At the head gate of Fan's mansion, the housekeeper Bao Xinyu was standing at the door, who was responsible for welcoming guests and checking the name card, and Fan Zhenming, who had a big belly, was waiting in the second gate. In the middle of the courtyard is a huge root-carved dining table with several elaborate large clay pots filled with white powder. When the distinguished guests enter the door, Fan Zhenming will personally get up to greet them, and someone next to him will hand him a bamboo tube filled with water and a bamboo spoon. The people who came drank the water and ate the white powder, all of them had their eyes shining and snorting.

The bamboo tube is filled with salt water, and the white powder is refined salt, which is a symbol of identity and wealth, naked showing off wealth.

Bao Xinyu stood at the door, also arrogant, and after checking the name post, he would hand it over to the little guy on the side to shout. This is not only to respect the guests, but also to gild their lintels, after all, those who can be invited are people with heads and faces.

"Cui Xiaoyin, Cui's piano shop, came to congratulate him on his birthday. ”

"The swords and scissors of the family are the pillars of the family, and they came to congratulate their birthdays. ”

"Xie Zeqin, Xie Zeqin, came to congratulate him on his birthday. ”

"Jiang's pawn shop Jiang Mingzhi came to congratulate him on his birthday. ”

"Yang Boxiang of Yang's Medical Center, come to congratulate him on his birthday. ”

The people who come and go to the house of the wealthy businessmen must be giants, and the people around them are all envious and admired, and Wu Ma's heart is enlightened for a while. Duanguo didn't have so many strange trading houses, so he didn't know what they were doing at all, the knife and scissors shop might be similar to Wang Ziqing's blacksmith shop, and the medical hall should have a bunch of Langzhong.

Bao Xinyu's seemingly unseen eyes firmly locked Wu Ma's heart, and he stretched out his big hand and said, "Where is your name?"

Wu Ma was slightly stunned, and he hurriedly said: "This is the shopkeeper of my shop, and I came with me to celebrate Master Fan's birthday." ”

"Dude?" Bao Xinyu looked Wu Ma Xin up and down, pouted and said, "Brother, it's not that you don't give face, how can you let a subordinate go in on such an important occasion?"

"This ......" Yu Dongliang was a little embarrassed, he naturally knew that this reason could not be justified, but he didn't seem to find a more suitable reason. At this time, a loud laugh came from afar: "If he is a friend of Zi Song Gongzi, I don't know if he can go in?"

Bao Xinyu didn't see anyone, but subconsciously knelt on the ground: "I don't know that the friend of the son Song Gongzi is here, and I am clumsy, and I hope that the son will forgive the sin." ”

"Forgiveness?" a woman smirked as she approached from a distance, her face full of disdain. Wu Ma Xin saw that this woman was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

I remembered, in the noodle shop, the woman staring at him.

Who is she?

Bao Xinyu trembled, fear fell from every pore to the ground, and muttered: "Master Wei, if you don't do it, I will end myself, and I hope that my son Song Gongzi will let my family go." With that, Bao Xinyu kowtowed heavily, and the dagger slipped from his sleeve to his hand, and it had already been cut off his neck.

"Don't. Wu Ma wanted to stop him, but he saw a decisive look in his eyes, and only in this way could he save his family. Zi Song Lu was so frightening, which Wu Ma didn't expect.

The sons around were not too surprised, this kind of result seemed logical to them, but they were quite excited to discuss: "This is not Lord Wei, this is the celebrity in front of Zi Song Gongzi, this is all here to participate in the birthday banquet of Fan Mansion, tsk, it is really face-saving." "It's just that she was in the noodle shop just now, and I didn't even dare to admit it. "Maybe someone is here to pick up this witch horse boy, so we have to be careful." ”

When Master Fan heard that something had happened at the door of the mansion, he hurriedly rushed out, and when he saw the butler's corpse, his whole heart suddenly shrunk, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face, and bowed down and said: "The housekeeper in the villain's mansion is not sensible, offending Lord Wei, please don't mind." ”

The guard didn't pay attention to Fan Zhenming, his two eyes were still staring at Wu Maxin, and he saluted slightly: "Wu Ma Gongzi, that day, my son Song Gongzi has been talking about you, hoping that you can get together when you are free." ”

Wu Ma hugged his fists and said: "Thanks to the love of Prince Song, dare to ask where others are?"

"Haha, in Shenzhou, who doesn't know the Zi Song family, I believe it will be difficult for you. The guard officer laughed, then turned to Fan Zhenming, threw a brocade box to the ground, and said, "This is a congratulatory gift from Prince Song to you." With that, he urged the horse to leave.

"Thank you Zi Song Gongzi, thank you Lord Wei. Fan Zhenming hurriedly kowtowed, and the congratulatory gifts in front of everyone's eyes were enough to prove his status and prestige, and the old housekeeper was also worthy of his death.

The sound of horses' hooves was far away, Fan Zhenming got up from the ground, regained his toes, hugged his fists to everyone again and again, and then respectfully came to Wu Ma Xin, and said: "Wu Ma Gongzi, it is strange that the next person has no eyes and still looks at the son, please come in for a while." ”

"Oh, okay. Wu Ma nodded heartily and stepped into the mansion, Fan Zhenming followed, and everyone else also walked in. The little servant had already carried the corpse away, and brought a large pot with white flower powder, and the eyes of the surrounding people immediately widened.

The little servant picked up the wooden spoon, and the white powder was sprinkled all over the sky, and the people immediately rushed to grab it, lifted up their clothes, opened their mouths widely, and all the things that fell on the ground were also put into their pockets with the soil. "Master Fan lived a long life. "Master Fan, blessed with longevity and good health. The shouts shook the sky.

Wu Ma Xin was given the main position, and Fan Zhenming sat down to sit with him, this is a friend of Zi Song Gongzi, who dares to offend. Cui Xiaoyin, Yu Dongliang, Xie Zeqin, Jiang Mingzhi, and Yang Boxiang were also invited to the main table, and those who met the Tao will inevitably ascend to heaven.

Fan Zhenming picked up a glass of wine and said, "I salute Wu Ma Gongzi." ”

"Master Fan is polite, your birthday, when I respect you. Wu Ma Xin picked up the sprinkling cup, moved the mouth of the cup down again and again, and saw that it was about to hit the table, so the two of them were no longer humble and drank it all. The other people also got up to toast, after the third tour, Fan Zhenming was a little surprised, Zi Song Gongzi has always been arrogant and domineering, why is his friend so approachable? But he didn't dare to doubt it, after all, the guard was a celebrity of Zi Song Lu, how could what she said be false.

Fan Zhenming picked up his wine glass and asked, "Master Wu Ma, I don't know where you are high?"

"I've just come from Duanguo. ”

"Hiss......" The audience suddenly gasped and fell silent.

No one in Chixian Shenzhou doesn't know Duanguo, which is a place of exile for prisoners and a place where demons gather. If you find that a person who has come here from Duanguo, you will be killed, and if you hide it and do not report it, you will be guilty of the same crime, or even increase the crime by one degree.

Fan Zhenming almost didn't hold the wine glass steady, but after all, after a long time in the world, he finally took some seriousness, and his face quickly recovered: "Wu Ma Gongzi must have been friends when Zi Song Gongzi traveled to Duanguo, and it is really my luck to meet here today, come, let's drink this cup full." ”

"Yes. "Yes. "Dry. The crowd chimed in.

"Master Fan, when I first came to Shenzhou, I seemed to be a little incomprehensible. Wu Ma Xin didn't care about their surprise, and asked with a fist, "Why is salt so precious here?"

Fan Zhenming thought for a while, and said with a straight face: "We are just ordinary business people, and we don't dare to speculate about state affairs, but we have heard of it somewhat. It is said that the perennial struggle of the five clans finally caused the Runxia clan to awaken the demon beast and attract a monstrous flood. The Jiasui tribe has always paid attention to building houses and building halls for farming and breeding, which was completely destroyed by the flood, which forced the Runxia tribe to drive out of Chixian Shenzhou. Extracting salt from the sea is the housekeeping skill of the Runxia people, and other ethnic groups naturally cannot obtain it, so salt is becoming more and more scarce, and it is no wonder that the price is ridiculously high. ”

"What is Master Fan's salt?"

Fan Zhenming had already expected him to ask this question, squinted his eyes and said: "When the five clans were together, there were people from the Jiasui clan who made salt together with the Runxia clan, and learned some methods. ”

The richer the person, the more modest he is, not only for food and clothing, but for monopolizing private salt, he is simply rich and rivals the country.

Wu Ma's heart is not deep, but he also knows that this old slippery head is not leaky. He knew that Wu Maxin was from Duanguo, so he might naturally have some connections with the Runxia clan, so he pretended to be hearsay, and he spoke tactfully and cautiously, and he didn't even have the title of water demon. But on the other hand, he couldn't believe that the Runxia clan used the secret technique of his own clan to take salt, and it was not a method that outsiders could steal the arts, presumably this old man colluded with the uncaptured water demon and secretly made salt.

Zi Song Lu's hands and eyes are all over the sky, will he not know? Wu Ma's heart trembled, and he seemed to have thought of a more terrifying possibility. I hope not, I hope not!

Xie Ze personally raised his wine glass and complimented: "With a wise person like Master Fan, the Jiasui people have salt, which is really a blessing for the people." ”

"Indeed, indeed. The rest of the crowd toasted along.

Wu Ma Xin also drank it all, and then asked: "Master Fan, do you know where Zi Song Lu is? I really have something important to look for him when I came to Shenzhou." ”

"The land of the son of Song Gongzi is in Anyi, Zhuzhou. Everyone was shocked when he said this sentence, but Fan Zhenming stroked his beard unhurriedly and continued, "But he cares about the world, and he runs around Kyushu almost all the time, so he has no time to live in the mansion." or stepping on black soil, or stepping on white soil, or washing brown mud, or walking on yellow sand, their whereabouts are uncertain, and they are everywhere. ”

Everyone secretly picked their fingers in their hearts, this old fox was really powerful, and no one could find fault with him.

"Thank you, Master Fan, for your advice. Wu Ma Xin nodded, took another glass of wine, and everyone ate and drank and chatted, but they didn't bother to bother anymore.

At this time, a subordinate walked over quickly, whispered a few words in Fan Zhenming's ear, and his face changed when he heard it, but he immediately recovered and ordered softly: "Then please invite General Lu in." ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what was happening.

There was a sound of footsteps, and the army broke in with great momentum, surrounding the surroundings.