Day 9.

Three officials stood side by side and patrolled along the established route.

One of them pursed his lips tightly, his brow furrowed, and his expression was very strange.

After a while, a companion finally couldn't help it, "Lao Li, I saw your ghost early in the morning, like a dead father and mother, what's wrong?" ”

"Yes, Lao Li, if you have something, just talk about it, if you don't feel well, find someone to replace you, who will you show such a stinky face?"

The other didn't have a good airway either.

“…… Hey, I'm sorry for the two brothers, I'm really panicked. ”

Lao Li sighed, his expression dejected.

The two companions glanced at each other, and they thought of one place in unison, and immediately felt pity.

"That, Lao Li, how can I say this, anyway, the children are so old, let's live, I will be able to do it all at once."

"Yes, yes, my sister-in-law has taken care of your family for so many years, and she also has merit, so you forgive her this time and look away."

"What sister-in-law...... Your dogs can't spit ivory out of their mouths! Believe it or not......"

Lao Li was so angry that he scolded, but he suddenly deflated halfway through the scolding, "Forget it, what are you talking about, I don't know how many days we can live." ”

As soon as these words came out, the two companions were frightened at the same time.

"What do you mean?"

"To put it clearly, what does it mean that you don't know how many days you can live?"

"This..."

Lao Li looked around and immediately lowered his voice, "Do you know who we are searching for?" It's a thief! The anti-thief of Taiping Road! ”

"Anti-thief, I know, what is Taiping Dao?"

"It's a bit impressive...... I heard from the people who fled that Taiping Dao is the kind of person who knows martial arts in the book, and one person can kill 10,000 people...... A few years ago, the slaughter of the city in the south seems to have been done by Taiping Road. ”

"Heh, martial arts master? Wrong! That's called martial arts! ”

Lao Li's face turned a little pale, "You forgot?" When the Youde bookstore was seized, the stone lion Zhou master book of several hundred catties was kicked out with one kick, can a normal person have so much strength? This is actually martial arts. ”

"This ...... It seems like...... I remember! I was with Master Zhou at that time! ”

"I remembered, too! There is such a thing......"

"Strange...... How could I forget about such a thing? ”

"Martial arts, is this martial arts?"

With Lao Li's targeted mention, the memories of the two were quickly recovered, and their faces became extremely shocking.

"In short, the anti-thief of Taiping Dao is a martial arts powerhouse, and he is far stronger than Master Zhou."

Lao Li added.

"Wait, I believe you that Taiping Dao is a thief, and I believe that a thief is a strong martial artist, but you say that we are arresting a thief? Isn't it the army's job to catch thieves? ”

"yes, don't make it up for such a big thing."

"Editor?"

Lao Li smiled coldly, "Many brothers in our class have relatives who are on errands in the sixth room, and the news came from them...... Hey, it's said that the arrest order was issued by the big man of the Bloody Guards himself, and he also asked to be captured alive. ”

"The Bloody Guards are here?! To put it this way... It should be true......"

"Wait, captured alive?!"

One of the companions noticed the point and exclaimed, "One Zhou master book can leave us all on our stomachs, and let us catch a stronger one?" Still going to be captured alive?! Isn't this sending us to death? ”

"Heh, don't guess, this is death!"

"Even if tens of thousands of people in Canglong County stretch their necks to cut them down, they will be tired of the anti-thieves, this is the original words of the big man."

"I don't want to believe it, but I have to."

Lao Li looked sad, "I have asked Lao Fang's group to bring back the suicide note, and they will pass by my door today." ”

The two companions were silent.

After a while, one of them asked a little unwillingly, "What about the county lord?" This kind of work that is obviously sent to death, doesn't he say a word for the big guy? ”

"Huh, he? After so many days of searching, do you think he has ever been out of the county office? and that Zhou Ze, both of them are eggless cowards, knowing that the anti-thief is powerful, and he hides faster than anyone else. ”

Lao Li cursed disdainfully, and his face became a little complicated: "Only Lord Xu, in order to give us more chances to live, he insisted on confronting the county lord and asked for a shield and armor for us, not only that, but he even personally led the team to investigate, doing work that was far more dangerous than ours." ”

“…… I used to scold him for being a sour show and fake morality, and I... I'm not a thing. ”

"Hehe, we have been with the county for almost six years, and when something happens, only Xu Xianggong is willing to stand up for us......"

"Don't look at us as majestic in the eyes of the villagers, I guess only Lord Xu is the one who really treats us as people."

Lao Li sighed faintly, "That big man only gave ten days, today is the ninth day, I see, tomorrow at the latest, we have to be forced to take our lives to fill in that thief." ”

“……”

The three were silent at the same time.

As officials at the lowest level, they know that they have no room for resistance.

A single crime can make their children and grandchildren unbeatable forever.

Instead of resisting, it is better to resign yourself to your fate and gamble on your luck.

If you're lucky, it's someone else who dies, and if you're unlucky, at least your wife and child can be saved.

As for the pension, it was given to the survivors, who had never expected anything like this.

All three stopped talking, and continued to patrol in despair and unwillingness.

Until passing by a street intersection, the official guarding there suddenly beckoned.

"Old man Yang? What did he tell us to do? ”

"I don't know, he's a person on the separation line, he can't move, let's go over and take a look."

The three of them stepped closer.

"Lao Li, you all know everything, right?"

Yang Lao Ba didn't talk nonsense, and got straight to the point, "The brothers on my side have all said it, please ask Liu Er to find Lord Xu and ask the Lord to find a way for us to live." ”

"Lord Xu? Can he have a way? ”

Lao Li was a little stunned.

"I don't know."

Yang Lao Chao shook his head, "Anyway, I don't want to die, if I die, what will happen to the orphans and widows in the family?" The only thing I can count on now is Lord Xu. ”

"You don't want to die, do I want to die? Who doesn't have a wife and children at home? ”

Lao Li gritted his teeth, glanced at his companions, and nodded fiercely, "Count the three of us, as long as we can survive, we will do whatever Lord Xu says!" ”

"Okay, if there is a reply from my lordship, I will ask someone to bring you a message."

After a short conversation, the two parties were connected in tandem.

It's not just Yang Lao Bang and Lao Li's side, the same scene happened in various places in Canglong County on the same day.

And all those who have learned about the 'grapevine' have one thing in common.

They participated in the seizure of Youde Bookstore, and saw with their own eyes the scene of Master Zhou's book, which was not humanly possible.

For a time, the undercurrent in Canglong County was surging.

And Wu Wenjing, Zhou Ze, and Fu Yuanlong, who were in a bad position, didn't know anything about it.