After transmigrating, he supported his family by working at a garbage dump.

"How could that be? Didn't we hear news before the New Year that the war in the north had been won? My elder brother even said that the old general and that young general had been rewarded. How could they have suddenly died in battle?"

Hu Sanniang covered her mouth in surprise, staring at Li Quanfu in disbelief.

At the same time, fearing something might happen to his elder brother, he hurriedly said before Li Quanfu could answer:

"I hope nothing bad has happened to my older brother. How come there's no news about such a big riot in Tingzhou?"

Xu Zhuzhu was puzzled!

To be precise, Qingshan Town knew nothing at all; it could be said that this small town was extremely isolated from information.

But all of this seems to make sense.

Xu Zhuzhu and her group of refugees were among the first to take action. Logically, a large number of refugees should have followed from the north, but it is clear from the two months they have lived here that this can be inferred.

After all, there are fewer and fewer refugees to be seen on the official roads.

Of course, it's also possible that their official road was too remote and not often traveled by people. They came here purely to find the Liang family.

Moreover, objectively speaking, they escaped far enough.

Most other people wouldn't want to escape that far.

She guessed that the vast majority of the refugees stopped at Xu Tongfu, and whether they could settle down there afterward depended on the situation.

For example, before the New Year, when they heard that they had won a battle, they assumed that they were at ease and naturally a large number of refugees gathered in Xu Tongfu. As a result, a riot suddenly broke out.

Xu Zhuzhu felt an urge to figure out what was going on. This matter was of great importance.

However, Xu Zhuzhu guessed that something else must have happened in connection with the riots.

What kind of riots could a group of refugees possibly cause? Given their circumstances, they had exhausted themselves traveling the entire way; other ordinary families couldn't withstand such hardship and just hoped to live in peace...

Compared to the difficulties of settling down before, now that they have the advantage of the imperial order, how could they possibly give up a good life and have the mind to participate in any riots?

It's absolutely bizarre.

Fortunately, Hu Da sent back some news; otherwise, they would have been completely oblivious to what was happening around them and wouldn't have known anything, so how could they have made any preparations?

A sense of fear welled up inside Xu Zhuzhu; she had a serious, bad premonition.

But her thinking was limited to that; she wasn't someone who could clearly see the important matters of the nation and its people.

Perhaps his father could see those complicated matters and various reasons more clearly?

In discussing such a serious topic, she and her brother definitely wouldn't be able to get a word in edgewise.

"What's going to happen?"

Hu San Niang was still worried and anxious.

I fear that swords and spears have no eyes, and those refugees, once they become agitated, are not listen to reason and will only act recklessly. I have heard before that people died because of the riots when the government troops tried to stop them.

Li Quanfu could assure him of this, "My brother-in-law only does minor tasks with the registrar. The major tasks of suppressing the rebellion are handled by the officers and soldiers in the military camp... I heard that for this riot, Prefect Xu submitted a memorial requesting the court to transfer 10,000 elite troops!"

This isn't right...

Xu Zhuzhu narrowed her eyes. Ten thousand troops were transferred, and they were elite soldiers. To an ordinary person, this sounded even more extraordinary.

Zhang He also sensed something strange, but she couldn't figure out the details of it.

But she was still even more curious, "The registrar sounds like he has all sorts of amazing abilities, how could he bypass Tingzhou and go directly to Xu Tong's residence with Constable Hu? Was the county magistrate willing to do that?"

This is also the key point. Logically speaking, it's one thing for a mere registrar to speak in official jargon in Qingshan Town, but how could he be so "ignorant of death" as to get involved in the riot next door?

There are only two possibilities: either he has someone backing him who can bypass his superiors to do things, or the county magistrate also knows about this matter and specially sent her there.

That's thinking ahead.

Now Zhang He remembered that Mr. Wu had waited for Xu Wenjie for almost half a month, which might have been partly due to this reason.

He goes to the county every ten days or so, so he might actually know something.

"I heard that the registrar was once a wealthy young man, but his background was a bit complicated."

Hu Sanniang finally explained things to Zhang He.

If you put it that way, it all makes more sense. Rich kids always have some complicated connections involved; maybe a relative will give them a hand, and that's how they get ahead.

However, this registrar would take Hu Da with him on such a trip, either because he genuinely wanted Hu Da to make a name for himself, or because he was using him as a "knife".

Li Quanfu didn't think that much about it; his knowledge didn't allow him to think that far ahead.

He was just worried that if the refugees couldn't be suppressed, Tingzhou Prefecture would be the first to suffer and would probably be doomed.

However, a letter from his brother-in-law also suggests that the riots were not that serious.

Seeing that Zhang He and Hu Sanniang were both distracted and worried, Li Erge finally smiled.

She quickly reassured them, "My sister-in-law said that my brother-in-law will be back soon, so it probably isn't that serious. Don't worry."

Hu San Niang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So much the better."

But how could she really let it go? Before she saw her brother, she always kept him in her thoughts.

Zhang He added, "This is a good thing. It's just dealing with some miscellaneous matters, nothing dangerous. Once Constable Hu returns, we'll know what happened. Maybe he'll even get a promotion and make a fortune!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Sanniang finally burst into laughter through her tears.

"Since you say so, I'm relieved. I hope my brother is alright. He Niang, you don't know, otherwise, with my sister-in-law having a child to take care of, I really don't want to think about it."

Zhang He was only saying it, but she wasn't sure in her heart. She was thinking of hurrying home to ask her husband.

He then urged them to quicken their pace.

If it weren't for the fact that it was winter, the sun was shining brightly just moments before, and we hadn't even gone halfway when the sky gradually darkened.

"But it doesn't seem like a change of regime, which is really strange."

Hu San Niang asked in confusion.

Li Quanfu also looked up at the sky and voiced his guess, "Look how thick the clouds are over there, I hope it's snowing again..."

It's almost March, how can it still snow?

Xu Zhuzhu was surprised, "Is it really that bad?"

She suddenly remembered her brother, who had been silent for a long time.

Even a brief reply of a sentence or two would be a response to Zhang He's concern, such as "okay" or "I understand."

She had already given her brother a lot of advice about the dog's situation. If he still couldn't get over it, then he was being far too indecisive.

Although it's understandable for a child to experience something like this, she may feel helpless, since she can only rely on herself.

However, Zhang He didn't know whether things had changed or not.

Zhang He couldn't easily predict the weather accurately. She was worried because everything she did was based on her speculation, which was prone to being inaccurate.