Qiu Dafu jogged a few steps and came to Jiang Liu's side: "Jiang Liu, after what happened tonight, I have a premonition that Huaiyuan is in danger!"
Qiu Dafu felt that he was usually a cautious person, but when he saw Jiang Liu, he couldn't help but voice his concerns.
"Huaiyuan is in danger? Is it that serious?" Jiang Liu was somewhat skeptical, but hearing Qiu Dafu's serious tone, her expression became more solemn.
Qiu Dafu looked intently into Jiang Liu's eyes. "To prevent trouble, Jiang Liu, I think you should take Uncle Jiang and the others and leave Huaiyuan temporarily to avoid the turmoil."
"No!" Upon hearing this, Father Jiang slowly shook his head. He had lived in Huaiyuan for most of his life; how could he leave just because of a few simple words from Qiu Dafu? "I will personally inform the Prefect of this matter first thing tomorrow morning."
Father Jiang felt that tonight's events were likely due to bad luck for his family and other households, and that they had been targeted by thieves. He needed to find out the reason and vent his anger.
"Prefect?" Qiu Dafu only thought of Zheng Hong when he heard the word "prefect".
“Yes, this matter must be reported to the Prefect!” After thinking for a moment, Father Jiang continued, “No, we can’t wait until tomorrow, I’ll go now.”
"Master, are you out of your mind?" Jiang's mother exclaimed anxiously, and Jiang Liu and Jiang Lian hurriedly tried to stop her.
Qiu Dafu stepped forward to stop Jiang's father, saying, "Uncle Jiang, there are bandits everywhere outside. If you go out now, you're likely to meet with something terrible."
Jiang Lian also said, "Yes, Father, we can't go out."
"But..." Father Jiang just couldn't swallow this insult.
Qiu Dafu: "I'm going!"
Jiang Liu shook her head. In her haste, she tugged at Qiu Dafu's sleeve. "You just said it yourself, it's dangerous outside. Let's go tomorrow."
"It's alright, don't worry." Qiu Dafu gave Jiang Liu a reassuring look, then walked directly to the courtyard gate and slowly opened it. "Jiang Liu, Uncle Jiang, you two stay in the cellar tonight and don't go out. I'll be right back."
Inside and outside the government office, corpses lay strewn about.
Qiu Dafu darted onto the wall of the government office and peered inside.
The government office was filled with noise, and there were about a hundred robbers inside, led by the masked man.
The elderly prefect was bound hand and foot and thrown to the ground, with multiple wounds on his body.
This place has already been occupied by them.
Qiu Dafu watched the scene inside the mansion and clenched his fist inwardly.
He had just turned around and stepped off the courtyard wall when he saw Zheng Hong, covered in injuries, running towards him from afar.
"Brother Qiu, it's over. The prefect has already been kidnapped by villains, and his subordinates have all died. There's no way the two of us can save him."
Fortunately, he was quick-witted; otherwise, he would have been dead tonight.
After parting ways with Qiu Dafu, he went straight to the government office.
However, by then the prefect had already fallen into enemy hands.
"I understand." This was something Qiu Dafu had anticipated.
"These robbers aren't just after money; their main target is the entire Huaiyuan. What should we do now?"
"Leave Huaiyuan and report this matter to His Majesty!"
After Qiu Dafu finished speaking, he headed towards the Jiang residence once again.
"Wait for me." Zheng Hong sighed helplessly and followed behind Qiu Dafu. As they walked, he said, "Brother Qiu, we've gone the wrong way. The city gate is over there."
"You go out of the city first, I'm going to the Jiang residence."
"The Jiang residence? No, let's go together." Zheng Hong recalled the near-death experience he had just gone through, and he really didn't want to be separated from Qiu Dafu.
The entire Jiang household was filled with unease and anxiety.
When Zheng Hong saw Jiang Liu, he was dumbfounded. He never dreamed that the Jiang family that Qiu Dafu mentioned would be Jiang Liu's maternal family.
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