For the millions of residents in Qingyang City, the rain in the late autumn of 740 in the Great Qianli calendar only meant that most people's lives were one step closer to the cold winter.

Although each year has to be repeated in the changing seasons, many things can be used to without being repeated, especially those that are not very pleasant.

The territory of the Daqian Dynasty was vast, and the people under its command were as large as 350 million.

For such a huge country, whether it is Qingyang City or the millions of people in Qingyang City, they are actually just a dispensable piece of fat on the body.

More is meaningless, and less is not a pity.

But for a certain person, Qingyang City and the millions of people in the city are all he has.

This person...... Naturally, it is the city lord of Qingyang City, Yang Wanli.

The world is always full of similar black humor, and the things we hold dear to others are probably just rubbish that they discard.

No one cares more about Qingyang City than Yang Wanli, just like ...... No one cares more about the Xia family than Xia Fan.

The former is because of possession, and the latter is ...... It's because of what was lost.

In this rain in the late autumn of 740 of the Great Qianli calendar, two major events occurred in Qingyang City.

The first thing is related to the Xia family, the eldest elder of the Xia Patriarchal Association, Xia Wuxing, the third elder Xia Wuxian, Xia Ya's eldest son Xia Junkai, and the three managers of the important departments of the Xia family, were sneaked into the Xia family's mansion by five Liu family dead soldiers on the night of the first day, and were seriously injured.

Although several people also rose up to kill four of the Liu family dead, due to the suddenness of the incident, several people were not prepared enough, so they still let one of the dead soldiers successfully escape, and also snatched the family treasure kept in the courtyard of the third elder Xia Wuxian.

A pod that can be used to refine elixir!

According to the news released by the Xia family, that night, several people happened to gather in the mansion of the third elder Xia Wuxian to discuss some family affairs.

The original target of those Liu family dead soldiers was not a few people, but originally the medicine tripod.

However, because these people were unexpectedly all gathered in Xia Wuxie's courtyard, it was much more difficult for the Liu family's dead soldiers to steal the medicine tripod.

As a last resort, five dead soldiers of the Liu family launched a sneak attack on these people.

This statement is reasonable, so it did not arouse the suspicion of any Xia family.

Especially after the so-called "badly injured" people "reluctantly" supported their bodies, and after meeting with all the clansmen gathered by the Xia family, the disguised miserable appearance inspired all the Xia family members to hate the same enemy.

When the time passed in the afternoon, after Xia Ya personally came forward and announced that several people had died of their injuries and returned to Kyushu, this sentiment in the Xia family climbed to the peak.

Some radical young people even shouted that they would fight directly into the ancestral house of the Liu family, making the Liu family pay the price of blood.

But these voices were all soothed by Xia Ya.

The current patriarch of the Xia family is now in the prime of life in the family, so no one has any objections to his request.

It's just that the anger towards the Liu family is still rising in the Xia family.

Xia Fan didn't participate in the whole process, he just stood quietly in the corner, silently watching his father's guidance on the whole thing.

It can be regarded as making up for the lack of understanding of his father in the previous life.

The second thing is to involve Yang Wanli in it.

As for the reason, we have to start from the beginning.

Because of what he experienced last night, Zhao Mingyuan, who felt deeply humiliated in Wanhualou, made up his mind to regain his so-called face.

Especially when he thought that he had received a definite answer from Yang Dong's mouth, after a whole night of tossing and turning, in this autumn rain, he bypassed his father without authorization and issued a rather unbelievable order to some government affairs agencies in Qingyang City.

Facts have proved that thinking in a half-asleep state is always unreliable.

This bizarre order is also a bit too absurd.

According to Zhao Mingyuan's request, the tax officials, salt officials, judges in charge of criminal punishments, and even the arresters who were responsible for patrol tasks and other officials who did not know what positions they were in were pouring into Wanhualou in this autumn rain.

Although Wanhualou was not sealed, officials of all sizes in Wanhualou checked everything that was within their supervision, and the impact on Wanhualou was even more serious than that of the closure.

And in accordance with Zhao Mingyuan's instructions, these officials have been constantly nitpicking in the process of investigation.

may not meet the standard of picking bones in eggs, but it can still convey a clear concept to the people of Wanhualou.

They're just here for trouble!

While looking for trouble, they will also reveal intentionally or unintentionally that the reason why so many people suddenly came today to investigate the problem of Wanhualou is completely because of one person.

Ning Fei'er.

You Oiran of Wanhualou have made our son of the city guard unhappy.

If such a situation occurs, of course, it can only be regarded as asking for trouble.

In this way, the focus of the matter was very easily focused on Ning Fei'er.

The consequence of this was that Yang Wanli knew about this absurd thing that happened in Wanhualou almost immediately.

Of course, Yang Wanli has a very close relationship with Ning Fei'er.

Otherwise, with his dignified respect as the city lord of Qingyang City, it would be impossible for him to respect Ning Fei'er in such a high-profile manner a few years ago.

What's more, this approach is completely contrary to his low-key style.

It's just that the relationship between Yang Wanli and Ning Fei'er is not as Xia Fan thought before, but much more intimate than the so-called love between men and women that Xia Fan guessed!

Therefore, it is conceivable how angry Yang Wanli would be when he learned what happened in Wanhualou.

Although the master of Qingyang City has always disliked to show his presence, his ability to control Qingyang City is still unquestionable.

Therefore, under the impetus of anger, Yang Wanli quickly investigated all the causes and consequences of the relevant matters.

The first thing he did was to call Yang Dong in front of him, and then give Yang Dong a heavy slap.

Without any explanation to Yang Dong, he ordered the people of the City Lord's Mansion to lock up Yang Dong's confinement, and at the same time, his face turned a blind eye to Yang Dong's grievances.

Then the city lord of Qingyang City personally took people with him, and walked out of the city lord's mansion and headed in the direction of Wanhua Tower!