Xu Hengyi looked at them strangely, "My second brother is getting married, why are you two so excited?"
Xie Jiang said, "I've never had a wife, so I'm curious."
Ruan Ziji nodded, "That's right."
Isn't it worth celebrating to be rid of a major threat?
Xu Hengyi looked at Ruan Ziji, "Xie Jiang is curious, and you are too?"
Ruan Ziji replied, "Can't I be curious?"
As long as Xie Jiang was willing, he would marry him immediately, regardless of what others thought!
Xu Hengyi looked at him with sympathy.
Ruan Ziji must have lost his mind to dare to covet someone like Xie Jiang, a formidable figure.
Did Ruan Ziji really think his fate could handle such a formidable person as Xie Jiang?
Wouldn't it be better to stay by Xie Jiang's side obediently, be a happy little follower, and have three meals a day?
"Xie Jiang, do you want to get married yourself? Tell me what kind of girl you like, and I'll have my grandmother and mother help you look."
As long as they didn't harm his sisters, with Xie Jiang's heavenly handsome appearance, there would be plenty of people scrambling to marry him.
Ruan Ziji immediately warned him with his eyes!
Xu Hengyi glared back, not to be outdone. You're gay, and you want to drag Xie Jiang down with you!
At this moment, the people sent to the county office returned. Xu Hengyan was not at the county office; he had gone out early and left word that he would come for dinner in the evening.
"My second brother is so busy. He was shot twice and is still not resting," Xu Hengyi said with a frown, looking troubled.
"I thought being a minor county official was easy, just reviewing documents and hearing cases in the county office every day. I didn't expect my second brother to be so hardworking."
"It's not without reason that Xu Hengyan is deeply supported by the people of Ninghe." Although Xu Hengyan was born a proud son of heaven, noble and extraordinary, the people of Ninghe never felt him to be distant or aloof.
When old farmers in the fields met Xu Hengyan, they would greet him familiarly.
When one wholeheartedly put the people's affairs in their heart, the people would naturally treat them as one of their own.
His second brother was truly remarkable, and Xu Hengyi felt honored, his chin almost reaching the roof beams.
He then frowned again and said worriedly, "I originally wanted to persuade my second brother to rest well and recover his health first, but I haven't had the chance!"
If he himself had been shot twice, regardless of whether vital points were hit, he would definitely be bedridden for ten days to half a month.
But his second brother, not at all, hadn't lain down for even a day!
"I originally thought that grandmother sending Miss Shen over, considering they are practically engaged, Miss Shen would at least be able to help in some way..."
Miss Shen hadn't even seen his second brother. The last time they met, which was rare, they hadn't spoken more than a few words before his second brother got busy again.
Xu Hengyi spread his hands helplessly.
The reason grandmother and aunt had Miss Shen come to Ninghe was to have Miss Shen help them supervise Xu Hengyan's recovery, and more importantly, to allow the two of them to cultivate their relationship.
It was indeed a good opportunity. When a woman carefully takes care of a man recovering from an injury, day by day, feelings would naturally develop.
Unfortunately, his second brother was a workaholic!
All the efforts of grandmother and aunt were in vain.
"Does a small county have so many things to be busy with? And he can't possibly do everything himself, can he? Doesn't the county magistrate like my second brother have subordinates?"
It was clear from this question how ignorant the speaker was. Aunt Gu looked at Xu Hengyi with a hint of disdain, having forgotten her intention to throw them out.
"The livelihood of tens of thousands of people in a county, do you think that's not much? Young Master Xu could indeed be a hands-off county magistrate and delegate all matters to his subordinates, but if Xu Shizi were that kind of person, why would he have volunteered to work at the grassroots level in the first place?"
Xu Hengyi nodded in realization, thinking it made sense. "Xie Jiang, your words carry more weight. Help me persuade my second brother."
Xie Jiang said, "Xu Hengyan is destined to work hard. If he likes to work hard, let him work hard."
There were no urgent matters in Ninghe that required Xu Hengyan to personally intervene. Xu Hengyan wouldn't be foolish enough to overexert himself; his injuries were likely no longer serious.
"My second brother is injured! My second brother was shot twice! And he fell from such a height!"
And who was the reason his second brother was shot!
Although Xu Hengyan had kept the matter of him blocking an arrow for Xie Jiang a secret and hadn't let it spread, why had Xu Hengyan rushed from Ninghe to Nanlong Slope? To save Xie Jiang!
This scoundrel Xie Jiang actually didn't care about his second brother at all!
His conscience had been eaten by dogs!
Xie Jiang rubbed his almost deafened ears, "Then when Xu Hengyan comes for dinner tonight, I'll strip him down and check if his wounds have healed."
Xu Hengyi: "...That's not necessary to be so barbaric!"
Ruan Ziji wanted to stab himself, and then let Young Master Xie strip him down too.
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Xie Jiang, having nothing to do, prepared to visit the glass factory. Xu Hengyi and the other two followed him like little tails, wherever Xie Jiang went, they followed.
It was said that a few days ago, a group of bandits from Huanglan Mountain had gone to the glass factory to rob it.
To kill Xie Jiang and Xu Hengyan, the Huanglan Mountain bandits had really spared no expense this time. Who knew that they would all perish on this trip, and these two would return unharmed!
Who could accept this!
They dared not attack Ninghe County again, fearing the same outcome of complete annihilation.
So, they set their sights on Xie Jiang's glass factory.
Glass was such a rare and precious commodity; any single piece was enough for them to live comfortably for a long time. What if they could get all the goods from the factory?
The Huanglan Mountain bandits had not heard the rumors from the capital. They only knew that the glass factory was bustling with activity every day, and surely many finished products had been made.
If they could snatch ten or eight pieces, they would be rich!
If they snatched a hundred or eighty pieces, not only would all their losses be recouped, but their several villages could lie flat and feast every day without any problems!
And they would also bloodbath the entire glass factory!
To avenge their brothers who had fallen at Xie Jiang's hands!
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"What in the world is this!" Xu Hengyi exclaimed in fright as he saw it at first glance.
On both sides of the road, some distance from the glass factory, human head towers suddenly appeared.
Every ten steps, there was a pile of heads, neatly stacked in rows!
Because they had only died recently, some of them were still clearly visible, their faces frozen in expressions of terror!
Xu Hengyi, startled, reined in his horse, which, frightened, reared and neighed.
Xia Zeshi's little face also turned ashen. He looked ahead at the road, and his hair stood on end.
There were many more ahead!
Ruan Ziji was relatively calmer, at least he didn't lose his composure in fright. "Bandits who robbed the glass factory a few days ago?"
Xie Jiang replied, "Probably!"
When Ruan Ziji looked at Xie Jiang again, his eyes were filled with awe.
He heard that the Huanglan Mountain bandits who robbed the glass factory a few days ago numbered nearly a thousand.
Based on the number of human head towers placed along the road, nearly a thousand Huanglan Mountain bandits had likely all perished here.
How many people were there in the glass factory in total?
Most of them were nearby villagers working there.
Yet, Young Master Xie's men had annihilated nearly a thousand bandits!
Ruan Ziji realized the power of Young Master Xie for the first time.
This was why Young Master Xie could be so confident, leading them to boldly enter the residences of those families in Xing Shun Bo's manor, beat people right under their noses, and still have those families watch them leave with anger but without daring to act.