The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

The next day, Zhou Dajiang finished teaching the children and was processing holes in the iron sheet.

Then I heard someone knocking on my door hurriedly.

When I opened the door and saw it was Quan Dali, I was about to ask him what was wrong when I heard Quan Dali rushing in, "Uncle, your father-in-law's house is on fire! This morning when I went to town to look for work, I ran into an acquaintance who said that Master Chen's house was on fire last night. When I heard that Master Chen was Sisi's grandfather, I hurried back."

Chen Xiuying also came out of the house and just heard the end of the conversation: her mother's house was on fire!

What are you waiting for? Go home and check it out!

The two of them hurriedly changed their clothes and didn't care about the child. They asked Sisi to look after the house and asked Tietou to go home and call grandma, and then they hurried to the town.

When she arrived in town, Chen Xiuying saw that her yard was full of people, all whispering to each other and saying something like the Chen family might have made enemies.

Zhou Dajiang protected his wife and squeezed into the crowd. The courtyard gate was open and the yamen runners were inside, asking his father-in-law whether he had any enemies.

On the other side, a pretty young woman was supporting her mother-in-law and was also being questioned.

Chen Xiuying felt relieved when she saw that her parents were fine. However, she hadn't seen Mingyuan's family yet, so she didn't know if they were okay.

The fire was out and everything was wet.

The main house was also burned down, leaving only one wing room intact.

After questioning, the yamen runner inspected the scene and was about to leave when Zhou Dajiang stepped forward and bowed. "Sir, please stay. I'm the son-in-law of this family. I just got here. I don't know what's going on at my father-in-law's house and why it suddenly caught fire."

When the yamen runner saw that it was the son-in-law, he replied, "The specific results have not yet come out, but based on the situation at the scene, this is a case of deliberate arson. There are traces of tung oil in front of and behind the main house.

You guys take care of the old man first, then send someone with me to go to the government office to file the case."

As soon as the bailiff finished speaking, Chen Mingyuan ran in.

He had stayed at his father-in-law's house the previous night, and no one had informed him of the situation. It was only after he arrived at the city gate that he learned of the misfortune at home. He quickly abandoned his wife and children and ran back.

Zhou Dajiang thought Chen Mingyuan had just returned, so he decided it would be better for him to understand the situation himself. He asked him to go buy the two elderly people a bowl of hot porridge first. The two elderly people had been exhausted all night, and they needed something warm to warm themselves up. He said hello to Chen Xiuying and followed the yamen runner to the yamen.

When I arrived at the county government office, the person in charge of filing the documents was an acquaintance, Mr. Yang.

Like the yamen runners, after recording the results of the on-site investigation, he asked Zhou Dajiang whether the Chen family had made any enemies.

Zhou Dajiang thought for a moment and replied, "No."

Master Chen spent his entire life teaching and educating people, and he never quarreled with anyone. How could he possibly have enemies? This was even more impossible for Chen Mingyuan. He was just a student with no achievements. Who would make things difficult for him?

As for getting into trouble, he had done so before. He had fought with kidnappers with his daughter and had even been to the county government office.

Thinking of this, he suddenly had an idea and said, "Could it be related to the kidnapper last time?

The last time I reported the case, I took my child to my father-in-law’s house and changed his clothes.

"And yesterday, when I left the liquor store and went to my father-in-law's house, I kept feeling like someone was following me, but when I looked back, there was no one. I thought I was just too tired and nervous lately, but now it seems that it's probably not just me being nervous, but someone was following me yesterday." The more Zhou Dajiang analyzed it, the more he felt it was true.

When Master Yang heard this possibility, he sent someone to the liquor store to inquire whether there were any suspicious people around yesterday. At the same time, he also recorded this situation in the file.

When Zhou Dajiang said this, he suddenly remembered that his child had said that his father was a general. He originally wanted to report to the county government, but forgot about it because he was busy with the house.

He quickly told his advisor that the child might be from a general's family. He repeated Ang'er's original words.

When Master Yang heard this, he was shocked. The general's child was missing, which was a serious matter! He quickly went to the back hall to report to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate's surname is Lin, and his given name is Zhigao. He is from the capital, and he has been the county magistrate in Qingshan County for less than half a year.

Qingshan County governs twelve towns, with Qingshan Town directly under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate. He had been reviewing the various accounts submitted this autumn, but upon hearing the report from his legal advisor, he was startled. He and his legal advisor hurried to the lobby and carefully questioned Zhou Dajiang again about the kidnapping incident, the child's words, and the unusual incident he had discovered yesterday.

He also called in the yamen runners who had gone to the scene to investigate this morning and took a closer look at the situation.

Finally, County Magistrate Lin had a bold guess that this might be a trap set against a certain general.

The other party originally planned to use the child to threaten the general in order to achieve the ultimate goal. As a result, the child was rescued by Zhou's father and daughter on the way. The kidnappers may have been worried about being discovered, so they hid themselves. Later, when they saw that there was no sound, they came out again. As luck would have it, they saw Zhou Dajiang, so they followed him all the way to Chen's house. As a result, they did not find the child, and in a fit of rage, they burned down Chen's house.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and he felt like he was on the edge of the truth.

He quickly sent two yamen runners to the Chen residence for protection, and wrote his speculation into a memorial, which he had sent to the city at full speed. If he didn't handle this matter well, he might lose his official hat!

County Magistrate Lin was the son of Prime Minister Lin in the capital, and had come to this small border town simply to gain experience before seeking higher positions. He had seen many such secrets in the capital, and he was worried that his superiors might also be bribed by some powerful force, so the matter would be suppressed.

So he wrote another personal letter and asked his attendants to deliver it to Prime Minister Lin's residence in the capital by express horse.

Although County Magistrate Lin did not tell Zhou Dajiang about his guess, Zhou Dajiang had figured it out almost exactly after seeing his actions, and he even thought further.

The old man who spoke in a strange tone might not be a real old man, but a spy from the enemy country in disguise. This would explain why he did not sell the child to others after kidnapping him, but instead came to the border.

This means that the general is at the eastern border. I wonder if he is under threat now. If he rebels, it will be a big deal!

When Zhou Dajiang thought of this, he didn't care whether his thoughts were correct or not, and blurted out everything he thought of.

County Magistrate Lin, who had been relatively calm in issuing orders just a moment ago, also lost his composure after hearing what he said. What Zhou Dajiang said was indeed possible. Otherwise, it made no sense why the kidnapper would bring the child to this border town.

So he hurriedly wrote another letter, stamped it with his private seal, and asked the captain to ride a fast horse to the military camp to meet the general in person and hand the letter to him.

In the letter, he reported the whole story and stated that this was just a personal guess and might not be true, but he hoped that the general would be prepared and take timely measures to deal with it if it was true.