Zhang Ziqing didn't care about his injuries, rode his horse all the way, and rushed back to the governor's mansion as quickly as possible. Before entering the city, the horses under their crotches neighed, and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth.

didn't have time to take a look at the tired horses, Zhang Ziqing hurried to the city gate and shouted loudly to the city guards to open the door.

The city gate of the main city of Dongsha Huazhou is open from morning to midnight (7 am to 21 pm), and the city gate is closed before dawn.

At the top of the city, there are small teams of defenders of the city, most of them are human, very orderly, changing shifts every two hours, everyone is full of energy and dutiful.

Hearing Zhang Ziqing's shout, someone immediately poked his head out to confirm that after recognizing it as the Grand Governor himself, someone immediately went to report to the elven supervisor guarding the city.

The huge city gate is guarded by a spiritual mana seal, and if you want to open it, you must activate the three seal locks on the top of the city wall in order, where ordinary human soldiers cannot approach, so it can only be opened by the elven overseer.

It will take at least ten minutes to report and open the lock one after another, Zhang Ziqing is worried about Zimu Xiya's safety, how can he wait.

So he said in a loud voice to the soldiers on the wall: "Drop the rope at once, and I will climb the wall!"

"Lord Overseer, we don't have such a long rope, you wait a minute, Lord Overseer, and I'll be there immediately. ”

"Why don't you spare it?" Zhang Ziqing asked the soldiers in the city.

"Do you remember the last battle, Lord Overseer, when the orc army almost breached the gates, it was caused by one of our traitors who lowered the ropes in the vault, so since that time, we have not spared ropes. ”

"Well, then, you will immediately send to the governor's palace to find my butler, and let him come to the city gate first, I have something to ask. ”

"Okay, Lord Overseer, wait a minute, we'll go and report at once...... Ahh ”

"Okay, let him move faster. ”

"Yes! ”

After a period of dialogue, Zhang Ziqing had no choice but to stay where he was and wait. The purpose of letting the chief butler come is to confirm what is going on.

While waiting, Zhang Ziqing glanced at a large patch of weeds on the side of the road, and a looming object attracted his attention.

The distance was not far, but it was blocked by the blades of grass and couldn't see clearly, Zhang Ziqing immediately walked over, and when he squatted down and was about to see it carefully, a pair of black claws suddenly stretched out from the grass, grabbed Zhang Ziqing's shoulder and neck suddenly, dragged him into the grass, and disappeared in front of the city gate.

Almost half an hour later, the elven overseer guarding the city opened all the locks of the city gate, wanting to poke his head out of the city wall and call Zhang Ziqing to enter the city. At this time, the chief butler of the Governor's Mansion also happened to rush to the city wall out of breath.

The two of them met and looked together in the direction where Zhang Ziqing was just now, but it was empty.

"Lord Overseer, was Lord Overseer standing there just now?" asked the butler, pointing to the castle.

"Yes, the soldiers will never be mistaken, it is true that the Overseer was there just now, you see," the elven overseer pointed not far away and said, "Aren't the Overseer's horses still there?"

"But where are his people?" the butler was puzzled, and he continued to ask, "Also, when the Governor came back, were he accompanied by two flying guards?"

"No, the Governor came back alone. ”

"Really? That's weird. Suddenly, the butler felt a deep sense of uneasiness, what kind of medicine was being sold in their overseer's gourd, or was something really wrong?

Now that Zimu Xiya is dying in the house, and the Grand Governor has disappeared in front of the city gate, the housekeeper has nothing to do for a while.

He walked back and forth on the city wall, sweating profusely. Seeing the appearance of the chief steward, the supervisor guarding the city also realized that the matter was more serious, so he organized soldiers to call Zhang Ziqing loudly at the head of the city, hoping to get a response.

"Otherwise, you give me a team of soldiers, and I'll go down there and look for it carefully. ”

"However, what if the enemy is ambushed at the gate of the city, waiting for us to open the city?" The words of the elven overseer are not unreasonable, in the dark night, the city is out of sight, and the Grand Overseer has disappeared inexplicably, how can you be sure that there is no enemy ambush?

Because of the signing of the peace treaty, there are not many soldiers defending the city at present, and it is not a joke if the enemy breaks the contract and comes to attack.

"Are you just ignoring the safety of the Grand Governor?" the butler asked sharply: "I will take the people down, you stay in the city, and when we get outside the city, we will immediately re-lock the city gates, I believe that the orcs in the Abyss Forest have not yet dared to tear up the treaty signed with the Cloud Dragon King, unless they do not want their country to exist." ”

"Haven't you heard? Our Cloud Dragon King has already turned into a half-dragon physically and mentally, and it won't be long before he becomes a dragon god, and then which country will be the opponent of my Shi Country? Hurry up and open the city and let me out!!"

"Yes! Yes, I'll do it right away!"

Seeing that the steward of the governor's mansion was angry, the little city gate supervisor naturally did not dare to disobey anymore, so he immediately sent soldiers to open the city gate where the seal had been removed.

Just as the soldiers were hurrying down the stairs from the back wall, two men came up from the bottom of the stairs, the one in front of him pale, but with firm steps. The woman behind him was dressed in a blue dress, and her hands gently supported the arm of the person in front of her.

"Great butler, and slow. A word that was not light or heavy spread to the city, and the chief butler was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned around to greet him, and his face was replaced with a respectful expression.