Strange Tales from the Northern Qi Dynasty

Chapter 50 County Magistrate
The servants looked at each other with horror on their faces.

They were no longer as arrogant and ruthless as before. These fully armed, tall and mighty slaves were now standing there in a daze, unable to move.

Zhang Li rushed towards them fiercely.

The servants felt their hair stand on end, and without knowing who started it, they turned around and ran away.

These people screamed and howled for help and fled in all directions.

An unlucky man tripped and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to get up, he was hit by several swords on the back. He screamed, jumped up, and ran away.

After running a few steps, he suddenly twitched, fell to the ground, and didn't move.

The entire backyard was in chaos, which alarmed the soldiers guarding it.

Within a moment, dozens of armored soldiers gathered from all directions. Fortunately, these people did not escape. One armored soldier knocked Zhang Li to the ground from behind, and the rest of the armored soldiers easily pounced on him, tied him up and captured him alive.

The slaves were still running, so the soldiers ordered them to stop.

The servant didn't care until the soldier swung his sword. The sword was so fast that it flashed by and a man's head flew up, and the head and body were separated. The headless body moved forward a few steps numbly and then fell to the ground.

The rest of the people were so frightened that they lay on the ground, motionless.

The soldiers shouted and people were running everywhere. The county government had never been so chaotic before.

"What happened?"

Cao Gong screamed and rushed over from not far away, looking at the slaves lying on the ground, and then at the soldiers who were gathering more and more.

"Get down!"

The soldier raised the knife in his hand.

"I am an official."

"Crack~~"

Before Cao Gong could finish his words, the soldier hit him on the forehead with the back of his knife.

As the sound came, Cao Gong covered his forehead with his hands, and blood dripped from his fingers.

"Get down!"

The soldier gave the order again. Cao Gong dared not say anything more and lay on the ground in a dignified posture.

He Ananda was sitting in the courtyard at this moment, and two young men were standing outside the door.

He drank his tea carefully. In front of him was a square object covered with a black cloth.

At this moment, I suddenly heard exclamations and hurried footsteps coming from outside.

He Ananda stood up suddenly and pulled away the black cloth in front of him. There was a cage inside. He opened the cage and took out the carrier pigeon.

With a strong throw, the pigeon flew straight into the sky.

He reached in again and threw again, and there was another one.

He Ananda watched the pigeons gradually disappear in the distance, and then hurriedly brought the cage into the house.

A moment later, he returned to the yard and opened the door.

The two young men looked outside in fear, not knowing what to do. "Stay here, I'll go over and take a look."

"Chase me!!"

On the street, a group of people were galloping on their horses. Their horses were not wearing any armor, and even they themselves were wearing tight clothes and no armor. They still had masks on their faces and did not show their true faces to others.

The leader looked up at the pigeon flying in the air. He took out his bow, aimed at the pigeon, and shot several times in succession.

Finally, the pigeon was shot and fell not far away.

But the rest have disappeared and cannot be seen clearly.

The leader reined in his horse, jumped off, and walked quickly to the minced meat. He rummaged through the meat, but did not see any letter.

The leader turned and looked in the direction of the county government office.

"Damn it! It flew out from the county government office!"

"There are thieves in the county government office!!"

"Thief Army!!!"

On the street not far away, a man was carrying a dung bucket and walking forward with his head down. He looked up and watched the pigeons flying quickly across the sky.

He walked forward for a distance, then suddenly turned around, walked into a house and closed the door from the inside.

"Store."

This person spoke.

Wang Fu walked out slowly from the inner room. At this moment, he changed into his original clothes. After walking out of the door, he also looked towards the horizon.

"Gao Su is coming?"

"Correct."

The dung carrier did not put down the bucket and continued, "The farmer once said that as long as the carrier pigeon flies, it means Gao Su is coming to the county government."

"You can set up an ambush and assassinate him outside the county government office."

"But there are many soldiers inside and outside the county government office. They are Gao Su's elite troops and are not easy to deal with."

"Moreover, many roads outside the county government are controlled by people. If Gao Su comes here, even if he has an official badge, it will be useless."

The dung picker looked at Wang Fu calmly and said, "I can't help you with this. You have to find a way to solve it yourself."

Wang Fu nodded, "I know, everyone has their own job, but once He Ananda's pigeon flies away, he himself will be in trouble." The dung picker shook his head, "You don't have to care about this."

"There's a gang of robbers in Cheng'an. As a new patrol officer, he will definitely not be able to escape. He will die anyway. He might as well die for the general."

Wang Fu paused.

"Do your job well and don't let down the general and your colleagues."

As the dung carrier said this, he put the dung bucket aside, reached in, and threw a few crossbow arrows in front of Wang Fu.

Those crossbow arrows were smelly and dirty.

"Take it and use it. If you get hurt, you will die."

Wang Fu bowed respectfully to the dung carrier.

He turned around again and bowed deeply in the direction of the county government.

“I will definitely not let you down!!”

When Liu Taozi and several clerks returned to the vicinity of the county government office, they were immediately stopped by armored soldiers.

These soldiers are in high spirits, with their swords drawn.

Tian Zili hurried forward to "negotiate", and several soldiers finally put away their swords.

"County lieutenant."

Tian Zili chatted with them for a few words, then bowed and returned.

He gestured to Taozi and others, then lowered his head and walked towards the Sanliyuan. The roar of the soldiers could be heard not far away.

"Brother Taozi, something big happened!"

"They said the county lieutenant had been assassinated, and everyone in the county government office was under surveillance, only allowed to enter but not leave."

"No one came out to take charge at the moment, so Gao Su's guards took over directly."

Liu Taozi frowned.

Yao Xiong was horrified. "How could the county lieutenant be assassinated in the county government office? How is this possible? There are so many soldiers outside, who could have come in?"

He glanced at Taozi beside him and shook his head: Even Brother Taozi can’t do it!
Every ten steps in the county government office there was an armored soldier, all of whom were elite soldiers brought by Gao Su, armed with crossbows. Who could sneak in and kill the county lieutenant who lived in the innermost part? ?

Tian Zili's face flushed, and he couldn't help but say, "If that's true, then he is truly an invincible warrior!"

They walked into the South Courtyard. The substitute clerks and the scattered clerks were all in the outer courtyard, sitting on the ground, motionless.

The yard was full of armored soldiers standing in a circle, holding crossbows. When they saw the people coming in, they motioned for them to sit down.

Tian Zili and a few others slowly sat down in the crowd, and everyone present lowered their heads.

Everyone kept silent, just lowered their heads. Many people didn't even know what was happening. The soldiers rushed in, drove them to the backyard and controlled them.

Tian Zilie tried to negotiate several times, but failed.

These elite officials in the county government are difficult to bribe with money.

Everyone just sat there, watching time pass by little by little, their faces pale, their eyes full of fear and despair.

Some people just shed tears silently, praying to God to open his eyes again and again in their hearts.

At this moment, someone rushed in quickly from outside.

He was a Hu man with the same emerald green eyes as Qi Lou Nan. He looked at the people in front of him.

He gave the order very straightforwardly.

"Kill them all."

Everyone looked pale and stunned.

The soldiers raised their crossbows one after another, and Taozi leaned forward, ready to pounce.

"stop!!!!"

There was a roar outside, and then a man rushed into the yard.

There were quite a few people following him.

Seeing this person, Taozi stopped what she was doing. Everyone seemed to have seen their savior, and some even cried out loud.

The scene became a little chaotic. The newcomer rushed into the yard, quickly searched everyone, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The Hu man turned and looked at the person who came.

This is a young man, very handsome, with a frown on his face and a bit of imposing manner.

Behind him followed some armored soldiers, all with their heads lowered.

The Hu people signaled everyone to stop and looked at him unscrupulously.

"who are you?"

Lu Qubing was standing in front of him at this moment, with extraordinary momentum. He raised his head, took out a piece of paper from his arms and spread it out with force.

“This is the temple’s canonization!!”

"I'm the new county magistrate! Lu Qubing!!"

"Stop it!!"

ps: The performance of the new book is not very good, maybe it’s because the style has changed too much, but I am very happy writing it and I want to write more and more. I feel that among all the books I have written over the years, my passion for writing this book is probably the greatest. Thank you all for your support.

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