Chapter 339 The Dead City Lost Its Vitality
Two days later in the evening, in Los Angeles, in an inconspicuous restaurant on the corner of the street.
Yun Fu and Qi Hanzhou sat in a single room on the second floor.
Looking down from the window, you can have a panoramic view of the street below.
Before coming, Yun Fu asked Cui Chongzheng about the general situation of Luocheng.
Cui Chongzheng said that due to continuous rainfall, many cities in the northwest had suffered natural disasters and floods, and Luo City was one of the worst hit.
It is said that tens of thousands of people died in the floods.
Countless people have lost their homes, their houses collapsed, and have been displaced and become refugees.
The flood destroyed houses and farmland, leading to famine.
The Cui family has also done their best to provide assistance.
But the court did nothing!
How many lives can be saved by these aristocratic families or philanthropic businessmen alone?
In short, according to Cui Chongzheng, Luocheng is not very peaceful now, so Yun Fu should be mentally prepared.
Yun Fu: "Not peaceful? Is there any place in these five countries more uneasy than the Ghostly Prison?"
Cui Chongzheng almost forgot that this person came from the haunted place called Ghostly Prison.
Now, after entering the city and seeing the scene with her own eyes, Yun Fu wanted to say that this place gave her the feeling of a dead city that was gradually losing its vitality.
The people below all had faces filled with sorrow, and the word "bitterness" was almost written on their faces.
To put it bluntly, the mental outlook and other aspects of these people are really not as good as those exiled prisoners in the eighth and ninth grade areas of the Ghost Prison.
It's already dinner time, but there are no customers in the restaurant.
No wonder, when they stepped into the restaurant, the waiter's eyes were almost laughing.
"My dear guests, what would you like to eat?" The waiter came into the private room carrying a teapot and started serving enthusiastically.
Yun Fu and Qi Hanzhou came to the restaurant not to eat, but mainly to find out the news about the tower.
If you want to get some information, the restaurant is the right place to go.
These waiters come into contact with all kinds of people of different identities every day, and they know a lot of gossip.
Yun Fu did not get straight to the point, but ordered some dishes and chatted with the waiter about other topics. Finally, she seemed to unintentionally talk about the rumors about the tower.
"I heard a rumor on my way to Los Angeles."
"I don't know what rumor you are talking about."
Yun Fu put down the cup in her hand and lowered her voice mysteriously, "I heard that many people from Shengjing want to build an eighteen-story tower in Luocheng. I wonder if this is true?"
The waiter seemed to perk up when she heard this, his eyes changing. "To be honest, my dear guests, the rumor is true. However, this tower is not built in Luocheng, but in the mountains outside of Luocheng. I heard that an army has arrived in Shengjing, sent by our emperor himself."
Yun Fu thought he had finished, but the waiter's eyes rolled around, and he took a breath before continuing, "It's said that those people came with an imperial decree, and the location was chosen by an expert. In order to quickly build this tower, many people from Luocheng and nearby cities were captured and forced to work as laborers."
"What do you think the tower is used for?"
Yun Fu shook her head, showing a curious expression: "I don't know, why don't you tell me about it, young man?"
The waiter hesitated as the words reached his lips. "I'm telling you, don't say I said that."
Yun Fu nodded: "Of course, let's just think of it as listening to a story from you."
Qi Hanzhou also agreed with Yun Fu's statement and gave the waiter a look, telling him to speak without worry.
"I heard that the tower was used to liberate the souls of General Qi Chuan and the two young generals of the Qi family after they became evil spirits!"
"To liberate the souls of those generals of the Qi family?" Yun Fu widened her eyes in surprise.
Seeing they didn't know, the waiter felt a slight sense of superiority and spoke even more excitedly, "Don't you know? An expert calculated that those generals of the Qi family, due to their heavy slaughter during their lifetime, all turned into evil spirits after death. Their remains need to be buried under a high pagoda, and then a monk should chant sutras on the pagoda to liberate their souls."
"The natural disasters that Dasheng encountered were all caused by the heavy evil spirits of those members of the Qi family."
Yun Fu: This dog emperor is so vicious.
He used his supreme imperial power to control public opinion and directly discredited the father and son of the Qi family, turning a loyal and patriotic general who died on the battlefield into an evil being who would bring disaster to the people of a country even after his death.
It just so happened that the natural disaster was used to arouse the hatred of the victims towards the Qi family.
This dog emperor is really disgusting to the Qi family. Even after the person died, he still plotted against them.
After hearing this, she couldn't suppress the anger in her heart, let alone Qi Hanzhou.
Yun Fu knew that he was trying hard to control his emotions, so she reached out from under the table and held his big hand tightly to comfort him.
After the waiter finished speaking, he spoke in a cold voice, "We are well-traveled merchants and do not believe in ghosts and gods! I only know that the father and son of the Qi family fought bravely on the battlefield to protect the people of Dasheng from being bullied and harassed by the enemy, and to protect Dasheng's territory and cities from being plundered by the enemy. In the end, they paid with their lives. I don't believe that people like them will become evil spirits after death and harm the people of Dasheng."
The waiter was speechless after hearing her words.
Because, like most people in Dasheng, he grew up listening to the stories of the Qi father and son on the battlefield.
"Then why did your Majesty do this?"
Yun Fu said, "Who knows what those people above are thinking?"
Xiao Er also knew that it was time for him to shut up.
Yun Fu and Qi Hanzhou had found out almost all the information they could.
No matter how much information there is, it is not something that ordinary people in Los Angeles can know.
The two decided to first think of a way to sneak into the team that was repairing the tower.
Only by sneaking in can you find out more information.
Neither of them was the type to be impulsive. They didn't even know where the bones were stored. Rushing over and trying to grab the bones wouldn't work!
So the question is, how can I use this new identity to get in?
Yun Fu stroked her chin and said in a deep voice, "According to the laws of Dasheng, people who can't pay taxes will be taken away and forced to do hard labor. Those who break the law or commit petty theft will also be sent to do forced labor. Given the current situation in Luocheng, there's another group of people who might also be forced to do hard labor: refugees, fighting for survival."
At least, by doing hard labor to build a tower, you can still have something to eat every day.
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