Chapter 182 Something Bad Happens
The fire started 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 to burn like this. If the county government office is burned down, it will be a big problem.
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 down the county government office?
Instead of burning down the county government office, it would be better to burn down the inn where you live!
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 county government office in Beiguan Town was burned down mainly 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.
Although the Jinyi Cloud Cavalry was powerful, Xiao Lubuhua's men were not pushovers. In the past few days, the base they had developed had fought against the Jinyi Cloud Cavalry several times. Both sides won and lost.
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 are able to 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 of Beiguan Town do not have such vision and awareness.
Upon hearing that the county government office was on fire, they each brought their men to help put out the fire, but they ended up arguing loudly with each other over their positions.
Immediately afterwards, no one knew who started the fight first, and no one even 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 hit in the left eye, leaving a 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 talk.
Fortunately, the county magistrate of Beiguan Town was sensible and knew how to organize people to put out the fire. Otherwise, if he had relied on the new captain and deputy captain, the county magistrate's street would have been burned to ashes long ago!
Li Gan looked at their stupid appearance and suddenly doubted whether his trip would end here.
With their abilities, can they still defend Beiguan Town?
Will I be able to walk out of Beiguan Town alive?
Xiao Liyou has already deployed his troops, and they are about to attack the city! These two are still trying to trip each other up because of their personal grudges!
In front of him, they were actually arguing and quarreling. In their words, they all blamed the other party the most, and they were just innocent victims who were 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. However, each time he was blocked outside the 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 an imperial commission and had an imperial edict in his hand.
Li Gan was worried. For the time being, he couldn't think of how to reconcile the conflict between the new captain and the deputy captain, and he became more and more angry.
I just felt the anger in my heart surge 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 residents 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 stayed awake. He washed his face with cold water, took some medicine, and asked someone to make him some strong tea. He drank a whole pot of it before he felt refreshed.
He simply went to the backyard of the inn to do some boxing to stretch 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 men report that the nobles had gone out for a trip with a small entourage and then met with danger.
The guards who accompanied the nobleman out set off fireworks to send a message for help.
Li Gan hurriedly put down the things at hand, 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 extremely anxious.
If it weren't for an emergency, the communication fireworks would not be used easily.
Since it has come to the point where fireworks are used for communication, the situation on your side must be very dangerous!
Alas, we were so busy putting out fires that it seemed that there were too few guards left 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 area in the wilderness, with no shelter or obstruction, not even a sparse, crooked forest.
If the enemy gets ruthless and shoots arrows at me, I'm afraid I'll just be collecting his corpse now!
The nobleman was being protected by the guards behind him.
The guards wielded their swords tightly and fought with the enemies in the outer circle, but their robes were stained with blood, which inevitably revealed some signs of defeat.
Li Gan and his men rushed forward without hesitation, but heard the nobles in the inner circle exclaim: "It's over, Li Gan, you've fallen into the trap!"
Chapter has been replaced. I'm having a hard time writing today. Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow. Love you guys, (づ￣ 3￣)づ!
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