I have a magical tree

In the early morning, soldiers from the Yanghe County Military Department stood under the eaves of the city gate to avoid the rain.

With the fatigue of working all night, they yawned one after another.

"You say, the county magistrate is really kind-hearted. He actually let the disaster victims outside the city enter the city and allowed them to rest in the city at night. It's unprecedented, the first time!" Some people began to chat about the latest news to boost their spirits. After waiting for half an hour, there will be rotation soldiers to come to take over the defense.

Then they can eat a bowl of hot soup noodles in the heavy rain, sweat a lot, and then go back to take a bath. That kind of comfort can only be understood by those who have just finished their duty.

For them, the county magistrate allowed the people outside the city to stay in the city at night, which is a new thing.

Although those people only slept under the eaves of various houses after entering the city, there is no warm and dry house, no steaming food.

If they were outside the city, at least there would be a self-built shack to shelter from the wind and rain.

But those people still ran into the city like crazy. It's not that they like the city so much, but they have to run now.

The monsters outside the city gathered like crazy, and the number of casualties increased day by day.

The soldiers on duty on the top of the city knew this best. Before the victims entered the city, they could hear the people's screams and sobs, the monsters' roars, and the terrifying chewing sounds every night.

They also felt that these people were pitiful. They had left their homes and wanted to go to the county town to make a living, but who knew that there was no way to make a living in the county town?

If the county lord hadn't ordered them to enter the city, I'm afraid the people outside would have been wiped out by the monsters.

"Keep your voice down. You and I can't say this casually?"

"What's wrong with talking? We stay here. It can be said that after these people enter the city, we will be the closest to the monsters. We may die tonight." The man didn't care.

These days, they are all worried every night, afraid that the monsters outside the city will not be able to restrain themselves and forcefully invade the county town. At that time, those who are blocking the way will be the first to enter the belly of the monsters.

"That's right, I'll say it, although those monsters have not attacked the city in the past few days, who knows how many days this situation can last? Tonight? Or tomorrow night?"

Who among them is not afraid? What's the use of being afraid? With an order from above, they can only stay here. If they dare to run, they will be deserters on the battlefield and will be dealt with by military law.

Now, let alone outside the city, even the people in the city are in panic. There are rumors that a disaster will happen here. That is to say, at this time, officials have not thought about running away, and the rich have not started to flee, so they still have a glimmer of hope.

This group of people living at the bottom, they are not as well-informed as those above, and it is impossible for them to know any inside information, but they also have their own survival wisdom, which is to keep an eye on those officials and those who are rich.

If these two types of people start to run away, it means that this place is really over.

"What is that? A carriage?" A soldier suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the rain outside the city. Because of the heavy rain, they couldn't see clearly on the top of the city.

"Where did the carriage come from at this time?"

But as the black shadow got closer and closer, they found that it was indeed a carriage.

The commander stationed here just took a look at the black robe sitting on the shaft, and suddenly shuddered, and his tone was a little trembling: "Quick, quick! Open the city gate!"

The others immediately got busy, not caring about how heavy the rain was and whether they would get wet. They went downstairs one after another. Some took off the bolts, and some turned the capstan. The heavy city gate creaked and the monument slowly opened.

The next moment, the carriage sped past without stopping for a moment.

After the carriage left, the commander breathed a sigh of relief.

"Commander, is that Huang Gongfeng?"

Perhaps there are many people in Yanghe County who like to wear black robes and hoods, but there is only one person who can make the commander treat him so seriously.

"Of course, didn't you see the waist badge?"

The tribute is not an official position, but it also has its own unique identity card, that is, the tribute card, which is very easy to recognize. There is only one of this thing in the whole county.

"It's raining so hard that I can't see it clearly, but when did this person go out?"

"Don't ask nonsense. We can talk about it in private with the county lord. At most, it is an offense to the superior, but don't provoke the Huang tribute." The commander warned sternly.

This was all personally instructed by the county magistrate Ding Qi. Although he didn't say it very clearly, he also understood that the Huang tribute was very strange, and even Ding Qi couldn't afford to provoke him.

Later, he went to the Demon Suppression Division to do business and saw the Huang tribute once from a distance. It was that time that made him full of fear of this tribute.

That kind of cold, tyrannical, cruel, and weird aura, he believed that it was a demon in a black robe, but he didn't believe that there was a person under the robe.

This fear was not caused by the difference in rank or strength, but a physiological, instinctive feeling.

The commander looked at the sky and said, "You guys stay for a while, I'll go back to the military headquarters first."

The others were confused, but no one dared to say that the commander had left early.

In fact, they really blamed the commander wrongly, but the commander remembered that the county magistrate Ding Qi had specifically told them that when Huang Gongfeng returned to the city, they must go back and report.

In the military headquarters, the county magistrate Ding Qi was holding a bowl of steaming soup noodles, which was not only piled with beef, but also poured with a layer of red oil and chili.

The commander who came back from the city gate saw this scene when he came in. He swallowed his saliva subconsciously when he glanced at the bowl of soup noodles.

It would be a real treat to eat such a bowl on a rainy day, and it would also help to sweat and get rid of moisture.

"Have you eaten yet?" Ding Qi seemed to have seen the commander's little action and asked.

"Not yet!"

"Give him a bowl!" Ding Qi raised his chin to the waiter beside him.

The commander immediately clasped his fists, "Thank you, County Magistrate!"

"It's not time to change shifts yet, right? Why are you back?"

"That Huang Gongfeng is back!"

Ding Qi paused, but soon returned to normal and put a large spoonful of soup noodles into his mouth.

"Just back?"

"I just saw it with my own eyes. He just entered the city and I came back to report."

"You did a good job. Eat soup noodles first!"

For soldiers, there is no other characteristic when eating, just one word: fast. After a bowl of soup noodles, the commander felt warm all over, and the heat brought by the oil and chili gradually spread from the intestines to the whole body.

"Another bowl?" Ding Qi asked.

"No, I'm full!" In fact, he was not full. If he wanted to be full with this kind of bowl, he would have at least two more bowls, but it seemed not right to eat more, because Ding Qi had already put down the bowl, and he couldn't let his superiors wait for him to eat.

"Then go back first!"

The commander immediately took his leave. After he left, Ding Qi got up and came to the window, looking at the county government office in the distance, which was covered by the rain curtain and could only see a rough outline.

"County Lord, what are you going to do?"