Just as Liu Fan was thinking nonsense in his heart, Chu Minghui suddenly reined in the horse's reins and reminded him loudly "Be careful", and then Chu Minghui dragged Liu Fan behind him and tilted sideways towards the other side of the horse's back.

"Whew! Shout! ”

After two soft sounds, two arrows flew past the two of them, and the body of the arrow flew away grazing the bodies of Liu Fan and Chu Minghui, if it wasn't for Chu Minghui dragging Liu Fan sideways to dodge, Liu Fan was likely to be injured by the arrow shot from the opposite side.

Liu Fan was lying on his stomach from behind, so he didn't know what was going on? When he straightened up, he found two samurai on horseback on the opposite side, and the ornaments on the horses they were riding were the same as the ones he had stolen.

After holding the reins of the horse, Chu Minghui glared at the two warriors in front of him, and saw that the two put away their bows and arrows and prepared to attack him, Chu Minghui glanced at Yangzhou City opposite, and then said with an embarrassed face: "Brother, I am afraid that Yangzhou City will not be able to go for the time being."

These two people are dressed the same as those people in the Hongru Society, and the horses are also an ornament, they should be the people of the Hongru Society, and they guessed that they didn't dare to come from the daytime, it seems that we guessed wrong, our escape has made them jump over the wall in a hurry.

Not to mention the two people in front of us, I'm afraid that in addition to the two of them, there are people waiting in front of us to intercept us, this place is still more than eighty miles away from Yangzhou City, and there are many open areas along the way, I am worried that the people of the Hongru Society will ambush from there.

"Big brother is right, we can't go to Yangzhou City now, otherwise it will be tantamount to throwing ourselves into the net, since there are people in front of us to intercept us, it means that there are chasing soldiers in the rear, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave here first." Liu Fan said in a deep voice.

Nodding slightly, Chu Minghui looked at the direction, and when the two of them were about to attack, he adjusted the reins, turned the horses and rode to the other side, and saw Liu Fan and Chu Minghui fleeing to the other side, the two warriors left one to report the news, and the other rode to chase after them.

As soon as Liu Fan and the others left for half an hour, dozens of horses blocked from the direction of Yangzhou City, and at the same time, the chasing soldiers sent by the woman in purple also chased here, and when they saw the reinforcements coming, the warrior who stayed behind pointed to the left direction: "They ran this way, Wang Si is following from behind, let's hurry up." ”

Hearing the warrior's identification, the group all chased in the direction of the left, and at this moment everyone already knew about the silver reward, in their eyes, as long as they caught up with Liu Fan and the others, they could get a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, so they all hurried to chase desperately.

……

Liu Fan: "Big brother, where are we going?" ”

Chu Minghui: "I don't know, I chose a random direction to run." ”

Liu Fan: "Did the pursuers in the back get rid of it?" ”

Chu Minghui: "That guy is not good at riding, and he has long been dumped by me." ”

Liu Fan: "It's not okay to run around like this, we have to find a place to take refuge." ”

Chu Minghui: "I can't go back to Yangzhou right now, where should we go?" ”

Liu Fan: "Are there any more bullish characters around here?" The kind of person who has a lot of power? ”

"I want to think about it." Chu Minghui pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "There is a businessman named Shen Wansan in Zhouzhuang, Suzhou, and his power is very good, from the hundreds of officials in the imperial court to the market vendors, all of them have his friends. It is said that even the prince of the dynasty called him a brother and a brother.

A few years ago, he built a Wanbao Building from Suzhou City, gathering the world's treasures for sale and auction, with this Wanbao Building, Shen Wansan amassed countless wealth, so to speak, the matter on the official side of Suzhou City was decided by the prefect Yamen, but the things on the back were Shen Wansan. ”

"Shen Wansan? The richest man in the Ming Dynasty? Liu Fan subconsciously said.

"Ming Dynasty? What Ming Dynasty? Is it our Ming Dynasty? Chu Minghui asked suspiciously.

Hearing Chu Minghui's question, Liu Fan realized that this is not the Ming Dynasty in history, many historical figures may exist, but the fate of those characters may not be as recorded in the history books, just like Shen Wansan mentioned now.

In the history that Liu Fan understands, Shen Wansan was the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, and was feared by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, because he was rich and rivaled the country.

But now this Ming Dynasty has existed for hundreds of years, and the founding emperor has long since died, but at this time Shen Wansan is doing business from Suzhou safely, which shows that the two historical figures, even if their fates intersect, but the ending and direction of their lives have changed.

Liu Fan made an excuse to cover up the slip of the tongue just now, and then changed the topic: "There is a way that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, since Shen Wansan is so powerful in Suzhou City, presumably the people of the Hongru Association should not be able to gain a foothold from there, let's go, let's go to Suzhou." ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Fan found that Chu Minghui's speed suddenly slowed down a lot, and seeing this, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Big brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Can we change places? I don't want to go to Suzhou. Chu Minghui hesitated.

Looking up at Chu Minghui, Liu Fan was a little strange: "Isn't your father the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" Supposedly, this city of Suzhou should also be under your father's rule? As long as we hide in the yamen of the Suzhou prefect, it will be completely safe, why don't you want to go? ”

Chu Minghui thought for a while, and explained with an ugly face: "These are all things in the officialdom, brother, you don't know, Suzhou Governor He Rongqing is a protégé of the imperial master." And my father was closer to Taifu.

He Rongqing relied on the support of the Taishi and often disobeyed my father's orders, and my father also punished him, let me tell you this, the relationship between our two families is like fire and water, if I go to him for refuge, I don't know how to be humiliated. ”

Hearing this, Liu Fan showed a hint of enlightenment, it seems that Chu Minghui's father and He Rongzhang are not from the same faction: "Since this is the case, then after we enter Suzhou City, we will not go to the prefect, let's go directly to Shen Wansan."

You are the son of the dignified governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I am the son of Yangzhou businessman, the two of us have put our identities outward, and it is the two sons who are alive, who would have thought that we would take refuge? Let's talk about going to Suzhou to play. ”

After Liu Fan finished speaking, Chu Minghui nodded, and then he said with a little worry: "This excuse is good, but where will we live after we go in?" What if the people of the Hongru Society chase us in and take us out again? ”

"Doesn't Shen Wansan have a Wanbao Building? Let's live there, no matter how great the ability of the Hongru Club is, they don't dare to do it from Shen Wansan's Wanbao Building, right? As long as we can connect with Shen Wansan, safety will be settled.

At that time, let's first find a few famous doctors to diagnose you, this way you cough, it is estimated that the body is almost unable to hold on, Suzhou Mansion is the land of fish and rice in the world, where there are rich and wealthy giants, in this context, there is definitely no shortage of famous doctors in Suzhou Prefecture. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Fan paused, and then continued: "After living in Wanbao Building, the two of us worked hard to buy and buy, and picked those priceless treasures to start, what to buy before, and not to pay after buying."

At that time, we will make such a fuss, those in charge of things in Wanbao Building will not be able to call the shots, because of our identity, they will not dare to play hard, and in the end they can only report the situation to Shen Wansan, so that we will not connect with Shen Wansan? ”

"Brother Liu, you can do it in this city, I didn't expect you to have such resourcefulness at such a young age, I really admire my brother." He glanced at Liu Fan with a shocked face, his eyes were full of admiration, and after complimenting, Chu Minghui adjusted his direction: "Let's go, let's take a walk around Suzhou City today, and we will meet that Shen Wansan for a while." ”

After that, Chu Minghui rode Liu Fan towards Suzhou City......

In the evening, Liu Fan and the two finally entered the city of Suzhou, at this time the natural sky is getting dark, but the long street in the city is full of traffic, the lanterns along the street illuminate the night scene of Suzhou City, the pedestrians in the Siqu Eighth Street are endless, the high-rise buildings on both sides of the road are lined up, the front of the shops is full of people, and the roadside is full of the shouting of the vendors and the bargaining of customers.

Walking in the middle of the street, looking at the lively shops around, Liu Fan finally saw the prosperous side of Suzhou City, and asked the direction of Wanbao Tower, Liu Fan and the two walked towards the center of the city, because Wanbao Tower was built in the center of Suzhou City.

When the two of them passed by the door of a restaurant, they smelled the bursts of aroma wafting from inside, Liu Fan and Chu Minghui's stomachs were all gurgling, and at this time, the two remembered that they hadn't eaten for a day, not only them, but even the horse was hungry and foaming.

Glancing at the five big characters of "Centennial Qingxiang Building" on the plaque, Liu Fan and Chu Minghui glanced at each other, and after subconsciously swallowing their saliva, the two walked towards the store with a heart, and after finding a place by the window and sitting down, Liu Fan shouted at Xiao Er at the door: "Come and wait." ”

"Okay, please sit down for a while." Seeing that the customer came to the door, the shopkeeper who was responsible for welcoming the customer at the door ran over quickly, and the eyes of these shopkeepers were all very vicious, and when they saw the silk shirt on Chu Minghui's body and the gold belt around his waist, he knew that they were the young masters of a rich family, so they were particularly enthusiastic when they entertained.

Qingxianglou is located in the downtown center of Suzhou, is a century-old shop, very famous in Suzhou City, in and out of the restaurant, in addition to the dignitaries are businessmen and wealthy people, have a meal here, at least ten taels of silver, because the consumption grade is too high, so ordinary people simply can't afford such a restaurant.

As soon as Liu Fan and the two sat down, a junior ran over with a kettle and poured a bowl of tea for each of them, and the junior second immediately asked, "What do the two guest officers want to eat?" ”

Liu Fan was also really hungry at this time, and he had just met Chu Minghui, a big backer, so he said with a heroic face when he ordered: "The best, delicious, signboard, and most expensive ones can be served after they are done." ”

When Liu Fan finished ordering, Chu Minghui was also very hungry, and when he heard that Liu Fan had finished ordering the dishes, he directly waved his hand: "Listen to him." ”