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It was one of the four great cities of Chu, and also one of the four great fortresses of Chu.

The Dragon City was located in the southeast, the Wind City was located in the northeast, the Cloud City was located in the southwest, and the Tiger City was located in the northwest.

The four major cities were controlled by the four great clans Xu, Jiang, Qi, and Qin. The heads of the four great clans were also the lords of the four major cities, and these four great clans not only guarded the four great fortresses, but they also held great authority. In fact, they were the rulers of the four major cities.

After coming out of the Cloud Empire, the Xu Family had taken the place of the Empire to guard the Northwest Tiger City and Dragon City. Although the Xu Family had always been based in Dragon City and had also been bestowed the title of Southeastern King by the Empire back then, the Hu City in the Northwest had still been under the control of the Xu Family since the very beginning.

At the peak of his time, he had produced a Duo Marquis. One was the Dragon City leader of the Xu Family, the King of the southeast, while the other was a direct descendant of the Xu Family, the Marquis of Northwest of Tiger City.

Although the Northwest Tiger City still had the shadow of the Xu Family, their dukedom and position as the City Lord had already been reclaimed by the Empire for hundreds of years, and they had also given the current Qi Family the position of Tiger Lord. The Xu Family's people, Xu Jinnan, was only a general now, and his status was actually not as good as the Zhao Family of Dragon City.

On this day, a shabby little beggar with a dark complexion arrived in front of the General's Estate in Tiger City.

"Little beggar, this is an important place to the general's estate, not a place for you to come. You'd better hurry and leave!"

The guard at the gate of the general's mansion was a burly man. He was not a bully. When he saw a beggar come to the general's mansion, he threw a few coins to the beggar in front of him and tried to persuade him kindly.

However, the other guard was surprised to see that the little beggar did not even look at the copper coin on the ground. He took out a jade token and handed it over to the beggar, before whispering, "This soldier has been entrusted to me by someone to meet with General Xu."

A light flashed in the guard's eyes and he immediately saw the word 'Xu' engraved on the jade token. His eyes immediately lit up and he quickly said: "Little brother, please wait for a moment. Allow me to report first."

Hearing this, the little beggar seemed to heave a sigh of relief. He didn't say anything and only nodded his head.

Very soon, the guard came out after reporting the details. He walked up to the little beggar and said with a humble attitude, "Little brother, my family's general invites you!"

The little beggar didn't say anything. He turned around and glanced at the guard, and then followed the guard into the general's manor. Under the guidance of the guards, the two passed through a few gates, turned two corners, and arrived at a side hall.

At this moment, in the side hall, there was a tall and sturdy middle-aged man in armor sitting there with a solemn expression. His resolute face had a trace of worry on it, as if there was something on his mind.

The little beggar walked out of the side hall and saw the middle-aged man from afar. Suddenly, he took a big stride forward, before plopping to his knees in front of the middle-aged man, wailing, "Third Uncle, your nephew has finally met with you. You must avenge the Xu Family!"

The middle-aged man was stunned. Looking at the little beggar on the ground, he suddenly stepped forward and helped the little beggar up. He said excitedly, "You … You're my Young Martial Aunt's nephew? "

The little beggar cried, "That's me! "Third Uncle, something bad has happened. The Xu Family has encountered a great calamity!"

This beggar was none other than the Xu Shaoqing who had escaped from the Xu Family along with Xu Fan and the others. The middle-aged man in armor was none other than the Xu Family's direct descendant, Xu Jincheng's third brother, Northwest General Xu Jinan.

In fact, Xu Jinnan had already received this news long ago, but now that the juniors who had personally escaped from the Xu family had received confirmation, even though Xu Jinnan had lived for half a lifetime, he couldn't help but feel his heart tremble, and he couldn't hide the anger on his face.

Xu Jinnan took a deep breath, killing intent flashed in his eyes as he held onto Xu Shaoqing and said in a deep voice: "Shaoqing, don't cry. I know it already.

Xu Shaoqing wiped away her tears as she choked with sobs, "That day when the Xu Family Castle was breached, the Patriarch risked his life to let Big Sis and I escape. However, when we were on our way to the northwest, we encountered an attack. But before we escaped, I heard that Third Brother and Second Sister fled before the inner castle was captured. Why haven't Third Brother and Second Sister arrived at the Tiger City yet? "

When Xu Jinnan heard Xu Shaoqing mention Xu Tong, his face turned cold as he said in a deep voice, "Don't ever mention that bastard Xu Tong in the future!"

"Third Uncle, what are you doing?" "Why?" Xu Shaoqing was puzzled.

Xu Jinnan's face darkened, "Silly child, you still don't know. The reason why you were attacked and killed was all because of that despicable person, Xu Tong."

"What?"

Xu Shaoqing was shocked, and said in disbelief, "How can this be? Third Uncle, you … Are you sure you aren't mistaken? "

Xu Jinnan shook his head in pain and said indignantly, "How could I be mistaken? Although the Xu Family Castle was not impregnable, it could not be broken so easily. If not for the Xu Family having such an unworthy descendant like Xu Jinxi, how could it have ended up like this? Sigh, I'm afraid my Xu Family is only left with you and my nephew. He pitied my nephew, Xu Fan. If he followed Xu Tong, that scorpion and snake woman, then the odds were against him. "

After Xu Shaoqing had escaped, he had carefully avoided being hunted down. He hadn't expected that he would be intercepted and killed on the way, but aside from him, the rest of them had all died. So for the past few months, he had been hiding away and had become a beggar.

Ah!" Why is this happening?

For the past month, Xu Shaoqing had been very nervous as he had chosen to travel to the wilderness. He had stayed all the way through the night, and even though he was hungry and cold, he could no longer withstand the sudden shock after hearing the bad news from Xu Jinnan. He cried out loud and fainted.

Xu Jinnan let out a long sigh and quickly hugged Xu Shaoqing. While shouting to the servants to take Xu Shaoqing to wash and change his clothes, he hastily arranged for people to prepare food.

After settling Xu Shaoqing down, Xu Jinnan's eyes were filled with killing intent as he muttered to himself, "Fan'er, I hope that you are blessed with great fortune. As long as you are still in the forbidden area, Third Uncle will definitely find you!"

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