"At first, our Fan family was just an ordinary merchant in Xi'an, but our ancestors were diligent and business-minded, so they were favored by God and seized a lot of business opportunities. In the words of the genealogy, our Fan family's family business is based on the efforts and accumulation of generations, so that it can change from a chicken, to a sheep, and then to a cow, so that it has developed step by step, and finally became the richest man in Xi'an. ”

"But my ancestors are not the kind of people who are not benevolent to the rich, they deeply understand the truth of taking from the people and using it for the people, so they often donate generously to the people in Xi'an, solve the crisis and help the poor, and in the year of natural disasters and harvests, they are even more committed to helping the government, fully supporting and settling the victims. ”

Miss Cheng nodded, no one's wealth in the world fell from the sky casually, to be able to become the richest man in Xi'an, the ancestors of the Fan family must have experienced many unimaginable hardships and hardships for ordinary people, and it is really not easy for them to be able to care for the people.

At this time, Fan Jin's voice sank: "At the beginning, everyone was still grateful to the Fan family, and the government also took care of the Fan family and praised it a lot, and for a time the Fan family was also a well-known good person. Gradually, however, everything began to change. ”

"As the saying goes, Shengmi enmits against Mi, gradually, after the people in Xi'an City became accustomed to the good deeds of the Fan family, not only did their gratitude gradually disappear, but they felt that this seemed to be something within the Fan family's responsibility, and they should do it, and even gradually began to complain, feeling that the good deeds done by the Fan family were not enough, and they received too little favor. ”

So much so that for a period of time, the front door of the Fan family was full of people, and all those who came to visit were people who claimed to have encountered difficulties and wanted to borrow money from the Fan family. At the beginning, the ancestors thought of the villagers in their hometown, and they would help them if they could, and they almost responded to their requests. ”

But there are more and more such people, and the money they borrow is not really used for emergency relief, but most of them take the money to spend all the time, squander it, and then come to the door with a shy face to borrow it again. For several years, none of them repaid the money, and in their eyes, the Fan family seemed to have become their money bag, and when they had no money, they would come to take some of it, and then squander it at will. ”

Fan Jin sighed and said, "Even though the Fan family has tens of millions of assets, it is not changed out of thin air, but it is difficult to deal with such a thing, and it can't help but toss like this. So the ancestors were disappointed, so they rejected all these people who came to borrow debts. Unexpectedly, this caused dissatisfaction among these people. ”

It didn't take long for the people to gradually spread rumors that the Fan family's wealth was all collected by doing some hurtful things out of conscience. Because of this, the Fan family often donates generously to help the poor, just to seek some peace of conscience. ”

"This nonsense is a malicious rumor spread by some people who have not been able to borrow money from the Fan family, and it is fabricated, but what I can't imagine is that such rumors are very loud, and the more widely spread, more and more people believe in them, they only believe in one truth, if it is not for the fact that the money is not clean, who will often take their own money out to do good deeds without distress?"

When Miss Cheng heard this, she felt a little silent.

She had seen such a thing of living a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain before.

The human heart is a very strange thing, and it is often natural to have malice towards things that you can't understand

speculation that the hatred of the rich by the poor like this is nothing more than a hatred of the rich by the party and the opposite.

Fan Jin continued: "In the end, this rumor not only spread among the people, but even some people swore that they had seen my Fan family do all kinds of evil things like stealing and bullying men and women, which was purely out of thin air and malicious slander. ”

Naturally, such rumors also reached the ears of the government, but the government believed it. The government not only secretly began to monitor and investigate our Fan family, but even many officials even used some things to ask for money and bribes from the Fan family, which made the Fan family's business difficult. ”

"What is even more unimaginable is that whenever the government holds any activities or things like disaster relief and peace of mind, it will issue an official document ordering the Fan family to contribute money and efforts, as if these are what the Fan family should do, and it would be guilty if they don't do it. ”

Fan Jin sneered twice and said: "At this time, my Fan family ancestor was completely cold, it was just out of kindness at the beginning, but he didn't expect to end up with such a result, why did this come about? Everything is caused by money." Disheartened, he no longer had the intention of taking care of business, and began to be interested in practicing martial arts and swordsmanship, and the Fan family's industry slowly declined, and he was no longer the richest man in Xi'an. ”

"I originally thought that if this way was no longer a big deal, those rumors against the Fan family would gradually subside. Unexpectedly, with the gradual decline of the Fan family, the people in this city not only did not remember the favor they had received from the Fan family, but all had a good showlike mentality, and regarded the decline of the Fan family as a pastime after tea and dinner. ”

"Among them, the most talked about is naturally the so-called rich for only three generations, and later these descendants of the Fan family are all some losers, who have lost the Fan family's wealth and the like, and they all seem to be elated and enthusiastic about the fall of the Fan family. ”

"I remember when I was younger, I had an argument with a child from an ordinary farmer's house. It was common for children to fight, but when his father arrived, he pointed at my nose and scolded, "Do you think that your Fan family is still in the past, and you can still be the king and hegemon in Xi'an City?

Fan Jin smiled a little desolately, and said: "Back at home, my father only knew how to specialize in his swordsmanship, and ignored the injuries on my body, but complained that I shouldn't cause trouble outside. And I heard that he also sent someone to send silver to the farmer, and apologized, so that the matter was settled. So weak, what's the use of practicing swords?!"

"Since then, I have understood a truth, since we were children, what we have heard about planting melons and planting beans and beans, planting good causes and getting good results are all false, people's hearts are evil, if you want not to be bullied, you have to be stronger than others, you have to have more power and more wealth!"

Miss Cheng sighed and said, "That's why you are so unscrupulous to accumulate wealth?"

Fan Jin said firmly: "Yes, from that time on, I swore that I must restore the former glory of the Fan family, and I want the Fan family to become Xi'an City again, and even the number one wealthy family in the world! ”

"And to do this, it is impossible to leave the power of the government. So, I bought a head-catching position first and used it

The prefect's lustful and timid personality completely controlled him. ”

"Didn't they say, 'My Fan family is cunning?' I'll show them the robbery. They say that our Fan family is the king and hegemon? With the power of the government, I am the king, and I am the tyrant! After this plague is over, my Fan family will become the richest man in Xi'an again, and no other family can threaten our position!"

Miss Cheng shook her head and asked, "But how many innocent people will die in this plague, how many lives will be lost, have you thought about it?"

"Innocent?" Fan Jin smiled contemptuously, forgetting to glance at the phoenix girl beside him, "How can there be any innocent people? These untouchables who will take revenge, are as vile and dirty as pigs and dogs, what is there to pity their lives? These people who are inferior to pigs and dogs are better dead, this is their retribution!"

Miss Cheng asked rhetorically: "What about your retribution? Have you ever thought about what will happen to your Fan family if you lose the matter and everyone knows the truth?"

Fan Jin's face was full of smug smiles: "How could it be? In the midst of this plague, everything my Fan family has done, plus my reputation all along, who will doubt me? They will worship me as their hero, and my Fan family will become the object of their awe from now on." ”

He sighed again and said, "It's a pity that you can't see these things, as long as you die, no one will know the truth of all this, people will always believe what they see, but unfortunately they don't know, what they see is only the part I let them see." They don't know anything about more things hidden in the depths, otherwise, how could the Buddhists say that sentient beings are ignorant?"

Miss Cheng gritted her teeth and said: "Your tricks can't be hidden from the world, someone will definitely be able to uncover your conspiracy and let the truth be revealed to the world!"

The phoenix girl giggled at this time, and smiled with a flamboyant smile: "You're talking about your lover, the smartest Ye Gongzi in the world, right? Unfortunately, he must be very busy now, and it's too late to save you." ”

She turned her head to Fan Jin and said, "I didn't expect that this tunnel we dug under the Red Sleeves would be so useful. Now our clever Ye Gongzi should have found the government office along this tunnel, maybe he is busy investigating our prefect Lord Zhao now!"

Fan Jin thought about it for a while, and seemed a little uneasy: "I don't think this Lord Zhao can be kept, so he must be removed this morning." ”

The phoenix girl smiled: "Don't worry, don't worry." After this girl died, to them I was just a dying man who was poisoned and unconscious, and no one would suspect me. For them, they are in the light, I am in the dark, I have a lot of opportunities to start, and it is not easy to let them die?"

She smiled at Fan Jinmei and said, "You also said just now, the Buddhists say that all living beings are ignorant, how can they beat us?"

Before her words fell, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "The words of the Buddha family are simply blasphemy coming out of your mouth!"

Fan Jin and the Phoenix Girl's faces changed instantly, and they asked in surprise, "Who is it?!"

Miss Cheng's face also changed, but it became happy.

Because she heard this voice at once, the person who spoke was the person she was looking forward to in her heart, Ye Feng!