At this time, both sides of the long street were full of people, but the voices gradually quieted down, shrouded in a huge silence.
The only sounds on the long street could be heard: the crisp sound of horse hooves and the creaking of wheels as the city lord's team slowly marched.
Guo Yan withdrew his gaze, his face remained calm, but a sense of satisfaction rose in his heart.
Judging from the people’s reaction, he knew that his authority as the city lord was still there.
Guo Yan has governed Yancheng for many years. He knows how to make people shut up and how to make them say what they should say... He doesn't even need to say anything, some smart people will figure it out on their own.
He knew that once the incident involving the Qiao brothers was over, no one would remember anyone with the last name Qiao anymore.
After all, Yancheng is still his Guo family's Yancheng.
When Guo Yan almost disappeared from sight, the discussions in the crowd began to rise again.
"The city lord is still majestic."
"It's understandable that City Lord Guo is angry. After all, it's his only son who died."
"The city lord's son is indeed a playboy, but putting this matter aside, City Lord Guo is still a good person. He just lacks some discipline for his beloved son."
A Confucian scholar at the front of the crowd said this, with a little cold sweat on his forehead.
Just now, the city lord Guo Yan glanced at the crowd from afar. Although he felt that they were not coming for him, his strong desire to survive made him start talking.
"Come to think of it, the two brothers Qiaomu and Qiaolin are both reckless people." Other people in the crowd also began to have a desire to survive.
The dead are gone, but the living must continue to live.
It was indeed a relief for them that Qiao Lin killed Master Guo, but now the matter was over. If they wanted to survive in Yancheng, they still had to look to the Guo family for their opinion.
"I admit that what they did was indeed a chivalrous act, but wasn't it a bit too reckless? All they did was kill, kill, kill. Can killing solve the problem?"
"As a result, they all died, and they all died miserably."
"Both brothers are stubborn and act without thinking. Qiao Lin was right to kill Master Guo, and no one can say he was wrong. But was it necessary for things to develop to this extent? Isn't there a better solution?"
"Knights use force to break the law. These so-called knights only seek their own pleasure and happiness. Their death is the end of everything, but we still have to live."
"As a result, Yancheng is under martial law. Caravans and civilians cannot enter or leave, and goods cannot be delivered. Yancheng was hit by famine last month, and now there is another wave of famine. The prices of firewood, rice, oil and salt have skyrocketed. Has Qiao Lin considered the difficulties of ordinary people like us?"
"Fortunately, Qiao Lin's body has been found. The martial law in Yancheng will be lifted soon, right? Life will soon be back on track."
At the back of the crowd, the little servant Ah Cheng's eyes widened slightly and he was speechless.
He suddenly remembered that Qiao Lin, who broke into the City Lord's Mansion, had spoken to the people of Yancheng in front of the City Lord:
"... The people dare not speak the truth and can only watch. This is not their fault. If they have the energy to spare, they should punish evil and promote good. If they don't have the energy to spare, they should first protect themselves..."
Now, ordinary people who have no energy left have begun to speak down to the hero Qiao Lin.
The little servant Ah Cheng just felt a little stuffy in his chest.
He was a little confused. Just now, the voices in the crowd were supporting the Qiaomu and Qiaolin brothers. How come the trend changed so quickly
Is he too stupid, or are others too smart
"Ridiculous." A man in a bamboo hat in the crowd said lightly.
"You don't dare to blame the city lord Guo Yan who ordered the city to be sealed off and put under martial law, but you blame Qiao Lin for acting rashly and killing Mr. Guo?"
"When a brave man is angry, he draws his sword against the stronger one; when a coward is angry, he draws his sword against the weaker one."
"You dare not say anything bad about the city lord, but you can speak over their corpses just because the Qiao brothers are dead and cannot defend themselves?"
"It's not wrong to think about preserving yourself first when something happens. But you should always have a scale in your heart to judge right from wrong." The man in the bamboo hat looked at her coldly:
"People can be humble like ants, but they cannot be twisted like maggots!"
The words of the man in the bamboo hat caused a commotion among the crowd.
Many pairs of eyes in the crowd looked silently at the scholar, causing his face to begin to feel a little hot.
The scholar frowned and retorted:
"You are just making up a story. I didn't say that Qiao Lin was wrong to kill the city lord's son. It's just that... there could have been a better solution. Those two brothers were just too reckless."
"For example? What's the solution?" asked the man in the bamboo hat.
The scholar at the front of the crowd choked for a moment, then said, "For example, City Lord Guo is quite capable, but he dotes on his only son. I think if someone could tell him clearly what Young Master Guo did in the past, he would definitely handle it impartially."
"For example, we can appeal to the laws of Great Yan. If the officials of Yancheng cannot handle the case impartially, we can appeal to Heyang Prefecture and even to the capital!"
"Oh. This sounds like a good idea..." The man in the bamboo hat said, "Oh!" and stepped forward to ask:
"Are you from Yancheng?"
Seeing that the man in the bamboo hat seemed to be softening, the scholar snorted coldly, "Don't try to get close to me. Of course I am! I have lived in Yancheng for forty or fifty years... You are an outsider? You have to interfere in Yancheng's affairs? What do you know?"
The man in the bamboo hat asked again: "You have lived in Yancheng for so many years, you must have tried the solutions I just mentioned, right?"
"I..." The scholar was speechless for a moment.
The crowd's discussions gradually became noisier, and many pairs of eyes glanced at the scholar and the man in the bamboo hat.
I only heard the man in the bamboo hat say seriously:
"If the sky is dark, then live in the dark; if making a sound is dangerous, then keep silent; if you feel you are powerless to shine, then curl up in a corner. But don't get used to the darkness and defend it; don't be proud of your own mediocrity; don't mock those who are braver and more passionate than you. We can be humble like dust, but we cannot be twisted like moths."
"You..." The scholar's face gradually turned red, veins began to bulge on his neck, and his fingers poked directly into the chest of the man in the bamboo hat:
"You are amazing, you are noble!"
"It sounds nice to say high-sounding words, but who can't say them? You are an outsider, what have you done?"
"City Lord Guo is in front of the team right now. Aren't you capable? If you are capable, go ahead!"
However, the reaction of the man in the bamboo hat was beyond his imagination.
The man in the bamboo hat did not refute as fiercely as he did, but nodded slightly.
"OK."
"I can do it, so I'll do it."
He pushed through the crowd and walked towards the city lord's team without hesitation or looking back.
Behind the crowd.
The servant Ah Cheng looked at the back of the man in the bamboo hat and his body suddenly trembled slightly.
The backs of the crowd looked like ducks being lifted by their necks, but the man in the bamboo hat walked out of the flock of ducks, like a reef stepping towards the waves.
..
At this time, the city lord's team had already marched to the gate of Yancheng.
Guo Yan rode his horse at the front of the team with a dignified look on his face.
As the lord of a city, he was scheming and resourceful, acted prudently, and was always thoughtful. At this moment, he was thinking about something in his mind.
"The Qiao family is nothing to worry about. They might not even exist... It's all my fault for being fooled by Qiao Lin."
"Forget about using the Wu Ji Hui's connections. After all, Envoy Xing Xuan really did find out something. I have to thank him. Fortunately, Envoy Xing Xuan was alerted."
"As for the Immortal Sect... cooperating with the Immortal Sect is really like courting disaster."
"It's easier to invite a god than to send him away. If the people from Xuantian Sect come, the master of Yancheng might have to be replaced... It's all because of Qiao Lin's lies!"
Guo Yan frowned deeply.
As a city lord, it is too difficult for him to deal with the major forces... This matter needs to be carefully considered.
While I was thinking, I had arrived at the city gate.
"Hang Qiao Lin's body up..." Guo Yan was halfway through his words when he heard a commotion from the crowd behind him.
Among the crowd, a man in a bamboo hat raised a spear.
"The demon disintegrates!"
He clenched the spear tightly with his right arm. His already muscular arm swelled a little more, and even the pores of his skin began to bleed. The aura on the spear surged!
The spear that "Qiao Lin" did not throw seven or eight days ago is now thrown by "Qiao Sen"!
Before Guo Yan had time to look back, he suddenly heard a violent sound of breaking wind behind his ears.
call out!
The spear flew out like lightning, turning into a blood-red rainbow that pierced through the air!
The blood-colored rainbow seemed to have submerged the spear as well, and everyone could only see a fleeting flash of blood.
Amid the violent sound of breaking air and the shrill neighing of horses, Guo Yan, who was at the front of the team, fell off his horse!
"Old thief Guo Yan, are you bullying me, the Qiao family, because they have no one?"
Amidst the thunderous shouts, the man in the bamboo hat dropped his bamboo hat, stepped out from the crowd, twisted and reassembled the two halves of the spear shaft, and another spear appeared in his hand.
Volume 2: Undoubted
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Chapter 56 Are you worthy of being a warrior? (4k, 2-in-1
"Lord City Lord!"
"Master City Lord?!"
No one reacted to the sudden change.
Qiao Mu was having a passionate debate with a Confucian scholar in the crowd one moment, and the next moment he stepped out of the crowd to assassinate Guo Yan. The transition was extremely abrupt.
Guo Yan didn't react either.
He was still considering how to deal with the Immortal Sect, but who would have expected that there would actually be someone from the Qiao family trying to assassinate him
In a split second, he only had time to slightly dodge to the side before being knocked to the ground with his horse by the huge force of the javelin.
"There's an assassin!"
"Protect the city lord!"
Amid the noisy shouts, the servants and guards were about to rush over.
But then, they saw Qiumu throw away the hat he was wearing, revealing a familiar face.
This face is obviously more mature than the "Qiao Lin" hanging on the wooden frame next to it, and its aura is also more terrifying and majestic.
Qiao Lin
No! This is another older Qiao family elder!
Amid the shrill neighing of horses, Guo Yan climbed up from the ground again, his face as gloomy as water.
His left shoulder had been pierced by the spear, and his feet were pressed on his horse when it fell, and were now a bloody mess.
But when he saw Qiao Mu's face clearly, his face couldn't help but tremble.
Another member of the Qiao family
Didn’t Xing Xuanshi of the Wu Ji Association say that the Qiao family was nothing to worry about and might not even exist
Xingxuan has misled me!
Guo Yan had the urge to vomit blood again. If it weren't for a figure like Xing Xuanshi from the Wu Ji Association who told him the news, how could he be so unprepared
Guo Yan's face darkened.
This member of the Qiao family, like the other two he met, was not afraid of death.
At this moment, the gate of Yancheng was still closed, and there were soldiers guarding the city on the city wall. How dare he assassinate Guo Yan at this time
"Why are the members of the Qiao family so fearless of death?" Guo Yan murmured to himself.
No one likes to fight with a fearless person.
Even if you are a big shot worth billions and have a hundred bodyguards when you go out, you don't want to be entangled by a fearless mad dog when you go out.
"Joe..."
Guo Yan had just uttered the first word when Qiao Mu's action frightened him again.
Qiao Mu took out a bow and arrow from his back, drew the bow and shot into the sky.