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Chapter 289: The accident in Donglan Town
On the other side, Donglan Martial Arts Academy.

"It's time for us to leave, sir." Niu Yichen said solemnly.

"Has Duan's army already arrived?" Zhi Yun shook his head.

"Well, there might be some trouble if you don't leave." Niu Yichen nodded.

Zhu Yun nodded, and then asked: "How did the Weng and Chen families arrange it?"

"The Weng family has chosen to stay, and the Shen family is about to evacuate." Niu Yichen replied.

He quickly learned the news about the decision that the two families had just implemented.

"Whether they leave or stay, it is not a good decision for the two of them." Zhan Yun stood up and seemed to be muttering to himself, but he would not interfere with other people's choices.

"Let's go." Zhu Yun opened the door and walked out.

In addition to Niu Yichen, there were a group of people he trained outside the house, holding weapons and leaning silently against the wall.

The former Zhao Huaiyi and others were among them, but they were not the strongest.

There are even some innate experts with Huajin level among them!
In such a remote town, this is simply a superpower that is unimaginable.

"Where are Xiao'er and Yuan'er?" Zhu Yun asked.

"They are wandering around Yuanxian Department Store. They don't know about this yet. I'm going to pick them up." Niu Yichen said behind him.

"Yeah." Zhi Yun nodded.

"Sir, Yuanxian Department Store is Xu Guan's property. Do you want to remind him or escort him away together?" Zhao Huaiyi asked suddenly.

Zhan Yun chuckled, "Xu Gu'an now doesn't need us to interfere and protect him. He has his own power, and the power he possesses is beyond your imagination."

Obviously, Bitum Yun knows something about Xu Guan now.

"What about Xujiacun?"

"We don't need to take care of it."

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Within half a day, Shen's carriages left the town one after another and disappeared in the wild.

Someone in the town noticed something strange about the Shen family, and people with keen minds were already feeling slightly uneasy.

In the evening, after a series of Shen's properties in the town closed, they never opened again the next day.

This time, more people realized something was wrong.

Suspicions arose in the town until a notice from the Shen family was posted.

The announcement stated that the army of the new owner of Suicheng had swept into the Donglan Mountain area, and the Shen family decided to leave.

This incident also caused an uproar.

Everyone realizes one thing, Donglan Town is about to usher in a new owner.

This is also the first time that Donglan Town has changed hands since its establishment.

The change of ownership actually had little impact on the ordinary people in the town.

The army at that time came to raid the house, and it was also to raid the big and powerful families and forces in the town. It was impossible to rob the property of ordinary people.

Therefore, although ordinary people are a little uneasy, they are not panicked and plan to wait and see what happens to the new owner of the town.

Only other landowners in the town, big and small families, began to feel worried.

After all, even the Shen family retreated, and they couldn't help but want to retreat.

But in the end, there are only a few families and forces that choose to leave with all their assets.

Most still choose to stay and prepare to welcome the new master.

They think that they are safe and that if the sky falls, there will be someone tall to hold them up.

Now that the Shen family has left, there is still the Weng family as the talker.

If it's going to suffer, it's also the Weng family that's going to suffer. They just have to change the direction of the family.

On the other hand, Yuanxian Department Store and several other Yuanxian series properties also announced their closure today.

The young woman He Ruoying, the person in charge of the original fairy store in Donglan Town, made the decision to evacuate after getting instructions from Zhang Yang.

This is not because Zhang Yang is afraid of the army of the Duan family, the new owner of Suicheng, but there is no need to fight for such a small profit in Donglan Town. It is really not worth it.

It's better to do less than to do more. Just leave as soon as possible.

It just so happens that Xianlin Town is still short of manpower, so we can call back all the talents trained by Donglan Town to make unified arrangements.

Nowadays, Xianlin Town is their basic base.

Lin'an Escort Agency.

At this moment, there was also a lot of discussion in the escort agency, and people were impetuous.

"Qiu Ping, I have to go." Xu Guping said to the eldest son of the escort agency in front of him, with a hint of apology in his words.

"What's wrong? Is it because of the sudden change in the town?" Lin Qiuping asked.

Xu Guping nodded and said frankly: "Now that the world is in chaos, I think I have to go back and take care of my family. If I continue to stay here, I'm afraid something will happen to my family."

After Lin Qiuping heard this, he could no longer utter any words of apology.

He and Xu Guping are similar in age. When Xu Guping joined the escort agency to train, the two hit it off and became close friends.

Now that Xu Guping has left, I don’t know when we will see each other again.

Xu Guping looked at the first friend he had made since arriving in the town, and after thinking about it, he said seriously.

"Qiu Ping, the Shen family withdrew overnight and gave up their huge foundation and ancestral land. This matter should be taken seriously. Maybe the foreign army will be more domineering than we imagined."

Lin Qiuping shook his head and said: "This matter has nothing to do with our escort agency. It is estimated that the unlucky ones will only be the Weng family."

Seeing that Lin Qiuping didn't take it seriously, Xu Guping said nothing more, said "take care" to each other, and left the escort agency.

Two more days passed like this.

A slightly sloppy army slowly approached Donglan Town.

"General, Donglan Town is ahead. Do we need to order the soldiers to be on guard?" An adjutant riding a war horse at the front saw the shadow of Donglan Town in the distance and reported immediately.

"Hmph, it's just a remote town that used to belong to the Ye family. What's there to be wary of?" the leader said disdainfully, carrying a big black gun on his shoulder.

"Still the old rules, pass on the order."

As soon as he said this, several adjutants on the side laughed, a little wantonly.

Soon the military order spread.

"The general has an order to enter the town and plunder it for a day to reward the sergeant!"

After receiving the order, many of the soldiers were immediately excited, and their fatigue from the long march had dissipated a lot.

They are not the ace elite army of the city-state, nor are they even the regular army, they are just auxiliary miscellaneous troops.

If you want this undisciplined army to burst out with fighting spirit and strength, you often need some additional stimulation.

Such as looting after attacking the town, and rewards such as food and money.

Then, a disaster that exceeded everyone's expectations in Donglan Town struck.

The Weng family opened the gates of the town and wanted to go out to welcome them to show their loyalty.

However, the army was completely ungrateful. After entering the town, they started looting without restraint and killed anyone who dared to resist.

For a time, the entire Donglan Town burst into mourning.

Such looting was a more brutal act than ransacking a house. It was said that the army was sent by the city-state officials, but what they did was no different from the most ferocious bandits.Treating them like this is undoubtedly the new ruler of the city-state, who doesn't care about their small town in a remote place at all.

Seeing that the Weng family's mansion was trampled by horse hooves, everything in the mansion was looted, and many of the family's children were brutally killed.

It can be said that today, the century-old family heritage of the Weng family has been completely destroyed.

Weng Dunyuan's hands were trembling, and he felt a surge of blood coming from his mouth. He was so angry that he vomited blood.

He regretted it now. Instead of staying like this, it would be better to escape with the Shen family. At least everything the family could take away would be saved.

As for the town, the Weng family can't even protect themselves, so how can they care about others.

In the distance, on a high slope of the Donglan Mountains, a group of troops dressed as warriors were standing there. Looking at the Donglan Town crying and rioting in the distance, everyone was speechless.

Lu Qianhou sighed.

"Let's go, there's no way back to Donglan Town."

Lu Liang on the side gritted his teeth and was quite angry.

"This group of bastards are obviously extremely vicious bandits, and they are so messy!"

"Some of the troops with mixed numbers have loose discipline and are indeed not much different from bandits." An older martial artist from the sword hall on the side shook his head. He obviously had more experience.

"Fortunately, the master of the hall took us out of the town, otherwise we would probably be stuck there." Another martial arts master from the sword hall said thankfully, and was extremely grateful to Lu Qianhou.

They had questioned this decision before, but now it seemed that leaving Donglan Town was the right thing to do, and staying there would really put their lives in danger.

"No need to thank me, I was also favored by others and learned the news in advance, so I made the decision." Lu Qianhou said.

"Oh? Who is it?"

"The news from Yuanxian Department Store is that they left earlier than us. In addition, Zhongshan of the Shen family has a good relationship with Xiaoliang, and they also mentioned leaving." Lu Qianhou didn't hide anything and said bluntly.

After receiving information from both sides, he finally chose to close the hotel and evacuate after some weighing.

Everyone understood this.

They all knew that the boss behind Yuanxian Department Store was none other than Xu Guan.

Undoubtedly, this time it was because of the two friends made by Lu Liang, the young master of their martial arts school.

"Master, where should we go next?" a martial artist asked.

They are not only the martial arts masters of the sword hall, but they also bring their own families. If there is no place to settle down, it is still not optimistic to be in the wild for a long time.

After all, the wild is quite dangerous.

"Go to Xujia Village in the eastern suburbs. The entire Shen family is there. We will meet them there. Xujia Village can also be used as a temporary place to stay," Lu Qianhou said.

When all the martial artists heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Qianhou has obviously already established a relationship with the Shen family, which is undoubtedly a good thing for them.

There is strength in numbers, and with the Shen family accompanying us, if nothing else, it is at least safer.

"Xujiacun is Brother Xu's ancestral land, so Brother Xu is also there?" Lu Liang was shocked and couldn't help but ask.

His two good friends both went to the Grandmaster Martial Arts Academy in Suicheng.

After that, Suicheng suffered great changes, Zhongshan came back, and there was no news about Xu Guan.

This always made him think about it.

Now, there is a rare chance to see you again.

Lu Qianhou shook his head. He didn't know where Xu Guan was.

"Anyway, let's go to Xujiacun first and then make other plans."

After Lu Qianhou said this, everyone led their horses and left.

As for Donglan Town, at least in the short term, they don't want to consider going back.

Three days later, they arrived at Xujia Village as they wished.

Along the way, we encountered some groups of wild beasts that were hungry due to the dry season, but since they were all cultivators themselves, and with Lu Qianhou, a master of body training in the town, in charge, it was not too dangerous.

Today's Xujia Village has been developed quite well by the village chief Xu Rushan.

The outer circle is no longer surrounded by a simple wooden fence, but is covered with a thick mud wall, which looks much safer.

There are also many livestock and even fish ponds, and life in the village looks much better in every aspect than when Xu Guan was here.

These days, the village is even more lively.

Many people came from outside the village, including the Shen family, the newly arrived Lu family knife shop, and the talents and employees trained by Zhang Yang stationed in Donglan Town.

This combined number of people is even more than the entire Xujia Village.

At first, their arrival also made the villagers of Xujiacun feel uneasy. After all, both the generals of the Shen family and the martial arts masters of the Lu family sword hall looked very strong.

If this gang of people wanted to attack them, the villagers would be unable to resist them.

Fortunately, these outsiders treated them with great courtesy and did not cross the line at all.

Coupled with the guarantee of the village chief Xu Rushan, the harmonious atmosphere in the village was not broken.

In a covered hall in the village.

The head of the Shen family, Shen Ting, and some senior members of the Shen family sat on one side. Lu Qianhou also took his son Lu Liang and several martial arts masters with higher status on the other side.

In addition, He Ruoying, who has been entrusted by Zhang Yang with the important task of managing the industries of Donglan Town, was also present, followed by several talents trained by the town.

Finally, there are the village chief Xu Rushan, Xu Dajun, Xu Erkai and several hunting captains from the village.

A large number of people gathered in the entire lobby.

"Brother Lu, is the situation in Donglan Town really like this?" Shen Ting asked seriously.

Lu Qianhou nodded and sighed: "I have seen with my own eyes that Donglan Town is probably ruined by such nonsense."

He brought the latest news from Donglan Town.

Everyone in the Shen family looked at each other in silence for a while.

In my heart, I was glad that the Shen family had escaped, but I couldn't help but feel angry.

After all, Donglan Town was the Shen family's hard work for so many years, and it was just ruined.

It is conceivable that even if Donglan Town is completely destroyed in the end, it is not impossible.

After all, their Donglan Town was not an important town and was not taken seriously by the new ruler at all.

Xu Rushan crossed his arms, his face was serious, and his eyes flickered, as if he was deep in thought.

"Village chief, do you really want to move the whole village?" Xu Xingzhi, the hunting captain, asked, "Even if this is Xiao An's idea, after all, this is the ancestral land of our village, so we just abandoned it."

His words were full of hesitation, and he was obviously unable to let go of the land where he had been raised.

Most villagers in the village feel similarly.

The older I get, the more emotional I become towards my village and my ancestral land.

"Now that something has happened in Donglan Town, there is no guarantee that these troops will not also raid nearby villages. If we continue to stay here in the future, the better we develop Xujia Village, the easier it will be to be remembered.

In addition, the war has reached the border of Donglan. Even if there is no military oppression from Donglan Town, the village will face other dangers and hidden dangers," Xu Rushan shook his head.

Why doesn't he want to stay? Xujiacun is a place he has managed by himself. If he is reluctant to leave, he, as the village chief, is naturally the most reluctant to leave.

But the current situation does not allow him to be willful.

(End of this chapter)