"Your Highness the Crown Prince! The Lord of Dongzhou City requests an audience!!"
The deputy general rode his horse towards Yuan Mo.
The city lord of Dongzhou has a great reputation. Even Jiang Zhili, who doesn't care about court affairs, has heard of him several times.
It is rumored that the Lord of Dongzhou City is quite resourceful and has many famous actors and prostitutes under his command, all of whom are used to confuse the enemy. Several countries have had their borders opened by these actors.
Now that the Lord of Dongzhou City has asked for a meeting, he must have a lot of ulterior motives. Japan is now almost in a state of destruction, and the Japanese royal family has fled everywhere. They were all captured by Yuan Mo and immediately executed. Only Dongzhou remained motionless.
Jiang Zhili looked at Yuan Mo and said, "I'll go with you."
Let’s go and watch the fun and see how powerful the Lord of Dongzhou City is.
A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Zhili's carriage entered the city.
The city was deserted, and the people inside had almost all dispersed. The Lord of Dongzhou City personally greeted them at the city gate.
He looked like the Lord of Dongzhou City, short in stature, with a mustache and small eyes that resembled green beans.
He was accompanied by two attendants and an actor standing beside him holding an umbrella for him.
The actor was wearing a kimono, wooden clogs, and his face was painted very white.
When the carriage arrived in front of the Lord of Dongzhou City, the Lord quickly signaled his followers to come forward and help Jiang Zhili and Khatun out of the carriage.
Yuan Mo was faster than them and lifted the curtain of the carriage first. The fragrance and warm temperature overflowed from the carriage.
Jiang Zhili was held by the hand by Yuan Mo and carried out of the carriage personally. She was wearing a tiger-skin cloak that covered her entire body, protecting her from the cold wind outside.
Ke Dun followed behind and followed Yuan Mo's eyes, fearing that he might accidentally drop her precious daughter.
When the Lord of Dongzhou City saw Yuan Mo carrying Jiang Zhili down, he said repeatedly: "It is freezing cold here. Your Highness, please come into the mansion with me. Don't let the Crown Princess get cold."
The city lord kept a very humble attitude.
Yuan Mo looked down at the City Lord. He nodded slightly, his tone gentle as usual: "Then I'll trouble you, City Lord."
"Your Highness, we can stay in the imperial palace," General Zheng suggested with a frown.
It's obvious that the Lord of Dongzhou City is not a good person. The Japanese have always been cunning, and it is possible that they have set up a Hongmen Banquet in that mansion.
When the city lord heard what the general said, he sighed deeply, his face filled with sorrow: "The palace is already littered with corpses. As early as five days ago, the emperor started a massacre, intending to bury everyone in the palace with him.
At that time, many people escaped, and many were also captured. A small number of those who escaped are now in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...
After the emperor killed everyone in the palace, he also committed suicide by seppuku."
The entire palace is now a sea of blood. Fortunately, it is winter now, otherwise the smell would have spread all over Dongzhou.
Yuan Mo frowned: "Are you saying that there are no living people in the entire palace?"
The city lord bowed to Yuan Mo and said, "Indeed, I have already sent people to check. There is not a single living thing in the entire palace, let alone a place where people can live... This is why I allowed Your Highness to enter the palace."
"Then we will go to your house, and our people will set up camp in the city," the Wolf Lord came over and spoke in a rough voice.
It just so happened that after three months of running around, they needed a break.
If the city lord has other ideas, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the city will not agree.
A moment later, the Lord of Dongzhou City personally welcomed Yuan Mo and others into the mansion.
Although it is called the City Lord's Mansion, it is actually more like a large palace, which is grand in scale and very exquisite.
There are several tall buildings in the palace, all brightly lit with candles. In the distance, one can see the graceful dancing figures of geishas swaying above the tall buildings.
As soon as he entered the palace, he heard the sounds of stringed instruments and the seductive singing of geishas. It did not look as miserable as when the country was destroyed.
Jiang Zhili looked at the city lord from the side and said, "The city lord is really thoughtful. He has made such thorough preparations."
Anyone who thinks about it carefully can guess that this was done specially to welcome Yuan Mo and the Wolf Lord.
The city lord smiled modestly, with a soft light in his small green eyes.
"Your Highness, I am so kind. As the city lord, I only want to find peace in this chaotic world, which is why I've gone to so much trouble..."
He said this in a very eloquent way. Not only did he express his sincerity, but he also kept his attitude very humble, making it impossible to find fault with him.
"Since the city lord has specially prepared it, let's go and take a look. It happens that everyone is very tired after these days." The Wolf Lord laughed and walked towards the building.
The soldiers behind him also followed.
Just now, the Wolf Lord sent people to the palace to check and see if it was true as the City Lord said, that everyone was dead.
The city lord smiled and said, "Quickly lead the Wolf Lord in!"
After saying that, he looked at Yuan Mo again.
"The Crown Princess is pregnant. Why don't you let her ride in a sedan chair to the building?"
A dark red sedan stopped in front of Yuan Mo. On the curtain of the sedan were embroidered gold threads on a man and a woman in half-dressed clothes.
In the candlelight, the golden lines shone dimly, which was particularly eye-catching. An actor with a pale face bent down and lifted the curtain of the sedan chair.
The sedan was very small, only big enough for one person, and was covered with a thin layer of cushions, which didn't look as warm as Yuan Mo's arms.
Yuan Mo glanced at the sedan chair curtain, frowned, and replied to the city lord: "No need."
After saying that, he carried Jiang Zhili and walked towards the building.
By this time the sky had completely darkened, and the bright candlelight coming from the building seemed even brighter.
In the building.
The Wolf Lord, Khatun and others had already sat down. The whole hall was very warm, with a lot of golden charcoal burning.
Several actors in wooden clogs were dancing in the center of the hall to the sound of stringed instruments. Their pale faces made them look very strange.
The Wolf Lord and the others were obviously very uncomfortable, all looking on with frowns.
After Yuan Mo came up, he didn't even look at him, but just sat in the main seat holding Jiang Zhili in his arms.
This main seat was specially prepared by the city lord for the two of them, and there were three actors next to it to serve them.
In fact, everyone who entered the palace was accompanied by an actor, but without exception they were all rejected.
Jiang Yanli blurted out: "Don't come near me!"
He was frightened to death by the pale face. "
When the city lord saw Jiang Yanli's disgust, his expression turned cold, but immediately turned into a smile.
He spoke with courtesy, "These are all famous dancers from our country of Japan. Their dancing is graceful and their skills are unparalleled. Your Highness, please do me the honor of appreciating them for a moment."
The city lord had just finished speaking.
The geisha in the hall raised her legs, and her originally formal clothes split at the base of her thighs, revealing the bright white...
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