The guards are indeed loyal and unswervingly loyal to the Meng family.
However, they were not stupid. They had long understood what Meng Yuanhai said over and over again.
After knowing that Meng Yuanhai had colluded with the bandits in the cottage, many guards were thinking about a question. If all the bandits in the cottage were killed, would they also be silenced?
If you want no one to know about it, the best way is to silence everyone who knows it.
Dead people never speak.
When everyone here is dead, Meng Yuanhai's secret can be concealed forever.
Thinking of this problem, all the guards hesitated.
When Meng Yuanhai once again used poor excuses to ask them to charge to their deaths, everyone was thinking whether it was worth it...
After this thought, no one followed.
Meng Yuanhai didn't know what the guards were thinking. If he knew, he would definitely make every possible promise to make them feel relieved.
However, he had no intention of guessing this. When he saw that the guards did not follow him, he became furious and reprimanded them loudly.
At this time, the guards became more determined in their inner thoughts.
Once they kill everyone else, Meng Yuanhai will definitely not let them go. Rather than doing this, it would be better not to help anyone in the first place.
Some smart people have quietly left the team and are preparing to slip away quietly.
Meng Yuanhai became angry with shame and stopped halfway. It was neither a rush nor a rush...
After struggling for a while, I heard Lu Xiaoyue say with a smile: "City Lord Meng, do you really think you can kill all of us to silence us?"
After saying this, Lu Xiaoyue suddenly pulled out the silver sword in his hand, swung it casually, and slashed it out gently.
An invisible sword energy came out, mixed with the force of wind and thunder, and struck Meng Yuanhai fiercely.
There was a soft "chi" sound, and a huge sword mark appeared on the ground in front of Meng Yuanhai, which was ten feet long and a palm wide.
The sword mark extended all the way to Meng Yuanhai's body. If it were just a little longer, it would be enough to split him in half.
Of course, this sword energy can be longer, but that is no longer necessary.
Meng Yuanhai was so frightened that he was trembling all over, sweating in cold sweat, and his whole body was stunned.
At that moment, he experienced the same situation as Lao San, and he was also on the verge of death.
But the difference is that someone rescued the third child, but others didn't want to kill him.
"Plop!"
Meng Yuanhai's knees weakened and he fell to his knees. At this moment, he finally understood the gap between himself and the other party.
As long as Lu Xiaoyue moved her hand, she could kill herself with a swing of her sword.
It's ridiculous that I want to kill everyone and silence them...
Apart from overestimating one's own abilities, Meng Yuanhai couldn't think of any words to describe it.
Seeing Meng Yuanhai kneeling in submission, Lu Xiaoyue gently took back her sword and asked calmly: "City Lord Meng, can you tell me now... how did you collude with these bandits?"
"I said..." Meng Yuanhai took a deep breath and said, "I can tell you everything! However, I want you to promise not to kill me, and Huayin City will not change hands!"
"Are you really sick? After something like this happened, do you think you can still keep your position as city lord?" Shopkeeper Liao came over with a curse and kicked Meng Yuanhai to the ground.
As a city lord, not only did he fail to protect the people in his territory, but he colluded with the bandits and did evil things.
What qualifications does such a person have to be a city lord?
"No! I didn't, I didn't do anything!" Meng Yuanhai defended loudly: "Although they are bandits in name, they have never robbed people. All food and clothing expenses in the village are provided by the city lord's mansion.
Provided! They are just going to rob those outsiders when they need something..."
When needed, it naturally refers to the person the puppets have chosen, and the robbers are needed to help rob that person.
There are many times like this. Although all the bandits in the village are called bandits, they actually have no time to rob ordinary people.
"Bullshit! Those outsiders are not common people anymore?" Shopkeeper Liao cursed angrily: "Of those outsiders who were robbed, which one didn't end up dying miserably? Don't you think it's right to do this? You colluded with the puppets to do this
For things that are harmful to nature, one should die as an apology."
Shopkeeper Liao scolded him very harshly, without caring about Meng Yuanhai's face.
He had just learned about colluding with puppets. If it hadn't been for Lu Xiaoyue's reminder, he wouldn't have even imagined that the city lord of Huayin City was behind this matter.
In order to be able to help the puppets, he actually kept a group of nominal bandits outside the city, ready to be dispatched at any time.
Meng Yuanhai lowered his head deeply. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "No! You can't tell this matter. Once it is told, Huayin City will be over! My city lord
If the position is not preserved, Huayin City will also be destroyed. The emperor never wants to see such a situation. Huayin City is the second largest city in Hanling Kingdom, and the emperor will not let it be destroyed!" He defended loudly,
The tone was full of hysteria.
As he said, such things cannot happen in Huayin City. Once this incident spreads, the reputation of the entire Huayin City will fall to the bottom.
The tourism industry that Huayin City depends on for its survival will suffer a devastating blow.
In a city where even the city lord is colluding with bandits and specializing in killing outsiders, who would dare to come here to play?
Are you not looking for death here?
If this happens, Huayin City will definitely be doomed, and the entire city will be completely devastated.
The Meng family and the royal family spent hundreds of years building Huayin City. If it were to end like this, no one would be able to accept it.
This is Meng Yuanhai's greatest confidence and his only trump card for survival.
Shopkeeper Liao did hesitate.
Meng Yuanhai's words made him think for ten minutes, but there was still no way... It was easy to kill Meng Yuanhai, but how to explain the cause of his death and why he should be killed was a huge problem.
Moreover, after Meng Yuanhai died, who would take over Huayin City, how to explain to the people the change of ownership of Huayin City, and how to explain the reasons for the change of ownership.
These are huge troubles!
When he thought of this, Shopkeeper Liao felt a dull pain in his head.
"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore! Let's leave this matter to Master Lu." Shopkeeper Liao let out a long sigh and prepared to leave everything to others.
Anyway, he is just a shopkeeper of Baixiao Tower. Even if Huayin City is finished, at most he will only lose his position as shopkeeper, which will not have much impact on him.
Lu Xiaoyue and Jianzhen thought about it for a long time, but for a while they couldn't think of any good solution.
At this moment, Li Muhong behind her finally stood up.
"Nephew Meng, I can keep your position as city lord for you! Don't worry, this matter will be made public, but Huayin City will never be destroyed. After your death, I guarantee that the people will be happy."