Wishful Things

Prefect Fan desperately wanted to tell someone to restrain this person, but now he was very suspicious that this was the court's eyeliner, that's why he made this move.

The sharp arrows collided with the shield, making a clanging sound.

"Be careful—" Wu Chao wanted to protect Xu Mingyi behind him, but saw that she had already grasped the bow.

In the night, the girl's dark and quiet eyes narrowed slightly, and the long arrow in her hand silently aimed at a certain place above the tower.

"Take them down quickly!" Yuan Dezhi feared that the situation would get out of control, and more soldiers defending the city would follow the example of the crossbowman, and hurriedly ordered the people around him.

After all, it was the people in the company, who were less agile in the face of such a situation, and just failed to stop the other party when he first made a move.

At this moment, just as he was about to go forward, he saw a black shadow approaching like the wind from the corner of his eye——

Before a few people had time to distinguish what it was, the right arm of the crossbowman was pierced by the sharp arrow, and his body trembled and he retreated again and again.

"If there is someone who would rather risk his life than make things difficult for me, Xu Jiajun, just stand up! And those who have no intention of making things difficult, Xu Jiajun will not make things difficult for him!"

Along with the sound of the wind, what came to everyone's ears was a loud girl's voice.

Everyone at the top and bottom of the city gate was in a mixed mood when they heard the words.

The crossbowmen on the tower, after exchanging their gazes, saw no movement in their hands.

There is nothing in the Xu family army that requires them to risk their lives to stop it...

Magistrate Fan was still covered by Lao Liang, and he was looking in the direction of the army below the city. He saw the Xu family's army flag fluttering in the night wind, and behind the girl sitting high on the horse was an ink color as dark as night The cloak, which is looking at the direction of the tower at this time.

Vaguely, he had an illusion that he seemed to meet the girl's eyes.

Prefect Fan took a hard breath, his eyes suddenly turned red.

The arrow just now was obviously shot by this little girl.

The long arrow hit the right arm of the soldier who was pulling the crossbow. It can be seen that the shot was not missed, but that the little girl did not intend to kill the soldier, and deliberately kept her distance...

This move is only for deterrence!

Recently, he has been worried about the fact that the Xu family's army intends to occupy Linyuan City, not only for himself, for his family members, but also for the people of Linyuan——

Even if Xu Jiajun sent a letter saying that he was willing to surrender, it would not hurt the people in the city;

Even though the people of Linyuan have deep-rooted trust in Xu Jiajun, this trust is far more than fear...

But with the army at present, the current situation is like this, and Linyuan City is so rich, who can really say what will happen after entering the city?

But at this moment, he was really relieved.

Handing over this city to Xu Jiajun, he can also rest in peace... No, he can also rest in peace!

——Xu Jiajun acted so carefully, he probably didn't have to die!

The night wind made Zhifu Fan's eyes ache, and there were faint tears.

In the end no soldier stood up again.

"Open the city gate!" Xiao Wang's high-pitched and slightly hoarse voice sounded again.

The flames flickered, intertwined and swayed with the darkness of the night, and everything was indistinct. Under the city tower engraved with the word Linyuan, two heavy city gates slowly separated, making a dull sound.

On the tower, Yuan Dezhi heaved a sigh of relief, showing a relaxed smile.

Lao Liang let go of Prefect Fan.

"..." Prefect Fan, who suddenly lost control, was taken aback.

Why don't you cover it up for a while?

Now that he is free, he can't just do it and watch, right?

After thinking for a moment, Prefect Fan spoke with an indignant and mournful voice, "You... you bunch of traitors who conspired against us!"

While shouting, he rushed to the edge of the tower, looked up to the sky with tears all over his face, and said, "Your Majesty, it's useless to be a minister! I failed to keep Linyuan City! I have failed Your Majesty's trust, and I have no face to live. I can only apologize with death!" "

With that said, he climbed up the tower and was about to jump down.

But when he looked down the city, his back felt cold and he shuddered.

As expected of the rich and powerful Linyuan, this city wall is really high!

Why hasn't anyone come to pull him?

Lao Liang, who didn't know the inside story, watched coldly.

It was Yuan Dezhi who brought someone forward to detain him, and he did not forget to end the scene: "It's still useful to keep this person! Take him down!"

"Be willing to die from the sharp edge, don't seize the steadfastness! Even if I die, I will never be coerced by you thieves!"

Prefect Fan was taken down the tower, his unyielding voice gradually weakened.

Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao had brought Xu Jiajun into the city.

As soon as they entered the city gate, Xu Jiajun rushed up the tower and immediately replaced the Linyuan soldiers guarding the city.

Under Wu Chao's command, all the soldiers and officials in Linyuan City were taken away.

Seeing this scene, many people who came after hearing the news felt uneasy.

"Where are they going to take everyone..."

"The head of my family was taken away! He was the one who opened the city gate first!"

"Didn't it guarantee that no one in the city would be hurt?"

"Is this going back on your word?"

Amidst the discussions, Xu Mingyi, accompanied by Qin Wu, climbed up the tower.

"From today onwards, I, Xu Jiajun, will officially take over Linyuan City—"

The girl's clear voice came from above: "Since then, Linyuan has been under the jurisdiction of the Xu family and has nothing to do with the imperial court. In order to prevent people loyal to the imperial court from mixing in and waiting for opportunities to cause trouble, we should carefully investigate and monitor , This is also for the safety of everyone in the city——If it is a sincere surrender, my Xu family army will accept it without any harm, so you don’t have to worry about those soldiers who were taken away just now.”

Entering the city for the first time tonight, all defenses are not yet complete, this is the time when we must not relax, we must not let anyone take advantage of the loopholes.

Hearing this, some people nodded their heads among the common people, while others were still full of uneasiness, and many people looked at the girl on the tower with curiosity.

In the night, the girl's voice sounded again, seeming to have the power to comfort people's hearts.

"Since Linyuan City is under the jurisdiction of the Xu family, the Xu family has the responsibility to protect it. Except for the defense and inspection of various places, everything in the city will remain as usual, shops will open as usual, and private schools will give lectures as usual. As long as you are willing to cooperate with the investigation, safety and private property will be safe. Under the protection of the Xu family, if there are any troublemakers in the city who take advantage of the chaos, they only need to report to the government office, and then my father Xu Jin will deal with it properly, and will never tolerate the troublemakers—”

Order in the city cannot be broken.

Once it is broken, if you want to break it and stand it again, you need to go through a mess.

Since this was not their original intention, they naturally tried to stabilize the people's hearts from the very beginning, so as to cut off the possibility of chaos caused by unstable people's hearts.

Even if it cannot be completely eradicated, but when the words are made clear, a line will be left in people's minds. According to this line, they will always think more about what should be done and what should not be done.

Hearing these words, the doubts among the common people dissipated immediately.

To put it bluntly, people live in this world, nothing more than safety and money, and these two are guaranteed, which is enough to make people feel at ease.

The army has already entered the city, and if you want to kill or rob them, you can't stop them—since there is such a promise, it is credible!

And after the heart is stable, the curiosity will become more vigorous.

"So it's General Xu's granddaughter!"

"That's right, this is our cousin girl!" The person from the Yuan's shop stood in the crowd, with lust in his eyes, and proudly said: "Don't worry, everyone, our cousin girl is as good as she is!"

"No wonder! I said just now that this little girl is extraordinary, isn't she right?"

"Fifth Brother Liu, is your Yuan's firm still short of people? I can do any job!"

"Look, look..." A woman shook her friend's arm, and raised her chin towards the tower: "That young man is so handsome..."

The young man is tall and straight, wearing armor, which makes his figure even more majestic.

The boy strode up the tower and stood beside the girl.

He was almost a head taller than the girl, and there was a lot of noise everywhere, so he bent slightly towards the girl, his eyes lowered, not knowing what he was saying.

Several women's eyes lit up.

"Which family is this young master?"

Immediately, a woman said that the Xu family should be excluded first——

"I heard that my aunt of the Yuan family only gave birth to Miss Xu, a prostitute daughter..."

Even if it was born by the later stepmother, it is impossible to be at such an age.

As for the possibility that it belonged to the second master of the Xu family?

——No daughter-in-law, where did the son come from!

And since it's not a family, looking at the young girl standing side by side on the tower, the fire of gossip in everyone's eyes became more and more intense.

"It seems that we are very close to Miss Xu..."

Everyone has come here since they were young. Sometimes these young people can't hide their thoughts just by looking at them with one look... What's more, they don't say anything or do anything, just stand in one place, It can make people smell the clean and sweet breath from the surrounding air.

This is exactly what happened to the couple in front of them.

"This young man is really lucky..."

"Isn't that right, there is nowhere to look for a cousin girl with such a background and appearance!" A gray-haired aunt said "tsk tsk"—when the old lady of the Yuan family was alive, she had a lot of prestige, so the people in the city When referring to the elder of the Xu family in the past, they were used to addressing him as uncle, so Miss Xu in front of her is naturally everyone's cousin.

A man came over, pouted and said: "...if I have this face, then I can do it too!"

Sui Jiang, who was ordered to mix in the crowd to watch out for suspicious persons, turned dark when he heard these words.

These people are afraid that something is wrong.

His son is good in everything, but why do these people only see his face?

It's as if his son is serving others with his beauty!

And why is it not lucky? Could it be that his young master was chosen by Miss Xu?

"Tch, look at all of you who are jealous... How can someone win Miss Xu's favor by relying on her appearance!" A woman gave the man who spoke a white look.

Sui Jiang's face softened slightly.

Finally someone said something.

But...why does it sound like something is wrong?

Sui Jiang thought about it for a moment, and finally figured out what was wrong—why no matter what he said, his son was the one who was picked!

"That is, if you want me to say that this young man must not only be good-looking, he must also be a man of self-cultivation and talent. Otherwise, how could he get into the eyes of the cousin girl?"

"..." The corners of Sui Jiang's eyes twitched—it was an old man who said such words!

What the hell kind of place is this Linyuan!

"I think back then that the aunts of the Yuan family fell in love with Uncle Xu. Isn't that what happened... Uncle Xu is not only good-looking, talented, but also funny and open-minded. He is a first-class young man!" Someone recalled the past. .

"That's right, the Yuan family's aunt and grandma used to spend a lot of money at every turn for the sake of Uncle Xu..."

"Hey, it's really a good story, but it's a pity that my aunt left too early..."

The peerless gentleman who spent a lot of money to get it, I'm afraid he didn't read enough of the book, so he just went there...

For this reason, the crowd sighed.

"..." Sui Jiang fell silent.

He probably got it.

There is a precedent for co-authoring in Linyuan City.

So these people felt that Miss Xu must have inherited her mother's business from generation to generation?

Wu Chao, Xu Mingyi and Qin Wu went down the tower together and arranged other affairs.

Seeing that several people had roughly finished speaking, Yuan Dezhi on the side stepped forward just now.

"girl."

"Cousin——I have to thank my cousin for today's matter." Xu Mingyi saluted and thanked him.

Yuan Dezhi shook his head with a smile: "The girl praised me. Even if I didn't do what I did tonight, this matter will be done smoothly."

In this matter, he was not so much helping Xu Jiajun as he was helping Brother Fan.

But right now, he wants to tell the girl about Brother Fan.

"..." Yuan Dezhi whispered the general inside story to Xu Mingyi.

Xu Mingyi was a little surprised.

He had thought that Prefect Fan would be hijacked or that everyone would favor him, but she really didn't expect that the mastermind behind the captivity of Prefect Fan was actually himself...

Wu Chao was also quite surprised.

I have seen self-reliance, but I have never seen such self-reliance.

"Girl, Prefect Fan is honest and upright. He is respected by the people in the city. The reason why he refuses to let go is to protect his family..." Yuan Dezhi said in a low voice.

Xu Mingyi nodded: "Cousin, don't worry, I have a sense of proportion in this matter."

At this time, the city gate was closed again.

Previously, it was to guard against Xu's army, but from today onwards, it was the imperial court.

This night in Linyuan City, the lights stayed up all night.

In the early morning of the next day, the morning sun rose as usual, and in the thin morning light, Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao rode through a long street with a group of guards on horseback.

There are not many people on the street, but there are still many shops open for business as usual. An old couple selling buns on the street is guarding the steaming steamer. Buns, hot buns just out of the cage!"

Seeing this scene, Xu Mingyi tightened his grip on the reins and reined in the horse, turned his head and smiled at Wu Chao and said, "You ran with me all night, go, I'll treat you to a bun."

Wu Chao smiled and said "OK".

Although the street was a little deserted, the scene today must be the worst. With General Showawa present, he believed that the city would be better day by day.

There were nearly twenty people in the group, and most of them were men with big appetites. After eating nearly twenty baskets of buns, they were only half full.

The old couple trembled after being eaten.

Of course I dare not accept money...

Looking at the people who were obviously not full, the old man pointed to the porridge shop that was open opposite, and said anxiously: "That's all for the buns... Ladies and gentlemen, this Liuji porridge shop is one of the best in the city..."

They are just a small business, and if they continue to eat like this, they will really be eaten up.

Zhu Xiu led the people to the porridge shop.

Before leaving, Ah Zhu put a gold leaf on the table: "Meal money."

The couple looked at each other and hurried over.

The old man picked up the golden leaf and looked at the people who were walking into the porridge shop, his face was agitated.

etc……

Don't go, officials, he can still pack!

...

At the same moment, in the Xu family's barracks outside the city, in the commander's tent, Lord Zhen just woke up.

"The general is awake." Yun Liu heard the movement and came over.

Lord Zhen sat up with one hand propped up, looked outside Da Liang's tent, and couldn't help frowning: "What time is it? Why didn't you call me to get up?"

Today is the day of siege!

It's the end of the month, and now the monthly pass is double, so please ask everyone for the monthly pass, okay?