An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

"Master Yan, what are you doing? How dare these bastards mess with you? If that's the case, just say the word and I'll give them two whips. Why would I need your help?"

Scarface heard the noise and didn't know if it was Master Liu who called him over, but he didn't want to cause any conflict with the prisoners under his charge. Based on the principle of less trouble is worse than more, he tried to be a peacemaker from more than ten steps away, but he didn't come over. He just stared at him from a distance.

After a short stalemate, the young dandy, who had already mounted his horse, turned his horse around and galloped over. In a very protective tone, he loudly asked County Lieutenant Yan: "Uncle Yan, what's wrong? Do you need any help?"

"You bastard, you don't even know you're about to die." County Magistrate Yan cursed, and seeing that no one said anything, he didn't bother to stay and continued to move forward. Jing Chunxi noticed that as he walked, he kept rubbing his cuffs with his two fingers. Jing Chunxi intuitively felt that it must be silver bills.

The young dandy didn't leave immediately, but strolled among the crowd again, looking at this and that. When he saw Dalang and the others, he deliberately moved forward and whispered, "It's easy to take your lives." His tone was still very stern.

This almost made Silang take action. He had been feeling uncomfortable and felt sorry for his grandfather. His grandfather was a great general who had served on the frontier for decades. The Tartars were terrified when they heard his name. But now he was being insulted by this small county lieutenant. He regretted not pulling out the dagger from his sleeve and stabbing it directly into the chest of the dog official.

He felt that the little dandy was in cahoots with that corrupt official, and couldn't help but draw his sword again, but Erlang noticed it and quickly held it down.

The young dandy seemed to be aware of their actions. He did not flinch at all while sitting on his horse. Instead, he looked at Silang with a contemptuous smile, cursed him, "Coward," and then rode away.

After a long while, Jing Yongcheng finally spoke: "Changning, come here."

Jing Yongcheng called his son and grandson over and gathered them around him. The women endured the humiliation and continued to check if they had left anything behind. They were about to set off and did not dare to neglect it.

"Grandfather, they are going too far." Shiro's tears flowed down his face as he spoke to his grandfather. This feeling of being suffocated and unable to vent made him very uncomfortable, but he was too young and could only express it with tears.

Jing Changning said: "This corrupt official must have been bribed."

Jing Yongcheng nodded without getting angry, nor did he comfort his grandchildren, but he changed the subject and said, "He is deliberately provoking us." Then he looked at his son and grandson with sharp eyes, observing the changes on their faces.

"What should we do? We can't just keep enduring it." Sanlang also cried. He felt bad for wanting to help but being unable to do so. But Sanlang could endure it. His grandmother had been advising them along the way, knowing that now was not the time to act on impulse.

Erlang remained silent, watching the expressions on his uncle's and grandfather's faces. Seeing that they seemed to have other thoughts but hadn't expressed them aloud, he tentatively said, "If you really want to attack grandfather, there's no need to provoke us first."

Jing Changning also had the same idea, but he didn't say it out loud. The words and actions of County Lieutenant Yan clearly hinted that: I was bribed to kill you.

And this kind of hint was given more than once. Even when the little playboy came over, there was something else behind his words.

What killer would come out and announce himself first before raising his knife?

Jing Yongcheng nodded, touched Silang's head and said, "You have to learn from your third uncle and second brother." Silang was confused. Why couldn't he understand what they were saying?

Dalang also realized it later, but thinking of the last words of the little playboy, he also said quickly: "That brat seems to be hinting that someone is going to harm us, but he seems to think that we are powerless to fight back."

Madam Jing was listening closely, but she didn't interrupt. Heizi came over at some point and said to them firmly, "The master is not a bad person."

But after receiving a glare from Shiro, Heizi immediately slipped away and ran to follow his master again.

Everyone fell silent. Jing Changning and the old general both knew that County Lieutenant Yan had been bribed for sure, but judging by his words and actions just now, he might have had to do so. After all, to those in high positions, a small county lieutenant was just a small fish or shrimp and had no ability to disobey. Being able to remind them was already a great kindness, and it was more likely that he did not want them to die like this.

The weather was very clear early in the morning, but they all felt the danger of an impending storm. Their steps were heavy as they walked, and even the steamed buns had no taste when they chewed them.

On the first night in the forest, we were able to stay in an inn.

What surprised them the most was that they had no idea how the three leaders of the team had discussed it, but not only did they not make things difficult for them, but for the first time they actually allocated a large bunk bed to the General's Mansion, while the other three branches of the Jing family still had to camp outside the entrance of the post station.

"Why? It's the same exile. We are still implicated by the General's Mansion, so why should they have to live well? But we have to continue camping?" This time it was the old man Jing Yongsheng who jumped out. He had been patient for a long time. In the first few days, he could still eat a steamed bun, but since he could be arranged to go out to buy groceries, the General's Mansion has ignored them for the past few days.

His family members also had complaints about him, thinking that he was useless despite having the title of clan leader. His daughters-in-law even used their own money to buy delicious food for the officials behind his back, and they also provided good food and drink without the knowledge of the old couple. He didn't even know when they had extra clothes and bedding in their hands.

In short, the sons and daughters-in-law each only care about their own families and have turned a deaf ear to what he and his wife say because they think he is useless.

He has been pretending to be deaf and dumb these days, letting his family members do whatever they want, just because he feels that the time for a falling out has not come yet. Now that he sees such huge differences in treatment, he naturally can't help it. If he doesn't say anything at this time, his son and daughter-in-law will definitely turn away from him.

After camping for several days in a row, several children and women in their family had contracted typhoid fever. Fortunately, it was not too serious. Their family had the most coughing in the exile team. At least he and his old wife had a thin cotton coat to wrap themselves up, which barely kept them healthy.

But his family had long been complaining about him, thinking that he was useless as the clan leader. They all felt that given the current situation, it was their family that should be the first to receive the good things.

Unexpectedly, just when he was about to jump out and show off, he was directly scolded by the usually silent Master Liu: "How dare you rob? Why didn't we see anyone from your family on the battlefield? Otherwise, at least we would have produced a general."

This statement left the other three families speechless. The people in the Great General's Mansion hadn't expected Master Liu to speak up for them. However, some people remained dissatisfied, especially Datou, who directly retorted, "It's so easy to get implicated by having a great general. Shouldn't he get beheaded sooner?"

Even Master Liu and Scarface shook their heads when they heard this, but seeing that the old patriarch stopped talking, they just let them do what they wanted. They had to solve the family's internal affairs by themselves, and no matter how kind others were, they couldn't help.