Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Mrs. Xu sighed.

"There are some things I didn't see with my own eyes. Your father told me later."

Mrs. Xu's hoarse voice sounded in the carriage carriage.

As Mrs. Xu narrated, Cheng Wan's mind gradually sketched out the experiences of County Magistrate Xu and Mrs. Xu that day.

On that day, County Magistrate Xu summoned Magistrate Song to discuss with Magistrate Song whether to quickly arrange manpower to help the people in the city and the villagers below leave Qingyuan County.

Qingyuan County is surrounded by flat land and there is no danger to defend it. As long as the new emperor's army breaks through the defense of Banxin City in front, Qingyuan will be a lamb to be slaughtered.

What's even more terrible is that the additional troops sent by King An to Banxin City will not arrive in Qingyuan for two days, let alone Banxin.

In order to prevent the people of Qingyuan County from being massacred by the new emperor's soldiers, Magistrate Xu felt it was necessary to let the people leave Qingyuan first.

If his prediction is wrong later and the new emperor's army fails to attack, or if King An's army can reach Qingyuan County before the new emperor's army attacks and help Qingyuan County resist the enemy, it will only cost a lot more effort. It's better than when the people have no way to escape.

The new emperor did not regard the people under King An's rule as human beings at all. His army treated the people under King An's rule as if they were the people of an enemy country.

The emperor on the dragon throne did not regard them as his subjects.

Since the emperor doesn't regard them as his subjects, then they don't have to listen to the emperor.

This is Magistrate Xu's idea. In his heart, besides his family, the people are the most important.

But some people don't think so.

For example, Song County Cheng.

Song County Magistrate believed that the new emperor had ascended the throne and the world belonged to the new emperor. They were rebelling by opposing the emperor.

Therefore, Songxian Cheng advocated taking the initiative to welcome the new emperor's army into the city and placing Qingyuan County under the new emperor's rule.

Magistrate Xu naturally disagreed with such an absurd and naive idea.

But Songxian Cheng was obviously well prepared.

He shouted loudly, and immediately many people came in from outside.

They were the cronies and followers of Song County Prime Minister, most of the government servants who were coerced and induced by him, and the county lieutenants who colluded with him.

After entering, those people attacked Magistrate Xu and the people around Magistrate Xu without saying a word. Butler Xu Bo, who had been following Magistrate Xu, died on the spot in order to block Magistrate Xu's first knife.

County Magistrate Song suddenly launched an attack and killed Magistrate Xu and the people around Magistrate Xu by surprise.

Magistrate Xu and others really had no defense against Magistrate Song. Who would have thought that Magistrate Song and the county lieutenant would collude together and even arrange for men to attack the magistrate.

In addition to Uncle Xu, Magistrate Xu was accompanied by several family guards that day.

Magistrate Xu must have estimated that he would not be able to escape the disaster, so he asked the two guards to leave him and rush out to deliver a message to Mrs. Xu.

Let Mrs. Xu leave the city immediately.

Although Mrs. Xu is worried about Magistrate Xu's situation, she also understands that the situation is critical and is not the time to show deep love and loyalty.

The couple also had two children outside. No matter what, one of them had to live to see the child and protect the child.

After receiving the letter, Mrs. Xu didn't dare to delay at all and hurriedly drove out of the city.

On Magistrate Xu's side, although several of the guards around him resisted desperately and tried to protect Magistrate Xu from escaping, they were outnumbered and all the guards were killed in the end. Magistrate Xu was also stabbed in the left chest. .

When she said this, Mrs. Xu's tone was obviously filled with fear.

"Your father said that after he fell to the ground, he vaguely heard someone running over and saying something to the man surnamed Song. Then the man surnamed Song suddenly became very excited. He seemed to be shouting something in his mouth, 'Those who really made great contributions' The time has come, kill the boy surnamed Gu and ask for credit from the emperor!', and then the man surnamed Song left two followers to collect the 'bodies' of your father and the others, and hurriedly led the people out."

Cheng Wan's eyebrows skipped a beat. The "gu" mentioned by County Magistrate Song couldn't be Gu Yan, right?

Xu Zhinian also opened his mouth slightly and turned to look at Cheng Wan. The meaning in his eyes was obvious: "It can't be Mr. Gu, right?"

As expected of good sisters, I want to go together.

Mrs. Xu didn't notice the quarrel between Cheng Wan and Xu Zhinian, and continued to talk about what happened next.

The two followers who were left by County Magistrate Song to collect the bodies of Magistrate Xu and others, just when they were about to move Magistrate Xu's "body", they discovered that Magistrate Xu was not dead.

Not only was Magistrate Xu not dead, but he also grabbed the arm of one of the two men as if he was having a flashback, and begged them to help him.

The two of them didn't know whether they couldn't bear it or were emboldened by the heavy reward promised by County Magistrate Xu. They actually secretly concealed the fact that Magistrate Xu was alive.

And while County Magistrate Song took a lot of people out to do things, and there were no people in the county government office, he found a carriage, carried Magistrate Xu onto the carriage, and drove towards the city gate.

Song County Magistrate's attempt to murder County Magistrate Xu and kill those above him is a capital crime. Of course, he would not publicly tell the outside world that something happened to the Magistrate before he had full control of Qingyuan County.

So the gatekeepers guarding the city gate didn't know that their magistrate was being plotted and his life was in danger.

One of the two men was holding the unconscious Magistrate Xu in the car, and the other was driving the carriage outside.

When leaving the city gate, they just flashed the private seal of the county magistrate that Magistrate Xu had given them before he passed out, and the guard let them go.

In this way, the two followers of Song County Cheng who came to kill Magistrate Xu, "daringly" betrayed their master and sent Magistrate Xu out of the city.

At that time, Mrs. Xu was already waiting in a hidden place outside the city with some urgently packed luggage, a few loyal servants, and the government doctor.

Mrs. Xu also arranged for a smart and reliable loyal servant to quietly hide a little further away from the city gate and stare at the city gate.

Mrs. Xu has told this loyal servant that if it gets dark and you don't see the master coming out of the city, you don't need to keep an eye on him.

And Magistrate Xu did not disappoint Madam Xu's arrangement. Magistrate Xu seemed to have guessed that Madam Xu would arrange for people to stare at the city gate. He gave the two people the same thing before completely passing out.

One is the private seal of the county magistrate.

One is the sachet that I always carry with me.

The private seal is for leaving the city gate, and the sachet is for identifying people arranged by Mrs. Xu.

Magistrate Xu, who held on to his last bit of consciousness before passing out, told the driver to wear the sachet in a conspicuous place on his body after leaving the city gate.

With the help of this sachet, after careful observation, the loyal servant successfully waited until Magistrate Xu was breathing.

However, the two men were not prepared to pay him back. Instead, they asked the loyal servant to go to his master to get the money. Only after he got the promised money would he return Magistrate Xu back.

From this, after going through some twists and turns, Magistrate Xu, along with the magistrate's private seal and sachet, were returned to Mrs. Xu.

Magistrate Xu was seriously injured, but anyone who stayed where he was might die.

There was no other way. Mrs. Xu could only grit her teeth and hold on to the mentality of a gambler. She slowed down on her way and asked the doctor to treat Magistrate Xu on the carriage.