Chapter 28 - 26: Benefitting from Evil Qi, Visiting Mr. Lu
Linjiang Station.
Chief Clerk Yang's expression was complex, showing a hint of shock.
Last night, this Flag Commander, alone, defended three hundred and sixty steps.
He had thought that most likely, he would not see this Flag Commander today.
Either last night he fell victim to the evil forces, dying a terrible death.
Or last night he had deserted his post.
The former does not need mentioning, but if it were the latter, then deserting in the face of the enemy would be a crime punishable by beheading!
Thus, he vaguely felt that if the Flag Commander had not already been executed, then by now, he must have already fled High Willow City, doomed to live a life on the run, taking refuge in various Pure Lands, never to rise again.
Perhaps if fate allowed them to meet again in the future, he himself would be dressed in finery, looking slick and well-fed, but the once bright Master Wu would be in ragged clothes, disheveled and filthy, starving and suffering from cold, pitifully wretched and utterly miserable...
"You're overthinking this."
Lin Yan looked at him deeply, his expression calm, and slowly said, "Last night, the evil forces broke into the city, attacking many places, as the Chief Clerk of my Linjiang Station, you must lead people to take inventory."