Zhou Suining was stunned.

Four days ago, after it was confirmed that the predicted snake disaster would break out, he personally released the thunder eagle that conveyed the message under Ouyang Jing's instruction.

The specially trained Thunder Eagle can fly thousands of miles in an hour without sleeping.

He could fly to the imperial city within two days and deliver the urgent news of help to the emperor.

Even if the rescue army wasn't that fast, at least two imperial guards from the Celestial Realm could easily kill the snake monster at the sixth level of the Grandmaster Realm.

But now, not to mention the reinforcements, even the Thunder Eagle who responded to the request for help has not returned.

This is not normal at all, no wonder Ouyang Jing is suspicious of him.

After quickly going over the cause and effect of the matter, Zhou Suining looked at the cold light flashing in Ouyang Jing's eyes and suddenly realized that his situation was not good.

The losses in Yingzhou City were too heavy.

As the chief officer, Ouyang Jing will definitely not be able to escape accountability.

But how to hold this responsibility high and then gently put it down depends on how he throws the pot away.

Now it seems that Ouyang Jing has obviously chosen a scapegoat.

"Why, didn't Zhou Juncheng hear what I said?"

Ouyang Jing saw Zhou Suining was silent for a long time, so he asked again.

He had just heard from Ding Junshan that the number of snakes outside the city had dropped sharply.

Although there are still tens of thousands of snake monsters close to the master level, the remaining highly venomous snakes and pythons are no longer worthy of fear.

The snake disaster will definitely pass, and now we have to start thinking of a way out.

If Zhou Suining came to his senses, he would definitely guess that he would be pushed out as a scapegoat.

Although he is just a scholar and his cultivation level is only at the third level of the acquired world, it is very easy to catch him.

But what if he has some unknown tricks?

Ouyang Jing couldn't afford to take this risk.

So before the snake disaster was eliminated, he took advantage of the opportunity and hurriedly came over to hold him accountable, preparing to control Zhou Suining in advance.

"Chief Ouyang, I released the thunder eagle myself. Captain Lin Tao was also there at the time. Moreover, every thunder eagle is registered. Whether it has been released or not can be known after a check."

Zhou Suining said calmly.

He also knew very well that even if he could give ridiculous reasons, Ouyang Jing still had ten thousand countermeasures waiting for him if he wanted to convict himself.

Although Lin Tao didn't know the reason for Ouyang Jing's sudden change of attitude, he had followed the county magistrate for many years and had already figured out Ouyang Jing's temperament.

As long as you use your brain a little, it's not difficult to guess the reason.

He couldn't help but gasp.

The county guard actually wanted to cross the river and demolish the bridge so early?

Ouyang Jing's eyes followed him: "Lin Tao, tell me."

Even if Lin Tao couldn't figure out the hint in his eyes just now, he could see it clearly now.

He must make a decision now and choose between Ouyang Jing and Zhou Suining.

After a slight hesitation, Lin Tao said hesitantly: "My lord, Sheriff, I personally watched the thunder eagle released by Zhou Juncheng, but I don't know if there was any accident on the way."

His answer was also within Zhou Suining's expectation.

Lin Tao has followed Ouyang Jing for many years and is his absolute confidant.

Regardless of this relationship, the wealth and lives of his family, including the young and the young, were all in Ouyang Jing's hands.

No matter how he thought about it, it was impossible to stand on his side, Zhou Suining.

However, Lin Tao still left something to say.

If Ouyang Jing thought of Zhou Suining's kindness afterwards and wanted to let him go, at least there would be room for change.

But whether it was Ouyang Jing or Zhou Suining, they knew very well that there was no turning back when they fired their bows.

Once the words were spoken, even if Ouyang Jing really regretted it, Zhou Suining would not be able to trust him again.

The position was reversed, Ouyang Jing would have made the same choice.

"Now that the snake disaster has not been eliminated, I will not argue with you for the time being. After this matter is over, I will ask you to give a proper explanation, so please do it yourself!"

Ouyang Jing left these words, turned around and flew up to the top of the city, returning to the city to take charge of the overall situation.

"Lord Jun Cheng, the snakes have crossed the last wall of fire and are approaching the last ditch."

Weng Xu had been monitoring the last fire wall just now and didn't know what was going on here.

"Let all the soldiers retreat to the last ditch. No one is allowed to take a step back until there is only one left fighting!"

Zhou Suining acted as if nothing had happened and continued to give orders as usual.

Lin Tao walked over and patted the promise on the back: "Did you hear what Lord Jun Cheng said? Go quickly!"

Weng Xu was stunned for a moment, showing a brief moment of astonishment, then lowered his head and hurriedly covered it up.

He just raised his hands and said "yes", then turned around and left.

Although the moment was quick, it did not escape Zhou Suining's eyes.

As brothers who have worked together in the Guards for many years, Lin Tao and Weng Yan, and even everyone in the Guards, have their own coded communication methods.

I'm afraid that in that moment of patting, Lin Tai conveyed Ouyang Jing's intention to the promise.

Zhou Suining sighed secretly in his heart. Although he was a little sad, it didn't show it on his face.

No matter whether he is advancing or retreating now, there is only one ending.

If he had waited until the snake disaster was over, Ouyang Jing would directly push him out as a scapegoat on the grounds that he had not confirmed whether the distress message was successfully transmitted, delayed the opportunity to call for help, and caused heavy casualties in the city.

If he did not wait for the snake disaster to end, Ouyang Jing's clear warning just now would force him and Zhou Suining to find a way out in advance.

Of course, if he could be forced to run away directly, he would definitely fall into the trap set by Ouyang Jing in advance.

Running away in the middle of battle is a big no-no!

If the emperor heard the report of the entire incident, he would definitely have Zhou Suining Wen beheaded in public and the nine tribes would be annihilated!

Although Lin Tao dismissed the promise and conveyed new instructions to him in special code words.

At this time, as Zhou Suining speculated, a dragnet had been laid for him.

But Lin Tao still had some complicated feelings in his heart.

If Zhou Suining hadn't personally led the team, they went into Xuwu Mountain to survey the situation and determined the hidden danger of snake disaster.

The people in Yingzhou City and surrounding areas will only die more.

Even the Sheriff and them may not survive.

Their current behavior is nothing short of ungrateful!

But just as the county governor thought, the snake disaster was too big, and the consequences could not be dealt with by one person or even a few people.

In addition, the distress message was inexplicably not responded to, and when the higher authorities investigated, they could not explain it.

No matter which way you look at it, someone must be pushed out.

Even if he is a dead Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist, Lin Tao will not choose to stand against the Sheriff just because he sympathizes with Zhou Suining.

"If you want to blame it, it's because you were too popular and blocked Ding Changshi's path. Why don't you have a background you can rely on?"

Lin Tao was sighing in his heart, when suddenly a strong wind suddenly rose from the ground.

He subconsciously blocked his eyes.

But when the strong wind subsided, he suddenly realized that Zhou Suining, who was by his side just now, was gone!

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