The checkpoint here is not set up by the government, in this gourd mountain, thousands of acres of fertile land, tens of thousands of tenants engaged in farming, but all of them are one person's land, which is the fortune of the richest man in this world.

This person's wealth is comparable to that of the country, but his people are as if they are isolated from the world, only seeking wealth and gold, and the temples and rivers and lakes are all not asked, and he is stuffy with his wealth.

Luck is unbelievable, grasp the business opportunities in this world just right, and spend half a lifetime of wealth to be rich and rival the country, but Zhi Tianyun has no other interest in this person except wealth, and he is even more low-key than the golden left and right.

In that year of knowing the destiny of heaven, he spent a shocking amount of money to open up the mountain road and moved all his wealth to this gourd mountain. Make use of the fertile soil plains of this treasure gourd.

Then he contributed a huge amount of grain every year, especially rice, and transported this grain to all parts of the country by water, and became a rich man who kept to himself, and did not get involved in business matters.

Zhitianyun is wealthy but not prosperous, there is only one son in the family, and the door is not out of the second door, and he has never even gone out of this gourd mountain.

also knew that his wealth was easy to be coveted by bad people, so he spent a lot of money to hire many energetic people to take care of the home, but most of them were only concentrated on two access roads. The closer they are to Zhi Tianyun's own mansion, the more they are simple villagers and tenant farmers.

This gourd mountain only has two access roads of the red leaf valley at the mouth and the giant vine ridge at the bottom of the gourd, surrounded by mountains with cliffs, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I think Nazhi Tianyun also saw this place before moving his family.

Although Xu Fei had not walked this road, before leaving, Chu Jinghong had already said the customs and customs along the road and the key points of the checkpoints, so he didn't care.

Dismounted and walked slowly to the checkpoint, two inspectors came to question, both of them were wearing blue clothes, and their faces were simple, and they looked like good farmers in the countryside.

asked about the origin, handed over the letter from the Jiangnan Yanyu Building, and waved it away. It turned out that Chu Jinghong had already sent someone here to open the joints in advance, so he entered the entrance properly.

Look at the pavilions and pavilions on both sides of the mountain road, there are many sharp-eyed masters stationed, and they are rich and rich, and the caretaker is no less than the power of the Jianghu Gate faction.

After the mouth of the autumn leaf valley, the eyes suddenly opened up, and the plain inside the gourd mountain could not be seen at a glance, and the surrounding mountains seemed to be far away. The two rode along the road, only to see villages and towns dotted with shops, birds and flowers everywhere, and smoke curling, just like Taoyuan Township.

It turned out that although this Zhi Tianyun was rich and rivaled the country, he was extremely gentle and collected very little rent, and if the tenant farmers had difficulties, it was common for them to reduce rent and waive rent.

In addition, there are thousands of hectares of fertile soil in the valley, as well as the water veins of the Wujing River, which is almost a bumper harvest every year, attracting tens of thousands of farmers to settle in.

It is the rice ripening season, and the layers of golden rice are swaying in the wind, like golden waves.

After doing this for more than half a day, I gradually saw that the mountains were getting taller and taller, and they were standing in sight.

Zhou Yun said to Xu Fei: "Big brother, this is the pass between the two gourd stomachs in Hulu Mountain, after this mountain road, you will reach the second mountain plain, called the bottom of the gourd, which is much bigger than the one we are walking on now called the gourd head, and the owner of the mansion here is at the bottom of the gourd." Every year, when the caravan in exchange for medicinal materials passes by, they have to hide from afar, and there are many energetic people escorting them before and after, and this time I can finally get closer to see and see with my eldest brother. ”

After saying that, the look of curiosity and excitement was overflowing, and Xu Fei couldn't help but be curious, wanting to see what the mansion of the richest man in the world was like.

After a short time, they have walked to the mountain road where the gourd head and the gourd bottom meet, the Wujing River runs through it, and the two of them have traveled from the avenue on the river bank, and their eyes are broad again. The plain here is indeed much larger, and the mountains on the left and right are looming, which shows the distance and the size of the area.

The villages in this gourd-bottom plain are much more than the gourds they just passed. And between the lines, I saw a huge building in front of me.

Far away from the gray and cyan one, the eaves vault is staggered, and then go closer to the roof of the palace top, the rest of the mountain top, the hanging mountain top, the hard mountain top, the top of the spire are all built, the single eaves and the heavy eaves are scattered and more magnificent.

Look at the bucket arch beams and pillars carved dragon painting phoenix are the life's work of skilled craftsmen, even the most inconspicuous wood carving can be called a fine product, no place is not careful, no place does not cost a lot of money.

The exterior walls of the mansion are tall and solid, several feet high, all of which are made of granite stones neatly cut and accumulated, and the middle is made of glutinous rice cake and clay lime glued with pig's blood, which is extremely tough.

The white pink walls, brown beams, and black bricks are all of the finest materials, especially when this mansion looks into the distance, and its vast expanse is really breathtaking.

Both of them were young men of less than twenty, and where could they resist their curiosity, and gently urged their horses along the road to the mansion, where the avenue was wide and solid, and the tall and precious trees stood on the side of the road, forming a boulevard.

There was no one on this road, and the more they walked, the more apprehensive they became, and they finally arrived at the gate of the mansion without knowing why.

This gate is wider than the palace, but the gatehouse is a little shorter, the vermilion lacquer gate, several black lacquer pillars hugged by two people support the tall cornices in front of the gatehouse. The steps are made of white marble, carved with detailed patterns.

The two of them didn't know what to do for a while, it was naturally not appropriate to visit so recklessly, and they were hesitating, but they saw a small door on the side of the gate open gently, and an old man with kind eyebrows came out, wearing neat blue clothes, and stepped forward to salute: "Where are the two distinguished guests from?

Xu Fei saw that someone was responding and hurriedly returned the salute: "My husband is invited, I and the other two are just people passing by, I have heard for a long time that Zhizhi is rich and kind-hearted, and I can't help but admire this deep mansion compound when I pass by. ”

The old man laughed after hearing this, twisted his beard and said: "The two of you are people who don't go out often, and this gentleman never lives in this mansion, and thinks that this courtyard is too big and inconvenient to live. Only occasionally the imperial court officials come here to check the results and estimate the grain production, so they will entertain here, and they live in Zhijia Village, which is not far from here, on weekdays. There are all close or distant relatives outside the Zhiyuan, close to each other, comfortable and down-to-earth. ”

Xu Fei and Zhou Yun looked at each other, and then listened to the old man continue: "In the past two days, it is better not to go to see the two of you, alas. ”

Zhou Yun asked, "I don't know why?"

The old man said: "It's not that the precious son outside the Zhiyuan is going to go down the mountain again these days to make trouble, and every time the chickens and dogs are jumping, this time it is even worse, and he must marry something, alas." Speaking of this, there seems to be something unspeakable, and it seems that there is something embarrassing that cannot be said.

Xu Fei and Zhou Yun were also inconvenient to ask, so they had to say goodbye and return home, and after a while, Xu Fei said: "Brother Yun, this Zhitianyun is the richest man in the world, and he doesn't live in this magnificent mansion, he goes to mess with his relatives, and his son doesn't live in the house but lives in the mountains. ”

That Zhou Yun was two years younger than Xu Fei, and he couldn't get in touch with the red world since he was a child, so he made a fuss about everything, and this matter was even more curious than Xu Fei.

immediately said: "There must be something strange about this matter, I think we might as well go and see what the situation is, I wait for the chivalrous people to see the unevenness and draw a sword to help, in case there are any difficulties outside this Zhiren, we can also help, big brother, do you say yes or no?"

Xu Fei was secretly amused in his heart, thinking that this Zhi Tianyun was rich and rivaled the country, just looking at the masters who were guarding the Red Leaf Valley, they were all elite soldiers.

Even if there is something difficult, where is the turn to get two hairy boys to make a move, but I can't say this when I think so.

He got off the donkey and said: "Well, I see that Brother Yun is thoughtful and chivalrous, so I should go and investigate, although the senses of Changshenghou are sealed, but the meridians and blood are as usual, let's hurry up in the future." ”

The two of them made up their minds and urged their horses to run to Zhijia Village, which was only five miles away from the large mansion.

The village is not small, there are four or five hundred households, and all of them are surnamed Zhi. They are all relatives of Zhi Tianyun's family, and there is such a rich family and gentle people, so they all moved into Hulushan to live together.

Some of them have already come out of five suits, seven poles can't hit, eight hooks can't scrape and spare more than a dozen circles are considered relatives, this Zhi Tianyun never cares, those who come do not refuse, those who go do not stay, and the villagers are all kind as a family.

The closer to Zhijia Village in this gourd mountain, the closer the relationship is, and most of the nearby villages are distant relatives of relatives to make friends, forming a small world that is different from inside and outside, tight on the outside and loose on the inside.

The two of them were quite surprised to come here suddenly, after all, they were not Hulushan people at a glance, but they all knew how to politely come over to ask about the ceremony.

The two said that they had heard that the only son of Zhi Tianyun was married, so they came to congratulate him and begged for a glass of wine by the way. I saw the eyes of the family flickering, and another family member rushed in, thinking that it was to report it.

Xu Fei and Zhou Yun pretended not to know, and after a while, a person who looked like a housekeeper introduced the two of them into a house, which is typical of the model of a northern house, and it is not particularly outstanding.

The two of you, you look at me, I look at you, they are a little nervous and embarrassed, this trip is indeed a bit reckless, but the matter has come to this point, you can only take one step at a time.

After waiting for a short time, I heard a curtain in the back hall, and a man in his fifties walked in, wearing a dark robe, and came into the room with a fist and saluted:

"The two young heroes are invited, Zhi Tianyun is polite. ”