Fan Tiancheng was one of the most prosperous cities in the empire. 『』

Located in the heart of the vast central Great Plains of the Empire, it was an important transportation and commercial hub for the Empire.

Yun Qing made a big detour and came here.

While Fan Tiancheng is known as the pearl of the empire, it is also known as the capital of sin.

Because it is also the most famous gold cave in the whole continent.

After the establishment of the Tianhua Empire, the old city lord refused the reward given by the emperor for the title, and just wanted to be the city lord of Fan Tiancheng, hoping to stand on his own.

The Emperor thought of his kindness and agreed to the old city lord's request.

Of course, in the era of the old city lord, Fan Tiancheng only had the title of Imperial Pearl, and Fan Tiancheng gave the empire more taxes every year than dukes like the Duke of Donghai.

After the death of the old city lord, his son, Lu Xin, changed some of the policies of the old city lord, making Fan Tiancheng have the title of the capital of sin again.

Here, there is the largest gambling house in the whole continent, and there are various activities that are banned by the countries of the mainland.

Since the emperor promised Fan Tiancheng autonomy, he could only express his dissatisfaction. But Lu Xin didn't listen.

Until now, warriors and nobles from all over the continent have thrown their hands here every day. But Fan Tiancheng's rules are also very strict, and it is said that Lu Xin even spent a lot of money to invite several grandmaster-level powerhouses to sit in charge.

It can be said that as long as there is money, anyone can find what they want in Fan Tiancheng. But he can't violate Fan Tiancheng's rules, otherwise he won't even be able to get out of Fan Tiancheng and will be dead on the street.

Yun Qing didn't feel much difference in Fan Tiancheng, after all, Yun Qing was in the area where the ordinary people of Fan Tiancheng lived at this time, and the real Pinjin Cave was located on the mountain in the middle of Fan Tiancheng.

Fan Tiancheng was built around that hill, the top is the mansion of the city lord, the bottom of the mountain is the residence of the common people, and between the two are Fan Tiancheng's gambling houses, green buildings, auction halls and various activity venues.

Although Fan Tiancheng is a place where the wealth of the mainland is gathered, the residents of Fan Tiancheng are not as rich as they imagined.

Because most of the wealth went to the pocket of the city lord Lu Xin, the people who worked for him did not earn much.

"This adult, do you need to repair your armor" An immature voice came, Yun Qing looked down, but saw a child about ** years old, looking at him with an expectant look.

Look at the tools he carried, they were all used to repair leather armor.

It seems that this kid saw the leather armor that Yun Qing was wearing, so he came over to ask.

Yunqing's leather armor was originally used to disguise his identity when he went to the capital, and it was the kind that most of the empire would wear.

And Yunqing doesn't actually need to be repaired, after all, there are not many opportunities to wear it. But when he saw the child's thin figure and the scars on his hands, his heart softened.

"Okay. I'll leave it to you. Taking off his leather armor, Yun Qing handed it to the child.

After getting the job, the little guy happily ran to the side of the street and sat down: "Wait a minute, my lord, I will fix it soon." ”

Yun Qing followed him to the side of the road, and when the little guy saw it, he immediately handed the stool he was sitting on to Yun Qing, and he sat on the ground.

Yun Qing returned the stool to him, but this little guy stubbornly insisted on pushing it to Yun Qing, and in the end Yun Qing had no choice but to accept his kindness.

"How long have you been doing this, how is the business?"

"It's been more than a year." The little guy replied, "Business is okay." Originally, I was hungry all the time. Since I learned the craft, I don't go hungry very often. ”

Yun Qing sighed, the implication was that he still had nothing to eat sometimes, but at least now he had a settled life.

Looking around, there are quite a few children doing some work on the side of the road.

Selling flowers, repairing shoes, guiding the wayOf course, there are also children who are obviously stealing and begging under the watchful eye of adults.

"Don't you care about those guys" Yun Qing asked with a frown after seeing a child stealing a pedestrian's money bag and giving it to a middle-aged man next to him.

The little guy looked up when he heard this, and then whispered, "Sir, be quiet." Those people are from the Flower Snake Gang, and they are very fierce. ”

"What's the matter with those children" Yun Qing asked, "Won't you also be accused by them?"

"Shhhh The men were taken to work as laborers, the women were sent to the Qinglou of the Flower Snake Gang, and the children were forced to steal or beg. ”

The more Yun Qing listened, the more uncomfortable he felt in his heart: "It's so excessive, doesn't this city lord care?"

"The Flower Snake Gang will pay the money on time, and the city lord won't care about it." The little guy's voice was very low: "Besides, those people owe money to the Flower Snake Gang, even if the adults from the empire ask, they all have a reason to excuse themselves." ”

"Hmph." Yun Qing snorted coldly, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"My lord, it's fixed." After a while, the little guy handed the repaired leather armor to Yunqing.

Yun Qing took a silver coin and handed it to him: "This is for you." ”

"Oh my God, my lord, I can't find it, there are too many." The little one was stunned, he had never seen a silver coin.

"Take it. You don't have to look for it. Yun Qing stuffed the silver coin into his hand: "I don't have any copper coins on me." ”

It would be a lie to say that there were no copper coins, and Yun Qing deliberately wanted to give him more. Although Yun Qing is not very rich now, since he has seen it and sees that this little guy is pleasing to the eye, it is not a big deal to be able to help him at all.

"No, sir, you wait a minute. I'll be back later. Unexpectedly, the little guy shook his head again and again, and then ran into a nearby shop.

It didn't take long for the boy to run over: "Sir, this is a copper coin looking for you." As he spoke, he simply stuffed it into Yun Qing's hand.

Looking at the money bag in his hand with a smile, Yun Qing was quite depressed, he had known that he would give him the copper coin directly, how could it be so troublesome, but this child's approach made Yun Qing quite appreciative.

"What's your name," Yun Qing asked.

"I don't have a name, they all call me Big Head at the orphanage." The little guy replied very seriously: "When I was a child, my head was bigger. ”

Yun Qing nodded, finally knowing how this little guy had such a good upbringing.

After Emperor Ling Tianhe single-handedly created the Tianhua Empire, he once saw the miserable situation of several children who had lost their parents, and then sent people to set up orphanages in various places. And sent personnel to teach various skills to the children of the orphanage, the first general of the empire, Ye Lingxiao came out of the orphanage.

As long as his physical condition permitted, the emperor would pick a few orphanages every year to check on the situation, and when he arrived at an orphanage in northern Xinjiang, he asked what the children there would do when they grew up.

One of the children replied that he wanted to lead the army to expand the territory for the country like the emperor, and to beat the army of the steppe wolf court in the north to the south and not dare to go south to repay the emperor. That kid is the night sky. After that, the Emperor was more concerned about the situation of the orphanage, and even the management and supervision of the orphanage were a set of ** and imperial officials that he had established alone. It can be said that the children in the orphanage will not receive much worse education than those who are sent by their families to the Imperial Martial Academy and the Literary Academy.

But in Fan Tiancheng, there seems to be something wrong with the orphanage here, and children of Datou's age are supposedly not going to be released to do business on the streets.

"How could your orphanage let you come out to do business," Yun Qing asked with some curiosity.

The big head's face suddenly darkened: "I heard from the dean that the city lord swallowed the money allocated by the empire to the orphanage. The dean, she came out of the city lord, there was not enough to feed everyone. So we men have to help the dean. ”

This bunch of bastards. Yun Qing's heart was full of killing intent. Obviously, because of the emperor's illness and the internal strife in the empire, these unscrupulous nobles thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so they led this situation.

"Here you go." Yun Qing handed him the money bag again: "This is not for you. I donated it to your dean. ”

Hearing this, the big head looked at Yun Qing gratefully, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, and his voice choked: "Thank you, thank you, adult"

"Alright, get up." Yunqing pulled him up: "Put the money away, don't be stolen." ”

"No, no, no, I'll send it to the dean." Saying that, the big head said goodbye to Yunqing, and then called all the children around him, such as the spiked shoes who sold flowers, and went back together.

Yun Qing watched the group of children go away, looked at the people of the Flower Snake Gang again, and leaned against the wall with a sneer.

After a while, as if it had been a good time to steal here, the men gestured for the children to follow them.

Yun Qing immediately followed.

It wasn't until evening that they took the children back, but they didn't see it, and in the darkness of the night, a dark shadow quietly followed them.

On this day, the killing intent in Yun Qing's heart became stronger and stronger, because not only did those people not give those children any food for a day, but they beat and scolded them because the money they stole was too little.

"Is this the place" Seeing those people enter a courtyard, Yun Qing circled around the courtyard and turned over into the courtyard.

The main house was brightly lit, and Yun Qing bypassed several groups of patrolling gangs and came to the main house, crouching in the shadows of the corner, listening to the conversation inside.

This was even more infuriating, because the people inside were talking about how to get their favorite people to take the bait and owe them money, so that they could get their hands on their houses, and at the same time their entire families would become their money-making tools.

These people, all deserve to die. Yun Qing sneered and took out the Dark Dragon Demon Bow and sentenced the people of the Flower Snake Gang to death.

There was a squeak, the door of the room rang, and the high-level of the Flower Snake Gang inside walked out