On the counter of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Lantian County, Zeng Jing's gold bars were placed.

The salesman at the counter looked at Youliang in surprise and asked in surprise, "Where did these gold bars come from?" ”

"Left by the ancestors of the family." Arara replied calmly that he didn't have any money in his pocket now, only to exchange the gold bars.

"The gold bars are in good condition, what about the letter of introduction?" The man said.

"What letter of introduction?"

"If you have a job, you need a letter of introduction from the unit, and if you don't have a unit, you need a certificate from the neighborhood committee or the police station to confirm that these gold bars really belong to your family."

"I don't have a letter of introduction." There are good people who say.

"It cannot be exchanged without proof of provenance of gold bars." The salesman pushes the gold bar out.

Youliang had no choice but to put away the gold bars, and walked out of the bank gate with Mei Niang in his arms, not to mention that he couldn't go to Zengjiazhuang without money, and even eating became a problem.

"Little comrade, please wait." Arirashi walked to the corner of the street, and suddenly someone hurriedly caught up and said.

Looking back, it was a middle-aged man in bank overalls.

"That's right, according to the state regulations, you must show a certificate to exchange gold bars, but if you sell it to me privately," the man said, looking left and right, and lowered his voice.

"You're going to buy my gold bars?"

"Yes, but at a lower price than the official purchase price of the state."

"How much?" Arira asked.

"Today's gold price is 48 yuan per gram, your gold bars are 100 grams, four are 400 grams in total, a total of 19,200 yuan, this is the country's purchase price, but I can only give you 15,000 yuan, how about it?"

I have a secret joy in my conscience, so much money, more than the one in Master Liu Shisan's passbook.

"It's good, I'll sell it to you." Arira readily agreed.

"You wait, I'll go get the money." The man hurried over, came back after a while, and quietly handed Youliang a thick brown paper envelope containing 15,000 yuan.

Arara nodded roughly, then gave him four gold bars, and the man left happily.

Youliang took Mei Niang to find a restaurant first to have a full meal, these days have been to satisfy his hunger with fruit, and it feels good to be able to eat food and meat.

Mei Niang even gobbled up a large pot of stewed fish, and there was no juice left.

Although this old female cat is a demon, there is still a human side in her heart, and through this period of getting along, Youliang has gradually fallen in love with it.

Youliang bought a large travel bag, hid Mei Niang in it, and carried it around, boarding a train to Huguang at Xi'an Railway Station to go to Chenzhou Zengjiazhuang.

Two days later, at dusk, Youliang and Mei Niang finally arrived at Anren County, first found a small hotel to live in, and then inquired about Zengjiazhuang.

"Anren has Zengjiazui and Zengjiawan, but I haven't heard of a Zengjiazhuang." The hotel waiter thought about it for a long time, but still shook his head.

"Do you know that Lu Dao has been quiet?" Arirashi asked again.

"I don't know."

Youliang took Mei Niang out of the hotel and came to the night market stall in Chengguan Town for dinner.

Looking around, the Yongle River goes around the city, the Phoenix Mountain in the distance shows a hazy color, the people on the street are very lively, and the nose smells a rich and unique aroma of fried stinky tofu.

Youliang asked for a plate of fried Anren spicy seeds and steamed chicken with chopped peppers and ate it slowly, and bought a raw big carp from the stall owner and his wife, and Mei Niang happily hugged it and nibbled it.

"Little brother, this big cat of yours is very blessed." An old man sitting opposite said enviously.

"Uncle, I would like to ask you something." Arira said.

"What's the matter?"

"Do you know the person Zeng Jing?"

"Do you mean that during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Anren's Xiucai Zeng Jing?" The old man asked in surprise.

"Yes."

"Well, this Zeng Jing is said to be a celebrity back then, and he and his disciple Zhang Xi lobbied Yue Zhongqi, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to oppose Emperor Yongzheng and was arrested, which led to the famous Lu Liuliang case. Yongzheng did not kill him, and wrote "The Mystery of Great Righteousness" for Zeng Jing to tour the country to clarify the facts. ”

"Why does he want to oppose Emperor Yongzheng?" Arira asked.

I heard that Yue Zhongqi was a descendant of Yue Fei in the Southern Song Dynasty, and thought that he would raise the banner of righteousness like his ancestors did against the Jurchens, but I didn't expect Yue Zhongqi to pretend to praise and deceive the confession to report to the Yongzheng Emperor, and arrested the two of them into Beijing and handed them over to the imperial court for disposal. After Yongzheng's death, Qianlong ascended the throne and executed Zeng Jing and Zhang Xi Ling Chi. The old man seemed to be very familiar with this period of history and talked eloquently.

"Is he dead, then?"

"Of course it's dead, even the family members have been implicated, Zengjiazhuang was originally a famous family in Anren, but after this incident, it withered and fell, so that now many people don't remember this once prominent family." The old man said regretfully.

"Where is Zengjiazhuang?"

The old man glanced at him and asked puzzledly: "Listen to the accent, you are a foreigner, I don't know what to do with Zengjiazhuang?" ”

Youliang hesitated and covered up: "It was the old man in the family who asked me to inquire." ”

"Oh, that's right, Zengjiazhuang is not far from here, five kilometers out of the county seat and on the Paishi Highway to Qingxi Township, but Zengjiazhuang has been renamed 'Xidong' during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There is a cliff hole next to the small village, its water leads directly to the tea tomb, it is said that there is a big carp in this hole, as long as more than zhang, entrenched at the mouth of the cave to suck food, and then turn into Jiao and go away, the name is called 'Xi Dong Jiaoteng', so it is renamed. The old man explained.

"Uncle, how do you know so much? I'm asking the right person. Arira said sincerely.

"My surname is Luo, and I worked in the county museum of culture and history before I retired, so I know more about the history of Anren."

Ariliang beckoned the stall owner to come closer, and asked for two or three side dishes and local shochu, and chatting with the old man while drinking was very speculative. For the first time, he felt that it was very comfortable to communicate with people, and he was silent for several years at the Buddha Cliff Temple, when he was tortured and tormented physically and mentally every day.

"Uncle Luo, do Zeng Jing's descendants still live in Xidong?" He asked.

"I also went to Xidong two years ago to collect style, most of the descendants of the Zeng family left Anren during the Qianlong period, and only one family has never moved away, and it is said that the descendants of the Zeng family have the responsibility of guarding the ancestral grave."

"What's the name of that family?"

"I can't remember the name clearly, anyway, there is only this family name Zeng in Xidong, the man passed away a few years ago, leaving his mother-in-law with two children, and the living conditions are not very good," Uncle Luo said this, and asked with some confusion, "Is there anything wrong with your old man asking about the Zeng family?" ”

Youliang had to make up a reason: "My grandfather is an expert in the history of the Qing Dynasty and is sorting out information in this area." ”

"Oh, it turns out that I am walking with me, what is his name? I've probably heard of it. Uncle Luo became interested when he heard this.

"His name is She Tianting, and he is the head of the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum." Youliang is talking nonsense, and he can't say anything else.

Uncle Luo thought about it, and didn't seem to have any impression in his head.

Before they knew it, both of them were already slightly drunk.

At the checkout, Arira took out an envelope from his tunic pocket, took out a hundred-dollar bill and paid for it. After getting up to say goodbye to the old man, he walked along the edge of the city and returned to the hotel, and he decided to rush to Xidong early tomorrow morning, find the family surnamed Zeng, and return Zeng Jing's ashes.

As the saying goes, "When people are in the rivers and lakes, their wealth cannot be exposed", Youliang lacked experience in this area, and when he paid the bill, he was targeted by two local ruffians.

By the Yongle River, the twilight is hazy, and there are few pedestrians on the road.

The two ruffians followed briskly from behind, and one of them deliberately bumped into him as he approached Youra, and then said apologetically, "I'm sorry." At the same time, his fingers between the blades of the blades gently slashed open his pockets containing the envelopes.

Arara was stunned for a moment, turned his head and glanced at it without saying anything.

"Meow." Unexpectedly, Mei Niang roared and jumped up from the side, reached out with a sharp claw in the air and grabbed it with a "snort", ripped off half of the man's sleeve, the skin and flesh were cut, and the heavy envelope fell to the ground with a "pop" sound.

"Damn, boy, take the money!" The other thug in the back pulled out a folding knife, flashed the blade and pounced viciously.

Youliang actually didn't have any martial arts, and Master Yidu had also taught him some introductory kung fu techniques, but he had never learned it by heart, and at this moment he saw the shiny sharp knife stabbing over, and he was at a loss for a while.

Just when the blade stabbed to his chest, he hurriedly waved his hand to block, and inadvertently touched the opponent's arm, and the sharp knife fell to the ground with a "snap", and the man's arm instantly became inexplicably weak and weak, so that he couldn't even hold the knife.

Arira took the opportunity to grab his wrist with his backhand, and a powerful suction force continuously pulled out the vitality in his body, and the man's body slowly withered to the ground, and he couldn't make a sound in his throat when he wanted to scream.

Youliang was overjoyed, he understood that the meridians of his hands had been opened, and the "Bardo Corpse Sucking Dafa" that had been sleeping in his body for many years had finally woken up.

The thief next to him looked at his companion in confusion, not knowing what had happened to Lu Dao, Arira sneered and slapped his shoulder with his other hand, and the vitality in his body surged out in an instant. These two people are not Lian Jiazi, the dantian does not have any true qi, and the ones that are sucked out by Youliang are all innate essences, and in a short time, they have been sucked dry, and they both passed out, and even if they can wake up in the future, they will become wasters.

Mei Niang looked at Youliang in surprise, "meow" and screamed, not understanding what was going on.

Arirashi picked up the envelope from the ground, and this time taught him a lesson, walking on the rivers and lakes, you need to be careful everywhere.