After the timely remediation of He Xiu and Sha Jiannan, the Chang family is now in danger, Chang Zheng insisted on inviting the two to stay for the banquet, Sha Jiannan glanced at He Xiu, hoping that He Xiu would agree to stay.

He Xiu couldn't refuse Chang Zheng's invitation, but he also wanted to know if Guan Kaihui had been released at this moment, so he made up his mind to leave Sha Jiannan behind and go to Guan's house alone.

When He Xiu entered the Guan family, Guan Zhihe was lying on the table alone in a daze, and hurriedly stepped forward to inform him of the matter; "He'er, the Chang family promised to withdraw the lawsuit!"

"Really? haha, great, why?" Guan Zhihe jumped around his neck, with a strong look of adoration in his eyes, and the long-awaited thing finally came to an end.

He Xiu took her wrist and explained to her as she ran, Guan Zhihe laughed happily, like a sparrow that had just learned to fly, jumping into the carriage.

The carriage came to the door of Guo's mansion at the fastest speed, still the same as last time, Guo Fengxiao was saying goodbye to Guan Kaihui at this time, Guan Zhihe suppressed the joy in his heart, and obediently waited for the two to talk.

He Xiu looked at the three of them uncomfortably, with mixed feelings in his heart, and after following the carriage to the Guan Mansion, he chose to leave.

Walking aimlessly on the street, looking at the familiar street scene in front of him, and the people he knew because of the relationship between the friends building, He Xiu found that there was no one who could communicate with him at this time.

Unconsciously, his feet stepped on the door of the Huipeng Building, watching the shopkeepers inside drinking and singing, a sour flow of acid gushed out of his eye glands, and he lowered his head and turned around and walked towards the hiding mountain.

A person sat in the haystack where he used to live, closed his eyes and concentrated, filtering unbelievable things in his mind, now that the Xuan Gong was gone, He Xiu tried to silently recite the mantra left by the old man Zhu, and a warm current was born in his abdomen, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He Xiu held his breath deeply, sensing the warm current flowing from the lower abdomen to the kidneys, then divided into two thin streams straight to the large intestine, and then merged together to flow to the stomach, and then divided into two thin streams, which flowed left and right to the chest, flowed to the veins of the two arms, and finally felt something squeezed out of the palm.

He Xiu opened his eyes and saw two red gases as big as beans rising from the palms of his hands, and when he raised his palms to his eyes, he saw that the two red gases were like drops of water, bouncing up and down, which was very interesting.

I couldn't suppress my excitement for a while, laughed heartily, and as the breath in my mouth was exhaled, the red gas fell on the tip of my palm and seeped into the skin, He Xiu rubbed his hands together, inhaled quietly, and silently recited the mantra, and the warm current rose from the palm of his hand in the order just now, and then looked at it, and the two gases bounced on the palm.

The body couldn't help but cheer up, a sorrow and a joy mixed in the heart, intersecting feelings, as the breath in the mouth, the red gas seeped into the skin, He Xiu only then noticed that the breath was much easier than before, and he thought in his heart, it must be related to the last time he soaked in the shallow water of the altar for three days.

He Xiu clenched his fists and screamed, suppressed the joy in his heart, closed his eyes and closed his breath, spread out his palm, and before he could silently recite the mantra, he felt a foreign object fall from his palm, and subconsciously opened his eyes to see that a willow leaf the size of a fingernail was lying in the palm of his hand.

The warm breeze suddenly rose, blowing through He Xiu's eyebrows, and he couldn't help but look deeply, the warbler flew to the clouds, closed his eyes and smelled quietly, a mile of spring soil, very fragrant.

He Xiu carefully held the young leaves in the palm of his hand and whispered to himself, "Don't worry, the year of calamity has passed, you can grow greatly, and I can also break out of the cocoon and turn into a butterfly, and be reborn in Nirvana!"

He Xiu touched the three tombstones that had been carried by himself for a whole winter, bent down and got up, held his breath, and practiced jumping again at the grave, with only one thought in his heart, practicing Xuangong no longer has luck, not greedy for speed, and seeks to be steadfast step by step, and pedal to the highest peak.

At this moment, except for Guan Zhihe, the others were left behind, calming down, and according to the previous practice schedule, they tirelessly shuttled through all corners of the Hidden Mountain.

Time passed unconsciously, after He Xiu finished baking the food needed for the week, he began to meditate, and there was only that sentence in his heart: the seller of the market, the generation at the bottom of the well, these eight words fell deeply in his heart.

No matter how Guo Zhenxing and Xiao Daoren insulted themselves, He Xiu could feel relieved in his heart, completely inappropriate, and even turned their insults into motivation, but what Guan Kaihui said to himself didn't feel like insulting himself, but drawing conclusions to himself.

After Guan Zhihe took him home, he didn't come to He Xiu during the period, He Xiu's heart was even more bitter, and he could only sleep peacefully by holding the sword before going to bed every night, his heart was bitter, and his lovesickness was even more bitter.

"Brother He, Brother He, I, Sha, have come to see you, haha. ”

Sha Jiannan held a jar of spirits in each hand, and strode up, a smile flashed at the corner of He Xiu's mouth, "Mr. Sha, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?"

"Haha, Brother He, I, Sha, have a good time, not to mention how happy I am, but it's you, it's seven or eight days since you left, and you haven't ventilated Sha, you're not enough friends!" Sha Jiannan threw a jar of spirits to He Xiu, sat cross-legged on the ground, and complained.

He Xiu twisted the lid open, took a big sip, and exhaled, "Mr. Sha, thank you for treating me He Xiu as a friend, come, let's let go of the drink." Then he threw him a roasted pigeon.

Sha Jiannan chewed heavily, "Brother He, why didn't you tell Master Guan that you rescued him?"

He Xiu raised the wine jar, drank bitterly and said, "Mr. Sha, since you and I are friends, don't be so clear, I don't think it's a loss to count this credit on you!"

Sha Jiannan bit off the pigeon's leg vigorously and chewed it; "Brother He, what you said is interesting enough, Sha Mou listened to it warmly, but things are not what you think." ”

"What?" He Xiu raised the wine jar to his lips and was stunned for a moment; "Mr. Sha, He Xiu doesn't understand what you mean. ”

Sha Jiannan rolled up his sleeves, swallowed a sip of liquor and said, "Don't mention it, the two of us risked our lives to save the Chang family, and we were picked up by Chang An's kid, grandma, I won't be angry when I think about it." ”

He Xiu heard the meaning, "Mr. Sha is saying that Chang An took the credit for the two of us on himself and curried favor with Master Guan, right?"

"Grandma's, no, this kid, it's not a fucking good thing. ”

He Xiu grabbed the wine jar and drank the liquor to half the jar in one go; "He must be doing this for He'er, by the way, what does He'er mean?"

Sha Jiannan shook his head, the corners of his mouth swelled with wine, and said, "Sha hasn't seen He'er's face at all in the past few days, and I heard from the family of Guanfu that it seems that something big has happened in Guanfu again, and I, Sha, am not happy in my heart, and I don't bother to ask, so I just drink in the bedroom." ”

"What's a big deal?" He Xiu said silently, and then asked quickly, "It can't be He'er's accident, right?"

"Probably not. ”

When Sha Jiannan heard He Xiu's words, he also beat a drum in his heart, He Xiu lost the mood just now, and began to worry about Guan Zhihe's safety; "Mr. Sha, we will drink here today, He Jiannan will drink with you on the day, it is not early, you should go back." ”

Sha Jiannan also felt guilty in his heart, as Guan Zhihe's family teacher, he did not fulfill his responsibilities as a family teacher, so he had to say goodbye to He Xiu.

After a night of torture, he finally survived until dawn, He Xiu ran to the bottom of the mountain, came to the outside of the gate of the Guanfu to listen to the news, he saw many family members carrying parcels, beating horses and galloping in all directions, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart, something big must have happened.

Soon Sha Jiannan appeared outside the door, and He Xiu hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Mr. Sha, where are you going?"

Sha Jiannan pulled him aside and whispered, "Brother He, I just happened to go to you, you listen to me, the government will collect ten years' rent from merchants in advance, and ask the Guan family to take the lead and pay the rent in time, otherwise, all the shops of the Guan family will be closed after seven days, and Master Guan will also be punished for his crimes." ”

"Is the rent fee up to his Guo family? Master Guan, there are other merchants, didn't they go to Liucheng to report?"

He Xiu couldn't believe his ears, even if Guo Fengxiao had the courage to use the laws of Nanyang Kingdom as a demon.

Sha Jiannan told him all the news he had heard, "I inquired with the chief steward of the Guan Mansion after I came back last night, and it is said that according to the laws of Nanyang Kingdom, the rental fee of the merchant can be collected in advance during the special period. ”

The law of Nanyang stipulates that all merchant houses must pay rent to the local government, that is, their own houses are used to open their doors for business, and they must also pay rent, and the same is true for the houses they live in.

It is conceivable that as a citizen of Nanyang Country, it is a luxury to be able to afford to live in a house!

Of course, He Xiu knew these laws in his heart, otherwise there would be no houses in Qiyu Village to protect him from the wind and rain.

"Then what did these people do when they went out just now?" He Xiu asked endlessly.

"Maybe like you said, they were sent by Master Guan to Liucheng to investigate, and disappeared. ”

After He Xiu said goodbye to Sha Jiannan, he came to the main street alone, he saw that the people of the government began to collect rent from door to door, and there were many small merchants, because they could not pay the rent, they took the initiative to leave, and the door was sealed, waiting for the next owner.

For a time, the number of horse-drawn carriages on the street increased a lot, and the merchants who had been seized carried their things to the carts wept and left.

He Xiu felt very unbearable in his heart, feeling as if he had returned to the previous days of begging, but even if he complained in his heart, he couldn't compete with the law of the country.

The pace was very slow, but he also came to the lumber shop of the Guan family unconsciously, "May I ask if Master Guan has been here?"

The shopkeeper glanced at He Xiu and said unhappily, "Can Master Guan be seen by a person like me?"

"Excuse me. ”

He Xiu originally wanted to ask Guan Zhihe if he had also come, but when he heard the shopkeeper's answer, he had to turn around and leave, hoping to see her even more, and returned to the gate of the Guan Mansion.

At this time, He Xiu saw many merchants surging in front of the Guan Mansion, crying and shouting, hoping that Guan Kaihui could lend them two silver taels to survive the crisis, and some words of gratitude.

Compared with these, He Xiu wanted to know what was going on in Nanyang and why the government charged ten years of rent in advance.