After her mother was buried, Zou Yunhua came to Qin Feng.

"Thank you. ”

At this time, Zou Yunhua's face looked a little pale, but there was endless gratitude in his eyes.

Qin Feng looked up at the original sloppy old man in front of him, but he felt a little incredible.

This guy was clearly smiling a few days ago, but in just a few days, there have been such big changes.

"It's not enough to raise your hands. ”

Qin Feng stood up and said so.

Afterwards, Zou Yunhua began to say: "Actually, most of all the money you let me win in the gambling stone shop that day was used by me to pay off my debts. ”

"Paying off debts?"

Qin Feng asked, "Could it be a loan shark?"

However, Zou Yunhua shook her head: "I have no father since I was a child, and I rely on my mother to pull me up." And because her mother had an accident when she was born, she was never weak and couldn't do heavy work at all, so she could only barely maintain the family by relying on a huge amount of manual work. ”

"But as soon as I got sick, my mother would borrow money to treat me, but my family couldn't afford to pay the arrears, and my mother had to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. Now that I have finally grown up, my mother has become ill from overwork, and after the age of sixteen I began to work outside the home to pay off the family's debts, but according to the rules of the Great Northern City, we poor people can only do some rough work, but also have to pay high taxes, so not only can we not save money, but we cannot even pay the interest on the debt. ”

"And a month ago, my mother's condition suddenly deteriorated, and at that time I had no money and a lot of foreign debts, so I planned to go to the gambling stone shop to gamble on my desperate side...... but my luck forced me to a dead end" His tone seemed to be a little self-deprecating, "Those debts are finally repaid thanks to you, little brother." ”

At this point, he seemed to choke up slightly.

And Qin Feng looked at him and nodded thoughtfully.

Later, Qin Feng asked again: "But why don't you take this money first and go to your mother's medical treatment?"

But what responded to Qin Feng was Zou Yunhua's shaking of his head and sighing.

"That's what I thought at the time, but unfortunately it was too late. When I went back that day, I asked all the Langzhong I could get, but every Langzhong was already helpless about my mother's condition. ”

When he said this, he sighed as well.

If he had been able to meet Qin Feng a few days earlier, maybe everything would have been different.

Qin Feng looked at him, but he couldn't say anything.

This may be the so-called creation of people.

"But since the rules of this Great Northern City are so unfair, why don't you leave?" Qin Feng asked again.

Zou Yunhua smiled bitterly: "Where can I go? When I was very young, my mother thought about taking me to other cities, but my mother couldn't afford to pay the expenses needed to move to the place of residence, and even if people got there, they could only be reduced to black households, and they would soon be expelled." If I don't go to other cities and go to the mountains, with my mother's health all along, it will be a dead end. ”

Seeing him lamenting the injustice of these fates, Qin Feng was speechless for a while.

Afterwards, Qin Feng finally let out a long sigh.

"And what are you going to do after that?"

Qin Feng asked.

Zou Yunhua replied: "After the end of filial piety, I want to join the army, so at least I will not be too wronged to live until I die." ”

Listening to Zou Yunhua's answer, Qin Feng had mixed feelings in his heart.

Those who dislike and hate Zou Yunhua, scold him as a broom star, or ridicule him, all of them have to get by and don't seek progress.

And this Zou Yunhua, who was disliked, hated, insulted and even ridiculed by them, had a nobler decision than anyone else.

"Alright, let's leave it at that. ”

After Qin Feng walked to the present to pay homage for a while, he said to Zou Yunhua.

As soon as the words fell, he walked in the direction of the Great North City Post Station with Tan Changlong and Jin Taiping.

After the three of them arrived at the post station, Kim Taeyeong rented three good horses, and then the three of them set off together in the direction of the county seat of Shanghe County.

Along the way, there is basically an official road connecting them, so the whole trip is unimpeded.

Just as Kim Taiping had predicted, at noon on the third day after departure, the group arrived at the county seat of Shanghe County.

Because Jin Taiping had a special arrow, the three of them were also exempted from the cost of entering the city and walked straight into the city.

I have to say that this county town is still a county town in the end, and Dabei City is like a poor and remote land compared to it.

At this time, in the Shanghe County City, Qin Feng really saw the prosperity that the Chu State should have.

As far as the eye can see, the streets and alleys are full of traffic, and the flow of people is endless, and soon after entering the city, you can hear the continuous shouting and shouting on both sides of the road.

This kind of prosperity even surpasses Tianyun City a lot.

And after crossing a few streets, Qin Feng could see the magnificent pavilions and palace buildings in the distance, almost like two different countries from the depressed Great Northern City.

"This way. ”

After entering the city, Kim Tae-pyeong has been guiding the way in front.

Even though the road was wide enough to accommodate four carriages side by side, the three of them had no choice but to dismount and lead their horses forward because of the constant flow of pedestrians.

After about half an hour's journey, the three of them passed through the downtown area, and finally got on their horses and walked quickly.

After walking through the streets, it took about half an hour for the group to finally come to the outside of a large area of connected houses.

Outside this large mansion, there is a circle of three or four meters high walls to cover it, as if a small city has been encircled in this huge Shanghe County Town.

When the three of them came to the gate at the entrance of this mansion, Qin Feng looked up and saw a plaque that was just the size of the gate.

With vigorous and powerful penmanship, two large characters are written.

Golden House.

The plaque, made of almost pure gold, with various gemstones and intricate carvings on all sides, is a testament to the luxury of the mansion.

"Here?"

Qin Fengfa asked.

At this time, Jin Taiping had already stepped off the horse, and motioned for Qin Feng and the others to dismount together.

Afterwards, Jin Taiping said: "This is the main family of the Yuanyang Chamber of Commerce, that is, the family behind me, the mansion of the Jin family." ”

Qin Feng looked at the mansion in front of him, but he was somewhat surprised in his heart.

The family that controlled such a large chamber of commerce really made it difficult for Qin Feng to imagine how rich it was.

After not staying long, the three of them let go of the horses, and then walked into the gate of the Golden Mansion together.

Immediately, under the guidance of Jin Taiping, Qin Feng and the others also walked through this golden mansion, and they could often see many servants passing back and forth.

The vastness of this Jin family, although it is not as big as the Tianyun Martial Mansion, is not much worse.

Eventually, a few people came to a pavilion outside.

"Seven masters, who are these two?"

At this time, one of the two guards in charge of guarding the door stepped forward and asked Kim Taepyeong.

Jin Taiping immediately said: "These are two distinguished guests, let them come in with me." ”

"Yes. ”

It was because after getting an answer, he didn't ask any more questions, but retreated.

However, when Qin Feng and the others passed by these two guards, the latter two still couldn't help but look at the first two, constantly wondering what kind of distinguished guests these two plainly dressed young men were.

After passing through the first floor of the attic, several people went up the stairs to the second floor of the attic.

It is surrounded by windows on three sides, and the other wall is inlaid with a fireplace-like ritual vessel, which makes the building quite warm on such a winter day.

At this time, a middle-aged man was standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back.

"Big brother, I brought people here. ”

After going up to the attic, Kim Tae-pyeong immediately spoke.

Hearing Jin Taiping's words, the middle-aged man, who had not been aware of the arrival of the three of them, immediately turned around when he heard the sound, and at the same time, his originally gloomy face suddenly stretched a lot.

"Old Seven, you can be regarded as back!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man came over and hugged Kim Taiping excitedly.

Then, after taking two steps back, he looked at Qin Feng and the others.

"Which of these two is the genius Xiangshi Master you mentioned in your letter?"

And Jin Taiping introduced Qin Feng and Tan Changlong to the middle-aged man respectively.

"This young man named Fengqing is the genius Xiangshi Master mentioned in my letter, but in the haste of the letter that day, I didn't have time to explain what kind of magical powers he had. Kim Tae-pyeong said.

And the middle-aged man asked a little eagerly, "Tell me about it." ”

But at this time, Jin Taiping smiled and said, "Big brother, now you should let the two guests sit down first." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately patted the back of his head and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I'm really a little too excited." ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man personally invited Qin Feng and Tan Changlong to take a seat.

In a brief conversation later, Qin Feng also learned that this middle-aged man was the current president of the Yuanyang Chamber of Commerce, and he was also the head of the Jin family, Jin Taixuan.

On the other hand, regarding Qin Feng's miraculous technique of phase stone that day, Jin Taiping also explained everything he saw to Jin Taixuan.

Moreover, just after Qin Feng had already agreed to Jin Taiping, he also inadvertently revealed a flaw, which made Jin Taiping even more convinced that he was really a very rare Xiangshi genius.

When he left from the gambling stone workshop that day, Qin Feng clearly did not see the scene where the two stones were opened, but when he saw Zou Yunhua the day before yesterday, he decided that Zou Yunhua had obtained a total of twenty spirit stones at that time, and this was exactly the case.

It's just that Jin Taiping didn't mention this matter, but intentionally or unintentionally made Qin Feng aware that he had discovered this flaw.

"Well, it's time to tell me about your situation. ”

Qin Feng went straight in.