In the courtyard, there is a faint smell of corpses everywhere, and ordinary people will definitely not be able to stand this smell when they smell it. But the man in front of him could still sit there drinking tea with a blind eye, as if there was no smell, and it seemed that he was really not an ordinary person.

Before Xiao Tao stepped into this courtyard, the man had already heard movement, and his ears moved slightly, but he did not raise his eyes to look at Xiao Tao, but continued to drink tea as if no one was around.

Xiao Tao knocked around, looked at it, and found that the layout of this yard had not changed at all, and the overall layout was exactly the same as before.

"Hello, may I ask, this yard sells ......" Xiao Tao got closer, and before she finished speaking, she saw the jade pendant on the man's waist.

Xiao Tao's eyes were suddenly stung, that dragon-shaped jade pendant, she seemed to have seen it somewhere......

The pattern of the jade pendant on the man's waist is a flying dragon trapped in a jade ring, lifelike, as if it is about to fly out.

In the early years, the rich man Li was a wealthy man in Pingle Town, but his descendants did not have this blessing, and he kept losing money in business, which is very strange.

Later, I heard the fortune teller say that there was a problem with the feng shui in the courtyard, so the west courtyard was demolished, but after the demolition, there was no change, and the business still only lost money and did not make money.

There are many children in the rich man's family, and gradually, some people have moved to split the family. Although everyone still lived in the same courtyard, the family was divided, and the nine sons of the rich man Li divided the family equally.

Of these nine sons, each of them later had a wife and concubine, and the wife and concubine also gave birth to a son. The family spends a lot of money, but the account book is only in and out, originally a rich man, but after sitting and eating, slowly the rich man's family has nothing to show for itself, gradually, his wife and children are separated, and the whole family has become scattered.

At this time, at this time, in the house of the rich man Li, only the son of a maid of the Dafang family was left, that is, the man sitting in the hall.

"Girl, who are you looking for?" The man sitting there saw that the person who came had not spoken for a long time, so he raised his head and looked at Xiao Tao.

Xiao Tao was startled, because the man's eyes were ...... One is all white, and it's scary to look at.

"Scaring you?" The man reached out and covered his left eye, "When I was a child, I had a serious illness, so I left this terrifying appearance. But don't be afraid, girl, I won't hurt you. The man looked at Xiao Tao's face, sat there without moving, and said softly.

Xiao Tao involuntarily took half a step back, and when she stood firm, her mood calmed down a little, this person ...... She's seen it.

"Oh, I see."

Few people can calm down so quickly, the man inevitably looked at Xiao Tao a few more times, and the more he looked at it, the more interesting he felt, this girl was not simple, he couldn't see through what was on her.

"Did the girl come here to find someone or was there something else?" The man paused, and asked Xiao Tao again.

"I ...... I want to buy this house. Xiao Tao said timidly.

"Oh?" When the man heard this, his face was puzzled.

After a while, the man stood up, and as soon as he stood up like this, Xiao Tao couldn't help but take another step back.

The man stopped, did not continue to approach, he hesitated for a moment, then covered his eyes and said: "This way, the girl can take a look in the yard, and then decide whether to buy it after looking at it, I will give the girl a good price, but I have a doubt, I don't know what the girl is buying this house for?" ”

Xiao Tao looked at the man's face and took a step back, her eyes slightly filled with tears, and she shook her head slightly.

"Girl? Are you okay? The man wondered if his appearance frightened her again, and he was a little embarrassed and at a loss.

Xiao Tao bit her lip tightly and took a deep breath before she barely showed a smile. "I ...... I bought it for my young master, he ...... He said that this house is very interesting, and he wants to buy it and study it carefully. ”

"Oh? I see. The man was silent for a long time, then nodded clearly.

The man turned his head and looked at the courtyard in front of him, which was full of coffins, "It's really interesting." ”

Xiao Tao's mind was confused at this time, she thought of the picture of her father's tragic death, and she was about to collapse when she thought of this man's confident smile.

Back then, on the day of her father's tragic death, she escaped by hiding in a dry well. In the blur of the dry well, she saw the face of the man at the mouth of the well, the most obvious being the dragon-shaped jade pendant on his waist.

The bottom of the well was full of debris, and she thought it was perfect when she hid in the shadows, but the man stood at the mouth of the well as if he could see her.

When Xiao Tao thought that he would be discovered, the man suddenly left.

She heard her father's screams in the well, and she cried in the well that night, and when she climbed up, she saw the picture of her father's tragic death, which was nailed to the wall as it was, and the fire was slowly burning the whole city of Furong.

She returned to the dry well, hid for three days and three nights, and waited until the fire was completely extinguished and there was no sound around her before Xiao Tao left the dry well.

At that time, her father and mother had been burned to charcoal, and the house was also burned and looted, and the penniless little peach had to cry and bury her father and mother in a dry well.

Looking at the dry well overgrown with weeds, Xiao Tao swore that in this life, she must kill the murderer with her hand and avenge her father.

And, one more important thing is to restore the dilapidated city of Hibiscus to its former prosperity, because this is the only thing she has on her mind.

"Why ......" Xiao Tao hurriedly took a few steps back, shook her head slightly, her hands kept shaking, she felt that the nightmare of that day seemed to be close at hand, and she couldn't control her emotions for a while.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?" The man looked puzzled, seeing that there was something wrong with the expression of the girl dressed as a maid, he wanted to step forward and help him.

Xiao Tao hadn't woken up from that nightmare, and in a hurry, she slapped the man's hand away.

"Let go of me, you monster." Xiao Tao looked at the man and said everything she wanted to say mercilessly.

The man's face instantly showed a trace of embarrassment and injury, and after listening to Xiao Tao's vicious words, he stood in place and kept the action of being waved, and he didn't move for a while.

"I don't want to buy this house, I'm going to get out of here." Xiao Tao took two steps back, and suddenly bumped into a paulownia tree, she seemed to wake up suddenly, turned around and hurried out of the yard.

The man just stood there and looked at her, didn't say anything, didn't do anything, and let Xiao Tao leave here.

After Xiao Tao left the courtyard, she ran all the way back to the inn and hid in her room for two days.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Tao lived here for ten days, on this day, she packed up the things she had brought with her, looked for the shopkeeper and left the room, and was about to leave here.

To the west of Pingle Town is an empty desert, and to the south is a lush forest.

In the end, Xiao Tao chose the north, which was the direction of Dragon City, and Xiao Tao had heard someone say that Dragon City was a rich place, so she wanted to go there to see it. If you're lucky, you might be able to meet Ning Sumo.

In fact, Xiao Tao doesn't have to be with Ning Sumo, it's just that Ning Sumo has a lot of relationship with Ziyan, and she wants to use Ning Sumo to keep Ziyan away from Qi Yunyang.

No, the sun has set. After a day of walking, I was very tired, and in the evening, Xiao Tao came to a small town.

This town is called Yuyang Town, the villagers in the town all make a living from fishing, the people are simple, and the whole town is very harmonious.

But because this Yuyang town is too small and there is not even an inn, Xiao Tao, who has nowhere to live, thought for a moment, and then knocked on the door of a family in Yuyang Town, thinking that it would be great if he could stay at a farmer's house for one night.

The peasant woman of this family saw that there was only one woman who came to stay with Xiao Tao, and she was a little puzzled, why would a woman walk outside at such a late hour? And looking at the people who were so tight that they didn't know where they came from, they were a little apprehensive in their hearts.

"I'm going to Dragon City to find my husband, it's getting late today, I'm afraid I'll be killed while walking on the road, I wonder if I can stay here for one night?" Seeing the peasant woman's unease, Xiao Tao politely explained.

"In this case, then come in, there are no men in my family, if you come with your husband, I will definitely not let you in." The peasant woman heard the doubts on Xiao Tao's face, and disappeared without a trace in an instant, she regarded Xiao Tao as a woman looking for a husband, and Xiao Tao was also very good-looking, so the peasant woman didn't think much about it, so she pulled Xiao Tao and walked in.

There are two little girls in the peasant woman's house, they are twins, and when Xiao Tao went in, the two little girls were picking up beans, and they looked very cute, especially the two pigtails on their heads, which were very pleasing.

Xiao Tao looked around, and there seemed to be only the three mother and daughter in the house, so she was also relieved. When you go out, you still have to be more vigilant.

"The home is simple, the girl should make do with it." The peasant woman took Xiao Tao to an idle room, which had nothing but a door, which could be called the four walls of the house.

"It's already good, please help me prepare some dinner." Xiao Tao took out some broken silver and gave it to the peasant woman.

After a tiring day's travel, Xiao Tao was already exhausted and hungry and thirsty.

"That's so embarrassing." The peasant woman's face turned red, but she still accepted the money, her family was not a wealthy family, and the money was enough for a month.

"Thank you." Xiao Tao smiled at the peasant woman and thanked her.

The peasant woman's house was simple and there was no good food to eat, but the peasant woman still picked the bacon and salted fish at home, made some food for Xiao Tao, and then steamed a few corn flour cakes and handed them to Xiao Tao.