The light rain had just started to clear up, and the air was filled with a damp and fresh smell.
Early in the morning, the slightly dilapidated city gate of Jiang City opened. As soon as the city gate opened, horse carriages and ox-carts gathered at the city gate and rushed out of the city like a swarm of bees. The shouts of the drivers, the shouts of the drivers, the curses of the fallen goods, and the laughter of acquaintances greeting each other rang out. It was so noisy that it was breathtaking.
This was a scene that happened every day in Jiang City. As the most important water port in Zhonghe Prefecture, Jiang City was the largest distribution center for goods in Zhonghe Prefecture. The business was extremely prosperous, and there were countless horses and carriages coming and going. Especially in the morning, it was like the morning rush hour in Junior Leopard's previous life. No one knew how many shops had goods to transport out of the city. After leaving the city, they would walk along the official road for more than 10 miles. There was a place called a crossroad, where all the merchants would go their separate ways and go to their respective destinations.
It had rained yesterday, so the ground was quite wet. Although it was an official road, it was only an official road outside the county, so the quality of the ground was not very good. With the rain and the trampling of countless horses and carriages, mud and stones flew everywhere, and water flowed everywhere. In just an hour, it was a complete mess.
Su Ergou stretched himself and walked out of the city gate with a big broom in his hand. It was already late in the morning, and the merchants who got up early had already left the city. The people coming and going at the city gate were all ordinary people. Some of them came from the countryside, and some went out to the countryside. They were scattered, and it was no longer as lively as it was in the morning.
Su Ergou held the broom and swept from the city gate to the outside of the city. He swept away the mud and water in the middle of the road. He didn't ask for it to be very clean, but at least he didn't want it to be so messy.
This was his daily routine. He had lived in Jiang City for 56 years, and had been doing this for 40 years. He had gotten half a public servant's position, so his life could be considered free and unfettered.
Recently, Jiang City was not peaceful. However, no matter how chaotic Jiang City was, it would not affect Su Ergou. What kind of trouble could a street robber get into?
Therefore, these days, his life was more comfortable than those who occupied a public servant's position.
Su Ergou was cleaning the street absent-mindedly. He was simply absent-minded. Now he had a lot of things on his mind.
His neighbor, Old Huang's family was ruined. He was really stupid. He could have gone against anyone, but he chose to go against Governor Wu. Relying on the fact that his cloth shop could earn him some money, he acted like a big shot. Now, Governor Wu accused him of colluding with the water bandits. Not only was his shop confiscated, but he was also thrown into the county jail. That day, when the county government runners came to arrest him, his family cried and screamed miserably!
"Old Huang's daughter is pretty, and she's well-educated. She's daughter. Old Huang's daughter is pretty. She has brought up a good of a good. of Jiang. and is. Thinking of such a wonderful thing, he slowly laughed. While he was laughing happily, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head abruptly. "Ah —!" With a strange cry, he threw the broom in his hand far away. His body also retreated for three or four feet before he sat on the ground.
"You, you, you, who are you?"
Sitting on the ground, Su Ergou stammered as he pointed at a man and a beast that appeared like a ghost in front of him.
This man was very young, tall and looked very mighty. However, there were many mighty people these days. As long as they had practiced martial arts, they would unconsciously have a kind of mighty momentum. Su Ergou had seen it before after sweeping the streets of Jiang City for so many years.
What frightened him was the big silver dog beside this man. It was not a big wolf, no, it was …
Whether it was a dog or a wolf, it was one of these two kinds. He had lived for 56 years, so he had seen the world. But to be honest, it was the first time for him to see such a big dog. It was even bigger than a calf. When it stood up, its height almost reached his shoulder. Its silver fur was shiny, and it was fluttering in the wind. It looked very majestic. A pair of cyan eyes stared at him, as if it was staring at his dinner, which made Su Ergou feel a sense of despair from the bottom of his heart.
The tall teenager beside the Silver Wolf did not answer Su Ergou's question. Instead, he patted the head of the big wolf and said, "Little Du, how many times have I told you not to scare others!"
Then he turned his head and grinned at Su Ergou, "Excuse me, is Jiang City in front of us?"
"Yes, in front of us is Jiang City!" Su Ergou nodded repeatedly. He glanced at the Silver Wolf and moved back subconsciously, "You, you want to enter the city?"
"Yes!" The tall youth nodded and patted the Silver Wolf's back. The Silver Wolf hissed in a low voice as if it was venting its dissatisfaction. It glared at Su Ergou fiercely and followed the tall youth towards the direction of the county.
The man and the wolf were Junior Leopard and his evil beast, Little Du.
After Little Du was tamed by Junior Leopard, it had been following Junior Leopard. However, Little Du's figure was too eye-catching. When they were in Zhonghe City, Junior Leopard did not keep it by his side. Instead, he spent most of the time in the wild outside the city and let it feed itself. Except that it was not allowed to eat people, there were no special requirements. Therefore, Little Du lived happily.
This time, it was placed by Li Yuanwai in this complicated Jiang City. Junior Leopard did not feel confident, so he decided to bring Little Du with him.
No matter what, it was an evil beast. In this world, the deterrent power of an evil beast was much greater than that of a human.
Therefore, he took Little Du with him and they came to Jiang City together. This made Little Du, who had been free and unfettered for a period of time, a little unhappy. However, it had no choice. Since it had been subdued by Junior Leopard, there was nothing it could do. It could not resist Junior Leopard's will. Therefore, it followed Junior Leopard unwillingly for more than 100 miles and came to Jiang City.
Because of his bad mood, no matter what he saw, his eyes were filled with malice. Su Ergou was just a street sweeper and had never seen such things. Therefore, after the man and the wolf left, Su Ergou found that his back was wet unknowingly. What was more outrageous was that his crotch was also wet.
"Who … who are you?" “
In fact, it was not only Su Ergou who was panicking. The soldiers who were chatting outside the city gate were also scared when they saw the man and the wolf. Compared to Su Ergou, the leader of the soldiers had better eyesight. He could not see anything from the man, but he could clearly see the Silver Wolf. It was definitely not an ordinary creature. It was very likely to be an evil beast.
Evil beasts were rare these days. Although he had never seen one before, in the eyes of ordinary people or in the eyes of people in the martial arts world, evil beasts were synonymous with power, arrogance, brutality, vomiting blood, and terror.
Facing an evil beast was not something that he, the leader of the soldiers at the city gate, should do. Therefore, he plucked up his courage and asked the tall lad who was walking with the evil beast.
The lad was tall and had a modest smile on his face. Walking next to the fierce evil beast, it seemed very incongruous. However, a person who could walk with an evil beast and get along with it peacefully was definitely not an ordinary person. In addition, the gentle smile on his face made people feel like they were bathing in the spring breeze. Finally, he plucked up his courage and asked.
The lad just smiled, took out a seal from his bosom and threw it directly into the leader's hand. "I'm Zhou Bao, the new Navy Commander of Jiang City. I came to Jiang City under the order of Admiral Li!"
"Ah? So it's Commander! "
The Navy Commander of Jiang City was nothing in Zhonghe City, but in Jiang City, he was several levels higher than the leader of the soldiers at the city gate. When the soldiers at the city gate heard Junior Leopard's words, they all knelt down.
"Don't stand on ceremony!" Seeing that the leader of the soldiers had finished reading the seal, Junior Leopard pointed with his finger. "You, you, take me into the city. It's my first time in Jiang City and I'm not familiar with the people and the place. Take me to the Garrison Mansion first!"
"Yes!" The leader of the soldiers didn't dare to say more. He respectfully kowtowed, presented the seal with both hands and passed it to Junior Leopard. Then, he obediently led Junior Leopard into Jiang City.
It was just as Wang Tianlei had said to Junior Leopard. Jiang City wasn't big, but it was unusually prosperous. However, it was precisely this prosperity that caused trouble.
The leader of the soldiers led Junior Leopard to walk slowly on the street. It was already close to noon. There was an endless stream of people coming and going. Little Du's figure was too eye-catching. For a moment, it attracted people to stop and watch. Not long after, both sides of the road were crowded with people. Although none of them dared to go forward, they just pointed and whispered at the side of the road.
These whispers were fine when there were few people, but now there were too many people. When everyone's whispers joined together, it was no less than the noise in the World Cup. It kept buzzing, as if there were thousands of flies flying around. It was very irritating to listen to.
Little Du had been in the mountains for a long time, so its wild nature was hard to tame. It had only entered the city a few times, so it had never seen so many people and heard such troublesome sounds. Although it didn't know what these people were talking about, it naturally understood that it wasn't a good thing. Suddenly, it felt irritated and a low roar came from its throat.
The sound it made was the sound used to scare wild beasts in the mountains. Although it wasn't loud, it was very powerful. The people on the side of the road couldn't hear it clearly, but the leader of the soldiers was close and heard it clearly. He didn't know why, but he only felt a huge sense of fear rising from the bottom of his heart. His legs went soft and he directly fell to the ground.
Junior Leopard raised his eyebrows and glanced at Little Du discontentedly. He was about to step forward to help the leader of the soldiers up. Unexpectedly, before he could step forward, he heard a loud shout, "Which evil man are you? How dare you collude with evil beasts to commit murder here in broad daylight. Take him down!"
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