The Hong family's house is in the east of Liuhe Town, and the entire house covers an area of more than 20 acres, which is second to none in Liuhe Town.

Today's Hongjia worships the ancestors, from the morning to the sunset, tossed for almost a day, in the evening, the ancestors are over, the whole Hongjia is brightly lit, the voices of the people are boiling, the feast is very lively.

Even outside Liuhe Town, you can see the brilliant lights in the courtyard of the Hong family.

In a dining room in the backyard of the Hong family's house, the old man of the Hong family, Hong Chengshou, Hong Tao, Hong Tao, Hong Tao's father Hong Ding, Hong Tao's third uncle Hong Fan, and Hong Tao's fourth uncle Hong Rong sat at a table, eating dishes while waiting for Hong An to come back.

Mr. Hong Chengshou has four sons and two daughters, and the two daughters have been married, and his four sons are named "Stable and Prosperous" in turn to symbolize Mr. Hong's expectations for the future of the Hong family.

Hong Tao's uncle Hong An and his third uncle Hong Fan, are usually in Yuntao County, which is adjacent to Qinghe County, to take care of the Hong family's industry in Yuntao County, the Hong family's industry in Yuntao County is not big, it is not small, there are more than 400 acres of land, and there are two oil noodle workshops.

And Hong Tao's father, Hong Ding, is the pavilion chief of Liuhe Town, although there is no rank and no rank, but in Liuhe Town, he is also a unique figure, Hong Tao's fourth uncle Hong Rong, was an errand boy in the criminal arrest yamen in Qinghe County, and became a scribe.

An aunt and a sister-in-law of Hong Tao, one married to Pingxi County, and the other married to a large family in another town in Qinghe County, Mr. Hong has two brothers in this generation, that is, Hong Tao's two uncles, when he and Mr. Hong were separated, they couldn't compete with Mr. Hong, they were all separated, both were in Pingxi County, one opened an inn, and the other had a cloth village, the uncle who opened the cloth village had already lost his family property because of his good gambling, his wife ran away, the family was in the middle of the road, and there was no news for many years, after the separation, there was less contact with the Hong family in Liuhe Town.

Today's ancestor worship, Mr. Hong couldn't help but think of the past of the Hong family, and he was a little emotional, chattering about the things at home at the dinner table, and feeling the hard-won situation of the Hong family.

After saying this, Old Man Hong looked at the empty chair at the table, and then looked at the sky outside, and couldn't help frowning slightly, "Why hasn't Hong An come back yet?"

The room is the core of the Hong family, so everyone can say anything directly, Hong Tao is the only character who can still be on the stage because he is outstanding in this generation of the Hong family, unlike his cousins and cousins, one by one, they are either mediocre, or addicted to wine, or they can't endure hardship, and they are not material for martial arts, so Hong Tao was placed on high hopes by the old man Hong, and after the first test of the national arts, he can also participate in these confidential things of the Hong family, and he was trained by the old man Hong as the successor of the Hong family.

"Probably that person will take some time to do things, after all, Baizhang Mountain is not small, if the son of Yan Blacksmith really drills into the mountains and forests, I am afraid it will not be easy to find for a while, and it will delay a little time to finish the matter!" Hong Ding also looked at the sky outside, "If the eldest brother hasn't come back after two sticks of incense, I'll let the Yan steward take someone to pick it up!"

"Hmm......" Old Man Hong nodded, his face sinking like water, "After doing this, those people in Liuhe Town who are waiting to see our Hong family's jokes will be able to stop for a while, and the inheritance left to us by the ancestors of the Hong family cannot be defeated in our hands." When Hong Tao advances to the rank of warrior in the future, our Hong family's status in Liuhe Town will be maintained for another fifty years. ”

"Father is right, the two hundred acres of farmer fields in Liuhe Town are the foundation of our Hong family's start in Liuhe Town, and we can't let outsiders occupy anything, and that hairy boy from the Yan family wants to become a samurai, hum...... Hum...... Then let's wait until he is reincarnated in the future!" sneered and said this to Hong Rong, Hong Rong looks four points similar to Old Man Hong, but his face is longer, his eyes are like slits, and his mouth is as thin as a piece of paper, and he looks like a scheming character.

At the dinner table, Hong Rong was the only one wearing a public uniform, which was nothing in the criminal arrest yamen, but in the eyes of the ordinary people in Liuhe Town, it had great power, Hong Rong knew very well what this official uniform represented in the eyes of the ordinary people in Liuhe Town, so every time Hong Rong returned to Liuhe Town, he would deliberately wear the soap-colored official uniform that he had in the county town to torture and arrest the yamen.

The two hundred acres of Yangshi fields in Liuhe Town are all watered with good water on the edge of the Liuhe River, this field, or Hong Tao's grandfather was enshrined when he advanced to the samurai, according to the regulations of the Han Empire, the Yangshi field is not completely counted as the assets of the Hong family, the Hong family only has the right to use and benefit from the Yangshi field, after the death of Hong Tao's grandfather, the Hong family has not produced a samurai for three generations, and the samurai Ze has been broken, if there are advanced samurai in Liuhe Town at this time, then the two hundred acres of Yangshi field in Liuhe Town will be enshrined in the name of the new samurai。

Yangshitian was originally the Han Empire in order to motivate the good government of the people, but the so-called easy to spit out is difficult to eat, at this time to let the Hong family let the two hundred acres of good water to water the field again, it is tantamount to cutting meat on the Hong family, not only that, because Yangshitian is tax-free, these years the Hong family in the town to encroach on a lot of land, after some means, are hung under the name of Yangshitian, once the Hong family lost the signboard of Yangshitian, Qinghe County to re-clarify the fields in Liuhe Town, the Hong family these years of tax evasion and tax evasion, will no longer work, every year to spend a lot of money to pay taxes, which is completely unacceptable to the Hong family, who are accustomed to being powerful in Liuhe Town.

In addition to Yangshitian, once there are other warrior families in Liuhe Town, according to the regulations of the Han Empire, Hong Tao's father's position as pavilion chief will also not be kept.

It is precisely because of this that the Hong family regards the Yan family as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and will never allow other families in Liuhe Town to produce samurai in addition to the Yan family.

"That Yan Liqiang is a little strange, I went to Huanglong County a few days ago to inquire about the situation of him and the Lu family, Huanglong County is full of legends that he got the god from the dream to teach the way to treat the drowning person, moxibustion in the umbilicus, he relied on this method to save the grandson of the old man of the Lu family, and the Lu family got in touch, now his reputation in Huanglong County is getting bigger and bigger, even other counties know his way to save people, but at this time, the Lu family can protect him for a while, and he can't save him for a lifetime!" Hong Fan took a sip of wine and shook his head and said.

"What kind of god dreams to teach, I think that Yan Liqiang just took shit luck, I don't know where to steal it, I learned such a method, and I still cheated such a big reputation outside......" Hong Tao said maliciously, from childhood to adulthood, he just watched that Yan Liqiang was unhappy, Yan Liqiang had a reputation in Huanglong County, and the more he traveled wide, which made him even more jealous.

Several main figures of the Hong family were talking in the house, and suddenly, there was a panicked voice of the Hong family outside, "There is a fire, there is a fire, everyone go and put out the fire......"

As the voice of the family came, there was a panic outside, and at the same time, a fiery red fire light was reflected from the door and window of the room.

Hearing that the house is on fire, the people in the room can't sit still all of a sudden, what the big family is most afraid of, is a fire word, what is the vast mansion tens of millions of family wealth, sometimes, as long as a fire, you can burn it clean.

Old Man Hong was the first to leave the room, pushed the door out, and came to the middle of the courtyard outside, and the others hurriedly followed out.

The courtyard on the other side of the Hong family's firewood house was full of flames, thick smoke, and there was a tendency to spread.

"Old man, it's not good, there's a fire over there...... fire" The housekeeper of the Hong family ran over and said in a panic.

"I'm not blind, why use you to say it!" Old Man Hong shouted angrily, "Why is there such a big fire in the firewood room, who made it, I don't know if the family has to take care of the fire candles at today's memorial?"

"I ...... I don't know who made it!" said the butler.

"What are you still doing standing here, why don't you go and put out the fire......" Old Man Hong slapped the steward directly in the face.

"Yes...... Yes......" The steward lowered his head and was about to turn away, he was at the moment when he turned around, suddenly, he felt some liquid splash on his face, the steward reached out and wiped it, and found that the liquid was actually red, like blood, he looked up strangely, and saw an arrow stuck in the mouth of the old man Hong standing in front of him, and the arrow completely submerged into the mouth of the old man Hong, only a piece of arrow feathers were exposed.

Master Hong glared, his body straightened and fell backwards.

Another arrow was shot, and Hong Ding, who had not yet reacted, was also pierced by a sharp arrow in an instant, and Hong Ding screamed and fell to the ground at once......

The rest of the Hong family finally reacted, Hong Fan screamed in horror, turned around and wanted to run to the room.

However, as soon as Hong Fan turned around and took a step, a sharp arrow flew over again, directly through his heart, and shot him on the spot.

The people of the Hong family, in the blink of an eye, were shot and killed.

Hong Rong fell to the ground with a roll, hid behind the flower stand in the yard, and screamed with all his might, "Come on, kill people, kill people, kill people......

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