What was honor?
A jade belt around the waist, a high position and power?
A warehouse full of gold and silver, rich in a region?
What was glory?
The most luxurious coffin, the most extravagant tomb?
High officials and dignitaries, endless condolences, funeral was like a happy occasion, and there was a long line of carriages in front of the door?
The living could die, but the dead could not live.
In Wu Yinquan's memory, he had attended the funeral of the deputy general of the city guards' mother a few years ago. At that time, the deputy general was the current chief general of the city guards of Yue City.
At that time, he was already very popular.
All the high officials and dignitaries of Yue City, including the rich and powerful families, had come.
Their warden was only at the last seat at the funeral banquet. The few of them even gave gifts, but they didn't even get to enter the door.
At that time, he felt that this was the ultimate glory, right?
Even in his dreams, he hoped that when his mother died, there would be such a scene.
In this way, when his mother died, she might be able to die in peace. Or he could say that this son was not born in vain!
After so many years of working so hard to climb up, he was the grandson of the warden and treated the prison guards as brothers. He was diligent and responsible … After so many years, he was only a small prison head.
He knew that being a small prison head was the limit.
He didn't have a strong relationship outside, and he didn't have transcendent being cultivation inside. This was the most he could do in his life. His spirit dissipated. He began to muddle along and muddle along.
The "glory" he gave his mother could only exist in his dreams.
But until now, until today, at this moment.
Looking at the sacrificial flowers that covered the long street, there were not many people here.
He suddenly couldn't stop crying.
He suddenly understood what the "glory of grief" was!
Some people died, but he was still alive.
He lived in everyone's hearts.
No one wanted a person like Old Master Qin to die.
Because it had always been people like Old Master Qin who supported this world.
It allowed people to see that there was still light in this world in the darkest and most desperate moment.
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Li Yang, the commander of the guards of Yue City's City Lord Mansion, didn't have any other merits other than being loyal to the City Lord.
His combat strength was average, and his comprehension was also average. He often couldn't figure out the City Lord's thoughts.
However, no matter what the City Lord said, he would do it without the slightest discount or slack off.
Before his old father died, he had said to him, "In this life, you have no other merits other than loyalty. But as long as you maintain this, it will be enough."
Li Yang remembered these words very clearly.
The City Lord had thought of replacing him more than once, but the most private matters were always given to him first.
This was the absolute trust that was exchanged for unconditional loyalty.
Li Yang personally presided over the blockade of Zeren Medical Hall. He dared to guarantee with his head that no one in Zeren Medical Hall would be able to spread the news.
Of course, it wasn't that easy at first, but after he killed two people with his own hands, the whole clinic quieted down.
Qin Nianmin was the only one who kept trying to escape.
Climbing over a wall in the middle of the night, disguising himself as a night watchman …
He wanted nothing more than to pretend that he didn't recognize him and just kill him.
However, such a person could not be killed.
Killing Old Master Qin's son, especially when this son had such a good reputation, would be criticized by the people.
Li Yang thought about it for a while, but he couldn't come up with a good idea. Left with no other choice, he was sent to prison.
In the prison, there was no wall to climb over, right? He was just a pile of old bones, wasn't he afraid of spraining his back?
In order to avoid tarnishing the City Lord's reputation, he even went to another place and specifically asked the city guards to do this.
Today, Rong country's condemnation of Yang country had been made public to the Eastern region. Jia city also officially announced the plague situation and notified the whole country.
The City Lord of Yue city also received a stern warning from the county government and finally decided to announce the true situation facing the city.
Li Yang thought that he could finally get rid of Qin Nianmin, this hot potato, and that there was no need to seal the news.
However, at this time, he received an order from the City Lord to kill Qin Nianmin immediately!
He didn't quite understand the City Lord's thoughts, but whatever the City Lord said, he would do.
He didn't need to care whether he was willing or not, because he didn't need to have his own will.
What made Li Yang feel inconceivable was that in such a heavily guarded prison, an old man who didn't even have the strength to truss a chicken … actually escaped!
The day before he went to the prison to kill someone, there was chaos in the prison.
In the Yue city prison, which had been peaceful for decades, there was a riot in the infamous "Earth private room."
Dozens of felons held prison guards hostage, broke open the cell doors, and fled in all directions, causing trouble, and turning the entire prison into a mess.
The warden used his extraordinary strength to personally suppress this riot. When he counted, he realized that other than the two felons who were killed on the spot, none of the prisoners had escaped. Only Qin Nianmin was missing.
It was as if the prisoners risked their lives to start a riot just to send this person out.
Li Yang felt incredulous, not because this matter was brilliant. It was because it was too meaningless!
This group of rotten people in the prison spent so much effort to do a meaningless thing.
Even he, who had always been scolded as an idiot by the City Lord, found it laughable.
The matter itself wasn't difficult to investigate.
Other than all the felons in the "Earth-ranked private room", there were also two people from the prison who were involved in this matter.
One of the prison guards was surnamed Ding, and the other was surnamed Wu. Now, they were both stripped of their clothes and thrown into the cells. Whether they were killed or tortured, they were all things that happened later.
Qin Nianmin, who had already escaped from the prison, wasn't difficult to track down. An ordinary person who hadn't reached the transcendent realm, and an old man in his fifties, no matter how good his legs were, where could he escape to?
It just so happened that Yue city had already begun to seal off all places, and the entire city was under martial law.
Not to mention a fugitive, even a proper citizen wouldn't be able to go too far!
As the commander of the City Lord's Mansion's guards, Li Yang naturally could pass through the entire territory of Yue city without any hindrance.
At this time, the situation that he truly couldn't understand arrived —
He discovered that as a transcendent realm cultivator, with the orders of the City Lord of Yue city, the secret support of the entire city's official forces, and a large amount of manpower, he actually couldn't catch Qin Nianmin.
He was like a weak but agile fly. Li Yang could feel that he was circling around him, but he couldn't see where he was and couldn't catch him.
He felt that there was an invisible force faintly resisting his search, but he couldn't find what that force was.
In the entire territory of Yue city, what force could resist the City Lord's Mansion?
How was this possible?
After a long time without success, the City Lord of Yue city flew into a rage. He simply turned the secret capture into a public arrest, mobilizing several of Yue city's most famous transcendent realm constables to participate in the pursuit.
One of the constables had worked for a Blue Medal Constable in Qi city when he was young, and his methods were shrewd and ruthless.
Just a small demonstration of his skills allowed Li Yang to see the power of these cultivators who specialized in torture.
It was also at this time that he realized that the ones who had been hindering him from secretly capturing Qin Nianmin weren't some organization, but those peddlers, those shop owners, the waiters of the restaurant … they were all ordinary and ordinary people.
They spontaneously hid Qin Nianmin's tracks, deliberately leading Li Yang and the others in the wrong direction.
In Li Yang's limited experience, he had never seen this before. Among these ordinary people, there wasn't a single person who could pose a threat to him. But for some reason, he felt a chill run down his spine and his heart turn cold.
Fortunately, his fear didn't need to be noticed, because he didn't need to have his own will.
Fortunately, Qin Nianmin's tracks had already been revealed.
Under the methods of the Extraordinary Constables, a mere Qin Nianmin had nowhere to hide.
When Li Yang followed the two Extraordinary Constables to catch up to Qin Nianmin, he discovered that he had unknowingly escaped to the border of Yue City.
Under the pursuit of the Extraordinary Constables, he had almost escaped from this place.
For an ordinary fifty year old man, this was truly an inconceivable matter!
It could be called a miracle created by ordinary people.
But it was still a bit off.
Sometimes, a single step was the difference between heaven and earth.
"Qin Nianmin!" Li Yang loudly shouted at the old man's back, "You can't escape! Follow me back to the city and await the City Lord's punishment! "
The order he had received was to kill Qin Nianmin, but it wasn't convenient to do this in front of the Extraordinary Constables. In short, he had to capture him first.
Qin Nianmin's body clearly shook.
He turned around and looked back.
His once well-maintained face was now frighteningly haggard, but his expression was stubborn, not dejected.
"You are also people of Yue City!" He loudly said, "Don't you know what is happening in Yue City right now? Shouldn't someone take responsibility for this? Where is your conscience, where is your humanity! "
The two Extraordinary Constables looked at each other in dismay. Of course they knew about the current outbreak of the plague. But the source of the disaster was in Jia City. Yue City was a neighboring city, so it was hard to avoid being infected.
As for responsibility … … They had heard that Jia City's City Lord had already been killed, so what responsibility did he have to take?
They guessed that there was a secret behind this matter. After all, for them to come out and chase after an ordinary person, it gave them a strange feeling. But in the end, it was only a guess. The two of them were experienced in the ways of the world, so they naturally wouldn't show it.
Opening one eye and closing the other, the years were stable and the world was peaceful.
Only Li Yang knew what Qin Nianmin was talking about.
When the plague broke out in Yue City, old Mister Qin had already investigated it. And the reason why it could still turn into a situation second only to Jia City's was because of Yue City's City Lord's inaction!
It was also because of this that he couldn't let this person speak any more.
He only leapt forward and shouted, "Stop trying to mislead people with your lies! If you have any grievances, then tell the yamen! "
An insignificant old man, wouldn't it be easy to capture him?
At this time, a sheathed long sword blocked his path.
This was a sword that could make people gasp in amazement. Its edge seemed to come out of the sheath.
Even though it was still in the sheath, the sword was still humming.
It was as if it couldn't restrain itself and wanted to let out a sound.
A man like a sword, humming when there was injustice!
"I don't know why, but when I hear the words' mislead people with lies' … … I feel very uncomfortable!"
A clear voice said.
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