"Do you think it's a coincidence? My daughter has been waiting for you here for four months." The girl said politely.
"Sister, what are you waiting for?" Zhang Liucheng frowned when he heard the girl's words.
"My little girl showed you the way before and returned home. I told my father about this. My father said that there are many dangers in the wetland. If I showed you the way, I would harm you!" The girl said happily, "So my little girl has been waiting here. You, I look forward to seeing you again, and taking you back to let your father see you can also reassure him!"
Zhang Liucheng nodded when he heard the girl's words.
"Thank you for your hard work, girl. Then I'll go with my sister!"
The girl took Zhang Liucheng and others towards the village ahead.
From the village ahead, wisps of smoke rise. On the east and west sides of the village, there are small streams flowing slowly.
In less than half an hour, the girl led Zhang Liucheng and others to a dilapidated courtyard in the west of the village.
At the entrance of the small courtyard, a middle-aged man sat.
"Xiaohui, you're back."
"Father, I'm back. This is the young man who went to the reed swamp!" Xiaohui looked at the middle-aged man and said slowly.
"Uncle, thank you for always taking me into your heart and making you worry for so long. I'm so sorry!" Zhang Liucheng stepped forward and bowed to the middle-aged man. "These are the friends I met in the Reed Marsh. I have them as my companions, so uncle doesn't have to worry about me!"
"I wonder if there is a carriage here? I want to go to Yancheng."
Xiaohui heard Zhang Liucheng's words and said softly.
"My little girl's father is the groom. He can take you to Yancheng!"
The middle-aged man ordered Xiaohui.
"Xiao Hui, go and prepare the food quickly. After eating, my father will send them to Yancheng!"
Xiaohui nodded when she heard the middle-aged man's words and entered the courtyard.
…
Xiaoqiang sat on the carriage and asked Zhang Liucheng.
"Master, why should I take the carriage back?"
Zhang Liucheng looked at Xiaoqiang and said with a smile.
"Xiaoqiang, we are mortals now, why don't we keep a low profile?"
At this moment, a shout came.
"Where are you coming from? Where are you going? I want to cross the road grandpa opened and leave the treasure behind!"
The carriage stopped. In front of the carriage stood a nine-foot-tall man with a sinewy face. The man held a three-meter-long knife in his hand.
The groom shivered in fear when he saw the long knife in the big man's hand.
Zhang Liucheng saw the groom looking like this and patted the groom on the shoulder.
"Uncle, don't be afraid!" Zhang Liucheng glanced at Xiaoqiang, "Xiaoqiang, you have surrendered the little thief! Remember not to beat him to death."
When Xiaoqiang heard Zhang Liucheng's words, he nodded, jumped off the carriage, walked to the carriage and shouted loudly.
"I opened this road and planted this tree. If you want to live from now on, I will leave money to buy the road."
When the big man holding a long sword heard Xiao Qiang's words, Monk Zhang Er was confused, and then roared at Xiao Qiang.
"Boy, you are looking for death!"
Xiaoqiang glanced at the big man and said disdainfully.
"Little thief, surrender to me quickly and I will let you go. If not, you will have to crawl back today."
The big man raised his long knife and struck Xiaoqiang.
"You are so shameless! Go to hell!"
When Xiaoqiang saw the long knife coming, he stood there without dodging.
"Crack!"
The long knife hit Xiaoqiang's head, and the long knife broke with a sound.
The big man looked at the broken knife in his hand, was so frightened that he trembled and fell to his knees.
"Grandpa, have mercy on me! Grandpa, have mercy on me! The little one has an old man above him and a young man below him. Please, grandpa, please spare the little one's life!"
Xiaoqiang touched his head and said with a smile.
"Boy, your knife is useless! You can't even split my head!"
Zhang Liucheng had long expected this result and said to Xiaoqiang.
"Xiaoqiang, put him on the carriage and we'll be on our way as soon as possible."
"Yes!" Xiaoqiang nodded and carried the big man onto the carriage.
"Uncle, hurry up!" Zhang Liucheng said to the groom, and then asked the big man, "Why did you want to rob the house?"
The big man knelt down on the carriage and said slowly.
"Young, my family is poor, and my old mother is terminally ill, so I can only do this!"
Zhang Liucheng nodded when he saw the big man speaking truthfully.
"You don't have to do this anymore. I will take you to Yancheng and introduce you to the City Lord's Mansion to be a guard. Are you willing?"
The big man nodded repeatedly when he heard Zhang Liucheng's words.
"I am willing! I am willing!"
An hour later, the carriage arrived near the East China Sea.
Zhang Liucheng said to the groom.
"Uncle, stop for a moment and wait for me here. I'll be right back!"
The carriage stopped, Zhang Liucheng jumped out of the carriage and ran towards the East China Sea.
In less than a cup of tea, we arrived at the thatched house by the East China Sea.
In the thatched house, there was writing on a piece of white cloth. After Zhang Liucheng picked up the white cloth and read it, he realized that not long after he left Donghai, his father received a letter from his uncle and later arrived in Yancheng.
Moreover, his father came to the thatched house every day to take a look. After reading the letter, Zhang Liucheng walked to the East China Sea with tears in his eyes.
The blue-haired old man appeared in front of Zhang Liucheng.
"Little brother, I am relieved that you can come back safe and sound!"
Zhang Liucheng bowed to the blue-haired old man.
"Senior, I am leaving this place and going back to celebrate the New Year. Thank you very much, senior! The spiritual weapon is a gift!"
"Sure enough, heroes are born in youth. If my little brother can come back safe and sound, he must have a great opportunity, right?" The blue-haired old man nodded and asked.
"It's not bad! The spiritual energy is indeed more abundant than here. If the senior is fine, the junior will leave first!" Zhang Liucheng nodded, turned and left.
At this time, Zhang Liucheng rushed towards the carriage like an arrow, came to the carriage, and sat on the carriage.
"Set off……"
The carriage drove towards Yancheng at high speed.
The name Yancheng comes from the production of salt. Many local citizens, who cannot afford salt, will go to the East China Sea to steal salt. However, if the citizens who steal salt are caught by the city guards, they will also be punished by the city lord's palace.
In less than an hour, they arrived at the gate of Yancheng.
Zhang Liucheng asked the big man to get off the carriage and said to the guard at the city gate.
"Please, Brother Guard, please send this person to the City Lord's Mansion and ask the City Lord to arrange an errand for him!"
A guard stepped forward and asked Zhang Liucheng.
"Who are you?"
"Tell the city lord, Zhang Ji Tailor Shop! He will understand!" Zhang Liucheng said to the groom, "Let's go!"
The four of them, Xiao Hong, were sitting on the carriage, looking east and west.
Zhang Liucheng glanced at Xiaohong and the others and ordered.
"Now that we are in the mortal world, do you want others to know about it? Sister Hong, from now on you can call me younger brother, and the three of you can call me elder brother."
The four Xiaohongs said in unison.
"Okay, Master."
Zhang Liucheng shook his head when he heard this.
"From now on, there is no need to call me master, we are all brothers!"
The carriage stopped at the door of Zhang Ji's tailor shop.
Zhang Liucheng took out ten taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to the groom.
"Thank you, uncle, for sending us back!"
The groom looked surprised when he saw the ten taels of silver.
"Little brother, this is too much silver. You can use the carriage for a year and you can't spend more than ten taels of silver."
Zhang Liucheng received more than 100,000 silver taels from the Sheyang Immortal Mansion. Now that he is wealthy, how can he care about this little silver.
Xiaoqiang roared angrily when he heard what the groom said.
"My elder brother gave it to you, just take it. Where did all this nonsense come from!"
When the groom heard what Xiaoqiang said, he was so frightened that he trembled all over.
Zhang Liucheng glared at Xiaoqiang and shouted.
"Xiaoqiang, don't be rude!"
When Xiaoqiang heard Zhang Liucheng's words, he lowered his head and said nothing.
The uncle who was in the tailor shop heard a quarrel at the door and ran out of the shop. When he saw Zhang Liucheng at the door, he turned and ran towards the backyard.
"The third son, I'm back. The third son, I'm back."
Within a few breaths, the uncle led a group of people to the door of the tailor shop.
When the groom saw so many people coming out of the courtyard, he collected the money.
"If you are a little brother, I will use a carriage from now on. Send someone to inform me, and I will rush over."
After that, the groom pulled the carriage and left.
Zhang's father ran out of the courtyard, hugged Zhang Liucheng and asked.
"Little Third Son, where have you been these past few months? There has been no news from you. As a father, I am almost dying of anxiety!"
Zhang's father took Zhang Liucheng to the backyard and sat down at the living room table.
Zhang Liucheng briefly described what happened in the past few months.
I omitted all the encounters with the Guardian God of the East China Sea and the Sheyang Immortal Mansion, and only talked about going to the wetland to see the red-crowned cranes.
Then the four Xiaoqiang were introduced one by one.
Zhang Liucheng took his father to the west wing, closed the door, and handed over more than 100,000 yuan in silver notes to his father.
"Father, I got these banknotes in the cave, please keep them!"
Father Zhang took the banknotes, counted them, and put them into his arms.
"I didn't expect that the mistress would get rich just by going out! These banknotes are enough to buy a mansion."
