From the place where Jiang Anyi rescued him to Linhua County, it took Lu Shengyuan nearly three hours to walk, his feet were blistered, and he was so hungry that he was starring, and every time he took a step forward, Lu Shengyuan had to scold a few damn thieves, a rebellion with a thousand knives, and the most damned one was the Long Wei who refused to send him.

Following Jiang Anyi's reminder, Lu Shengyuan took off his official uniform and walked forward in his inner middle coat. Where to go made Lu Shengyuan hesitate, the thief was going to Linhua County, it was said that he should go back to Xingling County, but Xingling County was more than sixty miles away, Lu Shengyuan estimated, and when he got there, he would almost starve to death.

Coming in the direction of Linhua County, he didn't dare to take the avenue, and walked hard in the forest next to the road, and quickly hid it if there was a slight disturbance. After walking for half an hour, the clothes on his body were scratched by the thorns beside the road, Lu Shengyuan is known for cleanliness, and his white middle coat has always been spotless, and now the black, green, and purple pieces can be compared with beggars, and the shoes on his feet are also exposed, and he is embarrassed.

Lu Shengyuan knew that his decision to turn to Linhua County was right to not go to Xingling County, but he still overestimated his ability, and when he walked out of Liulidi, Lu Shengyuan's feet were weak, and he fell on the side of the road, and he couldn't walk. From being caught by Ye Yanguang to now the sky is getting brighter, he has only drunk a stomach of water for nearly ten hours, he is a powerless scholar, born in a pampered family, and when he goes out, he has suffered this hardship, relying on the support of monstrous hatred to barely come out so far.

I secretly hated the dragon guard who saved him, and many troubles arose because of him, if he could stand up and fight the thieves in the county office, he would be able to catch the bandit leader of Zhongshanzhai and make a great contribution; If he is willing to escort himself back to Xingling County, how can he suffer such a hardship; If he doesn't save me, I can at least take an ox cart to Linhua County, and then I may be able to get out smoothly when I see the opportunity. If......

Many dissatisfied, Lu Shengyuan leaned on the stone next to the road and waited for death, anyway, he was going to die, what to hide. In a drowsy state, he heard a voice, "Alas, this man fainted from hunger." ”

Lu Shengyuan was clever, opened his eyes, and saw seven or eight people in front of him, some old and some young, who seemed to be a family. Lu Shengyuan immediately came to his senses, and begged: "Uncles, help, give me a stutter." Lu Shengyuan read this sentence when he was studying, and firmly believed that he would be able to adhere to his ethics when he encountered difficulties.

The people discussed for a while, and a woman took out a piece of blue and yellow dumplings from the cloth bag around her waist, broke it in half, hesitated for a moment, and handed the slightly larger one to Lu Shengyuan. Lu Shengyuan thanked him repeatedly, despicable in his heart, the rural people are really stingy, a ball the size of a child's fist is only willing to give half of it, and he has the heart to fall back and not eat, but his hand is handed to his mouth and bites down.

Bitter, astringent and coarse, Lu Shengyuan subconsciously wanted to vomit out, so he quickly lowered his head to cover it up, and said astringently: "How many people, can there be clear water?" My mouth was so bitter that I couldn't swallow it. ”

An old man saw that although the clothes on Lu Shengyuan's body were dirty and tattered, they were silk, and the shoes on his feet were made of calfskin, which ordinary people could not afford to wear. He sneered: "It turns out that he is a rich man, there is a mountain spring half a mile ahead, so go drink water yourself." ”

After speaking, the old man beckoned everyone to leave. After these people left, Lu Shengyuan swallowed the food in his mouth and scolded: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." ”

Looking at the dumplings in his hand, he could probably tell that the yellow ones were millet rice, the green ones were wild vegetables, and there were things like bark and grass roots, and Lu Shengyuan really wanted to throw them away. After eating something, his stomach became more and more hungry, and the "coo" sounded non-stop, Lu Shengyuan ate the dumplings in his hand little by little with a bitter face, and his stomach was eating, and he had a little strength in his feet, and struggled to get up and continue to move forward, and finally grinded to Linhua County little by little.

When he came to Linhua County, the battle was in full swing, and the shouting of killing shook the sky, Lu Shengyuan didn't even dare to look around, and found a small ditch, and the cat trembled in it. I don't know how long it took, the cry of "Long Live Shengming" woke him up, Lu Shengyuan was bold enough to walk out of the forest, heard one cheer after another "Long live Shengming", and his heart settled down, it should be the victory of the officers and soldiers.

Lu Shengyuan saw that the fleeing people were wearing the green clothes of the bandits or the cloth clothes of the people, and he became more and more sure that the officers and soldiers had won and were finally saved. People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Lu Shengyuan's footsteps have also become faster, limping towards Linhua County, and seeing the flag fluttering in front of him from a distance, it is the flag of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, Lu Shengyuan shouted "help".

Everyone heard him shout "Xingling County Order Lu Shengyuan", Ai Wei wondered, Xingling County was broken by thieves, how did Lu Shengyuan run here to shout help, he had been to Xingling County to know Lu Shengyuan, and knew that this person was a child of the Lu family in Hedong, and Lu Jialin, the former secretary of the Ministry of Engineering, was an uncle and nephew, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly asked people to come forward to help Lu Shengyuan come over.

Seeing the assassin Shi Aiwei, Lu Shengyuan cried loudly, and said in a choked voice: "Lord Ai, Xiaguan...... Nine deaths and one life, escaping from the hands of the traitor...... Come and deliver the letter......"

Ai Wei thought to himself, when you come to deliver the letter, Linhua County will already fall into the hands of thieves. Seeing Lu Shengyuan's face with tears, his clothes dirty and torn, and the smell of sweat on his body, he really rushed to his nose when he got closer. Quietly taking a step back, Ai Wei said: "Lord Lu has worked hard all the way, go to the city to wash, eat something and talk about it in detail." ”

Leaving people to clean up the battlefield, Ai Wei took everyone back to the county office. Waiting for Lu Shengyuan to recover the clothes of the children of the family, he came to the lobby with the messenger and heard that the county lieutenant Lin was reporting on the situation of the battle, "...... Rao Qiangfeng, the leader of the Zhongshanzhai bandits, escaped, the military advisor Guo De committed suicide, the Yuantianjiao bandits fled, and caught many Zhongshanzhai bandits, and the body was found in the small river, wearing official uniforms, with an official seal on his body, which was the seal of Xingling County......"

Lu Shengyuan gritted his teeth and said: "It's good to die, it's cheap Yang Guohua, this traitor, this traitor has no integrity, surrendered to the bandits of Zhongshanzhai, led this gang of thieves to burn and loot in Xingling County, and finally burned Xingling County, pity me hundreds of people in Xingling County, woo woo." ”

Ai Wei saw Lu Shengyuan stretching out his sleeves to wipe away his tears, thinking to himself why this Lu County Commander was so crying, and opened his mouth to comfort: "Lord Lu, the thief has been broken, and he is fortunate in misfortune, and when he returns to Xingling County to rebuild his home in the future, this government also wants to ask how the thieves in Zhongshanzhai attacked Xingling County." ”

The letter sent by Jiang Anyi was ominous, as the history of Duanzhou, Xingling County was a county under his rule, of course Ai Wei had to understand it clearly, and report it to the court when the time came.

"The bandit leader of Zhongshanzhai asked to see the official ...... under the leadership of Yu Guangshi, the squire of Xingling County", Lu Shengyuan added fuel and vinegar to tell the story of Zhongshanzhai's capture of Xingling County, of course, it is inevitable to highlight how he fought bravely, how mighty and unyielding he was caught by thieves, and how Yang Guohua sold himself to thieves, thieves burned and looted in the city, and finally mentioned that there was an undercover agent of Long Wei among the thieves.

This dragon guard was very suspicious, and he stood by when the lower officials led the crowd to fight with the thieves, so that Gan Zhutou and several officials were tragically under the thieves' swords. When the thieves escorted the lower officials out of Xingling County, it was strange for Lu to see that this person was aiding in the abuse and setting fire to the house. Later, this person inexplicably released Xia Guan from the ox cart, saying that he was a dragon guard, and asked Xia Guan to flee for his life, Xia Guan thought that Linhua County was in danger, and trotted to deliver the letter regardless of his own safety. ”

With great kindness and hatred, Lu Shengyuan made up his mind to frame Jiang Anyi, otherwise his ugly state of being scared of urine in the county government and begging for mercy in the forest would be revealed, and how would he gain a foothold in the officialdom in the future.

Ji Datao was suspicious in his heart, he didn't send Long Wei to Xingling County, Mo Bai was one of his subordinates who happened to be on a business trip and got in at the right time. Lu Shengyuan kept alluding to Long Wei's ineffective work, which made Ji Datao very unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Lu, Long Wei's errand has always focused on the overall situation, and Ji believes that he has his own reasons for doing this. Lord Lu, what does the Long Wei who saved you look like? ”

In the battle, Ji Datao was covered in blood, changed the Huoyun Biao suit on his body, and wore a cyan regular uniform, so Lu Shengyuan didn't know that Duanzhou Long Weizhou was also here. Waiting for Ai Wei to open his mouth, Lu Shengyuan secretly said that he was unlucky, and slandered his subordinates in front of the leaders of the people, which offended Jizhou Tong.

Lu Shengyuan stubbornly explained: "Jizhou Tong, the lower officials are just stating the truth, please forgive me for the inappropriate words, and they are not aimed at Brother Long Wei. ”

Ji Datao sneered and said, "Wait for Ji's subordinates to come and ask, dare to ask Lord Lu, what does my useless subordinate look like?" Ji wanted to know which eyeless thing had offended Lord Lu. ”

With resentment in his words, Lu Shengyuan had to say vaguely: "That Long Wei is an inch taller than the lower officials, with a good appearance, a darker complexion, and a strong body. ”

Ji Datao compared his subordinates one by one in his heart, as if there was no such person, and suddenly his heart moved, the image of Long Wei that Lu Shengyuan said was similar to Jiang Anyi, could it be that the person who saved him was Jiang Anyi. Looking at Lu Shengyuan, Ji Datao sneered twice, if it was really Jiang Anyi, this Lu family wanted to smear him and kill himself.

Ai Wei has a friendship with Lu Jialin, and has the heart to help Lu Shengyuan, seeing that Ji Datao is no longer silent, he hurriedly diverts the topic and says: "The rebellion is initially decided, and there are still many things to deal with the aftermath. Comforting the victims and appeasing the people will bother Lord Yuan, and maintaining order and protecting the safety of Linhua County will be handed over to General Wan, the bandit leader Ye Yanguang and the thieves of the Yuan Tianjiao are on the run, and they still need to be arrested by Jizhou Tong. This time, a lot of traitors were arrested, and it was necessary to trouble Jizhou to distinguish the good, and after asking about the guilt, the government would learn about it. ”

Everyone should be respectful, as for the fact that it is taboo for the Son of Heaven to secretly make Jiang Anyi, Ai Wei does not want to mention this person more.