Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 80: Three Dragons of Dongcang
The next afternoon, a piece of news spread throughout the county town!
The bandit army from Tengya Mountain came out in full force and was making a long-distance attack towards the county town with great momentum!
There's going to be a war!

This piece of news was like a thunderclap, which completely caused an uproar in the county town.

It has been a long time since the war broke out in Donglai County.

Twenty years? Or thirty years?
Young people like Song Changming's generation can be said to have lived in a peaceful era since they were born.

No matter how the situation changes outside, this county city is absolutely safe.

Today, this peace seems to be broken.

"Have those bandits gone mad? Attacking the county town can be considered a rebellion!"

"I've said it before, I won't allow anyone to snore beside my bed. If the bandits from Tengya Mountain are not eliminated, there will be endless troubles!"

"I really don't know what our county governor was thinking. Why did he do nothing all these years and allow the bandit army to stay there?"

"I heard from the caravans that fled back along the way that the bandit army was huge in number, so huge that it was too scary! Do you think our county town will be lost?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! No matter how powerful the bandits are, they are just bandits. How can they compete with the county magistrate's regular army? Don't worry, once the bandits come down the mountain, they are like wild cats without tiger skins. They are just here to die."

"God bless you, please don't let those bandits get in."

For a time, people in the city were in panic.

Even Song's father and mother were worried in the Song residence.

Zhao Huaiming brought his third sister Song Yu and found Song Changming to verify the matter.

In their opinion, Song Changming, who worked in the General Security Bureau, must know more information than them.

"Don't worry, the walls of the county town are so tall and solid, the bandit army can't break in." Song Changming comforted his family.

In fact, he also felt that the bandit army could not break in.

After all, the soldiers of Donglai County are no pushovers, and such a big county city cannot be destroyed so easily.

He was just worried that there were other crises hiding in the dark, and coordinating with the bandit army tonight would be an unknown and uncertain variable.

A simple bandit army cannot break into the city, but with other variables, it is hard to say.

After hearing what Song Changming said, Song's father and mother felt relieved.

Then Song Changming told the two elders not to leave the house, and asked Zhao Huaiming to take the patrol team to take good care of the alley where the Song residence was located tonight, and then hurried back to the headquarters.

The war is about to break out, and although their patrol team does not have to go to the battlefield, they still have other tasks to do.

The patrol department in the urban area must cooperate with the county governor's office to appease the people as much as possible and suppress any signs of chaos.

The General Administration's patrol team will need to draw some troops to cooperate with the county governor's office to guard inside and outside the county governor's office.

Song Changming was transferred to the Xiao Mansion alone to be responsible for the safety of the fourth young lady of the Xiao family.

Xie Shihuan didn't know what to say about this, after all, the other party was the county magistrate's youngest daughter.

He will try his best to meet the other party's requests if he can agree to it.

At dusk, when the last rays of light faded away, noises were heard outside the city.

It was like the sound of thousands of horses galloping, and the overwhelming cheers, intertwined with the sounds of horns and drums.

Many people in the city could hear it.

In the Xiao Mansion, in a beautiful courtyard.

Song Changming leaned against a rockery not far away with his arms folded across his chest, carrying a dragon-patterned sword on his back and wearing a suit of armor. He did not look bulky, but rather thin and fitted, just to minimize the impact on his movements and agility.

In addition, he had discarded the helmets and hats worn by ordinary patrol guards.

Although the helmet can protect the head from critical hits, it will also hinder the use of his five senses, which is a limitation to his strength.

When his strength improved to a certain level, he gradually understood why those great heroes and masters in the world of martial arts always went into battle lightly armed with only a sword and a piece of cloth.

Now he more or less understood why.

To the strong, many protective gears are just a burden.

When the flesh, blood, tendons and bones are tempered to the extreme, the body becomes indestructible and there is no need for other external protection.

Tonight the sky is covered with dark clouds, the stars are dim and hazy.

This is truly a great night for murder and arson.

He could also hear the deafening noise coming from outside the city in the distance, and it seemed that the war had already begun.

Suddenly, the sound of a piano was heard in the courtyard. The sound was so melodious that it drowned out the chaotic and noisy sounds in the distance.

It also soothed the inner restlessness of many people in the courtyard.

Song Changming looked towards the pavilion not far away.

Several maids holding lanterns stood around the pavilion in the courtyard, with two personal guards, Min'er and Xiu'er, standing on both sides.

In the center is Xiao Shuyun, sitting in the pavilion playing the piano alone.

Outside the pavilion, in addition to the patrol team brought by Song Changming, there were also many other guards armed with weapons.

Most of them were retainers recruited by Xiao Shuyun over the past year or so, and some were guards of the Xiao Mansion.

All together, there are nearly a hundred people protecting Xiao Shuyun tonight alone!
And this is only the area near the courtyard here. It is unknown how strong the defense is in the entire huge Xiao Mansion.

The security is so tight that not even a mouse can get in.

While smoke was rising outside the city, the county magistrate's office inside the city also welcomed a group of invaders.

They quietly broke into the room where the second-rank official had lived before, but they did not see the distinguished guest from the county governor's mansion as they had hoped. The room was empty, even the mattress on the big bed was neatly folded, with no signs of anyone having lived there.

"Fire arrows!"

Suddenly, fires appeared everywhere outside the house, and rockets shot into the house through the gaps between windows and doors.

The rocket ignited the room and the large amount of kerosene on the walls, causing a huge fire.

"Fell into a trap!"

The invaders also realized at the first moment that the situation was not good. One of them slapped the door of the burning house with his large hand like a palm leaf fan.

The entire door was smashed in an instant, and everyone then used their own unique abilities to rush out of the fire room facing the piles of rockets, and landed in the courtyard outside the house, where they were surrounded by a group of armored soldiers.

There are also many long-range archers on the outer layer who use crossbows and arrows.

In addition, there were many martial arts masters stationed in the county magistrate's mansion, standing at the forefront of the encirclement, staring at the invaders in front of them.

"Nine Extreme Swordsman Mo Xingyun, Giant Whale Sect's Liu Zheng, Golden Sword Sect's Lu Yanliang, and the masters from the Floating Flower Sect and the Blood Transformation Sect who have left.
It's really lively today. What are you all doing here tonight? Who on earth has such a big face that can invite you, the masters who have been famous for a long time, to come together! "

The retainer sitting in the county magistrate's mansion said in a cold tone.

"Bah, you are willing to be a running dog of the government, you really deserve to die!" Liu Zheng spat and mocked these gangsters in the county magistrate's mansion.

A retainer laughed and said, "You are all people who have abandoned your sect and your adoptive parents. How dare you bark here?"

"kill!"

The dozen or so martial arts masters who arrived did not say anything but shouted or cursed. They looked at each other and rushed out one after another, apparently trying to break out.

"Everyone, since you are here, please stay!"

All the retainers of the government came out. They were all famous masters with extraordinary strength in the underworld. However, they later defected to the government and rarely participated in the affairs of the underworld.

The two sides started fighting, and suddenly the sand and stones were flying in the yard, and a strong wind was blowing.

"So strong!" Zhou Sixin felt the pressure doubled as he watched the martial arts masters from various sects fighting in the field.

With his vision, he could only barely judge that the physical training of these martial arts masters was at least at the fifth level.

No matter who came out, he didn't have the confidence that he could block three attacks from the other person.

Even Lu Zheng who was standing by frowned with a solemn expression. It was obvious that even he felt the pressure.

It has to be said that the world is vast, and these renowned masters are all extremely powerful characters.

Now, in order to assassinate that second-rank official, so many experts have been recruited to cooperate. This scene is indeed a bit exaggerated.

And to be able to invite so many martial arts masters, the power of the person behind the scenes must be extraordinary.

"Hmph, no matter how powerful the martial arts masters are, none of them will come back this time!" Xiao Jingchuan and a group of civil servants stood outside the encirclement and said coldly.

Ji Xuechang, the county chancellor standing by, frowned and bowed to Xiao Jingchuan, saying, "Sir, none of these people in the martial arts world are panicking. They are able to compete with your retainers with ease and do not seem to be in a hurry to leave."

After hearing what the people around him said, Xiao Jingchuan also figured out something.

"If so." Ji Xuechang hesitated.

"Impossible, how could they know where I placed Lord Li? Shihuan, you go and take a look!" Xiao Jingchuan was still a little worried at the end, and said to Xie Shihuan.

Xie Shihuan nodded, turned around and walked out of the county magistrate's mansion. He mounted his horse and left quickly with his ten personal guards.

They came all the way to the Xiao Mansion, passed through layers of heavily guarded guards, and arrived at a side courtyard of the Xiao Mansion.

In the courtyard, a man sat alone, sipping tea and appreciating the flowers.

This person was none other than Li Zhe, the second-rank official who had previously lived in the county governor's mansion.

When Li Zhe saw Xie Shihuan coming hurriedly, he put down the jade cup and sighed softly.

"Thank you, Chief. I've fallen into your trap."

Xie Shihuan was stunned when he heard this, but then he quickly reacted and his face changed drastically.

"Good, thank you for leading the way." Three figures climbed over the roof of the yard and floated over.

One of them was wearing heavy black iron armor and carrying a serrated sword on his shoulder, while the other had his clothes half-undone and held a long sword in his hand.

The third person was wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt, a black scarf on his head, and a long stick behind his waist.

Xie Shihuan was very regretful. He should have thought that the other party had no idea where Li Zhe was before and should have been more anxious than them.

But now, any trick of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west would make them unable to sit still.

If he came to confirm Li Zhe's safety at this time, it would be tantamount to actively exposing Li Zhe to the enemy.

And this is actually the case.

"If I'm not mistaken, you three are the three dragons of Dongcang back then." Li Zhe glanced at the three people who fell into the yard. He didn't look panicked, but calmly stated the identities of the three people.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, there are still people who remember us." Jiang Kan put down the serrated knife on his shoulder and looked at Li Zhe.

"Since you still remember my name, I will leave you with an intact body today." Luo Haolin said with a smile, flicking his wrist, and the long sword circled in his palm.

"It is rumored that the blood dragon feeds on blood. How could it let me go so easily today?" Li Zhe said calmly.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh. Now I have given up this bad habit. I have changed from eating blood to drinking alcohol. Don't worry, I won't torture you before you die." Luo Haolin grinned and didn't care.

"Why bother talking to him? Just kill him. It would be best if we can bring his body back as well." Xu Dabao, with a black scarf tied on his head, said as he planned to take action first.

As for Xie Shihuan, he did not take him seriously as just a general manager of the city.

(End of this chapter)