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Compared with other towns, Pingcheng, which is located in the northernmost part of Dazhou, is very prosperous. Beiyuan people and Han people live together, which is very exotic.

At first, Situ Meng thought that the Beiyuan people and the Han people were equal here, but after living here, he found that Pingcheng was like all the state capitals and towns in Dazhou, and had "bad intentions" towards the Beiyuan people——

Here, every day, Beiyuan people trade some furs of cattle, sheep, horses, and wild animals with the Han people. However, almost all Han merchants here are "profiteers", and the transactions with the Beiyuan people keep the prices very low: in Jincheng Tiger skins, which can be bought at least a few dozen taels in Yangzhou and other places, can be bought from Beiyuan people here with only a bucket of rice, and the Beiyuan people who have been exploited so severely have no complaints.

Situ Meng once saw a man in the market that was cut from half his face to his neck, and blood was oozing from the deepest part of his scar—it was obviously a scar from fighting with wild animals—he swayed The stall on the ground only had a tiger skin and a rabbit skin, which were bought by a Dazhou businessman for three buckets of rice. Originally, what he wanted to buy was only the tiger skin, but later he asked the Beiyuan man to put it on the next one. Rabbit fur, otherwise I would not buy it.

The Northern Plainsman was probably also in a hurry to go home, and the deal was actually done as he said.

At that time, Situ Meng, Jing Shen, and the fire engine oil dealer Yuan Jing who had just met above were preparing to have dinner together. They saw this scene, but only Situ Meng reacted again, and the other two turned a blind eye.

Situ Meng couldn't understand at all, everyone is human, just born in different places, why the difference in treatment is so far?

Yuan Jing has long been used to seeing hot-blooded young people like Situ Meng. Many people who just came to Pingcheng had doubts similar to Situ Meng, and some even came forward to fight for them.

But after a long time, these people who were originally aggrieved by the people of the Northern Plains have either become the perpetrators they used to hate the most, or they have become indifferent passers-by and bystanders.

Yuan Jing received the news that Jing Shen and Situ Meng would come in advance, and received them in the largest tavern in Pingcheng. Situ Meng knew Jing Shen's physique of pouring a glass, and took the initiative to block the wine for Jing Shen. After that, Jing Shen refused Yuan Jing's help, and Situ Meng The two walked back to the inn.

At night in Pingcheng, most of the Beiyuan people who came to exchange supplies went out of the city and went home. The street was very quiet, and Situ Meng was a little drunk. She nodded in response, but she was thinking about something else.

Back at the inn that night, Jing Shen wants to go back to his room after seeing off Situ Meng, because he is afraid that he will not be able to control himself.

Unexpectedly, he put him on the bed, and as soon as he turned around, his sleeve was grabbed, and Situ Meng took the initiative to pull his sleeve to prevent him from leaving.

Jing Shen turned around and wanted to pull his hand away, and asked patiently: "Do you know who I am?"

"I know!" Situ Meng chuckled twice, "You're a black girl!"

Who is "Black Girl"?There was a moment of confusion in the depth of field, and he suddenly remembered that a few years ago, when he was praying for the Empress Dowager at Baihe Temple, Situ Meng had slipped his tongue and called him "black girl".

Jing Shen's face was full of black lines, he managed to push away Situ Meng's hand, and he hugged his waist from behind again.The depth of field really couldn't bear it now, he tried hard to pull Situ Meng's hand off, and asked, "Do you know what you're doing?"

"I know," Situ Meng said after drinking too much, "I want you...well, I want you..."

The depth of field really couldn't bear it anymore, he turned around and hugged Situ Meng, the bed curtain was loosened by his fingers, blocking the spring in the room.

When Situ Meng woke up the next day, Jing Shen had already left. He sat on the bed, thinking of the absurd things he did when he was drunk last night, he was in a bad mood.

Especially for someone who has been older than him for so many years, to be crushed by a brat. Although he did it voluntarily, no matter how he thinks about it, he feels it is a loss.

Just when he was clutching his head and having a headache from the hangover and a night of absurdity, the door of the guest room was opened, and Jing Shen came in with a lunch box in his hand, his face rippling.

"Amon, are you awake?!" Jing Shen put down the lunch box in his hand, walked to the bed in three steps, and waited for him to get up.

At first, Situ Meng felt his face was hot, but after thinking about it, the two of them met honestly last night, why didn't he see the depth of field?Moreover, Jing Shen is so beautiful, no matter how you think about it, he has made money, so he accepts Jing Shen's service with peace of mind.

The two stayed warmly in the inn for a few days. Yuan Jing was very efficient in handling affairs, and soon after explaining to him, he sent the oil for the lighter to Chengning Villa.

Jing Shen settled the final payment, and the two were about to leave for the next day, but suddenly found that all the people from Beiyuan in the city had disappeared.

Jing Shen felt that something was wrong, always felt that something was about to happen, and subconsciously accelerated the speed of packing, preparing to leave the city before dark.

Seeing him like this, Situ Meng also helped Mengmeng and the second generation of the rich take care of him, and left the inn with him.

However, they were still one step too late. Just as they were walking towards the city gate, a huge fireball fell from the sky. Against the blood-colored sunset, the whole Pingcheng city instantly became a purgatory on earth.

Jing Shen and Situ Meng hurried back to the inn, and the guards ran around the city and told Jing Shen and them the news that Pingcheng was besieged by the army.

The army besieging Pingcheng was none other than the people from Beiyuan.

"What should we do? Can we still go out?"

"It's useless to go out, there are all Beiyuan troops outside, and going out is a dead end!"

Situ Meng sighed when he heard the words, and looked up at the setting sun that was gradually disappearing in the sky.

Countless fireballs fell from the sky and destroyed the homes of countless people. The people packed up their bags and ran out of the streets and alleys, only to find that there were people who were as frightened as they were outside, and the gates of the four cities were tightly closed to prevent them from going out. .

"Let us go out!"

"Let me out! I don't want to die here!"

"Open the door!"

"Open the door! Open the door!"

"Run!" The crowd was excited, someone wounded the guards guarding the city gate, the crowd opened the city gate and rushed out, but unexpectedly, they were strangled by the iron cavalry guarding outside as soon as they appeared, the people behind saw this The scene, and immediately turned around to go back.

The ignorant people in the city didn't know what was going on outside, they were all blocked in the city gate, those who wanted to return were blocked, behind them were the guns of Beiyuan cavalry, just like this, the first group to flee All the people of the city died at the gate of the city, and the corpses piled up all over the gate.

The people who witnessed such a tragic scene finally learned to stop and think, and let the city guards dispatch them back to the city.

At first, Jing Shen and Situ Meng rushed to the prefect's office in Pingcheng, hoping to find the prefect, but when they arrived, they were told that the prefect had brought people to the East Gate.

When they arrived at the east gate, the magistrate was indeed commanding at the gate, and the captain of Pingcheng was present at the same time.Jing Shen thought it was just right, he didn't need to find someone else to find the captain.

He took out his prince's jade token, and the magistrate confirmed the authenticity of the jade token, and knelt down first. Suddenly, a crowd of officials and soldiers knelt on the city gate.

"Go and send someone to disclose my identity as the prince, and let the people of Pingcheng know that I am here!"

"But..." the magistrate hesitated after hearing his words, "If your identity is made public, I'm afraid the enemy will send someone to hurt you."

Depth of Field: "Don't worry, I've made preparations, you just do what I say!"

Watching the prefect and his staff leave, Situ Meng asked Jing Shen: "What preparations have you made?"

"I didn't prepare anything." Facing Situ Meng, Jing Shen told the truth, "But I had to do this to stabilize the morale of the army and the hearts of the people."

Soon, the staff asked people to gather the common people and announced the identity of the depth of field.

"This is the sixth prince of our Great Zhou!" As the voice of payment fell to the ground, Jing Shen came out and stood in front of everyone. He no longer restrained his momentum, and released the arrogance and domineering that belonged to the royal family of Great Zhou.

Have the people in these border towns ever seen such a big man?For a moment, the square was completely kneeling down.

Depth of Field expanded his voice with internal force, "I am the sixth prince of Dazhou, and at the same time, I represent the Jian family army. In this foreign invasion, I will always be here, advancing and retreating with you, and will never abandon you! "

Although after several dynasties, the army of the Great Zhou was no longer what it used to be, but the Jian family army has always been the face of the Great Zhou. Jing Shen brought out the Jian family army, and when the people heard it, they were no longer so afraid.

In addition, the dignified sixth prince of Zhou, whose status is so noble, did not abandon them at this moment, and stood on the same front with them, what is there to be afraid of?

In this way, the people who were in a mess finally found their backbone. Even though they were still afraid, they were no longer like headless flies.

Knowing that there is still a prince in this town, instead of being abandoned by the court, the hearts of the people calmed down, and the original voices that wanted to make trouble gradually disappeared.

But this is not enough, the food in the city can only last for less than half a month, if the reinforcements have not arrived after fifteen days, everyone in their city will be trapped here to death.

The guards could no longer go out to deliver news, because as long as they went out, they would be caught by the Beiyuan army, and there was only one consequence after being caught by the Beiyuan army, which was to hang them outside the city gate after being tortured to humiliate the soldiers of the Great Zhou.

Jing Shen stopped sending people to die, and through the actions of the Beiyuan people, he understood that the opponent's purpose was not only to occupy Pingcheng, but to massacre the city.

"You mean...to massacre the city?!" Hearing Jing Shen's words, Zhifu couldn't help but took two steps back, and fell down on the chair.

"That's right, it's the massacre of the city." Jing Shen said: "This explains why all the Beiyuan people in the city disappeared overnight, and why the Beiyuan army directly used a huge fireball in their first attack on the city—because there is no Beiyuan in the city anymore. people, they have no scruples in attacking!"

The captain patted his thigh, "I should have found out earlier, why all the people in Beiyuan suddenly left, I thought that the mine in Beiyuan had collapsed again...why didn't I think of this floor!"

Compared with the captain's self-blame, the magistrate was quicker to take it easy. He only got depressed for a while before regrouping, "What should we do now? The Beiyuan army will launch a second wave of attack soon. According to the guards on the city gate According to the news from the army, they have already started to prepare fireballs for the siege!"

"Are there any large underground bases, fortresses, etc. in Pingcheng?" Depth of Field asked.

The magistrate thought about it seriously, and said regretfully, "No."

Jing Shen was silent for a while, and said: "You tell your subordinates to tell the people to hide in the cellar at home! Only come out after the second wave of attack has passed!"

The magistrate's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help sighing: "As expected of the sixth prince! I will send someone to do it now!"

The prefect and the captain retreated together, and Jing Shen sat in the main hall of the prefect's mansion, where not only the officials of Pingcheng, but also Yuan Jing and several of the biggest wealthy businessmen in Pingcheng were here.

The wealthy businessmen who were the first to leave the city all retreated after seeing their comrades died under the weapons of the Beiyuan iron cavalry. They brought their guards and gathered in the magistrate's mansion.

There are two people who have a good relationship with Yuan Jing and asked him about the sixth prince. Now everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope, and no one can leave the other behind. But compared to the foolish loyalty of ordinary people, they are not so optimistic .