"Children," said the soldier with a smile on his face, "it's cold at night, and this is the money that the commander gave you, go find a place to stay for the night, and then buy some clothes, it's going to be autumn soon, and it's going to be cold." There will be a lot of well-wishers in Yangding Fortress, and I hope you will continue to find your parents as soon as possible. ”

Nian Siqi took the money handed to him by the soldier and said, "Thank you, uncle." ”

"No thanks, let's go inside. The soldier smiled, and then watched Jiu Wentian and his party enter the city gate.

After Jiu Wentian came in, he looked at the city gate that was slowly closing behind him, and said: "This is the first time I came to Shenzhou to enter the city to be treated like this, it really feels so warm, I was a little scared when I entered Zhengyang." ”

Nian Siqi said with a smile: "Yangding Fortress can also be regarded as a place of well-being for the people, but the only criticism is that most of the people living here are not wealthy. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Jiu Wentian walked and looked at the houses and buildings on the side of the road, and he already had a rough idea in his heart.

"Although the people in Yangding Fortress live and work in peace and contentment, it is very difficult to make money, for example, if you earn 100 yuan today, you have to hand over 80 yuan, and the remaining 20 yuan is not the cost. ”

"Isn't that tyranny?"

Nian Siqi continued to explain: "But this place is very safe, compared to other places, you think that the people there can't even keep safe, how can you talk about making money? Once the people have more money in their hands, the state government will have no way to operate, and there will be no guarantee of security. ”

Jiu Wentian nodded, "That's right, there is some truth to this." ”

"Yes, the people also know about this kind of thing, so they have no complaints. Nian Siqi smiled: "Just like what you just said, life is in the world, just live well, what's the use of asking so much?"

Jiu Wentian was stunned for a moment, Nian Siqi's words seemed to touch Jiu Wentian's heart, Jiu Wentian stopped, Nian Siqi also stopped after noticing the abnormality and turned to look at Jiu Wentian, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I think it's a lot to do with dictatorship. Jiu Wentian said slowly: "If the people here don't ask for so much, that is, they have no desire, in other words, is it because the people who don't have serious evil thoughts are because of the dictatorship that absorbs evil thoughts?"

Nian Siqi was like a dreamer who was awakened by a word, and he suddenly realized it, but he quickly asked, "How do you know that a dictatorship can absorb evil thoughts?"

"So, you're hiding it from me?" asked Jiu Wentian rhetorically.

"Not many people know about this," Nian Siqi explained, "It's not that I'm deliberately hiding it, but the fewer people who know about these things, the better, and I just have my concerns." ”

Jiu Wentian nodded and said, "I understand, you must also know that I am also hiding a lot of things, but our goals are the same." You are for the common people in the world, and I am for the old city, your pattern is much bigger, so we don't need to worry about small things. ”

Nian Siqi stopped talking, but continued to walk forward, Jiu Wentian following behind him.

After walking for a few minutes, Nian Siqi found an inn with lights in front of him, and paid for a room after walking in.

After Nian Siqi entered the room, he put Jiang Qiufang on the bed first, then sat on the chair and said, "Finally relaxed, I'm a little tired along the way, do you want to sleep?"

Jiu Wentian shook his head and said, "It's almost dawn when you see the sky, let's drink some hot water." ”

After letting the boss boil a pot of hot water, Jiu Wentian and Nian Siqi sat down opposite each other and drank it, and Nian Siqi said embarrassedly: "I have something very bad news to tell you." ”

"Anyway, it's usually bad news. ”

Nian Siqi took out a money bag and said, "This is all my money, it's not enough for us to stay here for a day." ”

"Isn't that quite a lot?" Jiu Wentian took a look at the money bag and found that it was quite heavy.

Nian Siqi shook his head and said, "The money in Shenzhou is gold and silver, and these silver are not much here, they can only be regarded as heavy. We have to go into the Hundred Gardens, it's not that easy, it takes a long time to pave the way, and we have to survive before that. ”

Jiu Wentian took a long breath, and then said, "You mean, we have to go out and earn money by ourselves? I think it's okay, but the question is, who will take us in a child like us?"

"Do you want to know where I got all this money?" Nian Siqi sold a pass, but he felt that Jiu Wentian couldn't guess it, so he simply said: "I pretended to be pitiful and earned it." ”

Jiu Wentian sneered, and then said disdainfully: "Do you think it's really good for you to be like this?"

"I had no other way, I naively wanted to go to work, but as you said, who would want me? Even if I can skip eating or drinking, it cannot be denied that in Yangding, there are many places to ask for money. ”

Nian Siqi said seriously: "If you want to go to Baihuayuan, you have to have a proper name, if you break in, you also know the consequences." Baihuayuan can be regarded as a forbidden land in Shenzhou, and you can enter it if you want to?"

"In what proper name?"

"Any name is justified, and it depends on whether you can get it. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, he said, "You mean, spend money to do things?"

"Yes," Nian Siqi also said directly: "It's difficult to make money in this place, but everyone wants to have some money, they won't steal it, but it's absolutely no problem to do a good job and then collect money." ”

According to Nian Siqi's words, that is, within the scope of his duties, no one would mind making more money, just like a blacksmith who strikes iron, if you give twenty yuan, he will not refuse.

Jiu Wentian nodded and said, "It seems that this time it's not a martial fight, it's a wisdom fight, it's easy." Tomorrow we will go and see if there is any place to make money, and if you ask me to kneel there and beg for a living, it will not be in line with me. ”

"Don't be poor and exquisite," Nian Siqi said: "Since you are out to do something, then bear with it, let go of your principles, don't shudder, don't spend a day of effort and don't make any money." ”

Jiu Wentian suddenly felt that this thought was too rational, he didn't know that there were some principles that would not be crossed even if he died, but the person with his hands alive wanted to beg for a living, and what he begged for was called life?