Liu Jingzhong looked pleading: "Brother Zhou! Please don't refuse! ”

Zhou Cang thought about it for a while, and then thought of Liu Jingzhong's son who gave him a headache.

"I know, you must be thinking about the future for your children! Although your family Jing'er has a strong temper, he is still clear if it is not above, and you may be worried. ”

"Hey! I'm worried that Jing'er is part of it, and I'm more worried about that Chu Nan!! ”

"Brother Zhou, you don't know, that Chu Nan must be extremely jealous of our Liu family, not only my Liu family, but even the Zhang family and the Wei family are extremely jealous of him! It's a pity that I'm a stupid boy, not only don't I know, but also because a woman took the initiative to provoke him! ”

The topic suddenly came to Chu Nan, and Zhou Cang looked surprised.

"Chu Nan? When did your Liu family have a grudge against him? ”

Fragmentary memories began to be reshaped in Liu Jingzhong's mind, and a long-sealed past was vividly presented in his memory.

"It's an old thing! I didn't want to mention it again, but I used to ......"

......

Time is like a white horse, and the years do not come again.

Compared with Hua'an County, which is prosperous today, thirteen years ago, Hua'an County experienced frequent droughts and floods, and there was no harvest in autumn and summer.

Creatures grind obstacles, and starvation carries the road.

Wealthy merchants and aristocrats took their wives and daughters and left Hua'an County for refuge. And the poor can only watch their loved ones starve to death, wiping tears and weeping with their tattered clothes.

At that time, the governor of the state government was still taking care of deceiving the superiors and subordinates, secretly communicating with the joints, and playing everywhere.

At that time, the county decree imposed taxes on the grounds of "no pay for disaster relief", which aggravated the suffering of the people.

"Sell coffins! Sell coffins! ”

On the straight avenue, there were only a few scattered figures.

In the daytime, a county town that can accommodate thousands of people looks like a ghost at a glance, so it is not desolate!

Even the only flow of people is in the coffin business, making a fortune from the dead!

"How much do you sell this coffin?"

As soon as the coffin merchant heard the questioning, he immediately became attentive, and when he looked up, he found that the person who was asking the person was an old man, who was wearing a thin blue shirt and robe, but on closer inspection, he was no different from the old man in the mountains.

Behind the old Taoist, the two thin figures looked a little timid, half-hiding and half-hiding behind the old man's clothes.

Two children, a boy and a girl, are about four or five years old.

The man is innocent, tiger-headed, and bright-eyed.

The female is pitiful, Zhong Lingxiu, and slightly shy.

One left and one right dragged the corners of the old Taoist's clothes, and the two little dolls seemed to have regarded the old Taoist priest as the closest person.

As soon as the merchant looked at the old Taoist, his attitude immediately became respectful: "It turned out to be Master Xuanqing!" ”

This is called the old Taoist priest of Xuanqing, who practices in the deep mountains near Hua'an County, and can rejuvenate his hands and measure his life! On weekdays, he often comes to Hua'an County to accumulate virtue and do good.

Because of its popularity, it is also quite prestigious in this county.

"I don't need money for this coffin!"

The merchant hurriedly waved his hand, his face sincere, completely different from the previous philistine expression.

The two little Taoist children were also very curious, and the little girl said innocently:

"Woo! Senior brother, it turns out that this thing called a coffin doesn't need money! We'll be able to take a lot of them back later! ”

The little boy was a little disdainful: "You are so stupid! This uncle didn't take money for the sake of the master's face! Besides, coffins are things that are used by the dead, why do you want so much! Ay! When will you be as smart as I am? ”

"Ahem!" With a dry cough, the old Taoist priest glanced at the two children sternly: "You two don't make trouble!" ”

The old Taoist priest immediately looked at the merchant again, and the Taoist thought for many years made the old Taoist priest unwilling to take advantage of others at the moment.

"How can I take your things for nothing from this benefactor, you better make a price!"

But the merchant said with a sincere face: "Mage, your words will torment me!" My name is Xu Xiang, you may not remember me, last year my son was sick, and I saw many Langzhong who were not cured, and in the end, thanks to your rescue! ”

"I've always kept this kindness in my heart, don't shirk it anymore! Otherwise, I will not be happy in my conscience! ”

Seeing that the businessman's attitude was extremely persistent and his enthusiasm was difficult to resist, the old Taoist priest nodded in agreement.

His intentions were accepted by the old Taoist, and the merchant suddenly became happy.

"By the way, I don't know yet, old mage, what are you buying this coffin for?"

In the eyes of the merchants, although the old Taoist priest was thin, he was also radiant, no matter how he looked at it, he would not be a dying person, as for the two little dolls, they looked very healthy at a glance.

The old Taoist priest said bluntly: "Hua'an County is now like this, this coffin is a meeting gift I prepared for the Weihe River God, I want to use this thing to force him out, as a great god who guards one side, why sit and watch so many people die!" ”

When the merchant heard this, he immediately bowed and worshipped.

"The mage is really a saint! There is finally hope for Hua'an County! ”

.......

The old Taoist priest bought a coffin and wanted to go to the river god for the people of Hua'an County to ask for an explanation, which spread all over the county.

And this matter has also spread throughout the noble circles.

Although many wealthy people fled Hua'an County, some wealthy businessmen remained.

Among them, the Wang family, the Liu family, the Zhang family and the Wei family are the leaders, and these four ancestors did business in Hua'an County, and their financial resources are huge and prestigious.

And these four families, during the period when the people of Hua'an County were suffering from famine, bought a large number of grain at low prices in other places and sold them at high prices. collected a lot of money, and because he bribed the government in private, the county magistrate also turned a blind eye to this matter.

Hearing that Xuanqing was going to Hua'an County to go to the river god to ask for an explanation, this was like an act of cutting off the road to wealth, which made the four families uneasy for a while.

Finally, the heads of the four families privately agreed that they would stumble on Master Xuanqing in private and frame him in this matter!

Although he didn't know anything about this matter, Xuanqing, who was good at inferring good luck and evil, divined a hexagram for himself that day, and after seeing the hexagram, Xuanqing sighed.

Then he summoned his two disciples to the front of him.

"Nan'er, Ling'er!"