Almost twenty miles from the place where Jiang Anyi saved him to Linhua County, Lu Shengyuan took nearly three hours to get there, his feet were bubbled, and he was starving in front of him. Every time he took a step forward, Lu Shengyuan would curse a few words of damn thieves, a rebellious person who was cut into pieces, and the most damn thing was the Long Guard who refused to send him.

Following Jiang Anyi's reminder, Lu Shengyuan took off his official uniform and walked forward in his middle clothes. Wherever he went, Lu Shengyuan hesitated. The thief was going to Linhua County. He was supposed to go back to Xingling County, but Xingling County was more than 60 miles away. Lu Shengyuan estimated that when he got there, he almost starved to death.

He gritted his teeth and came to Linhua County, not daring to walk on the road, and walked hard in the forest beside the road. He hid it quickly. Within half an hour, his clothes were scratched by the thorns beside the road. Lu Shengyuan had a habit of cleanliness, and his white middle clothes were spotless. Now they were black, green, and purple, which were comparable to beggars, and their shoes were exposed, making them feel embarrassed.

Lu Shengyuan knew that he could not walk to Xingling County and turned to Linhua County was right. He overestimated his ability if he didn't know. After walking out of six miles, Lu Shengyuan's feet became weak and fell to the side of the road. He couldn't walk anymore. From being caught by Ye Yanguang until now, the sky was getting darker. He only drank a stomach full of water for nearly ten hours. He was a scholar with no power. He was spoiled by a family of a family and was a carriage and horse when he went out. He had never suffered this pain. With the support of overwhelming hatred, he could barely get out so far.

I secretly hated the Dragon Guard who saved him, and many discomforts arose because of him. If he could stand up in the county government, he would have been able to seize the bandit leader of Zhongshan Village to make great contributions. If he was willing to escort himself back to Xingling County, he would have suffered such a hardship. If he didn't save me, I would at least be able to ride a ox cart to Linhua County. If I acted at the opportunity, I might be able to escape smoothly. Why not wait for death here if I could not help me? If...

Many dissatisfactions were made. Lu Shengyuan leaned against the stone beside the road and waited for death. Anyway, he was about to die, so why should he hide? In a daze, he heard the voice, "Oh, it's a sin, this man fainted from hunger."

Lu Shengyuan was clever and opened his eyes. He saw seven or eight people in front of him, some old and some young, and it seemed like a family. Lu Shengyuan immediately became energetic and begged, "My uncles, help me, give me some food." The poor people did not accept the food given by pity. When Lu Shengyuan read this sentence, he firmly believed that he would be able to stick to his ethics when he encountered difficulties. However, he said it very smoothly after being hungry for less than a day.

The people discussed for a while. A woman took out a piece of green and yellow dumpling from the cloth bag on her waist, broke it in half, and hesitated for a moment, and handed the slightly larger piece to Lu Shengyuan. Lu Shengyuan thanked her repeatedly, feeling despicable, and the rural people were really stingy. A piece of dumpling with a big fist of a child was only willing to give half of it. She wanted to throw it back and not eat it, but handed her hand to her mouth and bit it.

It was bitter, astringent and thick. Lu Shengyuan subconsciously wanted to vomit out, so he quickly lowered his head to cover it up and said with a stinging voice: "How many people, are there clear water? I have bitterness in my mouth and can't swallow it."

An old man saw that although Lu Shengyuan's clothes were dirty and torn, they were silk, and the shoes on his feet were made of calfskin. How could ordinary people afford to wear them? He said sneered: "It turns out that they are rich masters, and they have them half a mile away from the front.

Shanquan, Master, please go and drink water yourself."

After saying that, the old man asked everyone to leave. After these people left, Lu Shengyuan swallowed the food in his mouth and cursed: "It's hard to raise women and villains."

Looking at the dumplings in my hand, I could probably tell that the yellow ones were millet, the green ones were wild vegetables, and the bark and grass roots were things. Lu Shengyuan really wanted to throw them away. After eating something, his stomach became more and more hungry, and his "gurgling" kept ringing. Lu Shengyuan had a bitter face and ate the dumplings in his hand bit by bit. His stomach had food, and he had a few strength on his feet. He struggled to get up and continue moving forward, and finally grinded to Linhua County bit by bit.

When he arrived in Linhua County, the battle was in full swing, and the shouts of killing were shocking. Lu Shengyuan didn't even dare to look around. He found a small ditch, and the cat was trembling in it. I don't know how long it took, but the cry of "Long Live the Holy Ming" woke him up. Lu Shengyuan plucked up his courage to walk out of the forest. He heard cheers after cheers "Long Live the Holy Ming", and his heart was settled. It was probably the officers and soldiers who won.

People kept running away from him, and no one looked at him. Lu Shengyuan saw that the escaped people were wearing bandits' green clothes or common people's clothes. He became more and more sure that the officers and soldiers won and finally were saved. People were in a happy mood when they were happy, and Lu Shengyuan's steps also became faster and limped towards Linhua County. From a distance, he saw the flag fluttering in front, which was the flag of the Anton Protectorate's Mansion. Lu Shengyuan shouted "Help".

When everyone heard him shouting, "Lu Shengyuan, the magistrate of Xingling County", Ai Wei was surprised that Xingling County was broken by thieves. Why did Lu Shengyuan run here to shout for help? He had been to Xingling County and knew that this person was a child of the Lu family in Hedong and was an uncle and nephew of the former Minister of Works Lu Jialin. He did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly asked someone to come forward to help Lu Shengyuan.

Seeing the governor Ai Wei, Lu Shengyuan burst into tears and choked and said, "Mr. Ai, the official... will escape from the thief for life... come to deliver the letter..."

Ai Wei thought to himself, when you come to deliver the letter, Linhua County had already fallen into the hands of the thief. Seeing that Lu Shengyuan had tears on his face, his clothes were dirty and torn, his body was filled with irritability and sweat. He was getting closer and he was really rushing to the nose. Then he took a step back, Ai Wei said: "Mr. Lu has worked hard all the way, go to the city to wash, eat something before talking in detail."

Leaving people to clean the battlefield, Ai Wei took everyone back to the county government. When Lu Shengyuan restored the costumes of the aristocratic family, he came to the lobby and heard that County Magistrate Lin was reporting the situation of the war. "... The bandit leader of Zhongshan Village, Rao Qiangfeng, escaped, military advisor Guo De committed suicide, and the bandits of Yuantian Sect escaped, and captured many bandits from Zhongshan Village, and also caught a body in the small river, wearing official uniforms, and had an official seal on his body, which was the seal of the county magistrate of Xingling County..."

Lu Shengyuan gritted his teeth and said, "It's good to die. It's better to be a traitor, Yang Guohua. This traitor has no integrity. The bandits who surrendered to Zhongshanzhai led this group of bandits to burn, kill and loot in Xingling County, and finally burned Xingling County. I pity the countless people in Xingling County, woo."

When Ai Wei saw Lu Shengyuan stretching out his sleeve to wipe his tears, he thought to himself why the county magistrate Lu was so cried, and he comforted him: "Mr. Lu, the thief has been broken, and unfortunately, I will return to Xingling County to rebuild my home in the future. Our mansion also wants to ask how the thieves in Zhongshanzhai captured Xingling County."

The letter sent by Jiang Anyi is inauspicious. As the governor of Duanzhou, Xingling County is a county under his rule, so Ai Wei of course wants it.

Understand clearly and report to the court.

"The bandit leader of Zhongshan Village asked for my meeting under the leadership of Yu Guangshi, a gentry in Xingling County..." Lu Shengyuan added fire and told the story of Zhongshan Village seizing Xingling County. Of course, it was inevitable to highlight how he fought bravely, how might he be powerful and unyielding after being caught by the thief, and how Yang Guohua sold himself to the thief. The thief burned, killed and looted the city, and finally mentioned that among the thiefs, there was a undercover agent of Long Wei.

"This Long Guard is very suspicious. When the official led the crowd to fight with the thieves, he stood by and watched, even though the captain Gan and several yamen runners were tragically under the knife of the thief. When the thief took the official away from Xingling County, Lu saw that this person helped the evildoer and set fire to the house. It was strange. Later, this person inexplicably released the official from the ox cart, saying that he was the Long Guard and asked the official to escape. The official thought that Linhua County was in danger, and came to deliver the letter regardless of his own safety."

With great grace as much as hatred, Lu Shengyuan made up his mind to frame Jiang Anyi, otherwise he would be scared and begged for mercy in the forest and beg for mercy. How could he gain a foothold in the officialdom in the future?

Ji Datao was in doubt. He had not sent Longwei to Xingling County. Mo Bai was a subordinate who was on a foreign affairs job and was in a mess. Lu Shengyuan kept saying that Longwei was not doing his job well, which made Ji Datao very unhappy. He said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lu, Longwei Office has always put the overall situation first. Ji believes that he has his own reason to do this. Lord Lu, what does the Longwei who saved you look like?"

Just now, Ji Datao was covered in blood and replaced the Huo Yunbiao suit on his body. He wore a green regular suit, so Lu Shengyuan didn't know that Duanzhou Longweizhou was also present. When Ai Wei spoke up, Lu Shengyuan thought to himself that he was unlucky and slandered his subordinates in front of the leader, and then offended Ji Zhoutong.

Lu Shengyuan gritted his teeth and explained: "Jizhou Tong, the subordinate officials are just making statements based on facts. Please forgive me for any inappropriate words, not for Brother Longwei."

Ji Datao sneered and said, "Just when Ji's subordinates arrive, you will know when they ask. I dare to ask Lord Lu, what does my useless subordinate look like? Ji wants to know which eye-opener offended Lord Lu."

With resentment in his words, Lu Shengyuan had to vaguely say: "The Long Guard is about an inch taller than the lower official, with a good appearance, darker skin and strong figure."

Ji Datao compared his subordinates one by one in his heart. It seemed that there was no such person. Suddenly, his heart moved. The image of Long Guard that Lu Shengyuan mentioned was exactly the same as that of Jiang Anyi. Could it be that the person who saved him was Jiang Anyi? Looking at Lu Shengyuan, Ji Datao sneered twice. If it was really Jiang Anyi, the Lu family wanted to conceal him and was seeking death.

Ai Wei and Lu Jialin had a friendship and were willing to help Lu Shengyuan. Seeing that Ji Datao stopped talking, he quickly changed the topic and said: "The rebellion was settled, and there were still many things to be done after it. I would be bothered by Lord Yuan. Maintaining order and protecting the safety of Linhua County will be handed over to General Wan. The bandit leader Ye Yanguang and the thieves from the Yuantian Sect are on the run. Jizhou General has to worry about arresting them. This time, many traitors were arrested. We should trouble Jizhou General to distinguish between goodness and ask for the crime and report the responsibility of our government to report to the court."
Chapter completed!