"Brother Wei, we haven't spotted any barbarians in the city, and the lookouts haven't seen any obvious marching troops."
Gong Xishan's face was filled with sorrow.
These words were not meant to question the information provided by Wei Maolin and Wei Yunlan, father and daughter, but rather that they were unsure.
Unknown dangers are always more terrifying than visible ones.
Especially at this moment.
In the battle on the front line, in addition to the previous 30,000 cavalry, the Northern Barbarians had also transferred a reinforcement from somewhere. In order to defend the border, the Northern Army had to go all out. Otherwise, once the defense line they built was breached, the Northern Barbarian army would enter the northern plains as if they were in an uninhabited area, and could easily attack several neighboring states.
Due to years of natural disasters, it is difficult to even get enough food in this remote area in the north, so where would people have so much energy to train soldiers?
Gong Xishan knew very well the strength of the nearby state garrisons.
They are all paper tigers that will break at the slightest touch, not to mention compared to the army stationed in the north. Even compared to their garrison troops in the north gate, they are far inferior, how can they defend against the fierce barbarian army?
For the troops stationed in the north fighting on the front line, the safety of the entire Dayong is naturally not as important as the city of Beiguan. They must prioritize defending the border.
Gong Xishan deeply understood this truth, and that is why he knew that today's Beiguan City was an isolated island in the vast ocean.
They can only rely on themselves to defend this city!
"Master Gong, is there any secret passage in or near the city?"
Wei Yunlan suddenly asked.
"This..." Gong Xishan hesitated.
Without answering, Wei Yunlan already knew that there must be one.
For Gong Xishan to remain so tight-lipped, this secret passage must be just like the dungeon in the City Affairs Office, rarely used and hidden extremely secretly, known only to very few people.
His expression changed again and again, and Gong Xishan said, "Brother Wei and your niece, please wait for a moment. I will be back soon."
He hurriedly left the front hall of the City Affairs Office.
After a short while, Gong Xishan returned to the front hall, looking more relaxed than before. It seemed that he found nothing in the secret passage.
At this moment, a white smoke suddenly floated up from the north gate.
"Oh no, something happened again!"
This smoke was the signal given by the soldiers guarding the city.
Something's happening at the North Gate!
The silence of the night was broken in an instant. The clinking sound of swords clashing continued to ring out. Fortunately, the North Gate City had made preparations in advance and did not transfer soldiers to the South Gate.
Outside the city gate, an arrow flew out from the bushes and landed on the top of the city wall.
The soldiers guarding the city cheered up and prepared to fight the enemy.
"Lan'er, take good care of yourself. If the situation in the City Affairs Office is critical, you should leave first and go back to meet your mother and the others."
Wei Yunlan nodded seriously, "Father, I know."
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud "bang" was heard from the city.
Soon, a soldier ran in from the front hall of the City Affairs Office to report, "A mansion in the north of the city suddenly caught fire!"
"The fire came so suddenly that the building collapsed!"
In the darkness of the night, flames shot up into the sky.
Wei Yunlan walked out of the front hall and looked towards the north along with everyone else. He saw thick smoke billowing in the distance and the pungent smell of smoke drifting away with the smoke.
The three-story viewing building engulfed by flames was particularly eye-catching. Wei Yunlan took a closer look and recognized it. "Is the Liang family residence on fire?"
The Liang family's mansion was in a good location, in the heart of the northern city, close to the main street, and not far from the city government and the city gate. Gong Xishan had recommended the mansion to Wei Maolin at first, but it was too attractive, so Wei Maolin declined.
Later, Lord Liang took a liking to it at first sight and rented it from the City Affairs Office at a large sum of money.
The night wind blows.
The smoke was so thick that it was impossible to open your eyes, and it stung a little when the smoke got into your eyes.
"The fire is burning too fiercely. If we don't put it out, I'm afraid those streets will be affected soon!"
The soldiers stationed at the City Affairs Office all looked anxious.
No one knew what was going on with the Liang family, but they allowed the fire to burn so fiercely.
The City Affairs Office has enough manpower, but if they use more manpower to put out the fire, their defense will inevitably be weakened. I'm afraid this is the purpose of this fire.
But in a moment, the fire seemed to grow bigger with the night wind.
The pungent smell of smoke and the noise of people shouting to put out the fire woke up almost half of the people in the city.
The originally quiet city became completely chaotic.
"We can't let the fire continue to burn like this."
Gong Xishan took a deep breath and ordered: "Zonglingwei, take two teams to put out the fire immediately."
The officer whose name was called immediately responded "Yes".
Wei Maolin said hurriedly: "Lord Gong, you still need to pay attention to the surroundings of Liang Mansion, don't let those with ulterior motives take advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters!"
"Brother Wei reminded me of that." Gong Xishan's eyes were solemn. The fire at Liang Mansion came at a clever timing. It was hard to say what role they played tonight.
After a brief thought, he followed Wei Maolin's reminder and continued to order: "Seal off the streets around Liang Mansion, and don't let anyone take advantage of the fire to move around at will."
"Father, I'll go and put out the fire too." Wei Yunlan said in a low voice.
"Lan'er." Wei Maolin's eyes were full of disapproval.
But after meeting Wei Yunlan's firm gaze, he swallowed back the words of persuasion that were about to come out of his mouth.
"Be careful."
"You should be careful too." Wei Yunlan looked at Manager Wang who also stayed in the City Affairs Office and did not return, "Please help me take good care of my father."
"Don't worry, Miss. I will follow you closely and protect you well."
Time is of the essence.
Wei Yunlan was in a hurry to go out at night, and did not change into men's clothes. She was still wearing an ordinary long skirt that she wore at home.
At this moment, she took out a long piece of cloth like a headscarf from her sleeve, and then poured a whole pot of tea on the table beside her.
After Gong Xishan noticed this, he also ordered Zong Lingwei to take people to do the same.
Soon Wei Yunlan followed the two teams of servants out of the Crew Mansion, but did not enter through the open main gate of the Liang family with them. Instead, he followed the wall of the mansion and went around to the outside of the wall near the area in the southeast of the mansion where the fire was the biggest.
A dark shadow rushed out from the side.
Wei Yunlan raised his right hand, and felt a warm and silky touch under his palm.
She had previously instructed me to go to Heiyun in Jingping Lane first.
I guess it was because my mother was worried about the safety here that she asked Black Cloud to come to her side after the fire broke out.
"Since you are here, come with me."
This was a secluded dark alley. Wei Yunlan calmed his mind and sank his consciousness into the space.
In addition to food, her space also stored a large amount of drinkable water.
Also, during the previous avalanche, the snow was moved into the space in order to dig out Zou Yun who was covered by heavy snow.
That amount of snow is not enough to put out the fire.
It would be enough to bury the entire Liang Mansion.
When she was moving the grain a while ago, she also thought about whether she should clear some of the snow to make more space.
I didn't expect that today, they would come in handy before I had time to clean them!
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