Chapter 96 Under the Collapse of Order
Just the day after Xiao Jingchuan left, order in the county began to collapse.
"I can't control it anymore. Let's protect our families." A patrol chief gave up.
At the moment, let alone being in charge of Donglai County, they are considered good if they can protect the people around them.
Song Changming alone was unable to change the situation in the city, and it was estimated that there would be chaos for several days before the imperial army arrived.
Back at the Song residence, Song Changming asked the two elders not to go anywhere these days and just bask in the sun in the courtyard.
"Changming, what happened? Why is it so noisy outside, and why is the county guard abandoning the city and absconding?" Song's father asked worriedly.
"The rumors are true. The county guard has indeed left. Now the city is in chaos." Song Changming did not hide it and told the two elders about it.
"There is such a thing!" Song's father shouted.
He has lived most of his life and has never experienced this.
Unexpectedly, the county guard who had been doing a good job would suddenly leave.
During Xiao Jingchuan's reign, he did not say that he was honest and friendly to the people, but at least under his rule, there was no major trouble in Donglai County, and it was relatively peaceful.
The quality of life of the people is not bad compared to other states and counties. Generally speaking, he is a qualified and capable county governor.
"Fortunately, I listened to you. I bought a lot of rice and food at home. It's chaos outside, so I just don't go." Song's mother said happily.
If Song Changming hadn't been on duty at the headquarters, they would have been completely unprepared to deal with the current chaos.
"Dahuang, Dabai, be more serious these days and guard the yard." Song Changming told the two big dogs on the side.
"Woof!"
The two dogs responded in unison, sticking out their long, spiked tongues.
At night, the city was still not quiet.
Stealing money, food, treasures, and even women is getting worse.
When there is no restraint of order, the greed in people's hearts will expand infinitely, and a lot of people will do whatever they want at this time.
Even the powerful people in the city who they did not dare to provoke in the past dared to fight as a group.
Even the Song residence where Song Changming lived attracted several bold thieves in the middle of the night.
As a result, the two big dogs in the courtyard bit the thieves away without waiting for Song Changming to get up.
Early in the morning, Liang Zhaolong took the remaining seven patrol guards and found Song Changming.
"Brothers are all settled." Liang Zhaolong said.
"Well, thank you for your hard work. Come and have breakfast." Song Changming waved to a few people.
Of the nearly fifty patrols under his command, more than ten were taken away by Xie Shihuan, and the remaining thirty or so people remained and were still willing to follow Song Changming.
Song Changming asked Liang Zhaolong yesterday to settle the patrol with family members and relatives before coming to see him again.
The remaining seven patrolmen, including Liang Zhaolong himself, were all carefree, so during this turbulent period, they all came to seek refuge with Song Changming.
"Okay." Liang Zhaolong was not polite and put one bun into his mouth.
That is to say, Song Changming's family has a lot of food, otherwise it would be impossible to feed so many warriors at the moment.
"We've been going all this way, how is the city now?" Song Changming asked.
"Chaos, it's too chaotic!" Liang Zhaolong shook his head.
"There are dead people everywhere. If the merchants don't have enough warriors to protect them, they will end up even worse. That is, those powerful local families can still stay out of this turmoil."
Song Changming shook his head and asked no more questions.
This is all to be expected, and the scene in the city these past two days is a microcosm of the real troubled times.
If troubled times really come, it will only be worse than now.
"Tou, you, do you have two lions?"
Several patrolmen stared at Dahuang and Dabai who had just arrived in the courtyard and were napping, and asked slightly nervously.
Now the two big dogs really look like lions, and they look very powerful and domineering.
"What are you talking about? It's just a nursing home dog that I have raised since childhood. Don't worry, I won't bite my own people." Song Changming waved his hand.
"Domestic nursing dog." The patrolman swallowed and calmed down.
"Is this a strange beast?" Liang Zhaolong knew better. He had also seen those wild strange beasts.
In his opinion, only exotic beast dogs can grow so huge and majestic.
"Not sure, maybe it just has some exotic beast blood." Song Changming said casually.
Just as he was talking, a young man rushed over and knocked on the door of Song's house in a hurry.
Song Changming raised his eyes and saw that he recognized this young man.
He was a groom who had worked for Liang Chuanshan for many years. He seemed to be distantly related to Liang Chuanshan.
"Master Song, something happened with Director Liang!" the young man said immediately when he saw Song Changming at home.
"Speak clearly." Song Changming stood up and frowned.
On the other side, the door of Liang's house was now in pieces, as if it had been smashed by someone. On the wall of the courtyard, more than a dozen ragged figures were squatting or standing, looking at Liang Chuanshan, the only person left in the courtyard.
On the ground lay all the servants and guards, all of whom had been killed.
Even Liang Chuanshan himself had several wounds on his body and was bleeding continuously.
"Director Liang, when you put us in jail before, you probably never imagined that we would be here today." One of the criminals said with a cruel smile.
In the side rooms on both sides, other prisoners kicked open the door and walked out one after another, pouting.
"I have to admire Director Liang's vigilance. He hid your wife and children so quickly?"
"If you don't bring harm to your family, come at me if you have any grudges!" Liang Chuanshan said coldly, looking at the group of extremely vicious people in front of him.
"This is not okay, Director Liang. You have imprisoned me for so many years and tortured me for so long. Killing you just like this is hard to understand the hatred in my heart. If you can, torture me slowly, wouldn't it be more interesting!" Evil! Guiliao laughed.
"Except for you, I will find all the other patrols under your command and deal with them one by one until I am satisfied!"
Liang Chuanshan took a deep breath and said that the thing he regretted most at this moment was not ordering the execution of these crazy criminals in prison before the chaos in the city.
This is undoubtedly his negligence, and he can only bear the consequences of today's suffering.
"Is there a cellar hidden inside?" a criminal said suddenly when he saw Liang Chuanshan standing in the courtyard without moving.
Liang Chuan saw nothing unusual on the mountain, but he was already a little panicked.
He indeed hid his wife, children, and family members in a cellar.
If discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Just as he clenched the knife in his hand and was about to fight these criminals for the last time, a man rushed in and attracted everyone's attention.
"Let's go!" When Liang Chuanshan saw that it was his groom who rushed in, he shouted immediately, not wanting one more person to die.
"Where are you going!" a criminal standing on the wall of the courtyard screamed.
As he said that, he flew over and attacked the young man who came with one hand and claws.
For him, dealing with an ordinary person is no different from killing a chicken.
However, the next moment.
All he saw was a flash of silver light that hit his eyes.
When he reacted, he had already been stabbed in the heart, and the blade penetrated directly through his body.
Song Changming drew his knife, crossed the threshold of the door, and walked in.
"Changming!" Liang Chuanshan saw hope when he saw Song Changming.
Seeing that Liang Chuanshan was still alive, Song Changming breathed a sigh of relief and turned his eyes to the fugitives.
"Kill them all?" He asked Liang Chuanshan.
"Yeah!" Liang Chuanshan nodded.
If these criminals kill, they will kill. If they escape from prison, they will be guilty of an extra level of crime. They are unforgivable.
Song Changming immediately shook off the blood on his body and walked towards the prisoners in the courtyard.
"I remember him, he was also the patrol chief of the Patrol Division, and he was the one who caught me!" One of the fugitives pointed at Song Changming and gritted his teeth.
It turns out that Song Changming caught him a few years ago when he was patrolling the A Division in Houli Street.
Of course, Song Changming had no impression of this prisoner. After all, he had arrested so many prisoners over the years that he could remember them all.
"superior!"
Several people in the courtyard looked at each other and saw that Song Changming seemed not to be trifled with. Then several people took action together and rushed towards Song Changming with swords in hand.
They are all warriors, and each of them is not weak in strength. They have at least three levels of body training and above.
If an ordinary prisoner had a chance to escape from the prison, he would not dare to seek revenge on Liang Chuanshan after escaping before it was too late. It would be so bold.
If it were in the past, when Song Changming was still in the Patrol Division, the still young Song Changming might have been cautious in facing so many vicious and vicious gangsters.
But now he doesn't need to think too much, just chop it off!
Facing one person, he chopped off his head with the dragon pattern knife.
It doesn't require any skill with the sword, just a powerful force, which is enough to kill the madman in front of him with a sword!
Three consecutive slashes killed the three people on the spot. Because Song Changming drew the sword too fast, the three fugitives did not even have time to scream.
"Come on, come on together!"
Seeing this, the remaining fugitives no longer stood idly by, and a dozen or twenty people swarmed forward.
When Liang Chuanshan on the side saw this scene, he was originally a little anxious and wanted to help.
However, he soon realized that his idea was unnecessary.
In his eyes, this group of criminals were powerful and vicious, but when they came in front of Song Changming, no one could stop Song Changming's sword.
As if he was unparalleled, Song Changming cut the grass quickly in the courtyard.
Heads were thrown into the air one after another, and blood spurted out endlessly.
By the time the remaining prisoners were frightened and wanted to escape, it was already too late.
As the last fugitive was nailed to the courtyard wall by Song Changming with a dragon-patterned knife, in just a few moments, there was another pile of corpses in the courtyard.
(End of chapter)