The yellow sand is all over the sky, the edge of the desert, between the top and bottom, stands a dilapidated small city, with heavy stone bricks, silently bearing the erosion of the wind and sand, and building a solid barrier for the life inside.

This is Huangsha County on the border of Youzhou, there were originally three slave towns, but unfortunately they have all fallen, and now there are either horse bandits gathered there, or they have not been able to resist the passage of time, and have completely disappeared into the sea of sand.

When you get here, you can experience a kind of powerlessness and loneliness in the face of nature, so that everyone maintains a pure sense of awe.

In the backyard of the county government of Huangsha County, Jinglong, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was finally able to get out of bed now, and he was lying quietly on the bed to recuperate these days, for him, it was tantamount to roasting him on the fire, which was very unbearable, and the anxiety and self-blame in his heart almost tortured him completely, so the first thing he did after getting out of bed was to quickly go to the lobby of the county government to find Lu Yi.

In the lobby of the county government's mansion, Lu Yi, who was sitting behind the desk, had just sent away some officials who had come to report, and then he saw Jinglong, who was still wrapped in some gauze on his body, and even Jinglong, who was still a little difficult to walk, was holding on to the wall with his hand and moved over almost step by step.

Lu Yi hurriedly put down the pen and paper he was holding in his hand, got up and stepped forward and asked with concern: "Brother Jinglong, the injuries on your body are not completely healed, why don't you rest for a few days?"

Jinglong watched the other party come over, and suddenly stretched out a hand like lightning, grabbed the other party's shoulder, and grabbed Lu Yi all in his hand, and then grabbed a chopstick that had been hidden long ago from the back of his waist with the other hand, and instantly touched the bottom of Lu Yi's throat, and said with a difficult expression: "Old, if Lao Tzu doesn't get up again, the prince will be killed by you bastard!"

His life was completely in the hands of the other party, but Lu Yi couldn't see a trace of panic on his face, he just lowered his hand and asked calmly, "Why did Brother Jinglong say this?"

Jinglong gently waved the chopsticks in his hand twice, his movements were full of threat, and he shouted angrily in a low voice: "Lao Tzu doesn't have time to talk nonsense with you, it's been three days, the prince hasn't come back yet, you don't send someone to search, and even restrict Lao Tzu from reporting to the court, what are your intentions? In a word, if you don't send someone to find you today, Lao Tzu will kill you immediately!"

At this moment, at the door of the lobby, Ma Mingze was running in with a large stack of official documents, and when he saw this scene, he immediately let out an exclamation.

"Lord Lu!"

He was punched out by the master of the horse bandits that day, and the injuries on his body were not light, but after taking the treasure medicine given by Feng Tiesheng, he carefully recuperated for a few days, and now the injury is almost healed, just because he injured his muscles and bones before, and it is not good to make big moves in a short period of time, and the casualties that day are too heavy, resulting in an urgent shortage of manpower in the county government.

He originally came to hand over some new official documents to Lu Yi, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the door, he saw such a scene, and Ma Mingze was so frightened that the whole person froze.

"General Jinglong, Lord Lu, you 。。。。。。 ”

Jinglong heard the movement, turned around, the chopsticks in his hand still did not forget to resist Lu Yi's neck, when he saw that it was the Ma family brothers, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said weakly to Ma Mingze: "Quickly call everyone over for me, I want to expose this spy in public!"

Before, Lu Yi was afraid that he would not listen to persuasion and insist on messing around, so he deliberately left him alone in the wing of the courtyard, leaving Ma Erhu alone to take care of him, because Jinglong's injuries were extremely serious at that time, and he couldn't get out of bed at all, plus Ma Erhu was informed by Lu Yi in advance, and refused to listen to his orders, Jinglong couldn't move, so naturally he couldn't do anything, and now he finally got out of bed, worried about Gu Xuan's safety, so he quickly ran over.

Seeing that Ma Mingze was still stunned at the door and did not move, Jinglong immediately let out an angry shout: "Go quickly!"

Ma Mingze subconsciously looked at Lu Yi, who was firmly held hostage by Jinglong, on the opposite side, the latter just smiled helplessly at him, nodded imperceptibly, and the young man immediately understood and quickly ran out.

Seeing that the outsiders were gone, Jing Long turned his face to Lu Yi and shouted, "Don't try to play tricks on Lao Tzu!"

Lu Yi could only sigh softly, closed his eyes and stood quietly waiting, not bothering to continue persuading him.

Fortunately, Jinglong finally maintained a trace of sobriety, and did not choose to directly poison Lu Yi, but just grabbed him and stood in place without saying much.

After a while, headed by Chen Anmin, these main figures of the county government of Huangsha County gathered over, because Chen Anmin has always not lived in the county government, so the horse bandits attacked at night that day, and they were able to save a life, after knowing what happened, Chen Anmin himself was so frightened that he did not dare to go out for several days, and burned incense and worshiped Buddha at home for several days before he was arrested by Lu Yi and continued to work as an errand.

After all, although this person is not a good thing, he has no great evil, and the second is also a cadre, and he can share a lot of things, so he is still an indispensable figure for the time being.

Chen Anmin saw the situation in the field clearly, took a deep breath, and then stretched out his hand and asked with a bitter face, "Lord Jinglong, what do you mean by this?"

Seeing that everyone was almost here, Jinglong said loudly: "Do you know that the prince was attacked by thieves when he was traveling with me a few days ago, and his life and death are still uncertain until now?"

As soon as he said this, many people on the other side began to talk to each other, but the brothers of Majiacun and Chen Anmin were obviously insiders, so the reaction was not big.

Lu Yi was caught in his hands, and when he saw this scene, he was so angry that he wanted to scold people, he finally appeased these people, and let them do things here with peace of mind first, telling them that the prince actually just went to the county town and had an urgent matter, and now once the news is spread by them, I am afraid that the entire Huangsha County will be in chaos at that time, after all, Gu Xuan is the backbone of everyone, if he suddenly disappears, others will definitely lose their inch.

Lu Yi decided that he could only persuade Jinglong not to mess around, but as soon as Jinglong found out that he had made a move, his hand was slightly forced, and Lu Yi felt the chopsticks under his throat stabbing forward, and he could only silently exhale the breath that he had just mentioned, and his expression was full of helplessness and sadness.

In the end, it was Ma Mingze who noticed the situation here, and knew that he should preside over the overall situation, so he immediately said: "We know about this matter. ”

Jinglong raised his head, glanced at the resolute-eyed young man opposite, and said sadly: "You know? Then why didn't you send someone to look for it before? When you were in Majia Village, the only one who was willing to run errands for the prince and deliver letters was you, but I didn't expect that even you have become like this now? Have you forgotten the kindness of the prince to you that day?"

He really felt a little sad and indignant from his heart, in order to save the remaining people in Majia Village, the prince did not hesitate to risk his life to fight the horse bandits, but as a result, he was seriously injured and almost died in Huangquan, but among these people who were rescued, except for this young man, no one was willing to send a letter to the nearby Youzhou military camp.

As a result, now that the life and death of the prince are uncertain, he actually chose to watch from the sidelines, what happened to him in just a few months?

What changed this originally simple and kind teenager who could risk his death to deliver a letter in order to repay his kindness?

Jinglong's sincere rebuke contained a deep sense of disappointment, and even the other people in the county government government could hear it with a change of face and a sense of kinship.

When Ma Mingze heard this, his face showed a look of shame, so he had to bow his head silently.

In the end, it was Chen Anmin who broke the deadlock and said: "Lord Lu said, Wang Ye Ji people have their own natural appearance, we don't have to look for it with great fanfare, if this matter is known to the imperial court and the explanation is not clear, in the end it will only send troops to interfere with the prince's future actions, and the evaluation of the officials after the New Year will definitely not be too good, which is not good for the prince!"

After all, they were attacked on the way back from Kanmeng'an, and it stands to reason that the princes of various places are not allowed to leave their fiefdoms, this is the rule, once someone makes a fuss about this, Gu Xuan will be regarded as committing a serious crime, which is extremely detrimental to his future development.

Jinglong doesn't care about this, he has much less patience with Chen Anmin, and even directly scolded: "Let your * fuck bullshit! Chen Anmin, you bastard! But have you forgotten that the prince spared your life? I knew that if you dared to make such a big statement today, Lao Tzu should have killed you directly that day!"

As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks again, pointed at the people opposite one by one, gritted his teeth and angrily reprimanded: "Do you know how many people besieged me and the prince at that time? He risked his life for you, and he risked his life for you! Do you understand? Do you understand? You are actually saying some cool things here now? Ah? One by one, listen to this god's gossip to confuse the people! Aren't you ashamed? Are you worthy of the prince?"

Lu Yi just wanted to speak, Jinglong turned his head to him and said viciously: "You shut up Lao Tzu, the whereabouts of me and the prince, as far as you fucking know, how could you suddenly encounter a large number of cavalry besieging us? There is also the county government, which was also attacked by people at night on the same night, so many people died, you fucking a weak scholar still survived, you say, what are you not a fucking spy?"

He shouted angrily like this, but the others were shocked, these people didn't finally understand what was going on until now, and after thinking about it carefully, they found that what he said was indeed reasonable, and they all looked at Lu Yi on the opposite side with doubtful eyes, and even included Ma Erhu and Chen Anmin, but Chen Anmin's eyes shrank slightly, and he didn't dare to speak.

However, Ma Mingze suddenly raised his head at this time and shouted to the people around him: "Lord Jinglong, you are wrong! Lord Lu will never be a spy! The prince will not look at the wrong person!"

Jinglong turned his head and scolded angrily: "But he just misjudged you, and you! The prince doesn't know whether he is alive or dead now, and you are indifferent! If you don't send troops to look for it, and you don't report to the court, you are simply inferior to beasts!"

After this angry reprimand, when someone even opened his mouth and proposed: "I think Lord Jinglong is right, the prince has an accident, and now his whereabouts are unknown, of course we have to send someone to find it!"

Here, Lu Yi couldn't help but hurriedly shouted: "No!"

When Jinglong heard this, he slapped Lu Yi in the face with his backhand, directly knocking him to the ground, and he no longer had the demeanor of a celebrity in the past.

"You are simply a spy sent by thieves, and you are so trusted by the prince!

Lu Yi, who was beaten to the ground, spit out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and still shouted at the person opposite: "Lu is willing to guarantee with his life, and the prince will return before the year! Once we report to the imperial court, the prince's hard work will be completely ruined! I beg you to listen to me! I beg you to believe in Lu again!"

Lu Yi is the one who personally manages the affairs of the yamen, dealing with these people every day, and he has accumulated a lot of prestige after so long, but the scene is deadlocked, and many people look at him like this, and even hurry to help him up.

When Jinglong saw it, he was immediately angry, and immediately pounced directly, wanting to directly kill this spy who was bewitching the public.