Wu Xian ordered the team to gather, and the leading officers and soldiers ran forward one by one to report the number of people, only one team reported in the future, Fu guards walked over to inquire, and learned that it was Fang Min's team, and Fang Min had not come back since he went out yesterday afternoon. Wu Xian suddenly woke up:

"How did I forget this stubble, Fang Min must have run away after learning about the situation."

"Dashuai, this can't leave trouble." The Fu guard approached Wu Xian's side and said.

Wu Xian thought as he walked on the platform: Where will this Fang people flee and hide? With Fang Min's wisdom and bravery, he must avenge Fang Xuan, which will cause him to have trouble sleeping and eating in the future, which is not a matter, but to mobilize the whole city to search Pu is a big fuss. After thinking about it, I couldn't figure it out.

Seeing Wu Xian's hesitation, Fu Wei thought about it, so he gave Wu Xian an idea:

"Dashuai, it's better to be taken by surprise than to sit still. This Fang Xuan and Fang Min's hometown is in the ancient city upstream, I heard that it is still a solid family, why don't I personally lead the team to find someone from his family, coerce him, and forgive him Fang Min will not dare to make trouble here. ”

"That's a good idea, so take a few of your newly converted brethren with you, and they're old in doing these things." Wu Xian was suddenly overjoyed, he knew in his heart that this guard wanted to get a handful, and he had to pay tribute to himself after he got it back anyway.

So the guards turned to the team, selected a group of officers and soldiers to gather in front, and said loudly:

"Brothers, follow me to the ancient city to chase the people of Pu, and there will be a lot of rewards for catching them."

Behind the platform was a luxuriant reed, Fang Min mixed in when the guards set up the platform, took the opportunity to go inside, sank into the water when people were not paying attention, swam into the reeds and lurked, the river flooded under his waist, the cold was biting, the river wind made the reeds shake everywhere, making a swishing sound. Finally waited until Wu Xian and the others showed up, but they were surrounded by the team, and they only saw the figure moving, but they couldn't see it clearly, and it was not until they heard Wu Xian's conversation with Fang Xuan and the third aunt that they learned the general idea of the matter. Fang Min not only thought that Fang Xuan's murder caused by his third aunt was not worth it, but also hated Wu Xian's cruelty, and did not remember their brother's feelings of saddle for him, birth and death. I used to see Fang Xuan and the third aunt too entangled, I always thought that Fang Xuan would be rational and would not be dizzy by the third aunt, but I didn't expect that this kind of thing happened when I had only been away from Fang Xuan for a few days, and the pain in my heart was like a pinprick, and I couldn't help but sigh when I looked up to the sky. At this time, I heard Fu Guards say that they were going to the ancient city to chase after themselves, and they were shocked, thinking that the family was still looking at themselves and Fang Xuan going home, and suddenly they wanted to see a sinister and cunning person like Fu Guards bringing soldiers to the door, I don't know what kind of incident would happen. Thinking of this, without further ado, Fang Min slowly retreated, and then sank into the water and disappeared.

Fang Min swam to the shore and got up, ran back to the small inn drenched, the innkeeper saw that he was drenched, he was taken aback, Fang Min said that he accidentally fell into the river, fortunately picked up a life, so he quickly went upstairs, immediately changed out of wet clothes after entering the room, did not dare to stay longer, put the bag on his back, went downstairs to find the innkeeper to settle the room fee, immediately fled in a hurry, and rushed to the ancient city's home.

In the south is located in a beautiful scenery of the ancient city, the ancient city is surrounded by green hills, the north side of the mountain is steep, towering and dangerous, the south side winds up and down, the hills are connected, and the north side forms a high and a low, a male and a soft echo contrast, in the middle of the ancient city, a turquoise and clear river from the ancient city from west to east leisurely and elegantly through the city, like a stroke of genius, the ancient city is divided into two places smoothly and smoothly, along the river banks of the dwellings are lined up, all back to the mountains and built by the water, according to the direction of the river and extend, the houses near the river are stilted buildings, There are one or two strings of red lanterns like sugar gourds hanging by the windows of every house, and the corners of the houses with the curved and upturned corners of the eaves are reflected on the river, like a peaceful landscape painting. Along the two banks of the river with the big bluestone to build the castle, extend to the top of the mountain behind to build a high city wall, the north is called the capital city, the south is the acropolis, respectively build two wharves at the turn of the river, across the river with the Wupeng boat as a ferry, convenient for the two sides of the river. The boat mooring place on the bank of the river is built into a semicircle with stone piers and two layers of stone steps above the river surface, there is a stone pile on each side, which is used to moored the boat, and the idle steps are used for the people in the city to go down to the river to wash clothes and wash vegetables, and there are also adults and children who like to swim in the river in summer before going into the water, take off their clothes and throw them on the shore, stand on the side of the steps to test the water with their hands or feet, and then plunge into the river with a "poof" sound. The wharf is the most lively place in the ancient city, people come and go every day, and the sound of the rowing boat "the boat is sailing" resounded on both sides of the river.

There is a winding street in the city on both sides, the doors and windows of the people facing the street are carved beams and paintings, the houses are closely separated, bounded by the edges and corners of the eaves, the houses are two to three storeys high, the front wall of the first floor is equipped with a Buddhist shrine for the owner to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and the entrance hall is used to welcome guests or do business. Looking from afar, the verdant mountains of the whole ancient city, the green of the water, and the agility of the city are like a pearl inlaid on the earth by the sky, and like a Taiji Bagua diagram that integrates mountains, water, and the city, and you are connected to each other, and it is naturally and quietly hidden in the red dust of the troubled times.

From the downstream wharf of Fucheng along the stone steps up, enter the pheasant moat gate hole built with bluestone piers, you will arrive at the bustling Fucheng Street, the call of all kinds of buying and selling is endless, enter a laneway called "Sifang Well", because there is a boxy well in the roadway, the well water is sweet and clear, and the flow has never been interrupted. Every day, the people who live in Fucheng Street carry buckets and basins and walk into the laneway of "Sifang Well" to get water to cook and drink at home, some people who do cold powder trading in summer love to squat by the well platform, scoop out the cool well water from the well and pour it into the basin, take out the cold powder seeds wrapped in cloth and put them in the basin and rub them vigorously repeatedly, after a while, I see that the water in the basin slowly begins to solidify, and after a while, you can take it out and sell it.

From the edge of the well, climb up the hill again, turn left and turn right about 200 meters deep there is a crooked door ramp house, the gate of the house is oblique to the lane, never parallel or perpendicular to the alley, and the alley is not directly opposite the hall in the courtyard. This "crooked" and "oblique" is in accordance with the Feng Shui man's saying: "respecting the south" is a kind of wealth and wealth, and it can also "not show wealth". Therefore, the residents of the house consciously turn the direction of the door at an angle, diagonally facing the street, which is the so-called "evil" (oblique) road. The gate is embedded with stone and wood, that is, there is a fortress-like strictness, and there is the pride of the big businessman, the door plaque above the door is engraved with the word "square house", and there is a carved beam hanging tile small gatehouse above the word to shield the wind and rain. Crossing the threshold, inside is a complete quadrangle house, the courtyard is laid with bluestone slabs, there is a circular well platform in the southwest, and the "square well" in the roadway is completely different, the middle of the well platform is high and convex, the shape is like a bell mouth, the surrounding bluestone slab is built into a circle of about 2 meters wide, slightly inclined, the side is surrounded by a circle of stone slab grooves, the water overflowing from the well platform flows obliquely into the stone slab groove along the bluestone slab, and then collects through an outlet, all flow into the underground tunnel and discharge into the hospital. Some of the servants and maids were busy fetching water, some washing clothes and vegetables, and some were busy cleaning chores, all of which were busy by the well platform.

The southeast side of the yard is set up with flower stands, flower corridors, nurseries, etc., the flower stands are planted with all kinds of plants and flowers, the nursery is planted with seasonal vegetables, garlic seedlings, etc., the green leaf rattan climbs all over the corners of the flower gallery, stretches the branches and leaves to cover the sunlight, sprinkles spots on the bluestone slabs on the ground, all kinds of flowers grow luxuriantly, the purple and red, the breeze blows, the fragrance of flowers is fragrant, the round stone table and the stone bench are placed under the flower stand, and the stone table is placed with various color threads, ribbons, shear, needles, wax, thimbles and other items, A group of young ladies between the ages of five or six and ten were dressed in red and green, sitting around the stone table, some concentrating on needlework, some knitting with ribbons, and some chattering and joking with each other.

On the steps of the north side of the courtyard is the living room of the main house, there are four log pillars in front of the door, the pillars are hung with the Fulu birthday plaque, enter the living room, face the Buddha shrine above the front wall as usual, there are several plates of fruit on the lattice shelf, incense and candles are burning on both sides, below is a huge table of eight immortals, there are delicate teacups and teapots and several plates of fruit plates on the table, there is a Taishi chair on both sides of the table, sitting Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Fang respectively, there are two rows of chairs and coffee tables arranged separately in front, and several elderly guests sit on both sides, The old lady was chatting over tea.

"Master Fang, I heard that the two young masters of your family have been promoted in the team, congratulations!" A doorman said.

"I have won awards and awards, I don't want him to be promoted and make a fortune, I just wish him to come back safely." Old Lady Fang said with a smile on her long gray beard.

"The third master's young master Fang Min is not young, are you engaged? If not, I'll keep a matchmaker. Another doorman said.

"I am engaged to the Sun family across the river, so I look forward to him coming back to handle the marriage, so that the master can hug his grandson as soon as possible." Old Madam Fang echoed.

"That's good, that's good. Now in the city, your Fang family is the most faceful, and many families want to come to Gaopan! The doormen complimented.

"The Sun family on the opposite Acropolis is also a decent family, and your two families are married, which is the icing on the cake." A doorman said.

"Where, where is it, my crooked door ramp house, I am satisfied if I can live a peaceful life." Old lady Fang said.

"Yes, now that there are even battles outside, it's not peaceful, it's better for our ancient city." Another doorman said.

"Our ancient city has been a place where businessmen gather since ancient times, and it is also a pilgrimage place for Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. Old Lady Fang said.

"The two young masters have been out, but it's been some years? It's time to come back. A doorman said.

"Some time ago, I sent a letter to him, asking his brothers to come back together and worship their ancestors as a whole family." Old lady Fang said.

Fu guards led more than a dozen soldiers along the bank of the Xiangjiang River to go up, the road along the river and mountains is rugged and bumpy, twists and turns, few people walk, Fu guards and his party sometimes climb, sometimes wading, encounter thorns and thorns, the horses are really difficult to gallop, then have to stop, shilling soldiers come forward to cut down with knives, drill horizontally and vertically to split a passage alive, continue to move forward, after dark, set up a camp tent on the side of the river beach, pick up some dry firewood and hay to burn a bonfire next to it, let the soldiers standing guard on duty, and he and others get into the camp tent to sleep, The next day he hurried his horse on his way. The soldiers were still in good spirits when they first set out, but after a few days of walking, they were a little exhausted and gradually relaxed and lazy.

"Fu Guan, how long will it take to go? It's a tough road. One soldier couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know, I've never been here before, who knew it would be such a road." The Fu guard said on his horse.

"Let's go in such a hurry, can we catch someone?" Another soldier asked.

"Who says you can't catch it? And he ran to the edge of the earth, and he wanted to bring him back. The Fu guard said fiercely.

Guard Fu looked at the road ahead, then at the soldiers who were walking in despair, thought for a while and said:

"I'll tell you, this ancient city is a bit far away, but I've heard that it's really a good place, with a lot of businessmen and bustling, so you don't want to leave when you get there."

The soldiers were skeptical, and two of them muttered in a low voice that he was coaxing them, complaining that it was too hard to be a soldier, and that it was better to be a bandit in the mountains.

"Fu Guan, the little one wants to go for convenience, but I'm afraid of running into a snake, so I'll pull him with me." One of the soldiers said.

"Go ahead." The guard nodded lazily.

The two people were secretly happy in their hearts, so they walked together towards a place with dense thorns, the person walking in front had just walked into the thorn bush, and the person behind was about to follow, Fu Guard raised his gun, and shot at the person behind, the man was immediately killed and fell, and the other person heard the gunshot, turned around and just wanted to see, Fu Guard shot again, and before the man could figure out what was going on, he fell on the back of the previous person, frightening the other soldiers for a while, and did not understand why the Fu guard wanted to shoot.

"Hmph, if you want to play tricks with me, I know that they want to escape, who else wants to run, don't blame my bullets for not being long." The guard Fu asked by blowing the muzzle of the gun.

The other soldiers did not dare to say anything, so they had to bite the bullet and carefully continue on their way.

On a turbulent and dangerous river, a Upong boat is struggling against the river, the bow of a boatman is shirtless, waving a penny to support the boat, the stern of the boat is holding the rudder, raising his neck and roaring the boat song, a long rope on the side of the boat is divided into four, set on the four young and strong shirtless slender men, the slender men bow their backs, break their arms, and march on the path by the cliff with difficulty, the black shoulders and arms are strung by the rope red traces, and the mouth is humming the boat song with the captain, The song reverberates melodiously in the gorge, reflecting the riverbank scenery before sunset.

After the boat sailed to the gentle place of the river, the captain let go of the rudder, and roared, the four slender men straightened up, and walked back to the side of the boat while collecting the rope, and the boatman on the bow rowed the boat to the shore of the river beach, put down the penny, lifted the rope and jumped off the boat, tied the rope to a boulder, returned to the side of the boat, pushed the boat to the shore and ran aground, the captain jumped off the boat, looked for a slightly flat river beach, moved a few stones to support it, and placed an iron pot on it, and the boatmen put the firewood they picked up all the way into it, and the captain took out two flint stones, After a long time of rubbing against the wind, a spark finally flashed, and the firewood was carefully lit, and a puff of cooking smoke rose, and the boatmen began to cook.

When the sun set, the boatmen finally started to eat, one by one they took the bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice in turn, and sat down and ate it on the ground with dried fish strips and chili peppers, and the captain took out the small wine cup he carried with him, opened the lid, raised his head and took a sip, smacked his lips, and put a dried fish into his mouth and chewed it crispy.

"Guy, are you used to it? It's physical work. The captain asked the slender man while eating.

"As long as I can go home, I can do anything." Fang Min replied while eating.

"Is your home in the ancient city? It's a nice place, it's lively. The captain said.

"On the edge of the ancient city." Fang Min said.

"Then why did you go outside? In the ancient city, you can make money by doing a little business. The captain said.

"Young, I wanted to go outside, but I was deceived, so I had to ask you to help me go home." Fang Min said.

"So, it's okay to be young and careless, but it's good to suffer a little outside, and gain knowledge." After speaking, the captain took another sip.

"Uncle, how long will it take to get to the ancient city?" Fang Min asked.

"It's going to take at least two days, let's go slowly." The captain replied.

At night, Fang Min and the boatmen squeezed into the boat to sleep, and his shoulders and arms began to swell slightly, he turned over gently, listening to the loud snoring of the boatmen, it was really difficult to sleep, he opened his eyes and looked at the beautiful moon in the sky, thinking about Fang Xuan's murder, and he went home in hiding like this, the Fu guards were still chasing after him, how to tell the family all this after arriving home, especially how to let the family take countermeasures before the Fu guards, thinking about it, but not realizing that it was late at night, and then fell asleep in a daze.

Fu guards led the soldiers to stay overnight after a few days, this afternoon turned a big river bend, and finally saw the figure of the ancient city, a stone bridge across the river, there is a very beautiful attic in the middle, gradually approached the stone bridge, turned around, only to find that there is a temple group on the left built in the middle of the mountain near the river, by the cliff and the cave, the wall is volleyed in the middle of the mountain, overlapping, uneven, vertical and horizontal, the palace pavilion platform of the red wall and blue tile of the flying rock warped corner, the momentum is magnificent, and the cliff, the ancient wood, the vine, the rockside, the karst cave is naturally synthesized, and integrated, It's a brilliant workmanship. Walk to the attic in the middle of the bridge, only to see the book "Kuixing Tower", which is a three-layer heavy eaves octagonal spire structure, echoing with the temple group in the middle of the mountain.

"Oh, it turns out that this is the 'First Cave Heaven in Guizhou'! Brothers, how's that? I'm not lying to you, let's go, let's go to the city first. Fu Guard said proudly.

The soldiers followed the Fu guards through the "Kuixing Tower" and walked into Fucheng East Street, only to see people coming and going on the street, the vendors on both sides opened the front door widely, all kinds of items were dazzling, the sound of selling and bargaining came and went, the children shuttled and joked, and the young ones were held by adults, and they were shopping with toys and food in their hands. The passers-by saw the soldiers with guns crossing the street, and they avoided them one after another, stopping and looking sideways, so that the Fu guards and his party felt that they were not majestic, and they walked towards the city with no one in their eyes and swaggering.

Passing by the exit of the wharf, Fu Guards and his entourage stopped for a moment, turned their heads to look at the Wupeng boat and the flow of people getting on and off the boat on both sides of the river, and then looked at the horse they were riding, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"We won't be able to get out of that boat right now, or we'll take a walk across the river." In this way, first find an inn to live in, and set up the horses properly, the brothers have been working hard these days, and they will enjoy themselves tonight. ”

So the group chose an inn by the river, and the guard jumped off his horse, threw the stiff rope to the soldiers, and took the lead into the inn, and the innkeeper was first taken aback when he saw them, and then walked out of the counter to meet him and asked with a smile on his face:

"Do you want to stay in a hotel, sir?"

"Get us some rooms, and my horse find a place to tie it up." The guard said.

"Okay, okay." The innkeeper hurriedly called Xiao Er to lead the horse to a vacant lot in the alley on the side of the house, and took Fu and his party upstairs to open the door and invite Fu to enter.

The Fu guard walked into the room and looked around, nodded with satisfaction, and casually pushed open the window facing the river, a gust of river wind blew, and the beautiful scenery along the river was in front of him, and he couldn't help but smile and said:

"Well, it's a good place."

"Sir, the location of my inn is not blowing, there are many dignitaries who have come to stay." The innkeeper boasted.

"Is there anything to eat? We've come this way, but we're hungry. The guard said.

"Yes, yes, I immediately ordered them to cook. How long are you going to stay? The innkeeper asked cautiously.

"Maybe a few days, beckon us to eat and drink well, and the room money is indispensable to you." The guard said.

"That's that, that's." The innkeeper nodded and asked someone to bring tea upstairs, and went downstairs.

After the innkeeper left, the guard Fu called the soldiers closer with a look and said:

"I don't have any money on me, can you?"

Soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, and they all shake their heads desperately.

"In this case, you can all listen to me, since we have moved in, we will eat and live openly, have a good time first, and then go to do business, and there will be your benefits after finishing the business, and then we will quietly slip away. Then you will look at the look in my eyes, understand? The Fu guard said in a low voice.

The soldiers nodded their heads quickly, and then the guards told them to go back to their rooms, and they fell asleep on all fours on their beds, and fell asleep with a few snorts.

In the evening, the innkeeper prepared a table of sumptuous wine and food, and the guards and soldiers devoured it, and they were still unsatisfied after eating a bowl with the bottom facing the sky, and the guards looked at the river while shaving their teeth and asked the innkeeper:

"Is there a boat for the brothers to go to the river to play?"

"Yes, every family on the riverside of our ancient city has its own small cruise boat, which can take guests to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the river." The innkeeper replied.

"Brothers, let's go, let's eat and drink to our heart's content, and we can also take a boat tour, so that we can come to the ancient city in vain." Fu guards stood up and beckoned the soldiers to go downstairs, the group walked to the river, jumped on the small pleasure boat and sat down, the shopkeeper Xiao Er stood on the shore and skillfully propped the boat into the river with a penny, and then jumped on the bow of the boat with a penny, and slowly rowed the boat all the way along the river from west to east, only to see the red lanterns on both sides of the river, illuminating the river, sparkling phosphorus, the boat to play at night is not counted, shuttling back and forth, the people by the river, every household has opened the window, there are friends to call friends to drink and row boxing, there are cups to change the lamp to talk about business, There are smokers, tea, and tea to watch the night view, and from time to time I can hear the melodious piano and singing on the river bank and the cruise ship.

"It is said that the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are Qinhuai, and this ancient city is hidden in the deep mountains and no one knows it." The Fu guard raised his head and said.

"Fu Guan, can we stay here for a few more days?" A soldier asked.

"You are living comfortably, let the marshal know, your life is difficult to protect." Fu Guard said with a smile.

After rowing to the downstream pier, the shopkeeper turned the boat around and rowed back to the inn along the river.

While enjoying the scenery along the river, Fu Guard thought that this ancient city was really a human resort, and one day he would be able to come here to live in peace and recuperate, live a fairy life, and no longer have to work for anyone, which is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes. And at the moment, his life is in the hands of Wu Xian, and he can't be at ease for the time being, and after Fang Min's affairs are resolved, he will look at the situation and then make plans.

After returning to the inn, the soldiers went back to their rooms to sleep, and the guard Fu came downstairs, sat down at the counter, and said to the innkeeper:

"Does the boss know that there is a family surnamed Fang in this city?"

"Surname Fang? Oh, some of them live in the crooked ramp in the 'square well'. The innkeeper thought for a moment and said.

"Is it a rich family?" Guard Fu asked.

"Of course, those who can live in the crooked ramp are all big businessmen. It's just that I don't understand that the two sons of his family are not at home to take over the family business, but they go outside to fight as soldiers. The innkeeper said while planning to make a plate, and suddenly reflected that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly stopped what he was doing, and said with a smile:

"Oh, sir, I'm sorry for the disrespect."

"It's nothing, this war is also for a peaceful life, but this ancient city is not suitable for war, but it is really suitable for trading." Fu Guard was secretly shocked in his heart, and wanted to ask the right way, but his face pretended to be nonchalant.

"Sir, you don't know this, our ancient city used to be a battleground for the soldiers of all dynasties, there were 28,000 soldiers, and Bai Qi, Wang Qian, Lian Po, and Li Mu were still enshrined on the Shiping Mountain behind Fucheng Street, and later it became the city of merchants." The innkeeper said.

"What kind of business is that Fang family doing?" Guard Fu asked casually.

"But there are too many to go, docks, shops, cargo ships, basically some of the ancient city in his family do, but never ostentatious, the old lady is modest, and the family's money is never exposed. Sir, do you recognize his family? The innkeeper said.

"I don't recognize it, I'm just asking people about it." After speaking, the guard Fu stood up and prepared to go upstairs.

"Being able to get close to his family is a decent family." The innkeeper looked at the guard with a sense of discovery and said.

The next morning, Fu Wei gathered the soldiers to quietly arrange tasks while eating, and after the meal, he told the innkeeper that he would take his brothers to the Acropolis on the other side of the river, and told him to keep the room, saying that he would come back in the evening and settle the account with him the day after tomorrow. The innkeeper nodded his head reassuringly, and asked the shopkeeper to lead the guard's horse, and the guard turned over and led the soldiers straight towards the "Sifangjing" lane.

Under the flower gallery in the courtyard of the square house, a group of young ladies embroidered flowers, some embroidered insoles, and some knitted ribbons, talking and laughing while doing it, and suddenly saw the fourth lady Lingzhi running out of the west wing, holding an embroidered round fan in her hand.

"Come and see, this embroidery is so novel!" Lingzhi said waving a round fan

All the ladies gathered around to take a closer look, this is a double-sided embroidered fan, the two sides have different patterns, but they can't see the flaws, the handiwork is very exquisite, everyone is full of praise.

"Ah, what a beautiful fan, Sister Lingzhi, use it for me." The young lady who braided the ribbon begged.

"Okay, don't break it." Lingzhi admonished, handing her the round fan.

"Ah, this fan still smells." The young lady who knitted the ribbon exclaimed as she fanned it, causing everyone to gather together and smell it.

"It can't be sandalwood, right?" Said the lady who embroidered the insole.

"No, this is after the fan is ready, soak it in spices for a period of time and then take it out, and it will bring a fragrance." Lingzhi said.

"These things are really cleverly thought of, and we will try to make them according to the round and square ones in the future." Said the lady who embroidered the insole.

"Sister Lingzhi, where did you get it?" The embroidered lady asked.

"Yesterday, my second aunt came back from Shanghai and gave it to my mother." Lingzhi replied.

"Well, I think if this pattern were embroidered on the insole, it would be a double-sided insole." The lady who embroidered the insoles said thoughtfully.

"Ah, double-sided insoles, I've never seen them, if I take them to the street, I don't know how many people will come around and grab them." The embroidery lady said.

The ladies chattered for a while, and Lingzhi suddenly had an idea, put aside everyone, spread her legs and ran towards the gate, and everyone called her, "Where are you going?" What to do? She turned around and smiled and said, "I'll go to the Zhu family above to get a trick." ”

Because it was close to noon, there were not many people working in the "Sifang Well" to get water, and a sharp-eyed Fang Mansion maid raised his eyes at the door and saw Fu Guards and his entourage of soldiers coming from a distance, hurriedly turned around and ran into the living room of the main house in the courtyard, and shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door:

"Master, wife, the young master is back."

When Old Lady Fang and Old Lady Fang heard this, they hurriedly came out of the back room and asked:

"Really? Where are the people? ”

"I saw a man on horseback and a group of soldiers walking towards our house, so let's go first." The maid said breathlessly.

"It's finally back." Old lady Fang smiled and took her beard.

"It's okay now, quickly, tell the kitchen to prepare the dishes that the young master likes to eat." Mrs. Fang said to the maid.

"Let's go." The servant turned and walked towards the kitchen.

When the Fu guards arrived at the gate of the Fang house, they looked up and saw the gate open diagonally, they felt a little interesting, jumped off the horse, and swaggered into the courtyard, and the ladies under the flower corridor saw the Fu guards and his party come in with guns, they were all stunned, and couldn't help but stand together, watching them walk into the living room, Old Lady Fang and Old Lady Fang stood in front of the door and waited for them to get closer, only to see that it was not Fang Xuan and Fang Min, and they couldn't help but be stunned.

"Excuse me, sir, what are you?" Old Lady Fang asked cautiously.

The guards looked around with no one in their eyes, walked straight into the house, sat on the Taishi chair, and the soldiers followed and stood on both sides, loaded with guns and ammunition, without saying a word.

Old Lady Fang and Old Lady Fang felt that something was wrong, so they hurriedly followed into the house, and at the same time ordered the maid to serve tea.

"Sir, may I ask what you are doing at the door?" Old Lady Fang asked again.

"On the orders of the boss, come and arrest the fugitive Fang Min, you can hand him over." Fu Guard cocked Erlang's legs and said arrogantly.

"Huh? How did Fang Min become a fugitive? Old Lady Fang said loudly in surprise.

"No, sir, my family's Fang Xuan and Fang Min's two dogs have made meritorious contributions in the team, are you mistaken?" Old Lady Fang said.

"Yes, Fang Xuan and Fang Min have made meritorious contributions, but they have committed a capital crime again, Fang Xuan has been executed, but Fang Min has escaped. If he is not there, our brothers will be waiting for him here, and he will not be able to escape. The guard said.

When Mrs. Fang heard this, she was so frightened that she fainted suddenly, and the servants hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and the wives, young ladies, and servants in the yard and the house also gathered around.

"Dare to ask the sir, what crimes did they commit in the ranks?" Old Lady Fang asked calmly.

"They don't know how high the sky is, they offended our Wu Dashuai, this is a capital crime, let's hand him over quickly." The guard said.

"The family doesn't know, and they really haven't seen Fang Min come back, what do you want us to do?" Old Lady Fang said.

"Old man, I know that you are a big family in this ancient city, and your family has money, if you don't hand it over, what do you say?" Guard Fu walked up to Old Lady Fang and said.

Old lady Fang looked at the sinister face of the guard Fu, and understood a little in his heart, so he gave a look to a servant, the servant understood, turned around and walked into the inner room, took out a bag of silver and handed it to Mrs. Fang, who took it and handed it to the guard with both hands.

"Sir, you have worked hard all the way, and I hope the chief will smile at this point."

The Fu guard took it and didn't look at it, threw it back to a soldier, and then, frowning, said to the old lady of the other party:

"You're always calling Hanako, and the lives of your people are worth this money, I'm sorry."

"And what do you want?" After Mrs. Fang woke up slightly, she said angrily.

"On the orders of your boss, arrest people, if you can't catch people, none of you in your family can escape." The guards pulled out their guns and shouted, and the soldiers on both sides raised their guns and pointed them at the others.

Old Lady Fang looked at this formation, never expected that such a disaster would be caused at home, so he calmed down a little and said:

"The family has family rules, the country has national laws, Fang Xuan and Fang Min have committed a big crime in the team, and they can't take my big family to blame it. This ancient city is a place for merchants, I am the home of merchants, doing business and reasoning, and I don't allow you to be so rude. ”

"Without Lao Tzu fighting outside, can you do business here with peace of mind? Old thing, don't toast and don't eat and drink. Brethren, search for me. The guard shouted.

Several soldiers ran towards the room separately, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, smashing east and west, Old Lady Fang was so distressed that she beat her chest, and after a while, two soldiers ran out, holding some gold and silver in their hands, Old Lady Fang couldn't help but shout:

"You broke into people's houses and robbed things, you are simply a gang of bandits and robbers, I will go to the government to sue you."

"Okay, you go and sue, I'll wait." The guard Fu returned to the Taishi's chair and sat down.

Old Lady Fang pulled a lady and a servant to turn around and walk towards the door, just stepped out of the door, Fu Guard raised his hand and shot, Old Lady Fang fell to the ground in response, Old Lady Fang and others screamed in surprise, ran over to help Old Lady Fang, Old Lady Fang shouted angrily:

"Do you still have a royal law? You guys are careless about human life, and heaven doesn't allow it? ”

Fu guards can't say that another shot killed Mrs. Fang, the other wives, young ladies, and servants all panicked, screaming, crying, shouting, and running, scattering in all directions, only to hear Fu guards shouting "None of them are allowed to run away", the soldiers then raised their guns at the others and fired wildly, adults and children fell to the ground one by one, and suddenly the courtyard was full of blood, after the Fu guards confirmed that everyone in the house was shot, they commanded the soldiers to enter the various rooms and try their best to loot money, Tying the two boxes of silver on horseback, Fu Guard walked out of the gate and got on horseback, looked back, turned around, and led the soldiers to the entrance of the alley.

Fang Min's Wupeng boat docked at the wharf, Fang Min thanked the captain and the boatmen, picked up the burden and walked up the stone ladder, just entered the Pheasant City Gate Cave, he heard a burst of gunfire from the "Sifang Well" alley, couldn't help but be stunned, hurriedly hid in the city gate, followed the hole to look towards the "Sifang Well" alley, after a while, he saw Fu Guards riding horses, leading a team of soldiers out of the alley, towards the east of the city.

After Fang Min saw them go away, he got up and walked through Fucheng Street, walked into the "Sifang Well" lane, and just walked to the "Sifang Well" well, he saw some people talking about it at the well, saying that the Fang family had been robbed, and he was very anxious, and ran towards the lane.

When he arrived at the front of the house, he saw that the door of the house was wide open, and there was a heart-rending cry from inside, Fang Min walked in to take a look, and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him, the family was lying in a pool of blood one by one, and the courtyard of the house was in a mess, only to see Lingzhi alone lying on the old lady Fang and crying.

Fang Min endured his grief and walked towards Lingzhi, helped Lingzhi with both hands, Lingzhi was startled, and when he turned his head to see that it was Fang Min, he suddenly threw himself into Fang Min's arms and cried:

"Uncle, uncle, I want grandpa, I want grandma, I want mother!"

Fang Min burst into tears, gritted his teeth, didn't say a word, walked out of the gate quickly with Lingzhi, ran to the depths of the laneway, climbed Shiping Mountain along the rugged sheep intestine path, climbed the city wall, ran all the way east along the city wall, and looked down at the end of the city wall, Fu Guards and his party had turned the big river bend, Fang Min took out his gun and shot indiscriminately in the direction of Fu Guard, dropped the gun, fell to the ground on his knees, beat his chest and feet, and looked up to the sky and roared:

"Daddy! Mother! My son is late, and I must avenge you! I must avenge my whole family! ”

Lingzhi stood aside and watched her uncle's actions, her eyes were dull, she didn't say a word, the mountain wind blew her messy hair, and there were still tears on the corners of her face, she didn't know what happened at home, just in an instant, the home was gone, and all the relatives were gone, except for her uncle Fang Min.

Fang Min stood up, looked at Lingzhi's sluggish appearance, a wave of pity welled up in his heart, gently wiped away the tears of Lingzhi with his hand, then picked up Lingzhi, looked back at the ancient city, and said word by word:

"Lingzhi, from now on, my uncle will love you and protect you like your father, let's leave the ancient city for a while, and one day we will come back, and we will take revenge."

Lingzhi looked at his uncle as if he didn't understand, stretched out his hand and hugged Fang Min tightly, and pressed his face against Fang Min's cheek. Fang Min picked up the gun and put it in his baggage, and walked towards the mountains with Lingzhi. (To be continued.) )