No, gentlemen also guard against

Chapter 234
At the foot of Dagu Mountain, next to an archway.

Ouyang Rong was about to go to Zheyiqu to take a boat, but he met Yan Liulang and his group who led the people of Longcheng to seek refuge.

Seeing that Yan Liulang and the others looked different, Ouyang Rong became nervous and asked questions immediately.

"Ashan?"

Ouyang Rong was stunned for a moment, but after listening, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, Ah Shan is here!"

But immediately, Ouyang Rong frowned slightly, "But why did Ah Shan come back so quickly, didn't he send someone back to Nanlong for me?"

He whispered a word, his face both worried and happy.

In any case, before Ouyang Rong came back, it was good news among the many bad news that the county government could temporarily have Liu Ashan stand in his place to stabilize the situation.

After explaining everything in detail, Yan Liulang looked ashamed and lowered his head:
"Mingfu, I'm useless, in the end Brother Ah Shan has to stand up..."

"It's nothing, everyone performs their duties! Liu Lang does what you should do."

Ouyang Rong comforted, turned his head and glanced at the blue smoke among the mountains in the distance.

He lowered his eyes and murmured:
"I don't know, Ah Shan hasn't received the letter from my junior sister, knowing that I'm back, he should be less stressed...

"Also, Liu Lang said that Ah Shan was preparing to rescue the supplies of the sluice gate at Penglangdu, but this time, it is different from the past, there is a reason for the flooding of Yunmengze upstream, and it is right under his nose.

"The top priority should be to go to Xiaogushan to prevent the Liu family from casting swords before the flood water approaches the threshold of the Di Gong gate and collapses..."

Ouyang Rong nodded, and looked back from the direction of the small lonely mountain of Butterfly Creek in the distance.

Look around.

I saw that Yan Liulang was not the only one who arrived at Dagu Mountain now.

From all directions, there are groups of people migrating from the common people, gathering at the foot of Dagu Mountain.

It should be that Liu Ashan issued the county magistrate's handwriting instead of Ouyang, and was distributed to various places. People from the towns and villages in the upper and lower reaches, led by the elders of the village's sages, came here one after another to seek refuge.

After the previous evacuation experience of Yunmengze's rising water not long ago, the people of Longcheng became relatively familiar with each other, and their resistance to evacuation decreased.

The most important thing is the prestige accumulated by a certain carrot county magistrate these days.

Ouyang Rong didn't stay at the foot of Dagu Mountain for too long. He waited to clear his mind and comfort the fathers and villagers who had gathered and warmly supported him.

Ouyang Rong turned his head and told Yan Liulang some precautions about the people's evacuation.

"Liulang sticks to this place, I'll go to Zheyi Qu to find a boat first!"

He took a fast horse from the catcher, turned over lightly, whipped the horse, and disappeared into the distance.

……

Zhayiqu, Songlindu.

"Is it really so honest? This doesn't seem like this guy's style, Liu Fu, are you sure he didn't bring any officers and soldiers to ambush him?"

"My lord, no, he just came here on horseback. Besides, the boat is in our hands. If we go by water later, he won't have any pursuers to intercept him."

"Well, that makes sense."

Liu Zian looked sideways, he didn't expect the hostage threat plan to be so successful.

But if you think about it carefully, people and things in this world are sometimes not as twisted and bizarre as described in romance novels. How can there be so many children of destiny who are like gods?
In the bright sun of the morning.

Here, Liu Zian was discussing with Liu Fu behind him.

Liu Zian brought Liu's family slaves and private soldiers borrowed from Boss Li, and they have already boarded the bow of the ferry.

And they were right in front of the river beach.

Liu Zilin was leading a group of subordinates to escort officials and merchants such as Diao Xiancheng, as well as the people of Longcheng as hostages.

Confronted with Ouyang Rong who was standing alone.

At this moment, I saw Ouyang Rong looking over.

Liu Zian turned his head first, and nodded slightly at his subordinates.

To show sincerity.

I saw that on the official boats docked at the river beach wharf, the Liu family slaves and robbers and private soldiers armed with weapons to control the boatmen seemed to have received the order, put away their weapons one after another, and jumped off the boat vigorously.

More than half of the official ships were liberated.

There were only three ships left, which were still in the hands of Liu Zian and others, and the retreating Liu family slaves and robbers and private soldiers also boarded these three ships one after another.

Liu Zilin glanced back, and after receiving Liu Zian's signal, he said coldly to Ouyang Rong, who was dusty and haggard in the distance:

"The weapons were unloaded and thrown on the ground, and a person came over, we let go of the hostages, and we will do what we say, if we dare to make small moves."

Liu Zilin squinted at his subordinates.

The Liu family slaves who were guarding the hostages opened the barrels one by one, and poured the burning oil on the heads of Diaoxian Cheng, Ah Qing, Liu Mu and others.

These flaming shark oils were accidentally discovered by Liu Zian and others from the cabin of the official ship, and they must have been the batch seized by Ouyang Lianghan and the Longcheng County Government at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Just borrowed.

The private soldiers behind Liu Zilin held torches in their hands, loosened their shackles, pushed the panic-stricken hostages forward, and drove them away with whips.

Seeing this, officials, merchants, and common people in Longcheng hurried forward.

In the distance, Ouyang Rong untied the long sword at his waist, took out something from his arms, and handed them all to a yamen servant who ran back first.

With a tired face, he moved forward alone.

Looking down from a height, a rather strange scene appeared on this rather wide and empty river beach:
On the left side of the open space on the river beach, a group of people hurriedly fled and scattered towards the front, trying to stay away from the men in green clothes holding torches behind them.

On the right half of the river beach clearing, a slender and solitary figure walked against the current with empty hands, silently walking towards the gathering place of gangsters in green with white knives by the water's edge.

The atmosphere was surprisingly solemn.

Among the people fleeing in a hurry, some people couldn't help but look sideways.

"Ming...Ming Mansion."

Diao Xiancheng and other officials staggered and slowed down a bit, with guilt on their faces.

"Master, don't go!" Ah Qing burst into tears, and was pulled back by the servants of Meilu Garden who were quick-eyed and quick-handed.

But at this moment, an unexpected cry of grief suddenly sounded from behind Ah Qing:
"My son! Don't go, don't go! Come back, Dalang! Come back, you!"

A white-haired old woman rushed out from the fleeing crowd on the left side of the river beach.

He ran to the figure of the young county magistrate in official uniform without thinking about his own safety.

This sudden scene was particularly prominent on the relatively quiet river beach at the moment.

Ah Qing, whose face was full of tears, was taken aback for a moment, and Diao Xiancheng and others behind him also looked confused. Didn't the mother of the Ming Mansion pass away long ago?
Standing at the bow of the boat, Liu Zi'an, who was watching coldly, frowned, with an impatient expression.

Liu Zilin was holding a big knife and was about to lead his subordinates to arrest Ouyang Rong. Seeing this, he grabbed a torch from his subordinates and stepped forward with a grin.

"Lighting a lamp in the latrine, courting death!"

Ouyang Rong, who was advancing, suddenly turned around, and pushed Mother Liu, who rushed in front of him, to the ground.

Don't look back, just move on.

Liu Zilin snorted coldly, threw away the torch, stepped forward together with his subordinates, and tied up Ouyang Rong, who was about to be captured.

A group of people trained and retreated to the three official ships left on the shore in an orderly manner.

The white-haired old woman was covered in shark oil, and stretched out her hand forward as she fell and crawled:
"My son, don't go, don't go! We can't repay you for your kindness, come back, come back woo woo woo..."

Mother Liu wanted to chase, but was held back by Diao Xiancheng and others.

At the bow, Ouyang Rong was escorted to Liu Zi'an. Liu Zi seemed to squint his eyes and said something, but he didn't reply after being silent all this time. He suddenly turned around and shouted loudly to the people on the river beach below:

"Diao Xiancheng, take the official boat to Penglangdu!
"Run, too, to Dagu Mountain, don't look back, don't come to save me! Go to Dagu Mountain, there's someone' waiting for you..."

Liu Zian's eyes turned cold.

Ouyang Rong's mouth was immediately blocked.

After receiving the signal gaze from the second brother, Liu Zilin walked forward calmly.

He stood on the bow deck, condescending, looked down, and said to the audience:
"Oh, do you really think he is a self-sacrificing hero? Childish, he deserves it all!

"Several floods in Longcheng County, including today's flood, are all thanks to him!
"Ouyang Lianghan offended the Dragon King at the bottom of the water!"

Liu Zilin spoke righteously, and said in a seductive and seductive voice:

"Did you forget that when this son took office, he fell into the river and drowned? The Dragon King was kind-hearted, and he just warned him to let him die. Who would have thought that after he recovered, not only would he not repent, but he would control the water indiscriminately, offending the Dragon King! In the entire Longcheng County, everyone became victims.

"If you don't believe me, take a look at today. In such a hot day, the upstream Yunmengze is still flooded. This is the wrath of the Dragon King! This son has committed a heinous crime, and he will be punished by God!"

Brother said.

Killing is nothing, killing one's heart is top-notch operation.

Making Ouyang Lianghan ruined and covered in dirty water is the real revenge.

"Our Liu family is only acting in place of the Dragon King, our Liu family is the one who will save you!
"The Liu family didn't want to hurt anyone when they came here today, you see, didn't you both remain unscathed?
"We just want to find out the culprit, so that the underwater dragon king will not blame us, so Ouyang Lianghan deserves the retribution, why should you feel guilty?
"And think about it, if he wasn't guilty, why would he stand up? With a great future ahead, no need for glory and wealth, is there really such a selfless person in this world? How dare he risk his life?"

Liu Zilin's voice echoed in the silent audience.

Ouyang Rong's mouth was stuffed with a cloth bag, but he held his head high and seemed to be grinning.

The French language on Liu Zilin's face twitched, and his body quietly covered the contemptuous official figure behind him.

He suppressed his anger, said to the silent crowd on the river beach, waved his hands calmly and said:

"Okay, let's go."

Liu Zilin turned his head and snorted coldly.

Liu Zi'an, who had long sleeves beside him, nodded towards him, as if affirming his praise.

"Let's go, sail the boat quickly, and return to the sword shop quickly."

Now that the sacrifice was in hand, Liu Zian didn't want to linger for a moment, with an uncontrollable excitement on his face, he returned with a full load.

The three hijacked ships by the river beach slowly moved away, and after a while, they disappeared on the Butterfly Creek.

On the river beach, the people who were left behind fell silent, as if lost in some kind of confusion.

Mother Liu's heart-piercing sobs of grief made the atmosphere of the audience even more silent.

"Mother..." Ah Qing walked away in a daze, seemingly puzzled.

But at this time, a government servant approached dejectedly and handed out two things.

"Miss Aqing, Master Mingfu entrusted this humble post to you and Aunt Liu just before he left."

Ah Qing stretched out her hand in a daze, and took a long sword and a small package of oiled paper.

Put down the long sword and open the oiled paper.

On the paper, there were two cool sesame cakes lying quietly.

The delicate girl trembled.

……

Ouyang Rong was on the way between Dagushan and Songlingdu when he encountered this group of troops returning from Zhayiqu with a strange atmosphere.

"Master Diao, who are you?"

Ouyang Rong was stunned for a moment, then looked at the disgraced Diao Xiancheng in front of the crowd.

But at this moment, he was not the only one who was surprised. What was even more surprised than his expression was Diao Xiancheng and the others, all staring at him who was intact.

Ouyang Rong also reacted, thinking of the performance of Yan Liulang and others just now, it is not surprising, he said vaguely:
"It's Ah Shan who greets the county government at the county seat, and he's acting on behalf of..."

Ouyang Rong suddenly found that the faces of Diao Xiancheng and the others did not soften, but were even more dumbfounded.

However, his bewilderment did not last long.

The crowd separates.

Ah Qing and Liu Mu walked slowly.

Ouyang Rong saw the bloodshot eyes of the mother and daughter, especially the latter, staggering like a walking corpse. Ah Qing also cried dryly, only hiccupping and shoulder twitching.

And when the mother and daughter saw Ouyang Rong, their faces were not surprised at all, and they even ignored it in a daze.

He turned his head in an instant and looked around at the bewildered crowd.

When his face changed, Ouyang Rong's teeth chattered, he tried to clenched his teeth, and asked calmly:

"Ah... where's Ah Shan?"

Ah Qing held a moonlight long sword and a small package of oiled paper.

Walking slowly to Ouyang Rong who staggered off his horse, he handed him the sword and two pieces of sesame cake.

She said with a dazed face:

"Master, please save brother, please, go and save brother."

Diao Xiancheng on the side also reacted at this moment, leaned forward, and interjected cautiously:

"Mingfu, in order to save us, Brother Ah Shan, in order to save those official ships that control the water, instead of you, he was... taken away by Liu Zi'an and Liu Zilin."

Ouyang Rong stood there with a dazed expression, looking down at the familiar long sword of moonlight.

Before boarding the boat that day, he personally handed over the sword to Liu Ashan.

Ouyang Rong trembled uncontrollably all over.

Everyone saw that Ouyang Rong suddenly raised a slap, as if he was about to slap himself hard on the face.

But then the trembling hand stopped in the air, and the direction changed suddenly. He swung down suddenly, and snatched the moonlight long sword from Ah Qing's hand.

Ouyang Rong turned his head, nodded to Liu Mu and Ah Qing who had dull faces and had no love in life, and said:

"I am the one who should be revenged by the Liu family. I didn't fulfill my duty, and I shouldn't have left carelessly. I, Ouyang Lianghan, am sorry for you. I will bring your son and elder brother back. Otherwise, I will never leave again." I have no face to see you, the folks and elders of Longcheng."

Mother Liu and Ah Qing, who looked numb, raised their heads to look at Ouyang Rong with red eye circles. After a while, the mother and daughter hugged each other, and finally cried bitterly:

"Woooooooo..."

Amidst the crying, Ouyang Rong rushed out like an angry wolf without looking back, climbed onto the horse unsteadily, tried twice before getting on the horse, but was immediately held back by Diao Xiancheng.

"The Ming government can't do it, it can't do it! Go to the danger now!"

Ah Qing held the linseed cake to her chest with her small hands, and she also realized when she heard the words, and ran to grab Ouyang Rong's clothes, her small face was miserable: "Master...they have a lot of bad guys...be careful."

Diao County Prime Minister immediately answered and said:

"That's right, Mingfu, don't be impulsive, calm down! Brother Ah Shan must be rescued, but now is the critical moment. The Digong Gate will collapse at some point. It is important to transfer the people to Dagu Mountain first. Forget your duty!"

He lowered his voice again:

"Besides, Liu Zilin just confuses the crowd with his rumors, and now the team's hearts are scattered... There are still many private soldiers in the Liu family, and I don't know where they were recruited. You just take a few people and run there. If it's not self-inflicted or something, let's wait Wait, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years... ouch, hello!"

Ah Qing, who was sad to stop the horse, was fine, but the body of the old county magistrate flew two meters away as expected.

"..."

You just kick this old man?
(End of this chapter)