It stands to reason that Brother Yu, as a small guard, should report to the city gate guards first if there is any situation, but they have not seen their guards on duty at the city gate for half a month, and they also know what the specific situation is.

It's nothing more than that the guard fell in love with an artist girl in the Qinglou a few days ago, and he has to go to the Qinglou called Yanyun Pavilion almost every day to be chic and happy, and he doesn't care much about his own business.

After Brother Yu got off the city gate, he didn't delay, but ran towards the city lord's mansion in Annan County in the form of a trot.

The City Lord's Mansion is located in the east of the county town of Annan, close to the East City Gate, and it just so happens that Wang Yi and the others came to the East City Gate, otherwise if they are at other city gates, it is estimated that they will have to wait for half a day before they have results.

The east city gate is four miles away from the City Lord's Mansion, and it took more than ten minutes to reach the City Lord's Mansion at the speed of Brother Yu's trot.

When he came to the city lord's mansion, he explained his intention to the doorman, and he was led into the city lord's mansion, and when he arrived at the lobby, the guard asked him to wait here, and he went to tell the city lord.

In the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Xiangnan, the city lord of Annan, was holding his little daughter, who was only four or five years old, teasing and playing, and the cheerful and crisp children's laughter mixed with hearty laughter echoed in the garden at night.

Next to it, there was a gorgeously dressed woman wearing a golden hairpin, who was looking at the two father and daughter with a smile on her face, and her face revealed happiness.

At this moment, a guard in armor walked in from outside, he walked to a place two or three feet away from Lin Xiangnan, knelt down, and bowed his hand respectfully:

"Qiqi City Lord, Zhang Xiaoyu, the guard at the East City Gate, has something to report, and is now waiting in the lobby, may I ask the City Lord, do you want to see him?"

"Oh?"

Lin Xiangnan, who was sitting on the stone chair, was a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face wearing a cyan robe, and his bright eyes flashed with a ray of surprise at this time.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Xiangnan said calmly: "Lead the way ahead!"

"Madame, I'll come as soon as I go. Lin Xiangnan whispered to the beautiful woman.

"Husband, business is important, go quickly. The beautiful woman said gently, and her voice was as warm as jade, and it was very good.

Lin Xiangnan nodded, squatted down and touched his little daughter's little head, rubbed her silky hair, and smiled dotingly:

"Xiaoxue, Daddy has something to leave for a while, you have to wait for Daddy to come back, I'll be back soon." ”

"What are you going to do Daddy? Xiaoxue will be obedient, Daddy, you have to come back quickly." ”

Lin Xiangnan's youngest daughter, Lin Xuechang, is very cute, looking at her father with eyes like black jewels, and said in a milky voice.

"Okay, Daddy will be back soon, good girl. Lin Xiangnan listened to his baby daughter's voice, felt that his heart was about to melt, and couldn't help touching Lin Xue's smooth little face.

Then, under the leadership of the guard, he left the backyard, followed by a thin old man in gray, holding a feather fan at night.

And in the lobby, Zhang Xiaoyu was standing with a nervous face at this time, his heart was panicked, he was just a small person, but when he thought that he was about to meet the lord of this city, the city lord of Annan, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

You must know that the city lord of Annan is a high-ranking and powerful person, and in the entire county of Annan, it can be said that he is a powerful martial artist in the innate realm of martial arts.

Thinking that he was about to see the city lord, Zhang Xiaoyu was both excited and frightened, he was afraid that something had gone wrong and provoked the city lord to be angry, and his life would be lost.

Just as Zhang Xiaoyu was thinking wildly, he suddenly said "The city lord has arrived!" and shook him away.

He hurriedly raised his eyes and saw two people standing in the hall, one wearing a blue robe, and his majestic face was not angry and arrogant.

The other was a thin old man dressed in gray and one position behind the former, who was shaking the feather fan in his hand at this time, and with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, he was looking at him quietly.

Zhang Xiaoyu hurriedly knelt on his knees and bowed his hands respectfully: "Zhang Xiaoyu, the guard of the East City Gate, greets the city lord!"

"Get up, I heard that you have something important to tell me, tell me, what is the matter?"

In the lobby, Lin Xiangnan looked at the little soldier and said lightly.

"Qiqi City Lord, here's the thing, not long ago, a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people suddenly came under the gate of my east city, and they also carried a lot of things, according to a young man, they are all villagers of Qingyuan Village thirty miles away, and they were looted by the thieves of Heifeng Village at noon today, the villagers were killed and injured heavily, and the village was also burned down. ”

"Now that the city gate is closed, they want to enter the city, but without the city lord's warrant, their subordinates dare not open the city gate. ”

After Zhang Xiaoyu stood up and finished talking about the situation in one breath, he arched his hands and lowered his head, not daring to look at Lin Xiangnan, and quietly waiting for Lin Xiangnan's result.

"These thieves in the Black Wind Village are really getting more and more rampant, and they dare to burn and loot unscrupulously around my Annan County City, and I really have no one in Annan County?"

"One day, I will destroy the den of thieves in Black Wind Village!"

Listening to Zhang Xiaoyu's words, Lin Xiangnan's face couldn't help but sink, and a huge momentum instantly erupted on his body, and at the same time, a wave of anger surged in his heart, and even his tone was full of anger.

"City Lord, now is not the time to entangle the Black Wind Village, the top priority is to deal with the group of refugees at the east city gate as soon as possible, the city lord can open the net, open the city gate, and let them come in first. ”

At this time, the thin old man in gray behind him restrained the smile on the corner of his mouth and said in a deep voice to Lin Xiangnan.

"What Mr. Fu said is that I will issue a warrant to open the city gates and let the refugees enter the city. ”

Hearing the old man's words, Lin Xiangnan hurriedly agreed, and it could be seen that this Mr. Fu was quite high, and Lin Xiangnan respected him.

With that, he shouted,

"Someone!"

"The subordinates are here!"

As Lin Xiangnan's words fell, two burly and tall guards wearing armor walked in from outside the door, came to Lin Xiangnan, knelt down, and said respectfully to Lin Xiangnan.

"With my warrant, you two will go to the east gate quickly, open the city gate, and let the refugees into the city. ”

Lin Xiangnan took out a token from his arms, looked at the two guards, and said in a majestic voice.

"No!"

So one of them got up, took the token respectfully with both hands, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Slow!"

At this moment, the gray-clothed thin old man suddenly shouted.

"Mr. Fu, what else do you have to say?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiangnan looked at him suspiciously and asked.

"City Lord, there are twenty or thirty refugees, and it's not good to have no place to spend the night in the city, so I'll go with these two people, and I'll find a way to settle them. The old man saluted to Lin Xiangnan and said.

"This is the city lord's inconsiderate thinking, since this is the case, it will trouble Mr. Fu. Hearing this, Lin Xiangnan couldn't help but smile dryly.

"The city lord is polite, since I have eaten the city lord's mansion, I have to do what I should do, and it is not troublesome. ”

Shaking his head, the old man said calmly.

"You two follow Mr. Fu together, everything is based on Mr. Fu, as for you, um... If you repay your merits, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and you will go to the treasury to receive the reward, and you will return to your post. ”

Lin Xiangnan didn't know what to say when he saw this, so he had to look at the two guards and ordered.

Seeing Zhang Xiaoyu standing below, he groaned for a while, and decided to reward him with five taels of silver as a reward.

"Subordinates obey!"

The two burly guards replied in a deep voice.

And Zhang Xiaoyu didn't expect at this time that he could still be rewarded by the city lord, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed:

"Thank you, thank you, lord. ”

"Alright, you all go, remember to report the results to me. ”

Lin Xiangnan waved his hand and said in a deep voice.

"No!"

Several people all respectfully saluted Lin Xiangnan before slowly retreating.

And Lin Xiangnan saw that they had left, and he also turned around and returned to the backyard, during which his wife asked, and he only said a few words, which caused his wife to sigh.