Krypton gold longevity: a hundred years of life at the beginning

Chapter 57: The village was massacred, and the demonic wolf species was seen again
Lin'an City.

in the afternoon.

Looking at the obviously fewer pedestrians on the street, Zhang Hua smiled with satisfaction. Yes, his idea was quite effective.

Moreover, most of these people came out to buy food, and many of them used large carts to pull several large vats. It was obvious at a glance that they were preparing to stay at home.

By the way, the best business now is the vat sellers. Originally, ordinary people had several large and small vats in their homes, but who made Zhang Hua come up with the idea that it would be best to bury two large vats in their homes and leave one empty? Hold on, a mouthful of water.

The empty one is naturally used to listen for any movement underground, and the water-filled one is to prevent unclear hearing. Then check whether there are ripples in the water in the tank. If there are ripples, someone may be digging a secret tunnel underground.

As soon as this idea came out, the city guards were the first to be used, and then the people saw that the government would use it, so what are you waiting for, just bury it, if there is not enough big tanks at home, then go buy it, a big tank is only a few dollars, I found that one demon is enough to last a lifetime.

Zhang Hua also received feedback on the specific effect. Because many people had buried it yesterday, they received several reports in the evening.

In the end, I found out that it was all a misunderstanding. The water patterns in one of the tanks kept shaking. After some investigation, it turned out that the couple next door moved too much at night...

Although it was all a misunderstanding, it at least proved that the effect was indeed good, which is why so many people buy tanks today.

After walking and stopping along the way and solving a few false alarms, Zhang Hua checked the time and saw that it was already one o'clock. He was about to change shifts with his companions, rest on the carriage for a while, and take a look at the exercises again.

Unexpectedly, as if against him, as soon as it was his turn to rest, something happened to him, and the person who came was none other than Zhao Daniu, whom he was familiar with.

Zhang Hua remembered that he seemed to have gone out of the city with Captain Qin early in the morning, and now he came back in a hurry. Did something happen to the villages outside the city?
As expected, Zhao Daniu hurriedly said as soon as he came up: "Xiaohua, I finally found you. Hurry, go to the west gate. The county magistrate and the others are waiting for you there. Something happened in those villages."

Something really happened, and the county magistrate is here!
Zhang Hua did not dare to delay. After calling the policeman on the carriage to explain, he immediately rushed to the west gate with Zhao Daniu.

On the way, Zhang Hua also found out what was going on from Zhao Daniu.

Within the jurisdiction of Lin'an City, there are more than 30 villages, large and small. The small ones may only have a dozen households, while the large ones may have hundreds or thousands of households. They have earthen walls, castles, and guards, just like a small town.

However, villages of that size are usually Zhuangzi enfeoffed by powerful people. The people in the county government only need to inform them, and it is up to them to decide what to do.

As for those villages that are not protected by powerful people, the people in the county government will do more persuasive work, such as telling them about the dangers of demons...

Except for the west side of Lin'an City, where Qin County Lieutenant led the city guards, the other directions were led by county magistrates, principals, officials, and others.

There was not much difficulty. As soon as they heard that there was a demon riot in Qingcheng and they were rushing to Lin'an City, the people in the village rushed to Shendu if they could.

Those who had no conditions brought food and followed the people from the yamen to the city. Anyway, this was just to let them enter the city temporarily to avoid the devil, and it was not to drive them out to escape famine.

Especially after hearing that the city also provided them with a meal of porridge every day, all the people behaved very obediently.

The people in the three directions were almost evacuated, but there was a problem in the most important direction on Qin County Lieutenant's side.

There are only seven or eight villages to the west of Lin'an City, most of which are small villages with dozens of households. Among them, Wangjiazhuang, where nearly half of the population was killed by demons, is one of them.

This time, Wangjiazhuang was unlucky again. The demons came from the west and happened to meet them. The remaining half of the population was basically wiped out.

No one knows if there are any survivors, anyway, when County Captain Qin arrived there, he found no living people, only a few demons and villagers who had turned into monsters.

After some fighting, Qin Xianwei rushed to the nearby Xiaowangzhuang, just like Wangjiazhuang...

Next, four and a half of the seven villages in the west were directly wiped out. It was not until Qin County Lieutenant arrived at Xiaoliu Village that he intercepted the demonic force.

Then, after paying a huge price, they killed a group of people and drove away a group of people, and then rescued the villagers of Xiaoliu Village who were killed and injured dozens of people.

When Qin County Lieutenant returned to the city with a group of villagers, Zhao Rui immediately received the news that such a major event had happened. As the county magistrate of a city, he naturally had to be there to comfort the villagers and the city guards.

As for why Zhang Hua was called to go there, Zhao Daniu didn't know very well, and he could only know when he got there.

The street that Zhang Hua was patrolling was not far from the west gate, and the two arrived here in a few minutes.

Now the west gate of Lin'an City has been sealed. In addition to the city guards holding swords and crossbows, there are also villagers brought back from outside gathered near the city gate.

These villagers were sitting together in twos and threes, either crying or discussing what to do in the future. Anyway, they all looked sad.

Obviously, this demon riot has brought serious trauma to them, which has made their already poor family even worse. It is difficult to go back to their old life...

However, Zhang Hua noticed an abnormality as soon as he arrived here. Now he has the mini map open around the clock. After seeing so many people here, he looked at the map out of habit, and suddenly three red dots were mixed in among the dense white dots. It's so conspicuous that it's hard not to notice it.

Carrying the red dots on his back, he opened the map and saw that the three red dots happened to be close to each other. Their clothes were no different from ordinary people, and their actions did not look strange...

One person covered his face with his hands, as if he was crying, and the other two squatted next to him and said something, as if they were comforting...

But when Zhang Hua pulled the small map closer, he found that these people were secretly observing the surroundings. When he and Zhao Daniu came over, they even looked at him several times.

They should be demons, there was no doubt that they were demons. Moreover, Zhang Hua felt familiar when he saw them for the first time. If he looked closely, he found that they were still his old rivals, the demon wolf species.

"Xiaohua, what's wrong! The county magistrate is on the tower."

Seeing Zhang Hua stop, Zhao Daniu asked with some confusion, and then looked at the surrounding villagers, thinking that Zhang Hua was sympathizing with them, so he sighed and said: "Don't think too much, this is fate, they At least he's still alive, and those few villages in Wangjiazhuang are miserable. Don't worry, the county magistrate and the others have already made arrangements."

After hearing what Zhao Daniu said, Zhang Hua took over the conversation and asked, "Oh, how did the county magistrate arrange it?"

"What other arrangements can there be!" Zhao Daniu curled his lips and said: "Aren't there so many people who died? Let's take out the land that no one inherits and divide it among them!

Most of the big families in the city only need to provide money and food. Otherwise, there will suddenly be so many people in the city, and the county government will not have so much money and food to spend on it.

Some of the remaining wasteland was given to these affected villagers. Although they collected the leftovers, they could more or less make up for some losses. "

Upon hearing this solution, Zhang Hua nodded and said: "This method is not bad. At least it can give them more hope. Once people have hope, they can survive no matter how hard it is."

"Haha, I don't quite understand what you're saying. Since Xiaohua thinks it's okay for you, you must be right."

After getting along for a while, especially after the incident with the Qian family, Zhao Daniu admired Zhang Hua more and more, and even felt that Zhang Hua was more reliable than Li Ying. However, in the end, Zhao Daniu still reminded him: "Xiaohua, this is a matter for the county magistrate." It hasn’t been promulgated yet, so don’t tell it first!”

"Don't worry, I understand the character of the county magistrate."

Zhang Hua patted Zhao Daniu's shoulder with a smile, grabbed him and said, "Let's go, go see the county lord, don't make him wait."

"Well, let's go... let's go."

Feeling Zhang Hua's small movement on his hand, Zhao Daniu was stunned for a moment, with a stern look on his face. Then he realized what he was doing and immediately agreed, but he held the waist knife in his hand tighter.

Afterwards, the two of them walked towards the steps on the edge of the city wall while talking about what happened in the village outside the city. Interestingly, the "three people" happened to be right next to the steps.

Zhang Hua's heart moved, and he suddenly understood the purpose of these three people. If he guessed correctly, their target was still the county magistrate...

Perhaps in their view, as long as Zhao Rui dies in Lin'an City, there will definitely be turmoil. In this way, they can fish in troubled waters and make Lin'an City more chaotic.

Zhao Daniu was a little nervous. After Zhang Hua hinted to him that there was a demon here, he wanted to call the city guards, but Zhang Hua stopped him.

Originally, he thought Zhang Hua wanted to solve it himself, but he was almost on the city wall, but he didn't show any signs of taking action!
Could it be that he was planning to talk to the county magistrate first, and then let the city guards take action... With this thought in his mind, Zhao Daniu also relaxed.

However, when he just stepped onto the first step, Zhao Daniu realized that he was wrong...he actually started to attack here. Could it be that the demons were the ones who just passed by!

Just as Zhang Hua stepped onto the steps, he suddenly retreated and turned around...

The waist knife in his hand has been unsheathed, and the cold light rises, bringing out a bunch of blood flowers...

(End of this chapter)