On the bank of Yunwu Lake, there are vast green forests.
"Senior brother, where is the Yunwu Black Market? You don't know the way, right?"
The little kid watched as his senior master mastered the art of flying in the clouds and riding the mist, and plunged into the vast green forest to search everywhere. No matter how simple his mind was, he knew that he might have been deceived.
The smelly senior brother didn't take him out to play at all, he was clearly out to do errands.
"Of course Senior Brother knows the way, but we still have to look for it. After all, we are new here and don't know the local area at all."
Chu Chen laughed.
He really didn't know where there was a black market in cloud and mist.
The Yunwu Black Market is similar to going to a market. It is not open for a long time, but is opened in time periods.
Not one alone, but numerous, densely distributed on the banks of the Yunwu Lake.
Among the nightmares of the people in Yunlin, some people's dreams are very real and clear, pointing out the specific location of the Yunwu Black Market.
At present, Chu Chen roughly knows about a dozen cloud black market strongholds, large and small.
The Yunwu Black Market stronghold has a special feature, that is, it is adjacent to the Yunwu Lake.
The mist in Yunwu Lake drifts around all day long, and converges with the mist that never disperses in the mountains. As a result, the area around Yunwu Lake is surrounded by clouds and mist all year round, making it extremely shady and suitable for some shady activities.
With his escaping skills and leg strength, it would not be troublesome to visit a dozen strongholds.
In less than half an hour, he had walked through three strongholds.
Not long after, he arrived at the fourth stronghold.
Chu Chen held the summoning tactics in his hand and sent out his soldiers and horses to search everywhere.
This time, good news came quickly from the soldiers and horses under his command - several groups of people were discovered in the mountains.
Chu Chen felt happy and found the place.
Ordinary people would go into the mountains in droves if they had nothing important to do. It was obvious that he was going to find a place.
Chu Chen immediately gathered his soldiers and horses, stamped the [People's Letter Seal Spirit Ten Thousand Victories Treasure] and turned it into a vigorous old man wearing a hatchet. Forest passed by.
Soon, he "encountered" three people on the road.
An old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man.
At first, the three of them were quite wary of Chu Chen, thinking they had bumped into something evil or something evil.
However, after Chu Chen said that he "encountered an obstacle that he couldn't get over, his family was in urgent need of money, and there was nothing they could do", the three of them relaxed their vigilance a little and looked at him with "sympathy" in their eyes.
"Oh, we are all miserable people!"
The old Guizhou man among the three couldn't help but sigh.
In this way, Chu Chen successfully blended into the people going to the market and entered the Yunwu Ghost Market with them.
"Brother, what trouble have you encountered?"
As a group of people walked on the mountain path, Chu Chen took the initiative to ask the old man in Guizhou.
The old man from Guizhou sighed and said:
"My eldest son just got married the year before last. He spent all his family's savings and owed a lot of money to his relatives and friends. This year, my youngest son also fell in love with a girl and cried and asked his family to help him find a matchmaker. "
"Old man, how can I favor one thing over another? Naturally, I want a bowl of water to be leveled, so I gritted my teeth and accepted."
"What should I do if I don't have money? Old man, I can only borrow money from outside. It was originally agreed that I would go out nine times and come back thirteen times. The period is one year, and the principal and interest will be repaid in one go. The old man thought that if he works harder this year, he should tighten his belt and be able to pay it back. Come on, who would have known that the other party was cunning and deceived the old man because I was illiterate and borrowed Lei Gong Bang. In just three months, the old man owed them a full three hundred taels..."
Lei Gong Bang is another name for "loan sharks" among the people. Because they hate moneylenders deeply, the people begged Lei Gong to kill them with a thunderbolt, and they were punished by God.
After the old Guizhou man told his story, his face was full of anger, grievance and helpless sorrow.
"Alas~"
The middle-aged men and young people on the side also sighed.
They are both fallen people from the end of the world, and their hearts are full of the desire to talk.
Before Chu Chen could inquire, the two of them told about their experiences.
The middle-aged man also makes a living by farming, but his life is relatively prosperous. His family has thirty acres of farmland, and he is one of the richest households in the village. Not to mention how good his life is, but he has no worries about food and clothing, and he has enough money to send his son to a private school. The family lived a very prosperous life.
But the good times didn't last long.
A middle-aged man accidentally met a group of bad friends some time ago and took him into a gambling house.
He knew that gambling was not a good thing and should not be indulged in it, but he couldn't resist the invitation of his friends, so he went to play a few games.
What happened? I won money.
This made the middle-aged people find fun and couldn't help but play for a while longer.
After playing this game, he immediately fell into it, lost everything, and went home dejected.
Originally, his family was wealthy and it didn't matter if he lost once or twice. However, he was unwilling to lose and wanted to get his money back.
So he entered the gambling house again.
Gradually, sink into it.
Needless to say, the result was that in just half a month, the middle-aged man mortgaged all his family's property and house. His family business was completely ruined and he also owed foreign debts.
At the moment, the middle-aged man's family doesn't know yet, and the matter has not yet been revealed. He dare not tell his family for fear that they will collapse and despair when they find out.
However, things will be revealed sooner or later, and debt collectors will soon come to seize the property.
He still wanted to give it a try and win back everything he lost, but unfortunately he had no capital and was unable to make a comeback.
Just when he was panicking, someone told him that the Yunwu Black Market could bring him hope...
...
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the young man quickly talked about his own experience.
The young man's experience is relatively simple. He is a scholar. He went to Goulan to listen to music with his classmates and friends, and fell in love with a woman from a brothel at first sight. He fell in love with her.
Unexpectedly, the brothel woman seemed to have a special regard for him.
Young people are naturally very happy to be favored by their sweetheart.
It's just that his family background is ordinary, and they have already spent all their efforts to provide him with education, so there is no money left for him to squander.
The brothel is a famous gold-selling cave. Young people are hard-pressed, but they still want to meet their sweethearts.
Just when he was distressed, someone extended a "helping hand", saying that they were optimistic about him and thought that he had a good future in the imperial examination and could lend him money.
The young man was short of money. When he heard that there was such a "good thing", he agreed without much thought.
The brothel girl couldn't help but inquire when she saw that the young man suddenly became more generous with his actions.
Due to vanity, young people will naturally not tell the truth, but lie and say that their families gave them to them.
When the brothel girl saw that the young man's family was well off, she became more and more interested in him.
As the two become romantically involved, the young man borrows more and more money.
The most fatal thing is that because he lingered in a brothel, he missed his homework and his studies plummeted.
As a result, the person who lent him money not only cut off his loan, but also pressed him for debt.
The young man had no money to pay off his debts, and he did not dare to go back and tell his parents and family. He fell into despair.
At this moment, he heard about the Yunwu Black Market from his creditor, and when he was desperate, he came to try his luck.
"Hey, I regret it!"
The old, middle and young people sighed together, their faces full of regret, anxiety and uneasiness.
Chu Chen was walking on the mountain road and couldn't help but fell silent after listening to the three people telling their stories.
It seems that this may be the reason why Yunlin County's national luck and people's mental power have declined year after year.
