041 The Vendor in the Broken City
Li Yu and Hilelia took a long-distance bus and finally arrived in Kandahar City.
This is the agreed connection point of the Mage Association, and it is a very strange city. From the outside, its city wall is as high as five or six stories, as vertical as a cliff, and stretches for several kilometers from left to right, which is particularly spectacular.
The walls surrounding Kandahar City are all iron-grey, but the city gates are bright red. So when the bus drove into the city gate, it was like entering the bloody mouth of a giant beast.
Hilelia had already woken up. Looking at such a city gate, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and grabbed the side of Li Yu's pants. Soon, the girl reacted, quickly moved away her hand, and glanced at him secretly.
Li Yu didn't react, just looked at the scenery inside the city gate and frowned slightly.
The city was stranger than he imagined.
The city wall is so tall, and there are many cameras installed at the top and bottom. The city gate is covered with barrels of automatic weapons, cannon barrels and laser transmitters. There are no human guards, but there are more than a dozen mechanical eyes floating in the air to check the passage.
Every car and every pedestrian at the city gate.
After passing such an advanced city gate, going inside is a dilapidated street scene.
The main road is relatively flat, but almost all the houses on both sides of the road are damaged, and it is difficult to find a complete one. These houses are all masonry or cement structures, ranging from two to four or five floors, and are single-story small bungalows.
On the contrary, I can't find them. There are still traces of paint on some of the exterior walls, but now I can see that they are all faded and blackened.
The bus drove into this dilapidated street.
Li Yu discovered that there were bullet holes on every wall within sight. Some holes were smaller, some were larger, and some penetrated the wall, revealing the light inside.
There are still people living in these houses riddled with bullet holes.
The bus stopped in the parking lot. There were only three cars parked in the parking lot, which was larger than a football field, making it appear extremely empty.
Li Yu and Hilelia got out of the car and just took a few steps outside when they saw a bullet casing.
After looking at the size of the empty cartridge case, Li Yu said: "Rifle bullet."
Hilelia frowned: "What the hell is going on in this place..."
Li Yu: "Kandahar City is not that far from Yazd City. Don't you know anything about this place?"
The girl shook her head: "It's far away! I have never been more than a hundred kilometers away from Yazd City. I have never been to Lalman City, let alone Kandahar City. I only know that this place was still here thirty years ago.
It is not the territory of the Kingdom of God. It is the war thirty years ago that eliminated those who resisted the Kingdom of God here and created new nobles, namely the Kandahar family."
Li Yu: "Is this a family that has only been around for thirty years? Is the current ruler the first generation or the second generation?"
"I seem to have heard a few years ago that the first-generation lord of the Kandahar family was assassinated, so now he is the second-generation ruler." At this point, Hilelia recalled it again and confirmed, "Well, I know that.
That’s all.”
Recalling the high-tech equipment on the city walls and gates, and then thinking about the time when the first lord was assassinated, Li Yu immediately understood what kind of situation the city was in.
Here, the overt resistance must have been crushed by the Kingdom of God, but the secret resistance probably has not ceased.
It is not difficult to see from the dilapidated houses full of bullet marks how much the people here have paid...
As soon as the two walked out of the parking lot, they saw a row of pushcarts across the street, about twenty of them. Those pushcarts were obviously small vendors, with all kinds of signs hanging on them, including scones, pilaf, raisins, etc., almost
They all sell food.
Li Yu suddenly turned to look at the girl beside him.
Hilelia blinked: "What's wrong?"
Li Yu: "Your stomach is growling."
The girl immediately blushed: "No, I didn't..."
"What do you want to eat?"
Li Yu couldn't help but have a smile on his lips, staring at her leisurely.
After a moment of silence, Hilelia finally gave up her resistance. She raised her hand and pointed at the mutton pilaf not far away.
Li Yu nodded: "Okay."
The two of them came to the vendor selling pilaf.
There is a large, deep iron pot in the trolley. In the pot, there are oily rice, red carrots, and a few pieces of mutton. The rice has absorbed the oil and water, turning from white to light yellow, and it is tempting to eat.
The scent of people.
Li Yu asked: "How do you sell this rice?"
The vendor smiled and said: "A plate of four kandahanis."
Li Yu took out a silver coin and said, "Give me change."
The vendor wiped his hands on the greasy apron, took the silver coin, bit it with his teeth, carefully put it into the pocket on the side of the apron, counted a handful of copper coins and handed them back. Then he made two plates of pilaf and served them separately.
Come in front of the two of them.
The rice on the plate was indeed very fragrant, but there was only one piece of mutton, and it looked a bit cold.
Li Yu took the plate, took a spoon, and took a bite first. Then he turned around and saw Hilelia holding the plate, looking a little at a loss.
He asked: "What happened again?"
Hilelia couldn't help but ask: "Shall we just... eat standing up?"
Li Yu nodded.
So Hilaria was too embarrassed to say anything more and ate silently.
Li Yu was halfway through eating, when suddenly there was another piece of sheep's crutch on the plate. It was the kneecap of a sheep, only slightly larger than a dice.
He raised his head and asked doubtfully: "There are only bones and no meat, what are you doing for me?"
The hawker winked: "Is there really no meat?"
Li Yu scooped up the sheep's skull bone with a spoon, and suddenly his eyes narrowed. He noticed that this small bone was actually densely engraved with characters!
[If you are tired of being fooled, tired of being oppressed by those liars in the sky, then please take this, go forward, and turn left at the second intersection. 】
The hawker looked calm, as if nothing had happened: "Let's go after eating, don't affect my business here."
Li Yu smiled: "Don't rush, we haven't finished eating yet."
Hawker: "Okay, you guys eat slowly."
Hilaria on the side did not notice anything unusual. She just looked at them and then lowered her head and continued eating.
Li Yu was still thinking about how to find the so-called connection point of the Mage Association - both Emily (Ella) and Chen Hu only told him that the destination was Kandahar City, but did not say that it was in the city.
Where.
Fortunately now, he didn't need to look for clues, the clues found him directly.
Li Yu quickly wiped out the rice on the plate and said with a smile: "It tastes good! Hey, do you have any paper to wipe your mouth?"
"I don't sell paper here," the vendor shrugged, "Why don't you go drink some wine and wash your mouth with the hot and fragrant wine?"
"Heh, good idea."
Li Yu understood that the pick-up point should be a bar.
Chapter completed!