He also summoned his former subordinates from the Civil War Corps to get ready together.

At this moment, looking at his subordinates in good order, Liu Ashan breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, when he first took over for the master, the dull man was a little nervous, afraid of exposing his flaws, but after a while, he realized that he was just overly worried.

And the situation is just the opposite. He is dull and talks little, and his words are concise and concise.

Now that he is commanding everyone, he looks even more decisive, efficient and neat.

Of course, this is also possible with the help of Ouyang Rong's accumulated unparalleled authority, but there is also something called talent...

Another half hour passed.

Everything was almost ready. While waiting for the official ship from Zheyi Canal to return, Liu Ashan and his subordinates took a short rest and wiped their sweat.

Liu Ashan held up his mask and turned his head to look at the empty long street that was littered with debris after the people had evacuated.

He turned his head again and took a distant look at Liu's house on the west bank of the Butterfly Creek.

For some reason, the calm and unremarkable little solitary mountain opposite gave Liu Ashan a strange feeling.

It seems like something is happening silently under the sun.

It's a pity that Liu Ashan didn't know how to be angry. In the end, he could only suppress his vague premonition and touched his arms.

After a busy morning, he found that the two sesame cakes wrapped in oil paper hidden in his arms were already cold.

But Liu Ashan, who had been waiting for the official fleet for a long time, immediately received two pieces of news.

Good news.

A bad news.

It was all coming from the Longcheng County Government Office.

The good news came from a letter personally delivered to the dock by a government official.

"Mingfu, this is what Master Xie left when he suddenly came to the county government just now."

"Thank you, aunt...thank you, master?"

Liu Ashan turned around and asked the yamen servant who was handing over the letter: "Where is she?"

"Master Xie seemed to be just passing by. He left a letter and walked in a hurry. He seemed to be heading into Luming Street."

Liu Ashan turned around, took out the letter paper, and saw the familiar handwriting. He was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly became happy.

"The master is back!"

He quickly turned his back to his subordinates, tried hard to suppress his expression, and waved his hand to dismiss the yamen servants.

Whisper to yourself in a low voice that no one can hear:

"The master is over at Dagushan and is rushing back to the county seat...

"But counting the time it took Miss Xie to deliver the letter on the way, I should be here soon. Just in time, I have prepared the rescue supplies for you, and the official ship will be transferred back. I will wait for you to come back and take charge of the overall situation."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Ashan frowned slightly again:

"Wait a minute, Miss Xie is in such a hurry to leave, why are you going..."

At this moment, Liu Ashan turned around and saw that the government servant who had just delivered the letter did not leave, and hesitated to speak.

"If there's anything else, tell me quickly." He said seriously.

The officer lowered his head and said:

"There is something that may be bad news... Mr. Mingfu, there was someone in the county government just now. He passed by and found the gate of Meiluyuan open. When he went in, he saw that it seemed to have been rummaged through and looted. No one was there.

The officer quickly glanced at the officer's face, but he couldn't see Liu Ashan's stiff face under the mask, and hurriedly explained:

"I think some thieves and robbers must have sneaked into the city. They took advantage of the chaos when the people of Dragon City were evacuating and stole Meiluyuan. But they are really short-sighted. Don't you know that Mr. Mingfu is as incorruptible as water..."

"Wait a minute." Liu Ashan grabbed the officer's wrist and interrupted: "You...you said there is no one there? What about the people who used to live in Meiluyuan?"

"Hiss." The officer's wrist hurt but he didn't dare to move his hand. Hearing this, he was also stunned:

"I remember, my subordinates, Master Mingfu took all his relatives and maids back to his hometown. There shouldn't be any important people left in Meilu Garden.

"Master Mingfu, are you talking about the old and young servants who stayed at the house? The people from the county government went in to investigate and didn't see them. They must have escaped or been killed..."

Realizing that the Mingfu's eyes in front of him suddenly became frightening, the Yamen servant quickly swallowed his original words:

"Don't worry, Lord Mingfu, the county government has sent people to investigate..."

Liu Ashan turned a deaf ear and murmured: "Mom, Amei..."

Just when everyone was looking at him and wondering if something was wrong with the magistrate's state, the clatter of horse hooves suddenly came from the end of the street.

"Mingfu! It's not good!"

A horse was rushing towards him. The official on horseback braked suddenly, fell off his horse, got up hastily in front of Liu Ashan, took out the envelope from his arms and handed it over.

"A stranger brought a letter from the Zheyiqu Festival, saying that it was to be delivered to you, Mr. Mingfu..."

Everyone saw that the "young county magistrate" in front of him took the unfamiliar envelope with a blank expression, lowered his head to open it, and browsed it carefully.

The expected change in expression did not occur.

His face was surprisingly calm.

It seemed like he was relieved.

Liu Ashan raised his head, looked around the whole place, and said calmly to everyone:

"Next, it will be hard work for you guys."

Everyone was stunned.

A subordinate asked cautiously: "Master Mingfu, where are those official ships?"

"Here we come." Liu Ashan nodded.

He turned his head indifferently and looked at the snorting brown horse in front of him.

…

Zheyi Canal, Pine Forest Crossing.

Working with Penglangdu of Longcheng County to transport supplies and prepare for flood control in full swing.

There is also the bustle and crowding of people from all over the county slowly gathering into Dagushan, which is all different.

Today, Songlindu, which should have been lively due to the grand celebration, was completely silent at the moment.

Songlin Ferry is the starting point of Zheyi Canal. The high platform where the celebration is held today was built on the open river beach not far from the ferry.

The high platform is naturally as luxurious and festive as the lanterns and festoons. It is beautifully decorated, and you can tell that a lot of thought has been put into it.

Now, looking around, there are crowds of people on and off the high platform, and everyone is gathering.

But the strange thing is that the entire celebration was silent and no one made a sound. Only occasionally there were some children crying and women sobbing, but they were quickly stopped.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that whether it was on the high platform or under the high platform, there was a group of strangers with unkind expressions beside the crowd.

I saw that on the high platform under the sun, Diao Xian Cheng, a group of county government officials, a dozen Longcheng squires, and some wealthy businessmen and scholars from surrounding counties were all imprisoned in the center of the high platform.

They were imprisoned and guarded by a group of men wearing blue domestic slave uniforms and armed with swords.

Actually, the word "imprisonment" is not quite accurate. After all, there was a cup of tea and corresponding pastry trays in front of Diao County Cheng and others on the stage.

If this scene were to exclude the cold-faced private slaves of the Liu family around it, wouldn’t this be a scene of warm hospitality?

It's a pity that these guests who were warmly invited by Liu Zian still had half a mouthful of tea in the porcelain cups in front of them.

As for the audience, the hundreds of Dragon City people who originally came to watch the celebration were also surrounded and controlled by a group of strong men in black.

The slaves in green clothes and the strong men in black are strictly disciplined, and both groups seem to obey the unified order.

At this moment, in addition to these people, there are several familiar figures standing on the edge of the high platform, moving freely and looking around the audience from time to time.

It's Liu Zian and Liu Zilin.

The two of them were dressed up today and fully armed.

But the strange thing is that although he clearly controlled the entire audience, at this moment, Liu Zian, who was the focus of the audience, had a gloomy face, and veins popped out in the palm of his hand holding the hilt of the sword.

On the high platform, you can hear the needle drop in the air.

Liu Zian's eyes were like a wolf's, and his unkind gaze slowly swept across the crowd on the stage.

Diao County Magistrate and others all kept silent, shrank their heads and buried their faces.

Liu Zilin, who was standing next to Liu Zian, also stood there, bowing his head deeply, as if he had made a mistake.

Liu Zian's eyes finally fell behind Liu Zilin:

Liu Fu led several servants in Tsing Yi and surrounded the servants and porters who were originally staying at Meilu Garden.

Ah Qing and Liu Mu were also among them, but Liu Zian's eyes passed directly over them.

Seeing these old, weak, sick and disabled people brought back in front of me.

Liu Zian's face looked as if he had eaten a fly alive, very ugly.
Chapter completed!