Liu San waited for a long time before he saw the soldier walking out of the county government office and said helplessly: "Liu Baihu, it's unlucky for you to come. General Xie has already returned to his parents' home with his wife."

The soldier's shoulder said: "Thank you brother, I will buy you a drink when you have time."

The people he was watching at the county government office disappeared around the corner, and Liu San turned around and returned to the military camp.

"Third brother, you are back," people coming and going said as they looked at the dejected Liu San.

Liu San said sadly: "Yeah."

"Third brother, don't be sad. We have already heard about my sister-in-law. Please forgive me."

"General Xie doesn't even help with this, how can he still be his brother?" one of them asked.

Several people looked at each other, and Liu San said seriously: "Don't make rash comments about the general, just pretend I didn't hear you this time!"

"yes!"

"Okay, let's all disperse," Liu San said with a wave of his hand.

Xie Hongfang was accompanied by a cavalry of 500 people, driving all the way towards Yunhe. Hidden in the dense forest, Scarface looked at Xie Hongfang below, and someone beside him said: "Brother, do you want to kill him?"

Xie Hongfang recently arranged for his men to go out of the city to suppress bandits, causing Scar to lose some of his best men. Today, he received a letter that Xie Hongfang was going to Yunhe to pay homage to Tu Tan, so he planned to ambush Xie Hongfang on the way.

"Inform the brothers to prepare for action!" Scarface said sternly.

"Yes! Get ready to take action!"

Just when everyone was about to take action, someone suddenly appeared and stopped Scarface. Scarface said bitterly: "Retreat!"

Everyone didn't know what was going on and could only retreat quietly to the stronghold. Xie Hongfang looked at the surrounding mountains and was a little disappointed when no one showed up to attack his house. He just said coldly: "Let the brothers behind you retreat to the city," Xie Hongfang said.

"yes!"

Then a fast horse turned around and ran wildly behind. Soon it appeared in front of the rebel army. The leader of the army was the military advisor Xue Cong. Xue Cong looked at the sergeant who came to report the news and asked: "How is General Jie?"

"General Xie asked the military advisor to lead the team back to the city."

"Understood, the rear team will change into the front team and return to the city!" Xue Cong said, looking into the distance.

Yunhe County

Xie Hongfang led Tu Qilan out of the carriage. At the city gate, an old man with gray hair and brocade clothes smiled when he saw the two of them and said, "Xian son-in-law, Lan'er is here."

"Father-in-law, please don't be too sad. It's all my fault. If I hadn't asked him to take charge, he wouldn't have had such a disaster," Xie Hongfang said sadly.

"My dear son-in-law, it's not your fault, it's my fault that my poor child didn't have this blessing. Let's go to the city first!" Tu Yuanwai said wiping his tears.

"Dad, please don't get too anxious," Tu Qilan comforted.

A beggar at the city gate saw this scene quietly disappearing into the crowd. Xie Hongfang's eyes changed slightly as he looked at the clothes hanging around him. He did not let his men do such a thing.

Tu Yuanwai noticed the look in Xie Hongfang's eyes and explained: "In order to commemorate Tan'er, the people in the city organized themselves to govern. If the people under the rule can have such a big heart, a virtuous son-in-law should be the first to contribute."

"Father-in-law, don't make fun of your son-in-law." Although Xie Hongfang said this, the joy on his face still exposed his ambition.

The two of them walked towards Tu Mansion as they spoke.

Suddenly a beggar came out from the side. The beggar protected Xie Hongfang's calf and said, "Sir, you have to make the decision for me!"

The three of them looked disgusted. The guard on the side was about to kick the beggar away when Xie Hongfang stopped him and said, "Slow down!"

"What grievances do you have?" Xie Hongfang asked in a deep voice.

"Not long ago, a kind man gave me some reward money, but he came and snatched him away!" The beggar was the leader of the beggar, and he pointed at the pawn beside him and said.

The soldier was stunned and said: "You stinky beggar, don't spit on others!"

"Look at what I got." The beggar leader pulled up his sleeves and there were some faint scars under his dirty arms.

Xie Hongfang asked sharply: "What's going on?"

The soldier hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "General Xie, this is all what I was asked to do by the master. It has nothing to do with me!"

"You are so bold that you dare to slander my father-in-law. I wanted to spare your life, but I didn't expect that since you are such a person, someone will pull you down and chop me down!" Xie Hongfang ordered the people around.

Dragging the soldiers down from left to right, leaving behind a series of shrill cries, Tu Yuanwai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "A good son-in-law knows everything, so I can rest assured that I will leave my daughter to you."

Xie Hongfang took out a piece of silver and threw it to the beggar and said, "Put it away!"

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The beggar leader walked away quickly with the money in his pocket.

The beggar leader walked deep into the alley and said to the tailor, "She is indeed the old man's daughter and son-in-law."

"Well, you go back first!" The tailor looked at the Tu Mansion, which was guarded by soldiers, and fell into deep thought.

The beggar leader turned around and left, looked back at Tu Mansion, and walked towards the City God's Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the inn, heard that Xie Hongfang appeared in Yunhe and asked: "Who is in charge of Qingjian now?"

"Military advisor Xue Cong!"

"Then let the people in Qianxi County prepare to take action," Zhu Yuanzhang ordered.

"As for Yunhe County, has Tu Mansion made inquiries about it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"My subordinates found out that there is a field outside the city of Tu Yuan. There is a house there, but I have never seen him go there. The brothers who thought he went to the manor to inspect were all broken." The tailor told all the information he knew.

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"You go down first, I will make my own decision."

"yes!"

"Brother, I'm back," Zhao Chengchu walked in and said.

"How's it going?" My elder brother said that he has asked all the brothers to monitor the situation and they will report if there is any trouble.

"Okay, you go back first," Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhao Chengchu's scabbed head and nodded.

It was night, and Jie Hongfang, who was sleeping, faintly heard a cry: "The water has escaped!"

"It's gone!"

Xie Hongfang woke up instantly, comforted his wife beside him and said, "I'm going to take a look. Get out of here quickly!"

Tu Qilan nodded.

When Xie Hongfang walked out of the house, a wave of heat hit his face. Xie Hongfang grabbed a boy and asked, "What's going on?"

"Uncle, I don't know why the fire suddenly broke out. The master is arranging people to put out the fire in the front hall." After saying this, the boy ran towards the fire place with a bucket.

Xie Hongfang found Tu Yuanwai, and when he saw Tu Yuanwai pacing anxiously with a sad look on his face, he quickly comforted him: "Father-in-law, don't worry, you will be fine."

"The good son-in-law is here. I'm not anxious because of the fire, but I'm worried." Tu Yuanwai hesitated to speak.

Suddenly he looked at the red sky reflected in the distance and said: "It's over, it's over."

"Master Yue Zhang!" Seeing that Tu Yuanwai was about to collapse to the ground, Xie Hongfang supported Tu Yuanwai, and Tu Yuanwai said anxiously: "My food!"

Xie Hongfang looked at the black smoke in the distance and said, "Don't be anxious, father-in-law, I will definitely find out who did it."

"No, I want to see for myself." Tu Yuanwai struggled to get up and walked towards the backyard.

Xie Hongfang looked at Tu Yuanwai's figure and snorted: "Old fox!"

Tu Yuanwai went to a dry well in the backyard and drilled in. Just as Xie Hongfang was about to follow, he heard his men reporting: "General Qi, the culprit of arson has been caught!"
Chapter completed!