Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 96: The Collapse of Order

Just the day after Xiao Jingchuan left, order in the county town began to collapse.

"We can't do anything about it. Just take care of your families." A patrol captain gave up.

At the moment, let alone taking charge of Donglai County City, it would be considered good enough if they could protect the people around them.

Song Changming alone was unable to change the situation in the city, and he estimated that there would be chaos for a few more days before the imperial army arrived.

After returning to the Song residence, Song Changming told the two elders not to go anywhere for the next few days and just sit in the yard and bask in the sun.

"Changming, what happened? Why is there such a commotion outside? There are also reports that the county magistrate has abandoned the city and fled?" Song's father asked worriedly.

"The rumors are true. The county magistrate has indeed left, and now the city is in chaos." Song Changming did not hide anything and told the two elders about the matter.

"There is actually such a thing!" Song's father exclaimed that he had never seen such a thing in his life.

He had lived most of his life and had never experienced this.

No one expected that the county magistrate, who had been doing a good job, would suddenly leave.

During Xiao Jingchuan's reign, although he was not honest and close to the people, at least under his rule, there was no major chaos in Donglai County and it was relatively peaceful.

The quality of life of the people is not bad compared with other states and counties. Overall, he is a qualified and capable county magistrate.

"It's a good thing I listened to you. I bought a lot of rice and grain for the family. Even though it's chaotic outside, I won't go." Song's mother said thankfully.

If Song Changming hadn't been working at the headquarters, they would have been completely unprepared to deal with the current chaos.

"Dahuang, Dabai, be more careful these days and guard the yard well." Song Changming instructed the two big dogs beside him.

"Wang!"

The two dogs responded in unison, sticking out their long, spiked tongues.

At night, the city was still far from quiet.

They robbed money, food, treasures, and even women, and it became increasingly worse.

When there is no constraint of order, people's inner greed will expand infinitely, and many people will do whatever they want at this time.

They even dared to team up and challenge the powerful people in the city who they had not dared to provoke in the past.

Even the Song residence where Song Changming lived attracted a few daring thieves in the second half of the night.

As a result, Song Changming didn't even have to wait for him to get up, as the two big dogs in the yard bit the thieves away.

Early in the morning, Liang Zhaolong brought the remaining seven patrol guards to find Song Changming.

"The brothers are all settled." Liang Zhaolong said.

"Well, you've worked hard. Come over and have breakfast." Song Changming waved to a few people.

Among the nearly fifty patrol guards under his command, more than ten were taken away by Xie Shihuan, while the remaining thirty or so did not leave and were still willing to follow Song Changming.

Yesterday, Song Changming asked Liang Zhaolong to settle the patrol guards with families and relatives before coming to see him.

The remaining seven patrol guards, including Liang Zhaolong himself, were all free-spirited people, so during this turbulent period, they all came to Song Changming for help.

"Okay." Liang Zhaolong was not polite and put the buns into his mouth one by one.

It was because Song Changming's family had a lot of food stored, otherwise they would not be able to feed so many warriors.

"After all this journey, how is the city now?" Song Changming asked.

"It's a mess, too messy!" Liang Zhaolong shook his head.

"There are dead bodies everywhere. If merchants don't have enough warriors to protect them, their fate will be even worse. Only those powerful local families can stay out of this turmoil."

Song Changming shook his head and asked no more questions.

This was all predictable. The scene in the city over the past two days was a microcosm of a truly chaotic world.

If troubled times really come, they will only be worse than they are now.

"Boss, you, you have two lions?"

Several patrol guards stared at Dahuang and Dabai, who had just arrived in the yard and were taking a nap, and asked with a little nervousness.

Now the two big dogs really look like lions, and they look very majestic and domineering.

"What are you talking about? It's just a guard dog we've raised since it was a little girl. Don't worry, it won't bite its own people." Song Changming waved his hand.

"A domestic guard dog." The guard swallowed and calmed down.

"Is this a strange beast?" Liang Zhaolong knew more, as he had also seen those strange beasts in the wild.

In his opinion, only an exotic dog could grow so huge and majestic.

"Not sure, maybe it just has some blood of exotic beasts." Song Changming said casually.

As he was speaking, a young man came running over and knocked on the door of the Song residence in a hurry.

Song Changming looked up and recognized the young man.

He was a groom who had worked for Liang Chuanshan for many years, and seemed to be a distant relative of Liang Chuanshan.

"Sir Song, something happened at Director Liang's place!" the young man said immediately when he saw Song Changming at home.

"Explain clearly." Song Changming stood up and frowned.

On the other side, at the Liang residence, the gate was broken into pieces, as if it had been smashed by someone. On the courtyard wall, more than a dozen ragged figures were squatting or standing, looking at Liang Chuanshan, who was the only one left in the courtyard.

All the servants and guards were lying on the ground, all of them had been killed.

Even Liang Chuanshan himself had several wounds on his body and was bleeding continuously.

"Director Liang, you probably never thought that this day would come when you put us in jail." One of the criminals grinned.

In the side rooms, other prisoners kicked down the doors and walked out, curling their lips.

"I have to admire Director Liang's vigilance. He hid your wife and children so quickly?"

"Don't let my family get hurt. If you have any grudges, come to me!" Liang Chuanshan said coldly as he looked at the group of vicious criminals in front of him.

"That won't do, Director Liang. You've detained me for years and tortured me for so long. It won't be enough to relieve the hatred in my heart if I just kill you. If possible, it would be more fun to torture you slowly!" The criminal laughed.

"Besides you, I will find all the other patrol guards under your command and deal with them one by one until I am satisfied!"

Liang Chuanshan took a deep breath. If he had to say what he regretted most at the moment, it was that he did not order the execution of these crazy criminals in prison before the chaos broke out in the city.

This was undoubtedly his negligence, and he is the only one who has to bear the consequences of today's suffering.

"Could there be a hidden cellar or something in there?" a criminal suddenly said when he saw Liang Chuanshan standing in the yard without moving.

There was no sign of surprise on Liang Chuanshan's face, but he was already a little panicked in his heart.

He did hide his wife, children and family in a cellar.

If discovered, the consequences would be disastrous.

Just as he was clenching the knife in his hand and was about to fight a final life-and-death battle with these evil criminals, a man rushed in and attracted everyone's attention.

"Let's go!" Liang Chuanshan shouted in a low voice when he saw that it was his groom who rushed in. He didn't want to see another person die.

"Where are you going!" a vicious criminal standing on the courtyard wall screamed.

As he spoke, he flew over and attacked the young man with one hand forming a claw.

To him, dealing with an ordinary person is no different from killing a chicken.

However, the next moment.

He saw a flash of silver light that dazzled his eyes.

By the time he reacted, he had already been stabbed in the heart, and the blade had pierced directly through his body.

Song Changming drew his sword, stepped over the threshold and walked in.

"Changming!" When Liang Chuanshan saw Song Changming, he felt he saw hope.

Seeing that Liang Chuanshan was still alive, Song Changming breathed a sigh of relief and his eyes fell on the fugitives.

"Kill them all?" He asked Liang Chuanshan.

"Yeah!" Liang Chuanshan nodded.

These evil criminals can be killed at will, but the fact that they escaped from prison is an even more serious crime and is unforgivable.

Song Changming then shook off the blood on the knife and walked towards the prisoners in the yard.

"I remember him. He was also the chief patrol officer of the Patrol Armor Division. I was arrested by him!" One of the fugitives pointed at Song Changming and said gritting his teeth.

It turns out that Song Changming arrested him a few years ago when he was still patrolling the Houli Street Patrol Division.

Of course, Song Changming had no impression of this prisoner. After all, he had arrested many prisoners over the years and it was impossible for him to remember them all.

"on!"

Several people in the yard looked at each other and realized that Song Changming seemed not easy to deal with. Then they attacked together and rushed towards Song Changming with swords in hand.

They are all warriors, and each of them is quite strong, with at least the third level of physical cultivation.

If an ordinary prisoner had the opportunity to leave the prison, he would not have enough time to escape, but he would not dare to seek revenge on Liang Chuanshan after escaping. He is so bold and presumptuous.

If it were in the past, when he was still in the Patrol Guard Division, the still young Song Changming might have had to be more cautious when facing so many vicious and cruel thugs.

But now he doesn't need to think too much, just chop it!
He faced the man and chopped him down on the head with the dragon-patterned knife.

There is no need for any skill in swordsmanship, just a strong brute force is enough to kill the madman in front of him with his sword broken!
After three consecutive slashes, three people were killed on the spot. Because Song Changming's knife was too fast, the three fugitives didn't even have time to scream.

"Come on, come on together!"

Seeing this, the remaining fugitives no longer stood idly by and rushed forward in groups of more than ten or twenty people.

Liang Chuanshan, who was standing by, was a little worried when he saw this scene and wanted to help.

However, he soon realized that his idea was unnecessary.

This group of powerful, vicious and cruel criminals in his eyes, when they stood before Song Changming, not a single one of them could block a blow from Song Changming.

As if he had mastered the art of divination, Song Changming was mowing the grass in the yard at a rapid speed.

Human heads were thrown into the air and blood was gushing out.

By the time the remaining prisoners were frightened and wanted to escape, it was already too late.

As the last fugitive was nailed to the courtyard wall by Song Changming with a dragon-patterned knife, in just a short moment, a pile of corpses appeared in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)