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Being humiliated, Xue Yan was also very angry.

He felt that Lu Tao was stubborn and shameless, and he was still hypocritical when it came to this point.

Xue Yan was gasping for breath in the room, looking at this quaint and grand courtyard of Lu's house, she didn't feel good about it, what kind of broken wood and rotten rafters!They are all appearances!

Xue Yixiao, who had been eavesdropping inside, walked quickly to the outer hall, and stretched out his hand to lift up his father who was still sitting on the couch and was sulking.

"Father, how can you say it so directly, we are now in Qijiang City, if the Lu family is torn apart, we will be the fish on the sword."

Hearing what his son said, Xue Yan slapped the table angrily.

"What are you afraid of? As timid as a mouse, is it possible that he, Lu Tao, dares to plot against my Patriarch Xue!?"

Xue Yixiao secretly complained.

His father is usually a bit of a face-saving person, and he can't let go of his title as the head of the Xue family.Now being rejected face to face by Lu Tao, I can't help but want to turn my back on him immediately.

But his family is the head of the direct line of a century-old family, and his family can barely be regarded as a branch clan, but even if his grandfather is alive, there is no way to compare with the Lu family.

It may not be impossible to speak well, and I will reveal some details about Xihai and Gemini as appropriate. After all, Hengshou still has a craftsman's house to support it, and the Lu family always has to be more cautious.As a result, his father spoke harshly in a fit of anger. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't accept such an outrageous threat. Wouldn't the Lu family lose face? !But it offended people completely.

Thinking of this, Xue Yixiao wanted to run away at night again.

In Ding'an City before, the memory of his follower Sanwang being exposed to the wilderness resurfaced again, and he couldn't help shivering.

This Lu Tao, who sank a boat of his clan back then, was not as glamorous as he appeared on the surface. If he really got ruthless, it would be too easy to keep them in Qijiang City forever!

"Don't talk about dad, it's not like he hasn't done it before..."

Xue Yixiao shivered.

"It's so chaotic now, the name of the family is not very valuable, otherwise the King of Dongshan would not have chopped off the three families in the capital."

"If we really die in Qijiang City, what can we do at home? Will we fight against the Lu family in Nanjun?"

Xue Yan stopped talking.

There was a look of fear in his eyes.

Normally, this would never happen.

But now is the chaotic world...

Knowing that his father understood, Xue Yixiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now the city gate is locked, we will leave early tomorrow morning."

Having said that, he paused, and lowered his voice to embolden himself and his father.

"I can't go out either, why don't you be tougher, and stay in his Lu residence tonight, but how dare Lu Tao stand up to me?"

"Could it be... that he still dares to blatantly kill people in the mansion, and he is not afraid of ruining the reputation of the Lu family for hundreds of years?"

Both father and son were concerned about each other, couldn't sleep at night, and managed to stay up until dawn.

Although Lu Tao walked away last night, the courtesy of the Lu family was still unambiguous. Early in the morning, a servant brought toiletries and breakfast, which looked as rich as yesterday.

The father and son looked at each other, neither of them dared to move their chopsticks.

This kind of aristocratic family with hundreds of years is the most troublesome. There may be some invisible drugs that deceive people, and they will never be able to think of the tricks.

The father and son said that they were busy with business and could not stay for a long time, so they offered to leave.

Hearing the news, Lu Shiji hurried over, and was a little surprised to ask if there was any place where the reception was not good.The Xue family father and son still used the same rhetoric, the three kings are in troubled times, and the housework is busy, so they will return to Hengshou to take charge of the situation.

Hearing what the two said, Lu Shiji didn't want to keep him anymore, he only said that his father caught a cold last night and was not feeling well, so he couldn't personally send Xue's family out of the city.

Xue's father and son understood.Lu Tao didn't feel the wind and cold, he was still angry at all, and didn't want to see Xue's family again.

However, Lu Tao didn't seem to tell his son about it. Lu Shiji's enthusiasm was as usual, which made them feel at ease.

If they didn't say it, there was still a leeway, and what the Xue family planned might not be impossible.Even if it fails, at least there is no turning against each other, and there is still room for turning around in the future.

With such comfort, the Xue family father and son left Qijiang City.

There are two main roads from South County to Hengshou, the official road is flat and spacious, but now because of the division of the three kings, one of them has to pass through the territory of King Dongshan, so it is temporarily impassable.

The remaining one is a waterway.

The Xue family father and son were actually unwilling to take the waterway at all. When thinking of the shipwreck on the Nanjiang River, Xue Yan's heart felt blocked for a while.

But there is really no other way.And as long as they cross the waterway, it is the Xue family's territory to go ashore, which is the fastest and most convenient.

Xue Yan gritted her teeth.

"Let's go, just take the waterway."

"Let the family send someone to the pier to meet him, and bet on him if he succeeds!"

Not to mention, Xue Yan's luck is really good.Although I was on the boat in fear for two days, the journey was calm and nothing happened, and I landed on land safely.

"Just say that Lu Tao dare not."

Xue Yan breathed a sigh of relief, standing on his own territory, he felt a lot more confident.

The soldiers from Hengshou surrounded the chariots and horses of the father and son, led by Xue Huitang, and marched slowly towards Hengshou City.

On the way, Xue Huitang secretly asked Xue Yixiao about the marriage.

Third Young Master Xue rolled his eyes.

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being. The Patriarch just said a word and was pushed back. Sister Yue is still not qualified enough."

"Then sister's marriage..."

"talk later."

Xue Yixiao was a little impatient.

"It's not like Lu Shiji is the only man in the world. You don't have to rush to climb high branches! These years, your sister's spirit has been raised too high, and she doesn't look at her own situation. What's the use of always thinking about those things that can't be reached?" use?!"

Xue Huitang's face was a bit ugly, but he really had nothing to say, so he could only follow along silently.

Xu Shi entered his own territory, and Xue's father and son began to relax. The exhaustion accumulated during the previous rush was suddenly released, and the speed of travel became slower and slower.

In Xue Yan's life, when the elder brother was around, the elder brother stood up to him, and the elder brother lost his father to take care of him. As a son of a family who grew up in a wealthy family, when did he experience such exhaustion? !

He felt that his bones were going to be broken when the carriage bumped, and he felt that the wind and frost were threatening to sleep in the wild. After all, he was already on his own land, and the car stopped and went, changing from the exhaustion before to a relaxing trip. It couldn't be more comfortable.

If you go to the wild today, you can reach Yinzhou City in half a day.

Yinzhou City was the first town that Xue's father and son arrived after they went ashore. After Yinzhou, it was only a four-day drive from Hengshou. If you speed up, you can reach it in two days.

It's just that the road to Yinzhou is all mountain roads, with cliffs on both sides, and only a rugged path in the middle is winding and rugged, which is not easy to pass.

After walking for a while, the Xue family couldn't bear the bumps of the carriage and horses, so they drove on foot instead.

As they were walking, the soldiers walking at the end of the team suddenly heard the sound of galloping horseshoes. The sound was getting closer and closer, and it could be seen that they were galloping on horses, and soon approached the periphery of the team.

Xue Huitang came to the end of the team, frowned and looked at the chaotic soldiers, and asked the leader of the team, "What's going on?"

"Back to Mr. Lang, my subordinates have sent spies to check, now..."

Before Shi Chang could finish speaking, a Pegasus galloped over.Immediately, a soldier had no time to get off his horse and luggage, and yelled at the two of them directly.

"It's bad, it's bad! There's a pair of barbarians coming from behind! They're both carrying swords, so we can't leave!"

As soon as these words came out, the end of the team instantly became chaotic.

The timid ones ran around, trying to find a hiding place where they could hide, and avoid the barbarians' interception and killing!

Hu people!That's a fool!Hu people who drink human blood and eat human brains!So many cities in Beijiang and Xiguan have been captured!How can these two and a half people withstand Hu Qi's attack? !

The few chiefs were also afraid, but they were still well-trained after all, and shouted at the soldiers to line up to deal with it.

But this mountain road is on the Longya Mountain on the south bank of the waterway. The mountain road is narrow, with cliffs on both sides, and there is no suitable shelter for defense at all.

In the end, it was Xue Huitang who personally commanded the entrance, using the bow and arrow team to guard the entrance, and the front team of cavalry covered the scholar and his son to evacuate as soon as possible.

At this time, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, but the sound of insects in the mountains was covered by the sound of horseshoes, the earth shook, and a group of black shadows soon appeared in the field of vision.Seeing the archers in formation, someone gave a strange cry, and they all raised their shields.

It's a barbarian!What a fool!Those are horse shields and bones that only barbarians can use!

Xue Huitang's pupils constricted in an instant, and subconsciously rode his horse back, creating a storm in his heart.

Before, I thought that the soldier was timid and lied about the military situation, but I didn't expect it to be a barbarian cavalry. Why did the barbarians suddenly appear in the outfield of Yinzhou City? !

The Yinzhou Hengshou line is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, thousands of miles away from the border town. Could it be that Hu Qi has wings on his body?Can you leap thousands of mountains and rivers and fall from the sky?

correct!It's Tonghui!It is the ancient waterway of Tonghui City!

The Hu people occupied Tonghui City, if they secretly go south along the waterway, they can indeed reach Yinzhou where they are!

But how is it possible?

From Tonghui to Yinzhou, there are so many piers in the middle, has no one found the traces of the barbarians? !

Or have they been hiding in Yinzhou? !

Suddenly thinking of a certain possibility, Xue Huitang's face turned pale, and his hand holding the rein kept shaking.

Just now he was still regretting that he didn't evacuate with Tang Shu and the others, but looking at it now, the road ahead may not be a way out!

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a few bowstrings slamming, followed by screams not far away.

The barbarian's strange laughter echoed in the valley, the smell of blood quickly permeated, and the sound of horse's hooves gradually approached behind him, scaring Xue Huitang to whip the horse and panicked.

It's just that you can't escape very far.

Not far ahead, there was a smell of blood blowing towards his face. Xue Yan's carriage was tilted by the side of the road, surrounded by countless dead bodies, and people who were still alive were moaning in pain and struggling desperately.

A scene like hell!

Did Xue Huitang stop, his eyes looked not far ahead in horror.

There was a circle of barbarians there, and in front of the barbarians, Xue Yan's eldest son, Xue Yinian, was holding a torch in his right hand, staring at him expressionlessly.

Xue Yan and Xue Yixiao fell in front of his horse. One was pierced through the chest by a sharp knife, and the other lost half of his head and an arm. His death was extremely miserable.

Seeing this scene, Xue Huitang backed up a few steps in fright, and shouted tremblingly.

"Big...uncle lobby, you...why are you doing this?"

"Why?"

Xue Yijian sneered.

"It's just to survive. If you don't seek your own death, I won't be able to wait for such an opportunity. If you really want to know, then go down and ask your third cousin, aren't you always the closest?"

As he spoke, he bent his bow and set an arrow, and the arrow feathers went straight into Xue Huitang's throat. Before the boy had time to beg for mercy, he could no longer make a sound, struggled a few times, fell off his horse and died.

At this moment, Hu Qi who was chasing and killing the cavalry also arrived, and they hacked to death one by one the soldiers who still had a trace of vitality in the field.

"Tell your master that our mission has been completed, and let him remember to keep his promise!"

As he spoke, he rode his horse and turned around, leading a group of people to disappear into the vast night.

On February [-]th, the patriarch of Hengshou's Xue family and his third son Xue Yixiao were killed by bandits in the wilderness [-] miles away from Yinzhou City, and no one survived.

The eldest son of the Hengshou Xue family, Xue Yinian, took over the position of Patriarch left by his father and became the new owner of Hengshou City.

It's just that Xue Yan's death is very suspicious. Although Xue Yinian is the eldest son, he is not treated well within Hengshou.

What makes the world even more suspicious is that the first thing Xue Yinian did after taking power was to announce that he and the Changzhou Xue family were united as the clan, with Changzhou Xue Yiluan as the direct line and Hengshou as the branch family.However, the Hezong belonged to the Hezong, but the power of Hengshou City was still in the hands of Xue Yiluan, Xue Yiluan was still unable to extend his hand to Hengshou.

There are rumors in the world that it was Chang Zhou who killed Xue Yan.Xue Yinian cooperated with Xue Yixiao to kill Xue Yan and Xue Yixiao together.

I don't know if it's true or not, but the family separation farce that lasted for more than half a year finally came to an end.