Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

At night, there is still a hint of chill between heaven and earth.

But maybe because there was another spring rain two days ago, the temperature is much warmer now.

Meng Qi and Xie Ting lay in ambush outside the capital, quietly waiting for the opportunity to sneak in.

The soldiers who stayed behind found a secret place to camp, and the two of them prepared to act alone.

There are so many people sneaking in at once that it would be very conspicuous, so it’s better to keep a low profile.

Finally, after their hands and feet were frozen and numb, the soldiers on the city wall began to change shifts.

Xie Ting and Meng Qi looked at each other, took advantage of the gap to throw out tools to hook the wall, and climbed up quickly.

After going up, he rolled over and hid in a dark and inconspicuous place.

The two men's movements were so smooth and coordinated that when the soldiers changed shifts and walked towards this side, they didn't even notice the two figures in the dark corner.

Afterwards, they used the same trick again and found the right time to enter the city.

What you see is a very domineering city, with exquisite and tall buildings and wide and majestic main roads. Although the whole city is immersed in darkness, it does not conceal the grandeur of the city.

"It's worthy of being Jiang Li's capital."

Meng Qi couldn't help but sigh.

Xie Ting glared at him. "Why are you still praising me? What's there to praise about a villain who suddenly attacked me? Besides, don't you think it's weird?"

"Strange? What's strange?"

Xie Ting scratched his head. "I can't really explain it, but I just think it's quite strange."

Meng Qi shook his head and said, "Then let's go inside and take a look first."

The two of them moved forward cautiously in the darkness. There was no sound along the way except for the sound of footsteps. The surroundings were eerily quiet.

Xie Ting said solemnly, "I finally know what's wrong, because it's too quiet."

In such a big city, it's normal that no one is talking in the middle of the night, but what about the crowing of chickens and barking of dogs? What about the chirping of insects?

There was no sound.

The city is as quiet as a dead city.

Whether in the capital or Lecheng, although most people may fall asleep at about the same time as usual in the middle of the night, there will always be a few lights on in the middle of the night, and these people have not yet gone to sleep due to various reasons.

But in this capital city, apart from the lights on the main street and the city walls, there was no light in the people's homes. All the lights in the houses in the city were turned off, without exception.

"Maybe the people of Li like to go to bed early."

Meng Qi cleared his throat and said, "Don't worry, let's keep going."

The two continued to move forward, but the quieter it became, until finally, even the lights on the main street disappeared.

Xie Ting felt something was wrong, so he stopped and said, "Actually, it's very simple to verify if there's a problem. We just need to go to the people's homes and investigate."

After saying that, without waiting for Meng Qi to express his opinion, he pushed hard on his feet and jumped directly onto the roof and moved silently.

Meng Qi was afraid that the two would get separated, so he hurried to catch up. After a while, they arrived at a dark yard.

They entered the yard and slowly opened the door of the house.

However, when they entered, the scene inside stunned them both.

The bed was empty.

Xie Ting cursed in surprise, "Oh my god, I have a bad feeling. Could it be that the despicable and insidious Emperor of Li has already massacred all the people in the city?"

He walked out quickly and checked several more houses, but without exception, there was no one in any of them.

The more he checked, the paler his face became. He turned to look at Meng Qi and said, "Old Meng, please say something."

Meng Qi said, "I've noticed that all the courtyards we've checked along the way are in perfect order, with no signs of fighting at all."

Xie Ting nodded, "That's true."

Some people even have unfinished embroidery on their tables, or meals that have been cooked but not eaten for a while, although they have spoiled due to the passage of time, they are still there on the plates.

If the Emperor of Li massacred the city, the people would definitely resist. It would be impossible for them to act as if nothing had happened.

"So, I doubt these people are dead."

Meng Qi stated his conclusion, but at the moment there was indeed no sign of the people. If they were not dead, where did so many people go?

Xie Ting held his chin in his hand and kept thinking. Suddenly, he thought of something and grabbed Meng Qi and said, "Come with me to find a place."

They almost blended into the darkness, so no one saw the two shadows flying quickly across the city.

After searching for a long time, Xie Ting finally brought Meng Qi to the training ground.

Before I got close, I could see the bright lights from a distance.

The sound of ping-pong continued to be heard, and they hid in a big tree and looked at the scene in the training ground.

I saw that the vast training ground was filled with civilians forging weapons. They were listless and covered with wounds, and it looked like they had not rested for a long time.

There was a row of supervisors holding whips standing nearby. Once they thought someone was slacking off, they would immediately swing the whips ferociously and beat the people.

Just a second ago, Xie Ting saw with his own eyes a man with a whip beating a skinny old man to death. The old man was too hungry to work, and he dropped the unforged sword in his hand and lost his life.

Someone even ruined a knife due to improper operation, and the supervisor pressed the hot, useless knife directly into the civilian's face.

The civilian's screams resounded through the sky, and he died from the pain soon after.

The people around him were so used to it that they didn't dare to take a look. They focused on what they were doing, fearing that they would end up like this man.

And the position of the dead was quickly filled by new people.

Perhaps because there were so many people, these supervisors did not take the lives of the people seriously at all, and killed a person as casually as chopping a cabbage.

Such a tragic scene made Xie Ting and Meng Qi gasp at the same time.

Then they both clenched their fists.

"What a bunch of fucking bastards!"

Xie Ting was about to step forward when Meng Qi quickly grabbed him and said, "Going there alone will not only lead to your own death, but will also ruin our plan."

"What should we do? We have to watch these people being bullied like this!"

Xie Ting felt so pent up in anger that he couldn't suppress it at all. He wished he could just lead his troops and flatten the place.

"calm down."

Meng Qi said in a louder voice, "You think I feel good seeing this? But we have to consider the overall situation."

As he was speaking, suddenly several figures came over here with their arms around each other from the training ground.

Meng Qi patted Xie Ting's shoulder worriedly and said, "Someone is coming. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices for a moment of pleasure. A-Luan is still waiting for you to marry her."

When Aluan was mentioned, Xie Ting finally calmed down.