The backyard of the county office.

Chang Yuan was startled awake in his sleep, the door to his room was being knocked loudly.

He threw on his outer garment, opened the door, and said, "What happened?"

"My lord, it's bad, the city has been breached, bandits have entered the city," the steward said.

Hearing that bandits had entered, Chang Yuan's face changed instantly, he hurriedly asked, "Is it the Celestial Master Thieves?"

"It's not the Celestial Master Thieves, it's bandits from Fu Ze Village. My lord, you guessed correctly, the Wang family indeed had ulterior motives. The people who went to ransom someone from the Wang family brought in bandits from Fu Ze Village and opened the city gate."

"..."

This time, Chang Yuan was stunned: "Didn't I tell General Sun to keep an eye on them? How did they manage to open the city gate?"

"General Sun said that these bandits have... have a Middle-Grade Martial Artist. He was the one who held them back while others opened the gate..." the steward hesitated and said.

"Middle-Grade Martial Artist?" Chang Yuan was shocked: "How can the bandits from Fu Ze Village have a Middle-Grade Martial Artist? Even if they do, General Sun brought nearly a thousand of the Defense Army, how could one person keep him occupied and let them open the gate? What is he doing?"

As he spoke, Chang Yuan began to roar a little.

The steward kept his head down, not daring to speak.

Chang Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Where is General Sun?"

"General Sun went to the barracks to summon the remaining Defense Army," the steward said.

Hearing this, Chang Yuan finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although the bandits entering the city was shocking, the people from Fu Ze Village were not undefeatable. He said, "Quickly send someone to notify the Yi Family, have them send the Qinghe Gang to help me."

"Understood."

"You, come with me to calm the populace."

Chang Yuan felt that the situation could still be salvaged.

He put on his official hat, donned his official robes, and as he just stepped out of the county office, he bumped into a constable.

The steward grabbed him and scolded, "Why are you panicking?"

The constable said in a panicked tone, "My lord, Steward, it's bad, bandits are attacking the government office, Wu Mountain took Li San and others and defected to the bandits. It's said that tens of thousands of rebel bandits have stormed the city."

"What did you say? Tens of thousands of bandits..."

Chang Yuan was unconcerned about Wu Mountain and the others defecting, what he cared about were the tens of thousands of bandits mentioned by the constable. He hurriedly asked, "Where did Fu Ze Village get so many bandits?"

"I heard they coerced the refugees outside the city," the constable said.

Upon hearing this, Chang Yuan felt a chill run straight from his tailbone to his brain.

It's over.

If the number of bandits isn't huge, the city's Defense Army can still be mobilized, and wealthy families in the city can be gathered to have their household retainers join the fight. As long as the first wave of the bandit's offensive is suppressed, and threats and lures are used, the crisis might be resolved.

But if there are tens of thousands of bandits, the wealthy families in the city might be the first to defect.

"Surrender and you won't be killed."

"Kill the dog officer."

Suddenly, the sound of killing shouting came from the distance, and from the sound of it, it wouldn't be long before it reached the government office.

Seeing that General Sun hadn't brought the troops yet, Chang Yuan directly took off running: "Let's go."

He grabbed the constable and ran with the steward towards the barracks.

On the way, he threw away his official hat, stripped off his official robes, and even rolled on the ground, making his hair a mess.

The steward, being Chang Yuan's close confidant, understood that the lord was going to disguise himself as a refugee and immediately followed suit.

The constable wanted to imitate them, but Chang Yuan said, "Go to the Xia Mansion on White Jade Street and inform the people there that bandits have entered the city and tell them to leave quickly."

"...Understood." Under Chang Yuan's urging, the constable quickly ran towards White Jade Street.

...

Wu Mountain led four constables and personally brought Chen Mo into the government office, to the place where Chang Yuan usually stayed, but the room was empty, with no one inside.

"How could this be? I was on duty tonight, and before I defected to you Chen, Chang... Yuan had not left the government office," Wu Mountain's face changed, fearing Chen Mo would think he led the wrong team, he specifically brought him here.

Chen Mo didn't say anything, he went to the bedside, reached under the bedding, and said, "It's still warm, he shouldn't have gone far, pursue him."

Chen Mo couldn't let Chang Yuan escape.

Under the current situation, only the head of the county magistrate could calm things down.

...

The city was already in chaos. This group of refugees stormed into the city, before breaking through the city, they only wanted to kill the dog officer, but at this moment, they were releasing their inner evil.

The local ruffians and petty thieves in the city also took the opportunity to form groups, swarming like locusts, breaking doors with open flames, raping and looting.

For them, this was the most chaotic, and therefore the highest, moment, a grand feast of Taotie, began.

This great fire, not only affected ordinary households but eventually spread to the wealthy families.

But these wealthy families all had household retainers and nursing homes, they might not be able to defend the city, but protecting themselves was still possible.

An owl flew overhead from a high altitude, looking down, the entire Pingting County city was reflected in its pupils, starry, flickering flames intertwined with the dark night, blood and fire, red and black...

It was completely chaotic, the streets were full of people. Chang Yuan stripped clothes off a dead body, put on bloody clothes, and also tore a piece of black cloth to cover his face.

Just then, the sound of hooves came from behind.

Instinctively, Chang Yuan turned to look and saw a rather orderly team galloping in his direction.

Thinking he'd been recognized, Chang Yuan quickly hid in the shadows.

"Whoosh!"

Riding a chestnut horse, Chen Mo passed by, slashing a ruffian attempting to drag a woman into a house for rape, and then continued to urge his mount forward, heading with Zhang River and others towards the barracks.

Since Chang Yuan was not at the government office, Chen Mo guessed from Wu Mountain's words that he probably went to the Defense Army's barracks, as it was the only relatively safe place.

Just then, he saw a red number "107" shining in the darkness on the left.

Zhang River obviously couldn't see it, but in Chen Mo's eyes, it was extremely conspicuous.

Chen Mo swung a casual slash, and an invisible sword qi swept out.

In the darkness, Chang Yuan suddenly sensed something, instinctively sidestepping to dodge.

With a "bang," the steward, who hadn't noticed, was cleaved from the middle, blood splattering everywhere.

Zhang River and the others immediately surrounded the area upon seeing this.

Under the illumination of firelight, the darkness had nowhere to hide.

A slightly chubby figure appeared before everyone's eyes.

Although the person was wearing blood-stained clothes and veiled in black cloth, being his superior, Wu Mountain recognized him at a glance: "Chang... Lord Chang?!"

Seeing himself recognized, Chang Yuan no longer pretended, as a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist, his aura exploded, charging towards Chen Mo on the horse, intending to capture the leader first, he understood this well.

However, what he didn't know was that the person on horseback was the Middle-Grade Martial Artist mentioned by the steward.

As he jumped in front of the horse, ready to leap.

Swish!

A flash of blade light.

Chen Mo, harnessing the Solar Purple Qi, grabbed Chang Yuan's head, tore off the black cloth on his face: "A county magistrate, nothing more."

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