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Chapter 456 Early morning in the capital

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    The early morning light shines on the capital, and the mess on the streets after the war has disappeared, leaving only traces of repairs and cleaning.

    The watchman on night duty yawned and stood on the roadside in a daze, when he suddenly noticed someone carrying a basket and selling goods.

    There are many restaurants and tea shops in the capital, and they are all open when Ankang Mountain is occupied. However, there are no late-night snacks or snacks sold in baskets. First, there are so many surveillance cameras at night that people dare not gather in crowds. Furthermore, the small business of selling baskets cannot afford it.  The officers and soldiers on the street were eating and drinking freely

    "Come on." The watchman couldn't help waving and asked curiously, "What's there?"

    The person carrying the basket was a child of about ten years old. He ran over and said eloquently: "My family is a cake maker. We have flax cakes, mutton pancakes, and wild vegetable steamed cakes. If you want to eat soup cakes, you can also go by.  I have a stall on this street. If you pay an extra dollar, I will bring it to you"

    The watchman drooled after hearing what he had announced. He felt like eating everything, so he simply ordered one so that he could take it home and save his wife from cooking. He made a decision to appease his surprised and curious heart. He noticed this  Child: "Are you a foreigner?"

    The child neatly wrapped the pancake in oilcloth for him, nodded and said: "I am from Huainan, I just came to Beijing the day before yesterday."

    The watchman was surprised firstly because he came from a far away place, and secondly because he had just arrived in Beijing

    "Huainan is such a safe place, what are you doing here?"

    ¡°You started doing business as soon as you entered Beijing, so you¡¯re not afraid that no one will buy it?¡±

    "You are so young, aren't you afraid of being robbed of your things and defrauded of your money?"

    He had many questions, but the child was too lazy to answer. He hurriedly said, "It's very safe here." "How come there are so many people in the capital and no one buys it?" "I'll sue the officials if they steal my things." He ran towards the street with the basket.  I don't want to be delayed in my business.

    The watchman followed the child to the street in front with the bought cake in his arms. The street was as quiet as before, but it was different. There were more people walking around on the street, not the watchmen like them who went out late and returned early.  Not the laborers responsible for cleaning the streets, but some idlers?

    ????????? They range in age and are dressed in either rich or coarse cloth and straw sandals. Some of them gather in twos and threes in the corner and whisper and laugh, while others point and point while walking along the street

    The hawking children were selling enthusiastically beside them.

    A group of mighty officers and soldiers passed by at the end of the street. People here turned a blind eye to the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers did not look at them more.

    The watchman stood on the street. He had not been out for more than ten days. He felt that everything was strange and unreal. The familiar streets became like another world

    People on the street didn¡¯t think he was unreal when they saw him. They saw the uniform on his body and greeted him enthusiastically and asked, ¡°When will the market open?¡±

    The watchman was confused when asked, is the market open?  Ask him about such a big thing?  How does he know?

    Seeing the astonishment on the watchman's face, the questioner smiled, "It seems that the watchman doesn't know." Others also laughed at him, "Do you think this is Huainan Road? There is a government office in every city. This is the capital."  "There are so many yamen in the capital, and each has its own responsibility." "This watchman is not the same yamen in charge of the opening of the market."

    They talked and laughed freely in foreign accents, but the watchman, a local, was at a loss what to do.

    After the capital was captured by Mrs. Chu, they all hid at home. First there were soldiers and horses knocking on the door, and the family was trembling with fear. After all, he was working as a watchman for the rebels.

    But the soldiers and horses did not break in. The leader was an official. He took a pen list and asked them about their generations, what kind of relatives they had in the city, and other trivial and detailed things.

    During this period, the officers and soldiers stood aside, and after asking questions, they went into the house to search to see if they were hiding. After registration and verification, the officials politely told them that the capital was now under martial law, closed under curfew, and not to gather in large groups. Other than that, there was nothing else.  Please don't panic. If you encounter any trouble or problem, report it to the government immediately. After they leave, no officers or soldiers will come to the door again. It wasn't until the person in charge of the watchman came to notify you a few days ago that he started to work.

    He didn't dare to go at first because he didn't know if he could come back. In the past, many watchmen were like this. When the government asked them to do things, many people never came back. When their family members asked, they said they had escaped, and even wanted to arrest their family members.  , and later the family didn¡¯t dare to ask when he didn¡¯t come back.

    "He has done things for the rebels. How can this Mrs. Chu let him go?"  But if you don't go, you will be arrested. Looking at the terrified parents, wives and children, it is better to die alone than to die as a whole.

    He came to the government office tremblingly. The officials in charge had changed, but the watchmen who came were all still acquaintances, and there was no questioning. He just let them continue to do what they had done before.

    A night as usual,Madam, this is really worrying.  "A man muttered, "If she doesn't come out, she doesn't know what to do.  "

    "She is already a good person in everyone's eyes even if she doesn't come forward." Another man whispered, "Then no one will doubt her if she does evil next."

    Unlike the outsiders on the street and the ordinary people in the capital, what they saw was Mrs. Chu who had stripped off her fairy cloak. She was greedy for money, cruel, and most importantly, she liked to rob the rich and give to the poor in order to gain a good reputation.

    The old man said: "When she enters the capital, she will definitely make her reputation as a god even more illustrious."

    Hearing this, everyone in the room had no yearning, only fear. If Mrs. Chu wants to become a god, they will definitely be the unlucky ones!

    "Give her whatever she wants, otherwise I will punish you."

    "If she says kill, she will kill. These are troubled times. If she says you are a thief, who can do anything if she kills you?"

    "It's not like she hasn't killed before. In order to grab land for the refugees, she killed more than 300 people from three aristocratic families. Their blood dyed the river in Gwangju Prefecture red."

    "No one in Ankang Mountain has ever killed a noble family like this."

    "Hush, hush, I'm going to die."

    The room was full of lamentations and despair. The old man sitting at the top smiled: "You think too much."

    Everyone raised their heads to look at the old man, still sighing: "Mr. Cui, it's not what we thought, it really happened."

    The old man laughed: "But that was in Huainan Road, we are now the capital."

    The capital?  So what?  Everyone was stunned for a moment.

    "In the whole world, is it the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king." The old man said with a smile, "The emperor appointed officials and knights to his ministers to guard the place. The ministers can be the masters of the land they guard, but in the capital, there is only one  Owner."

    That is the emperor.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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