Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but shake their heads.

Every time I tried to persuade him, he would say he wanted to wait for his son-in-law.

They've all sunk to the mountains, what good is the son-in-law? Is he just here to get beaten up too?

"Xiong Er, why won't you listen to advice? What good is it if your son-in-law comes? Can he take on ten people? Even if he can, the Tiger Gang has more than twenty members. What will happen to the remaining ten?"

"Listen to me, don't anger Tiger Chen, or none of you will be able to go back."

Hearing this, the villagers behind Xiong Er also wavered a bit, and just as they were hesitating...

A group of soldiers walked over, and everyone scattered, lying on the ground, afraid to move, lest they attract the soldiers' attention and be captured and forced into hard labor.

"Young master, waaaaah, young master, you've finally arrived."

Xiong Er, with his sharp eyes, spotted Li Chang'an at a glance and ran over with a wronged expression.

Upon hearing his words, the villagers all looked up at their son-in-law.

"What happened?"

Li Chang'an, his face grim, looked at Xiong Er, who was clinging to his leg, and asked, "Who hit you?"

When Xiong Er saw his son-in-law, he seemed to have found a pillar of support and burst into tears and snot.

"Aunt, Uncle, they're bullying us. They can't earn their own rice, so they steal from us."

It was from Xiong Er that Li Chang'an learned the truth.

After he left, Xiong Er hurried as fast as he could and finally arrived at the City God Temple before dark.

After finally finding a good spot to sit down, the rice in his pocket was spotted by other refugees.

Someone secretly told the local gangs that they had rice on them, fine, white grains.

The gang members got greedy and insisted on paying an overnight fee, otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to leave.

They refused and were punched and kicked, their rice was taken from them, and they were driven to the outer perimeter.

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an looked at the captain behind him with a gloomy expression.

"Sir, the one occupying the City God Temple is the local Tiger Gang. They have nothing to do with us. We hope you will investigate thoroughly." The captain broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, he didn't care about the paltry tributes offered by the Tiger Gang and refused them.

Otherwise, things will get really serious.

Only then did Xiong Er and the villagers notice the soldiers behind Li Chang'an.

When they heard the officers and soldiers address their son-in-law as "Master," they were all stunned.

Son-in-law, how did you become an official?