The two got off the boat, Xiao Dongshan didn't dare to face Yang Yang's face, and followed her silently. Entering the east gate, Yang Yang said: "Brother Xiao, go this way!" Xiao Dongshan said: "Sister Yang, I won't go with you, don't leave it at that." Yang Yang said: "Are you going to find the sister of the Hong family?" Xiao Dongshan said: "Of course." Yang Yang nodded and said, "I'm going to send someone to get those powder kegs, so don't leave it at that!" "I turned into an alley and left.

Xiao Dongshan thought as he walked: "When I was on the island, I was called Dongshan, and when I came back, I was called Brother Xiao, Sister Yang, Sister Yang!" "Turn your mind to think, you are penniless, this way is far away, no entanglement is not good, this Hangzhou city is a rich place, it is better to find some silver here, and then it is not too late to go on the road.

He made up his mind and looked all the way, it was already afternoon at this time, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and he occasionally saw a few people, all of whom were kind-faced and polite, and saw a few big mansions, which were quite majestic, and he didn't know what it was, so it was not good to rashly move his thoughts. After turning a few alleys, I came to a secluded street, walked and walked, looked up, and said, "This is it." ”

It turned out to be a pawnshop, and the words "Surbana Jurong Pawnshop" were written on it. He remembered what his father had said when he was alive: "The robbers and murderers in this world are all openly harming people, and we as officials are going to exterminate them, and the most hateful thing is the one who secretly harms people, and the officials are not easy to control, the first is usury, and the lure is the poor people, and the profits are higher, and the dead people are not paid for their lives, the second is the old bustard in the brothel, who hurts the family, or abducts or blinds, and the woman who cheats, and the third is the pawnshop, who eats people and does not spit out bones, and pits those who fall into the middle of the road, but we are officials have no good way to take these three things." ”

Xiao Dongshan walked into the pawnshop, looked left and right, a counter only opened a window, and when the head opened, a door was bolted from the inside. Looking through the window, a courtier was sitting in the house inside, there were all kinds of cabinets in the house, and I didn't know what it contained, and a few guys were busy. Chao Feng saw Xiao Dongshan coming in, looked at him a few times, and said, "Guest officer, what do you have to do?" ”

Xiao Dongshan originally just came in to step on a point, and when he saw the court, he replied: "I have good things, but if you want to redeem them, you can keep them here very properly?" Chao Feng said: "Don't worry, the emperor's jade seal will not happen here." Xiao Dongshan walked to the window, took off the jade pendant given by Lili, and handed it to Chaofeng: "How much do you think this can be?" Chao Feng took it, looked at it carefully, and said: "Jade is a good jade, but the current market is not good, at most five taels of silver." Xiao Dongshan sneered: "Sure enough, I don't know the goods, this jade doesn't say five taels, even five thousand taels is underestimated, just give it back to me." ”

That Chao Feng also sneered, and was about to hand it back to Xiao Dongshan, and a person's voice came from inside: "Take it and let me see!" Chao Feng hurriedly stood up and replied respectfully, "Yes!" "Take the jade pendant and go inside. Xiao Dongshan was afraid that the jade pendant would be out of his sight, so he intended to stop it, but the court was walking fast, Xiao Dongshan thought again: "What's the matter, what tricks can a small pawnshop play, it's a big deal to go in and take it back...... The voice of the man inside was like that of a young woman! After a while, he heard the sound of the door, the curtain, and the footsteps inside, and then the courtier ran forward, opened the door at the head of the counter, and a man walked out of it.

I saw her dressed as a man, with a square scarf, a brocade robe, and satin boots, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and she was three points heroic, but her breasts were high, and she was clearly a woman. She handed the jade pendant in her hand to Chaofeng, and Chaofeng handed it to Xiao Dongshan, Xiao Dongshan took it and saw that the jade pendant had not been dropped or bumped. When the woman saw Xiao Dongshan, she secretly praised in her heart: "What a man!" He arched his hand and said: "This brother, the jade is really a good jade, it is an object of the prince's family, just a pawnshop business, it has always been like this, it can't be compared with the original price, and I hope that the brother will forgive me." Xiao Dongshan said: "It's easy to say." The woman said, "How much silver does my brother need?" Xiao Dongshan said: "This is a very important thing, the moment Chao Feng took it in just now, I regretted it, I didn't do it." The woman nodded slightly and said, "But the son seems to be short of money?" Xiao Dongshan said with a smile: "Just a little entanglement, I think of other ways." ”

The woman said: "This is also simple, Wang Chaofeng, take ten taels of silver." The courtier came over with a piece of silver. The woman said, "Please take it." Xiao Dongshan was surprised, took the silver and said, "You are a loss-making business...... I didn't expect ...... I haven't consulted yet...... the woman said: "The little girl Bai Xiuying of Liaodong, when she first came to Jiangnan, her favorite thing is to make friends." Xiao Dongshan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "In Xia Jiangxi Xiao Dongshan, thank you Miss Bai for your kindness." Nor will he say anything to repay the reward.

Bai Xiuying said: "It's just a trivial matter, why worry about it." Xiao Dongshan said: "Miss Bai, I have to hurry up next, don't pass by!" Bai Xiuying nodded and went inside.

Xiao Dongshan got out of the pawnshop, secretly sighed that there are such good people and good things in the world, and remembered that Miss Bai said a little contradictory, it was clear that she was the owner, but she said that she came to Jiangnan for the first time, and after thinking about it, maybe this shop was owned by her father and brother, and it made sense for her to come to Jiangnan for the first time.

All the way to the west, unconsciously has reached the west gate, only to remember to buy some dry food in the city to bring, looking for a shop, two horses galloped over, only to see two middle-aged women sitting right away. At that time, the woman went out, or walked or sat in a sedan chair, there were very few people who rode horses and galloped like this, Xiao Dongshan couldn't help but look at it twice, only to feel that the two middle-aged women were a little familiar, and then found that these two people were coming at him. The two middle-aged women came to the front, dismounted, gave Xiao Dongshan Bo a salute, and said, "My master ordered the two of us to come to look for you, please accept it!" One of them took out a bag and handed it to Xiao Dongshan.

Xiao Dongshan opened it and saw that there was a small bag of silver taels and a bag of dry food. At this time, he had already remembered that these two people were Yang Yang's subordinates, and said: "Go back and tell your master, Xiao is grateful, and your master has not been eliminated, please take care of yourself." ”

He was so anxious that he stayed day and night, and ran all the way to the family village.

On this day, after the green mountains, skimming the Valley of Martyrdom, jumping or climbing on the mountain of death, coming to the mirror stone, passing through the misty stone henge, seeing that the domestic village was in front of me, my heart beat faster. When I arrived at the entrance of the village, it was already dusk, and a wisp of green smoke slowly rose not far away. Xiao Dongshan said secretly: "I don't know what I'm burning, I'll turn around and take a look." "He did not enter the village, but leaned the path to find the place of green smoke.

Not far away, I soon saw two people kneeling in front of the grave, burning a dog made of withered grass, both of them were dressed as farmers, it was the two people I saw on the mountainside Pingtai that day who were walking with Master Rujian and serving another monk, one with a thick beard and mighty, and the other with a white face and a weak face. Xiao Dongshan said secretly: "It seems that the monk, the brother who left the company, has passed away after all." Even if I am a detached brother, I will also go and make a move. He walked out and coughed. The two men had already seen him, and they did not say a word, and were extremely indifferent.

Xiao Dongshan went to the tomb to see that there were four big characters written on a brick tablet - "a good person".

Suddenly, Xiao Dongshan felt that the hairs on his whole body stood up, and it turned out that there was another earthen tomb next to the earthen tomb! He walked over to see that there was also a brick tablet erected on this mound, and he saw a few big characters written on it - "The Tomb of the Beloved Daughter". Xiao Dongshan only felt a bang in his head, dumbfounded, and froze in place.

In the middle of the night, he slowly lay down, leaned on the mound, stretched out his arms, and buried his head in the grave, as if he wanted to hold something, but as if he couldn't hold anything.

After a while, he got up, squatted in front of the brick monument, stared at the "Tomb of the Divorced Daughter", looked back at the two, and the thick-bearded man nodded gloomily. Xiao Dongshan shouted "ah" and hit his head on the brick stele, which couldn't bear the power of his grief and broke from it.