The trip to Huizhou was thousands of miles away, and Xie Fu had to travel day and night. He could bear it, but Feiyun, a horse with amazing endurance, couldn't bear it.
After two days and three nights, I finally arrived in Huizhou City on the morning of the fourth day. I bought steamed buns and led my horse through the bustling streets while eating them. The bustle was as usual, which made Xie Fu's anxious heart feel a little more at ease. He felt that nothing had happened yet.
What a big deal.
When he was a street away from Linghui Garden, he suddenly saw government officials in public uniforms blocking the road. Xie Fu suddenly had a bad feeling and immediately approached them.
But he was stopped by a government official: "What are you doing? Didn't you see the road is blocked?"
"Brother Yamen, may I ask what happened?"
The yamen servant immediately looked at the dusty Xie Fu with suspicion: "Are you a foreigner? What are you here for?"
Xie Fu was anxious and wanted to know the situation in Linghui Garden quickly, so he simply said: "I am a distant relative of the Gu family, and I came to Linghui Garden to visit relatives."
"Two nights ago, a fire broke out in Linghui Garden and burned down the entire Linghui Garden."
Xie Fu's expression changed: "Where is that man? Are there any casualties?"
The government official's face darkened: "The entire Linghui Garden was burned down, and the fire has not been completely extinguished until today. Is there no casualties? Many people died."
"What about Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu?"
The yamen servant asked: "Are you a relative of Mr. Gu?"
Xie Fu nodded: "Yes, please ask Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu if they are okay?"
"The government is putting out the fire and taking out the corpses. Many corpses are burned beyond recognition. The identities of Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu have not yet been confirmed among the corpses?"
Xie Fu calmed down and dared to set fire to the garden of Linghui, the richest man in Huizhou, and commit a huge crime. Even the governor of a state did not have the courage, and who else but the emperor could do it.
If it was the emperor who committed the murder, then the emperor's purpose was not to seek revenge, but to frighten himself, and at the same time use his father-in-law, Gu Quan, and his mother-in-law, Lu Yehua, to coerce him. In this way, their lives are not in danger at present.
Thinking of this, Xie Fu's fear calmed down a little, because all the living beings in Linghui Garden died unexpectedly.
The officer said: "You wait here for a moment, I will report to the governor."
In the past two days, everyone in the government was in a state of panic. After all, the Huizhou Gu family was a branch of the Suzhou Gu family. If the case could not be solved, they would inevitably lose their official position due to dereliction of duty.
The governor of Huizhou hurried over with the government officials. Such a big event happened in his jurisdiction. The official was definitely disgraced. He also knew very well that if he dared to do such a thing, the man behind it was at least a wealthy and famous person, who was already more than the governor of Zhongzhou.
The only thing I can do now is to do more things, hoping to reduce the anger of the Gu family in Suzhou and save their lives.
The Yamen officials brought the Huizhou governor, but Xie Fu was nowhere to be seen.
The governor of Huizhou asked: "Where are the people?"
The officer responded: "Sir, the one who was here just now is gone, why is it gone?"
A police officer said: "Sir, could it be someone sent by the Gu family in Suzhou?"
The governor of Huizhou said: "It has only been two days since this happened. It is at least 800 miles away from Suzhou. Even if the Gu family in Suzhou received the news now, they would not have arrived so quickly. The Gu family in Huizhou is also a big family. I think they are relatives who happened to come to visit.
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"Sir, almost all the people in Linghui Garden died overnight, and no one escaped from the flames. This is a bit tricky."
"Song Shenfu, don't rush to investigate this case. Right now, you are focusing on the aftermath."
"Sir, how can we do this without investigating such a big matter?"
"I'm not saying not to investigate, but with your ability you can't find anything at all. Just wait for the people from the Six Doors to come over and throw this hot potato to the Six Doors. The Suzhou Gu family will not let it go and will definitely do it.
Once we get to the bottom of it, we'll just follow suit."
"Sir, what if the mastermind behind this can't even handle the Gu family in Suzhou?"
"Then we'll just have to leave it to fate."
Although Xie Fu knew who the mastermind was, he couldn't go in vain. He found a place to tie up Feiyun and sneaked into Linghui Garden to investigate.
The once glorious Linghui Garden has been burned into ruins. There are still open fires in some places, and heat waves are emitting in the air. This shows how big the fire is, and it has been raging from the moment it burned.
Almost all the government officials and soldiers in the city are in Linghui Garden. A small number of people are still putting out open fires. Police officers in public uniforms are investigating everywhere. Most of the personnel are busy looking for burned corpses beyond recognition from the ruins and transporting them to
A spacious place.
Fu Xie felt very uncomfortable when he saw the corpses of many children among them. This was the home of Xianting, and now...
Xianting married her, and she had been by her side for a few days, but she had brought such disaster to her family. She felt extremely guilty and angry.
Qin Xiaofu, it was you who forced me to do this. I cannot repay such sworn hatred as a human being!
Xie Fu was most worried about the safety of Gu Quan and Lu Yehua. He avoided the eyes and ears of the officers and soldiers and inspected several corpses. Without exception, there were injuries to vital parts of the body. They were obviously killed first and then burned beyond recognition by the fire.
Lu Yehua's cultivation level is not low, but even with her sitting in Linghui Garden, she still cannot prevent the tragedy from happening. This shows that the enemies coming are very powerful, and there are more than one, and even Zhenwu Xuanzhenren personally takes action.
The damned must be dead, and the living must have been taken away.
As a result, searching for survivors is completely meaningless.
Qin Xiaofu would not even let Lu Yehua go, and of course he would not let his family go. There were two paths in front of him.
One is to transfer to Suzhou. Suzhou is his base camp. There are three wealthy and famous people, Gu, Lu and Zhang, and his adoptive father Gu Xuan, the number one martial artist in Suzhou. To be on the safe side, when he left Chang'an, he had already given instructions to his little brother.
Yun, take good care of Tantai Mansion.
Over in Yangzhou, he had already ordered his good cousin to take his grandfather to Tantai Mansion for a temporary stay. The remaining family members let them go home for vacation, and the homeless man followed his grandfather to Tantai Mansion.
The other way is to chase them to Chang'an, which is thousands of miles from Huizhou to Chang'an. Even if they left two days ago, if they rode on Feiyun, they might be able to catch up halfway and rescue Gu Quan and Lu Yehua.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In Suzhou, there are Gu Xuan, Xiao Yun, Su Zaomou, and Hongye. Even if Qin Xiaofu comes in person, he will not get any benefits. His going is just the icing on the cake.
, but missed the opportunity to rescue his father-in-law and mother-in-law halfway.
Thinking of this, Xie Fu already had an idea in mind. He immediately left Linghui Garden, rode on Feiyun and hit the road again.
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Here in Suzhou, the two military competitions have come to an end. His Royal Highness's two personal soldiers won the first and second place respectively. This is also expected. After all, these two personal soldiers of the prince are the elite of the elite, and they are second to none even in Chang'an.
Their combat qualities are unparalleled by those of ordinary local armies, as evidenced by the overwhelming victory of these two soldiers.
Unexpectedly, a grain transport soldier from Muzhou actually won the third place. The grain transport officer's surname was Hu and his name was Diquan, and his appearance was not good.
From the beginning, this grain transport soldier was ridiculed and looked down upon, but in the end he was admired and respected. It seems that the world has always respected the strong, while the weak will only be looked down upon with contempt.
This grain transport soldier was personally received by Lu Tao, given a good reward, and invited to the Lu Mansion for a banquet.
It can be said that this grain transport army is the most glorious among the two armies, even more glorious than the prince's two personal soldiers.
The two military competitions launched by Xie Fu were originally intended to win over people's hearts, consolidate the power of Jiedushi and select talents at the same time. Lu Tao was entrusted by Xie Fu to host this military competition, so he would naturally help Xie Fu retain talents.
The fourth place winner was Changzhou Zhechong Captain Zhang Shiyi's carefully selected soldiers from the army. In contrast, Zhang Shiyi was a little unhappy when he won fourth place. After all, in order to stand out in this military competition, he has been working hard these days.
He led the army to practice in Rudongyuan Campus, and the training partner was the world-famous Gu Jiahu Guard.
I didn't expect that in the end, I would be snatched away from the third place by a little-known grain transport soldier. Of course I felt very unhappy. I always disliked Hu Diquan, a little grain transport officer. Who would have known that this little grain transport officer
There is no fear of him at all. He stabs one in the head. There are two armies with different functions, and there are many conflicts on and off the field.
Fortunately, Xie Fu had promised to reward him privately, which made Zhang Shiyi feel more mentally balanced.
Xie Fu, the governor of Huainan, kept his word and rewarded him with armor, weapons and equipment, war horses, silver coins and other rewards according to his ranking.
The most popular rewards are undoubtedly the king of armors - Mingguang Armor, and the second best among armors - Red Refining Armor.
Going to the battlefield is a life-threatening situation. If you have a pair of armor that is invulnerable to swords, guns and arrows, your chances of survival are infinite.
This military competition ended with great joy, and elite armies from all over the country claimed that they were the soldiers of Lord Jiedushi if they wore the clothes of Lord Jiedushi.
The Jiedushi were originally the two highest military and political officials, and they were also the soldiers of the Jiedushi. This was also a kind of inner recognition. After all, I benefited from others, and my heart also turned to them.
If anyone is unhappy, it is Tantai Heqing who just gave birth to a child. Where did he get so many armors, weapons, horses and other equipment? Of course they were bought.
Not only did it completely wipe out her family fortune, but she also owed a huge amount of debt.
Fortunately, she had business talent and opened a bank in the name of the Tantai family. With the name of Jieduzhi's wife, the rich and famous people in the two circles also gave her a lot of face. On the day of the opening, she deposited a large amount of silver, and the two wealthy businessmen
They also followed suit. After all, how can you lose the honor of Master Jiedushi by living in his place? Even if you don't have any money left, you still have to borrow some and deposit it in the Tantai family's silver cabinet.
There have always been private loans among the people, but the most troublesome thing is disputes. Now that there is such a sign that the family will not fail, some wealthy families with silver savings have also introduced deposit boxes.
Therefore, Tantai Heqing was able to raise huge wealth in a short period of time and at the same time cope with the astronomical sum of money spent on purchasing military equipment.
Where there is a loan, there is a loan. As time goes by, when the money gap is finally filled, the Tantai family's cloth business will not go bankrupt due to lack of money turnover.
From the day Tantai Heqing founded the bank, she also helped Xie Fu build a huge community of interests in the two provinces. This is much more powerful than buying people's hearts. After all, we are in the same boat. If one loses, everyone loses, and the other prosper.
Xie Fu did not marry such a capable wife in vain.
But this capable wife has been very bad-tempered recently. She often gets angry and scolds the servants, which scares the servants in the house and knows that they are going to be unlucky today as soon as they hear Tantai Heqing's call.
There were people talking in private that the young lady's temperament had changed drastically since she gave birth to the young master, and she was no longer as reasonable as before.
Can Tantai Heqing not have a bad temper and a drastic change in temperament?
With a big belly, she helped Xie Fu do a lot of work. When the child was born, her husband was no longer around. Now that the child is a month old, she has not even seen her husband, let alone the child.
The anger in my heart is increasing day by day, and it is so full that I can no longer suppress it. What should I do if I can't suppress it? Naturally, I have to find someone to vent my anger to.
The ones who were scolded the most were Xia'er and Xiaoqiu, who were waiting for Tantai Heqing and were scolded several times a day.
Originally, it was good to have Gu Xianting here. Even if Tantai Heqing lost his temper with Xie Fu, he would never lose his temper with Gu Xianting. With Gu Xianting here, Tantai Heqing's temper would be smoother.
Just some time ago, there was a flood in Mingzhou. As the wife of the Jiedushi, Gu Xianting performed her husband's duties and went to Mingzhou personally to raise funds for disaster relief.
This woman was trapped in a disaster area when she was in Wuxi. She narrowly escaped death and experienced firsthand the suffering of the victims. It can be said that her life was saved by the victims. She is still grateful in her heart. She regards the victims as family members and shares the same grief and pain.
As dusk approached, Tantai Heqing scolded Xia'er and Xiaoqiu again for no reason.
When she went downstairs and walked out of the door, Xiaoqiu's eyes turned red and she burst into tears after many days of grievance: "Why the hell isn't this guy back yet?"
Of course, this damn thing refers to Xie Fu. Except for her love for Tantai He, Xiaoqiu was equal to everyone. Later, Xie Fu was very different. Xiaoqiu became more restrained towards Xie Fu.
Xia'er said hurriedly: "Xiaoqiu, why are you talking nonsense? He is now a master. Even if he is not a master, he is still the Jiedu Envoy of Huainan Road and a second-rank official."
But Xiaoqiu said stubbornly: "What's wrong with him? Don't you deserve to die if you don't even come back when the young lady is giving birth? So what if you are a second-rank official? Even if you become the emperor, I will continue to scold you and harm us."
The two of them never have a good day."
Xia'er had a gentle temperament and was pliable. She smiled and said, "If you dare to say that in front of him, I will obey you."
Xiaoqiu puffed up her chest: "Why don't you dare? I'll kill him!"
Xia'er smiled: "Then let's make a bet!"
Xiaoqiu remembered being punished by Xie Fu last time, and immediately became submissive and did not dare to make this bet with Xia'er.
At this moment, Butler Kong walked into the inner house. This was a privilege granted by Tantai Heqing to all men in the house except Xie Fu who could enter the inner house.
When he saw the two girls, Butler Kong asked, "Where are Xia'er, Xiaoqiu, and the young lady?"
Xia'er responded: "It's upstairs."
Butler Kong said oh and was about to enter the pavilion, but Xiao Qiu stopped him with a cry: "Butler Kong, the lady is losing her temper. If there is nothing wrong, I advise you not to get into trouble, otherwise you will always be like this.
