Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters: Reception and Rebellion
There was a dilapidated scene in the city lord's mansion.
The square in front of the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion was covered with a thick layer of snow. It seemed that no one had been active here for a long time.
But a road next to it was deliberately cleared out. Huang Yuchen narrowed his eyes and looked at it. This path leads directly to the back of the hall, which should be the road connecting to the martial arts field.
As the lord of Chikang City, Fan Liao should have never lived here, for some reason.
Maybe it was because a place like Chikang City, which was like a paradise, was really nothing he needed to deal with.
Huang Yuchen stepped on the snow and took the sharp shadow directly into the hall. Forty survivors were arranged by Huang Yuchen to go behind, and the giant followed Huang Yuchen.
Since the scene of their entry into Chikang City did not avoid the residents in the city, there was no need to cover up the bell.
Fortunately, the hall of the City Lord's Mansion is relatively high, allowing the giant to stand safely. Standing beside Huang Yuchen, he really looks like an iron tower. Compared with this giant, the mighty general Liu Yuan is like an underdeveloped teenager.
The table was covered with dust and no one had used it for a long time. Huang Yuchen didn't feel anything. He sat peacefully on the chair behind the table, casually put the seal and ribbon that Wang Junliang gave to him on the table last night, and quietly waited for the elders of Chikang City to come over.
Wang Junliang stood behind Huang Yuchen, changing his appearance yesterday, with a serious face. His clothes today were also carefully selected, which seemed to add a bit of majesty.
However, when Huang Yuchen thought of Wang Junliang's bright bald head, he couldn't get serious at all, and a faint smile was always on his face.
"Sir, the clan elders come in later. Don't talk. Chi Kangcheng is different from other places. These old men have a strong temper." Wang Junliang said to Huang Yuchen softly.
Huang Yuchen looked at him, especially when he saw the hat on his head, he tried his best to press himself against his bald head, nodded gently, and said nothing.
Wang Junliang naturally didn't know what Huang Yuchen was thinking, but he just felt that Huang Yuchen was in a good mood today. Seeing that Huang Yuchen was in a good mood, he felt half of the rest of his heart.
At least Huang Yuchen had already agreed to his plan on the surface, and his goal had been achieved half.
Not long after, from a distance, I saw a group of people appearing outside the gate. The leader was the old man Huang Yuchen saw in the winery.
The old man looked serious, followed by a group of old men, all with serious expressions on his face. The group of people entered the city lord's mansion with firm steps and headed straight for the hall.
When Huang Yuchen saw these clan elders, he would immediately adjust his mentality and put Wang Junliang's affairs behind his mind. For these clan elders, this matter today is not tolerated by any joke.
The old man in the lead was the first to step into the hall. He saw Huang Yuchen sitting on the seat of the city lord at first sight. He was suddenly stunned and stayed on the spot. The old men behind him stopped one after another without understanding the reason.
"You..." The old man looked at Huang Yuchen with an incredible look on his face.
Huang Yuchen nodded at the old man with a smile on his face, without saying a word.
The old man frowned immediately, but said nothing, walked straight in and stood in the hall.
At this moment, all the old men saw Huang Yuchen clearly. The shock in their hearts was no less than that in the old men in the head. Everyone immediately looked at each other, not understanding why. When they saw the giant standing in the hall like an iron tower, they felt a tremor in their hearts.
Only the shopkeeper of the restaurant saw that it was Huang Yuchen, and the solemnity on his face immediately eased a little, but Huang Yuchen could also see that he was in a complicated mood at this moment.
"Everyone is here." Wang Junliang saw all the clan elders entering the hall and said, "I invite you all to come today because a big man has come to the city, this man is the new brother of the current emperor, Lord Huang Yuchen."
Wang Junliang said, bowing slightly at Huang Yuchen, but his words did not cause any reaction. All the old men looked at Huang Yuchen quietly, with deep doubts and distrust in their eyes.
How could a young man who suddenly appeared in Chikang City transform into the younger brother of the current emperor? This transformation was too fast.
And just now, this person was having dinner with everyone in the restaurant and was scolded by the clan elders. At that time, the young man had no reaction and did not look like a big man at all.
"The identity of Lord Huang Yuchen is unquestionable. I have determined this after a long period of observation and intelligence collection." Wang Junliang looked at the clan elders below and said, "As a group trainer in Chikang City, Wang's reputation should be obvious to all. Wang will never talk nonsense."
Huang Yuchen's eyes swept across everyone present, and their eyes were all turned to him, but the distrust in his eyes never dissipated because this matter was too fantasy for them.
Chikang City is a small town on the border. After leaving Chihong Mountain, it actually belongs to the junction of Qitian and Xiwang Mansion. The places where Huang Yuchen had been active before, including the wild jungle, actually belong to the category of Siteng Sand.
Just like the vast Gobi Desert between the Eastern Prince's Mansion and the Hindu of Qitian, there is also Siteng Sand Land, which is mainly to prevent the rebellion of the border king.
A prince suddenly appeared in such a small town on the border, and no one would believe it.
"We will naturally believe what Wang Tuanlian said." The old man in charge looked at Wang Junliang and said in a deep voice: "It's just that this matter has not been confirmed, but we cannot believe that this lord is the prince. Besides, we don't know why this lord came to my Chikang City."
Seeing this, Wang Junliang was about to speak, but Huang Yuchen suddenly stood up and waved his hand gently. Wang Junliang immediately shut up.
Huang Yuchen got off the seat of the city lord and stood not far from the race elder. He looked at the old man in the lead with a smile and said, "I came here to recover Chikang City."
As soon as Huang Yuchen said this, all the clan elders frowned, and a disharmonious atmosphere immediately ejaculated.
"The Rebellion of the Three Kings." Before the old man could speak, Huang Yuchen spoke again: "Turn the empire to the brink of war. My Eastern Prince's Mansion made every effort to stop it. My father died in the battlefield. Later, he worked hard to send troops again. Finally, under the leadership of his elder brother, he quelled the rebellion of the Three Kings and relieved the worries of the empire."
"The consequences of the rebellion of the Three Kings slaughtered all the royal family members. The elder brother ascended the throne without any means in order to ensure the long-term stability of the empire. The remediation of the imperial capital, and the investment of the soldiers accumulated by the Eastern Palace over the years, at all costs, finally ensured the safety of the imperial capital."
"But!" Huang Yuchen said, frowned, and said, "Some illegal people secretly developed their own power while the imperial capital was changing, forcibly collecting soldiers and plundering food and grass, with misconduct. After the eldest brother ascended the throne, no one went to the imperial capital to meet the saint, and everyone had secret ulterior motives."
"Just as I traveled here to learn about all this, no ten residents in the villages near Chikang City were left, and all young and middle-aged people were forcibly collected, so they were concentrated in Chikang City."
"After I arrived at Chikang City, I found that all the soldiers had been transferred. The city lord Fan Liao was going to quell the chaos!" Huang Yuchen said, staring at the old man in charge, and said again: "My identity and whereabouts are still made public. The Chikang City troupe can learn about the situation I am coming. As the city lord, why did he leave at such a time? What is his intention?"
"Dear seniors, I came here just to recover Chikang City, not to seize the city. The facts have been made very clear, so please consider it for yourself."
After Huang Yuchen said that, he looked at the people standing in front of him. These old men obviously did not expect Huang Yuchen to say this. Some were shocked, some were full of suspicion, and some were even a little panicked.
They had no idea that Fan Liao would do this, but Fan Liao had been in Chikang City for a long time before, and his behavior was quite normal and he had no intention of rebelling. Most of the old men would still be skeptical about Huang Yuchen's words.
"Do you say Lord Fan Liao's rebellion have certificates?" The old man in the lead looked at Huang Yuchen. He was one of the few people present who had been very calm.
"I have never seen Fan Liao." Huang Yuchen said, "But I came from the wild jungle and entered Chihong Mountain all the way. All the villages wherever I went were looted. There were also soldiers guarding the garrison in the small town at the foot of Chihong Sect. I was going to ask my senior why there were no guards in this huge Chikang City?"
"I have been building a city for a hundred years, except for simple garrisons," the old man replied, "I have been simple in the hearts of the people of Kangcheng and do not close their doors at night, and it is normal for them to have no garrisons. This does not mean that Lord Fan Liao is rebelling."
"Now, the emperor of Qitian Empire is my eldest brother." Huang Yuchen said softly: "I learned the news that I was coming but led my troops out of the city. But I don't know what Fan Liao intended."
"Sir, you are wrong. Lord Fan Liao is not rebelling, he is going out of the city to quell the rebellion." Another old man said in a deep voice.
"Yes, before leaving, Lord Fan Liao told us that in order to support the suppression of the rebellion, we have handed over all our children to him. It is absolutely impossible for Kangcheng to do anything rebellious!"
"Sir, you have to investigate clearly. You must not wrongly accuse Lord Fan Liao."
There were many different opinions, but most of them spoke to Fan Liao. However, at this moment, no one has insisted on Huang Yuchen's identity. After all, he is the younger brother of the current emperor. If Huang Yuchen lies, they can get confirmation from many places.
Huang Yuchen looked at everyone and didn't say anything. At this moment, the old man in charge said to Huang Yuchen: "The great man kept saying that he was going to conquer the lost land. I want to ask, "Do you have the will of the priest today?"
Huang Yuchen was slightly stunned when he heard this. He really didn't have this.
He only had a piece of the Eastern Prince's Order from the Eastern Prince's Mansion, but when he passed by the village before, he had already given the Eastern Prince's Order to the pair of miserable grandchildren. He had never returned to the imperial capital, so how could he have the will of Emperor Yuanwu?
Just as he was thinking about how to respond, a loud shout suddenly came from outside.
"Who said no?"
Chapter completed!