Chapter 225 The People of Dongyi City Hate You
Qingyun frowned, "What's going on?"
"Yun Tiankuo is actually a very responsible city lord. Under his management, Dongyi City has become increasingly stable and prosperous," Mu Sheng said with a sigh. "So, when the Bai family army attacked, the people of the entire city were prepared to fight to the death."
"So what happened next?" Qingyun frowned in confusion. "It looks like the damage to the city wasn't that great, and the number of deaths... didn't seem to be that many either."
"That's right." Mu Sheng looked at Qingyun with some admiration. As members of Feiyun Sect, they actually had one thing in common, which was that wherever they went, they would subconsciously observe the surrounding environment.
He continued, "In fact, the people who died the most in this war... were from the City Lord's Mansion. Except for Yun Tiankuo, they were almost... wiped out."
"What?" Qingyun and others were obviously surprised.
The little girl was so shocked that her eyes widened, and she felt that the city lord was really pitiful.
"When we went to battle, it was the City Lord, his wife, and the servants and soldiers from the City Lord's Mansion," Mu Sheng said, clearly feeling a pang of reluctance. He sighed and continued, "You and I both know the strength of the Bai family army. They... simply couldn't hold out for long."
"After the city lord's wife and others died in battle, the city lord chose to surrender." He said as he recalled, "I remember that his only condition for opening the city gates was that the Bai family army stopped harming the people in the city. The general agreed at the time."
"But outside..." Bai Yu'an had a bad feeling. After all, they had walked all the way here, and although the damage in the city was not serious, it didn't seem like nothing had happened.
Sure enough, Mu Sheng continued, "After the Bai family army left, some soldiers from the Great Jin took over here. Those people..."
He shook his head, and what happened next was self-evident.
Qingyun and Bai Yu'an looked at each other and immediately understood what was going on.
Bai Yu'an gnashed his teeth in hatred, "How despicable! If my father and the court knew about this, would this bastard want to die?"
"Uncle Musheng," the little girl tugged at the corner of Musheng's clothes again, "Apart from the madam, is there no one else in the City Lord's Mansion?"
She didn't know why, but she always felt that the way the city lord looked at her in the morning was as if he was looking at someone else.
"Oh, the city lord has another daughter, but this daughter is not born to the wife, so she does not usually live in the city lord's mansion."
Mu Sheng couldn't help but be curious, "Miss Qi, have you ever met the city lord's daughter?"
Li Suining shook his head.
Qingyun pressed on, "Then is the city lord's daughter... okay?"
"I'm not sure about that," Mu Sheng said apologetically. "We've been busy rebuilding the grain store and establishing contact with other strongholds these past few days, so we haven't gotten a lot of intelligence yet."
"However..." He hesitated before speaking, "The City Lord and his wife both love this little girl. Since his wife is barren, she treats this little girl as her own, even though she's not his. Now that something so serious has happened, it's understandable if the little girl doesn't live in the City Lord's Mansion. If you're really curious, I'll send someone to investigate."
Qingyun nodded and said, "If it's convenient, it's better to check it out."
"Okay!" Mu Sheng agreed immediately.
After leaving the grain store, the little girl said aggrievedly, "Second brother, I think... the young lady from the City Lord's Mansion... may also be gone."
Bai Yu'an didn't say anything. He certainly knew that this was a possibility. Now it seemed that if Yun Tiankuo knew their identities, he would probably kill them soon.
And Wang Yuanshu...
Bai Yu'an was glad that he didn't tell him about You Zhu's disappearance yesterday. This Wang Yuanshu was obviously not a good person. Now Dongyi City was in ruins, which was obviously his work.
"Second Young Master," Qingyun said in a low voice, "What should we do? Given the current situation, the people of Dongyi City will probably just blame all the evil deeds on the Bai family army, but it's clear...this Wang Yuanshu really deserves to die."
Bai Yu'an sighed, "I'll find a way to send a letter to the Imperial City. For now, we can only pretend that we know nothing. Otherwise, if we really fall out with Wang Yuanshu, it will be disadvantageous to us."
"Yeah." Qingyun nodded and added, "Anyway, we have to be more careful from now on."
Bai Yu'an picked up Li Suining and walked along the street. They had no idea how to find You Zhu, so they could only try their luck everywhere.
If Youzhu is still in Dongyi City, then the most likely possibility is that they are in a larger inn or a wealthy family.
Along the way, although we did not see any soldiers bullying the people, we did see many people even begging on the streets.
Bai Yu'an saw an old man kneeling on the street, his clothes tattered and looking very pitiful. He thought for a moment, took out a piece of silver, walked up to him and threw it into his bowl.
"Take your filthy money away!" Unexpectedly, when the old man saw that they were from Dajin, he threw the silver away without thinking, and kept cursing at them, using the language of the northern barbarians, and it seemed that he hated them to the core.
Obviously, everything Wang Yuanshu and his soldiers did had made the Northern Barbarians hate all the people of the Great Jin.
Qingyun picked up the silver and returned it to Bai Yu'an. "Forget it, Second Young Master. They don't need it. Maybe... we can use this silver to buy some Northern Barbarian clothes. At least this way, we won't become everyone's enemy when we walk on the street."
"Okay." Bai Yu'an thought it made sense. If they changed into the Northern Barbarians' clothes, they would be safer.
Little Dumpling lay sullenly on her second brother's shoulder, looking pitifully at the people on the street. They all seemed to hate her.
Suddenly, she saw a woman not far away. The woman was wearing a headscarf that covered half of her face. She was holding a baby in her arms and was looking at her for help.
"Second brother," Li Suining immediately asked Bai Yu'an to stop, "Put me down."
Bai Yu'an put her on the ground and asked with concern, "Sister, what's wrong?"
"Second brother, can you give me the silver you just gave me?" Little Dumpling stretched out his little hand and looked at Bai Yu'an eagerly.
"Of course." Bai Yu'an took out the silver and placed it in the little girl's palm, then asked curiously, "Sister, what do you want to buy with the silver?"
"Second brother, Brother Qingyun, please wait a moment."
Xiaotuanzi took the silver and immediately ran towards the woman.
She thought that the woman's child might be sick and they needed help more than others. She could try to give them the silver, and maybe they would accept it.
She ran to the woman, stretched out her white and tender little hand, in the palm of which lay a piece of silver.
"Auntie, this is for you!" she said in a baby voice.
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