It was rainy in summer, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly, a few thunderbolts suddenly tore open the sky, the dark clouds were not yet dense, and the downpour fell down, and the whole world was instantly covered by rain and fog. (Fengwu Literature Network http://WWW.QIUWW.NET.)

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I ran for a long time on the muddy path leading to Cannes with my shriveled package, and finally saw a ruined temple in front of me, scurrying away against the wind and rain, and a few passers-by who were also sheltering from the rain were hiding under the eaves.

In view of the last encounter in the broken temple on the outskirts of Yanhua Village in Yizhou, I didn't dare to go in, and after a polite greeting to them, I shrank at the door tremblingly. Fortunately, Dugu Tao thought about it well and gave me two coats cut with green bamboo and Biluo, which are waterproof and fire-resistant, which is much more convenient for me who doesn't like to go out with a coat and hat.

It was a month ago when I came out of Chongzheng County, and I passed out at that time, completely unaware of the dangers that had happened afterwards. According to She Yi, in the qi stack leading to the outside world in the Celestial Elephant White Mang Array, there are headwinds and strange lights, these are difficult enough, but they still kill a Yuan Qing in the sky. In the melee, She Yi and I were swept away by the headwind and fell to Fengtu City in Chenzhou together.

He took care of me for nine days, and it is said that I lost my breath several times, during which time I was as rotten as a floating corpse soaked in water. As soon as my health improved, I immediately ran to Yizhou Cicheng, I didn't think I couldn't find an acquaintance, even Yang Xiuyi's mansion in Cicheng has changed a batch of new faces, although I am still a member of the Yang family, but no one knows me, ignore me, I repeatedly emphasized that I am really Yang Xiuyi's doorman, but was thrown out by his arm.

In desperation, he decided to go to Dugutao first, and once inquired, he returned to Yongjia, the capital of Yizhou. When I ran to Yongjia, I was told in front of the prefect that he was seriously ill and that he had been sent back to the capital overnight, leaving me with a package of warm clothes before leaving, and the news that Yang Xiuyi had also returned to the capital.

For several days, he hired a carriage to run away, and the doorman and housekeeper had two dozen silver points. I spent all my savings and walked around Yongjia, a big city that is several times more prosperous than Cicheng, with a package, and ran into Fu Shaoen.

Normally, I would have run away, but now I'm so happy. Because I have never asked about the world, I rarely even inquire about the grievances of the rivers and lakes, and I know very little about the official departments in the temples of the government. Now that I have met a reader, I finally have the opportunity to ask a long question.

Regarding this kind of question, Fu Shaoen was obviously very energetic, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he gave me an endless talk. But there was too much nonsense, and I was interrupted several times in the middle. I finally heard the news I wanted. Before leaving, he didn't forget to snatch his money bag. It's a pity that there are only three taels of silver in it.

There was a muffled thunderstorm, and I nibbled on Sydney and raised my head, although the thunderstorm was menacing, and I was in a hurry. But the mountain road is not easy to walk, I am afraid that I will have to stay in this broken temple tonight.

On the one hand, I was worried about Yang Xiuyi and wanted to see him soon, but on the other hand, I became more and more nervous, especially after entering Chongzhou, I don't know if I was tired from the road, or I was thinking about it every day. In a row, I had a lot of strange nightmares for days.

I dreamed that Yang Xiuyi's father and mother didn't like me, and whipped me with a small leather whip, and insisted that I eat two kitchen knives; I also dreamed that there were groups of wives and concubines in his house, and Qingchan Xiangzhu Chunman stood in a row and asked me to shine their shoes and beat their legs; I even dreamed that he and Hua Xixue were fighting in a floating tent in a high pavilion full of dice for a short broom to brush a dung bucket, and then the dung bucket splashed me to persuade me to fight......

I think I'm going crazy, my nerves are too weak to do it. It's just that Yang Xiuyi's family background puts too much pressure on me.

I thought that his family would be very rich, and that his father would either be a big businessman, or a high-ranking official, or a relative of the emperor, but I never thought that his family would be so large and terrible. In Fu Shaoen's words, as long as his family wants, a beggar can become an emperor.

At first, I only thought it was exaggerated, I didn't take it seriously, Fu Shaoen saw that I didn't believe it, and put on a look of pity: "You are also the same as those stupid peasants, you don't know the power of this gate valve clan." ”

When I was wondering whether to beat him, he said: "My Han is now a total of seven major clans, for the Chu family, the Yang family, the Gongsun family, the Wei family, the Nangong family, the Zuo family and the Ren family. ”

I "cut" and said, "Then why don't they just become emperors themselves?" ”

He smiled: "Do you know how the previous dynasty died?" It was because the emperor of the previous dynasty wanted to recover the imperial power and shook the interests of the clan gate lords, and as a result, he was overthrown by those family gate lords. After the overthrow, no one wanted to be the emperor, and they weighed left and right to help the current Huangfu clan ascend to the throne. It is good to be an emperor, it seems to be supreme, and the whole world has to bow down and kowtow to himself, but his head is also unstable, and there has never been a long-term political power and royal family, only the clan gate valve is prosperous and difficult to decline. Instead of sitting on a high position and being watched by others, it is better to hide under the eaves to drink tea and enjoy the rain, anyway, this high-ranking person can't move himself. Unless the power of other clans is weakened by Yan zhòng, no one wants to sit on this throne, and it is not the real Ninety-Five, but just a puppet ornament. ”

I was dumbfounded, and he added: "For hundreds of years, whether it is the unification of the world or the wars of several countries, these gate lords and nobles have firmly controlled various lifeline industries, weapons, good fields, money villages, and porcelain...... The wealth of the past generations is terrifying, and their huge family system can only spend enough for tens of millions of people in Kyushu and Kwangtung in Handong for half a month's food in just one day. In the event of a great drought and natural disaster, the people will only shout and kill the current emperor and vassal kings when they take up arms, and they will continue to enjoy what they should enjoy, and even see that the emperor can't hold it back, they will turn around and open a warehouse to release grain, helping to fight the emperor together. Those peasants only wanted a mouthful of food, and they were not as good as them in terms of scheming, and in the end, the world fell into their hands. But the existence of these gate valve clans is not a bad thing, they have their own family interests, it is said that they are colluding with each other, in fact, they are also containing and using each other, for the sake of family interests, they sometimes do more things for the well-being of the people than the emperor. ”

I couldn't help but sigh: "Reincarnation in their family must be so happy." ”

He paused and shook his head: "That's not necessarily, the Gate Valve Clan also has a time to die, and among the Seven Great Families today, the most terrifying are the Chu family and the Yang family, who were famous Wangmen families nine hundred years ago. The rise of the Nangong family is because the family continues to have people entering and leaving the court, occupying a seat in the court, the most prominent is the fifth and third dukes of the Nangong family four hundred years ago, and it is still a masterpiece in the history books. The Wei family and the Ren family rely on generations to do business, while the Zuo family is a national disaster and a big fortune, which has risen for less than two hundred years, and cannot be compared with the six major families, but it is more than enough compared to other ordinary gate valves. In addition, in the past few hundred years, there have been other gate valve clans that have risen to prominence, such as the Jiang clan of the Qianke, the Liu clan of Chongzhou, the Ouyang clan of Liuzhou, the Shen clan of Fengbai, etc., they have all been among the gate valves, but now they can't even find their descendants anywhere, and even the Lingnan Xue clan was beheaded three hundred years ago, the nine clans were all wiped out, and the incense was broken. It's just stupid that they are too flamboyant, if they can learn from the low-key and silent Chu family and the Yang family, this is also the terrible thing about the Chu and Yang families. ”

I don't understand the general trend of the world, after interrupting his mouth, I just thought about why the Yang family is so powerful, why Yang Xiuyi was born in such a family, I almost want to run away with my head in my hands, and hide as far away as possible.

However, She Yi said that Yang Xiuyi was counterattacked by the Black Mist Demon Beast, so that he was seriously injured in the battle with Yuan Qingshi in the air stack, which made me feel at ease for a moment, and I wished that I would give birth to wings and fly to him immediately.

I threw away the pear pit and took out another one to gnaw, these were all picked in the wild yesterday, and I couldn't help it when I was so cold that my teeth rattled, I was so hungry. The silver stolen from Fu Shaoen had already been used up, and it was all used to sit in the carriage, but it could only sit in Pingzhou. After leaving the carriage, I have been on the road day and night, and finally arrived in Chongzhou, as long as I passed Chongzhou Kangcheng, it will be closer to the capital.

But the closer I got, the more unsettling my feelings became.

I lifted my eyes, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the water was flooding the steps of the temple, and if it had rained for another hour, I was afraid that I would have to go into the main hall, but fortunately, the rain really came and went.

Leaning against the dilapidated door of the cobweb-covered temple, he had another nightmare, and when he woke up, he shivered, and tried to stand up, but he found a money bag.

I was about to open my mouth to ask, when the little girl sitting next to the incense desk made a silent gesture at me, and then crawled towards me lightly: "Sister, this is what the big sister gave you just now." ”

"Give it to me?"

"That sister is gone, and she wants me to tell you, it's just to pay off the debt."

"Paying off debts?"

I'm such a stingy person, I never lend money to others, where is the debt?

The little girl nodded: "She said that her master is sorry for you and asked you not to refuse." ”

I paused and asked, "Does that woman like to look left and right, like to put her finger in her mouth, and then call everyone daddy and mother, and is good at smirking there alone?" ”

"Poof!" The little girl laughed, "She's not a fool, that sister is very beautiful and powerful, she cured my mother's leg disease, and gave her medicine." Moreover, how could she giggle, she never laughed at all, she didn't like to talk, and she didn't like to look left and right. ”

"What's that sister's last name?"

The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while: "It seems that the surname is Sun." ”

It turned out to be her.

I lowered my eyes and looked at the money bag in my hand, I have always been very principled, at least I am not right about things. I didn't think about taking revenge on the old man Fenghua, if I wasn't a witch clan, I believe he would still treat me as before, and he would still love me very much......

sighed, and took the money bag into his arms, although he didn't like to owe people money and favors, but he really needed it at this time, so use it for the time being, and pay it back later.