Li Hui and his party quickly returned to the county government office, blocked the door and entered the lobby. Jiang Sheng and others collapsed on the ground, covered in cold sweat. They didn't feel it just now, but now they were all cold and could not help shivering.
The scene just now frightened them.
But at this moment, they also admired Li Hui very much. Li County Prime Minister was only seventeen or eighteen years old. Facing the vicious gang of people, he actually talked and laughed calmly without saying a word. If nothing else, it was just his courage.
, is enough to make people admire. At that time, Jiang Sheng and others were so frightened that they were weak and at a loss.
Li Hui sat on the cage in the main hall, drinking water one by one. Although his expression was calm and composed, he was actually very nervous just now. After all, they were a group of refugee armed forces, and they were facing the people who had just killed Lu
Zhan Zhan's murderers, who knows if they will really keep their word?
But it turned out that his bet was right. Wang Guangzu did not kill anyone in public because he was afraid. This may have confirmed his previous inference that Wang Guangzu and his gang did not want to push themselves into an irreversible abyss. In fact, they
There is still some room for other ideas. And this is the breakthrough point. As a court official, I have a status advantage at this moment.
"Li Xian Cheng is really a heroic young man. Just now, the villains were frightened. Li Xian Cheng is upright, but they dare not make mistakes after all. It is really admirable." Jiang Sheng pointed at Li Huigao and shouted loudly
praise.
The rest of the people also expressed their admiration.
Li Hui frowned and said: "What do you admire? I scolded them, and they came to take our lives as soon as the sun set. Can we resist? We only lived a few more hours. You are too happy too early."
One sentence immediately made Jiang Sheng and others completely speechless. They had just escaped from death and were so excited that they forgot about it. People are coming when the sun goes down, and they will all die by then. Maybe they will die worse than Lu Zhan, but also
What are you happy about here?
"Isn't that true? What should we do? Li County Cheng, what should we do? You must have a solution, right?" Jiang Sheng asked hurriedly.
Everyone looked at Li Hui expectantly. Li Hui smiled bitterly and said: "What can I do? We are outnumbered and we can't resist them when they come."
Everyone suddenly felt like deflated rubber balls, with no energy left in them.
Li Hui said in a deep voice: "Don't think so much. Since there is no way to resist, just don't think about it. Before we die, we have to be full of ghosts, right? Didn't Magistrate Lu bring a lot of wine and food?
What? If we don’t eat now, when will we wait? Everyone, bring wine, meat, and cook rice and vegetables. It is proper for us to have a full stomach."
Jiang Sheng and others were all speechless. The man of the Li family is really big-hearted. How can he eat at this time?
Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang responded immediately. They clapped their hands and laughed and said: "What Xiaolang said is absolutely true. Who cares, we have to have a full stomach. We can still have strength if we work with them at night. Even if we die, we will be full. It is better than dying of starvation."
Ghost is strong."
Jiang Sheng and others thought about it and realized that this was also the case. They were going to die anyway, so it was better to have a good meal. Until last night, no one had eaten or drank much.
Once they thought about it, everyone was not so worried. With the mentality of breaking the jar, many things can be done. So everyone took action, took out the wine, meat, dried fruits and vegetables they had brought, and set up pots to cook rice and vegetables.
Get busy.
Soon after, a sumptuous table of wine and food was placed in the main room of the back house. Everyone started to eat and drink with open stomachs, really thinking that this meal was the last meal in their lives. They even played guessing beans during the banquet, which seemed to I really put life and death aside.
Li Hui was very restrained and did not eat and drink as much as they did. After drinking a bowl of wine and eating a bowl of rice, Li Hui stopped eating. Seeing the sunset and the light gradually dimming, Li Hui stood Get up.
"Everyone, that's it. Don't get really drunk. It's getting dark soon. I have a few words to make arrangements. Please listen carefully."
Everyone hurriedly stopped eating and drinking. Jiang Sheng breathed out the breath of wine and said, "The county magistrate just ordered me to fight with them tonight. Kill one to earn enough money, kill two to earn one."
Li Hui smiled and said: "There is no need to fight hard. You all listen carefully. We will go to the main hall to wait for them in a while. There is no need to bolt the front door. There is no need. By the way, light the candles and lanterns. I want the main hall to be bright. Yes, we will wait for them in the main hall."
"Ah?" Everyone was stunned.
"Remember, when you see them, you are not allowed to mess around. If you mess up my big event, you will lose everyone's life. Without my words, you are not allowed to take action or speak without permission. Do you hear me clearly?" Li Hui shouted coldly.
Although everyone was puzzled, seeing Li Hui's solemn words, they all nodded in agreement.
Li Hui said in a deep voice: "Then pack everything up and go to the main hall. It's a great spring for me to change my clothes."
The setting sun fell into the western land, and the sky and the earth instantly dimmed. The biting cold wind swept over the dark town, making a howling sound like ghosts crying and wolves howling. The black water of the large lake 800 miles south of the city was like an abyss.
There is deathly silence and darkness in the small town of Juchao County. All the people and refugees are huddled in dark houses and huts, shivering and enduring the cold and hunger. There is little light in the city.
But in the main hall of the county government, the lights were brightly lit at the moment.
Several candlesticks were swaying in the wind, and several lanterns were hung on both sides of the corridor. In the main hall, Li Hui was wearing a brand-new official uniform and sitting in the middle behind the desk, sitting solemnly in the flickering candlelight.
Behind him on both sides, Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang stood on either side with big iron bars in their arms, like two door gods. Jiang Sheng and others hid in a small room on the side in a daze in fear.
They are waiting, waiting for those who are about to emerge from the darkness, and also waiting for an unknown fate.
…
Time passes slowly, and waiting is already painful, especially in this situation, where you don't know when the enemy will appear.
On a cold night in the twelfth lunar month, the weather is extremely cold. The cold enters the body bit by bit, invading every inch of skin, stiffening every muscle, until it is bone-chilling and cold to the bone.
An hour passed, and it was already halfway through the first update, but the people waiting in the lobby of the county government still did not hear any movement. Everyone's bodies were already extremely cold, and their breath formed long steam in the candlelight. , Li Hui was even shivering from the cold, and began to regret that he had taken off his cotton robe and changed into the ninth-grade official uniform.
Li Hui thought doubtfully: "Maybe these people won't come."
But Li Hui soon rejected this idea. In broad daylight, in full view of everyone, he challenged Wang Guangzu. If Wang Guangzu didn't come tonight, he wouldn't have to mess around in front of his men. And he had no reason not to come. , he has hundreds of people under his command, but he is not afraid of these few people under his command.
And they shouldn't have to wait until midnight or sneak in secretly. Because the matter has been made clear, there is no need for them to do so.
Although I came to the conclusion that they were bound to come, I still didn't know when they would show up, so I could only continue to wait.
It was as cold as ice in the hall, so Li Hui decided to make a fire to keep warm. In fact, he should have done this a long time ago.
However, just when Li Hui was about to tell Jiang Sheng and others to come out and light a fire, he heard bursts of noisy shouts of killing coming from the night wind outside.
Li Hui was shocked, and everyone was also surprised, thinking in their hearts: "Here he comes."
Li Hui returned to his upright posture, while Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang clenched the cold iron rods. Jiang Sheng and others also clenched their swords. Everyone was waiting for the moment when the other party broke through the door.
However, that moment took a long time to come. Instead, the shouts of death coming from outside became more intense. And Li Hui also sensed something was wrong.
"It seems that the shouting of killing is not coming from nearby, but in the streets of the city." Li Hui said in a deep voice.
Zhao Dachun nodded and said, "It sounds very far away to me too."
Li Hui stood up and listened carefully to make sure that the sound of shouting for death was not near the Yamen. Li Hui frowned and thought for a moment, and he was confused. Then he said in a deep voice: "Turn out the lights, let's go to the wall to see what happened.
"
Everyone quickly blew out the lanterns and candles, and walked out of the lobby into the courtyard. The shouts of killing outside were more clearly audible, and the sound of weapons clashing was very dense. The sounds of shouting and fighting seemed to be everywhere, especially
It is even more severe in the direction of the east gate.
Everyone quickly climbed up the wall and looked into the city. This view immediately surprised everyone.
I saw flames soaring into the sky from the east street of the county town, and the sounds of killing and fighting were endless. Not only that, but there were also shouts of killing in the direction of the south gate. On the nearby streets, the sounds of running and shouting were also heard one after another. The entire southeast city was in chaos.
, I don’t know how many people were rushing and shouting. Many houses on the street were also on fire, the flames were jumping, figures were flying in the fireworks, and the cold light of swords was flashing.
"What's going on? Could it be that the imperial court sent troops to attack? The soldiers of Liyang County?" Jiang Sheng asked in shock.
"It's possible. Or is there internal strife? These guys are beating themselves up?" Another nurse also said.
Li Hui stared at the firelight and the place of fighting, frowning in thought.