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Chapter 232 Becoming Him

As soon as Yan Liulang said this.

There was a moment of silence on the field, 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 took the lead, not many people would rest assured to follow him and go to the front line together.

Yan Liulang looked around the crowded lobby.

The anger in his chest suddenly disappeared, and he only felt tired and tired.

In the past, when Mingfu was here, no matter how tiring the tasks were, he didn't feel anything.

Yan Liulang turned his head silently, looking at the empty office desk behind him.

A familiar slender figure was missing.

In the lobby, a small official broke the deadlock:

"Catcher Xiaoyan, even if you want to go upstream to support the Zheyi Canal, there is no official ship on Peng Langdu's side."

"Where are the official ships borrowed by the Ming government?" Yan Liulang asked without turning his head.

"Reporting to the catcher, I was also taken to the celebration of Zheyi Canal by the magistrate of Diaoxian County. These official ships were supposed to be returned to Jiangzhou, but now they are transferred to be used as the first batch of ships passing through the new canal, and return to Jiangzhou on the way. ...

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

Yan Liulang fell into silence with a hesitant expression on his face.

Behind him, the people gathered in the lobby began to make noise again, and the noise couldn't be suppressed, and it became louder and louder.

All kinds of emotions and feedbacks, whether indignant, anxious, or frustrated, Yan Liulang just felt hit his face.

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

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

But at this moment, he suddenly heard the noise of the crowd behind him, which suddenly became much smaller.

The noise in the crowd quickly died down.

Yan Liulang frowned in doubt, and only turned halfway around when he heard a familiar voice in the quiet hall:

"Get out of the way."

The voice belonging to the young magistrate echoed in the hall.

The crowd of officials who were originally chaotic and disagreed fell into silence, and they took a step back one after another to make way.

"Mingfu!"

Yan Liulang returned to his body in a daze, and Ouyang Lianghan's figure in official uniform walked into the lobby from the middle road where the crowd separated.

Without squinting, Ouyang Lianghan passed by the dazed blue-clothed head catcher, walked to the desk, and sat down shaking his sleeves.

The calm eyes of the young county magistrate slowly swept across the people in the lobby.

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

He didn't speak, so the atmosphere in the lobby of the county government was quiet.

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

Yan Liulang pursed his mouth slightly, looking up and down at the sudden young county magistrate

Ouyang Lianghan didn't go to see him.

There was a "thump".

There was an office desk that split into two, and fell to the ground like turning a page.

Ouyang Lianghan put away the moonlight long sword and stood tall.

Holding his sword with his crown, he stared ahead and spoke.

So ever.

Everyone in the audience clearly heard that very familiar and awe-inspiring sonorous words.

"Those who advocate abandoning and fleeing will be beheaded!"

……

back hall.

Liu Ashan bowed his head and pulled out his sleeves.

Silently put on the mask and walked into the lobby.

He didn't know where he got the courage to be him and go out.

Liu Ashan only vaguely saw a figure in front of him waving his hands and smiling away as he walked away in the night.

"Master, I'm going to do something, don't worry."

……

The sun is still shining this morning.

It landed on the old roofs of various buildings in Longcheng County.

But unlike the eternal sun that rises every day, only when you are in a muddy world can you know how much effort it takes to survive.

The sudden appearance of a young county magistrate with a sword brought the chaotic thoughts in the Longcheng county government into one.

Everyone quickly gathered around the former and took action.

At this moment, almost no one asked why Ouyang Lianghan suddenly returned from his hometown in Nanlong.

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

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

County government lobby.

Liu Ashan wore a mirage mask and temporarily replaced Mingfu. In less than half an hour, he quickly integrated everyone, assigned tasks to each of them, and issued a handwritten letter from the magistrate.

Yan Liulang took the lead in leading the arresting squad, followed the last refuge camp plan, gathered the people from Longcheng County and the surrounding area, and took them to Dagu Mountain for refuge.

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

But Zheyiqu has not responded yet, and the official ship has not sailed back to Penglangdu Wharf.

So Liu Ashan made a distribution.

First let the officials who came back from the upper reaches to give early warning, quickly return to the villages and towns in the upper reaches by small boats, publish the handwriting of the county magistrate, and call the fathers and villagers to go to Dagu Mountain to avoid possible floods.

Or look for a nearby mountain to avoid water and wait for the follow-up official ship to rescue.

And Liu Ashan stayed in Longcheng for the time being, took people to prepare the corresponding disaster prevention and relief supplies, and gathered at Penglangdu Wharf—this can be regarded as a lesson learned from the last time Ouyang Rong took a boat overnight to rescue the upstream gate, and the result was rushed. When we arrived, there were not enough rescue supplies, so we had to learn from local materials.

At the same time, Liu Ashan once again sent people to Zheyiqu Ceremony in a hurry to drive the official boat back to Penglangdu.

Order after order was distributed from the hall of the county government office, and everyone dispersed tacitly, each performing his duties and taking his place.

The entire county office is like a machine, each component is steadily replenished, and it starts to run slowly.

This is like a small gear, which affects the big gear in Longcheng County like four or two.

The entire Longcheng county also mobilized and rioted.
At this moment, Yan Liulang, who was about to leave with his men after taking the order honestly, turned back to the county government hall alone.

Liu Ashan, who was dispatching official documents, turned his head and glanced at him, retreated from the crowd, and took Yan Liulang to a place where there was no one in the back hall.

"Are you...Mingfu, or..." Yan Liulang held up the knife, hesitating to speak.

Liu Ashan raised his hand to support his chin, and took off his mask directly in front of him, with a calm expression.

"Brother Ah Shan!"

Yan Liulang stared, and let go of the palm that was silently holding the handle of the knife.

He was shocked and relieved again.

Doubts are resolved.

"The sword and mask, the master gave me. They were originally for other purposes, and now they can only be used urgently." Liu Ashan said shortly, and nodded at Yan Liulang: "The master is not here, we have to stand up."

Yan Liulang frowned, "These arrangements of Ashan are also the advance arrangements of the Ming Dynasty?"

Liu Ashan didn't answer, just put on the mask again, and went out towards the lobby without looking back. Before going out, there was a muffled voice:
"Brother Yan, we have been following the master silently before. Although the master didn't say anything, he actually taught us everything."

Yan Liulang was silent.

"I understand."

Take a break.

At the gate of the county government, a certain head arrester in blue led a group of arresters to leave in a hurry, and went to organize the county residents to evacuate and evacuate.

Liu Ashan continued to stay in the county seat, led the remaining officials, ran around, mobilized various emergency and disaster relief materials, and gathered at Penglangdu Wharf.

More than an hour later.

The Penglang Ferry Wharf, which was crowded in the past, has been emptied a lot, freeing up a lot of docking ferries, and the shore is also full of various materials that have been transferred.

As for the originally bustling markets around, after Yan Liulang and others brought the county magistrate's handwritten letter and advertised to evacuate and take refuge, it became deserted.

Liu Ashan inspected the supplies on the shore of the pier, helping him from time to time.

He also summoned the subordinates of the original Minyong team, ready to go together.

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

In fact, at the beginning of replacing the master, the dull man was also a little nervous, afraid of showing his flaws, but after a while, he found that he was just worrying too much.

And the situation is just the opposite, he is dull and seldom speaks, and his words are concise and to the point.

Now commanding everyone, it seems to be very decisive, efficient and neat.

Of course, this is also due to Ouyang Rong's original accumulated authority, so that he can use his fingers like a finger, but there is also something called talent in it...

Another half hour passed.

Almost everything was ready, while waiting for the official ship from Zheyi Qu to return, Liu Ashan and his subordinates took a short rest and wiped off their sweat.

Liu Ashan adjusted his mask, turned his head and glanced at the empty long street after the people had evacuated.

He turned his head again and glanced at the direction of Liu's house on the west bank on the other side of Butterfly Creek.

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

It seems that under the sun, something is happening silently.

It's a pity that Liu Ashan didn't know how to be hopeless, in the end he could only suppress his vague premonition, and instead touched his bosom.

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

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

Got a good new.

A bad news.

It came from the Longcheng county government.

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

"Ming Mansion, this is what Master Xie left when he came to the county government suddenly just now."

"Thank you, aunt...thank you, Master?"

Liu Ashan turned his head and asked the yamen servant who was presenting the letter with both hands: "Where is she?"

"Master Xie seemed to be passing by, left a letter and hurried over, as if he was walking towards Luming Street."

Liu Ashan turned around, pulled out the letter paper, saw the familiar handwriting, he was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly became happy.

"Master is back!"

He quickly turned his back on his subordinates, tried his best to suppress his expression, waved his hand towards him, and sent the servants away.

In a voice that no one hears, whisper to yourself:

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

"However, counting the time for Miss Xie to deliver the letter on the way, the master should be coming soon. It just so happens that I have prepared the lock rescue supplies for the master, and the official ship will be transferred back. Wait for the master to come back and preside over the overall situation."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Ashan frowned slightly:

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

At this moment, Liu Ashan, who turned around, saw that the yamen servant who had just delivered the letter hadn't left, so he hesitated to speak.

"What else is there, tell me quickly." He said seriously.

The yamen servant bowed his head and said:
"There is something that may be regarded as bad news...Master Mingfu, just now someone in the county government office passed by and found the gate of Meilu Garden open. When I went in, it seemed that someone had rummaged through the box and ransacked it, and there was no one there.

The yamen servant quickly glanced at the officer's face, but he couldn't see Liu Ashan's stiff and dull face under the mask, and hurriedly explained:

"It must be that some thieves and robbers have sneaked into the city, taking advantage of the chaotic evacuation of the people of Longcheng, they stole the Meilu Garden, but they are really short-sighted, don't you know that the Lord Mingfu is as clean as water..."

"Wait." Liu Ashan grabbed the yamen servant's wrist and interrupted: "You...you said you didn't see anyone? What about the people who lived in Meiluyuan?"

"Hiss." The yamen servant's wrist hurts but he didn't dare to move his hand. Hearing this, he was taken aback:
"My subordinates remember, didn't Master Ming Fu take all the relatives and maids back to the hometown, there should be no important people left in Meilu Garden.

"Master Mingfu, are you talking about the old and young domestic servants who stayed in the house? People from the county government went in to investigate and didn't see them. They must have escaped or were killed..."

Noticing that the eyes of the Ming Fu in front of him suddenly became frightening, the yamen servant hurriedly swallowed the original words:
"Master Mingfu, don't worry, the county government has sent people to investigate..."

Liu Ashan turned a deaf ear and murmured: "Mum, sister..."

Just when everyone looked sideways and wondered that the county magistrate seemed to be in a bad state, there was a sudden sound of compact horseshoes at the end of the street.

"Mingfu! It's not good!"

A fast horse rushed up, the chief official 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 arms and handed it out.

"A stranger brought a letter from Zheyiqu Ceremony, saying that it was to be handed over to you, Master Mingfu..."

Everyone saw that the "young county magistrate" in front of him took the unfamiliar envelope with a dazed expression, lowered his head, opened it, and read it carefully.

The expected facial expression change did not occur.

His face was surprisingly calm.

It seemed like he was relieved.

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

"Next, it will be hard for you gentlemen here."

Everyone was stunned.

A subordinate asked cautiously: "Master Mingfu, where are those official ships?"

"Here we come." Liu Ashan nodded.

He turned his head indifferently, looking at the snorting fast brown-haired horse in front of him.

……

Zhayiqu, Songlindu.

With Penglangdu, Longcheng County, transporting materials and preparing for flood control are in full swing.

There is also the bustle and crowd of people from all over the county slowly gathering in Dagu Mountain, which is different.

Today, Songlindu, which was supposed to be lively because of the grand celebration, is completely silent at this moment.

Songlin Ferry is the starting point of Zheyi Canal. The high platform where the celebration is held today is built on the empty river beach not far from the ferry.

The high platform is naturally luxurious and festive like decorated with lanterns and festoons, and it is well-decorated.

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

But the strange thing is that the atmosphere of the whole ceremony was silent, and everyone was silent. There were only occasional children crying and women weeping, but they were quickly stopped.

Taking a closer look, it turned out that whether it was on the high platform or off the high platform, there was a group of strangers beside the crowd with unkind expressions.

I saw that on the high platform under the sun, the magistrate of Diao County, a group of county government officials, dozens of gentry from Longcheng, and some wealthy businessmen and scholars from surrounding counties were all imprisoned in the center of the high platform.

Those who imprisoned and guarded them were a group of men with swords in blue house slave clothes.

In fact, the word "imprisonment" is not quite accurate. After all, there is a cup of tea and corresponding pastry plates in front of Diao Xiancheng and others on the stage.

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

It's a pity that these guests warmly invited by Liu Zian still had half a sip of tea in the porcelain cups in front of them.

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

The house slaves in green clothes and the strong man in black clothes were strictly disciplined, and both groups of people seemed to obey the unified dispatch.

At this moment, besides these people, there were a few familiar figures standing on the side of the high platform, moving freely, looking around the audience from time to time.

It was Liu Zian and Liu Zilin.

Today, the two are dressed in strong clothes and armed with arms.

It's just strange that Liu Zian, who was the focus of the audience despite clearly controlling the audience, had a gloomy expression on his face, and veins popped out of the palm of his hand holding the hilt of the sword.

On the high platform, the air can hear the drop of needles.

Liu Zi'an's eyes were like a wolf's eyes, and his unkind eyes slowly swept across the crowd on the stage.

Diao Xiancheng and the others kept silent, shrinking their heads and covering their faces.

Liu Zilin, who was standing next to Liu Zian, also stood still and bowed his head deeply, as if he had made a mistake.

Liu Zian's gaze finally fell behind Liu Zilin:

Liu Fu brought several slaves in Tsing Yi, and surrounded several servants and concierges who had stayed behind in Meilu Garden.

Ah Qing and Mother Liu were also among them, but Liu Zi'an's gaze directly skipped them.

See the old, weak, sick and disabled brought back in front of you.

Liu Zian's complexion was as ugly as eating a fly raw.

He turned his head without saying a word, staring at the silent Liu Zilin...

(End of this chapter)