Xue Jingyan felt a little guilty, no wonder she felt that she was thinner than before, it seemed that Kuxia was also one thing.

He got closer to Zhu Yan and hugged Zhu Yan's body. Zhu Yan trembled, but remembering that he was his master, it shouldn't matter. In her mind, eight years old is indeed just a child.

Sure enough, this night, Zhu Yan slept very well. Not only is there no mosquito trouble, but it also feels cooler than before, and sure enough, there are still good martial arts. She slept in a gentle, masculine aura.

When they got up the next day, the guards looked surprised, but they didn't say anything. They all already knew that Zhu Yan worshipped his young master as a teacher.

The six of them continued on their way, and finally arrived at Anseong before the key was dropped. Although Ancheng is also a small county, its prosperity is much better than that of Matou County, and Zhu Yan can hear it from just a few words. The people here have smiles on their faces and speak with gentleness. It shows that the county order of Anseong County is also good.

After all, Anseong is not far from Annanseong, a major north-south transportation city, and there are many caravans and travelers, which brings vitality here.

The six of them finally arrived at the inn, so they naturally had to wash up well, and the six of them booked four rooms. Xue Jingyan has one, Zhu Yan has one, and four guards have two rooms.

Xue Jingyan and Zhu Yan's room happened to be next door, and Xue Jingyan asked Zhu Yan if he wanted to eat dinner in the hall downstairs or take it to the room. Zhu Yan thought about it, it was better for everyone to go down to eat if he was alone in the room, so he said that he hoped to go below.

Xue Jingyan nodded, gave the reward to Xiao Er, who had not left yet, and asked him to prepare the meal first.

After washing up, everyone went downstairs and found that Xiao Er was all ready, so they sat down.

Zhu Yan kept his duty and let Xue Jingyan move the chopsticks first, and then he started to eat, so that the eyes of the four guards were a little satisfied. Although she can be regarded as the apprentice of the little master, she cannot be regarded as her own person. There is a burden to be plain, although they respect the sixth young master, they still have some dislike in their hearts. At this time, seeing that Zhu Yan was so conscious, he was a little kinder to her.

This time, Zhu Yan did not take the initiative to feed Xue Jingyan, he was in the wilderness yesterday, and he couldn't put the food on the table like today. Moreover, there are people coming and going here, and Master's face also needs to be taken care of. She just kept putting vegetables on Xue Jingyan.

Xue Jingyan also gave her a piece of meat with his left hand, and said with a smile: "Xiao Yan, you can eat it too." ”

"Well, okay, thank you, Master." Zhu Yan smiled and picked up the piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

The lobby of the inn is full of people, and there is often some news circulating. Their place is not too far from the crowds. Before, it was because he was a little hungry, so Zhu Yan didn't care what those people were saying. But now that she had almost eaten, she put down her chopsticks in Xue Jingyan's disagreeing gaze and listened carefully.

"Eat more, how can you eat so much?"

Zhu Yan showed a flattering smile, "Master, I'm really full." Don't believe it, you're fine touching my belly. ”

“……”

"Master, eat slowly! If the big brothers of the guards see that you don't eat it, they will be embarrassed to eat it! Zhu Yan looked at the food in Xue Jingyan's bowl, and then looked at the eating situation of the four guards, so he went to Xue Jingyan's ear and whispered to him.

Xue Jingyan had no choice but to nod, "It's up to you." Don't shout hungry later. ”

"I know, thank you, Master." Although Xue Jingyan has not officially started teaching Zhu Yan Kung Fu, she has been calling it again and again, for fear that he will regret it. Xue Jingyan knew her careful thoughts, and she could only cry and laugh.

"Well, you know what? I heard that there was a tragedy in the Sheng family in Muzhou, it was really tragic! Zhu Yan's ears moved, and he suddenly heard the news.

Be extremely tragic? How bad is this?

She turned her head and saw that the person who spoke was a middle-aged man, in a green robe, carrying a small cloth package on his body, and there was no accessories on his body. At the moment, he is surrounded by people.

Someone on the side asked: "Muzhou, the Sheng family, is it the Sheng family?" ”

The voices of gossip rang out.

"It should be the Sheng family."

"Except for that Sheng family, who else can be called the Muzhou Sheng family!"

"That's not what you're talking about! Alas, what a miserable! ”

When the man in Tsing Yi heard it, he didn't expect that there were still people who knew the news, he thought that only he was the most well-informed. When the people around him saw that someone knew, they didn't rush to ask him, and walked to the other person. Now, he didn't sell it anymore, and spoke directly.

"If you want to say that this Muzhou Sheng family, there is indeed only such a Sheng family. Back then, Mr. Sheng was smart since he was a child, never forgot and made money, and made a great name in the business world. Who doesn't know that the Sheng family has a lot of wealth, and they all say that if the old man Sheng was born more than a hundred years earlier, what would happen to the royal family in the capital. ”

Now someone quit, and when he heard someone say that the Wang family in the capital was not as good as a small Sheng family in Muzhou, he was busy muttering: "What Mr. said is a little untrue." Who doesn't know that only the Wang family is rich and rivals the country, or the hereditary prince, this Sheng family, I haven't heard that there is too much money. ”

"This little brother, may I ask your surname?" The middle-aged man was not angry, but asked with a smile.

Seeing that the middle-aged man didn't say anything about it, the man couldn't help but be a little sneering and said, "Don't give your surname Wang." ”

"Oh......" the middle-aged man stroked his beard.

The man surnamed Wang was a little embarrassed by him and the people around him, "I'm not a member of the Wang family in the capital, I'm just talking about things." ”

The middle-aged man smiled and didn't answer his words, but continued: "If you want to say that you have money or not, we don't know much. Most of them are just rumors. But when the great famine was experienced fifty years ago, the Sheng family of Muzhou donated 20 million taels of silver. This is real money, it's not fake. As for the capital, I only heard that the government allocated money, but I didn't see what the Wang family had done. ”

The people on the side nodded again and again.

The man surnamed Wang wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he closed it.

This is another person on the side who asked: "Since the Sheng family is so rich, why did a tragedy happen!" Just hire a few hundred guards, and you'll be safe. ”

"Well, who's to say it's not. However, sometimes having too much money is not a good thing. No, the old man Sheng died of illness, but the children of the Sheng family only paid attention to the property they wanted to share, and one saw that he couldn't take away his brothers and sisters, so he actually led a wolf into the house. But poor old man Sheng's bones are not cold, and thirty-five of his children and descendants have entered the Yellow Spring together. ”

The people around him couldn't help but scream angrily.

"How can there be such a shameless person!"

"That one should kill a thousand knives!"

"Such a person should not live......"

The love of everyone came and went quickly, and the middle-aged man saw that the people around him quickly dispersed, and he couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile, and sat aside and drank tea quietly.

But the previous uproar had also reached Xue Jingyan's ears. However, although he didn't mind paying so much attention outside, he still adhered to the code of conduct of the son of the family, finished eating, rinsed his mouth, and then began to prepare for questioning.

He remembered that Zhu Yan looked over there before, and then ran over there to listen to it and then sneaked back, and saw that the person had not left before, so he asked Zhu Yan first, "Xiao Yan, do you know what happened?" ”

Zhu Yan told the ins and outs of the matter.

Xue Jingyan paused and asked, "You said, what that person said that thirty-five Sheng family members died?" ”

Zhu Yan nodded, and couldn't help but wonder why he asked this.

Xue Jingyan motioned to a guard to invite the middle-aged man over, and after the guard finished speaking, the man glanced at Xue Jingyan, and saw that Xue Jingyan's talent was extraordinary, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he quickly walked over and said hello to Xue Jingyan.

Xue Jingyan asked, "I heard from Your Excellency that thirty-five heirs of the Sheng family died?" ”

The man replied, "Exactly." ”

"As far as I know, there are forty-one heirs of the Sheng family, could it be that six of them have brought people back and robbed the property?"

The man shook his head bitterly.

"It is the fifth concubine of the Sheng family who is dissatisfied with the fact that the main mother has allocated him the least amount of property after the death of the old man Sheng, but he himself does not want to think about it, he always raises chickens and walks dogs on weekdays, and he is a real gentleman. How could the housemother be willing to let her master's desperate work to squander the family business at will, and he was not his own son. Who would have thought that the concubine simply took refuge in the bandits of Erlong Mountain, and under his leadership, the bandits disguised themselves as family members entered the Sheng family and slashed and killed. Alas...... The other five were his own children, and naturally they were also taken to the mountain. ”

Xue Jingyan's eyes narrowed, and he asked, "I don't know if Mr. has anything to do with the Sheng family?" ”

The man paused, but still said: "I received the favor of Old Man Sheng in my early years, and I want to repay him, but I don't have anything to do. So I can only remember it in my heart. Fortunately, I still have a bit of literary talent in my heart, and I was hired by a family near the Sheng family to be a Xixi. On the day of the tragedy, I saw the Sheng family burning for a day and a night. But I couldn't do anything. ”

The man burst into tears as he spoke.

"Then I wonder if anyone has reported to the official? The government should always take care of it. Even if they can't exterminate the bandits in Erlong Mountain, it shouldn't be difficult for them to call out the murderer. Xue Jingyan then asked.

The man shook his head and said, "Yes, I also went to sue that day." But the government must find me to find the sufferer before I can file a complaint. said that I was suspected of plotting to seize the Sheng family's property for no reason, and almost arrested me in prison. ”

Xue Jingyan slapped the table and shouted, "How can this be reasonable!" ”

The man wiped his tears and said with a smile: "I am soft-spoken, and I can't do anything, but Liu Zhizhou dares to embarrass me like this, I only think I'm afraid there is something else going on." So I left Muzhou overnight and wanted to go to Beijing to sue the emperor. I will always repay the kindness of the father. Let the son laugh, I also know that even if I go to the capital, I am afraid that I will not be able to find justice for them. ”

Xue Jingyan shook his head and said: "Mr. Yi Bo Yuntian, it's too late for Xue to admire, how can he laugh at you." I just regret that I can't help myself! ”

The man's expression changed, and he felt a little surprised, but when he saw that Xue Jingyan really didn't say anything about it, he had to go back silently.