A hundred miles away from Xuanhua City, but not yet to the Zuoyun Mountain, there is a village at the foot of the mountain.
The village is hidden among the rocks and trees all year round, with flowers blooming everywhere, green trees shading, and streams winding around. During this period, the village wears a jade belt across its waist and a green agate on its head. The spring mountains in the distance are always covered by clouds and mist. Although it is not as prosperous as Bafang Street in Xuanhua City , but it can be regarded as a beautiful scene. There are no jade agates hanging on the trees, and there are no boats passing through the lake. Compared with Xuanhua City or Bafang Street, it is difficult to even count Xiaojiabiyu. The whole body is decorated simply, but it is really like In the mountains and forests, the girl whose cheeks are always black and smeared with mud, becomes close to her just by looking at her.
It is said that it is adjacent to the official road, and the village here should be a little prosperous. However, the good times did not last long. After Bafang Street was first built, the official road was changed, which made the livelihood of the people in the village quite worrying. Except for the old and young, most of them were legitimate. Young men all go out to make a living, so on weekdays people from unknown places come and go in the village, but not many people pay attention to it. Except for the old man who is lazing in the late spring sun in front of the door, and the children who are wandering and playing in the village. Only a few yellow dogs accidentally saw a young man dressed in black stepping into the village, looking at his courtyard behind him, and barked two or three times.
But since the young man entered the village, his expression has been very gloomy, and he often narrows his eyes. He doesn't know whether it is the scorching sun in the sky that is shining brightly, or the withered earthen walls in the village that have been eroded by the wind, almost blowing loose dust into his eyes, and he keeps frowning. Slightly wrinkled, showing no signs of joy or anger, but definitely not a little bit happy.
At the end of the Yunzhong lunar month, most of the money collected from Da Bafang Street was sent here by messengers. At first, they heard that this village was barren, with no rice growing in the surrounding fields, and no schools and books. People have been here for generations. Most of the people relied on the mountains, rivers, and celestial phenomena for food and clothing, and worked hard and hard in the mountains and rivers. Later, they were relocated due to government officials, and they were even more miserable than usual. Some people said that the land here was just empty space. It may appear to be a beautiful scenery, but in fact, nine out of ten households in the village have to go to bed hungry and suffer a lot every day.
However, in half a year, the money and food that the young man sent here in the carriage was definitely not a small amount. The street owner of Bafang Street treated him kindly, and the surplus money and food could probably make this small village much richer. At least the walls here were broken everywhere. It is also reasonable to have some money left over for repairs, so as not to have to worry about every storm.
But after taking a look, the village is still desolate and dilapidated, except for the three or two large houses built in the village, which are open to the sun and look like they are enough for three people to go in and out, and they are very impressive.
After walking through two or three large houses, I saw a small house, hidden among the flowers and trees. However, the noise coming from inside was quite vulgar. It was probably a money man who was desperate and yelled at the other people with a red face. It sounded like It seemed like he had lost a huge amount of money, and he had the intention of having a life-and-death fight with the people in the same room if he didn't get the money back. The sound of swearing was so loud that it almost raised the eaves of the house, and not long after, he walked out of the house cursing. When I came, I looked up and saw a young man in black standing outside the house.
Today the wind is blowing, blowing and scattering all kinds of grass, and hanging around the young man's body. The dead branches and leaves come and go suddenly.
But the young man who was surrounded by flowers and leaves had a calm expression and never squinted his eyes. He didn't seem to be worried about the broken grass and fine sand paving around him, and was looking straight at the man wearing a satin suit.
"Whose son doesn't know that outsiders are not allowed to get close to this place?" The man was startled, but after looking at the young man's age, he immediately became very disapproving and waved his sleeves at the latter, "Since he is from outside, just leave as soon as possible. , if we stop here again, we will avoid being beaten and scolded by those people in the room. If we don’t want to suffer, it’s best to listen to the advice.”
The young man raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at this middle-aged man who was wearing very elegant clothes, squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Brother, I really don't want to hear, where did you come from, and where are you going? "
The question was so sudden that it caused the man who had just started to walk to pause for a moment, but then his face turned unkind again, and he cursed coldly, "You are at your age and you are not very good at learning, but you have learned how to deceive others. This type of technique was no longer new a few years ago. When I heard someone was out, he pretended to be a benevolent person and came over to tell the person's family that he had broken his leg and foot in a fall on the road and was currently in the hospital setting bones. I need to beg for some loose money, and I can make a little fortune by this method, but I am not ashamed."
The man was clearly drunk, but when he mentioned this, he gritted his teeth. It seemed that he had suffered many losses earlier, so now when he looked at the young man in black in front of him, he no longer looked down upon him with disdain, but looked down upon him. He was used to it, and most of the time he would have to curse a few words, but when he was walking, he happened to hear the young man say calmly, "There should be few people in this village who are as wealthy as Xiongtai, so of course you can guess that Xiongtai is The person I am looking for on this trip.”
"An unknown man from Bafang Street in Xuanhua City came here specially to report a message to my brother."
Strange to say, the middle-aged man who was quite drunk at first and full of anger because of losing the card game, after hearing the words "Bafang Street", he felt as if he was out of his mind and no longer dared to look at the young man. He trembled and said, Suddenly he suppressed the anger that had filled his body, and he stretched out a finger to point at the person in front of him, but he noticed that there was a waist badge shaped like an eight-sided sword hanging from the hem of the young man's clothes.
The young man dressed in black had unwavering eyebrows. He looked indifferently at the man who was kneeling on the ground in front of him. He lightly opened his mouth and said, "My children are still suffering in the building, but my father, my brother, has been living in this world all day long." Playing with money, it would be okay to say that you can win a pot full of money, but it is clear that you almost lose most of your wealth. Haven't you seen it? The other three people have joined forces to make a game, and only you, who is not good at it but is addicted, will Gamblers who think they are nothing but fish on the chopping block still come here every day and lose all their money."
"But don't forget, my brother's ability to be called a wealthy family in this village is due to his extraordinary ability. In my opinion, it is quite disgraceful."
Every word, every word, kills people and hurts the heart.
But the man still had a diligent expression on his face, and he was busy chatting with each other, with a smile on his face, "You are an adult from Bafang Street. Naturally, you have extremely good eyesight. There is no way to find happiness in a poor and remote place. You can only meet these rich and powerful people in the village every day." I've been here for seven or eight rounds, but now you have to keep speaking out. We will definitely not dare to join in this group to cause trouble in the future, so please don't be weird."
The two of them were walking together, but the young man didn't ask too much. He just asked lightly and didn't care about where those rich squires came from. They were obviously from remote and poor villages. How could they afford such a huge price? At most, it can be enough for the people here for several months, which is naturally very surprising. But the man replied diligently, saying that in the past half a year, these wealthy squires had only had a slightly better life than the people here, and they were definitely not well-off. However, in the early years, these people had been idle and wandering around the countryside. The neighbor's rogue is very arrogant with the two or three unorganized fists and kicks he has learned. Therefore, even if he has restrained himself a little in recent years, no one in the village dares to provoke him. Therefore, the people who came here came here from elsewhere. All the car bills were taken away by these people, and for some reason they became richer and richer day by day. It even seemed that their family was much richer than the man himself.
"If my memory is not wrong, the carriages coming from Bafang Street at the end of each month should be the carriage drivers distributing money and food to the people. How can these so-called squires and nobles seize it?"
Yun Zhong did not remember this incident wrongly. As early as when he went to Qiling a few years ago, he knew that even in ordinary small villages, there were often preemptive schemes, so he specially ordered the coachman to distribute the money and food of each household according to the head of the family. After dividing it up, he handed it over to each family in person. This had always been the case. Now that he heard this, of course his anger was hidden for a moment, but his face was still calm and it didn't matter. He asked the man suspiciously.
The man was quite shrewd. Hearing these words, he was very respectful. He bowed and saluted repeatedly, revealing an ordinary and rough face, "You are asking the right question. The gentleman who came from Bafang Street indeed handed money and food to every household, but those squires had some savings to begin with. Seeing the huge amount of money, they inevitably had to think about it. Two skilled Jianghu people were invited from outside. After the Master Fenqian left, they would come to ask for money. If they refused to obey, they would suffer bruises at the least, or damage to the muscles and bones at the worst. If anyone dares to hide that money, there is no other way."
The boy's footsteps paused.
"No one will take care of this matter?"
The man knew everything, shook his head and sighed, "This place is remote, how can the government spare time to take charge of it? At most, they just send a few reluctant government officials here. It is the money and food sent by the Lord out of pity for the people. There is no investigation." Evidence shows that there is no such law, and after these squires took good care of them and went to Xuanhua City to drink flower wine three or two times, of course they just let it go. There is no reason to contribute to the people and seek justice. "
Yun Zhong nodded, but still smiled lightly, "But even though you knew it was wrong, the sealing money you took from those people was really a lot. It's a pity that you lost it all, and in the end you didn't take advantage of it at all. , and because of addiction, I know that the people in front of me are probably working together to plot against me, but I still want to come every day."
"People like you are actually no longer pitiful, only hateful."
This time the man did not laugh, but nodded reluctantly, his expression finally darkening.
The young man didn't say anything else. He glanced at the man's expression at this moment. He changed his tone and turned into a very cheerful and generous one. He smacked his lips and said, "God is unfair, but he gave way to an ordinary farmer who is obviously incompetent and has a rough face. It is really enviable to raise such a delicate and lovely woman with a body and appearance that is so beautiful that she can be sent to the palace."
"I'll go to Baiqiong Tower next time. Not to mention spending a good night together with a thousand taels, so what if I add another thousand taels? After all, it's hard to buy Shutan, and it's worth the price." The young man in black leaned over and patted him. The short-skinned man smiled with narrowed eyes, "So brother, selling your daughter for a thousand taels is a great achievement for us in Bafang Street, but the price is a bit cheap."
