Siming City is very large, with 8,000 hectares and 700,000 people living there.

Where there are people, there are rich and poor, and Suzhou, where the Su family is located, is the richest east of Siming City. Closely adjacent to the Mulan River wharf, merchants are prosperous and there are many shops.

Don't say that it is Siming City, even in the entire Lanzhou, and even in the entire Duan Dynasty, it is a first-class wealth.

But further west along the Mulan River, the scene is very different, the dignitaries and dignitaries began to gradually decrease, and the atmosphere of the market and the rivers and lakes became more and more intense.

When you reach the westernmost side, you will enter the territory of sailors, lifu, and rivers and lakes to beg for a living, which stretches for eight miles, mixed with fish and dragons, and is a place where the lower nine streams converge, filled with a strange smell of sewage, mules and horses, and the smell of corruption.

Because it is next to a tributary of the Mulan River, it has a name, called Bali River.

As one of the five major gates, the Ning family's mansion is located further west of the Bali River.

Su Wuming has not been out of the house for eight years, and even in his childhood, he rarely has the opportunity to cross Siming City and come to Bali River to play.

When a few people just ran out of the Su family's mansion, she was in a very happy mood, commenting on the scenery all the way, talking about the characters, and chattering endlessly.

But the farther she went west, the less she spoke, and when she really arrived at the Bali River, she became speechless, lying on Su Guyuan's back and silent.

Su Guyuan didn't hear her voice for half an hour, and thought that she was not in good health, so he shook her body and asked, "What's wrong?" If it's uncomfortable, we'll go back. ”

Su Wuming was quiet for a moment before he said in a low voice, "Brother, they are so bitter." ”

Su Guyuan knew who Su Wuming was talking about. They had already stepped into the Bali River territory, and dozens or hundreds of low-rise rough carpentry sheds were densely lined up on both sides.

About thirty or so porters had just finished their work and were washing outside the shed.

They had just pulled the boat and it should not have been light, and everyone had bright red blood marks on their shoulders, and even four or five of them were already bloody and fleshy, and even their skin was worn out.

Su Guyuan had heard some stories before, saying that some of the ladies ran away from home and came to the places where ordinary people lived, feeling fresh and fun everywhere, and even having fun.

How is that possible, people have the same reason, the same heart, the suffering in the world, as long as you have eyes, you can see, as long as you have a heart, you can understand.

No one really takes bitterness as fun, and if there is such a person, then his heart must be like a stone.

Su Wuming's eyes are blind, but her heart is brighter than ordinary people, she has never felt the suffering of ordinary people, but she can still understand it.

When Su Guyuan heard this, he didn't lie to her or comfort her, he just nodded and said, "Yes, it's very bitter." ”

Su Wuming didn't speak for a long time, as if he was thinking about something, paused, and suddenly turned his head and asked Ning Bufan: "Brother Bufan, has this always been like this here?" ”

Ning Bufan has lived in the west of Siming City for nineteen years, and he has long been surprised by the scene in front of him, and said casually: "Yes, Lao Tzu was like this when he was a child, and these people are also strange." It's not enough to do such hard work for a lifetime, and a family has been doing this for generations. You said that whatever you do, it's more comfortable to go to the river to catch fish and eat than to do this, right? ”

Su Wuming thought for a while, and then asked: "Then if they don't get married, they don't have offspring." Are there fewer and fewer people? ”

Ning Bufan didn't think about it, and quickly replied: "No, there have always been about three or five hundred, and there will always be outsiders who come here every year, and they will work for a lifetime." ”

Su Wuming no longer asked, but leaned on Su Guyuan's ear, and spit out three words like a mosquito: "Hard Labor Dao." ”

Su Guyuan was startled, and suddenly realized that his thinking had not completely integrated into the Yanxu Realm.

The work of coolies may be a normal means of livelihood in other worlds, but not necessarily in the Yanxu world, especially Siming City.

This big city is rampant, and the four clear and six ways are integrated into every corner. Just find a corresponding Heqi monk to blow a gust of wind, and the efficiency is hundreds of times higher than that of mortal coolies.

So why has no one ever thought of this for hundreds of years? Even the number of coolies does not increase or decrease, forever three or five hundred?

The reason is obvious, because the life of hard labor is part of the four Ming and six realms, just as the rich and noble life represented by Su Zhou is also a part of the six realms.

According to this line of thought, then the sword and soldier life of the Ning family's representative must be the same.

Su Guyuan listened to the four clear and six paths all day, and it was only at this time that he vaguely sensed which six the six were and which six they were.

If his guess is true, then now three of the six realms have been revealed—the path of wealth, the path of hard labor, and the path of sword soldiers.

Among them, the Dao of Wealth and Wealth and the Dao of Bitter Labor have already witnessed it with their own eyes, and the Dao of the Sword and Soldier represented by the Ning family has not yet understood.

Su Guyuan knew that Su Wuming thought the same as himself, and wanted to hurry up to see if there was anything strange about the Ning family. So he quickened his pace and went further west.

After crossing the Bali River, walking another mile, you can see two blue brick towers that are three zhang high and close to each other, which are the Wenfeng Pagoda and Wukui Pagoda of Siming City, which are used to point out the direction to pedestrians from afar.

Looking through the gap between the two towers, you can vaguely see a towering gatehouse, which should be the Ning family.

Su Guyuan guessed correctly, and when he saw the gatehouse, Ning Bufan looked very excited, pointed to the front and said, "That's my house, we're going to arrive soon." Sister Wuming, help me see what kind of feng shui this feng shui is. ”

Su Wuming didn't speak, but Su Guyuan felt that her body was stiffening slightly, which was a sign of nervousness.

Su Guyuan just wanted to ask about the situation, but he heard Su Wuming say: "Heaven is slashing. ”

Su Guyuan and Ning Bufan were stunned, neither of them expected that Su Wuming had really seen something before he entered the door, and the name Heaven Slash didn't sound very peaceful.

Before Su Wuming's words were finished, he patted Su Guyuan and motioned for him to move forward.

Su Guyuan agreed, walked around the two towers quickly, and saw that there was an arc-shaped avenue in front of him, and there were constant pedestrians on the road, and the most curved part of the arc top was facing the Ning family's gatehouse.

"Reverse bow." Su Wuming spit out three more words, and Su Guyuan felt her hand grip on his shoulder.

This is not over, I don't know what I saw again, Su Wuming's small mouth seemed to have turned into a crossbow arrow, and he said one after another: "Gun brake, sharp horn brake." ”

"What's the situation?" Ning Bufan was stunned by the words that Su Wuming spit out one after another, he knew that there was something wrong with his family's life before. But I didn't expect to commit four evils at once.

For a while, Ning Bufan didn't seem to know what to say, and said incoherently: "Ignorant girl, is it so serious?" Is there any salvation for my family? Committed four ...... at once"

"It's not four, it's more." Su Wuming didn't consider Ning Bufan's emotions at all, grabbed the clothes on Su Guyuan's shoulders tightly, and said, "I need to go in and have a look." ”