it anymore.

Someone scolded: “Death, a family of three, death! Look, this is a good general working for our Majesty the King! Instead of saving us, he will force us to die!”

“If you don’t let us in and don’t send people out, what will we do? Three bloody lives are watching you!”

“It is said that the people of Yong’an are all evacuating the imperial city. Why don’t those rich people evacuate together? Do we, who have no money and no power, deserve to die? I have seen it through!”

“I can’t bear it anymore… I really can’t bear it anymore. The taxes that should be levied every year are not less. Where are they when it comes to disaster relief?”

“I would rather use the money to feed moths to repair his son’s temple than help the victims, and just give some water and dry food. Who do we think we are? A foolish king, a foolish king!”

The soldiers shouted loudly on the tower to stop. The general had never seen any battles before, so he didn’t take it to heart.However, the situation has gotten out of control.Thousands of pairs of angry hands pushed against the door, and some people directly hit it with their heads and bodies. This time, it was no longer a cricket that shakes a tree.

The city gate moved, and even the entire city tower was faintly trembling!

I have never seen anything like this since Xie Lian was born.The people he saw were all kind, harmonious, wealthy, and lovely.These people with distorted faces and crying and shouting brought him to another completely strange world, which made his hair stand on end.Even when he faced the most terrifying demons and evil spirits, he had never felt like this before.At this moment, a roar came from above the tower.

He turned around suddenly and saw a tall and thin figure, pinching the general who cut the rope and causing the death of three people under the city wall, and broke his neck with a crisp “哢” sound.

All the soldiers had no idea how this person suddenly appeared. They were shocked and surrounded them with swords and shouts: “Who is it?!” “How did you get up here?!”

Xie Lian quickly noticed his hands, which were already bloody.This man actually used a pair of fleshy palms to grab the city wall with almost no gaps and climbed up.And when the figure turned around, it was indeed Lang Ying!

Lang Ying, who was surrounded by soldiers, was not at all confused. He climbed up the parapet and threw the general’s body down the tower. He also stepped on the body, using it as a buffering stepping stone, and jumped down.

The moment before jumping down, he looked straight at Xie Lian.But what he looked at was not Xie Lian, but penetrated him and looked at the imperial palace located in the center of the imperial city.

From this day on, Xianle Country was completely in chaos.

The author has something to say: Phew, the war has broken out~ But don’t expect any war drama.This article is based on a fairy tale!!!