The glow of the sun rose in the eastern sky, and the Wyvern Thief was packing his bags with his back to the glow, apparently planning to leave.

The people on the city wall surrounded the county commander Yang Xing and others, saying words of gratitude and praise in their mouths, watching the flying dragon thief leave.

The county commander Yang Xing, surrounded by the main book, the history of the record, the history of the main record room, the wanderer and the thief hunting Peng, etc., held his beard in his hands, smiled, and calmly accepted the gratitude and praise of the people.

The people from the Li family and the Wang family stood on the side, keeping a certain distance from everyone, and their expressions returned to their usual indifferent appearances, disapproving that they had disappeared, but the alienation and condescension towards everyone in their expressions were always there.

"Tick, tick." The sound of horses' hooves was heard again outside the city, and three thieves rode side by side.

The smile of the county commander Yang Xing was slightly stiff, the indifference in the expressions of the people from the Li family and the Wang family melted, and the voices of the people on the city wall suddenly declined.

"Listen, the people of the city, I am waiting here, not for money, not for the people, but for the stone road, if you send the stone road, we will leave immediately, and we will swear never again." Otherwise, we will attack the city again, not today, but again tomorrow. One of the thieves shouted.

When the people on the city wall heard this, they exchanged their heads and ears, and kept discussing, some were in favor of handing over the stone road, some were against handing over the stone road, and the reasons of those in favor were exactly the same, they all thought that it was worth it to exchange the price of one person for the peace of the county town, and the opponents had their own reasons, some were worried that the flying dragon thieves were not trustworthy, some thought that this was just a trap of the flying dragon thieves, and some said that as long as they were people, they should get the same protection.

Zhang Song saw the county commander Yang Xing's face move, and he knew that he was tempted by the proposal of the Flying Dragon Thief, and it was no wonder that it was cost-effective to exchange the price of one person for the peace of the county in the future.

After Yang Xing whispered a few words in the ear of the master bookkeeper, the master book glanced at the crowd a few times, then beckoned to You Yi and the thief to catch Peng, and went down the city wall while people were not paying attention.

At this time, the shouts of the flying dragon thieves outside the city rang out again, "Listen to the people in the city, you are limited to send the stone path out within a quarter of an hour!" Otherwise, in a quarter of an hour, we will be attacking! ”

After shouting, the dragon thieves who shouted outside the city rode their horses and ran towards the camp, and all the dragon thieves in the camp stood still and stopped packing their bags.

Zhang Song observed silently for a while, and then heard a noise coming from the stairs of the city wall, so he turned his head to look.

I saw Shi Dao crying in tears, his hair was scattered, and one of his straw sandals had fallen off, and he was being caught by the thief and the thief and twisted his hands and walked towards Yang Xing, the county commander, obviously Shi Dao already knew that the person the flying dragon thief was looking for was him.

"Shidao, the purpose of the Flying Dragon Thieves' attack this time is to ask you to go there, and now this county wants you to go with the Flying Dragon Thieves, and your family will be taken care of by this county until you come back, you can rest assured." Without waiting for Shi Dao to speak, Yang Xing said these words with a solemn expression.

Shi Dao knelt on the ground, his whole body trembled, just screaming, not saying a word.

"Then it's decided." Yang Xing didn't care whether Shi Dao agreed or not, "Li Shan, you go and shout at the Flying Dragon Thief, just say that we promised to send Shi Dao there." ”

Shi Dao immediately shouted loudly, and the people around him were silent, and their eyes were full of sympathy when they looked at Shi Dao.

"It's not right." Zhang Song snatched out of the crowd and saluted Yang Xing, "County Honor, this matter is not appropriate." ”

Yang Xing was furious, someone dared to accuse himself in person, he stared at Zhang Song coldly, his face was gloomy, and he asked coldly: "Zhang Song, what's wrong?!" ”

Zhang Song saluted Yang Xing again, originally he wanted to express his heart directly, but when he saw Yang Xing's yin face that could get out of the water, he changed his mind when the words came to his mouth, and replied: "The Flying Dragon Thieves did not mention that they wanted to invite the Stone Dao Doctor before the two sieges, but after the siege failed, they proposed to exchange the Shi Dao Doctor for the peace of the county, and its purpose is very suspicious. ”

Zhang Song saw that Yang Xing's expression seemed to be moving, so he struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Judging from the thieves' current performance, they should have no intention of attacking the city again, otherwise, they should open the bags they have already packed and actively prepare for the siege. Taking a step back, even if the thieves did have the intention of attacking the city again, someone would report to the county in broad daylight, and the thieves would have to retreat as soon as reinforcements from the county came. ”

Yang Xing was undecided, and at this time, the Li family and the Wang family both stepped forward and said to Yang Xing: "County Zun, this matter is not appropriate, we oppose County Zun acting like this." "The tone is very tough.

Although Yang Xing was dissatisfied with the toughness of the people in the Li family and the Wang family, he finally agreed not to hand over the stone road to the flying dragon thief, "That's it, the thieves want the stone road today, and I don't know who they will want tomorrow, let the thieves go down day by day, the people in the city will be finished by the thieves one day, what face do I have in this county order to meet the people, pass on my order, tell the thieves that there is no one, just attack the city, Yang will live and die with Yongping County!" ”

"Xie Xianzun!" Shi Dao was grateful.

"The county is merciful!" The surrounding people shouted in unison and fell to the ground.

Yang Xing held his hands and said to the people with a smile: "Hurry up, please get up, it is the responsibility of the county to protect the territory and the people, and you don't deserve such a big gift." ”

"Tick, tick." Outside the city, the sound of horses' hooves was heard again, and a thief galloped towards him.

"The time has come, how is the Yang County Order considering?" The thieves spoke directly to Yang Xing this time.

"It is Yang's duty to protect the territory and the people, every person in the city is my people, I cherish it so much, how can I hand it over to you bandits!" Yang Xing faced the thieves, and his words were righteous and awe-inspiring.

"Then you wait!" The thief galloped away.

In a few moments, there was a loud commotion from the thieves' camp. Everyone on the city wall was nervous, and Zhang Song was no exception, although he estimated from all indications that the thieves would not attack the city again, but the people's hearts were the most difficult to measure, maybe the thieves would think about attacking the city again?

A moment later, five thieves came outside the city wall again, and one of the tallest of them took a few steps forward and shouted: "We don't mean to harm the stone road, but we have heard the name of the stone path doctor, and we want to ask him to treat a patient, and we also hope that Yang County will send the stone path out, and we will keep our previous promise and will also ensure the safety of the stone road." ”

Yang Xing also saw that the thieves had no intention of attacking the city again, so his tone hardened, "This matter is not negotiable, I hope you leave as soon as possible, otherwise, when the reinforcements from the county arrive, you will have no way to escape." ”

The tall thief outside the city retreated. At this time, there was another commotion in the camp of thieves, some reprimanding, some yelling, and some crying.

The five thieves in front of the city wall obviously didn't know what was going on, and they all looked back with surprise in their expressions.

In a short time, the camp of thieves galloped out of the city, came to the city wall, and excitedly told the five thieves in front of the wall.

"Bring everyone up!" The thief who came first in front of the city wall laughed and said, "Yang County Order, don't be in a hurry to refuse first, let's talk about people." ”

"Bring people in." The thief shouted as he rode back.

Zhang Song suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and when the five people in the thief camp appeared, his heart began to sink. When he could see the faces of the five people clearly, Zhang Song's heart sank to the bottom, it was his mother, younger brother and the three friends who were in charge of the lookout!

"Yang County order, five for one, how about it? Otherwise, we'll have to kill the five of them. If you don't save these five people, there will be no one to look out for you in the future. The tall thief shouted again, his tone full of pride.

As the tall thief shouted, the thief forced the five to their knees and drew their knives around their necks.

Zhang Song's three friends, Fan Xin, Zhong Gui, and Yuan Shi, as well as their mother and younger brother, all cried loudly, shouting for help. On the city wall, the parents of Zhang Song's friends shouted their son's name loudly, tears streaming down their eyes. After shouting for a while, he knelt down in front of Yang Xing and begged Yang Xing to save his son.

Zhang Song also walked in front of Yang Xing and knelt on the ground. Yang Xing's face was cloudy, and he said to Zhang Song: "What, do you also want this county to send Shidao out in exchange for your relatives?" ”

"Never!" The person from the Li family hurriedly stepped forward and shouted to stop him, "The ancestor of the family is sick and needs to be healed by Doctor Shidao. ”

"Then our son is suffering for the protection of the county, can he not be saved?" A woman kneeling on the ground looked up and shouted.

"A pariah, if you die, you will die, and if you die, you can raise it again!" The people in the Li family said disdainfully.

"That is, how can the untouchables be compared to us!" People from the Wang family also stepped forward and echoed.

The woman's mouth was wide open, but she didn't know what to say.

When the surrounding people saw that the people from the Li family and the Wang family stepped forward, they all got out of the way, and there was panic and fear in their eyes, but no one dared to speak out.

Zhang Song originally thought that the Li family and the Wang family deliberately kept their distance from the other people, but now it seems that it was the other people who deliberately kept their distance from the two.

Yang Xing's eyes flashed with a trace of disgust for the Li family and the Wang family, and his expression quickly became firm.

Zhang Song thought that Yang Xing was going to refute the two people from the big family, but after his expression was firm, Yang Xing said to the few people who knelt on the ground: "There is nothing that can be done in this county, there are patients in the Li family who need treatment, and I can't send Shidao to replace people." ”

Zhang Song was extremely shocked, he was not shocked by Yang Xing's decision not to exchange people with the stone road, but shocked by Yang Xing's reason not to replace people with the stone road, he thought that he had fully estimated the gap between the family and the Hanmen, but he did not expect that this gap was far wider than his own estimate.

Except for Zhang Song, the other people who knelt on the ground immediately cried after hearing this, and their voices were full of helplessness and misery. The other people around them remained silent, just looking at the few people kneeling on the ground with sympathetic eyes.

"County Zun, the grass people have something to say." Zhang Song could no longer remain silent, he said loudly to Yang Xing.

"If you have anything to say, tell me quickly." Yang Xing looked a little impatient, "But if you want to exchange the stone path for the lives of five people, you don't need to mention it!" ”