Fan Ancheng's official position is getting bigger and bigger, and the Fan family is becoming more and more prosperous.

Fan Ancheng had no children, and Master Fan and Master Fan San persuaded the elders of the clan to give one of their sons to Fan Ancheng, but for some reason, Fan Ancheng did not agree.

Later, Fan Guiying was crowned a general, and Fan County spread that Fan Ancheng wanted to recruit a son-in-law for his daughter, and there were many people who came to propose marriage, and Master Fan and Master Fan San all received money, and each chose a niece and son-in-law, in order to send which one to send to Yulin, the two masters who cared about their nieces also fought hard, and the result was that Fan Ancheng, who received the news, sent someone back to reprimand them, and the family sent to the brothers that year was also less than thirty percent.

Since then, Fan Ancheng has never returned to Fan County, but Fan County's parents are still frequent visitors to the Fan family, and the Fan family is still the most face-saving family in Fan County.

Not long ago, someone came to see the third master Fan, it is said that he came from Yulin, and he was ordered by Fan Ancheng to invite the third master Fan to go to Yulin to preside over the overall situation.

For this reason, Mrs. Fan was very angry and cried in front of the ancestral tablet.

Shen Tong listened quietly and asked, "The person who came to invite Third Master Fan must have been seen by the Fan family, right?" ”

Xu An nodded: "Yes, otherwise Master Fan will never give up." ”

Fan Ancheng only has a five-year-old heir under his knees, no matter how powerful Fan Guiying is, she is just a girl who has not left the cabinet, if Fan Ancheng dies, whoever presides over the overall situation in Yulin will be the new master of the Fan family.

Such a good opportunity, how could Mrs. Fan give it away?

Even if someone came to hold Fan Ancheng's handwritten letter, Mrs. Fan would doubt the authenticity of the letter.

Therefore, the person who came to invite Mrs. Fan must be someone from Fan Ancheng's side, and this person is still a person who travels between Yulin and Fan County, and everyone in the Fan family knows him.

"Miss Shen, what are we going to do next?" Xu An asked.

Fine snowflakes floated outside the window, and Shen Tong said, "Wait." ”

"Wait? There are three days left to go until the Chinese New Year's Eve. Lu You said.

"The thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve, good day." Shen Tong smiled.

In previous years, Yulin New Year was very lively, almost every household built a fire tower in front of the door, the fire tower is made of large pieces of coal, rich people have to use three or four cars of coal to build a fire tower, poor people also have to build a small one, the fire tower began to build from the moon, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, large and small fire towers can be seen in the streets and alleys of Yulin.

However, this year's atmosphere is far worse than in previous years, the Chen family's shops are all closed, the Chen family has moved under the foundation of the year, and there are seventy or eighty convoys out of the city, and the carriage in front has already left the city, and the carriage in the back has only come out of the Chen family's mansion.

The Fan family has already hung up the white paper lanterns, and when Fan Ancheng's coffin is transported back to Yulin, the funeral will officially begin.

Fang Fei went to the street to see that the shops on the street were not wearing red and hanging colors, and they didn't even post the spring waves.

The people of Yulin respect General Fan, and some people have quietly placed the spiritual seat of General Fan at home.

"Old General Fan is gone, and General Fan's life and death are uncertain, if the Tartars call, we can only wait for death."

"Yes, the 5,000 troops left behind in Yulin have also been transferred to the border pass, there are no generals, and there are no soldiers, what should I do if the Tartars come?"

"The county lord of Yining is also in Yulin, she has soldiers in her hands, right?"

"The county lord is half a monk, how can she have soldiers in her hands? Even if there are soldiers, they are only personal guards, I am afraid that even she herself can't protect herself, how can she protect us? ”

"No wonder the Chen family is leaving, it's good to be rich, you can go wherever you want."

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Fang Fei came back from the street, her little face wrinkled: "The slaves and maids didn't see the fire tower, the people didn't have the heart to celebrate the New Year, and they were willing to buy coal to build the fire tower, they said they wanted to leave the silver for escape."

Shen Tong thought about it, asked people to invite the county lord of Yining to come over, and said: "I heard that the people don't even have the intention of celebrating the New Year, why don't we build a fire tower." ”

The people didn't have the heart to celebrate the New Year, and neither did the county lord of Yining, she said listlessly: "Tongtong, you can watch it." ”

With the words of the county lord of Yining, Shen Tong looked at it.

There is a earth dragon in Ci'an Ju, silver has been allocated in the palace early in the morning, and thousands of catties of coal have been stored in Pudu Temple.

Shen Tong sent people to invite craftsmen on the street and built a tall fire tower outside Pudu Temple overnight.

Even so, the people of Yulin did not pay attention to this matter.

If it had been two months ago, it would have been something that the people were talking about, and it would have been a wonderful thing for the county lord to rejoice with the people.

But now, who cares about these things, the Tartars are coming, and Yulin will not be able to hold it.

"There is another fight at the border pass, I'll just say, as soon as General Fan dies, how can those Tartars give up?"

"We are at the border here, and if we can't hold it ahead, then Yulin City can't hold it either."

"Yes, but now that it's freezing cold, where can I escape?"

yes, where to flee to?

When the Chen family first started to close the shop, they should have understood that they had fled early, but it was too late.

The gates were closed to protect the Tartars, but they also kept the people inside.

The outside can't get in, and the inside can't get out.

In Ci'an Curry, the county lord of Yining took out a drawing, pointed to two places and said: "Tongtong, this is the secret passage of Ci'an Curie, and the eunuchs in the palace don't know about it, this is quietly built by the father." ”

Shen Tong was a little surprised, she really didn't expect that King Qin still had this hand.

No wonder he was in a hurry to scare those eunuchs away, it turned out that he wanted to repair the secret passage before the county lord of Yining officially moved in.

"Where does the secret passage lead?" Shen Tong asked.

"One leads to Fan's house, and the other leads to the back mountain." The county lord of Yining said.

There is a hill behind Pudu Temple, the mountain is full of green trees in spring and autumn, the scenery is very good, it is a good place to visit spring.

"Well, after dawn, the county lord will enter the secret passage, the second one, the one leading to the back mountain." Shen Tong said.

"Do you want to go in at dawn? Doesn't seem to be going on right now? The county lord of Yining was taken aback, and she was only flustered, so she remembered these two secret passages, took the drawings and told Shen Tong to listen.

Where does the secret passage lead? Shen Tong asked.

"One leads to Fan's house, and the other leads to the back mountain." The county lord of Yining said.

There is a hill behind Pudu Temple, the mountain is full of green trees in spring and autumn, the scenery is very good, it is a good place to visit spring.

"Well, after dawn, the county lord will enter the secret passage, the second one, the one leading to the back mountain." Shen Tong said.

"Do you want to go in at dawn? Doesn't seem to be going on right now? The county lord of Yining was taken aback, and she was only flustered, so she remembered these two secret passages, took the drawings and told Shen Tong to listen.