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Chapter 124 The Wang Family

The Wang Family Residence in Zhenyuan County.

The night was as dark as ink, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

Inside the main hall, several oil lamps were lit, their dim yellow light illuminating anxious faces.

Occasionally, the sound of a watchman's gong could be heard outside the door, along with faint noises in the distance.

That's the direction of the county government office; Liu Tiangang's men are still causing trouble.

Wang Xiaoquan sat in the main seat, holding a letter in his hand—the only letter Wang Anping had sent home a few months ago when he was in Gushui.

The letter had been read and examined countless times, and the edges were frayed, but he still couldn't resist taking it out to read again tonight.

"Damn it, stop spinning me, it's making my heart race," Wang Xiaoquan finally couldn't help but say.

Zhang Xiufen stopped, her eyes slightly red, her voice choked with suppressed sobs: "I was just worried about Ping'er. I wrote so many letters and had them delivered to Misty Peak, but I didn't get a single reply."

In this chaos of war, he was all alone outside—who knows if he's dead or alive—”

"Nonsense!" Wang Xiaoquan frowned and interrupted her: "Ping'er is capable, what could possibly happen to her?"

The letter hasn't been replied to; it's probably because Misty Peak is too far away for the messenger to reach. Let's wait a little longer; there will surely be news.

Even so, the worry in his eyes could not be hidden from anyone.

Beside him, Wang Anping's grandfather, Wang Xiuyuan, sat in a grand chair, leaning on a cane, his cloudy old eyes filled with heaviness.

Although he is now quite old, he remains clear-headed and his words carry the most weight in the Wang family.

"Xiaoquan," Wang Xiuyuan spoke, his voice aged yet steady, "You've heard about what happened at the county government office, haven't you?"

Wang Xiaoquan nodded: "I heard that the eldest son of the Liu family has returned."

—Killing and arresting people in the county government office caused widespread panic.

The few remaining masters from the Chen family martial arts school were either killed or captured.

He inquired everywhere about people connected to the Chen family martial arts school.

Wang Xiuyuan stared into his son's eyes, his gaze sharp: "Our Ping'er came from the Chen Family Martial Arts School."

Wang Xiaoquan's expression changed.

Zhang Xiufen was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she grabbed her husband's arm: "Xiaoquan—this—what should we do? What will Liu Tiangang do?"

Won't the investigation trace back to Ping'er? What if they come to our house?

The uncle quickly said, "Isn't that a bit much? Ping'er hasn't been at the martial arts school for a long time. He went to Misty Peak. What connection does he have with the Chen Family Martial Arts School?"

"That's true, but he was, after all, a former direct disciple of the martial arts school, and is Liu Tiangang a reasonable person?"

Wang Xiuyuan retorted, "What does the Chen family martial arts school have to do with the Liu family's massacre? They were still beaten to death and injured."

He just wants to vent his anger and make someone pay with their life, regardless of whether you have evidence or not!

He could just grab anyone and ask them, and they'd all know that Ping'er is a disciple of the Chen Family Martial Arts School.

The main room was deathly silent.

Just then, the side door to the backyard was pushed open, and a sturdy-looking young man with a resolute face strode in with several people.

It was Zhang Cheng, Wang Anping's cousin.

Behind him were several trusted brothers of the Yihe Gang.

"Uncle!" Zhang Cheng said bluntly as soon as he entered, his voice low but his speech rapid: "Don't sit here, quickly pack your things and come with me!"

Wang Xiaoquan was taken aback: "Leave? Where to?"

Zhang Cheng strode to the window, glanced warily at the street outside, then turned back and whispered, "That madman Liu Tiangang will find our family sooner or later!"

He's relentless in his pursuit of people from the Chen Family Martial Arts School. Anping is also from that school; do you think he'll let him go?

He lowered his voice and spoke faster: "We've already set up the cave where we hid last time."

The day Liu Tiangang arrived in the county town, I sent the Yihe Gang brothers over to make arrangements.

Dry rations, clean water, and bedding have all been prepared, and someone has been left to keep watch and relay messages!

He glanced at everyone in the room: "Uncles, patriarch, all of you, leave!"

Let's leave the city under cover of darkness, while Liu Tiangang's men are still causing trouble at the county government office!

Let's hide in the mountains and wait for this storm to pass!

Second Uncle frowned: "Chengzi, is it really necessary? Just leaving like that? Besides, the city gates are definitely guarded by Liu Tiangang's men right now. How are we going to get out?"

Zhang Cheng waved his hand, lowering his voice but making it firm: "The Yihe Gang's brothers are all over the streets and alleys. There's a secret passage leading out of the city, and Liu Tiangang's men definitely don't know about it!"

He looked at Wang Xiaoquan, his tone earnest.

"I know you miss Anping, but Anping isn't here right now."

I have to think about this whole family!

"What if Liu Tiangang really comes knocking on our door? What are we supposed to do with all these people?"

Wang Xiaoquan's expression shifted as he glanced at his relatives in the room.

The elderly father, Wang Xiuyuan, his pale-faced wife, Zhang Xiufen, and his worried elder brothers.

There are also two nephews who have stopped working.

A large family, several people.

Wang Xiuyuan stood up, leaning on his cane. His voice was old but carried the authority of a head of the family: "Chengzi is right. We can't gamble, and we can't afford to gamble. Let's go."

"Father—" Wang Xiaoquan wanted to say something more.

Wang Xiuyuan waved his hand, a resolute glint in his cloudy old eyes: "Xiaoquan, as long as people are alive, the family is still there."

Ping'er, that child, will be successful in the future and will come back to see us.

If everyone's gone, what will he see when he comes back?

Wang Xiaoquan's eyes welled up with tears, and he nodded emphatically: "Father, I understand."

Zhang Cheng immediately replied, "Then let's not delay! Let's go now! Pack a few things, just take some dry food and warm clothes, we can talk about the rest later."

The entrance to the secret passage is in the dry well by the old locust tree in the west of the city. I told my brothers to wait there.

"While it's dark, before Liu Tiangang's men can react, hurry!"

The main room immediately became bustling with activity.

Zhang Xiufen wiped away her tears as she packed her bags, muttering, "Ping'er, please don't come back at this time—"

Mother will hide for a while and come back to wait for you when things calm down.

She stuffed several thick cotton-padded coats into the bundle, and after thinking for a moment, she also stuffed in an old garment that Wang Anping had worn when he was a child.

That was her only thought.

Wang Xiaoquan tucked the family's meager savings into his pocket, then touched the letter he kept close to his body, silently reciting to himself:

"Ping'er, your father and mother are going to hide first."

Wang Xiuyuan stood at the door, leaning on his cane, gazing at the faint light of the fire in the direction of the county government office.

A group of more than ten people quietly slipped through the alley and made their way towards the old locust tree in the west of the city.

The night wind blew by, carrying away the last trace of human voices.

In the empty Wang family mansion, a few oil lamps were still lit, their flickering flames illuminating the mess inside.

The tables and chairs that couldn't be taken away in time, the scattered clothes, and the bowl of porridge that Zhang Xiufen had cooked that she hadn't had time to drink on the table.

They didn't know that the entanglement they feared was far more deadly than they imagined.

Unbeknownst to them, their beloved son, Wang Anping, was currently rushing towards this perilous county town under the cover of night.