Xue Shouye stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, worried. A few days ago, he had already noticed something strange. Shilin County is the county seat under Yuejing City, and the area under his jurisdiction is adjacent to Fuyuan County. The business has always been prosperous here and is the center of business interactions between Fuyuan and Beijing. In recent years, even though wars have occurred frequently in the country, their area has been relatively quiet and has not been affected too much. Everyone should do whatever they should do.

But when the Taiping Army entered Yuejing City and the Ming Dynasty flag began to float above Shilin County, the strange silence in Fuyuan County made Xue Shouye fall to the bottom of the abyss. From then on, he has not had a good sleep.

He naturally knew what this silence meant. But he still held the hope that the princess of Fuyuan County could stop the horse and not let the war burn this quiet and peaceful landlord.

But a few days ago, the Chidao, which had been flowing between the two places, was completely gone, and Xue Shouye was finally desperate. He began to dismiss the people in the city.

Now Shilin City is an empty city, with only some officials from the county government and more than a hundred county soldiers left. It can be said that they are trembling and everyone is in danger.

The spies sent out have not returned yet, which has further deepened Xue Shouye's fear.

Xue Shouye is a scholar and is also a good local official. He manages stone forests and is quite famous. Of course, he doesn't get any money he should have. He doesn't take any money he shouldn't want. He has a good knowledge, but he is a little dull. Although he has stuffed a lot of money up over the years and wants to raise his seat, he has given it out, and the seat under his butt is like being stuck to his butt and has not moved for many years.

The Taiping Army entered the city and changed its dynasties. Those who had become familiar with him in the past and entered Yuejing City. I heard that many people had their official uniforms removed and even lost their heads. He had to be glad that he was lucky. When the messenger of Yuejing City arrived in Shilin with a Great Sun and Moon King Flag, he immediately raised the new flag with his own hands without saying a word.

He no longer had great ambitions, and he just wanted to be a county magistrate safely and just accept the money he deserved every year. Whoever sits in the chair in the county seems to be too far away from him, and it is not his turn to worry about it, a sesame and mung bean official.

When he noticed something different in Fuyuan County, his wife had already sent her back to Yuejing City. He also had a small courtyard in the capital. It was bought by the money he had collected in Shilin County over the years. It was not easy for him to live in the capital. If he had not become the county magistrate and wanted to buy such a small courtyard in Yuejing City, he would have never dared to think about it. The money was not from the right way, but Xue Shouye did not think anything was wrong. He just collected some filial piety money and had not been corrupt and abused the law. Who would not charge money for this position? Just following the example.

He had already made up his mind that once the Fuyuan County Magistrate Jiang Haokun wanted to rebel and his troops were at the Shilin City, he would definitely run away. Although he was responsible for being a county magistrate, he had no soldiers or generals. Even if he ran away, he would at most lose his official position and dismissal afterwards. He would not really take his head. As a county magistrate for these years, the money he had made was enough for him to live for the rest of his life.

Leaning on the battlements of the city wall, he thought in a daze. Under the city, the only servant left behind took good care of the horses and fed them with essential materials every day, just to run away faster in the end. It was only three hundred miles from here to Yuejing.

He was not optimistic about Jiang Haokun's rebellion at all. Naturally, there was no time to open the city gates to welcome the enlightenment of the righteous master. The new emperor of the Ming Dynasty who had just ascended to the throne came over all the bloody journey, with countless arrogant soldiers and generals under his command, which could not be matched by Jiang Haokun, who lived in Fuyuan. Lord Jiang's final outcome was probably the end of a Caishikou behead and implicated in the nine tribes.

Alas! He sighed a long sigh. Unfortunately, he couldn't taste the freshest glass of wine in Shilin this year. The most popular thing in Shilin is not food, but grapes, and the wine brewed by Shilin is sold all over the country. Once this battle starts, there is no harvest this year, and there will be no new wine. I'm afraid the price of this wine will grow wildly. In Shilin, I have been used to drinking wine in the past few years and have no interest in that kind of strong liquor. Although I still have some hidden at home, I don't know when the battle will end, one year or two or more years?

Don’t destroy those grape shelves, otherwise, even if you don’t fight, you will have to wait a year or two before the withered vines will sprout and bear fruit again! And those who escaped winemakers, if they lose this place, will they have no livelihood!

Xue Shouye, who was thinking about it, felt his face cold. He looked up at the sky and it was raining. One point, two points, getting heavier and heavier, and it hit the blue bricks on the city wall, and a stream of smoke and dust rose. The smell of earth steeped in, and it was actually mixed with a little smell of wine. Every inch of the land in this stone forest was soaked in the smell of wine!

The servant Xue Ling ran to the top of the city with an umbrella to block the sudden heavy rain for the master.

"Master, let's go. Just now, I saw the county magistrate and the county magistrate sneak away. The county soldiers also ran away a lot." Xue Ling said in a low voice.

"I am the county magistrate!" Xue Shouye smiled bitterly and said, "I am not a good official, but I must stay until the last moment. In this way, the Emperor will investigate in the future, so I have an excuse, right?"

"It's hard to say whether this new emperor can hold a firm foothold!" Xue Lu slapped and said, "If he is defeated, how can he investigate the responsibility of the master."

"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, but I'm afraid of what if. Besides, is Jiang Haokun the one who can accomplish something? I don't think so. In the future, we will make a living in Yuejing City. If this Majesty remembers me, will there be a good life? After enduring it, we will run away immediately when we see their flags!" Xue Shouye said with a wry smile. "Even if I run, I'll be the last person to run in Shilin City!"

Xue Ling stopped talking. The master read a lot, but he always didn't understand the thoughts of scholars.

The heavy rain was like a turbulent rain, and there were figures flying in the rain.

Xue Shouye was stunned and widened his eyes. He looked at the man, wearing the clothes of ordinary people, and relying on his feet, he was as fast as the galloping horse. He couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Running faster and faster, he rose into the air, and the two**s stepped on the city wall, and they rushed up the city like this. Xue Shouye was stunned, and Xue Ling was so scared that he didn't even know that the umbrella in his hand fell to the ground.

The visitor jumped down from the city and stood in front of Xue Shouye.

"Are you?" Xue Shouye stared at the person who came. He saw that there was still bright red falling down the rain, which was blood.

"Are you the magistrate of Shilin County?" the visitor asked.

"Yes!" Xue Shouye replied.

"How many people are there in the county?" the visitor asked directly.

"I'm the only one!" Xue Shouye pointed at his nose, thought for a while, and pointed to Xue Ling behind him, "He's there."

The person who came was stunned and immediately understood everything. He smiled and said, "Then run away quickly. Do you have any extra horses here? I want to rush back to report the news."

"Are you a spy from the court?" Xue Shouye asked.

"Yes, Jiang Haokun officially rebelled. Now tens of thousands of barbarians are rushing towards Shilin. This county magistrate, run away quickly!" said the spy.

"Barbarian Army?" Xue Shouye was stunned.

"Yes, barbarian army, tens of thousands of barbarians, Jiang Shoukun colluded with the barbarians in the mountains. Some of them were fought in this battle." The spy shook his head: "Do you have a horse?"

"Yes, yes. Xue Ling, go and prepare horses for this hero." Xue Shouye's voice trembled. "You and this hero immediately leave Shilin County."

Xue Ling was stunned: "Master, where are you?"

Xue Shouye was silent for a while: "If Jiang Haokun came, I would run away, but I wouldn't run away, but I wouldn't run away."

Xue Ling was stunned, and the spy was stunned.

"This county magistrate, your mind is not broken, right?" The spy looked at Xue Shouye in surprise. When it comes to the level, the official hat on his head was not necessary. "The barbarian soldiers are only ten times more cruel than the anti-army in Fuyuan Town. You are alone and unarmed, so stay here to seek death?"

"Jiang Haokun's rebellion is just a fight between the same clan. If the barbarian goes down the mountain, it may be a disaster for China. I won't leave!" Xue Shouye turned to look at the spy, and there was no sign of excitement on his face. "This guy, take my servant, and leave quickly. There are only two horses left. Since you are a barbarian, you have to run away quickly."

The spy was stunned for a while, as if he understood something, and asked with a fist, "Dare you ask for your name?"

"The surname is Xue, the name is Shouye!" Xue Shouye waved.

"Master, if you don't leave, I won't leave!" Xue Ling screamed. Xue Shouye didn't say anything, but just looked at the spy. The spy nodded understandingly, slashed Xue Ling on Xue Ling's neck, then lifted the overturned Xue Ling in his hand, strode down the city, took a few steps, and turned around to see Xue Shouye, "I underestimate you, there are also heroes among scholars."

Xue Shouye smiled and said, "I am not a hero. I am a scholar. I have done something and don't do anything."

The two horses left. Xue Shouye was rushing in the city gate building for a while, and actually found a can of wine. He carried the can in one hand and the wine bowl in the other hand, and sat down on the top of the city that was like heavy rain.

The wine was poured into the bowl, and it was as red as blood. I took a sip. How could the delicious wine in the past bring a trace of blood?

The sound of hooves was like thunder, overwhelming the sound of splattering rain. Xue Shouye stood up and looked into the distance.

Teams of cavalry were coming towards Shilin City in the rain. After a while, a torrent of steel gathered under Shilin City.

Xue Shouye picked up a full bowl of wine and laughed loudly, "Well, do you remember the blood flowing thousands of years ago?"
Chapter completed!