A group of men smiled grimly, with cruelty and expectation.
Unlike them, many people inside the city were expecting darkness to fall soon, for no other reason than that the faster the time pa*sed, naturally, the closer the reinforcements were to them, which was a great blessing and something that everyone was looking forward to.
“See, my lord, I told you we didn’t have to worry much at all, it’s so quiet outside the city that you can hear a pin drop.”
“No, I told you a long time ago, the old family head is old and useless, he doesn’t have the ability he used to have, he’s just a blind command.”
“It’s a good thing we woke up in time and supported our son, otherwise, we wouldn’t have such a comfortable life now, we would probably have died in the battle.”
“That’s true, the afternoon has gone by beautifully, haha.”
“To be honest, I was a bit worried this afternoon, but it’s almost dark and our brothers from Fierce Blood City will be arriving soon, so the rain will clear up.”
In the north city’s loft, several close subordinates were sitting around, wine and food in front of them, and the gang was already slightly eloquent and red-faced from drinking.
In the main seat, Pei Hu was sitting on top, with two or three beautiful women sitting around him.
Most of these beauties were the daughters of the city’s nobles, and obviously, they were not supposed to be here.
However, because Pei Hu had almost brought the main city back from the dead and thus won the admiration of the whole city, the great clans had also sent their daughters here at this time, and their intentions were naturally self-explanatory.
Pei Hu had a faint smile on his face and a hint of complacency in his eyes.
As Zhu Yanshuo had expected, although Pei Hu had rejected his father’s plan out of political considerations, he saw his father’s ability very clearly as a son, so in private he had actually sent his cronies to observe secretly.
Luckily, an afternoon of surveillance would almost allow Pei Hu to put his mind down completely at this point.
There was no surprise attack as his father had feared, and everything, as it were, was safe and sound.
Therefore, at this time, hearing these compliments, Pei Hu almost took it all in himself, plus there were a few strange beautiful women accompanying him, more smug: “Well, well, gentlemen, just don’t brag about me too much.”
“Such an arrangement is nothing more than a trivial skill, it is not enough for human nature.”
Although he said so, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Pei Hu actually cared a lot about this.
“Oh, you don’t have to be polite, many worries in this world often look easy, but it is more difficult to do than to ascend to the sky.”
“Yes, Your Excellency, the position of a monarch, planning a tent and deciding a thousand miles, is not something that a mere mortal can do, you are really too modest.”
Pei Hu was overjoyed and raised his cup straight away, “Good, then Pei Hu would like to thank you all for your kindness.”
As the words fell, he raised his cup and drank, and then continued, “In fact, the position of head of the family is a high and powerful one, but it is also a great responsibility, so Pei Hu is just a newcomer, so I hope you can help him more in the future.”
The crowd naturally knew that this was the new king’s regard, so they all pledged their allegiance and said, “Don’t worry, my lord, we will follow you to the death.”
“We will not hesitate to go through mountains of sword and fire.”
“It is a blessing for the country and for us to be able to have such a capable ruler, even if you do not say so, we will all die.”
Listening to these words and looking at these people, Pei Hu was very happy, he completely felt the exhilaration that comes with being at the pinnacle of power: “Good, gentlemen, the words are all in this wine, let’s not get drunk.”
“Drink!”
The group of people drank again, and the city tower was buzzing with activity.
Almost at the same time, on the east side of the city, although not as exaggerated as the north side of the city, the captain of the city guard continued to leisurely drink wine and eat food with his soldiers.
Although not quite as dashing, they were happy with the comfort and beauty of the side.
“It’s our captain’s skill, haha, he’s a good judge of character.”
“That’s not true, at noon I was worried if we had gone too far, but now it seems that you can’t be too honest, you have to rely on your brains, like our captain.”
The captain was pleased to see that his prestige was being exercised, but he was about to speak when suddenly a strange sound came from outside the city.
Several people felt that something was wrong and hurriedly got up and ran towards the city walls ……