"How could Mr. Xiao be hunted down by Guiyilou?" Seeing that Liu Kaize had left, the governor sighed and said, "Guiyilou is a well-known assassin organization in Jianghu. Could it be that Mr. Xiao has offended a big shot in Jianghu?"

Jiang Muyu also had doubts at this time, so he clasped his fists at the governor: "Please tell the governor, please tell the boy that this belongs to the first floor."

The governor knew the seriousness of the situation, so he didn't keep it secret, and said while recalling: "I heard that Guiyilou was originally a business under the name of the Liu family, one of the four great families in Jianghu. It sold information from various parties and was engaged in restaurant business. It's a pity that there is a good saying that people who know too many secrets will never survive. On a dark and stormy night 20 years ago, the Liu family's villa was burned down by a big fire. The whole village has 110 people. No one survived, and the entire family was wiped out. However, five years ago, a man named Liu Yuhen claimed to be a descendant of the Liu family. In just five years, he has gained a great reputation in the world, and ordinary people always keep secrets when they talk about Guiyilou.

But the killers on the first floor are not easy to hire, because their cheapest deal costs ten thousand taels of silver, so ordinary people don't have that deep fear of the first floor.Where is one's own life worth ten thousand taels?The common people still have this self-knowledge, and some people even say good things for Guiyilou, thinking that what they kill are all rich and unkind things.In addition to the high price of murder on the first floor, there is another feature that requires a ransom.When the first batch of killers failed, they would give the target person a month to raise money and redeem their lives with double the price, otherwise they would send higher-level killers to complete the task.

"Since the catastrophe in Guiyilou 20 years ago, it has been hidden so deep that most people can't find where it is," the Governor said, stroking his beard, "That's why I said it was some big man in the world. .”

At this moment, Jiang Muyu thought of one thing, and that was Yuyi's master, Taoist Budai.He thought it must be this person who found Guiyilou and asked to hunt down Xiao Xiao, but luckily Guiyilou agreed to redeem his life with money.It was the first time for Jiang Muyu to thank her for her background, and also for the first time for Xiao Xiao to know Liu Ziming, the crown prince. He believed that this person would not die without saving him.Jiang Muyu thought that Xiao Xiao's going to Wangcheng might be Liu Ziming's idea. For a moment, he was happy that Xiao Xiao's life was guaranteed, and Gu Weilu was sour.

"But Prince Ze will be fine once he goes back." Zong Bing Zhao nodded affirmatively, "Who would dare to compete with the royal family for more money? Besides, the prince is very skilled in martial arts, so even if the killer comes, he is not afraid."

"Fortunately, the prince has gone back," the prefect sighed, "You said that Mr. Xiao is such a good person, why would anyone want to put him to death?"

The magistrate continued angrily: "If it wasn't for Mr. Xiao, I don't know how many people would have died from the epidemic! And if it wasn't for Mr. Xiao's eight methods of epidemic prevention in Xiangcheng this time, how could we survive until now..."

The prairie army was very insidious. As early as the beginning of the siege, they threw rotting corpses into the upper reaches of the river in the city, hoping to spread the disease in the city in this way.It's a pity that the Governor is a conscientious person. When he heard that some people had diarrhea, he knew that there might be a problem with the water source. He ordered that everyone be prohibited from fetching water from the river in the city, and sent soldiers to patrol and supervise.But it’s okay not to take a shower or wash clothes, but how can people not drink water?Seeing more and more people falling down with diarrhea and fever in the city, the magistrate suddenly had an idea and took out Xiao Xiao's eight methods of epidemic prevention and asked the people to act according to the above.

"That's right!" The governor also became indignant, "If it weren't for the eight methods of epidemic prevention, half of the [-] soldiers would have fallen. How can Xiangcheng be defended?"

"Mr. Xiao even took all his family property to buy grain and sent it here!" The man who was afraid to speak at the side also slapped his thigh when he heard this, and interjected: "It turns out that when the big guys in Ancheng were unwilling to build roads, it was Xiao Mister begged Mr. Zhao for the money! The grown-ups guess what happened? Some people even said Mr. Xiao is a foreign thief of the Grassland Army, paving the way for others to attack the city! What a bunch of wolves!"

"Speaking of a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs is an insult to other wolves and dogs!" The magistrate said angrily, and began to write on the paper with a pen, "It's too much for a man of integrity like Mr. Xiao to have someone pour sewage on him! We in Xiangcheng Don't be such an ungrateful person... I will write an announcement to let everyone know what Mr. Xiao has done!"

After all, Jiang Muyu couldn't maintain his expressionless face, and smiled lightly when he saw everyone defending Xiao Xiao.He seemed to finally understand a little bit why Xiao Xiao insisted on writing letters to Liu Ziming to put forward his ideas, and why he did so many things that Jiang Muyu thought were kind and stupid.

Because of these lovely people.

Because there are still many good people in this world after all, because they are worth it.

Jiang Muyu originally went to the battlefield only for Xiao Xiao, but at this moment, for some reason, a sudden impulse surged in his heart—he wanted to fight for Bai Yu.It's not that he doesn't love Xiao Xiao anymore, it's just that he suddenly wants to protect the people Xiao Xiao tried his best to protect, and protect the country Xiao Xiao fought for.

Fighting side by side with Xiao Xiao...

Thinking of this, Jiang Muyu's heart warmed up. This feeling seemed like he had finally found the meaning of life, and he couldn't help clenching his fists.It is good to escort Xiao Xiao, but wouldn't it be more wonderful if we could fight for the same goal with Xiao Xiao?Jiang Muyu looked at the magistrate who was writing furiously, and at the big man who was still talking about Xiao Xiao's achievements, and secretly set a goal in his heart.

Ten days later, the prairie army, which mobilized [-] soldiers to attack the city, was caught off guard by Liannu and fled back to the station outside the pass in embarrassment.The general of the Prairie Army was very annoyed. After finding out that more food and weapons were being transported from Ancheng to Xiangcheng, he resolutely decided to fight with his back, and directly suppressed the border with [-] troops, and was about to take Xiangcheng.It's a pity that the Liannu army led by Jiang Muyu was very powerful, dividing the battlefield like a sharp knife, forcing the general of the grassland army to lead thousands of remnant soldiers to the outside of the pass.Jiang Muyu is well aware of the principle that the poor should not chase after them, and when they saw the general fleeing back to his base camp, he pulled the horse rope and planned to return to the main battlefield, but Rong Yu grabbed his horse's belly and wanted the Liannu troops to follow up and kill the deserter. A piece of armor is not left behind.

"Counsel!" Rong Yu excitedly raised his crossbow, and smiled disdainfully at Jiang Muyu, "If you want to go back, go back, this general wants to avenge Mingshan! If you go back with this general, you will be rewarded!"

As soon as they heard that there was a reward, the eyes of the soldiers behind Rong Yu lit up, and those who were impatient even jumped past Rong Yu and rode forward.Honor was even more proud when he saw it, but before he could continue speaking, a dense rain of arrows shot from the front, shooting those people in front into a hornet's nest.Jiang Muyu hurriedly yelled to retreat, and then pulled the terrified Rong Yu into her arms, turned the horse's head, then performed Qinggong and stood on the horse's back, blocking the flying arrows for the two of them.The dense arrow rain shot and killed many horses and soldiers. Fortunately, Jiang Muyu and the others didn't go too deep, so they just ran back for a while and got rid of the ambush of those so-called deserters.Just listening to his subordinates report the casualties to him while resting, Jiang Muyu couldn't help finding Rongyu with his sword.

"You can go to die, but have you ever thought about the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under your command!" Jiang Muyu grabbed Rong Yu's collar with a grim expression, "Marching and fighting is not a child's play, when will you realize This truth!"

Rong Yu was shaken by Jiang Muyu like a puppet with lingering fear and panic, and couldn't say a word.

There were originally 2000 people following them this time, but now there are only [-] people left.

Rong Yu was familiar with military books and practiced martial arts since he was a child. When he knew that he had become a general, he couldn't sleep for three days.But when he came here, he found out that he was just a general in name, not only the military power was in the hands of the governor, but he also had to be ordered by the magistrate's uncle every day, which was extremely depressing.Almost every day, he fantasizes about killing all directions on the battlefield, fantasizing about how he transports troops like a god, and even thinks about the scenes of himself shrouded in horse leather and his parents in grief-

"It shouldn't be like this..." Rong Yu said blankly.

Jiang Muyu said gloomyly: "What do you think? Kill that general under the horse? The magistrate said that you have been familiar with the art of war since childhood. I thought you had a brain, but I didn't expect that you didn't even have the reason to chase after the poor." I understand! Do you think a general with [-] soldiers will run away regardless of his own army, and the direction of his escape is still the base camp? Can't you see that he is deliberately leading us there!"

"You're so reckless for revenge, do you know that if you make a wrong decision, the soldiers under you will have to pay for it with their lives!" Jiang Muyu swung his sword fiercely, stirring up dust on the ground, "Three hundred lives, they didn't Mortal."

"You are not fit to be a general."

Jiang Muyu let go of Rong Yu's collar, and Rong Yu sat on the ground all of a sudden, covering his face and crying bitterly.

He doesn't deserve it.He is not worthy!

Rong Yu's mind was shaking with Jiang Muyu's questioning, over and over again, which made him feel as if a thousand catties of stone were weighing on his heart.He thought of the man who was pierced by an arrow in front of him and fell down with his eyes open and didn't know what happened. He thought of the bloody corpse trampled on the way to retreat, and his palm was bloodstained by himself.Three hundred soldiers died in vain because of themselves.

Self-blame, guilt, remorse, all kinds of emotions entangled Rong Yu, he followed Jiang Muyu back to Xiangcheng without saying a word, and then knelt in front of the governor and the magistrate's uncle: "Please punish Rong Yu for his crime of dereliction of duty!"

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