Everyone in the city looked at the army with some fear. At this time, Liu San signaled to a soldier. The soldier nodded and walked out of the queue and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order. The evil thieves in the city are causing trouble and the people are under curfew at three o'clock."

"At the same time, let me inspect the defense and not disobey the order!" the soldier repeated after walking for a while, and the people immediately felt relieved.

Everyone in the Li Mansion saw the sergeant stationed in front of their home and sent someone to inquire. The response was that the county magistrate was afraid that there was a thief in the Li Mansion, so he sent someone to protect everyone in the Li Mansion.

Everyone was uneasy, but Li Yuanwai calmly said: "Send some food to the military masters, and invite the leaders into the house by the way."

But after being rejected, Li Yuanwai snorted coldly and looked at the county government office with murderous intent. Yang Yuanwai also stared at the county government office.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not at the county government office at this time, but at the top of the city watching the officers and soldiers approaching slowly.

At this time, the camp flags of the vanguard troops could already be seen, and Zhu Yuanzhang felt a sense of urgency in his heart when he saw that the army would arrive at the city in less than three days.

late at night

Liu San stared at Li Mansion closely. Suddenly, there was a burst of crying and shouting, and the fire turned half the sky red.

The door of Li's Mansion suddenly opened, Liu San drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, the bandits are attacking, everyone rush!".

Liu San took the lead and rushed into the Li Mansion. He looked at the Li Mansion housekeeper who was shouting and running around and knocked him unconscious.

"Kill me!" Immediately, the cry of killing resounded through the sky. In the Yang Mansion, Yang Yuanwai looked at Wang Er walking towards him with a knife raised and said: "A rebel is a rebel!".

The sword flashed, and Wang Er looked at Yang Yuanwai who collapsed on the ground and said: "Kill!".

After a night of shouting for death, the people in the early morning were silent as they watched the smoke rising from the Li and Yang mansions.

Notices were posted everywhere in the city. The evil thieves caused trouble last night. Fortunately, with the help of the government officials, the evil thieves were killed. Unfortunately, Yang Yuanwai and Li Yuanwai were killed by the evil thieves.

At the same time, it was reported that the county government office was attacked last night, and the county magistrate was fortunate to be protected by the imperial court and turned the danger around.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the military camp and looked at the booklet Liu San and Wang Er handed him. When he saw the five hundred stones of food, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled happily.

"Okay, okay, you did a good job, go down and rest," Zhu Yuanzhang said to the two of them.

"yes!"

Liu San and Wang Er turned and left.

At this moment, a voice came from outside: "Sir, Mr. Zhou is asking to see you!".

"Bring it in!" Zhu Yuanzhang got up and left. When he arrived at the warehouse, he saw that it was full of one thousand shi of grain. In fact, the Li and Yang families had smuggled 500 shi of grain, and now it was all his own.

The problem of food shortage was temporarily solved, but Zhu Yuanzhang could not breathe under the pressure of the army.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered 200 shi to be distributed to the people, and another 50 shi to be sent out of the military camp to an unknown destination, and the rest was being planned.

Zhu Yuanzhang estimated that the time was almost up, so he returned to the military camp, looked at the restless Zhou Yuanwai and said with a smile on his face: "I'm really sorry, because the evil thieves in the city made trouble and killed Li Yang, the two members of the military have kept Zhou Yuanwai waiting for a long time to deal with the matter."

Zhou Yuanwai looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in advance, Li Yang and Li Yang looked a little uncomfortable, and then said: "It's okay, the county magistrate is busy with affairs, so I will keep the story short."

Zhou Yuanwai took out the IOU that Zhu Yuanzhang had written to him and gave it back to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "My lord, the county magistrate, I want to exchange something with you."

"Oh? Mr. Zhou, please speak."

"The villain and the state master are a little ruthless and want to trade with Master Zhao to lure the villain away. The previous debts between you and me have been written off."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhou Yuanwai looked at the IOU in their hands and asked, "Why are Zhou Yuanwai so eager to leave? If you have any trouble in the city, you can tell me."

"The evil thieves in the city are so audacious. I really don't want to stay for a long time. I beg you to grant me permission." Zhou Yuanwai insisted on leaving.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and took the IOU, wrote a road guide on the desk to Zhou Yuanwai, stamped it with his official seal and said: "Then I wish Zhou Yuanwai a good journey."

"Goodbye, sir!" Zhou Yuanwai hurriedly left.

Zhu Yuanzhang threw the IOU into the fire and said to the surroundings by the firelight: "Go, the cub will be stained with blood."

A voice sounded in the air: "Yes!".

When Zhou Yuanwai returned home, he looked at everyone who had finished cleaning up and ordered: "Quickly leave!".

When Butler Zhou heard this, he immediately went to catch the car. Yuan Wai grabbed his only son, handed him a road guide and a bag of gold and silver, and said, "Xianling, you are walking alone. It would be best if you and I could meet each other at the stone building.

No, you must never forget to shine on the lintel."

Zhou Xianling left a line of clear tears in his eyes and said: "Father!".

"Let's go!" Zhou Yuanwai urged.

Zhou Xianling turned around and left. Zhou Yuanwai looked at the leaving child and felt very happy.

"Sir, the butler is here to tell you that it's time to set off." The strong man came to inform.

Zhou Yuanwai looked at the muscular man and said, "Heizi, I'm counting on you along the way."

Heizi patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir. Anyone who wants to hurt you must get through me first. If you hadn't given me a bite of food, I would have starved to death."

"Stop talking about this, let's set off!" Zhou Yuanwai ordered as he got on the carriage.

"Why!".

"Let's go!" Heizi shouted.

When they arrived at the city gate, Zhou Yuanwai originally wanted to pay for the way, but when he heard that it was Zhou Yuanwai's motorcade, he immediately let the defenders go and said, "Your Majesty has ordered that Zhou Yuanwai must be allowed to leave safely."

Zhou Yuanwai looked at Qianxi County, where he had lived for half his life, and left the city with a sigh.

Arriving at the outskirts of the city, the carriage gradually stopped, and Zhou Yuan could vaguely see a group of men in sackcloth in front of them.

"Sure enough!" Zhou Yuanwai had been prepared for a long time. Heizi stepped forward and asked: "Brothers, do you seek wealth or fate?".

Before Heizi could react, a sharp knife appeared in front of him, and Heizi fought with him.

The two were of similar strength, but when Heizi saw the besieged convoy, he was so anxious that he shouted angrily: "Don't hurt my lord!" He said and ran towards the cavalry, taking a stab at him.

Heizi watched the guards fall one by one. No matter how brave he was, he was still invincible. Seeing that Heizi was about to die, he stood up outside.

"It's me you want, please let him go." Zhou Yuanwai said as he was about to be hit and killed on the carriage.

"Master!" Heizi shouted to stop.

But it was too late. Zhou Yuanwai slowly collapsed on the ground, and Heizi roared and rushed towards the man in linen clothes.

The man in linen looked at the two masters and servants who fell to the ground and remained silent. At this time, a boy in his twenties and eleven or twelve years old came out of the hillside.

The man in linen said: "Master said, you have reached the age where you should be stained with blood, so do it!".

The young men walked towards the carriage tremblingly with steel knives in their hands, blood intertwined with flames dyeing the entire sky red.

The earth is shaking as if to indicate that the old order is crumbling, and the new order is reborn in fire and blood.
Chapter completed!