The old lunatic drove the carriage very fast along the way. Lu Chongming knew that he wanted to send them away, so he drove back early. Lu Chongming kept silent about this.

As the night receded and the sky gradually turned white, when the sun was high up, the group of three finally arrived at Jiming Station, the largest mountain station in the north.

The ancient city is majestic and old, standing quietly under the sun, and the mottled walls tell its long history.

The city is not big, but it is economically developed because of its location on an important road. There are countless merchants coming and going, and there are many postmen with fire seal tokens on their waists galloping. It is a bustling and lively scene.

The old lunatic put the wheelchair on the ground, stretched out his hand and was about to hug someone, when he saw Lu Chongming stretched his hand, and the whole person had already slipped lightly into the wheelchair. Seeing this, he raised his eyebrows, and touched things , It took a long time to find out more than a dozen copper plates.

He seemed a little embarrassed about his shabbiness, he pulled his beard vigorously, and said: "Well, don't mind, you know that I am a poor man, if I knew it, I would have bought less wine." Because of the hurry to leave last night, the jar of wine didn't have time to bring it out.

Lu Chongming touched those somewhat greasy copper plates, and finally asked redundantly, "Are you really going back?"

"Ah!" The old lunatic replied noncommittally, and said, "I still owe that old boy a life. The life debt is the hardest thing to say. I will feel uncomfortable if I don't pay it back."

Lu Chongming covered his eyes, "I still owe you my life, and according to what you said, I have to pay it back, otherwise I will feel very uncomfortable."

Looking at the speechless old lunatic, he patted his waist—his shoulders were out of reach—and said, "If you come back alive, I will definitely repay you for saving my life!"

The old lunatic laughed, and his hearty laughter gave him a sense of unrestrained and unrestrained. He lightly kicked Xiao Qin who was beside him, and said, "Hurry up and report to the magistrate Chen at the county government office. In such a situation, don't cry anymore, or I'll strip you naked and hang you on the city wall!"

Xiao Qin was startled, subconsciously grabbed the corner of his clothes, and then rushed into the crowd.

The old lunatic untied the old horse that was pulling the cart, turned over on the horse's back, cupped his hands for the last time, and patted the horse away.

There were many people coming and going around, but suddenly Lu Chongming's side was empty and only his shadow remained.

He touched the dozen or so copper coins in his hand, and decided that it was more important to fill his stomach first.

After eating two steamed buns, he stuffed the remaining two into his arms. Lu Chongming wandered around the city for a long time, but finally found a crying figure in a corner not far from the government.

His face was expressionless, and he didn't look too surprised. After watching for a long time, seeing that he still showed no signs of stopping, he finally sighed helplessly, and rolled over with the wheelchair.

The crying person seems to have heard the movement in front of him, and finally raised his head. When he saw the young man sitting in the wheelchair, he cried even louder.

Lu Chongming rubbed the center of his brows, patted the hairy head lying on his knee comfortingly, and said, "Did you get kicked out?"

Furry's head moved, and Xiao Qin choked up and said: "They don't believe my words at all, saying that I deceive people with evil words and intend to disturb people's hearts. I tried my best to explain, trying to make County Magistrate Chen believe me, but he let Someone threw me out..."

In the end, there was grievance in his voice.

"I knew it would be like this." Lu Chongming murmured, and patted his shoulder with his right hand, trying to make him stand up, but just when he touched his shoulder, he heard a gasp.

He frowned and said coldly, "Did they hit you?"

Hearing that his tone was wrong, Xiao Qin quickly shook his head, "It's nothing, I just fell when I was thrown out, and it won't hurt after a while."

Lu Chongming pressed on his shoulder, and when the other party gasped again, he said, "Get up, let's go."

"Ah?" Xiao Qin wondered, "Where are you going?" He hadn't finished the task assigned by the old lunatic, and he didn't want to be stripped naked and hung on the city gate, that would be too embarrassing.

"It's useless for you to sit here." Lu Chongming finally took a look at the gate of the government not far away, and said, "Leave here first."

Xiao Qin is not a person with his own opinions. Seeing Lu Chongming again after encountering setbacks is like finding a backbone. He even forgot the threat of the old lunatic for a while, and took the initiative to help him push the wheelchair away up.

After Lu Chongming stayed in the city for three days, he spent all the dozen or so copper coins on his body, and even donated the silver coins on Xiao Qin's body, the accident finally came.

In the middle of the night on the third day, the Tatar army suddenly appeared outside the city like ghosts and ghosts. The flames were raging and half the sky was red.

The sound of shouting and killing broke through the night sky, waking up the entire city from sleep. People were terrified, and everyone was terrified to the extreme.

And the 60-year-old county magistrate Chen, who was supposed to be in charge of the overall situation, died directly on the belly of his beautiful No. 30 eight-bedroom concubine at the moment the news came.

The whole city was in chaos, and there were people running around like headless flies everywhere. The general manager Wang Quan was regarded as a quick-witted person, so he immediately organized people to build up the city wall to resist the enemy, and sent another 100-man team to maintain the city. Order in the city.

The bright red area outside the city is full of torches. Roughly counting, there are five thousand. Rao Wang Quan, a military general who has been prepared for a long time, can't help but feel his legs go weak. The number of enemy troops is five times that of our army, how can this be good...

The flags fluttered in the wind, the moon was setting in the west, and the sky was about to dawn. Wang Quan knew that the moment the sky turned white was the time for the enemy to attack.

It is absolutely impossible for the 1000 to 3 troops in this city to resist. Once the city is broken, let alone whether you can keep the black yarn on your head, just say that there are more than [-] people in the city. With the brutality of the Tatars, they will definitely be wiped out!That was his sin!

Wang Quan asked someone to light a beacon, watching the little spark being extended all the way to the distance, it was almost his only hope.

But at this moment, there was a loud noise from behind, and a middle-aged scholar in Confucian uniform came over surrounded by several people.

Wang Quan frowned, and when he was about to speak, he was robbed by the other party, "General Manager Wang, what's going on? How many enemy troops have come?"

Wang Quan smiled wryly, turned sideways to give way, and said, "Master Hu, let's see for yourself."

That Master Hu took a few steps forward, and carefully looked out from the battlements. He only took a quick look, and then trembled with fright, "Why are there so many, why are there so many... It's over, it's over..."

"Master Hu," Wang Quan said with a frown, "don't say such words that disturb the morale of the army."

Whoosh——A sharp arrow came, sticking to the top of Master Hu's head and staring fiercely at the tower behind him. Master Hu fell to the ground, his lips trembling, and his face was as pale as paper.

The enemy's laughter came from outside the city wall, Wang Quan pulled out the arrow with force, and took off the letter nailed to the arrow.

"Wang, Mr. Wang?" Master Hu's legs were trembling and he was helped up.

Wang Quan said in a deep voice: "Tartar surrender letter! Otherwise, all the people in the city will be slaughtered the day the city is destroyed!"

"Surrender?" Master Hu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Then, then we..."

"Master Hu!" Wang Quan swung his sleeves and said angrily, "How can you believe what the Tatars say!"

"I, I also think about the people in the city." Master Hu argued.

Wang Quan wanted to say more, but he saw a soldier running over quickly and handed over a black token, saying that the owner of the token was begging to see him below.

Wang Quan turned pale with shock, and hurriedly led people down the tower, where a half-grown boy and a bright-looking young man sitting in a wheelchair were waiting for him quietly.

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