After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, so every household has already bolted their doors, turned off the lights and gone to bed early.

In front of a remote thatched house in the north of the city, a thin man was standing in an open space holding a little boy.

Looking at the flames rising into the sky in front of him, those dark eyes were like two dry wells, revealing a dead silence.

"Brother..."

The little boy in his arms opened his sleepy eyes, moved his body, and found the sea of ​​fire in front of him. He hugged the man's neck tightly and called out timidly.

Liang Xiucai reached out and touched his brother's head, and held him with a little more force.

"My eldest brother accidentally knocked over the oil lamp just now, and there was a fire in the house. Don't be afraid, young man."

"I'm not afraid."

The little boy felt the warmth brought by the fire, and his tense body slowly relaxed.

The thatch burned with crackling sounds and thick smoke rose into the sky. In just a moment, the roof beams collapsed with a clang.

Liang Xiucai bent down and put Liang Wensheng in his arms on the ground. He patted Liang Wensheng's head and said softly, "Xiaosheng, close your eyes."

The young man covered his heart with his small hands and bent his body slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and did not cry out in pain.

He closed his eyes obediently.

Liang Xiucai looked at him carefully, then rushed towards the sea of ​​fire where there was still some flames.

"what--"

The flames licked his body and Liang Xiucai let out a shrill scream.

The silent night was broken by the scream, and I opened my eyes in fright.

He looked in horror at his elder brother being surrounded by flames and burst into tears.

"Big brother!"

"Big Brother!!"

The tender child's voice and Liang Xiucai's scream woke up the sleeping neighbors around him.

Everyone put on their clothes and went out to check the situation. When they saw Liang Xiucai's house on fire, they didn't care about their disheveled clothes and ran over quickly.

When Old Man Li saw that there was another person in the fire, he screamed, "Liang Xiucai, come out quickly!"

"No, my father's body is still in there!"

Liang Xiucai covered his nose and mouth with his sleeves and wanted to rush in, but was pulled back by Old Man Li who rushed over.

"Are you crazy?!"

Old man Li shouted angrily: "Your father is already dead, can a corpse be more valuable than your life?!"

"But......"

Liang Xiucai's eyes were red, his face was covered with blisters from the fire, and his clothes were torn by the fire.

Old man Li pulled his arm hard and dragged him out of the sea of ​​fire.

"Your father is dead, but you still have a brother to take care of. Are the dead more important than the living?"

"Yes, Mr. Liang, when a person dies, it is like a light going out. The living are more important."

"If something happens to you, what should I do?"

"Big brother!"

I threw myself on him, hugged his thighs with my little hands, and my body trembled with fear.

"Young man!"

Liang Xiucai squatted down, held the little boy in his arms, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Woooooooo..."

The two brothers hugged each other tightly and cried bitterly.

Liang Xiucai didn't shed a single tear when his leg was broken by that bastard father. His neighbors and fellow villagers all knew how strong a man he was.

Looking at the two brothers in distress, I suddenly felt sad and tears fell unconsciously.

"Poor two children, this thatched house has also burned down, what are they going to do in the future?"

There was an old woman with gray hair wiping her tears with her sleeves, worrying about the two ill-fated teenagers in front of her.

The man who helped to retrieve the body with Old Li that day shouted, "It's just a thatched hut. Let it burn. Let's help each other tomorrow and help Mr. Liang rebuild his thatched hut."

"Yes, it just takes a little effort. Liang Xiucai always helps us when we are in trouble. Don't be stingy with your efforts now."

Everyone present echoed, and for a moment, the sad atmosphere was dispelled by these heartwarming words.

Liang Xiucai listened to their words with tears in his eyes.

The faint light from the burning thatched hut was reflected in his dark eyes, and followed those eyes into his dark life. At this moment, it completely illuminated his world!

He let go of the young man in his arms, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed heavily to everyone.

"I will always remember your kindness and generosity!"

If he can get out of this quagmire in the future, he will never forget those who helped him!

"Get up, get up, why are you doing such a big ceremony?"

Old man Li was close to him, and his rough big hands pulled his arm and pulled him up.

"Your grandmother Li and Er Gou are the only ones in the old man's house. You can stay at my place for a few days."

The thatched hut had been reduced to ashes, and several people lit torches and brought them over from their homes.

Apart from a few charred beams with some sparks still on them, there was only a pool of black ashes on the ground.

Liang Jinyu's body was apparently completely burned.

When Qiao Bing arrived, it was almost noon.

He originally went to help Bai Youyou find Song Ming, and passed by Huichun Clinic on the way to see Liang Xiucai and his brother, but he never expected that the doctor said that the two of them had already left.

Seeing the thatched hut burned to ashes, Qiao Bing's face suddenly turned pale.

He ran over quickly and happened to meet Liang Xiucai who had just come from Old Man Li's house.

"Brother Wenchang!"

Seeing that he was fine, Qiao Bing finally put his heart at ease.

"Brother Wenchang, I..."

Facing Liang Wenchang, Qiao Bing felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Although he was forced to hit his father with the stick that was against the wooden door, he was the one who dragged the man into the water and drowned him. No matter what, he could be considered the murderer of his father.

"Brother Qiao."

Liang Wenchang clasped his hands together and bowed solemnly to him, "I have no way of repaying you for saving my life twice."

"Between you and me, there is no need to say thank you."

Qiao Bing held him up with his hands and said nervously, "As long as you don't blame me."

"I should thank you."

Liang Xiucai's eyes fell on the ruins. He felt no sadness in his heart, only an incomparable sense of relief.

That devil angered his grandparents to death, killed his sister, and killed his mother, and now he wants to take his and Xiaosheng's lives.

He deserves to die!

I should have killed him earlier, so that my sister and mother would not have died, and I would not have become the sickly person I am today.

"Why did your house burn down? Is Xiaosheng okay?"

"fine."

Liang Xiucai pursed his lips and shook his head.

When he brought the body back yesterday, Lord Xu said something to him meaningfully: "The short flame plucks out the withered flowers, and the long night brings silence. There is nothing in this world that cannot be devoured by fire."

He knew that Lord Xu must have known the truth.

In order not to implicate others, he deliberately designed this fire last night.

Everything was burned to ashes. Even if the truth was revealed in the future, without the body, there would be no evidence.

"I need to take good care of my body now. You don't have a place to stay right now, why don't you go to the inn first?"

"No, I'm staying at Grandpa Li's house temporarily. They said they will help me rebuild a thatched hut in the next two days."

Liang Xiucai rejected his kindness.

Thinking of the words of the doctor at the Huichun Clinic, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Who was the girl who accompanied you to the clinic that day?"