Chapter 410 - A Leader (1/2)

Chapter 410: A Leader

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Along with his Queen and favorite concubines, the King of the An Kingdom fled the capital by boat under the escort of several ’s hundred thousand ion was like the An Kingdom, Gu Shenas so over Dragon King

Since the king had fled, the royal decree was naturally void After a short discussion, the guards opened the gate and allowed the residents outside to enter Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus followed, as well

Since then, the gate was kept open The few guards threay their weapons and ran with the people toward the pier in North City

News of the King’s escape had already spread throughout the capital, and the small pier was packed with thousands of people

But it was too late

The King took three big shi+ps away The reardless of the owner, were sunk

Dozens of fisher on the shore

It was athe crowd one after another

“Dragon King’s army is 30 miles away from the city!”

“Blood has shed like water outside the city!”

“The Dragon King has ordered toshi+p on which the king and his party were traveling was still faintly visible Suddenly, several men jumped into the waters and swam hard in a desperate attempt to catch up with the shi+p One of the for a while in the waters

The croas panicking, and there was no way out in this situation Just when Gu Shenas hoping for someone to take the lead at this moment, a person suddenly came forward

“Everybody, don’t panic,” shouted a young e and had three partners about his age standing near him “Come over and listen to me; I have a way to keep everybody alive,” he said

The young man had quite a sly look, but his words were like the mantra of the Buddha for the thousands of people on the pier, so everybody crowded around hihed twice to clear his throat “Truth be told, I a as I tell hi to surrender, I can guarantee that he will not lay hands on you”

“Surrender? We surrender,” the residents cried noisily Since the King had already escaped, the loyalty of his people vanished as well

The young man looked even more satisfied, so he raised his hands to stop the crowds fro, “But we cannot merely say ant to surrender, we need to prove it with our actions This is not just my problem, is it? All of you will have to pay for it, and it is not expensive, 100 taels per person I rite down your nauaranteed note Then you will be safe”

His partner beside hi bundles of red threads They were prepared all along

Some immediately rushed forward to pay, for they could afford 100 taels But for e family, it would cost up to thousands of taels, which was no sdoion, could in no way be coold and money Many poor souls did not even have a few pieces of silver in their pockets

As a result, it was chaos on the pier, and one of the young man’s partners had no choice but to help maintain order

A dozen iiven a si red thread and their names were scribbled on paper

Gu Shenwei did not want to stop the scam for it could calm the residents for now Moreover, in this way, nobody would be guarding the capital, and it was a good thing for the Great Snowmountain army if they were stationed here

Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus walked a the crowd to find the traitors from New Moon Hall

However, so man’s behavior, “Huapi, what the hell? When did you co ” Only those who knew hi his nickname, he was uneasy He pretended to be cal; of course you had no idea that I befriended Dragon King”

It was the guard leader who exposed Huapi He was the one who ordered to open the gates to allow the residents to enter Moreover, he was the only one who did not reate tower, it still hung on his waist