Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 462 Bai Juncheng

Ma Yan asked the messenger why the Lord of Yong City issued such an order, as the border crossing had been peaceful recently and he had not made any contribution.

The messenger first complimented Ma Yan, and finally said, "I heard that a young general from Jinyang City found the city lord. They talked behind closed doors for more than an hour. Not long after they came out, the city lord ordered someone to write down this transfer order. Unfortunately, it was opposed by General Fu Cansheng, General Gongsun Ya, and seven or eight lieutenant generals, so it was delayed until a few days ago."

Ma Yan thought that it was Xuanying who really helped. He didn't know what ability he had that could make the Lord of Yong City suppress two generals and seven or eight lieutenant generals and promote himself from a lieutenant general to a lieutenant general.

When Ma Yan said this, his face was filled with pride and joy. He took a sip of wine and said, "So this is a great fortune given to me by Brother Xuanying! Alas, I don't know when I can see him again. I really want to thank him in person."

Chu Xiaomu then realized why Xuanying's eyes were always so cold and terrifying. It turned out that his family had suffered such a great change. Not only was the whole family killed, but more than a thousand people in the entire clan were almost killed. With such a great hatred, other people would have gone crazy long ago, and only Xuanying, who was extremely patient, could bear it.

I thought that maybe I was a little impatient when I came here, so I didn't notice the human head altar left by Xuanying on the roadside and the big words carved on the cliff.

Ma Yan continued, "I see that you, brother Chu, are handsome. Even if you are not as successful as brother Xuanying in the future, you will definitely become a very powerful person. So it doesn't matter whether you have a Dingyuan certificate or not. I have the final say on this cliff, and I will let you pass!"

Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "Thank you General Ma for your kind words. But no matter how powerful I am in the future, I am afraid I won't be able to afford to give you 2,000 gold shells. Don't scold me for being stingy when the time comes."

Ma Yan waved his hands and said, "No way. I am not a greedy person. I couldn't spend all the money Brother Xuanying sent me. I shared half of it with my brothers, kept some to send home, and the rest was almost distributed at the border. Alas, there are already many suffering people, and now the two countries are at war, I am afraid that there will be more in the future."

Chu Xiaomu only then realized that General Ma was so generous and caring for the people. He could not help but admire him greatly. He stood up and bowed to the ground, saying, "General Ma is a man of high moral integrity. Chu Xiaomu admires him very much. If you need my help in the future, you can always ask for my help."

Ma Yan said, "I let you, brother Chu, pass because you look handsome and are not a mean and evil person. The more important reason is that you are a soldier from Bicheng. There is a person in Bicheng whom I admire the most in my life. Can you guess who it is?"

Chu Xiaomu said: "Could it be General Bi Ye?"

Ma Yan laughed and said, "That's right, but this is too easy to guess. Even a three-year-old child knows to admire General Bi Ye, let alone me?"

When the two mentioned General Bi Ye, Chu Xiaomu became worried about Bi Cheng again and was about to get up and say goodbye.

Ma Yan did not force him to stay. He took out a small package from his clothes and shook it. It jingled. It was obviously a package of coins. He put the coins in Chu Xiaomu's hand and said, "The salary of the soldiers in Bicheng has always been pitifully small. You have been on the run for so long, so you must be short of money. Here are some small gifts for you to spend on your way."

Chu Xiaomu declined.

Ma Yan said with a straight face, "It's still two or three thousand miles to Bicheng. Are you planning to go without food or drink, or survive by stealing, robbing, kidnapping, or defrauding the people of Baijun City? Besides, you are going to work for General Biye, so why shouldn't I help you?"

Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to accept it, thinking to himself, after all, this was a gift from Xuanying. He and I are good brothers who have experienced life and death together. There is no need to feel embarrassed to take such a small bag of coins from him.

I also thought that Xuanying had actually gone from being a slave to becoming a great figure in Jinyang City second only to the Golden Blade and Black Sword. I don’t know how he did it, or what miraculous encounter he had. But he was so amazing, and I was always happy for him.

Ma Yan finally said: "I have applied to the city lord to be transferred to Juhou Pass. The Red Army has already broken through the Green City. It is only a matter of time before they march towards our Baijun City. I also want to make more contributions for our Baijun City."

He laughed twice and then said, "Brother Chu, maybe we will meet again in the future."

Chu Xiaomu said goodbye to Ma Yan and galloped towards Bai Juncheng.

There were more and more forks along the way. Chu Xiaomu didn't recognize the road to Baijun City, but fortunately the official road was about ten feet wider than the other forks, so it was easy to distinguish, so there was no need to ask for directions.

There are also more pedestrians on the road than on the road from Yinlingyi to Yixianyaguan.

Ma Yan said that a few months ago, merchants and travelers from Chisha Country passed by this official road from time to time, but Chu Xiaomu didn't see any on this trip. Perhaps they were frightened by Xuanying's massacre a few months ago and didn't dare to come again for the time being.

The official road was convenient for horses to gallop, and the Huang horse ran very fast. Chu Xiaomu slept in the wild for more than two hours at night, and arrived outside the gate of Baijun City at noon the next day.

The gate of Baijun City is much more imposing than that of Bicheng. Not only is it built entirely with large blue-gray stones, it is also much taller than the wooden walls of Bicheng, almost four or five meters high.

There are stone walls more than three meters high on both sides of the city gate, extending all the way with no end in sight.

There were a lot of people walking at the city entrance, some driving carts, some riding horses, some carrying loads... all kinds of people.

There were also twenty or thirty soldiers from Bai Juncheng standing at the door, chatting in groups of three or four, occasionally glancing at people entering and leaving the city, but not coming forward to question them.

Chu Xiaomu thought that the walls of Baijun City were indeed magnificent, and they were all built of stone, making them difficult to destroy, so it would be much easier to defend the city. However, these soldiers were so lazy, much worse than the soldiers of Bicheng, and even worse than the soldiers of Jinyang City.

What he didn't know was that the laws in Baijun City were lax. Except for the Juhou Pass, Yixianya Pass and Yifeng Pass, which required checking the Dingyuan documents, no identity check was required when walking around the city. The soldiers guarding the city gates only watched for suspicious people or closed the main city in an emergency.

Of course Chu Xiaomu no longer dared to ride his Huang horse into the city. He got off the horse early and led the horse into the city.

A sergeant with slanted eyes saw Chu Xiaomu leading a tall horse over. His eyes immediately lit up. He patted his companion on the shoulder and pointed at Chu Xiaomu.

These movements naturally did not escape Chu Xiaomu's eyes. He thought that Cheng Huang was becoming more and more majestic. Everyone who saw him would be amazed and envious. These soldiers seemed to be no exception.

He pretended not to see it and walked straight into the city.