In Xiyang City, Liu Ba and a few companions are roasting the fire in the house downstairs of Wanghuo, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, the day of family reunion, but several of him still have to be on duty here at night to prevent fire, since the new Bazhou Assassin Shi rectified the state affairs, this duty night can not be as lazy as before.

"Come on, come on, this is a small dish made by my mother-in-law, let's try it together." A person who just came in took out a few dishes from the food box and laid them out, and he had just come over from home after eating Chinese New Year's Eve.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Shangguan allowed these people on duty to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home first and then come over to take over, and several people brought some small dishes from home to make supper, and each of them was not in a good family, so they brought ordinary things.

Thanks to Yuwen Jun, he rectified the market and caught a number of vegetable tyrants, and the price of vegetables has risen by three percent every New Year, and now it has only risen by one percent, plus it is the New Year, and every household gritted his teeth and bought some pork that he was reluctant to do on weekdays.

Liu Ba and the others got double the 'night fee' in advance today, so they bought New Year's goods, and they had some small dishes to fight the case, and there was also meat, and a group of people were sitting around eating and talking, when Chen Laowu, who was looking upstairs, suddenly slipped down the stairs and shouted:

"Something's wrong, there's an accident!"

Hearing him shout like this, everyone was shocked, and they didn't know whose rammer went to the fire, this Chinese New Year's Eve went to the fire, how many people had to toss all night, there are many fire towers in Xiyang City, one is to observe whether the square is on fire, and it is to see if there is a fire elsewhere, and prepare to extinguish the fire in advance.

Liu Ba is a well-informed old-timer, first asked Chen Lao Wu what happened, and figured it out in advance, so as not to surprise everyone, the other party said that he saw a team walking on the street with torches on the west side of the city.

"Chengxi? Isn't Yuwen Envoy's Mansion so "Someone spoke, and the rest of the people looked at each other, thinking that it was Yuwen Envoy Jun who came to patrol the night again?" This one has been patrolling and spot-checking five times since he took office, and he has personally led the team every time.

If it is found that there is laziness or lack of staff, it will be punished. If you meet the requirements, you will be rewarded. This toss made everyone both scared and expectant. What I am afraid of is being caught and being punished for leaving my post, and I expect that I will get a reward.

However, on weekdays, Yuwen envoy Jun patrols the night with lanterns and walks on the street, and it is not clear from a distance, why is he lighting a torch to patrol the city now?

Liu Ba didn't say anything, climbed up the stairs to the Wanghuo Tower, and looked towards the west of the city at the signal of Chen Lao Wu, only to see a group of people faintly holding torches to the west gate under the night, no, not only the west gate, he also saw another group of people advancing towards the north gate.

"It's not right, old five." Liu Ba said, "Could it be that Yuwen sent someone to the city gate."

At this point, the two of them seemed to have thought of something and immediately looked at each other: the Tian clan in the northwest suburbs outside the city was a little restless because the son of the sect chief was thrown into prison by Yuwen Envoy. Could it be that Sect Chief Tian is going to rush into the city prison to save people tonight?

Fortunately, it's not a fire, so it has nothing to do with them.

Liu Ba went downstairs and signaled everyone to be calm and not to be impatient, saying that it was not a fire alarm, maybe it was Yuwen Envoy Jun who sent someone to inspect the city defense, and everyone had just calmed down but heard footsteps on the street outside.

It wasn't a movement that could be made by one person or a few people, it was the sound of dense footsteps that could only be made when a group of people walked quickly together, not to mention the sound of the collision of armor leaves in the process.

Now it is a curfew, Yuwen envoy Jun strictly forbids anyone to violate this has been a long time, everyone abides by it, how tonight, this Chinese New Year's Eve, there are people who dare to commit the night without fear of death, Liu Ba knows that it is not good, but his duty is not to take people out to investigate.

There are patrols patrolling the streets during the curfew, but those of them who watch the fire at the entrance of the street and alley are also responsible for checking any person who walks at night, and the wooden fence placed at the entrance of the alley at night is also under their control, just to prevent thieves from stealing, so they can't pretend to be deaf and dumb no matter what.

Liu Ba is the ringleader, this kind of thing can't be shirked, so he gritted his teeth and pulled the door open, and what caught his eye was a group of men dressed all over his body, armed with knives, guns, bows and arrows, walking from the street outside the door. The one with the lantern in front of them approached their house.

When the first person rushed up with a knife and pointed at him with a fierce look on his face, Liu Ba's original words were suffocated back into his stomach. He knew that if the other party had beaten him to death in the street a few months ago, no one would have cared about him.

"Liu Ba! Take your subordinates honestly and don't say anything! The man shouted in a low voice, the sharp knife in his hand almost touching Liu Ba's chest, "If you make a move, be careful of the two little rabbit cubs in your house!" ”

Death was close at hand, forcing Liu Ba's cold sweat out in an instant, and he was also wet with sweat behind him, he nodded blankly, and then retreated to the room with a pale face, closing the door, the other party recognized himself, knew where his home was, and also knew the appearance of the eldest man and Erlang in his family, so the threat was not empty words.

"Liu Tou, what should I do?" Someone in the room asked, they already knew that things were not good, so the key is what to do next, according to the system, someone who committed a crime at night should be arrested or stopped, and if it could not be done, they would sound a gong to warn and call the patrol team to come and arrest someone.

If someone dares to pretend not to see it, they will be severely punished if they are found out afterwards, that is, with this strict implementation of the system, so during this period of time, Xiyang City was much quieter at night, and everyone slept soundly.

"You guys stay inside and don't move, and don't pretend you don't know what's going on outside!" Liu Ba made a decision, everyone has to listen to what he says here.

"But, but" someone asked, but the voice became quieter and quieter, Liu Ba looked at him and sighed, and said that now it is important to save your life, why should you lose the lives of your family, those people outside are whose subordinates you are, you don't know.

"No matter how good Yuwen Envoy Jun is, he is still a person who wants to be a big official, and sooner or later he will go elsewhere, after he leaves, we people will not be able to look at the faces of those people, why bother?"

He still has thoughts that he hasn't said: tonight's movement looks like whether Yuwen Envoy Jun can survive it or not, and they can only protect themselves as small fish and shrimp.

The questioning person's eyes darkened when he heard this, everyone was not stupid, looking at this movement, he also knew that tonight he was afraid that someone was going to be unfavorable to Yuwen Envoy, although Yuwen Envoy Jun had done a lot of good things for everyone after taking office, and cleared up the accumulated shortcomings, so they didn't want him to have anything to do in their hearts, but the current situation is afraid that it is a blessing and a curse.

Yuwen envoy Jun has soldiers to protect it, it's a big deal to escape from the city, but their family is in the city, Yuwen envoy Jun can come back to settle accounts in the future, but if they are evil, those people are afraid that the family will not live for a day.

If Yuwen makes Jun okay, then it's a big deal if he doesn't sound the gong to warn him now, and he will be severely punished afterwards and lose his errand and lose his errand, but his life is worry-free, but if he sounds the gong now, his life will not be saved. (To be continued.) )