The fire broke out in the second half of the night.

The night was dark and the fire was blazing. The red flames illuminated the area around the county government office as bright as day.

When the county magistrate learned that the county government office was on fire, he was very glad that he did not usually live in the county government office, but lived in a quiet alley two streets away from the county government office.

When he first rented the house, he felt a little sad about the rent.

Now think about it, if I hadn’t spent the rent, I might have lost my life by now!

However, we can't let the fire continue like this. If the county government office is burned down, it will be a disaster.

The county magistrate personally stepped forward and organized many people to put out the fire.

Li Gan was woken up from his first comfortable sleep in several days and learned that the county government office was on fire. At first, he was puzzled.

Who is this fire directed at?

If they were targeting me, why would they burn the county government office?

Instead of burning down the county government office, it would be better to burn down the inn where you are staying!

But if it wasn't aimed at me, why didn't the fire start earlier or later, but just when I could finally sleep peacefully?

This time, Li Gan really guessed wrong.

The fire was set by Xiao Lubuhua's men.

But they were not coming for Li Gan or Jinyi Yunqi.

The main purpose of burning the county government office in Beiguan Town was to destroy some account books and evidence, and to release the prisoners in the jail to make it easier for them to fish in troubled waters.

While the Jinyi Cloud Riders were formidable, Xiao Lubuhua's men were no pushovers. Over the past few days, the stronghold they had established had already engaged in several clashes with the Jinyi Cloud Riders, with both sides experiencing successes and failures.

Xiao Lubuhua suddenly sent down an order, asking them to try their best to retreat, not to leave any tails, and to avoid the Jinyi Yunqi as much as possible.

His retreat was not because he was afraid of Li Gan.

Instead, he is doing his best to cooperate with Xiao Liyou's battle plan.

Xiao Lubuhua and Xiao Liyou don't have a very good relationship, but when it comes to national affairs, they can temporarily put aside their grudges and work together to face the outside world.

Unfortunately, the new captain of Beiguan Town and the local deputy captain do not have this vision and awareness.

Hearing that the county government office was on fire, they each brought their men to help put out the fire. However, they ended up arguing loudly with each other over their positions.

Immediately afterwards, no one knew who started the fight first, and no one remembered that they were there to put out the fire, and they just focused on fighting again.

Li Gan hurriedly rushed forward with his few remaining men to separate them.

There were so many people and the situation was chaotic that even though the brothers were there to stop the fight, they were inevitably hit a few times. Even Li Gan himself was punched in the left eye, leaving a glaring scar on his face.

Li Gan looked at the fire that was growing more and more fierce, and was so angry that he didn't want to speak.

Fortunately, the county magistrate of Beiguan Town was sensible enough to organize his own people to put out the fire. Otherwise, if he had relied on the new captain and deputy captain, this county magistrate street would have been burned to the ground long ago!

Li Gan looked at their stupid appearance and suddenly became suspicious. Could this trip of his be over?

With their abilities, can they still defend Beiguan Town?

Will I be able to walk out of Beiguan Town alive?

Xiao Liyou's troops were already deployed, and they were about to attack the city! These two were still trying to trip each other up over their own personal grudges!

In front of him, they actually kept bickering and arguing. In both their words and deeds, they always blamed the other party for the most, while they themselves were just innocent victims forced to fight back.

This yelling instantly triggered again the toothache that Li Gan had just suppressed.

He knew that since Xiao Liyou ascended the throne, he had been eyeing the Great Chu and had planned several invasions to the south, but each time he was firmly blocked outside the pass by the newly built Great Wall and various dangerous passes.

He knew that Xiao Liyou had been sending spies to Da Chu, trying to open Da Chu's northern defense line from the inside.

He also knew that Xiao Liyou had always wanted to tear a hole in this line of defense and release his hungry wolf subordinates into the colorful world of Central Plains to have fun!

The more Li Gan thought about it, the more his toothache became unbearable - Beiguan Town, this place, wouldn't happen to become that hole this year!

Li Gan's Jinyi Yunqi had the responsibility to supervise and inspect all officials, and had the right to investigate, collect and judge intelligence on his own country and the enemy country, but he could not deploy troops unless he received the mission of an imperial envoy and had an imperial edict in his hand.

Li Gan was worried. He couldn't think of how to reconcile the conflict between the new captain and the deputy captain for the time being, and he became more and more angry.

I just felt the anger in my heart surging up continuously, not only rushing to my teeth, but also to my head.

My ears were buzzing, my eyes were red, my throat was burning...even my temples were starting to throb with pain!

When the fire in the county government office was finally put out, Li Gan brought people to help resettle the affected people nearby. When they returned to the inn, it was already dawn.

Li Gan originally planned to come back and sleep for a while, but seeing that it was dawn, he just held on. He washed his face with cold water, took some medicine, and asked someone to make strong tea. After drinking a whole pot, he felt refreshed.

He simply went to the backyard of the inn to do some boxing to loosen up his muscles before going into the house to start his work.

Unexpectedly, he had just dealt with three or four things when he heard his subordinates report that the nobles had gone out for a trip with a small entourage and then encountered danger.

The guards who accompanied the nobleman out set off fireworks specifically for sending a message for help.

Li Gan hurriedly put down what he was doing, left two people to look after the house, took the others away, and rode his horse towards the direction where the signal fireworks were launched to rescue people.

Along the way, Li Gan leaned down and stuck close to the horse's back, making the horse run at the fastest speed, but he was still anxious.

Unless there is an emergency, the communication fireworks will not be used easily.

Since it has come to the point of using communication fireworks, the situation on your side must be very dangerous!

Alas, I was so busy putting out fires that I seemed to have left too few guards for you.

Li Gan was thinking and worrying all the way. He took his men and used all his skills to rush all the way. It took them less than half an hour to reach the scene of the incident.

It was an open field in the wilderness, with no shelter or obstruction, not even a sparse, crooked forest.

If the enemy gets angry and shoots a wave of arrows at me, I'm afraid I'll just be collecting his body!

The nobleman is being protected by the guards behind him.

The guards wielded their swords tightly, fighting with the enemies in the outer circle, but their robes were already stained with blood, revealing a bit of defeat.

Li Gan and his men rushed forward without hesitation, only to hear the nobles in the inner circle exclaim, "It's over, Li Gan, you've fallen into the trap!"