In the Blade

"Have you grown taller again?"

When Du Chengfeng returned to the house, Carpenter Li, who had not yet left, asked the same question.

If Liu Bolun's words could still be regarded as the words of a drunkard, then Carpenter Li's words were extremely credible. This carpenter, who was very sensitive to size, not only saw the increase in Du Chengfeng's stature at a glance, but also accurately judged how much taller he was.

"An inch and two centimeters taller than a few days ago, which means that compared to when we first met, you have suddenly grown two inches and two centimeters taller these days...Isn't this a bit fast?"

It is indeed a bit fast, even a bit too fast. If growing one inch, which is about three centimeters, is not too obvious, then two inches and two centimeters, which is about seven centimeters, is a bit too obvious.

Seven centimeters in height, rounded up, is from 1.8 meters to 1.9 meters, which is already a height increase that can be seen with the naked eye.

"And your arm... let me feel it, your arm must be thicker, right?"

"...Really?"

Du Chengfeng himself didn't notice it, his schedule during this period was really full - if you count carefully, he has only been in Yanzhou City for a few days, and he has been riding horses around most of the time. He is finally ready to settle down and rest, but Yanzhou has started fighting again.

With such a busy schedule, he doesn't even have time to find a knife to sharpen, so how can he have the leisure to care about whether his height has increased?

"It should be because of exercise."

Du Chengfeng is not sure about his height, but as for his arms, he has indeed fought a lot in the past two days, and his arms are congested, so his arm circumference will indeed become a little bigger, which is normal.

"Anyway, let's not worry about these little things for now. We have something important to talk about."

With that, Du Chengfeng called everyone who was still in the house, including Carpenter Li, Cui Yuan, several students from the academy who had nowhere to go, the cooks of the academy, and the two gatekeepers. After everyone arrived, Du Chengfeng also gave a general account of the current situation.

"Anyway, everyone, pack up your luggage quickly. The guy named Xiang Rong will soon lead his troops to attack."

After explaining, Du Chengfeng raised his head.

"Does everyone have anything else to do?"

"We can't leave yet."

The first to stand up were the two gatekeepers.

"The head of the mountain still needs someone to collect the body. We can't leave yet... Two days, two days, we will be back."

"...I understand."

Hearing this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.

The death of old man Ruan was something that everyone couldn't accept. Now that the two gatekeepers had this idea, he had no reason to refuse.

"Deal with it as soon as possible. I will buy you some time."

"We can't leave here."

Carpenter Li also stood up.

"When we left Jizhou before, the villagers still had some food stored with them, which was enough for the journey. Now, we have to buy food again... Now the city is in chaos, and I don't know if we can still receive supplies."

"As for this, I'll think of a way."

Hearing Carpenter Li say this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a toothache, after all, strictly speaking, the pot was still on him.

If he hadn't planned to let the children go to Old Man Ruan to study, the villagers would not have thought of settling down. Now that a fight broke out, the villagers missed a good opportunity to stockpile food.

Fortunately, the governor of Yanzhou seems to be a good person to talk to, and he is a hero here, so he should be able to collect some food.

"So why did you stand up?"

Du Chengfeng turned his head and looked at Cui Yuan.

"You still have a wanted order on you, and you dare to stay? Aren't you afraid that you will be caught and beheaded if you go out?"

"...I have been standing all the time."

Cui Yuan had no expression on his face.

"I haven't sat down since just now, so how can I stand up?"

"That's fine."

Seeing that everyone had their own things to do, Du Chengfeng got up and led his horse out of the door. He also had to talk to the governor of Yanzhou about evacuation.

Just like in Jizhou, Yanzhou also needs to be cleared in advance this time, otherwise once this city with a population of more than 100,000 people becomes a hunting ground, who knows what kind of terrifying monsters will be raised - you know, in Jizhou, the total number of people killed by He Xiqing was only tens of thousands, and he already had extremely terrifying combat power.

If Du Chengfeng hadn't killed a similar number of people and his combat power was not much different, he would probably be eaten on the spot by He Xiqing who turned into a strange bird in this battle in Jizhou.

Fortunately, compared to the battle of Jizhou, this time, he still has some time.

"It's still not too late to leave now."

In the Governor's Mansion, Du Chengfeng bowed to Qi Jinshan.

"If we complete the retreat now..."

"Don't worry, hero, come over here first."

Hearing what Du Chengfeng said, Qi Jinshan did not respond, but pulled him to the sand table beside him.

"This is the terrain of my Yanzhou. Although the area between Yanzhou and Jizhou is almost flat and there is no place to defend, as long as we are on guard here on this river, when the grassland people cross the river, we will attack them halfway..."

"Ah?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned by what he said.

What do you mean by "strike halfway across the river"? Has Qi Jinshan not figured out the situation yet? With the level of Yanzhou's military preparation, they can't even beat the human-faced giant eagle released by others, so what's the point of "strike halfway across the river"?

"Of course, I also know that Yanzhou's military preparation is lax, and I'm afraid it can't match the grassland master."

As he said this, Qi Jinshan bowed to Du Chengfeng.

"Fortunately, we also have a hero here. As long as the hero takes action, the grassland master will be nothing."

"... Wait a minute."

Listening to Qi Jinshan's words, Du Chengfeng suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Let's not talk about whether he can beat the grassland master, just look at Qi Jinshan's words... Why doesn't he seem to have thought about retreating?

"Retreat? Why retreat?"

Qi Jinshan clenched his fists and spoke righteously.

"The grassland people caused chaos in my Yanzhou City, and this revenge has not been avenged yet! Now these barbarians dare to invade the south, that is the time for me, a good man, to make achievements!"

"You..."

Du Chengfeng opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak for a long time.

At this moment, he suddenly knew why the grassland national teacher Xiang Rong was not in a hurry to march.

Originally, he thought that in a place like Yanzhou, which is adjacent to the border, even if there is no ferocious wolf like Liu Yanran, at least a mountain dog who can guard the house should be arranged.

But who would have thought that Qi Jinshan, the commander-in-chief of Yanzhou, is a pig.

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