By the Tangshui River, a small market town, it is usually very quiet, and it will only be lively on the days of the market. After Yao Fangyu left Anyang, he arrived here after a day's drive. I stayed at the inn near the river for many days, and I didn't mean to leave, because I didn't know where else I could go.

I just regret why I didn't promise Master to go to Jiangnan at that time. Although, I never told the master that I liked Jiangnan, did the master remember the wrong person or the wrong place? What does it matter, just think you like it, it's better than now.

Yao Fangyu silently looked at the not wide river, and seemed to see a river of blood in the Jincheng Dart Bureau again. A flying sword, the sword was dripping with blood, but every drop was someone else's life. He! No one's life is worthless except himself. How can you think you can pretend you don't care?!

Yes, go to Gangnam and find a place to stay. Tell Master to wait for him to come. Then, and then ......, he should be like this in his life, in a place he likes, waiting for someone he likes.

thought that the troubles in Anyang had nothing to do with him, but before he arrived in Jiangnan, he met Li Mo.

However, Li Mo's intention was to bring her a few words. First, the Nangong family withdrew from the marriage. Second, looking at a person should look at the whole picture. Many times, good people are not necessarily good people, and bad people are not necessarily bad people. The simplest example is Yao Fangyu herself. The image of a chivalrous woman before the age of twenty, to the point of shamelessness, think about what she has done? Or did you actually do nothing? Now, Nangong has withdrawn from the marriage, what will she be said to be? No matter what outsiders think, just ask, have you ever changed? Third, nothing is gratuitous.

He gave a note, and finally said that it didn't matter what happened to her, anyway, it was over. After saying that, he left.

The note wrote the names of six villages, all in Quanzhou.

Quanzhou is very close to the South China Sea. Yao Fangyu didn't hesitate too much and gave up her plan to go to Jiangnan, but she went to Quanzhou just to get closer to her master.

The six villages are all by the sea, and there are hardly any men or children in the family, but some old and weak women and children guard the villages. It seems that everyone has a smile on their faces, and happily tells Yao Fangyu that the family is in Quanzhou City, and the owner is Xiangji, which is good. Men have jobs to do, children have books to read, and there are not only wages but also shares. Even if you go to sea, you are not afraid, the owner will save it.

This is nothing, but seeing that every family here has set up an ancestral hall for Nangong Jin, Yao Fangyu wants to laugh. This play is too much, and I am not afraid of losing my life.

So, she left here and went to other fishing villages in the surrounding area. Then, I heard a story, although everyone's way of telling it was different, but the content was similar, it was about the new boss of Xiang Kee Cargo Company who saved the crew of Mifune.

Yao Fangyu really didn't understand, the Nangong family was so bored that they made up such a story in these fishing villages to whitewash Nangong Jin? What if it is whitewashed? With the financial resources of the Nangong clan, even if he really did it, what would it be? It's nothing more than borrowing his name and paying for it in the clan. Master is the one who will really be saved, and Master will only do better!

So, I wrote a secret letter and went to the South China Sea. But after waiting in Quanzhou for a month, it was Dong Run who I saw.

"Senior sister, what's going on? Why did the Nangong family withdraw from the marriage? Dong Run didn't explain why he came, but asked about the divorce.

Yao Fangyu smiled indifferently, "Even if they don't retreat, I won't marry." ”

"Why?" Dong Run was anxious, "I've inquired, Nangong Jin is not what Nanhai said." It's like the ...... of Quanzhou. ”

"Don't you think the drama in Quanzhou has passed?" Yao Fangyu sneered.

"What?" Dong Run was puzzled and said: "He raised almost 100,000 taels in just one month, and he didn't play the banner of the Nangong clan from beginning to end, which is too powerful." The family decided to cooperate with Xiang Kee. ”

"Really?" Yao Fangyu was stunned, but he didn't expect that what he said was not that story.

"My father said, Xiang Ji looks average now, but it is developing too fast. They are recruiting people to go to Nanyang, and we want to cooperate with them to do business in Nanyang. Dong Run's face was excited.

Yao Fangyu smiled, "That's good, it's always good to have business to do." There was some perfunctory in the words.

"Senior sister, haven't you seen it, the crew of Xiang Ji is different from other ship companies. They felt that their brother-in-law was a benefactor. Of course, the original purpose of raising these 100,000 taels was to save their ....... ”

"I've heard this story ......." Yao Fangyu interrupted him, not interested.

"I know. Senior sister, saving once is not saving. Xiang Kee also taught the village children how to read and write, how to sail, and some even taught kung fu. All the people are divided according to their ability, and according to the practice of the army, there are military commanders and even chiefs, you don't see it, senior sister, even if they send goods, they are very strict. And all the people who are auspicious will hold a small share, as if the auspicious account is their own, and the accounts of auspicious are public, and there is a monthly silver and a year-end dividend for the work of auspicious keeping, so those people are quite loyal. Senior sister, this is all set by my brother-in-law, I think he is very similar to the senior sister. Dong Run said excitedly, "My father asked me to learn ...... with me." ”

"Wait, brother-in-law?" Yao Fangyu interrupted him.

Dong Run was stunned and stuck out his tongue, "I said that I am from the South China Sea faction, and I am the favorite junior brother of the senior sister." His face was red, and he said embarrassedly: "They, they said that the owner is my brother-in-law......." ”

Yao Fangyu shook her head, "Don't talk nonsense in the future." ”

Dong Run still asked unwillingly: "Senior sister, why do they want to withdraw from the marriage?" What happened? ”

"Nothing, inappropriate." Yao Fangyu said lightly.

Dong Run looked at Yao Fangyu hesitantly, "I know there are some things I shouldn't say, but ......, I have already left the South China Sea." This time, the letter you wrote back was seen by Xiaodong, and he told me. Senior sister, Xiaodong also thinks it's not good for you to ...... like this. ”

Yao Fangyu looked at Dong Run and laughed, smiling very sadly, "Li Mo is right at least one sentence, even if I don't do anything, as soon as the Nangong family withdraws from the marriage, it will be me who is wrong." ”

Dong Run hurriedly explained: "No, no, I know that there must be a reason for their divorce, but it is not necessarily the fault of the senior sister, just like what the people of the South China Sea said to the senior sister, but we know that it is not." What I'm saying is that Senior Sister shouldn't write to Master again. Anyway, I don't think that's right. Moreover, I think Master......, alas, Senior Sister, you should actually understand. ”

"What should I understand? Do you know how to be a good disciple? Yao Fangyu felt a little sad in her heart.

"That's not what I'm talking about. The master has changed the little girl who is serving again, and this is the fifth in three years. Dong Run's words have a deep meaning.

Yao Fangyu smiled, when she didn't hear it, "You mean to say that the master is difficult to serve?" ”

Dong Run shook his head, "This matter, my family is clear ......, alas, in fact, there are people talking about it in private, but, alas, you are a woman, forget it." Dong Run paused, "Even if you don't mention this, senior sister, don't you think how you have lived like this all your life?" ”

"You mean, it's all Master's fault?" Yao Fangyu's tone was neither happy nor sad.

"Senior sister, Xiaodong and I both think that it is right for you to go to Pingyang, at least you have a chance to get rid of ......."

Yao Fangyu looked at him and interrupted him coldly: "Do you think that my divorce has affected your business with Xiangji now?" ”

Dong Run was even more anxious, "No, senior sister, I didn't mean that." Xiaoxiao sighed, "Master has been in trouble recently," squinting at Yao Fangyu, seeing that she was waiting for the following, so he continued: "Before I left, there was a big competition in the door, Senior Brother Tan lost to Senior Sister Ying, and even Senior Sister Tan's entrance test was almost brushed off. Shi Niang was very unhappy, saying that they were cheating, and that it was against the Tan family. If you want me to say, it's normal for Senior Sister Ying to win, as for Senior Sister Tan, she is spoiled and lawless, everyone knows it, and I won't say anything. However, for this matter, the master asked the master to wear small shoes for the other two everywhere. Anyway, everyone was standing in line before I left. ”

"This is the malaise of the Nanhai faction, the three families take turns to be the villager, each family has a series of disciples, and every year the big competition in the door is intrigued, and it is very common to stand in line." Yao Fangyu said softly.

"But this time it's a little bigger. The Ying family dug out the old accounts from more than three years ago, and everyone didn't know, I guess Senior Sister, even if you are the master of Lingxiao Pavilion, you may not know. ”

Yao Fangyu smiled, "Everyone knows that my eldest disciple is just a false name, how can my master really let me preside over Lingxiao Pavilion." ”

Dong Run said mysteriously: "Senior sister, do you know that more than three years ago, we also had something similar to Xiangji. The difference is that three of their boats were detained, and we were caught in a typhoon offshore, and the boat hit the reef. I heard that the ship sank at that time, and the direct loss of the ship with the cargo exceeded 60,000 taels. Master has always been on the account and has never said anything about it. This time, the Ying family asked the master to settle the account. ”

"The matter at sea is a natural disaster, and settling the account is nothing more than the South China Sea faction admitting losses. It doesn't make sense for Ying Jia to do this. Yao Fangyu said lightly.

"No, they said there was evidence that Master swallowed the goods." Dong Run said directly.

"How is that possible?" Yao Fangyu straightened up and aired.

Dong Run took a sip of tea and said, "There are many people who don't believe it. However, my grandfather also asked me if I believed it, and I said that I had to understand it carefully to know the truth, after all, the Ying family sometimes does things quite out of line. ”

"Yes, what about the seafarers on board? If it's offshore, it's impossible to have no survivors, right? When it comes to Xu Baoshen, Yao Fangyu always can't help but care.

Dong Run nodded, "That's why I said that something similar to Xiang Ji happened, and the seafarer was rescued by the Guangzhou sailor." My family wanted to stand in line, so I asked about it. You also know that the sailor is in the dark, and the situation we asked about is that at that time, they negotiated with the master, and a crew member was two hundred taels of silver, and it is said that they saved sixty or seventy of them. As a result, hehe, the master ran away, and the master said that those seafarers had already died and there was no one left in the sea, where did the sixty or seventy shipwrecks come from? ”

Yao Fangyu was stunned, then shook her head, and said with a little anger: "How could Master run away? No way! If he really wasn't in the South China Sea, he would definitely be dealing with other things, maybe the people from the water master didn't contact the master at all. Besides, eighty percent of this matter was paid off by the Ying family to slander the master, and you also said that the Ying family was out of line. ”

"I know Senior Sister will say that. My family didn't think it was clear what to say, so they chose not to stand on anyone's team, and asked me to leave the South China Sea early. ”

"What about Master?" Yao Fangyu asked worriedly.

"After that, I left, and the rest of the story was to listen to Xiaodong. He said that the Ying family united with the Zhang family, you know, the Zhang family is already cultivating the head, and I don't know what they talked about with the master and the master, and the master seems to have admitted 30,000 taels. ”

"Thirty thousand taels?!" Yao Fangyu was anxious, "This is a matter shared by the South China Sea faction, why should Master compensate?" Besides, where did Master get so much silver? ”

"I don't know, I heard Xiaodong say that the deadline for giving is before the end of the year, and the master is already raising money." Dong Run looked at Yao Fangyu, "So, I'm also here to tell you that Master may not come." Also, my family said that Nangong might not agree to the Nangong family's divorce. Do you understand why I said that you didn't make an appointment with Master at this time? ”

Yao Fangyu shook his head while thinking, "Are you still thinking about borrowing money from the Nangong clan?" No, it won't, it won't ....... ”

Dong Run looked at Yao Fangyu and sighed, "Senior sister, if you really don't want to marry Nangong Jin, let's find a place to hide." My family said that the master was thinking about asking the Nangong clan for a dowry of 30,000 taels, and now suddenly the Nangong clan wants to withdraw from the marriage, and Nanhai will definitely blackmail them for 30,000 taels. ”

"No, it won't." Yao Fangyu shook her head, "No, Master won't do this." Even if you are right, the marriage contract with Pingyang cannot be regarded as a ....... ”

"How not? Nangong Jin is twenty-seven years old, and if he doesn't retire from Nanhai, how can he get married? Pingyang must be in a hurry to die, buy a free body for 30,000 taels, it depends on whether they think it's worth it. ”

"No way, Master wouldn't do such a thing!" Yao Fangyu didn't believe it at all.

"I hope not. Otherwise, the senior sister will ...... too. Dong Run said seriously: "Senior sister, you better find a place to hide." If that's the case, you'll be their bargaining chip, and I think at this time Shiniang will agree to let you go back to the South China Sea, but, but then you ....... Senior sister, listen to Xiao Run, find a place to change your name and surname, start over, Xiao Run will definitely help you! ”

Yao Fangyu kept shaking her head.

Dong Run couldn't do it, so he persuaded a few more words, but Yao Fangyu didn't seem to have any intention of talking about anything anymore, so he had to sigh secretly, "Senior sister, because of the cooperation with Xiangji these days, I have been living in the Shenglong Inn, no matter what happens, they will come to me." As he spoke, he took out another silver ticket and gave it to her, "Fifty taels of silver tickets, you keep it." ”

"No, this won't work......" Yao Fangyu looked embarrassed.

"Just treat it as a loan, and I will pay it back when I have the money in the future." Dong Run got up, and before leaving, he said again, "Senior sister, don't wait for Master any longer." ”

Yao Fangyu just smiled sadly, and when Dong Run left, finally, tears welled up.

However, Dong Run didn't guess right. Three days later, Xu Baoshen appeared in front of Yao Fangyu. What Dong Run didn't guess correctly was that Xu Baoshen didn't mention the divorce from beginning to end, didn't mention returning to the South China Sea, and didn't mention 30,000 taels of silver. He only came to take Yao Fangyu to see Liang Lie, to go to the appointment that was made many years ago to meet at least once a year.