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No matter how far the road is, there is an end, not to mention that the location where the fishing boat docks is not far from Pingting, eating all kinds of food along the way, enjoying the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, and remembering all kinds of interesting things.

Five days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Pingting, the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, has also arrived in front of you.

Standing outside the city gate, Linglong looked at this mediocre city except for a little higher, and was a little curious, "This is Pingting?" It seems that the security is good, and it is not as terrible as it is recorded. ”

"The news recorded by Lingyawei is not forgotten on Pingting Road, and during the day, people are happy and friendly." Lu Ming shook his head, "But in fact, this city has derived new rules of survival, under the white, it is full of dirt, and the people here have learned to deceive." ”

"If these rumors are true, then I have a little understanding that Wei Shengyan is a liar, growing up in this environment, without two distractions, it is indeed difficult to grow up normally."

Linglong nodded slightly, agreeing, she is not the little girl who just came out of the mountain village, she naturally understands the truth that people's hearts are sinister and changeable.

At the city gate, an old man in brocade clothes, holding a portrait in his hand, looked for a comparison figure in the flow of people passing by around the gallop, and finally saw the pair of men and women who were looking outside.

The old man trotted all the way towards the two of them, stood in front of the two, and bowed slightly, "Your Majesty, God Lord." ”

Lu Ming asked the old man who suddenly rushed over, "Are you?" Micro-living? ”

"Your good eyesight, the head of my family asked me to wait for the two of you at the city gate to welcome the two distinguished guests." The old housekeeper with a kind smile, leaning over, Lu Ming looked at it and felt that this action seemed to be somewhat similar to Wei Shengyan's action, and secretly sighed that it was worthy of a family.

Pingting is no different from other places, strangers come here, it is easy to get noticed, and it is good to be deceived by some pitiful tricks of the world to the point of being penniless.

Maybe you may still be gagged.

This is all Lu Ming saw on the news collected by Ling Yawei, and he didn't know if it was true or not, but he was a little curious at the moment, after all, the people he met in the Jiangnan area were still relatively kind, and the rumors like Pingting were really seen in the news.

directly rejected the idea that the old housekeeper wanted to take the two of them directly into the Weisheng family, Lu Ming pulled Linglong and walked towards the city gate, wanting to personally understand whether the story here was true or not.

The old butler was speechless, silently following behind the two, keeping a certain distance, for he knew that people's curiosity was often extinguished quickly, and this young gentleman would not be an exception.

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After showing the road guide, you will enter the city gate, there are three intersections, one goes directly to the center of the Pingjiang Marquis Mansion, and the other two go to the end are other city gates, of course, there are other curved routes in the middle.

The streets are still bustling, with vendors fanning the cool breeze while drinking steaming steamed buns, and there are clothes shops with a few fine cloths and flower shops next to them......

Eating, drinking, and playing, food, clothing, housing and transportation, almost all of them are summarized on a street, and the pedestrians on the road are smiling, looking like the whole family is well-off, and every day is a good day.

Prosperity seems to be the first impression of this city.

Linglong stopped outside a store, this is an osmanthus cake shop, the food along the way is a lot usual, but the favorite is still the osmanthus cake, soft and glutinous, but it immediately melts away as soon as it is entered, leaving a fragrant fragrance.

I don't know if the osmanthus cake will be different in the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Linglong stood on tiptoe, slightly expectant.

"Sister, buy a bouquet of flowers." A look looked at a seven or eight-year-old child walking up to Linglong's side, tugging at her dress, and said timidly.

Squatting down and sniffing his nose gently, a burst of fragrance was in his nose, and the dew was faintly visible on the petals, which should have been collected in the morning, Linglong touched his waist, and then found that he did not have the habit of bringing money, so he reached out and kissed the dirt on the little girl's face, and said.

"My sister didn't bring any money, but you can wait a minute, and when my brother comes out, I'll let him buy it."

"Also, forget it~"

The little girl seemed to be a little shy by the sudden behavior of her sister in front of her, and lowered her head shyly, holding a flower basket in both hands, Linglong was even more distressed, and reached out to rub the little girl's hair.

It's really pitiful that such a small one came out to sell flowers to make money.

"Sister, you're so beautiful, I'll give my sister one, I don't need money." The little girl suddenly looked up and said to her.

"Sister, I can't take advantage of you, just wait a while." Linglong scratched the bridge of the little girl's nose and said with a smile.

The little girl didn't say a word, holding a flower basket in one hand, carefully playing with the flowers in the other, and after a while, she picked out the best flower in full bloom and stuffed it into Linglong's hand, and then ran away.

Linglong held the flower, and just wanted to stop, she found that the little girl was picked up, and a pair of poor eyes hung with a trace of tears, and when she looked over, she was full of pleading.

"Lu Ming, put them down quickly, this is an ordinary flower, there is no problem."

Handing the food box to Linglong, Lu Ming took out a silver coin from his arms and stuffed it into the girl's flower basket in the girl's frightened eyes, and when he reached back, he picked up a pendant from the basket, and then put the girl down.

The little girl touched her feet to the ground, grabbed the silver coin and ran away, leaving the flower basket on the ground.

Lu Ming brought the pendant to Linglong, stretched out his hand to scratch the fragmented spars, and couldn't help but say: "You also said that this is your mother's thing, you have to carry it all the time, and you don't even know when it's gone?" ”

"I ...... How did you know that the children here are so good at deceiving people? Linglong was so angry that she almost lost the only thing her mother left for herself.

At this moment, she somewhat understood that the city of Pingting was indeed not as harmonious as it seemed.

"But if you know that the child is a thief, why do you still give her money?" After coming back to her senses, Linglong couldn't help but ask.

"The old housekeeper of Wei Shengyan said that the girl's grandfather was seriously ill and needed to take money to buy medicine, in the city of Pingting, in addition to deceiving people and pit people, no one would care about selling pitiful, and people would not pity her because she was young......"

Sighing, Lu Ming picked up the flower basket that fell on the ground and handed it to Linglong, "No matter what, this basket of flowers is real, just like you said, there is nothing wrong with flowers." ”

The old housekeeper once said that the rule of survival of Pingting is not to trust anyone, including children and dogs.

Perhaps, if you think about it from another angle, it is the environment that makes children and dogs so adaptable to survive, after all, they have no ability to change the environment.

But the king in charge of Suchuan seems to have this ability.

Inexplicably, Lu Ming felt that there seemed to be a little more responsibility on his shoulders.

Hearing the story, Linglong frowned, subconsciously flashed a trace of distress for the little girl, opened her mouth to say something, and the old housekeeper quickly ran up from behind, carrying a bag of medicinal herbs.

"In Pingting, except for Hou Ye, no one is more effective than the brand of Weishengjia."

The old butler bowed slightly and said, "The villain has been arranged, so please rest assured." ”

The wealth of the Weisheng family is ranked first in the entire Suchuan, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the richest man, and the industries under his command cover all industries, the most concentrated is in Pingting.

This street, a city, and nine out of ten shops are directly or indirectly related to Weishengjia, and the only store that has nothing to do with it will definitely not be able to open the next day.

Linglong put down her mind and ate a piece of osmanthus cake angrily.

Knowing that the girl didn't have the heart to continue shopping, Lu Ming motioned to the old housekeeper to lead the way ahead.

The face of the old housekeeper has been well known to many shopkeepers on the streets of Pingting, after all, he is the housekeeper of Weisheng Yan, as the saying goes, the good prime minister is a seven-rank official in front of the door, and there is no dog barking in front of the family house.

This person who is in charge of most of the lifeblood of Jiangnan's commerce, even if he is just an old housekeeper in the family, his power will naturally not be low.

When passing by the whole street, the owners of the shops next to them nodded their heads and said hello, obviously they were already very familiar with each other, and even the pedestrians on the street would smile and say hello.

Seem...... There is no such domineering appearance as I have in my impression.

Lu Ming kept this strange phenomenon in his heart, followed the old housekeeper all the way, and after a while, he arrived at Weisheng's house, there was no stone jade lion in front of the door, but he could see a long red curtain hanging from afar, and the word "happiness" had overflowed the entire mansion.

Is Weisheng Yan married?

Putting aside their doubts, Lu Ming and Linglong followed the old housekeeper into the house, and after entering, they turned around again before they walked to the courtyard arranged by Wei Shengyan himself, and the old housekeeper left immediately, saying that the head of the house would come back in a while.

"Is Wei Sheng Yan married to Sister Yinjiao?"

Linglong asked.

"It is estimated that I knew it last time on the fishing boat of Weisheng Yan, after all, they have a marriage contract, and it has been almost two months since the Yin sisters arrived here, and they should be familiar with it, and it is normal to travel and have a marriage contract." Lu Ming nodded lightly.

Linglong held it and thought for a while, "When you say that, I think about it, last time you seemed to have told Wei Shengyan that Yinxiang may awaken the power of the Yinshi and can see through other people's thoughts." ”

"So, is Sister Yinjiao confident that she can win the old fox of Weisheng Yan?"

Lu Ming shook his head, he just wanted to bury a thorn in Weishengyan's heart last time, and originally thought that it should be effective, but this time he went south to see the prosperity of the entire Jiangnan and learned about some Pingting business environment, but he already felt that it was estimated that it would have no effect.

A person who can start from scratch and create such a family business in decades, despite the support of the candle rhino, is definitely extremely smart, but it is not a matter of meeting him once, and a few words can shake his faith.

What Wei Shengyan believes most is that he himself is.

The two chatted in the courtyard, and at the end of the corridor branched out a gazebo, on the marble table there was a plate of fish food, and when the fish food was sprinkled, the koi fish under the pavilion jumped out of the water one after another.

After another moment, the fish food on the plate had bottomed out, and there was the sound of trotting footsteps outside the courtyard, and a micro-sheng inkstone dressed in a gorgeous costume walked in with a smile on his face, and saluted very respectfully in front of the two.

"I should have personally greeted him outside the city gate, but things are busy, so I ask the Lord of God to forgive my sins."

"Why didn't you call yourself a villain this time?" Linglong joked, this old thief was a boat owner, a villain, and he was very humble, if he didn't know his identity, who would have thought that he would be the richest man in Suchuan, the money bag of Pingjiang Hou.

Wei Sheng Yan smiled, "The god said that he laughed, Wei Sheng Yan didn't deliberately hide the two at the beginning, it was really due to the environment, and he was forced to be helpless." ”

Lu Ming looked at the red stickers on the windows and the gatehouse, and asked, "When did it happen?" ”

"The third day of the next month is an auspicious day, and I hope that the Lord will bless me and Yinmakeup." Wei Shengyan said, the corners of his mouth were full of smiles that could not be hidden.

He must indeed be very tempted by that man, although Yinxiao does not have much good face, but believes that time will erase everything.

"Marriage blessing is a big deal, but I just issued an edict to give marriage to people, and you have made a miracle to ask Wuyuan to send me a message and give me gifts, and there is nothing wrong with giving an extra edict."

As soon as the conversation changed, Lu Ming stood up and looked at the most central building in the distance and continued: "I have three things that I need you to answer one by one. ”

"But whatever the gentleman asks, Weisheng Yan will know everything, and he will say everything!" Wei Shengyan glanced at Lu Ming and put it down, and arched his hand with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"One, the matter of Pingjiang Hou Candle Rhino, what to do later, you have to give me a plan."

Frowning slightly for a moment, Wei Shengyan immediately replied: "Pingjiang Hou has four sons, since he was trapped in the imperial capital, it is the eldest son Candle Zheng who is now in power, the second son and the third son have some ideas about the power of the Hou Mansion, the monarch can stand behind him and give different interests to divide and divide, let them kill each other, and then let the youngest son of Candle Rhino take the throne and smoothly receive his power." ”

Lu Ming turned his back to Wei Shengyan so that he couldn't see his expression, and continued: "Two, what was the truth seventeen years ago? ”

Wei Shengyan lowered his head and didn't answer immediately, his eyes looked to the side, Linglong touched the pendant on his neck, and his face was calm, as if he hadn't noticed her eyes.

Wei Shengyan said: "Seventeen years ago, Pingjiang Hou Candle Rhino didn't know where to get some ancient classics, which recorded the method of artificially creating the god master: using the monster in the ruins as the source of the body's bloodline, plus the girl's body ......"

Wei Sheng Yan buried his head slightly, "The next thing, the king knows, the test failed, Pingjiang Hou killed hundreds of thousands of 'monsters' with his own hands on the grounds of the outbreak of the plague in Pingting...... But after all, there are a lot of them, so it is inevitable that there will be individual omissions......"

Linglong's mother, according to Huo Tu Xin, went to weave fire at that time seventeen years ago.

Linglong looked at Wei Shengyan coldly: "You're lying!" ”

Wei Shengyan fell to the ground with a thud, "The villain should be damned, the villain has to be involved, I am attached to Pingjianghou, and I can't stay out of it." ”

"The villain is here again?" Linglong smiled disdainfully.

Wei Sheng Yan kowtowed and was silent.

"One last thing, this painting." Lu Ming took out the blank scroll with no portrait from his arms and put it on the stone table.

Wei Shengyan stretched out his hand to unfold the scroll until he saw it all, unconsciously held his breath, and in a quiet atmosphere, he stayed for a long time before closing the scroll.

He looked up at the young monarch, with a hint of inexplicability in his eyes, and said softly, "That's the person the Divine Sect is looking for." ”

"I've been looking for someone for five hundred years to find."

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