We always feel uneasy...Xiao Zhang, what did you do before?"

"The middle base army is in full force." Zhang Xing did not hesitate at all, nor did he mean to hide anything.

"Looking at your behavior, we all guessed that you were from the military." Under General Feng, except for Lao Wang who knew it downstairs, almost everyone changed their expressions, so much so that they pondered for a moment before replying. "But I didn't expect it.

It’s the Fifth Army...Xiao Zhang, let me ask you carefully, aren’t the Fifth Army still fighting against the Dongyi people in the east?"

"Brothers all understand the situation, and I'm afraid you've guessed it." Zhang Xing answered half-truth and half-falsely in a hurry. "Yang Shen rebelled, cut off the army's rations, and was already defeated in the front... Now here in the capital, there is also

I can’t tell whether the imperial court deliberately blocked the news, or whether the defeat was so disastrous that it hasn’t spread yet. Anyway, as far as I know, the Fifth Army has basically been wiped out. I happened to meet a group on the way back alone.

Jin Yi patrolling, one of their black belts acted fairly and helped me write a letter, and then came back to find a place in Jing'antai... However, it was only when I returned to the capital that I discovered that all my previous connections were in the military, and all of them were in the military.

Once there is no news, it is like a stone sinking into the ocean. Even though I have returned to my old place, it feels like I have arrived in a new place, so I have no choice but to study behind closed doors every day."

There was still noisy downstairs, but there was silence for a while upstairs.

After a long while, General Feng Qi gave a wry smile: "Actually, as officials, we always know more information than ordinary people. With Yang Ni's actions, everyone could guess that the front line was going to be defeated, and it was going to be a big defeat.

, but I didn’t expect that the defeat would be so miserable. Only a few people escaped, and almost no one dared to say defeat... But now that the two hundred thousand elites are gone, the Dongyi people will definitely invade the coast again, and the news will come sooner or later.

As word spreads slowly, and Yang Ni has ruined the Central Plains like this, there will be a big storm sooner or later in Dongdu, and we all must be prepared."

These words seemed to be addressed to Zhang Xing at the beginning, but seemed to be addressed to everyone at the end, and several people in the room nodded a lot.

"But no matter what, Xiao Zhang's background is very different from our guess, so we can rest assured." Feng Zongqi came back to his senses and continued to sigh. "From now on, he will share the rules here on Water Street.

...It's a new arrival, and he's crawling out of the dead, so there's no need to rush him to do some hard work, just take his time... Also, there's no need to come here specially for business in the evening, just come here to have fun when you have time.

"

With that said, without waiting for Zhang Xing to thank him, Feng Zongqi stood up and passed everyone out. Everyone quickly got up to see each other off, but he waved his hand to stop them. While everyone sat down for a while, Feng Zongqi never returned, but instead drank wine.

Meats and vegetables were served one after another, and everyone was probably used to this place, so they just came to eat and drink with the door open.

However, since it was mentioned that the situation was going to be bad, it did not bring the topic to Zhang Xing, who was supposed to be the protagonist. Instead, he talked about the increase in the price of rice and noodles, Yang Ni's imprisonment, and the invasion of Dongyi along the coast, including Daxing-Chang'an, the western capital.

There was a routine administrative dispute with the eastern capital Luoyang-Henan.

Of course, some people accidentally mentioned a little bit about Water Street's business, which was basically the same as the gangs, and there was even information about competing with other gangs.

Zhang Xing was happy to be a listener to this.

When he was full of wine and food, he calmly said goodbye to everyone, and in the afternoon, he returned to the gate of Xiuye ​​Square alone. However, he was blocked by a string of extremely high-standard car frame honor guards, and he took a rest in front of the gate.
Chapter completed!