Tian Xian was busy going back and forth between the county government and the East City Gate, and he didn't return to the house to rest until late at night.
Not long after falling asleep, I suddenly heard a commotion outside the house. Tian Xian was originally in bed with clothes, but at this moment he immediately jumped up and ran out. As soon as they arrived in the courtyard, several doormen and family members were carrying sticks and other self-defense objects, and were vigilantly guarding the position near the gate. It was in the streets beyond the courtyard gate that all kinds of sounds came and went, and a mixture of chaos and panic had been painted in the dark.
"What's going on?" Tian Xian's expression was serious, and he asked in a serious voice.
"I don't know, the streets seem to be in chaos. I heard that there was a fire in the county government, and I don't know if it was fighting the fire. A doorman said as he looked warily through the crack in the door.
"The county government is on fire?" Tian Xian said in surprise. His house is still some distance away from the county government, and he also returned to the house directly from the east city gate, and it is not clear how the county government caught fire for the time being. "Did you send someone to see it?"
"Agan has been out for a while." The doorman said again.
Tian Xian pondered for a while, and there was always a bad premonition in his heart, so he immediately turned around and ran back to the house, took out a simple leather armor and put it on, and found his own long sword, as if he was on guard. When I came to the courtyard again, I suddenly heard someone knocking softly on the door outside the gate, and the doorman guarding the door first glanced through the crack in the door, and after making sure that it was not other outsiders, he quickly removed the door bolt and let the people outside walk in.
"Agan, how's it going outside?" Several people guarding the gate hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
The young man who was called Agan was sweating profusely at this time, and his face was full of consternation. He gasped for breath a few times before he could barely calm down. He saw Tian Xian standing not far away, and hurriedly came to Tian Xian.
"Agan, you say, what's going on outside?" Tian Xian asked.
"Master Tian, something is wrong. There was an accident at the east city gate, and the rogues were robbing the city, and the city tower was about to be unable to hold it. Ah Gan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and finally got his words out.
"What? Is it the county government on fire or the rogue attacking the city? Tian Xian's expression was very serious, and he asked in an accentuated tone.
"The county government is also on fire, and the east gate of the city is also attacked by the rogues. At this time, the city was in chaos, and the county lieutenant Han sent people to transfer manpower everywhere, and also asked all adults in the county town to take weapons to meet the enemy. Ah Gan said in a panic.
"How so?" Tian Xian clenched his fists, his face full of indignation.
"Master, let's... What should we do? An old servant asked, confused.
Tian Xian fell into deep thought, his face gradually changed from grim to sad, he wanted to sort out a clue from a series of things that happened tonight, but in the end he found that even if he let himself sort out a clue, it would be useless, after all, the most important thing at the moment is how to ensure the safety of Lingzhi County.
At this time, a childish voice suddenly came from behind him: "The county government is on fire, the rogue is attacking the city, the time is so close, it must not be accidental." There must be ghosts in the city, but I'm afraid that the thieves will not just attack the east city gate, but will take advantage of the civil strife in the city to cause more damage.
Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to the hallway.
I saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy standing at the edge of the corridor not far away. The young man was already fully dressed, and he looked calm and unhurried, allowing the commotion outside the house to continue, but there was no trace of panic and fear on his face.
Tian Xian glanced at the young man and said with a little surprise: "Yu'er, why did you come out?"
This young man is Tian Xian's nephew Tian Yu, he said unhurriedly: "There is trouble in the city, if you want to protect yourself, you must first defend the city, and we and other men should work together to protect the city wall."
Tian Xian really couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "You little man, you have no power to restrain the chicken, what else are you talking about protecting the city wall?" Go back to the house quickly, and don't come out no matter what's going on outside.
Tian Yu said strongly: "How can a man be afraid." Uncle, you once said that the eldest son of the ancestral family of Xu Wuxian would lead a team to come to support, and since it is the eldest prince's book repair, there should be no fake. The nephew believes that the eldest son will come as promised.
Tian Xian smiled bitterly: "Even if the eldest prince will send someone to support, there is no way to know when he will come at the moment." In short, don't be willful, go back to the house quickly. Even if you are a dignified man, you still have a sister and younger brother in the family, you stay at home to take care of and protect them, which is considered to be your best.
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Tian Yu to say anything more, he immediately ordered the doormen and servants to gather all the men in the courtyard and take all the weapons that could be used. Leaving a few elderly people at home, the rest followed him out of the house, first rushed to the county government to check the situation, and then rushed to the east city gate.
When Tian Xian and his party of more than ten people came to the county government, the fire here had been slightly controlled. He was busy for about a quarter of an hour, and then went to the county government to meet Wang Xianjun. Where did he know that he waited for a long time in the county office, and did not see Wang Xianjun appear, so he wanted to go to the backyard to look for it, and when he arrived at the porch of the main entrance of the backyard, he was stopped by two servants, saying that Wang Xianjun had something important to do, and it was inconvenient to meet guests at this time.
Hearing this, Tian Xian immediately noticed that something was wrong with the situation, didn't he say that the situation was so critical now, just that he, as a dignified county government Gongcao, could still have a time when he couldn't see the county monarch? All kinds of speculations quickly flashed through his mind, and he was already aware of it in his heart, and he was suddenly angry.
"You guys, get out of the way."
Tian Xian stood with his sword pressed, and stared angrily at the two servants who were blocking the way.
The two servants were taken aback, and did not dare to forcibly stop them, and stepped aside in a proper manner.
Tian Xian stepped through the door and looked for the depths of the backyard. As soon as he came to Wang Xianjun's residence, he heard a great movement from the backyard from a long distance. He went straight to the backyard and saw Wang Xianjun commanding the servants in the house, tying up the small and soft size of the family and loading it on the carriage and ox cart.
"Hurry up, hurry up, you all hurry."
"Hey, be careful, this is a valuable belongings, don't break it."
"Over there, put the car on it. Is all the dry food loaded?
Tian Xian only felt a heat in his cavity, and unprecedented anger rushed up to his mind, and even this angry heat was gradually eating away at his reason. The guards of the East City Gate and the righteous warriors are fighting bravely against the Liukou, and the city is in a mess when they hear the news of the Liukou robbing the city, and the county lieutenant Han is busy temporarily warning the people, and the dignified king of the county not only failed to stand up and preside over the overall situation when he is needed the most, but at this time he even closed the courtyard door and secretly loaded the soft and tried to escape!
On weekdays, he can tolerate Wang Xianjun's inaction, mediocrity, pedantic, and greed for small profits, although this is not what an honest or even qualified official should be, but how many honest officials can there be today? As long as it's not a big bad or a big evil, everything has to get by.
But at this moment, when the safety of the whole county is at stake, Wang Xianjun not only did not have any construction or any other measures to alleviate the crisis, but also abandoned the city and fled, which is simply not a dereliction of duty that can be convicted.
"Lord Wang!"
Holding back a breath of air, Tian Xian roared.
The noisy noise of the backyard was suddenly suppressed by the cover, and the busy crowd stopped, and all turned their eyes to the direction of the sound. When Wang Xianjun saw that the person who came turned out to be Tian Xian, he was stunned at first, and then his face became more and more ugly.
"Tian Gongcao, what are you doing here? Do you know what this place is?
"Lord Wang, do you know what the situation is in the city now? The rogues suddenly began to rob the city, and the people in the city were panicking, just when you needed your lord to come to the town, you actually planned to load a car and escape? Tian Xian's voice is like a bell, and the words have a hard strength. His eyes were blazing, and he didn't have any official dignity at all.
"What nonsense are you talking about. What is a car smuggler? This...... It's just..."Wang Xianjun was drunk by Tian Xian, and he felt a little weak on the spot, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time. "It's... The situation in the city is critical, and as the county magistrate, I naturally want to advance and retreat together with the county. It's just that...... It's just that as the saying goes, if you don't have a family in the city, I will be distracted. In any case, as long as I send my family out of the city first, I will have no worries and will fight the thieves to the end.
"As the parent official of Lingzhi County, the people of the county are your family. How can you abandon everyone and take care of your small family? Tian Xian reprimanded angrily, he naturally didn't believe Wang Xianjun's nonsense.
"The surname is Tian, don't be big or small, who do you think you are, do you need to explain to you what my lord wants to do?" At this time, the old servant standing beside Wang Xianjun shouted coldly.
Although Wang Xianjun was empty in his heart, after listening to the old servant's words, he more or less gained a little confidence.
"Tian Gongcao, you go back first. Where can I go with this black light, right? Don't worry, I'm just moving my family to a safe place for the time being. Once this place is taken care of, I will go to the East City Gate to take up the town. He put on an impatient look and said in an official tone.
Tian Xian was about to continue to refute when suddenly there was a rumbling sound in the distance, which seemed to be a collapse, and it seemed to be a firecracker. The sound came from a distance, but it was so clearly visible that everyone in the backyard of the county government was shocked. Everyone couldn't help but wonder what was going on.
It didn't take long for a subordinate to suddenly run in the corridor of the backyard, his face was extremely panicked.
Ignoring the panting, the subordinate came to Wang Xianjun and shouted with a sad face: "Master, master, it's not good, it's not good." The east city gate is broken, the rogues, the rogues have entered the city, they, they are coming to the county government..."
These words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, which made everyone present take aback.
Wang Xianjun didn't react for a while, but his face gradually turned pale, and the family members behind him were all like headless flies, arguing and arguing, and they wanted to rush into the carriage and prepare to escape. The other slaves who were loading the soft ones also panicked one by one, and some of the timid and fearful took advantage of the chaos in the backyard to sneak away.
"No, no, sir, let's hurry up and leave Xicheng." The old servant waited for a while, and saw that Wang Xianjun had no reaction, so he hurriedly dragged the other party hard.
"Yes, yes, let's go. Walk around, get in the car, get in the car, all get in the car. Tell someone to open the back door. Wang Xianjun said busily, and before the words were settled, the person had already walked towards the nearest ox cart.
Tian Xian was furious and pressed his sword forward.
The old servant had long been vigilant against Tian Xian's side, and when he saw Tian Xian's movement, he immediately shouted "Gong Cao rebelled and is going to kill someone", "Come on, come on, come on". He greeted several nearby doormen and soldiers, who immediately reacted, rushed up, caught up with Tian Xian from behind, and detained Tian Xian.
Wang Xianjun glanced back at Tian Xian's side, and his face was a little surprised at first, but this surprise also flashed. At the instigation of the old servant on the side, he simply relented and ordered Tian Xian to be detained in the firewood room in the backyard of the county government. After this matter subsides, if Tian Xian is killed by Liukou, it will be fine, if he is not killed, he is still thinking about framing Tian Xian for a crime, and let Tian Xian carry all the black pots, which is really killing two birds with one stone.
"Open the door, go."
The county government motorcade drove out of the backyard gate.
The Dongcheng City Tower was already on fire in many places at this time. The walls of the earth were not only not strong, but they were also very low, less than a foot high from top to bottom. The rogues took the human ladder and climbed up the tower in three or two clicks. Later, some of the rogues even took some tree trunks and put them directly under the city wall, and the rogues climbed along the trunks to the city wall.
The guards and volunteers who guarded the city wall did not dare to rush to stop at first, on the one hand, they were afraid of angering these rogues even more, and held a glimmer of hope that the situation could be appeased; On the other hand, in the past ten years, there has been almost no storming of the city wall, and many people are helpless and do not know how to deal with it. On the other hand, the city is chaotic and distracting. Because of this, it was quickly allowed for the rogues to take the opportunity to climb to the city walls.
It was only by this time that the guards and volunteers began to desperately stop the attack, but it was too late.
More and more rogues climbed the tower, most of them armed with a variety of weapons. After all, the guards and volunteers were limited in number, and in the face of a completely out of control situation, it only took a moment of resistance before some people escaped.
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