Start from the Martial Arts

Evening.

Outer city.

In Yuyefang, south of the city, there is a large house.

This is where the Dou family is.

The Dou family made their fortune by trading tea, and more than 20 years ago, they could only be considered a small wealthy family.

However, more than 20 years ago, Dou An, the eldest son of the Dou family, met Chen Xingshan, a member of the Chen family, in school.

Chen Xingshan was a bastard of the Chen family, who was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and was frustrated in the family.

But Dou An thought that Chen Xingshan was a person who was grateful and worthy of friendship.

So he used the financial resources of the Dou family to support Chen Xingshan, and finally let Chen Xingshan successfully become a disciple of the great scholar in the city.

A few years later, Chen Xingshan passed the imperial examination and returned to Qingshi County to serve as the county magistrate with the help of his teacher and the Chen family.

It can be said that he brought honor to his ancestors and raised his eyebrows.

After Chen Xingshan became rich, he did not forget his mentor Dou An. Not only did he marry his sister to Dou An, he also vowed that as long as he was there, he would let the Dou family enjoy a day of wealth.

Today, with the support of Chen Xingshan, the county magistrate, the Dou family has become a large family second only to the four major forces of the Wang family, the Chen family, the Shenbingpu, and the Huichuntang.

The gap is mainly in terms of military strength. After all, martial artists can be trained with financial resources, but great martial artists cannot.

However, even the four major forces will not take the initiative to provoke the Dou family.

Dou An died early, so Chen Xingshan returned all his gratitude to his nephew Dou Shouli, treating Dou Shouli better than his own children.

Chen Xingshan is most responsible for Dou Shouli's lawless character.

At this moment, in the backyard of the Dou family.

Dou Shouli's cold body was lying on a stretcher and was sent to the side room of the mistress of the Dou family.

A beautiful middle-aged woman stumbled out of the room and knelt on the cold and hard ground, her outstretched hand shaking unconsciously.

Until the white cloth was lifted, revealing Dou Shouli with his eyes closed and his skull shattered.

"Son! My son!"

The wailing was heart-wrenching, like a cuckoo crying blood.

"Long! Life! Teach!"

The eyes of the mistress of the Dou family were red, and her face was hideous.

"No matter who killed my son, my Dou family will bury him with him!"

"Kill them all! Kill them all..." The mistress of the Dou family was like a madman, mumbling in her mouth, and finally she collapsed to the ground and fainted.

"Madam! Madam!"

"It's bad! Madam fainted!"

The maids and servants were in a mess, and hurriedly helped the mistress of the Dou family up.

Many family members of the Dou family heard the noise and rushed to the backyard.

Few Dou family members were really sad for Dou Shouli's death.

If they were not afraid of revenge from the mistress of the Dou family afterwards, many people would probably applaud.

It is a great pleasure in life that such a scum who raped other people's wives and daughters and did all kinds of evil died.

Soon, the only martial artist surnamed Dou in the Dou family and two martial artists rushed to the backyard, and the situation was under control.

......

At night.

Inner city.

The mansion in the center of Andingfang is the county government office of Qingshi County.

At this moment, the gate of the county government office was brightly lit, and stone lions nearly ten feet high stood majestically on both sides of the vermilion gate. Two soldiers in armor stood on the left and right, standing upright like javelins.

In the back hall of the county government office, an old man in a brocade robe stood in the hall with his hands hanging down.

He has a full forehead and a square chin, full of aura of majesty without anger. It can be seen that he has been in a high position for a long time.

If other people in the county government office saw it, they would definitely come forward to salute and respectfully call him "County Master".

This person is the parent official of the 400,000 people in Qingshi County, Qingshi County Magistrate Chen Xingshan.

Qingshi County and Jiulian County to the north, as the major grain-producing and tax-collecting counties in Tianze Prefecture, have county magistrates who are not of the seventh rank, but of the sixth rank.

Now, this sixth rank county magistrate is standing in the hall like a subordinate.

There is a person sitting in the hall. He looks unremarkable. He looks a dozen years younger than Chen Xingshan. He is dressed in light blue cloth, just like an ordinary citizen.

The only person in Qingshi County who can be treated like this by the county magistrate Chen Xingshan is Chen Bairen, the current head of the Chen family and the youngest great martial artist in Qingshi County.

Chen Bairen is 37 years old this year.

Although the Wang family has the strongest comprehensive strength in Qingshi County with two dark-force great martial artists,

But the strongest great martial artist in Qingshi County is the youngest Chen Bairen.

This person is well-known in Tianze Prefecture City.

"San'er, are you really determined to go all the way?"

Chen Xingshan said in a deep voice.

Chen Bairen sighed: "Sixth uncle, I'm sorry. The Chen family can only lie dormant for the time being and look forward to the future."

"So you decided to give up on me?" Chen Xingshan's face was as gloomy as water.

"In the entire Chen family, the three most important people are you, me, and my nephew Tianyi. If I fall, the Qingshi Chen family will be finished."

Chen Bairen said calmly.

"I understand..." Chen Xingshan murmured in a low voice.

One is the pillar of the Chen family, and the other is his only grandson.

The former cannot be abandoned, and the latter is reluctant to be abandoned.

"I will take full responsibility for this matter. As for Tianyi..."

Chen Xingshan's clenched fist slowly loosened.

"My nephew Tianyi has achieved great success in refining his flesh at the age of 18, and he is expected to achieve Mingjin. In the future, he is the only one who can take over my position in the Qingshi Chen family." Chen Bairen made a promise.

"..." Chen Xingshan was silent.

......

......

Outer city district.

Shiqiaofang.

Fang Xiu sat cross-legged on the bed.

"After your skills are deepened, your inner strength will be of endless use."

With twenty-one years of skill and a heart-protecting pill given by Li Shan, he basically recovered from his injuries after adjusting his breathing for an afternoon.

It only takes a few more days of rest to fully recover.

...

The next day.

Noon.

Fang Xiu went to the Yamen to order a meal, only to find that Qingshi County had changed.

The new prisoner in the county jail turned out to be the county magistrate Chen Xingshan.

It turned out that the imperial envoy from Fucheng rushed to Qingshi County overnight.

Investigate the case of collusion between county magistrate Chen Xingshan and the Immortality Sect.

Chen Xingshan refused to plead guilty, but was reported by members of the Chen family.

In the end, Chen Xingshan was sentenced to death by beheading.

However, the Chen family killed relatives for justice and performed meritorious service, so they were not implicated.

"Abandoning the car to save the handsome..." Fang Xiu couldn't help but sigh at the courage of these big families.

Even for a family like the Chen family, losing a county magistrate would be debilitating.

I didn't expect them to make a decision so quickly.

"The water in Qingshi County is too deep."

Fang Xiu thought to himself.

After this battle, the Chen family's vitality was severely damaged, and the Immortality Sect was also having a hard time.

In a short period of time, no one should notice him as a 'little person', but in the future it is better to be careful.

"Sigh... The defense in the county jail is still not enough. I wonder if the capital jail and the sky jail in Shendu will be safer."

Fang Xiu sighed secretly.

Not long after, the police officers from Fucheng took the bruised Zhao Zhisheng into prison.

After asking, Fang Xiu found out that Zhao Zhisheng was interrogated overnight and found that he had colluded with the Changsheng Cult and cooperated with the counter-criminal operation, and had been sentenced to Lingchi.

As for Ma Sandao, as a prison officer, he was also responsible for negligence and was demoted to a jailer.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Xiu was taken for questioning.

Among the people who asked questions was Zheng Yunfei.

He answered the questions according to the words agreed with Masandao.

The person who asked the question did not embarrass him.

He returned to the county jail without incident.