Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

What the two said in unison made Qiu Hupan stunned.

"Brothers, what are you doing? Why are you calling this kid 'city lord'? Our Yizhou City Governor and City Lord Jiang Shiping is not here, so don't call the wrong person."

The chief clerk pulled Qiu Hupan over and said with a slightly unnatural look, "Brother Qiu, you are right. Lord Li will be the mayor and prefect of Yizhou City in the future."

"Now most of Yizhou City has been controlled by him, including our former City Lord Jiang."

"Brother Qiu, everything we said is true." Another teacher followed.

"Bullshit! Have you been bribed by this guy? I tell you, unless Jiang Zhizhou stands in front of me and tells me, I will never recognize this thief as the lord of the city!"

"Don't be stupid." The chief clerk's face suddenly showed anxiety. He grabbed Qiu Hupan, hoping that he could be more rational and not be carried away.

However, Qiu Hupan has now determined that they are in the same group and does not believe their statements at all.

"You are cowards, but I am not. If City Lord Jiang doesn't come today, no one can persuade me. I will lead all the soldiers to kill these outsiders without leaving a single piece of armor behind!"

Qiu Hupan's voice did not stop at all. Besides, Li Yuan and Jiu Lan were not far away and could hear it clearly.

When the chief clerk heard this, he immediately became anxious and could not help but curse:

"What is the relationship between you and me? Don't you know what kind of person I am? Since you are not a coward, just ignore your wife and children at home and fight Li Yuan! Just go ahead!

Do you think Yizhou is still in our hands, in the hands of you, Qiu Hupan? I'm afraid you don't even know how many people have sneaked into your barracks!"

The chief clerk and Qiu Hupan had a good relationship. Although one was a scholar and the other a soldier, the two families were neighbors and their children were of similar age and had a close relationship. Therefore, the chief clerk had to help Qiu Hupan no matter what.

He spoke one sentence after another in such a rapid manner that Qiu Hupan had no chance to get a word in. He choked for a long time before he realized what the chief clerk said.

"You are a person who only cares about fighting and killing. City Lord Jiang has done us a favor, so how can I watch others harm him? But his ability is indeed mediocre, and he has indeed managed to defend Yizhou over the years.

But let me ask you, if Yizhou is attacked by Lei Hao again, can we still resist it?"

"The lesson of Luozhou is there. The refugees of Luozhou were hanging around the city gates before. They exchanged their own children for food and killed people without mercy. Do you think our people will become like that?"

The chief clerk almost cursed loudly and didn't care who else was present.

Qiu Hupan was stunned by the scolding, and could not utter anything except stammering.

The chief clerk sighed. He understood this man better than anyone else. He took a breath and softened his tone: "Brother Qiu, if it were a peaceful day, we would fight to the death for City Lord Jiang today. But now the world is unstable, the government and the people are in chaos, and people's lives are difficult. How can we not let the capable take over?"

His words might have seemed outrageous in the past, but they were very appropriate at this moment, and even Qiu Hupan was frightened.

The chief clerk could only look at Li Yuan and clasp his hands together: "City Lord, can I take him back to see his family first? Let me persuade him."

Li Yuan looked at the chief clerk with a faint smile in his eyes. He knew that bribing the chief clerk was the right choice.

Jiu Lan's deputy standing by was stunned. He didn't expect that the conflict of many days would be resolved today with the arrival of the boss.

and many more!

What city lord?

Who is the city lord?

what happened?

Which step did he not follow? Why did the chief clerk call the big boss the city lord? ?

The chief clerk was indeed a scholar, and his mind was much more cunning than that of a warrior. Li Yuan knew that once Qiu Hupan left the training ground, he would be like a tiger without sharp teeth, and would no longer pose much threat.

Qiu Hupan probably didn't realize that as long as he left the training ground, he would be acquiescing to the series of events that would follow.

The chief clerk took Qiu Hupan away and continued to speak on the way: "Brother Qiu, listen to me. My son is going to marry your daughter soon. How can I harm you?"

"I'm worried because your son wants to marry my daughter. Who knows if your family will mistreat my daughter?" Qiu Hupan said angrily.

The chief clerk smiled and said with a complaining tone: "Don't worry about this. My son is so fond of you that he wants to sell me, his old father, to his sweetheart to prepare the betrothal gifts. How can he bear to treat you badly?

Not to mention my mother and wife, who didn’t watch her grow up?

Even if we take a step back, there is no way to humiliate her, our daughter is born delicate, but she is capable of killing a sheep with one punch... I think all of us, young and old, weak and frail, women and children, combined, are no match for her."

The chief clerk briefly explained the pros and cons again, and Qiu Hupan's expression eased slightly. He just bared his teeth, but immediately retracted them when he thought of something, "Don't change the subject."

"What you said in the training ground today, I..."

"Don't talk, wait till you get there."

The two men rode at full speed to their own house and dismounted.

As soon as he got off the horse, Qiu Hupan frowned. There were four or five men with dignified temperament guarding the door. With his military acumen, he quickly realized that several strangers not far away also had good leg skills.

"Hush, follow me."

As the chief clerk spoke, he took a few steps forward and took out a token from his pocket. The person at the door checked it before letting them leave.

"Who are these people?"

"Mr. Li's."

"Doesn't he have only a thousand men? Where did these people come from?" Qiu Hupan couldn't help but look at the people behind him. His intuition told him that the martial arts of those people behind him should be good.

"The number reported was indeed one thousand, but I'm afraid that Yizhou City has been infiltrated by him inside and out."

The chief clerk pushed open the door and said, "If you don't know how to speak later, just shut up."

There were several women gathered together in the room, sewing needles in their hands, chatting and laughing, no one knew what they were talking about. When they saw them come in, they all looked over.

"The boss is back? Is he taking a day off today? Why haven't I heard the boss mention that?"

Qiu Hupan's wife stepped forward, took Qiu Hupan's cloak, and then bent down to take off his shoes and put them on the fire to warm them.

"No, I'll be leaving soon. I just came to see you in the corridor." Qiu Hupan made an excuse.

Qiu Hupan's wife was a gentle woman. She smiled softly and continued what she was doing. "Bake the shoes. They will be much warmer. I am weak and can't do anything, but baking the shoes is still okay."

In recent years, Qiu Hupan could not bear to hear his wife say that she was weak, so he could only lift his feet desperately to make her take off her shoes.

His daughter handed him a small stool and he sat by the fire.

Another woman also stepped forward and took the cloak from the chief clerk. The others were rejected by the chief clerk. The couple looked at each other, and then looked at Qiu Hupan and his wife with tacit understanding. They both knew what the other meant.

When the women saw them coming, they moved away and continued to chatter in low voices.

"You brought me here just to let me know that this place is controlled by someone?"