At three o'clock, fires broke out everywhere in Lingdong City, just when the autumn was high and cool, and the weather was dry, the fire spread rapidly as soon as it was lit, and the whole city was in chaos.

Mei Chuang couldn't resist Xu Rui after all, so he temporarily changed his plan and hurried to the county office.

Everyone went to put out the fire, but the county government was deserted, and a few people climbed over the fence and came to the backyard without much effort.

But at present, the time is limited, and there is no preparation in advance, it is not easy to ignite the blue brick and tile house of the county government, fortunately, Mrs. County Zun is from a small family, and she actually converted a side house in the backyard into a rice warehouse, which is full of grain, which allows everyone to find a place to go.

"The moon is dark and the wind is high, killing people and setting fire to the sky, burning and burning, burning, blazing, lalala......"

Xu Rui was holding a vat of fire oil, splashing it on the wall while humming a minor tune, and he didn't notice that a black shadow slowly leaned up behind him.

"Stop, who are you?!"

The black-faced family had just come back from the fire, and he had come to the backyard to get an axe, but he didn't expect to see Xu Rui who was getting carried away, and immediately roared.

Xu Rui's body trembled and stopped, the family snorted, squinted his eyes and took a closer look, and immediately understood that what he was holding in his hand was fire oil, and then thinking of the fire in the city, how could he not know that he was a spy who came to set fire?

The housekeeper's eyes widened, and he turned his head and ran, taking a deep breath as he ran, and he was about to scream.

Xu Rui chuckled in his heart, knowing that something bad was wrong, once he alarmed the other people in the county government, the consequences would be unimaginable, but he was still four or five meters away from that family, and he didn't have a gun in his hand, so he could only watch him escape, and he couldn't do anything else.

At this moment, a snow-bright steel knife swept in the moonlight, and the call of the family member flew up with his head before he could say it, spinning several times in the air like a leather ball, and finally fell to the ground and rolled to Xu Rui's feet.

"Brother Rui, are you okay?"

Sangou carried a steel knife, dodged out from behind the corpse, and jumped in front of Xu Rui with an arrow.

Xu Rui breathed a sigh of relief, patted Sangou on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, this time my brother is careless, I owe you another meal of roasted whole sheep, and bring your whole family with me." ”

"Brother Rui is a good talker, and he is not allowed to cheat!"

Sangou swallowed his saliva and put the knife back into its sheath.

"Nonsense, do you Brother Rui seem to be a cheater?"

Xu Rui stuffed the oil cylinder in his hand into Sangou's arms, rushed to the corpse, pulled off the blood-stained clothes of the family, and put them on himself.

"Brother Rui, what are you doing?"

Sangou asked puzzled.

Xu Rui didn't have time to turn back, and while wearing his belt, he said: "I was careless this time, this guy shouted just now, I'm afraid something will happen, and I have to go to the aftermath." ”

"You don't know martial arts, I'll go with you."

Sangou put down the oil cylinder and ran towards Xu Rui.

Xu Rui shook his head: "No, you go and inform Mei Chuang, light the fire now, don't wait any longer." ”

"But ......"

Sangou was still a little uneasy, but Xu Rui pointed to his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my martial arts are not fists and feet, they are here!" Remember, don't wait after setting the fire, leave immediately and meet me at the appointed place. ”

Sangou nodded stunnedly, Xu Rui took a deep breath and rushed into the night.

The fire in the backyard finally burned, Xu Rui waited for the flames to rise for two or three feet before rushing out of the corner where he was hiding, kicking open the door of a room, and a woman's scream suddenly came from the room, and three or five white flowers pulled the quilt over their chests in horror.

Knowing that he had strayed into the maids' room, Xu Rui's face turned red, glanced to the side, and shouted loudly: "Run, the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty have entered the city, run!" ”

The screams in the room immediately rose three degrees, mixed with sobssing, and a few timid ones were already scared to tears.

That's what you want......

Xu Rui laughed with satisfaction, but turned around and crashed into a mountain of meat.

"Who are you, how dare you break into the backyard at night, don't you know that there are all women here?"

The man who spoke was a man of about thirty years old, nearly two meters tall, holding a steel knife, fierce and vicious, and it seemed that he was a first-class nurse, as if Xu Rui was about to raise the knife and kill his dog if he said something wrong.

Xu Rui would give him such a chance, but he was stunned for a moment, and immediately changed into a hasty face, crying in tears.

"Strong man, the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty have entered the city, and now they have been killed in the backyard, many people have died, the little one has just escaped, you can escape with the old lady quickly!"

As soon as he heard that the Wei army had killed the county office, the man suddenly raised his eyebrows, and then looked at the pool of bright red blood stains on Xu Rui's chest, and his whole body trembled, he had been scared out of half his life, and immediately believed seven points.

"Hmph, the old dog of the Northern Dynasty dares to run rampant here? You wait here, don't make any noise, and watch Lao Tzu go and take their dogs' lives! ”

As he spoke, the man stomped his feet, and his body suddenly flew out like a fallen leaf, and he really killed him in the backyard.

Idiot!

Xu Rui watched his figure disappear into the night, sneered, wiped the tears on his face, and ran towards the next room.

The county commander Hou Rong invited Cui Qigongzi to a banquet tonight, drank a few more cups during the banquet, and drank a bowl of sobering soup after returning home, and went to bed early under the service of the concubine.

When I was half-asleep and half-awake, a family member suddenly panicked and reported that it was a fire in Dongcheng.

Hou Rong was taken aback, knowing that this fire must have a great deal to do with the spies of the Southern Dynasty, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and took the official on duty at night, and hurried to the fire.

But before they arrived, another soldier came to report, saying that it was a fire in Beicheng!

Hou Rong frowned, and had to rush to Beicheng like a headless fly.

Just arrived in Beicheng, and before he could say a word, the county Chenghuo ran over in a hurry and told him that Xicheng was also on fire.

Hou Rong was shocked, looked up, and saw that the surroundings were full of smoke, the firelight reflected the night sky, and half of Lingdong City was shrouded in fire.

What do they want to do, what do they want to do?

Hou Rong expected that this fire was related to the spies of the Northern Dynasty, but he couldn't think of the enemy's intentions, and he couldn't help but be anxious.

At this moment, he suddenly found that there were defenders at the head of the city among the people fighting the fire, and he was immediately shocked.

Unlike the main force of the Beijing camp, the garrison of Lingdong City was a local army with low combat effectiveness, most of them were locals, and a few outsiders also made their homes in the city.

Once there is a fire in the city, the undisciplined garrison Ding will definitely leave his post without permission and go back to his house to put out the fire.

Thinking of this, Hou Rong was cold, and immediately sent someone to inform Jiang Rulong to rectify military discipline and strengthen the defense of the city, and he rushed to the county government with dozens of officials and family members.

There was still a long way to go from the county office, and everyone saw a fire rising into the sky, which happened to be the direction of the county office.

Hou Rong's face changed greatly, he kicked the horse's belly a few times, and rushed desperately to the county office.

I finally ran to the gate of the county office, only to see that the gate of the county government suddenly opened, and a large group of servants rushed out, crying and shouting, like a lost dog.

"Master, run away, the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty have entered the city!"

The housekeeper saw Hou Rong at a glance, and hurriedly rushed to him, hugging his thighs and crying.

Hou Rong was shocked, but only for a moment he regained his composure, jumped off the horse, and slapped the butler in the face.

The housekeeper covered his face and looked at him aggrievedly.

Hou Rong asked in a deep voice, "Have you seen the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty?" ”

The butler shook his head.

Hou Rong said angrily: "This county has just taken a turn from the city, how could the barbarians not meet when they entered the city, could it be that they grew wings and flew directly to the county office?!" ”

The housekeeper was stunned, covering his face and not knowing what to do.

Hou Rong sneered: "Hmph, what barbarians enter the city, nine times out of ten it is the suspicious plan of those Northern Dynasty spies, the county government fire has just started, the spies must still be in the house, come on, surround the county government for me, you must find out the spies!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers behind him shouted in unison, and immediately rushed to the county office.

In the narrow alleys a few streets away, Mei Chuang and a few people hid in the dark, waiting for Xu Rui restlessly.

And Xu Rui delayed joining him in the future, and everyone couldn't help but worry.

"Sangou, how can you let him mess around like this? With his little bit of martial arts, what if he was caught? ”

Mei Chuang paced back and forth several times, and finally couldn't help but let out a low roar.

When Xu Rui was around, he always felt that there was something wrong with that kid, but he was really in danger, and Mei Chuang realized that he was important.

Beiwuwei is under siege, it can be said that he was brought out single-handedly, setting up an ambush and crying grave valley, empty rain mountain pass, and forcibly crossing the Yishui River, which thing is not unbelievable and shocking?

What's more critical is that his opponent is the famous soldier saint King Wuling, although King Wuling is looking at the overall situation, and may not be able to look down on the mosquito of Beiwuwei, but Mei Chuang thinks that if he changes someone, he may have already wiped out the whole army, how can he go all the way to the north?

If there is no such kid, what will happen to the 50,000 troops of Beiwuwei?

The more Mei Chuang thought about it, the more scared he became, and it was only at this time that he understood why Liu Yi had dragged him to chat for a night before leaving, and it was just a sentence left and right, asking him to protect Xu Rui well.

"Hey......"

Mei Chuang stomped his feet, and before he could speak, Sangou had already jumped up, he held the steel knife in his hand tightly, and his immature face was murderous, like a wronged child stubbornly wanting to find his own way back.

"What are you going to do?"

Mei Chuang asked angrily.

"Go save Brother Rui!"

Sangou just said simply, but the murderous aura in his eyes was substantial.

Now that the three dogs' intestines are repentant, they should have gone to the aftermath by themselves, why did they let Brother Rui go on an adventure alone? Although he had great wisdom, how could he escape from the encirclement when his body was as weak as a chicken?

"Nonsense!"

Mei Chuang slapped Sangou on the back of the head, and said coldly: "You go back to the inn immediately, I'll go to him, that kid is very ghostly, he may not be caught!" ”

Sangou rubbed the back of his hot head, and didn't speak, just held the steel knife tightly, and didn't move his feet.

Not only him, but also Xu Fang and the four forward battalion warriors next to him did not move.

"What, you want to rebel, and you don't listen to military orders?"

Mei Chuang glared, and several veterans turned around stupidly.

"And you, get out of here, if you get into any more trouble, see if I don't do it martialally!"

Mei Chuang lowered his voice and shouted at Sangou Li, seeing that Sangou was still motionless, he was immediately furious, and raised his slap to fight.

"I said, General Mei, don't be busy putting on official power, come and help me."

At this moment, Xu Rui's voice suddenly came from overhead, and everyone was startled, and hurriedly looked up, only to see Xu Rui climbing this way with difficulty holding on to the wall.

Sangou and Xu Fang were immediately overjoyed, one stepped on the foot, the other pulled Xu Rui over in three or two.

Xu Rui fell to the ground, ripped off his family's clothes, and let out a long breath.

"Are you alright?"

Mei Chuang looked him up and down several times, and still felt scared until now.

"What can I do?"

Xu Rui waved his hand: "I know you want to say that I am messing around, but fortunately I am messing around this time, otherwise Hou Rong will suddenly bring someone back, and there is a chance that nine times out of ten he will search nearby, and none of us will be able to escape at that time!" ”

Mei Chuang's words were blocked in his mouth, and he couldn't say anything more, so he had to snort coldly: "You are lucky if there is no danger this time, and if you dare to have a next time, see if Lao Tzu doesn't whip you!" ”

"And next time?"

Xu Rui stuck out his tongue: "Next time this kind of unskilled work, you should do it yourself, I'm tired, let's go back quickly, there is a big show to be performed tomorrow." ”

"You kid has a lot of, next time Lao Tzu says he won't dare to bring you here!"

Mei Chuang was unforgiving, but he lifted Xu Rui up with one hand, sandwiched it under his arm, and led everyone towards the inn.