Liu Yushi decided to temporarily give up trying to win over the Dong family. After all, under the dominance of the prince, the Dong family's position would eventually become insignificant.
He knew very well that once the prince took action, the Qian family would be useless.
At a moment's notice, Lu Qing led twenty elite soldiers and rushed to the border of Yongning Prefecture without stopping.
They crossed Lion Rock and finally arrived at Huanghualing.
Next to the official residence, the shop they were familiar with had now been engulfed by a raging fire and turned into ruins.
Seeing this, Lu Qing was extremely shocked. If it weren't for his extraordinary martial arts skills, he would have probably fallen off the horse.
"Sister Hua, what happened to her? Why was the shop burned down?" Lu Qing was full of confusion and anxiety.
He tried to calm his inner panic and ordered his subordinates to move on. Nanzhou County was waiting for him.
And he was alone, disguised as a passerby, going deep into the village, trying to find out what was going on.
Under the old locust tree, the women gathered together again, and it was as lively as usual.
The summer heat gradually spread, but it could not stop the villagers' enthusiasm for gossip.
Life in Huanghualing remained peaceful under the threat of drought, but harassment by refugees and bandits posed a greater hidden danger.
The guards in the good village were brave and good at fighting, and they repeatedly repelled the bandits who attacked in the middle of the night.
These bandits gradually realized that the villagers of Huanghualing were by no means soft persimmons that were easy to deal with, so they chose to stay away.
However, the price of resisting bandits was terrible.
Among the villagers of Huanghualing, eleven died, eight were injured, and countless others were slightly injured.
Fortunately, we have made such a huge sacrifice, but the final result is so gratifying.
The bandits no longer set foot in Huanghualing easily, because they knew that the villagers here were poor and fierce, and coming here would only be futile and might even cost them their lives.
The well water in the village and the small river behind the village have dried up, and the only source of water is the spring water on Lion Mountain.
With their hard work and wisdom, the villagers used bamboo to bring spring water from the top of the mountain, temporarily solving the water problem. With the reminder of the village chief, many families also prepared enough food.
If three meals a day are not enough, eating two meals of porridge can still fill you up.
Only Zhao Yongqiang's family and those families who listened to Li Cuihong's advice had no food stored. They were now living in misery and scolded Li Cuihong.
When a strange figure appeared at the entrance of the village, the women who were chatting under the shade of the trees stopped talking instantly, with alert expressions on their faces.
Good day, Lu Qing, he is alone and looks exhausted.
"Excuse me...is there any water here?" Lu Qing licked his cracked lips and asked cautiously.
The women breathed a sigh of relief, as it turned out to be a passerby asking for water.
Granny Xu was the most kind-hearted person. She took small steps and ran hurriedly towards her home.
Not long after, she returned to the tree with a large bowl of water in her hand.
"Come on, young man, drink." Granny Xu handed the bowl to Lu Qing.
Lu Qing lived in Huanghualing for more than a month. At that time, he often wore Qian Xingshan's clothes, put on a hat, covered his face, and wandered around the village.
At this time, he was not a stranger to the kind old man in front of him, so he took the bowl with confidence and drank the cool water in one breath.
"Excuse me, why is the shop outside on fire?" After drinking the water, Lu Qing curiously asked about what happened in Sister Hua's shop a few days ago. "I ate noodles there a few days ago."
Lu Qing said this on purpose because he was afraid that others would suspect him.
However, after he said this, everyone thought that he was a regular traveler and had been to that shop.
"Oh, I heard that you offended the bandits." Zhang Qiurong said.
All she knew was the few words she heard from Li Cuihong. As for more inside information, she, like Li Cuihong, knew nothing about it.
But these words hit Lu Qing's heart like a drum...
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