The Emperor is Above

Chapter 315: The Fallen Eagle Guard

The three cities of the capital are most majestic when viewed from the south bank of the Xing River.

Most of the villagers in Guqiu were visiting the capital for the first time, and they were all excited and surprised:
"Eh? Isn't it said that the capital is particularly prosperous and lively? Why does it look so deserted now?"

"Yes, it is said that the section across the bridge is very busy and crowded, but there are only a few cars here!"

"That's right! Chai Yong told me last time that the Xingshui Wharf outside the capital was very busy, with boats and ships covering the river. Now there are only a few dozen cargo ships, and there are no people on the wharf, and there is no market to be seen!"

"Look, there are a lot of white banners hanging near the mountain to the west of the city, and there are also many funeral processions. Could it be that there is a plague in the capital?"

This speculation frightened the villagers of Guqiu. Although the capital was magnificent and magnificent, they would never dare to enter the city if there was a plague.

Many women even began to worry about whether their husbands and sons who did not return home would be unfortunately infected near the capital. Those with weaker personalities even had tears in their eyes.

Qing Yi was speechless for a moment, and quickly explained with a wry smile: "Aunts, please don't make wild guesses. There was an accident during the winter festival before the New Year, and many people were killed or injured in the city, which is why there are so many funeral processions.

The people we have left in the capital are not in the city, but in the surrounding villages and communities. There is no danger for them to recruit the people of the country."

"Horrible! The capital is where the king resides, and there are still people dying in the war?" After listening to Qing Yi's explanation, the villagers no longer worried about the plague, but were worried about a coup in the country?
Fortunately, someone in the crowd interrupted the women's wild thoughts. Tun Kejin pointed in the direction of the city and shouted, "Look, a team of flying eagle guards are flying in from the city!"

The villagers of Lone Hill were not afraid of the Eagle Guards. They all laughed and said, "It must be the Lord's friend who saw our cars and came here to reminisce about the past."

Qing Yi's vision is now sharper. He saw four Flying Eagle Guards flying over. In addition to the leading battalion commander Xu Zhengjia, there is also Sima Yanfei, all of whom are his acquaintances.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he was about to greet them loudly, but the four falcons were about to land, but suddenly flapped their wings in panic to avoid something.

However, due to excessive fright, it was unable to fly, and it screamed and cried out as it fell from a height of more than ten feet, and fell into the thick snow by the river outside the city with a plop.

"Wow—"

After hearing a few cries of dragon vultures, Qing Yi realized that the four dragon vulture elders who had gone out hunting had returned safely. However, he did not expect that the momentum of the third-grade ferocious birds had frightened the other hawks and falcons.

Fortunately, the falcons were not too high from the ground, and there was thick snow as a buffer. In addition, the birds were strong, so they should not be in any danger to their lives.

When Qing Yi hurriedly strode over, Xu Zhengjia, Yan Sima and four others had already crawled out of the snow pile. The four falcons were not injured, but they were trembling with fear and buried their heads in the snow pile, unwilling to come out.

"Sorry, sorry, are you all right, brothers?" Qing Yi stepped forward with an apologetic look on his face. "It's almost dusk, do you still want to go out for patrol?"

Xu Zhengjia and Yan Sima looked at each other, smiled bitterly, and then said helplessly: "Just now I was almost scared to death by your Longjiu retainer.

Sima Yan and I just came back from patrol, and were about to invite all of our comrades to have a meal at Ran You's Stone Pot Restaurant, when we saw your banner appear from a distance, so we came over to say hello."

Qing Yi felt even more apologetic now: "I'm so sorry to have frightened you brothers. I see there are quite a few funeral processions in the capital right now. Could something have happened in the city in the past half month?"

Xu Zhengjia shook his head and said, "Only the night of the Winter Festival did we suffer heavy casualties, but there have been no accidents in the past half month.

There have been many funerals in the city recently because the prices of various healing ointments have skyrocketed during this period. Many injured people have not received effective treatment and their injuries have worsened and they have died. "Qing Yi was silent when he heard this. Spiritual medicines are precious things, and spiritual ointments that need to be refined by pharmacists are even more so. In the past peacetime, the price of spiritual ointments was acceptable to ordinary people, and they could buy them to heal their wounds and save their lives.

Now, the State of Xing was hit by a series of autumn harvest battles, which consumed all the spiritual medicine ointments that had been stored in the past. Now, the winter festival ceremony has caused the deaths and injuries of countless dukes and ministers, and the demand is even greater.

The limited elixirs and ointments in the capital city now have to first satisfy the needs of the noble ministers, the three divisions, and the city guards, making it difficult for ordinary people to buy them even if they have money.

Sima Yan said in a depressed mood: "Alas, after the great battle on the night of the Winter Festival, not only was the prince seriously injured and unconscious, but the nobles and vassal officials also suffered heavy casualties, and many people in the middle and lower cities also died of shock and injuries.

Even if Old Man Shi broke through the shackles of the first rank and advanced to the holy realm, becoming the strongest among the seventy-six countries in the Northern Wilderness, he could not make the people of the country feel at ease. In the past few days, news came that Chongguo had seized Yanjin City, and trade and travel from all directions was cut off.

You see, this Xingshui wharf used to be very busy with traffic and ships, but now there are only a few dozen cargo ships transporting goods to the grain and oil group."

Xu Zhengjia also said helplessly: "Since the winter festival ceremony, the people in the capital have been in a panic. This is the coldest and most desolate New Year I have experienced in decades.

After the news of Chongguo's surprise attack on Yanjin City came, the ministers in the court were afraid that other cities would also be attacked, so they sent most of the cavalry to contact various places. Now we still have 60 brothers in the capital to patrol.

My brother has only slept less than five times in the past half month. I just hope that Old Man Shi can scare off the Chongguo army, otherwise we will have to prepare for war again!

But now, brother Yi, you are about to leave the capital and go north to Longcheng. It will be difficult to meet in the future, so why don’t I treat you to a big meal.”

"Haha, I appreciate your kindness, brother!" Qing Yi smiled and rejected the other party's invitation, pointing to his own car camp.
"The four elders of the Longjiu family have just returned from hunting. I can invite a few brothers to come to my place to taste the fresh game."

"Then we brothers will benefit from your help!" Xu Zhengjia didn't care. After all, his useless falcon was still shivering in the snow. "There are not many exotic beasts and falcons in the capital area these years. It's hard to taste fresh game."

Dinner is still provided by the kitchen car. A convoy of ten sleds is equipped with one sled. Today's dinner is Qing Yi's newly invented spicy hot pot, which is convenient and fast.

The four Eagle Guards looked at them in amazement:

"I have to say that Brother Yi always surprises us. With this cooking car following the army, we don't have to worry about not having food even in the snow and ice."

"When the Minister of the Imperial Household Yuanmu sees it tomorrow, he will have to make a copy. Then we can eat and drink for free at the Third Division and the City Guards."

When Qing Yi and the four Flying Eagle Guards finished eating and drinking, they were amazed to see that Tun Shigu had already directed hundreds of vehicles to form a tightly guarded camp from beginning to end.

After seeing off the four astonished Eagle Guards, the camp soon returned to peace.

The villagers of Guqiu could sleep soundly even during the migration, even though they had just heard about the tragic changes that had taken place in the capital.

But he has four second-grade tree spirits guarding him, which is enough to ensure his safety. What's more, there are four elders of the Dragon Vulture family and fourteen giants of the Wangmang clan.

But at dawn the next day, the people of Guqiu were surprised and uneasy to find that their camp was quickly surrounded by tens of thousands of Chinese people.

Thanks to Zhang Yu 0509 for the reward, and thanks to all the readers for their support. I went back to my hometown in Shandong today to host a banquet, and I stayed up until about a.m. last night to finally finish these two chapters.

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