Kongya County, with a mellow literary style and prosperous trade, is slightly heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and is one of the most tax-paying counties in Daqin.

Chu Nan and Xu Yuan are separated on the cross street, since Chu Nan has an old friend here, Xu Yuan doesn't want to bother more, and he won't ask who Chu Nan's old friend is, because he already knows Chu Nan, and it makes no sense to ask who his old friend is.

Not doing superfluous things has always been Xu Yuan's code of conduct.

Chu Nan changed back into the dark brocade robe before, now that his whereabouts have been exposed, he is wearing a brocade and jade belt with bells and whistles, and there is no effect in concealing it.

What's more interesting is that on the street, there will still be a few young people, following Chu Nan's line, leading a yellow dog with a knife at his waist, swaggering around the market, and even a yellow dog weighs less than five pounds, and the small size is pitiful.

However, compared to the previous Youshan County, there are many fewer young men in Kongya County who follow the example of Chu Nan.

After all, it is a cultural county, and it rarely happens to go with the flow.

The last time I came to Kongya County with Lao Chen, I was still a knife catcher, and I also handled a very tricky matter for a certain person in Kongya County.

There are old friends here, and it's not just casual talk.

Chu Nan took Geng Meng to his old friend, in fact, he was alone, and it was okay to go to Kongya Academy to read books, but he was an outsider, not to mention the more money, whether Chu Nan could enter the gate of the academy or not was still a matter of two words, and at the moment, the Qin people had a xenophobic heart towards the Xizhou people.

After thinking about it, I can only find acquaintances for this matter.

The Zhou family, one of the famous families in Kongya County, the contemporary head of the family, Zhou Yuan, is famous, and in the past, there were often actions to save the suffering, reduce the burden of tenant farmers, and open porridge shops to help some poor families.

When Zhou Yuan was young, he was also an official of one of his parents, but because he was too upright and didn't know how to be an official, he quit the officialdom early.

However, the Zhou family's industry is not in Kongya County, but in the countryside, mainly dealing in aquatic products and silk.

The last time Chu Nan and Lao Chen came to Kongya County, the matter solved for Zhou Yuan was a family matter, and his son-in-law was originally a poor scholar, but he was quite capable and means, and after becoming a son-in-law, he took care of the family's affairs in an orderly manner, and was trusted by Zhou Yuan for a while.

As for the son-in-law who privately opened the door to his relatives and friends in his hometown, and helped several relatives and brothers from poor families to local squires overnight, Zhou Yuan also turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, and did not care too much, as long as he was good to his daughter.

It's a pity that the son-in-law's ambition is a little too big, and after gaining a firm foothold, he marched towards his official career, repeatedly bribed local officials, and even touched the threshold of the county guard.

After Zhou Yuan learned of this, Lei Ting was furious and told his son-in-law that it was enough to stop, and the son-in-law was also separated for a while.

Then came later, the son-in-law finally did a big rebellious thing, and explained the Zhou family's contacts and local relations over the years to the county guard, and deliberately forged several murders and dirty cases, and successfully stepped into the threshold of the county guard's mansion.

I want to divide the Zhou family's property equally with the county guard, so that I can also get official connections, and then embark on a career in office.

Because the son-in-law was too meticulous, Zhou Yuan knew that his son-in-law was the obstacle, but there was no evidence, and later by chance, he found Chu Nan and Lao Chen, who were traveling in the Great Qin World at that time.

It also took a lot of effort for the two to find evidence of the son-in-law's misdeeds and protect the Zhou family, but the county guard is still high and has not been affected in the slightest.

That's what happens in officialdom, it's hard to tell.

At the gate of the Zhou family's compound, two tall guards stood on the left and right sides of the door, both of them were martial artists of the Imperial Qi Realm, but the foundation was vain, and the killing power was commonplace.

On the way to cultivation, if you are not valued by a capable master, you can only ponder alone, try your best to learn from the scriptures, and if you are lucky and have a high level of understanding, you may be able to enter the third or fourth realms, but most people can only stay in the second realm, and then go forward, you need the blessing of the exercises, and you need some elixir to wash the essence and cut the essence.

Whether it is a cultivator or a person who wants to enter the official career, on the premise of not being appreciated by the big people, it is difficult to move forward, and many things in the world rely on talent and luck as well as their own family background.

If you want to get ahead, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

However, this martial artist can lay a good foundation for his next generation, and the Zhou family is not thin on them, and the two of them already have some foundation industry in Kongya County.

Unconsciously, Chu Nan took the yellow dog Geng Meng to the gate of the Zhou family's compound.

Chu Nan glanced at the two martial artists, and said slightly: "I am tired of reporting Zhou Yuan's seniors, and I will say that the old man is visiting." ”

I remember that the last time Chu Nan came, there were not these two guards at the door.

The two guards glanced at Chu Nan, and when they saw that he was in brocade clothes, they hurriedly bowed slightly, opened the courtyard door and entered the inner to report, if Chu Nan came to the gate of the Zhou family's compound in coarse linen clothes this time, not to mention being blown away by these two courtyard warriors, at least he had to take a look at his face.

Respecting only the clothes and not the people, it is the same everywhere.

In the pavilion in the depths of the compound, the silver-haired Zhou Yuan was drinking tea alone, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, the eldest girl had been depressed all day since the incident with her son-in-law's east window, and the youngest son was still young now, and he had to grow up in ten years.

Although the family business is big, but at this age, the burden on his shoulders is still very heavy, and he is still the pillar of the family.

At this time, the martial artist of the nursing home came, stood outside the pavilion and said, "Master, a young man came outside, saying that the old man was visiting. ”

Zhou Yuan was slightly surprised, he didn't forget the New Year's friend, and asked rhetorically: "Didn't you say your name?" ”

The nurse said: "No, there is still a yellow dog with him." ”

"Looks like the son of a big family."

Zhou Yuan thought for a while and said, "Okay, let him in." ”

The martial artist hurriedly went out to announce, Zhou Yuan also glanced at the elderly housekeeper on the side, and the housekeeper hurriedly went to the teahouse to get a new pot of tea, no matter who he was, he had to be considerate.

After a long time, Chu Nan came with Geng Meng.

Seeing Zhou Yuan, who was drinking tea alone in the pavilion, Chu Nan greeted: "It's a hot summer, and you can drink tea alone, but you can be quiet." ”

Zhou Yuan heard this familiar voice, showed suspicious eyes, looked at it carefully, and then recognized it as Chu Nan, and quickly got up and walked out of the pavilion, and said enthusiastically: "It turned out to be Chu Nan's little friend, I haven't seen it for a long time, and the little friend is getting more and more handsome, I can't even recognize it." ”

"Come on, come on, please take a seat."

An old man and a young man came to the pavilion, and Old Man Zhou personally poured a new cup of tea for Chu Nan.

"Ming Qian tea, called Xueyue, is very relieving the heat." Old Man Zhou said with a smile on his face.

Chu Nan picked up the teacup and took a sip, the tea that Old Man Zhou entertained the guests was naturally not far behind, Chu Nan appreciated: "Sure enough, the heat is relieved, and it will not be hot immediately." ”

Old Man Zhou glanced at the yellow dog and said, "Your name is Chu Nan, and you also have a yellow dog by your side, and you are also a martial artist, but you have the same name and surname as the person who won the Tianyuan Dao." ”

Zhou Yuan naturally didn't believe that Chu Nan in front of him was the Chu Nan who won the top spot, Chu Nan who could win the top spot, and he was also from a famous family, so he would definitely not fall into the step of catching the knife.

However, in Zhou Yuan's heart, Chu Nan in front of him is a friend worthy of deep friendship, at least the previous dealing, it was still very pleasant, and in the matter of silver, Chu Nan in front of him is still quite professional, and he didn't ask for more silver, and it can even be said that it is good and cheap.

After Chu Nan heard this, he smiled faintly and said, "That's not it, how can I compare with Chu Nan, who won the top position." ”

Zhou Yuan smiled: "You can't say that, but you must be more handsome than that Chu Nan." ”

Chu Nan replied implicitly: "I also think so." ”

Some people died, but not completely......