At the end of spring, the remnant sun hung high, and the wind in the west roared like wolves to take away all life, Xu Wei carried the dying Deng Yunxin on his back and walked slowly among the sand and dry grass, and the sand grains swept through Xu Wei's body like a poisonous insect that could gnaw on human skin and flesh, and drilled into his body whose blood had just coagulated.

"Put me down...... None of us can go back with me on my back...... You go by yourself, Xu Wei, go back to Yumen Pass and find that Lang Zhong with outstanding medical skills, maybe you can still be saved. Deng Yunxin's body was still twitching, and his cold hands were pulling his soul out of his body, and he knew that he couldn't live.

"Ha, haha......" Xu Wei didn't want to let go of Deng Yunxin, but he couldn't walk anymore, a day and a night, the biting heart and sweltering suffocating weather almost exhausted his vitality, although he was not fatally injured, but the wound that almost destroyed the bones was pulled and torn from time to time, "I won't go, I am a lonely soul outside the Yumen Pass, and I am a person who died in the country when I enter the Yumen Pass, so it is better to die here." ”

"What are you talking about, I know that you will definitely live, don't you still have to go to Yang Guang to ask clearly, why did you deceive our brothers of Zuo Xiao's cavalry guard into this situation where the whole army was wiped out and there is no return, if it wasn't for saving him, why would we ......" Deng Yun grinned, but he couldn't laugh at all, "I really thought he regarded us as brothers, I really thought he was a good person like a Buddha." ”

Xu Wei didn't speak, he felt that he was here in his life, and the reason why Yang Guang used them was also very simple, because he had planned to do so from the beginning, most of Zuo Xiao's cavalry guards were born in Baiding or Hanmen, and Yang Guang didn't treat them as human beings at all. Thinking about it, it is also that Deng Yunxin and martial artists like himself are too naïve, and Yang Guang, a royal child who has inherited Yang Jian's cruel blood and is ambitious, everyone is just a pawn for him to realize his ambitions.

Can Yang Guang still be expected to tell the difference between each sunspot in the Go box? For Yang Guang, the biggest difference between Zuo Xiao's cavalry guard and ordinary soldiers may be that Zuo Xiao's cavalry guard has received more favors from him, and he should be willing to die for him.

"Go back, Xu Wei, you shouldn't die here, don't care if the 'Shendu' surname is Chen or Yang, the land south of the Yangtze River will always be your homeland, wait until you return to Jiankang City, see the people with the spring breeze on their faces, and see the old people in the past, whether they are friends or enemies. That sense of familiarity will make you understand that even if you are far away, your memories and soul will eventually return to your hometown, so take my soul with you......"

At the dinner table in Wang Liu's mansion, when asked how Deng Yunxin died in battle, Xu Wei's soul seemed to return to the barren land where the two were finally separated, and he tried his best to recall every word of Deng Yunxin, so that the whole person was in a trance at the dinner table for a long time.

"Huh!" The fierce-faced coachman slapped Xu Wei on the back of the head, "What did Master Wang Liu ask you about?" How did Deng Yunxin die? ”

The coachman's merciless slap slapped Xu Wei back to the annoying dinner table from the trance sun, Xu Wei looked back at the coachman, who didn't seem to apologize in the slightest, but knocked the dining table twice with his hand and said, "Speak." ”

Xu Wei smiled, but did not speak, and two more questions suddenly appeared in his heart, one question was whether the coachman in front of him was so arrogant on weekdays, or was he just targeting himself everywhere; Another question is to listen to the neighbors' discussions, no matter what Wang Liu says, he can be regarded as a person with a head and a face, why are the two nursing homes in the family so illiterate, in the land south of the Yangtze River where there are many rich merchants of the scholar clan, isn't it a joke to spread it?

However, since he came to the Liu family to present Deng Yunxin's last words and relics, Xu Wei did not rush to fight back at Wang Liu's rudeness for no reason, but just wiped his mouth and said: "Our squad was ambushed by the West Wolf Clan, and was besieged by heavy alien troops, and the entire squad was killed. ”

"Hmph, other people's husbands were seriously injured and died, but your little white face is alive and well." Another nursing home like a thin monkey said sharply.

"If it weren't for Brother Yunxin's help, I would have been a dead end." Xu Wei didn't pay attention to others, just looked at Liu Shidao, who had an ugly face.

Despite the contradiction in his heart, Liu raised his head and asked Xu Weidao, "That Yunxin...... Did he die a painful death? ”

Xu Wei sighed, there was no trace of life in his eyes, "Covered with countless knife wounds, I can't even open my mouth except for the words I confessed at the end." ”

It is said that a husband and wife are a hundred days, Deng Yunxin has not heard from him for many years, how can Liu not miss it, but finally there is news but it is to inform Deng Yunxin that he has been seriously injured and died, how can Liu not grieve, I saw her get up and say to everyone that she was sick, and left the dining hall quickly.

"Haha, my lady is also a loving and righteous person." Wang Liu leaned on the back of the chair and changed into a comfortable posture and said: "Brother Xu, don't worry, looking at the entire Shendu, the contemptible people can be regarded as a businessman who can be ranked, although it is not as heroic as Brother Deng who sacrificed his life for the country, but taking care of Liu's mother and son is still a trivial matter." ”

"That's for the best." Xu Wei saw that Liu could not hide his grief and left the table, and he expected that it would be difficult to hand over Deng Yunxin's last words and relics in good condition today, so he also got up and said goodbye, "I also drank a little too much today, and I will hand over Brother Yunxin's last words and relics another day." ”

Of course, Xu Wei can also hand over Deng Yunxin's last words and relics to Wang Liu to hand them over, but when he thinks of Wang Liu's unconcealable greed when he saw Deng Yunxin's heirloom jade pendant, it is really difficult to rest assured, but unfortunately the heirloom jade pendant has been carried into Wang Liu's sleeve at this time, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to Liu's hands.

Xu Wei was thinking about it here, and Wang Liu there did not hide his little abacus, and got up and asked Xu Weidao, "Then Deng Yunxin still has any relics to give to the Liu family, Brother Xu will directly hand them over to me, why bother running back and forth several times." ”

"It's nothing, it's just some personal things, I didn't bring it with me, Wang Yuanwai is busy with business, so I don't bother you, I'll give it to the Liu family another day." Xu Wei shirked.

Seeing that Xu Wei was about to leave, Wang Liu hurriedly walked up to Xu Wei, squinted his eyes and smiled: "When Gongzi came, he obviously said that he had Deng Yunxin's relics as a gift, why did he say that he didn't bring it now?" How can there be a saying that you have to step on the relics first. ”

Wang Liu's face was kind, but the greed and careful calculation in his little eyes were about to overflow, and the fierce-faced coachman and the monkey-faced nurse at the dinner table were still watching the show with a smile on their faces, and they were not in a hurry to stop Xu Wei, because the other four brightly dressed but vulgar guards in Wang Liu's mansion had already blocked the door.

"It seems that Xu Gongzi still doesn't trust me." Wang Liuzhi saw Xu Wei stop in place, but he was scared, and his demeanor became more comfortable, "I'm not poor enough to covet Liu's money, have you heard that a new gold warehouse has recently opened in the city when you go to Stone Town?" Specializing in the exchange of money and objects. ”

Xu Wei knew that Wang Liu and the others would not let him go easily today, so he was no longer in a hurry to leave, and made up his mind to see what kind of goods this short and shrewd rich merchant in Shendu in front of him was, so he sat back in his seat, and gave himself a bowl of duck soup and replied while drinking: "I haven't heard of it, I only know that there were several famous temples in Shendu City in the past that would do some replacement business with merchants." ”

Xu Wei said that the replacement business is actually a pawn business, whether it is in the past or now, there will always be people worried about the lack of money, pawn has become one of the effective ways to temporarily save the emergency, but at that time, the people of Nanchen were not very willing to pawn things directly to the wealthy merchants, after all, a large number of people only asked for help, they were afraid that the profit-oriented merchants would change their ways to lower the price of the pawn and the price of redemption was too high.

However, due to the fact that the trade and amusement of Shendu Jiankang was once extremely developed, and there were many people who needed pawns, the merchants of Shendu naturally would not look at this piece of fat meat full of oil and water, so they imitated the practice of the Han Dynasty and cooperated with the big temples in Jiankang City to undertake the pawn business together.

Wang Liuzhi saw Xu Wei mention the replacement business in the Shendu City in the past, and said proudly: "My ten thousand gold treasury and the temple treasury of the old Shendu City are indeed similar, but the money that can be earned is the difference between cloud and mud, in the past, the temple treasury that did the pawn business had the iron laws of Buddhism and the control of the officials of the Shendu, and it was impossible to make a few dollars at all, and now I have opened this qualitative treasury with so many unearthly rules, how to make money and how to come, this price reduction and price increase are in the palm of my hand, you must know that I was originally engaged in the treasure trading business, and my vision will never be bad." ”

Xu Wei didn't speak, he secretly thought in his heart that this Wang Liuli said so many things, but it had nothing to do with him, even if Wang Liuri made money, in Xu Wei's opinion, he was just a greedy businessman who wanted to get into the eyes of money.

Seeing Xu Wei's expressionless face, the monkey-faced nurse sneered twice and said, "This Xu Gongzi is not a bad head, and he didn't understand what Boss Wang was talking about." ”

Wang Liu listened to the ridicule of the monkey-faced nursery, and Xu Wei, who was expected to not enter the oil and salt, said: "I said so much to Gongzi, just to let Gongzi know that I, Wang Liu, is not bad at all, do you know that my Wanjin Warehouse is the first private warehouse in the entire Jiangnan?" Even the private quality warehouse that the four wealthy merchants in Shendu City dare not open now, my king kept it, which is very powerful, I think Xu Gongzi is unreasonable and doesn't understand. ”

Xu Wei still didn't speak, and everyone thought he was too frightened to speak, but now Xu Wei is now relaxed and leaning on the chair like a storyteller, and his demeanor seems to have completely ignored them.

"If Gongzi Xu really doesn't believe it, then he will be ready to come again tomorrow, anyway, I have been staying here for a long time recently, you are my wife's guest, that is, my king's guest, as long as you come, my brothers and I will be entertained with good wine and food." Wang Liu said politely, but openly and secretly he was beating Xu Wei, letting him know that no matter whether he handed over the relic today, Wang Liu would find a way to stuff the relic into his pocket.

Seeing that Wang Liu's mouth was relieved today, Xu Wei was happy to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, and was about to get up to say goodbye, who knew that the fierce coachman who had not spoken stood up violently, and threw the small wine jar on the table towards Xu Wei's body, Xu Wei seemed to have eyes behind his back and turned to the side to avoid the ill-intentioned blow.

The male-faced coachman got up and said to Wang Liu, "Brother, you can't let him go, who knows if he will come back if he leaves?" That Deng Yunxin is Liu's first husband, and now that Liu's has passed it on to you, the money Deng Yunxin left her is our money, this kid must be plotting against our money, we can't just let him go, today is to tear his mouth and let him pry out the relics left by Deng Yunxin. ”

Xu Wei stood in place, endured the annoyance of being repeatedly offended, and laughed twice, he didn't even glance at the coachman, just stared at Wang Liu's eyes, and said word by word: "First of all, I went to Jingxinfang to inquire, the lady in your family did not allow the Liu family to enter the door at all, the Liu family has nothing to do with you, and her money has nothing to do with you." ”