Just when Guo Yang was indulging in cranky thoughts, something happened in Lijiamen Village.

Ran Mo, the uncle of the side branch of the Ran Si family, was killed at home. The knife was fatal, leaving only a wound of less than half an inch in the throat.

According to several elderly people in the village, Ran Mo was killed in front of his house. At that time, Ran Si first went to the village wine shop to sell a dime of wine, and limped to the door of the house. Just as he raised his hand to push the door, someone cut him in the throat.

Ran Mo pushed open the door, took seven or eight steps forward, suddenly stopped, then slowly knelt down, let out a long breath, a stream of pink blood foam spurted out of his throat, and his head hung down.

It is a kneeling on one knee, a typical merchant kneeling position.

In the seven or eight steps he walked, there were only two or three drops of blood.

Ran Mo's wife and five sons were sitting on a clay table eating when they suddenly heard movement in the courtyard. His youngest son, Ran Chou, who was the same age as Guo Yang, went out to check the movement, and at first glance saw his father slowly kneeling.

There are often dead people in the village, but Ran Mo is the first to die so inexplicably. Therefore, the whole village gathered together and whispered around Ran Mo's corpse.

Guo Coppersmith blended in the crowd, his eyes flashing, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Guo Yang and Duanmu Niu also mixed in the crowd and didn't say a word.

"This must have been done by the Zhou people, only they have blades!"

"I don't think so, maybe some of the merchants have hidden their blades."

"Poor man......"

Guo Yang carefully observed the small wound in Ran Mo's throat and was a little surprised. A master, definitely a master of the sword.

Guo Yang thought to himself, even if his knife skills were played to the extreme, he would not be able to do it so cleanly. The knife was so fast that even the person who was stabbed didn't notice it, and he didn't die directly until he took seven or eight steps.

He casually looked at his father in the crowd, but saw that he also frowned slightly, as if he was a little confused.

"I think, it must have been done by the Zhou people, they slaughtered us like slaughtering sheep!"

In the crowd, someone shouted loudly.

"Yes, they were beaten by the Qiang and the barbarian ghost people, but they let the whip and knife fall on us!"

"Have you heard that the eighteen kings of the Dongyi tribe have united to attack the Qi State where Jiang Ziya of the Zhou people was entitled, and they are about to beat that old thing!"

……

The anger of the merchants has been suppressed for too long, and the slightest fanning of the flames will burst into flames and be uncontrollable.

"Listen to me, tonight, those Zhou dogs are going to mobilize the eight divisions that are monitoring the remnants of our Dashang to save their nests. The adults in Luoyi City have spread the word, tonight, capture the new royal city on the west bank of the river! ”

A fierce-faced man jumped onto the adobe thatched hut of Ran Mo's family, waved his stubby arms, and shouted loudly.

"Capture the new dynasty!"

"Kill Zhou Gou!"

The people in Lijiamen Village went crazy and went home one after another to find the blades. Twenty or thirty people even hid their blades and took them out on the spot.

Someone lit the mutton fat torches prepared in advance, and for a while, half of Lijiamen Village was illuminated by the firelight.

Guo Yang glanced at his father Guo Coppersmith, only to see his father frowning, nodding slightly at him, and turning around to leave Ran Mo's house.

Guo Yang groaned slightly, taking advantage of the chaos, and quietly squeezed out of the crowd.

Entering the coppersmith shop, Guo Coppersmith was already sitting at the elm table, holding a bowl of water and drinking it slowly.

"Daddy......"

Guo Coppersmith stretched out his hand to stop Guo Yang.

"Sheep, what do you think?"

Guo Yang frowned and said, "It's a conspiracy." ”

Guo Coppersmith nodded, took out a small gray bag from his body, handed it to Guo Yang, and said slowly: "Along the Qianhe River, go downstream." First hide in the depths of that sinkhole, avoid the edge, and then, go to Shouyang Mountain to find your master. ”

Guo Yang was stunned for a moment and asked, "What about you?" Don't go along? ”

Coppersmith Guo was slightly distracted, staring at the fire that was about to be extinguished, and was silent for a long time.

"Do something, don't do something. Born to be a businessman, what a pity to die. I'll ...... you It's not the same. Guo coppersmith said astringently.

"What's the difference? A corrupt nation dies and dies! Those recalcitrant people who are relict in business, for their own selfishness, want thousands of people to die in vain. Is this kind of business worth it? Guo Yang said the words that had been buried for several years in one breath, and suddenly felt comfortable.

"Sheep, I have made up my mind, and I will not say anything more. Originally, I also wanted to leave like your master, but I ...... He was the dragon master of the previous king. Do you know what a Dragon Commander is? He who swore loyalty to the king, and was the king's confidant. ”

"The king was slandered by the Zhou people, others don't know, don't I know? Internal and external troubles, the princes of the eight directions fell into the well, treacherous, and took advantage of the time when the king swept away the east for everyone, rushed to the court, and killed my great business. This is the hatred of the country! ”

Guo Coppersmith took a sip of water and continued: "The Zhou people betrayed their trust, under the pretext of the matter of the three eunuchs, exterminated our ethnic group, and enslaved millions of merchants, except for more than 100,000 in Luoyi, the other remnants were all slaughtered on the way to escort. Your mother...... Your mother is among the remnants of the third group of migrants......"

Guo Coppersmith's hand holding the water bowl trembled slightly.

With a crisp sound of the "horn", the pottery bowl turned into powder.

"Daddy...... My mother, she ......" In ten years, Guo Yang heard the news of his mother for the first time, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and tears suddenly welled up.

"I heard that a group of displaced people have fled and gone to the north to look for baskets." Guo coppersmith said astringently.

"Did my mother escape too?" Guo Yang asked eagerly.

"It's unlikely. She can only do some superficial secular martial arts. The Zhou soldiers fought against Qiang all the year round, and their strength was extraordinary. The purpose of telling you this matter is to let you understand that it is impossible for my Great Shang to be exterminated. After you escaped with your life, I didn't want you to take revenge by force, but to regain the true inheritance of my Great Shang ancestors, and to pass on business to business, and never die! ”

"Daddy...... Let's go together! Guo Yang said resolutely.

"Sheep, don't persuade me. Everyone, just do one thing well in their life. It's one thing I'm supposed to do, and I have to do it. You are the same, to live, to build a country in trade, and you don't need to be a king to become a king. That's your business, you do it. ”

Guo Tongjiang's mood slowly calmed down, and said lightly.

Guo Yang knelt on one knee and kowtowed.

"Daddy!" Guo Yang couldn't cry. He also understood that what his father had decided could not be changed.

"Go ahead, cultivate hard to protect yourself. Do business well, continue the thousand-year-old inheritance of our ancestors, and do it yourself. ”

As Guo Coppersmith spoke, he groaned slightly, and then took out a gray bag and handed it to Guo Yang.

"The sixty-four tortoise shells in it are a set of ghost and witchcraft, which should be the things of my ancestors of the Great Shang, you should treasure them properly, and don't go to see them unless you have to."

"In addition, in the depths of the sinkhole, after I teamed up with Duanmu Che to kill the xenosaurus, I found a small bottle, I don't know what material it is made of, it can actually affect people's sanity. Last time, Duanmu Niu was affected by it, and he went crazy and almost went crazy. ”

"However, it is fortunate that this has stimulated his potential, and he sacrificed the Yin and Yang Flag, so that the two of you can escape. The bottle...... Forget it, you take it. Remember, don't take it out, and especially don't break my seal. ”

Coppersmith Guo said indifferently, unconcerned about the chaotic footsteps and the sound of blades colliding on the narrow village road outside the door.