The Great Xia Dynasty had mountains and rivers that stretched for thousands of miles, and there were hinterland plains with fertile fields and thousands of miles. At the junction of the vast and sparsely populated two states of China and Huizhou, except for a few prosperous and lively land and water docks, the rest are all quiet farmhouses with smoke curling and chickens and dogs smelling each other.

The thousand-year-old town of Hengshui, because of the dispersal of the teenagers in the school, has lost the excitement of the past, and the town is more quiet.

The high and low buildings that meander along the Hengshui River are shrouded in the miserable autumn rain, and the slightest drizzle falls silently, wetting the already smooth stone road.

Uncle Wang Liushu stepped on the slightly wet stone road, and in the cool autumn mood, he neatly stacked the last bundle of dry firewood this year in a corner of Aunt Shen's yard.

Hearing the movement in the yard, Aunt Shen pushed open the door and saw Lao Wang, who was busy in the rain, and her face was very unhappy. People in their sixties, still like a young man to go up the mountain to collect firewood, I don't know how to take care of my body, a long time after the autumn harvest is the slack season, you can do something you like around the stove, even if you don't do anything, read "Daoyuan Fu" a few times to pray for Ah Feng thousands of miles away.

Thinking so in her heart, Aunt Shen turned around and went into the house to get a butter paper umbrella. The drizzle became more and more dense, and after a while, the umbrella surface was wet.

"I have worked with immortals, and my body is not as good as ordinary people!" Uncle Wang Liu patted his chest boastfully, but caused the eldest lady next to him to roll his eyes.

When the husband and wife were old companions, since Xu Feng left Hengshui, Aunt Shen has lived with Uncle Wang Liu. There are not so many etiquette rules in the remote countryside, and the poor neighbors have a meal, which can be regarded as officially informing everyone of the matter.

"Are you Ah Feng Nengzhong?" asked Aunt Shen with a serious expression.

"Your son, you should know better than me! Yes, yes, Ah Feng, this kid is different, his mind is lively, and he also suffers, judging from my old Wang's rich experience of traveling south and north for decades, this kid can't do anything!"

"Blow it again, if you don't blow it, you'll die!" Aunt Shen put her mind at ease and said with a smile.

Thinking of the 10,000-mile journey, sleeping in the open, and not much silver on her body, Aunt Shen immediately became worried again, and said: "I said Lao Wang, how much money have you saved? When Ah Feng comes back, let's also go to Zhongzhou City to set up a few tables, and the rest of the silver, and then give Ah Feng a big ass daughter-in-law, and we will wait to report our grandson." ”

Lao Wang took a puff of cigarette, smiled, and stretched out a hand. Aunt Shen nodded with satisfaction, she suddenly found that the old Wang next door was indeed capable, and she couldn't help but smile sweetly on her face, as if she was much younger.

Uncle Wang entered the house after finishing his work, and began to clean up the stove again, his face had sunk, after all, he was a man who traveled south and north when he was young, and he had to be more knowledgeable. He knew that if Xu Feng Tsing Yi High School stepped on the Golden Avenue of cultivation, where would he care about such mundane things as marrying a wife and having children, even if he married a wife, he didn't need any three media and six certificates, for cultivators, the avenue was the most important, and there were partners and partners.

A fire rose in the furnace, accompanied by smoke and dust, Lao Wang said in his heart, I hope this kid has a little conscience, and he has not forgotten Hengshui and Shen Yufeng, who has not forgotten to feed him.

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In the main hall of the Nine Swords Gate in Sendai Nancheng, there are fewer and fewer disciples, and most of them were deliberately persuaded away by Jing Qi.

Under the erosion of the Sendai County Government and the Broken Knife Society, life is getting worse and worse, those who have old fathers and mothers in the hall, are the only sons in the family, and the brothers who have a simple temperament and are willing to go home to farm and farm, have all been persuaded back by Jing Qiyi, and the rest at this moment are all the elite backbones of the gang.

Autumn is in full swing on Luoying Street. At dusk, the crowds are at their highest, and half of the shops on the street are closed.

Jing Qi had lived in Sendai City for many years, and he didn't expect that the famous trading city-state of the Great Xia Dynasty would be depressed and withered like this, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of regret in his heart, but he was even more determined to go to Yingdu.

A fruit shop on the street is still in business, compared to a year ago, there are only a few kinds of fruit in front of the door, four or five yellow rattan baskets loaded with tips, each fruit has been polished, and the best side will be sold towards the pedestrians on the street.

The fruit seller was a middle-aged woman with a haggard face, and when she saw Jing Qi walking by, her gray eyes shone brightly.

"Jing Qiye, bring a few, oranges that have just come down from the tree. As he spoke, he picked up the paper bag and put it in.

Jing Qi knows this woman, her man is a man who drives a big car and traffickers, her parents are still alive, and there are two children with drooping hair, all rely on this shop to make a living, Luoying Street is usually full of people, all of them are businessmen from all over the world, and they are very willing to spend money, so the family lives a solid life.

Lu Yunchang died in the mansion, and the former boss of the Broken Knife Society, with the support of the powerful people in Yingdu, was transformed into the new Zhongzhou County Government, ruling Sendai. In less than a month, several instruments were issued, all taxes in Sendai Castle were doubled, local people were forbidden to trade across states, and all long-distance trafficking was handed over to the Broken Knife Society, and the business of this fruit shop was cut off.

In the past, it was a man who was cleanly dressed and smiling all over his face to take care of these fruits, but now he was replaced by a woman, Jing Qi didn't ask why, he didn't want to hear some unfortunate stories again.

"Okay, give me seventeen oranges. "Jing Qi is very accurate in everything she does, and the same is true for buying oranges.

The woman rejoiced as if she had been rewarded, and took the greatest and the best, and filled a full bag, no more, no less, seventeen.

Jing Qi took out a piece of broken silver and placed it on the fruit in the basket.

"Seventh Master, you look down on the slave family, the guys in the hall haven't come to collect the draw for a year, the scoundrels and homeless people on the street have been harassing and helping several times, even if you want anyone's silver, you can't ask for your silver!" the woman said very resolutely, her face full of respect.

"I'm leaving, the Nine Blades Gate will be ...... from now on Without. Jing Qi said calmly.

"Ah!" said the woman who sold the fruit, her mouth wide for a moment, and she was there.

Her business is also maintained by the men of the Nine Knife Gate, and several neighbors' brothers are even making a living in the Nine Knife Gate, if the Seventh Master is gone, the Nine Knife Gate is gone, what will they do? What will happen to the shops on Luoying Street? What should Sendai do?

Jing Qi picked up the orange and quickly disappeared into the autumn sun on Luoying Street.

After a long time, the woman finally reacted, reached out and held the slightly cold piece of silver, her body trembled, and she felt that this autumn was really difficult.

"Mother...... Mother...... Here they come, here they come!" the childish voice sounded, and the woman's two sons ran like a gust of wind from the corner of Luoying Street, and shouted in low voices as they ran.

The woman was startled and panicked, picked up the huge basket of fruit, and ran into the house, and without much effort, after the baskets of fruit were all collected, and she hurriedly brought out from the house two shallow, small and broken wooden baskets, which contained some moldy and rotten oranges and hawthorn.

As soon as all this was done, several soldiers patrolling the city had already swayed to the front of the store, their clothes were disheveled, and the traces of the gang disciples had not yet been completely shed, speaking with a foreign accent, pointing to the fruit in the wooden frame, and said disdainfully: "That's all these things?"

"Uncle, this is a good thing, this hawthorn is appetizing, and citrus is defeated. ”

"What a fart! This thing can be eaten by anyone. ”

"It's a pity to feed the animals when the year is not good, the official doesn't know, just like this, those homeless people can emit green light in their eyes when they see it. ”

"Really?" said a thin man who picked up a hawthorn that looked better, put it in his mouth and chewed half of it, and was immediately grinned with sour teeth.

"Straight thief! garbage is better than you...... If the business can't be done, just close the door and save the uncle from patrolling. ”

The thin man picked up the knife, picked it randomly, knocked over two baskets of fruits to the ground, and the soldiers, seeing that he was sour, followed by a burst of laughter, but they were not idle under their feet, and according to the hawthorn on the ground, the oranges were trampled on randomly.

A few homeless people in ragged clothes, unkempt hair, and full of commotion, craned their necks, and stood numb in the autumn breeze in the distance. They were waiting to pick up the rotten fruit.

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Overnight, the news that Jing Qi was leaving spread throughout Sendai, just like when the Nine Blades Gate became famous overnight, but it was an autumn night, and there was no lingering spring rain.

The next day, Jing Qi walked out of the gate of the Nine Blades Gate Hall again, and the pedestrians on the street looked at him with a different kind of emotion.

Those neighborhood shops who have relied on Jiudaomen to take care of them for many years saluted respectfully to Jing Qi, with silent respect and reluctance in their eyes, and the idle men who had worked for Jiudaomen on the street, inquired about the news, or done rough work, looked at Jing Qi with puzzled eyes, as if to say, why don't you lead us to seize the yafu and kill all the dog officials! They knew Jing Qi's cold temperament, and they didn't dare to say it, their eyes were awe, unwillingness, and some loss. Those half-grown children who often played in front and behind the main hall were not as happy as before when they saw Jing Qi, their clear eyes did not know how to hide, and they were full of reluctance.

Jing Qi felt the kindness of these people, and stood indifferently on the street, and his cold heart suddenly rose. For this is my city, a city that grows with me and is protected by me. I Jing Qi He De How can I be so loved by the residents of Sendai Castle.

Jing Qi went out this time, he didn't ride a horse, he went to do something.

Before leaving Sendai Castle, he was going to kill one more person.