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The Thirty-First Preceding Cause

  Everyone followed Xu Jia Ping to the main hall, and on the way, Xu Hai Feng saw that although the decorations here couldnt compare to Linan City, they were a world apart from the small wooden house of the past. However, his mind was not on this, and once everyone sat down in a circle, he asked with a gloomy face: "Father, whats going on? Why is there a murder case on my brother?"

  Xu Jiaping was about to respond when a group of people suddenly rushed out from the back of the hall. One of them knelt down on both knees in front of Xu Haifeng and cried, "Uncle, have mercy, please save your elder brothers life!"

  Xu Haifeng fixed his eyes on her and saw that it was his elder sister-in-law, Hong Shufen. He hastily stood up and said: "Elder sister-in-law, please get up quickly, what are you doing?"

  The Xus have been farmers for generations. Xu Haifengs older brother, Xu Haitian, is honest and simple-minded, but he married a good wife. Hong Shufens father was the only teacher in the village, and she was quite famous in the village and even in the town. Its unknown how many people regretted that such a beautiful flower had been inserted into cow dung when she married Xu Haitian. However, after their marriage, they have always loved each other dearly, and the next year they gave birth to a big fat baby boy. Last year, the conscription order arrived at their home, and one of the two brothers must go. Xu Haifeng volunteered to join the army in order not to separate this loving couple.

  "Uncle, if you dont lend a hand, your big brother is afraid of being in a desperate situation this time. Xiaobao, wheres Xiaobao? Come quickly..." Hong Shufen did not get up, but instead grabbed a little kid from behind, held his head down and said: "Xiaobao, hurry up and kowtow to your uncle, beg him to save your dad."

  Xu Haifeng carefully looked at the child, who was only three or four years old, with a big head and a tiger-like face, extremely cute. However, at this moment, he was frightened, pouting his mouth, but didnt dare to cry out loud, really pitiful. He quickly took a step forward, hugged Baoer tightly, and said: "Dont worry, sister-in-law, my brother is my own flesh and blood, no matter what, I wont abandon him." After finishing speaking, he turned around to Zhebie and said: "Zhebie, go fire the three-linked arrow, hurry Qin Yong to rush here at the fastest speed."

  Zhebie responded with a sound, walked to the sky well, took down the open sky bow, and took out three specially made whistling arrows. One after another, they shot into the sky. Only to hear a sharp and urgent whistle piercing through the calm sky, flying towards the west, three times in a row, each time like a ghost crying and wolf howling, making peoples hearts throb with fear.

  This is the special contact method of the Black Flag Army, and only Che Zhebai has this ability under the sky. The arrow was shot high into the clouds, and no one could match him in terms of the length of the sound or the distance of the arrow.

  After a mountain peak, Qin Yong suddenly heard a faint whistling sound coming from afar. He took a closer look and found it was the most urgent three-arrow signal ring, which meant that no matter where people were, as long as they were under the Black Flag Armys command, after seeing the signal arrow, they had to put down everything and rush to the location of the arrow as quickly as possible. With a hearty laugh, he turned back and said: "Children, the general is urging us on. Now lets start our emergency march and hurry to the generals house at the fastest speed."

  The troops, who were originally walking slowly, seemed to have been given a shot of adrenaline and suddenly accelerated, with everyone running forward with all their might, using the speed of a 100-meter dash to run long distances. Only a perverted commander like Qin Yong would give such an order, and only the Blood Wine Warriors of the Black Flag Army had the endurance and strength to do so.

  Lin Wanxian, still sitting in the carriage, had no idea what was happening. The more than 3,000 Black Flag Army soldiers under Qin Yongs leadership ran away without a trace. Only one hundred logistics soldiers borrowed from Tongyi were left behind. No matter how clever Lin Wanxian was, she couldnt understand why Xu Haifeng wanted to change his mind and summon Qin Yong. She thought for a while and finally decided to continue advancing, so she ordered the logistics teams captain to rush to Xu Haifengs home with all their might to make further plans.

  During this time, Lin Wanwan and Xu Haifeng were inseparable, anyone who wasnt an idiot could see that their relationship was not ordinary. So the hundred-man commander didnt waste a single word and immediately ordered them to speed up, but their speed couldnt compare with the Black Flag Armys full-force charge.

  Seeing Zhebies three arrows might, the scene was completely settled. Xu Haifeng nodded in satisfaction, but suddenly felt a wetness on his arm, and a strong smell of urine rushed into his nose. He looked down to see that Baoers pants were stained with a large patch of wetness, and he had actually been scared into peeing his pants.

  Dai Baoer was taken away by his mother, and Xu Haifeng changed into a set of clothes before understanding the cause of things under his fathers account.

  It turned out that after the Directional Sound Sect people finished building a house for the Xu family, they also left behind a considerable amount of wealth, including several pieces of exquisite jewelry. A few days ago, Xu Haitian took one of them to a jewelry store in the city to ask about its price. Unexpectedly, he was seen by the Third Young Master of the Zhang family from the west of the city, who was shopping at the time, and his greed was aroused. He wanted to buy it from Xu Haitian, but Xu Haitian refused to sell no matter what. The young master became angry and humiliated, scolding Xu Haitian as a "mud-legged" person who couldnt possibly own such a treasure, and must have obtained it through unclear means.

  At that time, Xu Haifeng was only temporarily holding the rank of general, so the person in charge sent by Fang Zhongping just said that Xu Haifeng had performed outstandingly in the military and had been promoted and become wealthy. They never expected that in less than a year, Xu Haifeng would actually be promoted to general.

  Xu Haitian was originally a honest and simple farmer, where he could not explain. Zhang San Gongzi gave an order to take Xu Haitian to the government office, Xu Haitian was anxious and desperately resisted, unintentionally pushing Zhang San Gongzi. Zhang Gongzi lost his footing and fell, it was also his fate, the back of his head hit the sharp corner of a table, instantly bleeding profusely, brain matter bursting out, dying on the spot. The people present were all shocked by this sudden change.

  This stirred up a hornets nest. The Zhang family was a prominent household in Cangzhou, with roots that went back over a hundred years, and were deeply entrenched. Two servants present seized the stunned Xu Haitian, and the Zhang family reported the incident to the authorities. Magistrate Zeng, not daring to be slow, immediately opened court to try the case. Since the evidence of Xu Haitians crime was irrefutable, and he did not deny it himself, coupled with the Zhang family secretly pushing for his conviction, he was sentenced to death on the spot, pending only the approval of the Ministry of Punishment before being beheaded.

  Xu Haitians incident happened, and the Xu family couldnt just sit back and do nothing. Although Xus father tried every means to rescue him, how could he compare with the Zhang familys powerful influence in this matter? The money flowed out like water, but it had no effect at all. The people who took the money cheated them because they had no power or influence, fearing that they would offend the Zhang family, and only cared about taking the money without doing anything. In such a way, Xus father sent all the things given by Director Fang to the prison, but he didnt even see Xu Haitian once, and only heard some news that Xu Haitian was suffering greatly in prison, and might not be able to hold on until the Ministry of Punishment issued the pardon.

  If it werent for a neighbor who went with Xu Haitian to report back home, they wouldnt even know the cause and effect of this matter. This shows how powerful the Zhang family is in Cangzhou. The Xu family was at a loss and could only seek help from Village Chief Xu Duli, but Xu Duli knew that it wasnt something he could handle himself, so he told them that if Xu Haifeng came back, there might be a way to resolve it. In his heart, however, he didnt believe it - what could Xu Haifeng, who had only been a soldier for a year, possibly do?

  Xu Jiaping sighed after finishing speaking: "If Tianer could have sold the jewelry at that time, it would have been fine, but he was confused for a moment, and now even regret is too late."

  Xu Haifeng was furious, he slammed his hand on the table and said: "How can Father say that? Brother did the right thing, theyve already been bullied to the extreme, should we just let them get away with it?"

  Xu Jiaping looked at his young son, and on his body, he could no longer see the slightest shadow of the timid youth who had left home. Standing beside him was a vigorous and ambitious man. Looking at that face full of confidence and anger, the restless heart suddenly calmed down, as if the heavy burden on his shoulders had been lifted off, and his son had grown up to the point where he could bear everything.

  Looking at his old fathers relieved gaze, Xu Haifeng couldnt feel happy at all. In fact, he was always like this before, thinking that taking a step back would make the sea and sky wider, but sometimes this approach represented cowardice, which would only provoke others bullying intentions.

  Until he had an in-depth conversation with Fang Weihao, he realized his own strength and value, and his thinking underwent a complete transformation. A truly capable person doesnt just retreat, but rather if others show me an inch of respect, I will return a foot. Whether good or bad, its all the same. Of course, to do this, one must first possess the corresponding strength; otherwise, everything is just a joke.

  At this time, a sudden cry of surprise came from outside the door, followed by a neat footsteps getting closer and closer. Just listening to the neatness of the sound, it was clear that it was a well-trained team. Mixed with the increasingly loud noise, it was obvious that more people had discovered it.

  Xu Jiaping looked around in confusion, he had no idea what was happening. Xu Dulis face changed greatly, with his many years of military experience, this must be an invincible and powerful army of over a thousand people. How could such a troop suddenly appear in their own village? He turned his head just in time to see Xu Haifengs hearty smile, his heart skipped a beat as he thought of the three arrows that Zhebie had shot earlier, his gaze changed from confusion to shock and incredulity.

  "General, Qin Yong and others have arrived as ordered." Lin Changkong, who was guarding the door, came in to report.

  "Alright, Father, you said that Big Brother is already on the brink of life and death in prison, right?" Xǔ Hǎifēng nodded, as if responding, then turned to ask his father.

  Xu Jiapings face was filled with worry as he said, "Yes, this is the only news Ive managed to find out, its really a difficult situation."

  "Can you find your way to the main prison?"

  "Of course I know him, I go there every day to try my luck and see if I can get a chance to meet Tian Er."

  "Thats great, Dad, lets go." Xuhai Feng said as he stood up.

  Xu Jiaping also stood up and asked strangely: "Where are we going?"

  "Of course its the Great Prison of Cangzhou."

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