Yan Liulang's words came out.

There was a quiet moment on the field, and everyone laughed or worried, but the crowd was still a little silent, and few people responded and stood up.

Yan Liulang took a deep breath.

Knowing that his prestige is not enough, even if he takes the lead and stands up, not many people are assured to follow him and go to the line of fire together.

Yan Liulang looked around at the crowded lobby.

The anger in his chest flickered, and he felt tired and tired.

In the past, when Ming Fu was there, even if the task was tiring, he didn't feel anything.

Yan Liulang silently turned his head and looked at the empty desk behind him.

A familiar slender figure was missing.

In the lobby, a small official broke the deadlock:

"Xiao Yan Catcher, even if you want to go upstream to support the Folding Wing Canal now, there are no official ships on Peng Langdu's side."

"Where are the official ships borrowed by the Ming Mansion?" Yan Liulang didn't reply.

"Yu Yu Lord, was also taken by Diao County Cheng to the celebration of the Folding Wing Canal, these official ships were supposed to be returned to Jiangzhou, and now they are transferred to be used as the first batch of ships to sail through the new canal, and return to Jiangzhou by the way......

"There are no official ships for the time being, why don't we arrange manpower first, evacuate the people in the county, and then evacuate to Dagu Mountain first?"

Yan Liulang fell silent, his face hesitated.

Behind him, the crowd gathered in the lobby began to make noise again, and the noise could not be suppressed, and it became louder and louder.

From all directions, or indignant, or anxious, or frustrated with various emotions and feedback, Yan Liulang only felt that it hit his face.

Even when Yan Liulang returned to the lobby just now, he glanced around and found that several of the little officials who had been reprimanded by him for "demagoguery" had disappeared and may have run away.

Yan Liulang gritted his teeth, ready to turn around, trying to suppress everyone.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard the noise of the crowd behind him, and suddenly it was a big bit.

The noise in the crowd quickly fell silent.

Yan Liulang frowned and wondered, and his body was only halfway back, when he heard a familiar voice in the quiet hall:

"Get out of the way."

The voice belonging to the young prefectural order echoed through the hall.

The crowd of officials, who had been chaotic and disagreeing, fell silent and took a step back to make way for them.

"Mingfu!"

Yan Liulang was stunned and returned to his body, and Ouyang Lianghan's figure in official uniform walked into the lobby from the middle of the crowd.

Ouyang Lianghan didn't squint, passed by the blue-clothed head catcher in a daze, walked to the public desk, shook his sleeves and sat down.

The calm gaze of the young county commander slowly swept over the people in the hall.

Especially the people who took the lead in the noise before.

He didn't speak, so the county hall was quiet.

For a while, the expressions on everyone's faces were wonderful and complicated, or surprised, or relieved, or ashamed, or lowered.

Yan Liulang sighed slightly, looking up and down at the sudden young county order

Ouyang Lianghan didn't go to see him.

"Bang knock".

There is a desk that splits in two and falls to the ground like a page.

Ouyang Lianghan put away the moonlight sword and stood up.

He held his sword in his young crown, looked ahead, and spoke.

And so.

Everyone in the audience clearly heard that extremely familiar and awe-inspiring sonorous sentence.

"Those who advocate abandonment can be beheaded!"

……

Backroom.

Liu Ahan bowed his head and pulled out his sleeves.

Silently put on a mask and walked into the lobby.

He also didn't know where to muster the courage to become him and go out.

Liu Ahan only vaguely saw a back figure in front of him that was fading away in the night, waving and smiling goodbye.

"Master, I'll do something, don't worry."

……

The sun is still shining this morning.

It falls on the old eaves of various buildings in Longcheng County.

But unlike the eternal sun, which rises every day as usual, it is only in a muddy world that you know how much effort it takes to survive.

The sudden arrival of a young county commander with a sword figure brought the chaotic thoughts in Longcheng County into one.

The crowd quickly gathered around the former and took action.

At this moment, almost no one asked Ouyang Lianghan why he suddenly returned from Nanlong's hometown.

Because, he is the commander of Ouyang County, there is no why, and there is no need to ask the reason.

The impossible things that this young county magistrate has done in these days have convinced everyone in the county government, and no one dares to question it easily.

The county hall hall.

Liu Ahan wore a mirage mask, temporarily replacing the Ming Mansion, and in less than half an hour, he quickly integrated everyone, assigned their own tasks, and issued a county order handwriting.

Yan Liulang took the lead in leading the people of the capture class, and following the plan of the refuge camp last time, he gathered the people of Longcheng County and the surrounding areas and took them to Dagu Mountain for refuge.

And Liu Ashan, who personally led the rest of the people, went to the upper reaches of Butterfly Creek to rescue the gate.

However, at the moment, there has been no response from the Folding Wing Canal, and the official ship has not yet sailed back to Penglangdu Wharf.

So Liu Ahsan made a distribution.

First of all, let the officials who had returned from the upstream to give warnings quickly return to the villages and towns upstream by small boats, publish the county decree, and summon the fathers and villagers to go to Dagu Mountain to avoid possible floods.

Or find the nearest mountain to avoid the water, and wait for the follow-up official ship to rescue.

And Liu Ashan stayed in Longcheng temporarily, took people to prepare the corresponding materials for disaster prevention and rescue gates, and gathered at Penglangdu Wharf - this can be regarded as learning from the last time Ouyang Rong took a boat to the upstream to rescue the gate overnight, but he arrived in a hurry, and the materials for the rescue gate were not enough, so he had to take local materials.

At the same time, Liu Ahsan sent people again, and 100,000 hurriedly went to the side of the Folding Wing Canal ceremony to drive the official ship back to Penglangdu.

One after another, orders were dispatched from the county hall, and everyone dispersed tacitly, each performing his own duties and taking his place.

The entire county government is like a machine, and all parts are steadily replenished and slowly start running.

This is like a small gear, four or two thousand pounds, affecting the big gear of Longcheng County.

The entire Longcheng county also mobilized and made a fuss,

At this moment, Yan Liulang, who was about to leave with his subordinates after honestly receiving the order, returned to the county hall alone.

Liu Ashan, who was dispatching the official documents, turned his head to look at him, retreated from everyone, and took Yan Liulang to a no-man's land in the back hall.

"Are you...... Mingfu, or ......" Yan Liulang held the knife, and stopped talking.

Liu Ahan raised his hand to support his chin, and took off his mask directly in front of him, his face calm.

"Brother Ahsan!"

Yan Liulang glared, and the palm that was silently holding the handle of the knife was released.

He was shocked and relieved.

The suspicion was solved.

"The sword and mask, the master gave me, were originally used for other purposes, but now they can only be used urgently." Liu Ashan made a long story short, and nodded at Yan Liulang: "The master is not here, we have to stand up." ”

Yan Liulang frowned, "These arrangements for Ah Shan are also arranged in advance by the Ming Mansion?" ”

Liu Ahan didn't answer, just put on his mask again, and went out towards the lobby without looking back, and before going out, a muffled voice came:

"Brother Yan, we have been silently following the old man's back before, although the old man didn't say anything, but he actually taught us everything."

Yan Rokuro was silent.

"I... I see. ”

At ease.

At the gate of the county government, a blue-clothed catcher led a group of catchers to hurry away and went to organize the people of the county to evacuate.

Liu Ashan continued to stay in the county seat, leading the remaining officials to run around, mobilize all kinds of emergency and disaster relief materials, and gather at Penglangdu Wharf.

More than an hour later.

The Penglangdu Wharf, which used to be crowded, has been emptied a lot, many ferry ports have been vacated, and the shore is also full of all kinds of materials that have been transferred.

As for the original lively street market around, it was also deserted after Yan Liulang and others carried the county order to evacuate and take refuge.

Liu Ahan inspected the supplies on the shore of the wharf, and from time to time he took a hand.

He also summoned the subordinates of the original Democratic Warrior Team and prepared to go together.

At this moment, looking at the orderly subordinates, Liu Ashan breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, at the beginning of replacing the master, the wooden man was also a little nervous, afraid of revealing flaws, but after a while, he found that he was just worrying.

And the situation is just the opposite, he has few words, and his words are concise and to the point.

At present, commanding everyone is even more decisive and efficient.

Of course, this is also with the help of Ouyang Rong's original accumulated authority, which is like an arm, but there is also something called talent......

Another half hour passed.

Almost everything was ready, and while waiting for the official ship on the other side of the Folding Wing Canal to come back, Liu Ahan and his subordinates rested a little and wiped their sweat.

Liu Ahsan helped his mask and turned his head to look at the long empty street of messes after the people evacuated.

He turned his head again and glanced at the direction of Liujia on the west bank on the other side of Butterfly Creek.

For some reason, at this moment, the calm and unremarkable little lonely mountain opposite gave Liu Ashan a strange feeling.

It seems that something is silently happening under the sun.

It's a pity that Liu Ashan didn't know how to be angry, and in the end he could only suppress the faintly bad premonition and touch his arms instead.

After a busy morning, he found that the two oiled paper wrapped oil sesame cakes hidden in his arms had been cold.

But Liu Ashan, who had not waited for the official ship fleet, immediately waited for two news.

Good news.

Bad news.

It came from the Longcheng County Ya side together.

The good news came from a letter personally delivered to the dock by a servant.

"Ming Mansion, this is what Master Xie suddenly came to the county government just now and stayed."

"Aunt Xie...... Master Xie? ”

Liu Ahan turned around and asked the official who was handing the letter in both hands: "What about her?" ”

"Master Xie seems to be just passing by, leaving a letter and hurriedly walking, as if he was walking towards Luming Street."

Liu Ahan turned around, took out the letter paper, and saw the familiar handwriting, he was stunned for a moment, and his face was happy.

"The master is back!"

He quickly turned his back to his subordinates, tried to suppress his expression, waved his hand at his body, and sent the servant away.

In a voice that no one hears, whispering to himself:

"The master is on the side of Dagu Mountain, and now he is rushing back to the county seat......

"But counting the time for Miss Xie to deliver the letter on the way, the master should be fast, it just so happens that I have prepared the materials for the lord to save the gate, and the official ship will also be transferred back, and the master will come back to preside over the overall situation."

After thinking for a while, Liu Ashan frowned slightly:

"Wait, Miss Xie is in such a hurry to leave, what are you going to do......"

At this moment, Liu Ashan, who turned around, saw that the official who had just delivered the letter did not leave, and he stopped talking.

"What's the matter, let's talk about it quickly." He said seriously.

The official bowed his head and said:

"There's something that could be bad news...... Lord Mingfu, there were people in the county government just now, passing by and finding that the gate of Merlot Garden was open, and when I went in, it seemed that someone had looted it by rummaging through the cabinets, and I didn't see anyone.

The official quickly glanced at the chief's face, but where did he see the stiffened face of Liu Ashan's mask, and hurriedly explained:

"Presumably, there should be some thieves and robbers mixed in the city, taking advantage of the chaos of the people of Dragon City to evacuate the chaos, they stole Merlot Garden, but they are really not long-sighted, don't you know that Lord Mingfu is as incorruptible as water......

"Wait." Liu Ashan grabbed the officer's wrist and interrupted: "You...... You don't see anyone? What about the people who used to live in Merlot Garden? ”

"Hiss." The official had a pain in his wrist but didn't dare to withdraw his hand, and he was stunned when he heard the words:

"My subordinates remember, didn't Lord Mingfu bring all the relatives and maids back to their hometowns, there shouldn't be any important people left in Merlot Park.

"Lord Mingfu, are you talking about those old and young servants who stayed in the house? The people from the county government went to investigate and didn't see them, so they must have escaped, or they were killed......"

Sensing that the eyes of the Ming Mansion in front of him suddenly became terrifying, the official hurriedly swallowed the original words:

"Don't worry, Lord Mingfu, the county government has already sent someone to investigate......"

Liu Ahan turned a deaf ear and murmured: "Mother, sister......"

Just when everyone looked sideways and wondered if the state of the county magistrate seemed to be wrong, there was a sudden sound of compact horses' hooves at the end of the street.

"Ming Mansion! Oh no! ”

A fast horse arrived, and the chief on the horse braked suddenly, fell off the horse, got up in a hurry in front of Liu Ashan, and hurriedly took out the envelope from his bosom and handed it out.

"A stranger brought a letter from the Folding Wing Canal Celebration, saying that he was going to hand it over to you, Lord Mingfu......"

Everyone saw that the "young county magistrate" in front of him took the unfamiliar envelope with a stunned face, lowered his head to open it, and carefully browsed it.

The expected change of color did not occur.

His face was surprisingly calm.

It seems to be a sigh of relief.

Liu Ahan raised his head, looked around the audience, and said calmly to everyone:

"Next, it's hard work for you here."

Everyone was stunned.

A subordinate cautiously asked: "Lord Mingfu, what about the official ships?" ”

"Here we are." Liu Ahsan nodded.

He turned his head indifferently to look at the brown-haired horse in front of him with a snort.

……

Folded wing canal, pine forest crossing.

and Peng Langdu, Longcheng County, carrying materials and preparing for water control are in full swing,

There are also the lively crowds of the people of the county who slowly gather from all directions to Dagu Mountain, which are all different.

Today, Songlindu, which should be lively because of the grand celebration, is silent at the moment.

Songlindu is the starting point of the Folding Wing Canal, and the high platform where the festival is held today is built on the open river beach not far from the ferry.

The high platform is naturally as luxurious and festive as a lantern, and it is very well arranged, and it is thoughtful at first glance.

Right now, as far as the eye can see, up and down the high platform, crowds of people, and everyone gathered.

But the strange thing is that the atmosphere of the celebration was silent, everyone was silent, only occasionally some children cried and women sobbed, but they were quickly stopped.

Take a closer look, it turns out that whether it is on the high platform or under the high platform, there is an extra group of strangers with different expressions on the side of the crowd.

I saw that on the high platform under the sun, Diao County Cheng, a number of county officials, more than a dozen Longcheng Township gentry, and some wealthy businessmen and scholars from the surrounding counties were all confined in the center of the high platform.

Guarding them were a group of saber men dressed in cyan house slave costumes.

Actually, it's not accurate to say the word "imprisoned", after all, Diao Xiancheng and others on the stage have a cup of tea and a corresponding pastry plate in front of them.

If this scene excludes the indifferent Liu family slaves around them, isn't this a picture of hospitality?

It's a pity that these guests who were warmly invited by Liu Zi'an didn't miss half a mouthful of tea in the porcelain cup in front of them.

As for the audience, the hundreds of people in Dragon City who originally came to watch the celebration were also surrounded and controlled by a group of strong men in black.

The Tsing Yi house slave and the strong man in black are highly disciplined, and both groups of people seem to obey the unified dispatch.

At this moment, in addition to these people, there are several familiar figures, standing on the side of the high platform, moving freely, and looking around the audience from time to time.

It's Liu Zi'an and Liu Zilin.

The two of them are dressed up today and armed with their whole bodies.

It's just strange that he obviously controlled the whole audience, but at this moment, Liu Zi'an, who was the focus of the field, had a gloomy face like water, and the palm holding the hilt of the sword was bruised.

On the high platform, the air can be heard falling pins.

Liu Zi'an's eyes were like wolves, and his unkind gaze slowly swept over everyone on the stage.

Diao Xiancheng and others were silent, shrinking their heads and burying their faces.

Liu Zilin, who was standing next to Liu Zi'an, also stood in place and bowed his head deeply, as if he had made a mistake.

Liu Zi'an's gaze finally fell behind Liu Zilin:

Liu Fu took several Tsing Yi house slaves and surrounded several servants and porters who had been left behind in Merlot Garden.

Ah Qing and Liu Mu were also among them, but Liu Zi'an's gaze passed directly from them.

I saw the old, weak, sick and disabled people brought back in front of me.

Liu Zi'an's face was as if he had eaten a fly raw, and it was very ugly.

Without saying a word, he turned his head and stared at the silent Liu Zilin......

(End of chapter)