Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Thinking of this, they really wanted to shout at the old man, "Don't come over here."

However, reality was cruel, and the old man soon walked next to them.

They immediately tensed up, stood up straight, and looked forward, pretending not to notice the old man.

The old man stopped and walked here. He guessed that it was almost time, so he closed his eyes and waited for the sharp blade to cut his throat.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he closed his eyes, the soldiers defending the city suddenly retreated several steps as if facing a powerful enemy.

"Look, he's closing his eyes and pretending to be unconscious. We need to stay away from him so he doesn't blackmail us."

They put their swords against their chests and said, "Hey, old man, we have so many eyes watching us. Don't even think about succeeding in broad daylight."

When he opened his eyes in confusion, he saw that the soldiers were eight feet away from him, avoiding him like the plague.

The old man looked down at his old hands. Was he really that scary?

He spoke tentatively, "Brother..."

"It's almost too late!"

The soldiers interrupted without emotion.

Seeing that he was choking, his expression changed for a moment, "Master..."

"Don't flatter us!"

"Bingwei..."

"You called Bingwei?"

After being interrupted several times, the old man finally said expressionlessly, "Well, I'll get straight to the point. I just want to ask, what exactly does the Empress mean?"

Seeing the old man's serious question, the soldiers replied, "The Empress has said that all the spies in the city have been eliminated. From today on, the city gates will open and close normally. Anyone who wants to leave Liucheng may do so on their own."

The old man couldn't believe it, "Are you serious?"

The soldiers curled their lips, "I really don't know what you are worried about. We are too lazy to wipe the blood off our swords when we kill you."

They must be crazy to attack unarmed civilians. If the news gets out, no city will dare to accept them. They will be resisted to the death.

The old man was speechless for a moment, "Although that's what I said, but..."

"It's fine if you don't believe it, it won't affect us anyway."

The soldiers were very supportive of Song Zhi. The people of Liucheng had said so many bad things about Song Zhi, so they had no good feelings towards these people.

The old man was silent for a while, then had to retreat in shame.

As soon as I got back, everyone surrounded me.

He repeated the previous conversation word for word, then sighed and said, "I don't think the empress will do anything to us. Anyway, I'm not leaving. I'm staying here and not going anywhere."

"Then I'll stay too."

"Me too."

"Me too."

Everyone rushed to express their opinions and tried to appear on the streets.

They looked nervous, afraid that they would be stabbed in the throat with a sword in the next second.

However, the autumn wind blew through the streets, and nothing unusual appeared.

Gradually, everyone became bolder and started moving around.

The soldiers still had no intention of caring about them.

It was the first time in a long time that they appeared on the streets during the day.

The people were very excited, "Haha, I'm still alive, I'm not dead."

"Just say that the Empress won't be that bloody. She doesn't look like a villain."

"Stop talking so much. I'm going out of town to fish in the river now. I haven't had fish in a long time."

"Then I'll go to the mountains to hunt game."

Everyone is eager to try and feel happy and joyful about "seeing the light of day again".

Of course, there are always a few discordant voices in a harmonious atmosphere.

"Don't be too happy too soon. They might just be trying to trick you out."

"That's right. Just go out of the city and explore the situation first. If you come back alive, we will take your belongings and leave overnight."

"We are different from you. You can only stay here and wait to die. We have relatives in other cities in Tianqi who we can go to."

As they said this, they continued to hide back.

The others didn't mind either. After all, until the last moment, they couldn't be 100% sure that the Empress wasn't really trying to trick them out, so they didn't engage in such verbal arguments.

But there's no benefit in tricking them out.

Thinking about it this way, everyone felt relieved.

The deserted streets gradually began to come back to life, and hunters and fishermen picked up their things and set off.

As they approached the city gate, they inevitably felt a little nervous.

However, as they successfully walked out of the city gate, everyone felt relieved.

At night, the city is lit up with twinkling lights.

Everyone stood not far from the city gate, looking forward to it, until familiar figures appeared, and the fishermen and hunters returned with full loads.

Everyone finally understood that the Empress would really not do anything to them, and they were completely relieved.

Everyone laughed, sang and danced to celebrate their survival.

The self-righteous wise ones secretly shook their heads and scoffed, "It's just one last revelry. Who knows, tomorrow might be their death."

These people packed up their bags and left the city overnight, heading straight for Tianqi.

Fortunately, there are not too many people like this, only a few hundred.

Once these people go to Tianqi, she will never be able to bring them back.

They chose everything themselves.

Song Zhi was reading a book. Hearing the noisy sounds outside, he guessed what was happening.

Seeing that it was still early, she called Song Chenfeng and said, "It seems that Liucheng is getting back on track. Brother, I'll have to trouble you to maintain order throughout Liucheng."

Song Chenfeng didn't expect that Song Zhi would suddenly entrust him with such an important task, and he was a little bit unbelieving.

"Me... me?"

"Of course it's you, otherwise who would I call brother?"

"But……"

Song Chenfeng was a little hesitant.

The more he interacted with Xie Ting Mengqi, the more he discovered his own shortcomings.

Xie Ting seems simple-minded, but he is actually very meticulous. Meng Qi seems impulsive, but he is actually gentle and steady.

Compared with these two people, he does have a lot of room for growth.

Liucheng is a newly captured city. The people of this city don’t have much trust in Song Zhi, and he is really afraid that he will mess up.

Song Zhi knew what he was thinking.

Ever since he was not assigned any mission during the last sneak attack on Liucheng, Song Chenfeng has become visibly less confident. He probably thinks that since his sister thinks he is not capable enough, he must be really not capable enough.

Even when arguing with Aluan, he was willing to admit defeat.

Song Zhiyi had discovered this situation a long time ago, and deliberately let him calm down for two days before looking for him at this time.

Song Zhi stood up, walked to the window, turned his back to him and said, "Brother, do you know why I gave this matter to you?"

Song Chenfeng shook his head, "I don't know."

It's not like she gave him a backdoor just because they are siblings.

Song Zhi smiled brightly, "Because you are my brother, I am using my power for personal gain and giving you a good job that is both training-oriented and easy and not dangerous."