When Shen Qingmeng left the Eight Kings Courtyard, Bo Samadhi, who was sitting on the roof, secretly observed, and when he watched Shen Qingmeng's figure disappear at the gate of the Eight Kings Courtyard, he turned his gaze to Ye Yunzhi who was standing under the osmanthus tree.

Why does this Ye Yunzhi look exactly the same as the nosy man back then? Could it be that he is An Wanghai? An Wanghai and Ye Yunzhi are just one person at all? Or did An Wanghai find a way to replace Ye Yunzhi's identity?

If it weren't for what An Wanghai did back then, I'm afraid that the rest of his family would have died in the flood, and he would have fallen into the grass at a young age.

Bo Samadhi looked at Ye Yunzhi and remembered the past of his youth-

In the year of the flood, Bo Samadhi's house was washed away by the flood, and the original family of seven was left with three overnight, except for him, his father and his sister.

The three of them left the village with the few things left, in fact, a few tattered clothes snatched from the water, wanting to try their luck in the town, thinking about which big family would do a good job and make a steamed bun or something.

Who knew that when I went to the town, I knew that the people there were no better off than the villagers, and the big families had already found a way to take their families to take refuge in high places, and only ordinary people were left in the town waiting for the assistance promised by the local officials.

Every day, the victims could smell the smell of cooking from the big families on the mountain, but even if they came closer and wanted to smell it for a while, they would be chased away with sticks.

"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." Father kept repeating this phrase, and it was the only old saying he had ever learned.

The victims thought that the water had receded and that the days would start again, but the aid promised by the officials did not arrive, and the price of food rose fivefold overnight, and ordinary people could afford to eat except for the big families who hoarded food.

As a result, the number of graves on the mass graves outside the town has increased day by day.

Seeing that he was about to starve to death, Bo Samadhi's father couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to find a straw, stick it into Bo Samadhi's sister's neck, and sit on the side of the street.

Bo Samadhi knew that his father was going to sell his sister Xiniu, and if he didn't sell Xiniu, the three of them would starve to death.

But for three whole days, the happy girl was not sold, and when she couldn't eat enough, who had extra money and food to buy a girl?

Just when Bo Samadhi's sister would not leave him, Bo Samadhi's father led the two of them to the town's fireworks alley.

When they walked to the entrance of Fireworks Alley, the smell of wine and meat from inside hooked the souls of the three people and couldn't stop walking inside.

Bo Samadhi's father found the old bustard, the old bustard saw that the girl was good-looking, and thought that in a few years, he could get back a lot of money from this girl, and after a bargain, he finally agreed to exchange a bag of rice and a meal for a good girl.

At that time, Bo Samadhi stood there stunned, staring at the table full of leftovers next to him.

He didn't understand, why did the people here still have leftovers when there were so many people outside who didn't eat or drink?

When the old bustard instructed his subordinates to bring the bag of rice and was about to hand it over to his father, he was interrupted by a voice.

"A bag of rice for a little girl with a water spirit, this is probably the best deal in the world." When the male voice sounded, Bo Samadhi's father, Bo Samadhi, and Xi Niu looked at the young man who was holding a civilization staff, wearing a long gown and a top hat, but he looked no more than twenty years old.

The man has fair skin, no scars and calluses on his hands, and at first glance he is a delicately born young master.

This is the scene when Bo Samadhi first encountered "nosy", that is, An Wanghai.

The old bustard immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Guan, have you eaten well?" Is the girl still satisfied? ”

An Wanghai didn't pay attention to the old bustard, and walked straight to Bo Samadhi's father: "I'll pay five yuan, plus five bags of rice, to buy your daughter." ”

Bo Samadhi's eyes lit up, and he immediately withdrew his hand that wanted to take the rice bag in the old bustard's hand: "Really? ”

An Wanghai, who was expressionless, took out five pieces of ocean from his waist, motioned to Bo Samadhi's father to spread his hands, and then put them in his palms one by one.

When the five oceans smashed together, they clanged, which made Bo Samadhi's father see the hope of living, but made Bo Samadhi disappointed again.

The old bustard on the side looked unhappy, but when An Wanghai looked at her, a hypocritical smile immediately appeared on her face.

"This deal has nothing to do with you." An Wanghai said coldly, "You go and get busy." ”

The old bustard twisted his caterpillar-like body unhappily and left.

After the old bustard left, An Wanghai glanced at Bo Samadhi's whole family, and said slowly: "The remaining five bags of rice, ten days later, you go to the mouth of the well to get it, and I will write you a note." ”

Bo Samadhi's father took the note written by An Wanghai and left with a thousand thanks, and wanted to keep his daughter before leaving, but An Wanghai refused.

An Wanghai said: "She is still a child, it is useless to me, I will come to take her away in the future, you remember, I don't know when I will come to receive it, but when I come to receive Xi Niu, if I find that Xi Niu has lost weight, how many pounds I have lost, I will cut how many pounds of meat from you." ”

Bo Samadhi's father looked at An Wanghai's cold eyes, nodded again and again, and left quickly with his children.

When leaving Fireworks Alley, Bo Samadhi's father sighed: "Hello girl, you are blessed, you meet a good person, you will definitely be rich and noble in this life, and your life is really good." ”

Still, there were tears in his eyes.

That day, Bo Samadhi and Xiniu ate two big steamed buns by themselves, and Bo Samadhi's father drank a bowl of porridge that was about the same as water.

After the three of them finished eating, Bo Samadhi's father suddenly got up and said, "Go!" ”

Bo Samadhi was puzzled: "Dad, do you want to go home?" ”

"Home is gone." Bo Samadhi's father's tone was full of despair, "But Dad doesn't want to sell your sister anymore." ”

Bo Samadhi asked, "But you took other people's money." ”

Bo Samadhi's father replied: "In the future, we will pay him back when we make money, let's go, hurry up!" ”

Bo Samadhi's father was afraid of being chased by An Wanghai, and led the two to escape from the town overnight. In this way, the three of them walked non-stop for several days, and finally settled under a big tree under a hill and decided to rest for the night.

When he woke up the next day, he found that he was surrounded by people who had fled their homes, and around the victims stood bandits in ragged clothes armed with knives, guns, and clubs.

Unexpectedly, this group of bandits did not mean to embarrass them, but only told them that the officials colluded with big households, raised grain prices, and did not give them a way to live, and that there was only one way for them to survive, that is, to kill big households and grab grain.

Most of the victims were agitated and decided to join the bandits to fight back, while the rest decided to leave, and who knows how far the people who left did not go far, but they were chased by the bandits and killed.

The bandits said they were worried that these people would report the news.

Helplessly, Bo Samadhi had no choice but to take his children to join the bandits, and the bandits hid their knives, guns and sticks, mixed in the ranks of the victims, turned around and walked back, and under the cover of the victims, they could return to the town and attack those unsuspecting big households.

Who knows, when the victims returned to the town, they learned the news that a big businessman surnamed Guan had bought all the grain in the hands of the big families at a price ten times higher than the market price.

This news made the bandits very depressed, the original plan was disrupted, and now that the grain was not in the hands of the big households, their target was changed to the merchant surnamed Guan.

Bo Samadhi's father thought about it, this surname should be the one who bought the happy girl, right? It turned out that the man was so rich.

Bo Samadhi's father immediately encouraged the bandits to rob the surnamed Guan, because he knew that as long as the surnamed Guan was robbed and killed, then the transaction between him and the surnamed Guan would no longer exist.

Who knows, in the early morning of the next day, the town will be plastered with notices all around, informing all the people that early tomorrow morning, Guan Ye will sell grain at the price of the previous day at the mouth of the well.

This news made the town suddenly sensational, and the bandits were also very puzzled, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd surnamed Guan?

At this time, the town also spread the news that "Guan Ye originally wanted to distribute grain for free, but who knows, those big farmers will speculate the price of grain from five times to ten times, and Guan Ye has no choice but to buy it back at a high price and sell it at a price not higher than the usual market price, so he has become anxious and sick".

The victims sighed that this official was a good man, yes, no one had a good time these days, and there was such a good man among the rich people, who spent ten times as much money to buy high-priced grain, and sold it after losing ninety percent, who could still resent him?

The victims didn't say anything about Guan Ye, and even the bandits felt that Guan Ye should not be regarded as a target.

In the early morning of the next day, Guan Ye personally led people to sell grain at the mouth of the well, which was the same as promised, the price of the past, and at the same time, steamed buns and porridge were prepared and distributed to the victims for free.

The businessman surnamed Guan apologized to the victims while handing out steamed buns, telling everyone that he had done his best and could only do so, and he was ashamed of everyone.

On that day, the local officials who had been transferred in the army to prevent an accident were surprised to find that the victims were lining up in an orderly manner to receive steamed buns, and no one was rushing to grab the food placed in front of them.

That night, someone sent a list to the bandits, with the names of the unscrupulous traders who inflated the price of grain.

The leader of the bandits suddenly realized that since these people had sold grain at ten times the price, they must have made a lot of money, so why not attack them?

So, when the army left, the bandits immediately attacked the vendors, ransacked their homes, and fled.

When Bo Samadhi recalled this, he decided to ask about it, but not in his current capacity.

Bo Samadhi found a place to change his clothes, pretended to be a merchant and walked into the Eight Kings Courtyard, and while people were not paying attention, he went straight to the door of the osmanthus house, knocked on the door, and handed it to the servant with the stolen name card, claiming that he had come to visit the envoy Ye.

The servant sent the name and soon returned to invite him into the house.

After Bo Samadhi entered the house, the moment he saw Ye Yunzhi, he was completely sure that this person was the Guan Ye back then, that is, the Tongtian King An Wanghai who he heard about later.

Ye Yunzhi arched his hand and said, "Mr. Chen." ”

Bo Samadhi also returned the salute: "Special Envoy Ye." ”

Ye Yunzhi waved his hand to signal the servant to go down, and when the servant closed the door and left, the two had just sat down, and Ye Yunzhi said coldly: "You are not Mr. Chen, you stole the name post, who are you?" Why did you come to me? ”

Bo Samadhi still pretended: "I'm afraid that Special Envoy Ye has a little misunderstanding, I ......"

Ye Yunzhi grabbed Bo Samadhi's right hand: "A merchant who buys silk, why is his hands full of calluses, and the calluses on his index finger are the thickest?" This look is the hand with a gun. ”

Seeing that he was recognized, Bo Samadhi had to say: "I am actually a friend of Zhang Ye." ”

Ye Yunzhi let go of Bo Samadhi's hand: "Which Zhang Ye?" ”

Bo Samadhi said: "Zhang Fuzhi." ”

Ye Yunzhi shook his head and said, "You're not." ”

Bo Samadhi was stunned: "Why is Special Envoy Ye so sure?" ”