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Chapter 177 25．The ruins of the Jedi have visitors
After a long journey, the brigade led by Hua Yingyue finally arrived in Shangjing.

With the refugees taken in along the way, and the suppression of the bandit villages and the capture of prisoners along the way, the number of people in the team has approached five figures.Fortunately, I met Wen Ruxia and Huangfu Jing, otherwise, it would not be so easy to control these people only relying on those individuals brought out from Huangdi City.

Huangfu Jing probably really thought about the addiction of leading troops to fight. As soon as new people joined, she immediately picked out all relatively strong people and organized them into teams. The No. [-] Yiyang Army is in command.As long as the schedule is not delayed, there will be no shortage of routine drills and martial arts performances.

In less than half a month, the number of soldiers under her has changed from two hundred to two thousand.Although it is still difficult to compare with the regular army, but in such a short period of time, these people can be trained to look good, and even Hua Yingyue can't help but secretly praise in her heart: This girl is a little messy, but she is indeed a good girl. Good material for soldiers.

And Wen Ruxia wanted to compete with Huangfu Jing wholeheartedly, but it was a pity that she didn't know how to lead troops to fight, and if she wanted to teach people martial arts, it was not something that could be seen in a day or two.Ever since, she set her goal in another direction.

On the one hand, she sent out all her subordinates to investigate the surrounding situation.None of the people she brought out this time were mediocre, and even if they went alone, they would not encounter any danger.Soon, the situation leading to the vicinity of Shangjing was collected. It was clear at a glance where it was safe, where there were a large number of victims, and where there were monsters or bandits that needed to be suppressed.

Although Hua Yingyue can do this with her soul consciousness, but in such a big place as Shangjing, if she really wants to use her soul consciousness to investigate, I'm afraid it will consume more soul power than 01:30 points.With these "scouts" from the Chivalry Sect, it really saved a lot of thought.

As for those people brought out of the capital, at this time, they also showed their role.

Duan Lin is in charge of all property and food, and arranges the distribution reasonably.After receiving the information from Wen Ruxia, where to camp and cook, and when to leave, the arrangements were well organized.

And Master Wu and the other scholars finally saw the current situation clearly, and stepped forward one after another to appease people's hearts by teaching and preaching.

Shangjing City has not been managed for a long time, and the residents here have lived a miserable life with no clothes and no food for many years.Coupled with the rampant monsters and beasts, the constant famines, and bandits and robbers haunting everywhere, everyone is in a state of panic all day long.

At this time, someone sent clothes to keep warm, food, and a team strong enough to provide protection.Although the food is not delicacies from mountains and seas, and the clothes are not silk and satin, but compared with the previous days, it can be said that it is very different.

Coupled with the patient education of those scholars, people realized that Shangjing County finally had a master, and they began to look forward to the future.

It wasn't until this time that Hua Yingyue finally breathed a sigh of relief, and could think about how to make arrangements after arriving in Shangjing.

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Even though they had already made psychological preparations, when people finally arrived in Shangjing, they were still stunned by what they saw.

If the big one went to the capital, it would have already been in ruins.The collapsed city walls, houses, and trees were all buried under several feet of mud.Thirty miles away from the city wall, there is mud washed out by the flood everywhere.After being baked by the sun, it was dry and cracked everywhere, and when I stepped on it, it was knee-less.

The silt dug out from the leylines is still cold even under the sun.In the air, a decaying air permeated all around, forming a thick white mist that surrounded the ruins.

silence……

For a moment, the hopeful people were stunned by the bleak scene in front of them. Among the crowd, only sighs and suppressed whimpers could be heard.

A little girl about five or six years old tugged at the hem of her mother's clothes, looked at the ruins curiously, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, is this the Shangjing City? It's not the same as Nuer thinks."

The young mother looked down at her daughter, stretched out her thin hands to lightly support the top of her daughter's head, and sighed weakly.She wanted to say something, but she couldn't help but a burst of soreness invaded her throat, and she was so choked up that she couldn't speak a word, and finally she looked at the carriage at the front of the line.

She knew that those sitting there were the "family members" of the city lord.Since the city lord brought people here, he should have come up with something.

"Miss Yingyue, look at this..." Duan Lin and Master Wu stood in front of the carriage, hesitating to speak to each other.

Before they came here, they knew that Shangjing City was very dilapidated, and it would take a lot of effort to rebuild it.But I never thought that it would not only be so "simple" to rebuild, but it would take several months just to clean up the foundation of this city.

In addition, it is now autumn, and winter will enter in a few months.If there is another snowfall and all the silt on the ground turns into frozen soil, it will be even more difficult to clean it up at that time.

"What do you look like with a sad face!" Hua Yingyue snorted angrily, "If the people below see it, maybe there will be some troubles."

"Yes! This subordinate knows his mistake." Duan Lin and Wu Fuzi bowed their heads in response, but they thought in their hearts: there is no way to worry about it, it's all like this.

How could Hua Yingyue not know what the two of them were thinking, but in the current situation, she really couldn't show any despair.Otherwise, the hearts of the people who have finally gathered together will soon disperse.

Or... cast some spells in public to appease people's hearts?Direct control is impossible. She is no longer the original Fan Ji. Although the method of demagogy is effective, it has many sequelae.It is not a problem to blow away some silt with the technique of controlling the wind, but such a capital city cannot be built by relying on this method, right?
Just as he was thinking, someone suddenly reported that there were two guests who wanted to see the manager here.

"Guest?" Hua Yingyue couldn't help being taken aback.Now that Shangjing looks like this, what kind of guests will come to visit?

With a sweep of her soul consciousness, her complexion suddenly changed, and her expression also became strange.

"I'll go right away." Hua Yingyue said, she lifted the curtain, and Yiyi got out of the carriage.

Duan Lin and Master Wu were stunned when they saw Hua Yingyue get off the car unexpectedly.The two of them don't know who Hua Yingyue is, but they have found out the origins of Huangfu Jing and Wen Ruxia along the way.Judging from Hua Yingyue's attitude towards those two, even if the Chivalrous Sect and the Yiyang Army don't pay much attention, who else is worthy of her getting out of the car to greet them personally?
The two looked at each other, quickly followed Hua Yingyue, and walked towards the edge of the team.

Not far from the mud-filled moat, there was a carriage parked with a few simple tents beside it.It has been a few days since these guests arrived here, and they presumably came here specially for Shen Yunfei.

There were a few figures busy outside the tent, who looked a bit like servants of some wealthy family.

Is it really a big shot?Master Wu and Steward Duan were more suspicious.

When he got closer, he saw the curtain of one of the tents move, and two men came out to meet him.

The one in front is dressed in white, wears a white crown on his head, and holds a purple dust whisk in his hand. He has clear eyebrows and extraordinary bearing. He is actually a middle-aged alchemist.

"Penglai Pavilion?!"

Duan Lin and Butler Wu were taken aback and recognized the logo on the alchemist's white crown.

But the one behind is an ordinary person, about 50 or [-] years old, with a fat body, a crimson satin robe, a white face and black beard, playing with a pair of iron gall steel balls in his hands, with a kind expression on his face.

The origin of this person, Duan Wu and the others, were somewhat puzzled.It looks a bit like a high-ranking official, but more like a wealthy businessman.

While guessing, Hua Yingyue had already stepped forward, and said loudly: "I don't know that the distinguished guest came from afar, but the servants came late instead. I hope you will forgive me for making you wait so long."

Seeing that Hua Yingyue had already stepped forward to salute, Duan and Wu didn't dare to wait too long, so they also stepped forward to salute.

"Girl, you don't need to be too polite." The alchemist gave Hua Yingyue a hand, and frowned slightly.But when the three of them straightened up, he had put away the expression on his face and restored his original smile.

Naturally, this change did not escape Hua Yingyue's eyes, and she immediately understood it.

This Penglai alchemist's cultivation base is not low, so he naturally saw something.But since he was able to come, he must have accepted the order, so he didn't care much about her identity.

"I don't know why the two of you are here..." Hua Yingyue asked knowingly.

The alchemist smiled slightly, and said: "I am the deacon of Penglai Pavilion, Qiu Ming. Entrusted by the Holy Maiden Miaozhen, I came to help Shangjing temporarily act as the eunuch to rebuild the city."

"Thank you." Hua Yingyue bowed slightly as a thank you, then turned her eyes to the middle-aged wealthy businessman, her brows twitched.

The rich businessman smiled, waved his hands and said, "The purpose of my visit is not that simple, businessman. I heard that the interim prefect of Shangjing was born in a merchant. It is really a miracle in my business world to be able to sit in this position. I One is to come here to do business, and the other is to meet the prefect. Unfortunately, I just heard from Daoist Qiu that the prefect seems to have gone elsewhere, which is really a pity."

As he spoke, he sighed again and again, tinkering with the iron gall in his hand.

Hearing the purpose of this wealthy businessman's visit, Duan Lin and Wu Fuzi were taken aback, and the expressions on their faces became a little unnatural.For nothing else, how can this Lord Prefect be seen by ordinary merchants just by saying they see him?Could it be that just because the prefect is the son of a merchant, his status has become low?

They didn't think much of Shen Yunfei as a businessman at first, but after going through this journey, their attitude had already changed, and they started to hold the grievances for Shen Yunfei again.

Hua Yingyue didn't seem to care about it, she also bowed and said: "Yunfei is going to the Northland, and he will be back in a few days. You can rest here, sir, and you can see it in the future."

"Really let me see you?" Duan and Wu were deeply puzzled by Hua Yingyue's words.

(End of this chapter)