At the foot of Dagu Mountain, beside an archway.

Ouyang Rong was about to rush to Zheyi Canal to take a boat, but he met Yan Liulang's group who led the people of Longcheng to take refuge.

Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of Yan Liulang and others, Ouyang Rong became nervous and immediately asked questions.

"Ah Shan?"

Ouyang Rong looked stunned at first. After hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, Ah Shan is here!"

But immediately, Ouyang Rong frowned slightly again, "But why did Ah Shan come back so soon? Didn't he send people back to Nanlong for me?"

He whispered, his face looking worried and happy at the same time.

In any case, before Ouyang Rong comes back, it is good news among the many bad news at the moment that Liu Ashan can temporarily step in to stabilize the situation at the county government.

After explaining everything in detail, Yan Liulang looked ashamed and lowered his head:

"Mingfu, I'm useless. In the end, Brother Ah Shan has to step forward..."

"Nothing, just do your duty! Rokuro, do what you should do."

Ouyang Rong comforted him and turned to look at the blue wolf smoke in the mountains in the distance.

He lowered his eyes and murmured:

"I don't know if Ashan received the letter from my junior sister. Knowing that I'm back, he should feel less stressed...

"Also, Liulang said that Ashan was preparing to rescue supplies for the sluice at Penglangdu, but this time, it was different from the past. There was a reason for the rising water in Yunmengze upstream, and it was right under his nose.

"The top priority should be to go to Xiaogushan to stop the Liu family from forging swords before the rising water approaches the threshold of Duke Di Gate and collapses..."

Ouyang Rong nodded and looked away from the Butterfly Creek Xiaogushan in the distance.

Look around.

I saw that Yan Liulang was not the only first batch of people to arrive at Dagushan.

From all directions, there are groups of people migrating, gathering at the foot of Dagu Mountain.

The county magistrate's handwriting should have been issued by Liu Ashan on behalf of Ouyang, and was distributed to various places. People from villages and towns upstream and downstream, led by the elders of the rural sages, came here one after another to take refuge.

After the last evacuation experience in Yunmengze due to rising water not long ago, the people of Longcheng have become relatively familiar with each other and have less resistance to evacuation.

The most important thing is the prestige accumulated by a certain Luobo County Magistrate in these days.

Ouyang Rong did not stay at the foot of Dagu Mountain for too long. He needed to clear his mind and comfort the fellow villagers who had gathered to support him enthusiastically.

Ouyang Rong turned around and gave Yan Liulang some precautions regarding the people's evacuation.

"Rokuro, stick to this place, I'll go to Zheyi Canal to find a boat first!"

He took a fast horse from the catcher, turned over lightly, whipped the horse, and disappeared.

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Zheyi Canal, Pine Forest Crossing.

"Are you really so honest? This doesn't seem like this guy's style. Liu Fu, are you sure he didn't bring any officers and soldiers to ambush him?"

"Master, no, he just came over on horseback. Besides, we have the boat in our hands. If we take the water route later, there won't be any pursuers to intercept him."

"Well, that makes sense."

Liu Zian looked sideways, not expecting the hostage threat plan to succeed so smoothly.

But if you think about it carefully, sometimes the people and things in this world are not as twists and turns as described in romance novels. How can there be so many children of destiny who can predict events like gods?

Under the bright morning sun.

Here, Liu Zian was discussing in a low voice with Liu Fu behind him.

Liu Zian, with the Liu family slaves and the private soldiers borrowed from Boss Li, has now boarded the bow of the ferry.

And on the river beach directly in front of them.

Liu Zilin is leading a group of subordinates to escort the officials and businessmen such as Diao County Cheng and the people of Longcheng as hostages.

Confronted with Ouyang Rong who came forward alone.

At this moment, I saw Ouyang Rong looking at him.

Liu Zian was the first to tilt his head and nodded slightly towards his subordinates.

To show sincerity.

I saw that on the official boats docked at the river pier, the Liu family slaves and robbers and private soldiers who were armed to control the boatmen seemed to have received the order. They put away their weapons and jumped off the boat vigorously.

More than half of the official ships were liberated.

There were only three ships left, which were still in the hands of Liu Zian and others. The withdrawn Liu family slaves and bandit private soldiers also boarded these three ships.

Liu Zilin looked back and received Liu Zian's signal. He looked towards Ouyang Rong, who was dusty and haggard in the distance, and said coldly:

"We unloaded the weapons and threw them on the ground. A man came over. We let go of the hostages. We will do what we say. If you dare to make any small moves."

Liu Zilin glanced sideways at his subordinates.

The Liu family slaves who were guarding the hostages around opened the wooden barrels and poured the Burning Sky Dragon Oil inside onto the heads and coats of Diao County Cheng, A Qing, Liu Mu and others.

These Burning Sky Shark Oils were accidentally discovered by Liu Zian and others from the cabin of the official ship. They must have been the batch that was seized by Ouyang Lianghan and the Longcheng County Government during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Just in time to borrow it.

The private soldiers behind Liu Zilin held torches in their hands, loosened their shackles, pushed the frightened hostages forward after the oil was poured on them, and drove them away with whips.

Upon seeing this, the officials, merchants, and people of Longcheng hurriedly ran forward.

In the distance, Ouyang Rong took off his long sword from his waist, took out something from his arms, and handed it to a government servant who ran back first.

His face looked tired and he moved forward alone.

Looking down from a high place, a rather strange scene appeared on this rather wide and empty river beach:

On the left half of the open space on the river beach, a group of people crowded and hurriedly fled, running towards the front, trying to stay away from the men in green holding torches behind them.

On the right half of the open space on the river beach, a slender figure, alone and empty-handed, walked against the current, silently walking towards the waterside where gangsters in green clothes holding white blades gathered.

The atmosphere was surprisingly solemn.

Among the crowd of people who were fleeing in a hurry, some people couldn't help but look sideways.

"Ming...Ming Mansion."

Diao County Prime Minister and other officials staggered, slowed down a bit, and looked guilty.

"Master, don't go!" Ah Qing burst into tears and was stopped by the servants of Meiluyuan who had quick eyes and quick hands.

But at this moment, an unexpected cry of grief suddenly sounded from behind Ah Qing:

"My son! Don't go, don't go! Come back, Dalang! Come back!"

A white-haired old woman rushed out of the fleeing crowd on the left side of the river beach.

He ran towards the figure of the young county magistrate in official uniform regardless of his safety.

This sudden scene is particularly prominent on the relatively quiet river beach at this moment.

Ah Qing, who was originally full of tears, was stunned. Diao Xian Cheng and others behind him also looked confused. Wasn't the mother of Ming Mansion dead long ago?

Liu Zian, who was standing on the bow of the boat and watching with cold eyes, frowned and looked impatient.

Liu Zilin was holding a big sword and was about to lead his subordinates to arrest Ouyang Rong. When he saw this, he snatched a torch from his subordinates and stepped forward with a sinister smile.

"Lighting a lamp in the toilet is seeking death!"

Ouyang Rong, who was advancing, suddenly turned around and pushed Liu Mu who rushed in front of him to the ground.

Don't look back, keep moving forward.

Liu Zilin snorted coldly, threw away the torch, and stepped forward with his subordinates to tie up the helpless Ouyang Rong.

The group of people retreated to the three official ships left on the shore in an orderly manner.

The white-haired old woman was covered in fish oil. She fell down and stretched out her hand forward:

"My son, don't go, don't go! We can't afford to repay your kindness, come back, come back, oh oh oh..."

Liu's mother wanted to give chase, but was held back by Diao County Cheng and others.

At the bow of the ship, Ouyang Rong was escorted and brought to Liu Zian. Liu Zi seemed to squint his eyes and say something. He had been silent and did not answer. Suddenly he turned around and shouted loudly to the people on the river beach below:

“Diao County Cheng, take the official ship to Penglangdu!

"You also run quickly, go to Dagushan, don't look back, don't come to save me! Go to Dagushan, there's someone waiting for you there..."

Liu Zian's eyes suddenly turned cold.

Ouyang Rong's mouth was immediately blocked.

After receiving the signal from his second brother, Liu Zilin walked forward calmly.

He stood on the bow deck, condescending, looking down, and spoke to the audience:
To be continued...