Chapter 211: Burning the Ancestral Hall

When the rumors spread, everyone began to doubt the results of the imperial examination.

But they were just speculations, and only a few people were discussing it. After all, Kang Lun's talent was obvious to all, and Zhao Liming was taught by Zhao Antai.

How could Xue Ruoxue let this matter pass? Xue Chenguang could not lead her, so she pretended to be a scholar, mingled in places where candidates often stayed, and fanned the flames everywhere. She

also spent money to hire a group of old-timers who had failed the exams repeatedly, who criticized the unfairness of the imperial examinations all day long, saying that it was just a formality for the powerful to support their own people.

As a result, the students' hatred of the rich was completely ignited, and they surrounded the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion in groups, clamoring outside the door, demanding that the Zhao family give justice to tens of millions of students.

Xue Ruoxue found out that only Zhao Antai and his wife and the brothers Zhao Liming and Zhao Lide were in Jing'an Marquis's mansion, so she led everyone to break through the mansion gate.

Although Li Yunshu trained the servants very well, there were a lot of thugs hired by Xue Ruoxue among them, so they had to protect Zhao Antai and his family and hide in the ancestral hall.

Zhao Antai refused at first. Even if he died, he couldn't take the bad guys with him and destroy the ancestral hall!

Xu couldn't care less. Liwen and Liwu had been forced by him to change their surnames to Li (in fact, they were willing). No matter what, the Zhao family now only had two children, Liming and Lide, and they couldn't be in trouble.

She pulled Zhao Antai and said, "Our ancestors have all ascended to heaven. They can't bear to see our ancestral hall being smashed and our family going to the end. Let's go!"

The words were rough but the truth was true. We couldn't sacrifice the living for the dead. Zhao Antai gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, come with me to hide in the ancestral hall."

Then he took his grandson and all the servants and hid in the ancestral hall.

Those people chased them all the way to the door of the ancestral hall. Xue Ruoxue's navy shouted, "Let's go and smash these ancestral halls that are full of termites!"

Everyone rushed in with red eyes.

Zhao Liming looked out from the crack of the door and saw a crowd of people rushing towards the ancestral hall in anger. It was possible that the ancestral hall would be flattened.

He knew that he could not escape today, so he helped his grandfather and grandmother to sit down and said, "Grandfather, I'm afraid we can't defend the ancestral hall!"

Zhao Antai sighed and said, "I have thought of countless ways to die, but I didn't expect that in the end I would die at the hands of a group of mobs. Liming and Lide, are you afraid?"

Zhao Lide shook his head: "Grandfather and grandmother are here. I'm not afraid."

Zhao Liming also shook his head: "I'm not afraid, but I feel that my revenge has not been fulfilled yet and can only be destroyed in the hands of a group of villains who

can't tell right from wrong. I'm a little regretful. Fortunately, my father and my second uncle's family are not here, which is a comfort." Xu looked at the two grandsons with heartache. She didn't understand who the Zhao family had offended to want to put them to death.

Strangely, the angry shouting turned into wailing. Zhao Lide and Zhao Liming went to check curiously, and saw that those people would be thrown out and fall heavily to the ground as long as they got close to the ancestral hall. However, some people

did not believe in it and rushed forward one after another. As a result, people were thrown out of the wall by invisible forces one after another.

Zhao Lide laughed out loud: "Grandfather, grandmother, come and see, those people were thrown out?"

Xu and Zhao Antai had already prepared to die with the ancestral hall. After hearing what their grandson said, they also got up curiously to take a look.

Sure enough, those people would be thrown out by invisible forces if they got a little closer to the ancestral hall. After losing things one after another for a while, the people at the back were finally frightened out of their wits and stumbled away. Some of them wanted to take something away during the chaos, but they were frightened by the situation and returned the things obediently.

Xue Ruoxue, who was in the crowd, saw the people she had hired with a lot of money running away in such a hurry. She pulled them angrily and said, "Go in, you can't take the money for nothing."

Those people pushed Xue Ruoxue away ruthlessly, "There are ghosts in this ancestral hall, can't you see it? Get out of the way."

Xue Ruoxue did not give up, and took out a handful of gold melon seeds from her pocket and said, "Go in, everyone will get a handful of gold."

Someone kindly reminded her, "Sir, your life is important. No matter how generous you are, you have to spend it!"

"Why bother with him, he looks like a lunatic." The people next to him pulled the man away, and finally, Xue Ruoxue, who was dressed as a man, was left alone.

"Su Xiaoxiao, you are the one who did it again!" Xue Ruoxue screamed like a madman. Her eyes were bloodshot, and a ball of black smoke suddenly appeared in her hand. She said angrily, "They are afraid of you, but I am not. Today, I will turn your grandfather's family and your tomb into ashes!"

After that, she threw the black smoke in her hand towards the ancestral hall with all her strength. The black smoke turned into black flames and instantly surrounded the ancestral hall.

Zhao Liming was shocked and ignored the danger. He rushed out of the door, picked up a bucket of water and went to put out the fire. Zhao Lide followed closely and put out the fire together.

However, when the water was poured on it, the fire became hotter and bigger. Zhao Antai finally understood that these people came for the goddess in the ancestral hall.

He said without hesitation: "Liming, hurry up, we can't put out this fire!"

"But what about the ancestral hall? It protected us, how can we just leave like this?" Zhao Liming was unwilling to give up.

As soon as he finished speaking, the cloudless sky suddenly became dark, and heavy rain fell with a crackling sound, putting out the fire.

Soon, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sun shone, making the ancestral hall dazzling. Wherever the sun shone, the burned things were miraculously restored to their original state.

Zhao Lide was dumbfounded: "Grandfather, this..."

Zhao Antai knelt down devoutly with Xu and his two grandchildren: "Thank you for the protection of the goddess and the ancestors."

Zhao Liming did not speak, but he kept recalling what Xiaoxiao said when she came out of the ancestral hall. The ancestor said that he saw the goddess, but Xiaoxiao said no. When the ancestor ascended, he kept telling everyone to take good care of Xiaoxiao. Could it be that Xiaoxiao is the goddess? Thinking of

this, he couldn't help but worry: "Grandfather, Kang Lun is at my aunt's house. Will they also go to my aunt's house to make trouble?"

If the other party's target is Xiaoxiao, how could they let go of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion? There are only my aunt and Xiaoxiao at home. Without the mysterious power of the ancestral hall, how can they cope with it.

"Liming, go to the Grand Tutor's Mansion and ask Lord Tang to bring people to support us. Let's go and take a look first." Zhao Antai said, and took the servants to the Zhenguo Mansion.

They guessed correctly. Xue Ruoxue didn't dare to confront Su Xiaoxiao head-on, so she instigated a lot of students and bribed many gangsters to go to the Zhenguo Mansion to cause trouble.

When the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion was besieged, the Zhenguo Mansion also suffered.