Dai Wei picked up a bag of paper money and hurried towards home.

The Ghost Festival is coming up in a few days. I originally wanted to buy more paper money and artifacts to worship my ancestors, but now in Tokyo, things like artifacts are simply not available. It’s just this paper money.

It took a lot of effort to get it myself.

Thinking of this, Dai Wei felt very sad. In less than a year, the whole of Tokyo had fallen to such an extent.

"Old Dai, Old Dai!" There was a cry in his ears. Dai Wei turned around and saw a man carrying a knife striding towards him. He was an old acquaintance, Chen Z, who had shared life and death with him. Now they are both in Tokyo.

They served in the garrison and belonged to different commands. Both of them were battalion generals and commanded thousands of soldiers.

Looking at the shape of the package in Chen Z's hand, one could tell that it was something like paper money. Dai Wei couldn't help but smile and said: "We brothers are really in tune with each other. We can meet you if I give you paper money when I go home."

Not worth it either?"

Chen Z chuckled: "In the past few days, we no longer need to guard the perimeter of Prince Zhao's palace. It has been taken care of by his own confidant Wu Shengjun. It's a blessing, otherwise, I would still have to guard outside the palace!"

"Wu Shengjun is the sweetheart of King Zhao. Except for the internal security, which they are responsible for, they have never been willing to let them suffer a little injustice. Why are they even given the drudgery of night patrol to them?" Dai Wei was a little surprised.

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"You don't know?"

"What can I know?" Dai Wei spread his hands: "Unlike you, who is responsible for the safety of the dignitaries in the city, I am the leader of the city gate army."

Chen Z looked around and said, "If you want to know, you have to treat me!"

"You really find every opportunity to exploit every opportunity! Am I lucky or unlucky today?" Dai Wei said with a smile.

"Stop talking nonsense, buy me a drink, it won't hurt you!" Chen Z said.

"Why don't you go to my house? Where can you easily find food outside? Not to mention the restaurants that are still open, I really can't afford it!" Dai Wei said.

"Go to Zhouqiao!" Chen Z said.

"Where can we find food?" Dai Wei was surprised.

"There are always people who slip through the net. Come on, old skills are rare in Tokyo these days." Chen Z said with a smile.

The so-called Zhouqiao, whose official name is Tianhan Bridge, is the intersection of three imperial roads in the south, east and west of Tokyo. In the early days, government offices, residential buildings, shops, brothels, city gentry, and foreign merchants were all located around the Zhouqiao.

Gathering here is naturally the most ideal business place for the catering industry. You can find everything from staple food to snacks here. It is one of the busiest places in Tokyo and usually operates until about midnight at night.

But all the prosperity disappeared when the Liao army broke through the city.

Hundreds of houses around Zhouqiao were burned to the ground, people were killed and blood flowed into rivers, and countless wealth became the spoils of Liao soldiers. Today's Zhouqiao has long been turned into ruins.

Although the road has been cleared,

However, because there were too many dead people in the surrounding area, it was still a forbidden area for ordinary people. Especially at night, not many people dared to wander around this area.

I have heard that night travelers can occasionally hear ghost cries, and have also seen terrifying figures floating around the area like the wind, which really scares the shit out of people.

However, Dai Wei and Chen Z did not believe these lies. They had seen so many dead people in the past two years that they were both numb.

Since the failure of the Western Expedition, the two of them fled all the way from Shaanxi Road to Hedong, then to Huazhou, and then returned to the capital. The place was not full of dead people. Even in the current city of Tokyo, if you go astray even a little bit, you will be killed.

There might be a body lying in that corner.

Too many people have died in Tokyo, and there are still many cities where even a ghost can’t be found!

As Chen Z arrived at the end of the field, he found a sunken small house. He had to walk down the stone steps for more than ten steps before reaching the door. There was a small house with a walk of at most ten steps. There was a small house in front of the door.

The small dam can accommodate three or five tables, but of course it is empty now.

After looking at this terrain, Dai Wei also roughly understood why this family was able to escape in the first place. The main reason was that it was not convenient to kill. If you have this skill, you might as well find other families. Anyway, it seems that there are many people around Zhouqiao.

Rich people, those Liao people had never seen this prosperous place before, but this small stone house was not that eye-catching.

As everyone knows, in peacetime, this small place has to be booked in advance to get a seat.

"Luo's is a time-honored brand that specializes in sliced ​​sheep heads and pan-fried lamb sausage." Chen Z said with an authentic smile.

"Old Chen, you are cheating me. This family, before the war, had to start with the same amount of money. Now, in this new year, it would be strange if we don't double it several times!" Dai Wei shouted "Qu", but there was no look of trouble on his face.

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He is not short of money now. Speaking of which, King Zhao has always been willing to spend money in order to win over big-name soldiers like them. People like Dai Wei and Chen Z, who are both officers and veterans, are even more willing to spend their money.

"It's just three or five coins, but the news I know is more than just this small amount of money. If you and I are fighting, I have to let you breathe first." Chen Z said while banging on the door.

The door creaked open, and a lame old man stood in the door. Seeing Chen Z, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out to be General Chen Ying. Please come in quickly, please come in!"

"Old Luotou, I brought you a new guest, brother Dai Weidai, the general of Nanxunmen. If you want to sneak out of the city in the future, you might as well go to Nanxunmen to find him." Chen Z said with a smile, looking at

He seems to be very familiar with Old Man Luo. "But today I have to show off my good skills to make my brother enjoy his meal."

Old Man Luo chuckled, showing his big mouth with half of his front teeth missing. He nodded repeatedly and invited the two of them to sit down.

"General Chen Ying, I have fresh dog meat here today, would you like to get a plate to go with the wine?"

Chen Z's face changed: "Go away, can you eat dog meat in Tokyo now? They are all dogs that have eaten human flesh. You can do it to others, but you want to do it to me? One sheep head, two portions of pan-fried lamb sausage.

, Old Luotou, don’t play any tricks, otherwise you won’t be able to get sheep from me in the future!”

"I don't dare, I don't dare, don't I want you to try something new? It tastes really good. Dog meat is like wine. The more you drink, the better it tastes!"

"Go away, go get the sheep's head!" Chen Z laughed and cursed.

There was an old teapot without a handle on the table, and a pile of porcelain bowls with holes in them, but they were clean. After taking the bowls and filling them with tea, Dai Wei said: "Old Chen,

It’s the Hungry Ghost Festival soon, will there be a lantern festival today?”

"Build a hammer. If you really wanted to do it, wouldn't it have been done long ago?"

"Yes, I'm afraid there are not even a few craftsmen left in Tokyo who can tie lanterns, let alone Dengshan Mountain!" Dai Wei said with emotion. "I wanted to buy some underworld tools today, but I can't make lanterns."

The paper craftsmen are all gone, why do you think the Liao people took these people captive?"

"Anyone with skills will be taken away. This is the order issued by the queen." Chen Z shook his head and said: "But there will be no lantern festival this year. It's not because of this."

"What's that for?"

"Two things, one is because Xiao Erlang made some kind of general order? Our King Zhao is among the top three! Do you think many people will be very sensitive to this matter?

Interested?" Chen Z lowered his voice and asked.

"That's someone so easy to kill!" Dai Wei shook his head.

"It's impossible to tell!" Chen Z said mysteriously: "I heard that the short-lived ghost in Dali who was emperor for a few days was killed by a crossbow from a distance. That was Dali, and its strength

He is better than the Zhao Guoqiang we have now. He has been killed by others. Do you think King Zhao is not afraid? So there is no lantern festival. If there is a lantern festival, according to past practice, he is not allowed to show his face. Maybe there will be someone by then.

A cold arrow is coming!"

"Yes!" Dai Wei said: "Xiao Erlang is very capable. A wanted order and an empty promise will make all these people panic all day long, fearing that everyone will look like an assassin! What if that stupid person is killed that day?

If you dare to succeed in one, and Xiao Erlang also fulfills his promise, then the world will probably go even crazier."

"If we really want to succeed, Xiao Erlang will definitely fulfill his promise. Doesn't he know that a thousand pieces of gold are worth a horse's bones?" Liu Z said.

"What's the second news? I've heard a little about the news you mentioned. It's not worth a meal today!" Dai Wei said.

Liu Z nodded, "On the other side of Xinye, our army won a great victory, repelled the attack from the opposite side, and defended Xinye, right?"

"Of course I know. The messenger reporting victory came into the city from my side. What's the point?"

"Brother, there is a big name here. General Qu is in Xinye, but Deng County and Biyang are the confidants of King Zhao. King Zhao hates General Qu to death, but this time Deng County and Biyang are very excited to save Xinye!"

Dai Wei was surprised: "Those two have taken refuge with General Qu?"

Old Man Luo came over with a big tray, one batch of chopped sheep heads, two batches of fried white sausage, and a jar of wine.

Chen Z filled the two bottles with wine, took a sip, and frowned at Old Man Luo: "Is there more and more water in your wine?"

"General Chen Ying, there is nothing we can do. Isn't this getting more and more difficult? This means that if you come and someone else comes, you won't even have the wine!"

"Go, go!" Chen Z waved his hand angrily.

"Lao Dai, when I was on duty today, I vaguely heard something. I'm afraid this is the reason why we were replaced."

"What's up?"

"As for the matter in Beijing, the queen has become the Empress Dowager Chengtian!" Chen Z's voice was as low as a mosquito.

Dai Wei's face became a little stiff.

What kind of relationship does Queen Xiao Chuo have with King Zhao? Naturally, people at their level don't know about it.

But the famous Yelumin and the others all know it.

Yelumin is Qin Min,

Qin Min's father and his entire family were all slaughtered by King Zhao.

Now Yelumin leads the army in Nanyang.

"Doesn't this mean..." Dai Wei's voice started to tremble a little.

"The Liao Kingdom is very different from ours!" Chen Z said while eating mutton: "There is no tradition that women are not allowed to participate in politics. On the contrary, there are many things where women are in power. Now

If Empress Zi becomes the Empress Dowager, and she also listens to politics from behind the curtain, then Yelumin will definitely become trembling."

"We are going to fight among ourselves here!" Dai Wei swallowed his saliva, tilted his neck and took a sip of wine, but he choked and coughed loudly.
To be continued...