The night was deep, but the Tian family was not peaceful, and it was even more quiet. Tian Buren was lying on the bed. In addition to his original wife, the four concubines were also crowded in the room, crying, as if Tian Buren had died, and the entire Tian Mansion was already in panic and sadness.

"Master, several doors in the mansion are guarded, and we can't go out anymore. Why do the people in the yamen do this? My rouge is almost gone...!"

"Yes, Master, I will go out to buy clothes in the past two days. I can't go out now, so what should I do? I heard from them that the county master wants to run the Tian family. Will it also implicate us...!"

"I heard that the people in the county government took away all the food in our Miku... If there is no food, how can we live...!"

The three concubines cried, snotting and tears, and they really cried when they saw the sad person.

Tian Buren opened his eyes suddenly, and didn't know where he got his strength. He grabbed the bowl of ginseng soup to be used for restoration by the bed and smashed it at the concubines. He heard the "Ouch" sound and screamed. Several concubines jumped up like mice. It was a trivial matter to be splashed with hot ginseng soup. The forehead of a concubine in the middle was hit by the soup bowl, and it was immediately smashed and blood came out.

"Get out!" Tian Buren shouted angrily.

The concubines suddenly lost their appearance and ran away one by one, which was because they couldn't even care about their injuries.

Tian Buren sent all the people in the room again, then closed his eyes, his face mixed with anger and helplessness. The Hong family and the government joined forces. The Tian family suffered heavy losses this time. Moreover, Tian Buren definitely understood that the matter was far from over. The county government sent people to guard the Tian family's gate, which was to prepare to settle the accounts in the future. The future of the Tian family was already in danger.

He knew very well that behind the Hong family was the county magistrate Situ Jing, and behind the county magistrate Situ Jing, that was the He family.

The only Tian family is just one of the hundreds of merchants in Xichun County. In the eyes of the government, it is a Mao-like family. Although he is also dependent on the He family, there are too many people under the He family in the three eastern counties of Yichun County. There are too many people under the He family. There are not many more people, and there are not many less people. The He family cannot make things difficult for the small Tian family and the county magistrate.

Although he felt sorry for the fact that the 10,000 kilograms of grain that was better than gold was conscripted by He Magistrate He, he was even more afraid of the conspiracy between the government and the Hong family and the Tian family.

He could conclude that it would not take long, as long as they felt that the time was ripe and even if they could survive, the Tian family's property would be exploited and everything about them would become their spoils.

The industry built by the Tian family generations is likely to be ruined in their own hands, and Tian Buren cannot accept it.

But he had no way to fight them, and could only sit back and wait for death.

It's always a bad feeling to wait for death.

He lay weakly on the bed, his anger and helplessness filled his heart, and he was almost desperate.

After a while, the night was staggering and everything was quiet. Tian Buren suddenly felt a chill in his throat. The chill instantly spread from his throat to his whole body, and goose bumps appeared all over his body.

He opened his eyes and saw a man in black standing beside his bed, covering his face, holding a long sword in his hand, and the lights were still lit in the room, and the blade was cold. The man in black was staring at him with sharp and cold eyes.

"Don't scream, don't move!" The man in black said hoarsely, "That will only make you die faster!"

Tian Buren tried his best to suppress his fear and said in a trembling voice: "Hero... does a hero want money?"

"Someone paid me the money..." The man in black said lightly: "Let me bring you a word..."

Tian Buren asked, "What...what?"

"He asked me to tell you that you are too ignorant... and you can only die if you go against him..." After the man in black said, his eyes suddenly became cold, and his hand holding the hilt of the sword suddenly rose.

Tian Buren was stunned at first, but immediately understood that the only person who could bring such words to him was Hong Wuxiu. It turned out that this man in black was sent by Hong Wuxiu.

He was both frightened and resentful, and Hong Wuxiu was so fuckingly cruel.

The man in black slowly stabbed forward, as gentle as willow catkins, very slow, very light. He said coldly: "He also wants me to kill you with one sword, and let you die slowly... die slowly..."

Blood had flowed out of Tian Buren's throat. Tian Buren felt cold all over his body and wanted to shout, but at this time he was powerless to shout.

Just as the sword was about to pierce Tian Buren's throat, a broken wind Xiaoming flashed, and a cold light shone out. An object penetrated the right shoulder of the man in black holding the sword from the window. The man in black snorted lightly, loosened his hand, and the sword in his hand actually fell to the ground.

At the same time, the window broke open, and a figure rushed in from the window. The person who came was wearing black clothes, but he was wearing a ghost mask on his face, holding a light little dagger in his hand, and entered the room. The dagger pierced the back of the masked man in black.

The man in black growled, "Who are you?"

The masked man did not answer at all. The dagger in his hand had been stabbed out continuously. In the blink of an eye, he forced the man in black to the corner of the house. The man in black had no weapons in his hand. It seemed that he had a hidden weapon on his left shoulder and could not lift his left hand. He was no match for the masked man at all.

Tian Buren escaped from death, but his body was still stiff and he wanted to call someone, but he couldn't make a sound for a while. He only saw the two men fighting in the corner for a while. Suddenly, he heard a snort, but the man in black fell on the corner of the house. The masked man instantly put away his dagger, turned around and walked to the bed, and asked in a low voice: "Can't you die, right?"

Tian Buren finally recovered and walked through the gate of hell. At this time, he realized that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat. His clothes had long been wet. The cold wind came into the window and blew on him, and he felt even more chilling.

"Well... benefactor, thank you... thank you for saving your life!" Tian Buren wiped the sweat from his forehead, and suddenly thought of something. He took out a scarf from the side and wiped it on his throat. The silk scarf that was originally as white as snow suddenly turned red.

"I know who wants to kill you?" asked the masked man in a cold voice.

"I know." Tian Buren nodded with a look of resentment and hatred.

The masked man pulled over the wooden stool next to him, sat down on it, stared at Tian Buren, and said, "They are trying to kill you. This is just the beginning. You will encounter a more dangerous situation in the future than now... You are a small businessman, in their eyes, it is easy to kill you. Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes!" The sweat that had just been wiped from Tian Buren's forehead appeared at this time, with a puzzled look in his eyes: "My benefactor... Who is me? Why should I save me?"

The masked man said directly: "I have a grudge with Situ Jing. I want to destroy Situ Jing... You don't have to ask who I am. As long as you understand, if you don't do as I say, your Tian family will definitely be damaged by them... Do you believe it?"

"I believe it." Tian Buren nodded and said, "What do you want me to do?"

"I'll ask you first, are you willing to sit and wait for them to kill your people and take your property, or are you willing to fight for it?" asked the masked man lightly.

Tian Buren was stunned and pondered, thinking that the Tian family was being remediated to this day, and he was almost killed by the assassin sent by the Hong family tonight. The resentment in his eyes became stronger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "My benefactor, I want to fight, but... but how do I fight? I know that my strength is far from enough to fight against them."

The masked man smiled faintly and said, "Okay, as long as you have the courage. Tian Buren, now the supervisory officials were sent by the Beijing Ministry of Personnel, why don't you report this to the officials sent by the Central People's Office?"

Tian Buren's face changed drastically and he said in surprise: "Say... whom?"

"Whoever wants to punish your Tian family, you will sue you." The masked man said: "With the support of some stolen officials, the Hong family forced to purchase grain storage from major rice shops. The Dahong rice shop even offered a huge price for rice and took advantage of the situation to rob. This is all contrary to the laws of the court. In addition, He Magistrate He colluded with the Hong family to grab grain at home, and sent people to assassinate them. Why don't you report these things? Now Lord Su Keyong Su of the Ministry of Personnel is in the city. He is here to investigate and deal with those corrupt officials in Yichun County. If you don't seize such an opportunity, then your Tian family will not have such a chance again!"

Tian Buren hesitated.

It is a very difficult thing for the people to sue officials, not to mention that under the political form of Yan State, officials of the He family faction in the territory of the He family will have almost zero success.

What's more, Lord Su sent by the Ministry of Personnel can really go thoroughly to investigate the officials of the He family for a small rice merchant.

Many well-informed people in Yichun County know that many officials have been sent to the capital, and some of them are here to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials, but no one can be sure that it is just a show or a real thing.

Officials protect each other, and this kind of thinking is extremely profound in the hearts of the people. Of course, they will not understand the surging struggles between aristocratic families.

"What are you still afraid of?" The masked man's voice was deep.

Tian Buren finally said, "Can I...I can win? I'll sue them here, I...I'm not asking for death?"

"They are going to kill you." The masked man said in a cold voice: "What are you still afraid of? If you don't sue, you are waiting for death. If you sue, you may still have a way out!"

Tian Buren was still hesitating, and the masked man continued, "Only by you, you will not be able to win. But with me helping you later, you will have 70% chance..."

Tian Buren hesitated and struggled. The masked man said it was right. If he sat down and waited for death, he would naturally be better off fighting to the death. However, even with the masked man's promise, he still did not believe that he could sue the Hong family, the magistrate He, or even the county magistrate Situ Jing. That was really an unattainable goal.

"You want to sue, I will help you. If you don't, I will leave now!" The masked man stood up and said lightly: "As the saying goes, put it to death and live. It seems... you don't have that awareness!"

Tian Buren got off the bed and knelt down on the ground, "My benefactor, if you can enter my residence under the protection of the yamen, you must be very skilled. I beg you for one thing. If you can agree, Tian Buren will fight for this life and beat the drums and shout for justice, and follow the instructions of his benefactor to sue those beasts!"

"What's the matter?"

"My benefactor helped me take away my two sons and a daughter... and my wife!" Tian Buren's eyes were full of begging: "Take them away from here, I will stay and fight!"

The masked man only pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

Tian Buren was overjoyed and kowtowed, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"I will arrange for them to leave as soon as possible." The masked man said calmly: "You are ready to sue... Remember, this sue is your own decision, and no one is asking you to do this... You have never seen me..."

"Yes, yes, yes." Tian Buren said seriously: "My benefactor saved my life and also pointed to the revenge. I, Tian Buren, am very grateful and will never betray my benefactor."

"I'm not afraid that you will betray you, that will not do you." The masked man sneered coldly: "I can save your family, and of course I can kill them..." He didn't say much, and went over to carry the man in black who was still moving, rushed out of the window again, and sank into the dark night. Tian Buren watched him leave and sat on the ground.

The masked man walked out of the house with the man in black on his back. When he reached a place where no one was left, he put down the man in black. The man in black actually stood up and made a gesture with the man in masked man. They walked through the courtyard one by one and the other, and soon climbed over the high courtyard wall and left the Tian Mansion. When they reached a quiet alley, they stopped.

"Xiao Li, secretly protect Tian Buren, don't let someone really kill him." The masked man ordered: "I instruct brothers not to act rashly for the time being. Let the spies from the enemy country be left to the East Flower Hall for the time being. We should not interfere! But Tian Buren's family will arrange for them to leave as soon as possible... At this time, the eyes of those big men are not on this small Tian Mansion!"

"Yes, sir." The man in black said respectfully.

Soon, the two figures separated from each other and disappeared in the blink of an eye, like two invisible ghosts.

...

At this time, in the chess room in Chunyuan, He Xuezhi and Mr. Xu were playing chess with great pleasure. At this time, their eyes did not cast a small Xiaotian Mansion that they had never paid attention to and were not noticed. Of course, they could not know that something extremely strange happened there.

Half an hour ago, the report they received was very clear.

"Han Mo has no abnormal movement today, he has been there!"

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ps: Two or three chapters of fantasy practice, three or five chapters of fighting are not delayed! Many historical books take more than ten or twenty chapters of a war, but it is not delayed! Xiao Desert writes about power struggles, and writing some relevant details in detail is delayed. I am so unfair. If these are useless, I will not write them. It is really useful to code them down. I also want to climax immediately, but the entire atmosphere and details are not handled well, and it is really irresponsible to climax.

If there is no cause, there will be no "fruit". If I don't write down the cause, I will be even less clear about the "fruit" that comes out.

When fighting, people are driven by motivation, and I must explain the motivation clearly. If you are a reader who often reads books on power struggles, you will naturally know that this type of book itself is a fine thread, which is definitely different from fantasy that makes the sky and the earth dark, and is a typical example of movement in stillness.

The strong wine has the strong stimulation of the wine, and the tea fragrance also has the charm of the tea fragrance.
Chapter completed!