Chapter 613: Strange City

Luo Qingqing's expression became serious.

Can the listener save the world? This is completely nonsense.

In just one sentence, she heard countless flaws - the Privy Council never predicted anything, and the listener was an object that needed to be controlled and used by them. And the listener is essentially not much different from other alchemists. If you have to describe it, it is that this kind of people are sharper swords. As for whether the blade kills evil or slaughters innocent people, it all depends on the listener himself.

According to Qianyan, there were many listeners who caused chaos in the world at the end of the Yong Dynasty, and even she had hunted these alchemists who mastered immortal arts with her own hands.

What's more, Luo Qingqing herself is a listener.

She made a vow to the door, but the door never asked her to be kind.

In other words, as long as she follows the way of order, even the most ruthless order, it is not considered a violation of the oath.

This is enough to show the absurdity of the rumor.

But the information provided by the children is far more than that. During the Privy Council period, the Listener was considered one of the top secrets, and only the garrison level was qualified to know. Ordinary Qi Sensing people had no idea that they had a second chance to awaken. This means that the Salvation Church is not the kind of spontaneous folk sect that was formed in the past. At least its founder has some information that ordinary people would never know.

Secondly, the Salvation Church dared to make the Listener's affairs public, proving that the other party was already very clear that the Privy Council was completely paralyzed and had no spare energy to interfere in Youzhou's affairs. If the listener's information may still be the accumulation of the past, accurately capturing the current situation of the Privy Council can only mean that the other party has a complete intelligence system, and can even directly monitor Jinxia City in the east.

With such strength, but using unequal information to deceive the people, this "Salvation Church" has left an unreliable impression in Luo Qingqing's heart.

"Don't join them." She said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid these people didn't come with good intentions."

"But... our food has basically run out." Li Le hesitated, "If it weren't for the rumors of the Salvation Church, everyone wouldn't have stayed around Qianren City."

"Don't worry about the food for now, I'll find a way to solve it." Luo Qingqing sighed secretly. These people were all victims of the collapse of order. If she hadn't seen them, it would be fine. Since they had already crossed paths, she couldn't stay out of it.

There are more ways to maintain order than killing.

"Do you want to... want to..." Li Le hesitated for a long time before asking, "Want to buy us?"

Luo Qingqing couldn't help laughing, "Jinxia has abolished the human trafficking. Although the influence of the policy has not yet spread here, I believe it's a matter of time. So... I don't mean to buy you."

"Jinxia?" This unfamiliar word made the children look confused.

Obviously, their knowledge did not include the seaside Yancheng in the east.

"Since you don't plan to buy us, why do you still..." Li Le asked in confusion. In his opinion, it was impossible for anyone in the world to do this for a group of strangers.

"Just consider it as a reward for providing me with a temporary place to stay." Luo gently waved his hand.

"But it's hard to find food nearby..." Someone whispered, "Big sister, you don't really want to enter the city, do you?"

"Don't worry, I will not only enter the city, but also bring food back before dusk tomorrow." Luo gently nodded, "You just need to wait for me here."

She wanted to see who turned Qianren City into what it is now.

...

The next day, Luo Qingqing found a carriage to enter the city and went to the east gate of the city.

She adopted the children's advice and dressed herself up again - not only did she change her simple plain clothes into more plain linen clothes, but she also wrapped all her hair and put on an eye mask to restore her appearance as a "blind person". She was not afraid of a conflict with the armored men guarding the city gate, but she didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble and eventually alert the enemy.

As Li Le said, after the guard collected 20 taels of silver per person, he also circled the carriage and confirmed that there were no smugglers before letting the driver enter the city.

Luo Qingqing frowned even more after passing through the city wall and driving into the city streets.

The scene inside was very different from what she remembered.

Those scattered bungalows built on the street have now been razed to the ground, and the vacant land has become a piece of farmland.

If it weren't for the faint aura of those crops, she would have thought she had seen it wrong. But the facts are in front of her. Someone did flatten some houses and replanned the outer area of ​​the city as farmland!

Generally speaking, cities will only expand after they are established. This kind of backward planning measure is the first time Luo Qingqing has seen it.

The problem is that Qianren City has limited land, and there are many farmlands outside the city. At most, there is a lack of people to cultivate them. It is wiser to mobilize the people who have fled here to restore food planting together than to destroy houses and reclaim wasteland in the city.

What is the purpose of the new ruler doing this?

"Miss, where do you want to go?" the driver asked.

"Futian Street, Luo's mansion." Luo gently suppressed his distracting thoughts and planned to go back to the mansion to take a look.

"The guest...could he be from the Luo family?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"It's good that he's not," the driver said with emotion, "that place...no one has been close to it for a long time."

As the carriage drove, Luo Qingqing finally saw the city area with houses connected in a row, but she also noticed that many residents were lying on the street in groups of three or two, as if begging for food or dozing off. Unfortunately, the gray vision was not enough for her to see the scene in the city clearly. The only thing Luo Qingqing could be sure of was that the bustling Qianren City was gone forever.

A quarter of an hour later, the driver sent her to her destination.

The huge courtyard and the blue-tiled wall were still there, but the collapsed courtyard gate and the unattended entrance and exit proved that this place was completely abandoned.

Luo Qingqing stepped over the broken door panel under her feet and walked into the Luo family compound.

The unpleasant smell of corruption immediately penetrated her nose.

With a worried mood, Luo Qingqing no longer concealed her skills. She took a step and flew up the eaves like a swallow. After a few jumps, she rushed to the location of the library.

However, the building in her memory did not appear in her eyes as expected.

Luo Qingqing's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

She jumped down and ran along the familiar courtyard corridor, and soon found a patio.

Looking at the bare stone patio, she suddenly realized that she was standing in the library!

However, the three-story library above the patio, as well as the exquisite bronze mirrors, corridor bridges, and spiral staircases, had disappeared.