Xinzhou is a new city located between the Dayong Dynasty and the Western Tang Dynasty, and the people in the city are mostly merchants who travel between the two countries, because the west of the city is embraced by the mountains, and the urban area is located on the border between the two countries, so the urban area is not very stable. The soldiers of the subordinate countries were troubled by the national border clause everywhere and did not dare to make too many moves to send troops. Therefore, the people of Xinzhou City were often persecuted by robbers in the mountains or wandering soldiers.

But perhaps because of the particularity of Xinzhou, there are also many martial arts people with a sense of justice gathered in the city.

These martial arts people gradually became the mainstay of dealing with robbers and outcasts in the mountains. It has also become the protector of Xinzhou in the true sense.

Xingchen sat in the teahouse, listening to the teahouse Xiaoshi laughing and telling her some of the past events of Xinzhou, most of which were not reliable, just rumors in the city.

He said that Xinzhou is now divided into three families: Wang, Zhou, and Chu, and the Wang family is dominant, and the Zhou and Chu families are new forces in the past two years. All three are black-and-white characters. In other words, it has something to do with the government and the rivers and lakes.

Xingchen blinked, thinking of the conversation between Fengmian and his cousin earlier. That girl named Xiaoya seems to be also from the Wang family. She deducted some copper coins on the table and asked the teahouse Xiaoshi: "Then this Wang family, does it have a daughter?" ”

Xiao Shi happily glanced at the copper coins on the table, rubbed his hands, and said in a low voice: "Don't dare to talk about the matter of the head of the Wang family." "He, it is said that he was very affectionate when he was young, and left a lot of romantic debts, in recent years, isn't he old, his health is not very good, and the huge family business should also be divided, so there are often men and women of unknown origin who come to the royal family to confess their relatives, saying that they are debts to his children when he was young......"

Xiao Shi paused, and glanced at Xingchen with a rather complicated expression.

"The little boy won't be ...... too"

The stars waved their hands repeatedly.

"No, no." She took a sip of tea and continued: "It's just that I recently met a young lady, and according to her, she is a ...... of the Wang family."

She didn't finish her words, but the little man had already nodded clearly, and then comforted Xingchen quite seriously: "The Wang family has a big business, although these illegitimate children can't inherit the family business, but the things that the Wang family master casually rewarded are enough for us people to live in peace and stability for half a lifetime." So, ah. Xiao Shi stopped talking, looked at the stars with a sympathetic look on his face.

"So, in recent years, there have been more and more people who have pretended to admit it, these people are afraid that the head of the Wang family will not admit it, and they always like to find some small families with some popularity in our local area as a backing, will the person that Miss knows ......?"

Xingchen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this Xiao Shi may see her as the little son of a small family. She coughed dryly twice, and followed Xiao Shi's words: "I ...... me too I don't know, but she seems to have a ...... relationship with my brother in the family It's pretty good. ”

As soon as she said this, Xiao Shi slapped the table violently, making the teacup in Xingchen's hand tremble. Quite strangely raised his eyes to look at Xiao Shi, only to see him clenching his fist in one hand, his eyes full of anger.

"How...... What's wrong? ”

Xingchen thought about it, he didn't do anything excessive.

Xiao Shi was reminded by her, so he pulled out of his emotions, sat on the chair opposite Xingchen, and spoke again: "Don't hide it, Miss, the villain used to read." ”

"Huh?" Xingchen looked puzzled.

Xiao Shi sighed a few times and continued: "Although the villain's family was not wealthy, it was considered to be solid, but I was killed by that foreign woman, my brother was nowhere to be found, my father's property was ruined, and my mother was bedridden. ”

"Uh......" Xingchen still didn't quite understand why his mood changed so chicly, but after thinking about it, he was relieved: "Xiao Shi may not be inferior, you are just in trouble for a while, if you have the opportunity, you should study more and work hard, and one day you will have a chance to turn over when you get fame." ”

Her words were very pertinent, not the ordinary kind of false courtesy and comfort, and the little man smiled reluctantly, and his expression softened a lot. "Miss treats me sincerely, and I don't hide it from Miss. The reason why my family suffered this calamity was because of a woman who came from other places to the royal family in Xinzhou to confess her relatives. ”

Xingchen frowned, stared at Xiao Shi, and saw that his eyes were clear, not like the rumors and legends that he had talked about with her before, so he handed him a cup of tea and asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Xiao Shi sighed and told Xingchen everything about it.

It turned out that this little man's surname was Chen Mingshen, and his father followed his friends to Xinzhou to do business when he was young, but he didn't think that the business was doing well, and he made more than 3 times more money than when he was at home before. More than ten years have passed, the two sons in the family have gradually grown up, according to his father's intentions, the son-in-law trained to do his business successor, the second son was arranged to study hard, if there is a condition to deal with the upper and lower or can get a small official, an official and a business, a power and a profit, it is very good to play.

Originally, the life of following the rules was also very good, although the sister-in-law was not very smart but had perseverance, and it should not be a problem to manage this small business for a few more years. The second son is smart and very insightful in reading, and the husband who taught him since he was a child praised him for being very talented, and originally thought that when he was old, he could start to fight for the examination place.

However, the bad is bad in this place.

There are not many places that can be pushed by Xinzhou, and Wang Zhouchu's three families have taken another twenty places, leaving even fewer for others. The Chen family's father usually had some small business dealings with the Wang family, so he thought about going to the Wang family to beg for it, and if he gave more benefits, he might be able to fight for a place.

However, when he went to Wang's house that day, he didn't get a place, but he brought back a woman.

The woman said that she was the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Wang family, and in recent days, she heard that the head of the Wang family was not in good health, so she wanted to come and see.

She turned around and saw the Chen family's father standing awkwardly. She sighed and told the Chen family's father that she was originally a young lady of the family, and she didn't care about the so-called family property of the Wang family at all, she just wanted to see her father, who she hadn't seen for many years, but she was so misunderstood.

The father of the Chen family glanced at the woman a few times, and saw that whether she was dressed or spoke and behaved, she was indeed the appearance of everyone's ladies, and the two Xiaoshi behind her did not look like ordinary people.

I already believed her words 7/8 points in my heart.

He thought about it, thinking that this woman was originally a big family, and it was estimated that she was the illegitimate daughter of the Wang family in order to deceive those small properties, but she was not trusted, and she ended up with no home to enter, which was also miserable, and he felt pity in his heart, so he took the woman into his own home. and instructed the little master in the family to treat her well.

The head of the Chen family said to the woman: When the Wang family accepts her one day, or she herself has figured out that she will no longer be obsessed with seeing the head of the Wang family, she can leave by herself.

With tears in her eyes, the woman thanked her.