Will anything unexpected happen?
Li Ruo arranged the four guards, whose names were: Yu Guang, Yu An, Chen He, and Wang Dazhou. The first two were brothers.
"From now on, listen to me. Can you do that? If not, go back."
Old Wang—the eldest among them—said, “Yes, the eldest told us to listen to the young lady.”
"Very good." Li Ruo instructed them to patrol outside and not to touch the barbed wire. If anyone touched it, give them a verbal warning first. If they didn't listen, let them climb over the fence as long as they didn't cross it.
Four Guards: ...This works too?
Now that there are guards, Li Ruo naturally wants to do more. He can't just let them come up to Ziyang Peak and make the living environment too bad. But he still needs to think about how to manage them.
She also needs someone to manage her so that she can step away at any time.
She led the dog back into the house.
Li Yi was overjoyed, asking, "Sister, where did you get this?"
"Sun Ergou gave them to us," Li Ruo said. "How about you feed and train them to guard the house?"
"Okay, okay." Li Yi nodded hurriedly. He was so bored staying indoors all day. "Sister, is it scary outside?"
"Yes, so you absolutely mustn't go out, even if someone tries to lure you with candy." After saying that, she actually gave him a handful of candy.
These days, boys should be raised in a comfortable and privileged environment.
Li Yi's eyes sparkled. "Mmm, I'm not going out. It's so comfortable inside, and there's even candy." She happily went to feed the dog.
Old Mrs. Li asked, "Hasn't Liao Fusheng returned yet?"
This was the third day of the great flood.
People still believed that the imperial court would lend a helping hand, after all, there were still many granaries in various places.
But by the fourth day, there was no sign of any government officials.
The water level is still rising!
The roof of Qingfeng Temple, the tallest building in the city, is no longer visible!
Many corpses were floating on the water... No one was collecting them for the time being, waiting for the flood to carry them to the next location.
Because the weather is getting colder, it won't smell bad so quickly.
Cries and screams could be heard everywhere.
At this point, everyone panicked. The imperial court abandoned them, leaving them to fend for themselves.
"Master, do you have any more food? My mother is starving." A child who had shared a steamed bun earlier came back again.
"Taoist Master, please give me some too. I'll do anything you ask." A woman tore open her clothes, her face revealing a seductive expression.
Liao Fusheng was startled. He had been in the crowd for two days, wearing the raincoat Li Ruo had given him, trying to use his meager strength to help the people. They were in such a terrible state that he couldn't turn a blind eye.
"I'm gone, you, don't come any closer." He backed away.
Another man ran over, crying, "Taoist priest, please save my wife! She's unconscious!"
Liao Fusheng took her pulse and said, "The wind-evil has already entered her lungs and internal organs. I'm sorry, I'm sorry I can't do anything about it."
The man suddenly jumped up, yelling, "What kind of Taoist priest are you? Can't you even treat illnesses?!" With a bang, he punched Liao Fusheng in the chin.
Liao Fusheng was caught off guard and fell into the mud, dumbfounded.
"Look, his raincoat is nice, but take it off, and you'll see his robe underneath!" someone shouted.
In a hurry, Liao Fusheng kicked the other person, then sprayed the pepper spray that Li Ruo had given him indiscriminately, making everyone howl.
He ran as fast as he could and bumped into three people.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be his Taoist friend.
"My God, it's Fusheng!"
Liao Fusheng was alive and well, with a plump and neat face, unlike them, whose eyes were sunken, and who were extremely tired and hungry.
Taoist Priest A said, "Fusheng, it's so good to see you. We should have believed in you sooner."
Taoist Priest B: "Yes, Fusheng, since you knew in advance that you had come to General Mountain, you must have hidden some food, right? Could you share some with us for the sake of our past friendship?"
Taoist Priest C said, "It's all the fault of Heaven. The water came too fast, and we couldn't move the grain from the temple."
Liao Fusheng said, "The water didn't come quickly enough, giving you a chance to escape, but you were in a hurry to make money."
"What are you saying? That was all for the sake of glorifying our Qingfeng Temple. Here's what we'll do: once the floodwaters recede, we'll give you half of the donation money."
Liao Fusheng shook his head, "You should leave, I can't help you."
The negotiations broke down, and the three Taoist priests exchanged glances and surrounded him, saying, "Then don't blame us for being impolite."
"What are you doing?" Liao Fusheng ran out of spray and took off running, with the Taoist priests in hot pursuit.
There were quite a few people behind him, almost surrounding him.
But despite so many people trying to catch one person, they haven't managed to catch him for a long time.
Liao Fusheng was slippery, so he didn't run towards Ziyang Peak, afraid of implicating his cousin Li Ruo and the others.
But there were too many people, the place was packed with people, and the Taoist priest, Black Heart, shouted, "He's from Black Wind Village."
Liao Fusheng thought to himself, "This person is too wicked. How can there be such a wicked person?"
With that shout, he wouldn't be able to escape even if he had wings.
When Li Ruo, carrying a sword, ran over with four guards, Master Liao had just been stripped down to his pants.
He fell to the ground, looking utterly pathetic.
Upon seeing Li Ruo, he scrambled to his feet, clutching his chest, stammering, "I...I...I..." He couldn't come up with a coherent explanation.
Li Ruo didn't bother to check if he had abs. She shoved the sword into his hand and used a hidden arrow to repel a man who was grabbing his ankle and trying to pull down his pants. The man cried out "Ah!" and knelt on the ground, clutching his knee.
In succession, Li Ruo shot down several more.
Seeing this, the refugees dared not come up.
Li Ruo and Liao Fusheng retreated to Ziyang Peak under the escort of Xiao Yu, Lao Wang, and others.
The men realized what was happening and shouted, "They have knives, they must be from Black Wind Stronghold! Everyone, attack! Take them hostage, maybe we can threaten Xie Xiao into opening the door for us!"
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