The Hong family's house is located on the east side of Liuhe Town. The entire house covers an area of ​​more than 20 acres, making it the best family in Liuhe Town.

Today, the Hong family worshipped their ancestors. From morning until the sun sets, it took almost a day to make a fortune. At night, the ancestor worship ended. The whole Hong family was brightly lit and crowded, and the banquet was held, which was extremely lively.

Even outside Liuhe Town, you can see the brilliant lights in the Hong family's house.

In a dining room in the backyard of the Hong family's house, Hong Chengshou, Hong Tao, Hong Tao's father Hong Ding, Hong Tao's third uncle Hong Fan, and Hong Tao's fourth uncle Hong Rong sat at a table, eating dishes while waiting for Hong An to come back.

Mr. Hong, Hong Chengshou, has four sons and two daughters. The two daughters are all married. His four sons are named "Anxing and Prosperity" in turn to symbolize Mr. Hong's expectations for the future of the Hong family.

Hong Tao's uncle Hong'an and third uncle Hong Fan usually manage the Hong family's industry in Yuntao County, which is adjacent to Qinghe County. The Hong family's industry in Yuntao County is not big or small, with more than 400 acres of land and two oil noodles workshops. The industry in Yuntao County was built by Mr. Hong when he was in charge of the family and took advantage of Hong Tao's grandfather's reputation.

Hong Tao's father Hong Ding was the pavilion chief of Liuhe Town. Although he had no rank or rank, he was also the only one in Liuhe Town. Hong Tao's fourth uncle Hong Rong worked as a clerk in the criminal arrest yamen in Qinghe County.

One of Hong Tao's elder sisters and a younger sisters married to Pingxi County, and the other married to a wealthy family in another town in Qinghe County. Mr. Hong has two brothers in his generation, namely Hong Tao's two uncles. When he split up with Mr. Hong, he couldn't compete with Mr. Hong, and they were all separated. Both were in Pingxi County, one opened an inn, and the other had a cloth shop. The uncle and uncle who opened the cloth shop had already lost all their property because he was good at gambling. His wife ran away and his family lost. There was no news for many years. The uncle who opened the inn lived a well-off life and was still good, but it seemed that because he was disagreeing with Mr. Hong back then, he had fewer contacts with the Hong family in Liuhe Town after the separation.

Today, when worshiping ancestors, Mr. Hong couldn't help but remember the past of the Hong family. He was a little moved. He talked about the things at home at the dinner table, and sighed at the hard-earned situation of the Hong family.

After saying this, Mr. Hong looked at the empty chair by the table, then looked at the sky outside, and frowned slightly, "Why haven't Hong An come back yet?"

The room is full of core figures of the Hong family, so everyone can say anything that Hong Tao is outstanding among the Hong family generation and is the only person who can still be on the table. Unlike his cousins, they are either mediocre, addicted to alcohol, or cannot endure hardship, and are not good at practicing martial arts. Therefore, Hong Tao is highly expected by Mr. Hong. After the first test of the national martial arts, he can also participate in these confidential matters of the Hong family, and be influenced by Mr. Hong, and is trained by Mr. Hong as the successor of the Hong family.

"It might take some time for that person to do things. After all, Baizhang Mountain is not small. If Yan Blacksmith's son really drills into the forest, it will probably not be easy to find it in a while. It will take a little time to finish the work!" Hong Ding also looked at the sky outside, "If the eldest brother has not come back after two incense sticks, I will ask Manager Yan to take someone to pick him up!"

"Well..." Mr. Hong nodded, his face darkened. "After doing this, those who are waiting to see our Hong family jokes in Liuhe Town can calm down. The foundation left by the ancestors of the Hong family cannot be defeated by us. When Hong Tao becomes a warrior in the future, our Hong family's status in Liuhe Town will be safe for another fifty years."

"My father said that the two hundred acres of raising scholars in Liuhe Town are the foundation of our Hong family's founding in Liuhe Town. No matter what, outsiders say, they cannot be occupied by outsiders. The young boy from the Yan family wants to become a warrior, hum...hum... Then wait until he is reincarnated in the future before talking!" Hong Rong said this with a sneer. Hong Rong looks four-slightly similar to Mr. Hong, but his face is longer, his eyes are like a slit, and his mouth is as thin as paper. He looks like a scheming person.

At the dining table, Hong Rong was the only person wearing a public uniform. This public uniform is nothing in the prison arrest yamen, but it has great power in the eyes of ordinary people in Liuhe Town. Hong Rong knew very well what this public uniform represents in the eyes of ordinary people in Liuhe Town, so every time Hong Rong returned to Liuhe Town, he would deliberately wear the soap public uniform he had in the county criminal arrest yamen.

The 200 acres of raising scholars in Liuhe Town are all on the edge of the Liuhe River. This field was granted by Hong Tao's grandfather when he was promoted to a samurai. According to the regulations of the Han Empire, raising scholars in the field is not completely considered the asset of the Hong family. The Hong family only owns the right to use and income of the samurai field. After Hong Tao's grandfather's death, the Hong family has not produced any samurai for three generations, and the samurai's samurai has been cut off. If someone advanced to a samurai town at this time, the 200 acres of raising scholars in Liuhe Town will be granted the title of the new samurai.

The Han Empire was originally intended to encourage good policies from the people, but it was easy to eat and difficult to spit out. At this time, the Hong family had to give up the two hundred acres of good water irrigated fields again, which was like cutting the flesh on the Hong family. Not only that, because the Han Dynasty was tax-free, the Hong family occupied a lot of land that acquired in the town in recent years, and after some means, they were all under the name of the Han Dynasty. Once the Hong family lost the sign of the Han Dynasty, Qinghe County would re-clear the fields in Liuhe Town. The Hong family's methods of evading taxes over the years would no longer work, and they would have to spend a lot of money to pay taxes every year. This was completely unacceptable for the Hong family, who had been used to being accustomed to being a tycoon in Liuhe Town.

In addition to raising scholar fields, once other warrior houses appear in Liuhe Town, according to the regulations of the Han Empire, Hong Tao's father's pavilion chief's position will not be kept.

It is precisely because of this that the Hong family regarded the Yan family as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. They would never allow anyone else in Liuhe Town to produce warriors besides the Yan family. Once Yan Liqiang showed signs of advanced warriors, even if the Hong family spent a lot of money to invite outlaws, they would destroy this sign.

"Yan Liqiang is a bit strange. I went to Huanglong County to inquire about his and Lu family a few days ago. There are legends everywhere in Huanglong County that he received a method of teaching him how to treat drowning people from his dreams. He used this method to save the grandson of the Lu family's old man and became related to the Lu family. Now his reputation in Huanglong County is getting bigger and bigger. Even other counties know his way to save people. However, at this time, the Lu family can protect him for a while, but not for a lifetime!" Hong Fan took a sip of wine and said with a shaking head.

"What kind of gods teach me in my dreams? I saw that Yan Liqiang had just lost his luck. He didn't know where to steal it from. He learned this method and even made such a big reputation outside..." Hong Tao said maliciously. From childhood to adulthood, he just saw that Yan Liqiang was unhappy. Yan Liqiang had a reputation in Huanglong County and became more and more time-consuming, which made him even more jealous.

Several main characters of the Hong family were talking in the room. Suddenly, a panic sound of Hong family servants came from outside, "There is a fire, there is a fire, everyone hurry up and put out the fire..."

As the sound of the servant came, a panic sound came from outside, and at the same time, a fiery red fire light also reflected in from the doors and windows of the room.

When the fire broke out at home, the people in the room couldn't sit still. What the wealthy people fear most was the word "fire" and Guangsha was a million-dollar fortune. Sometimes, just one fire could burn it clean.

Mr. Hong was the first to leave the room, pushed the door open and came to the middle of the yard outside, and the others hurriedly followed him out.

In the yard of the Hong family's wood-room, there is a tendency to spread.

"Old man, it's not good. The firewood is on fire..." The Hong family's manager ran over and said in panic.

"I'm not blind, why do you need to say it!" Mr. Hong shouted angrily, "Why is there such a big fire in the woodshed? Who made it? Don't you know that the family needs to take good care of the candles for the memorial service today?"

"I... I don't know who made it!" the butler said noddedly.

"Why are you still standing here? Why don't you go to put out the fire quickly..." Mr. Hong slapped the manager in the face irritably.

"Yes...yes..." The manager lowered his head and was about to turn and leave, when he turned around, he suddenly felt some liquid splashing on his face. The manager stretched out his hand and found that the liquid was actually red, like blood. When he looked up strangely, he saw an arrow inserted into the mouth of Mr. Hong standing in front of him. The arrow completely penetrated into Mr. Hong's mouth, with only a piece of arrow feather exposed outside.

Mr. Hong stared at his eyes, his body straightened and fell backwards.

Another arrow shot, but Hong Ding, who had not yet reacted, was instantly pierced by a sharp arrow. Hong Ding screamed and fell to the ground...

The remaining Hong family members finally reacted. Hong Fan screamed in horror and turned around and wanted to run into the room.

However, Hong Fan had just turned around and ran for a step, and a sharp arrow flew over again, directly passing through his back and shooting him on the spot.

Three people from the Hong family were shot and killed in the blink of an eye.

Hong Rong rolled and crawled to the ground, hid behind the flower table in the yard, screaming with all hissing, "Come on, kill, kill..."
Chapter completed!