It's a small town, but at night, the wide road in the middle of the town is lit up with shops and customers.

In the only restaurant in this town, Ye Feng was sitting at the window, looking at the crowd on the street with great interest, enjoying the scenery, and the fat man next to him was all about the dishes on the table at the moment, and he was bowing his head and eating violently, and he had no time to care.

Ye Feng looked back at Zhang Fatzi, who was still eating and drinking, and couldn't help but wonder a little, how many things can be held in a person's stomach?

Since he sat down here an hour ago, Zhang Fatzi has started to eat violently without stopping, if it were his own, he was afraid that he would have died a long time ago, even if there were delicacies from the mountains and seas in front of him, dragon liver and phoenix gall, he would definitely not be able to stuff half of it.

But look at the fat man of the people, he has been maintaining the same speed, stuffing all kinds of dishes into his mouth, his mouth is like a bottomless pit, as if it can never be filled, how can his round belly hold so many things, Ye Feng is very curious.

Fat Zhang raised his head in his busy schedule, looked at Ye Feng's strange eyes, and said with a snort in his mouth: "Don't look at me like that, the chefs here are not bad, like this banquet, Uncle Ben can at least eat another table." Don't worry about the money, anyway, these silver were given by Tang Dashao before leaving, and if you don't eat it for nothing, you won't eat it. ”

Lowering his head, he bit off half of the chicken leg in one bite, munching on it while muttering: "With you kid, I either encounter danger, or I encounter some poor acid, and I have a meal without a meal. ”

Ye Feng couldn't help laughing, I'm afraid that in the early morning of tomorrow, as soon as I wake up, your big belly will start to growl again.

He turned his head and looked at the busy and lively street, and wondered to himself, this town is not prosperous, the location is relatively remote, and there are not many inhabitants during the day, why is it so lively at night? Where did all these people come from all of a sudden?

Just as Xiao Er from the restaurant came to add tea, Ye Feng casually asked Xiao Er.

Xiao Er's eyes rolled and said to Ye Feng: "I think the two of you are outsiders, probably the first time you came to this town, right?"

Ye Feng nodded.

Xiao Er said a little proudly: "The two of you don't see that the town is not big and there are not many residents, but in the mountains near this town, I heard that someone has discovered mineral deposits. Most of the people in the town were from the nearby mines, and they had worked hard to earn some silver, and they came here in the evening to spend their money. ”

Ye Feng frowned and asked, "What kind of mineral deposits are they?"

Xiao Er shook his head and said: "These private mines are all heavily guarded, and a large number of thugs are raised, and people are usually driven away if they come close, so no one knows what those private mines are mining." ”

He looked around to make sure that no one noticed him, and then whispered mysteriously, "But some people are rumored that these private mines are either gold or silver!"

Ye Feng couldn't help but be surprised, this gold, silver and even copper and iron ore deposits are all controlled by the state, and private mining is expressly prohibited.

Who has the guts to do that?

He couldn't help but ask softly, "Does the government here care?"

Xiao Er pursed his lips and said, "Here are the mountains."

Emperor Gao is far away, and the nearest county government is more than 100 miles away, and the whip is beyond his reach, who will take care of it? Besides, these people dare to open private mines, presumably they all have a backstage, and they have already made good relations up and down, who dares to care?"

Ye Feng asked again: "Then all the residents of this town know about this, isn't there anyone who reports it?"

Xiao Er said: "The guest officer doesn't know, this place was originally remote and desolate, the residents were sparse, and the people here were often difficult to make a living, and those who had some ability had already moved out of this place. In fact, the residents of this town are quite welcoming to these private mines, with them, this small town that used to be a bird that doesn't poop can now have this lively scene of customers at night, who will go to the trouble and report them?"

Ye Feng couldn't help but be silent when he heard what he said.

At this time, Zhang Fat Man muttered and asked, "What are some good places to spend time here at night?"

Xiao Er suddenly came to his senses, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "I see that you two are businessmen who have traveled south and north and seen the world. The largest and most beautiful flower building on the street is the most famous spring flower building in this town, where it is really beautiful and beautiful, singing and dancing, as long as you are old and rich, it is a man's paradise!"

Hearing "beautiful women like clouds", Zhang Fatzi suddenly remembered the bewitching woman on the pink sedan chair he saw at the street corner in the afternoon, vulgar powder, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

Xiao Er saw that he was not interested in Chunhualou, and introduced it diligently: "There is also a Wansheng gambling house at the end of the street, which is full of customers every night, pushing pai gow, playing dice, all kinds of ways to play, as long as you are lucky, you can be a million profits, full of money!"

Seeing him introduce him so kindly, Ye Feng felt a little strange, and couldn't help asking: "Little second brother, you work so hard to promote other families, could it be that these two businesses are related to you, and they have something to do with you?"

Xiao Er smiled awkwardly and said, "The guest officer said that he was joking, the villain is just a part-time worker, how can he have anything to do with these businesses? ”

"Oh?" Ye Feng was even more curious, "What kind of relationship is that?"

The little second brother approached mysteriously again, and said in a low voice: "Don't hide it from the guest officer, in fact, this restaurant, Wansheng Gambling House, and the Chunhua Building are actually all opened by one boss." ”

"Huh?" Even the fat man was startled, "You are all one boss?

The little second brother smiled with some pride: "Not only these three, in fact, all the shops on this street, including those selling antiques, jade and all kinds of things, are all one boss!"

Ye Feng and the others were really shocked at this moment, the whole street, no, that is, all the businesses in the whole town are all one boss?

Ye Feng asked in surprise, "Who is your boss?"

Xiao Er shook his head and said in a low voice: "This villain really doesn't know, our boss is very mysterious, he never comes to the store, but the shopkeeper of each store will go to him every month to give an account, and we really don't have a chance to see a subordinate like us." ”

A mysterious rich boss, surrounded by semi-secret and semi-public private mines, Ye Feng began to feel that this seemingly peaceful town was becoming more and more interesting.

Xiao Er walked away, Zhang Fatzi ate for a while, and finally couldn't stuff it anymore, and his whole body collapsed on the chair with satisfaction, panting heavily.

Ye Feng couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at him, this kind of eating appearance really looked like a starving ghost reincarnated

, I haven't eaten enough in eight lifetimes.

Coming out of the restaurant, Ye Feng asked, "How about it, does Zhang Dagongzi still want to go to the Chunhua Mansion or Wansheng Gambling House for recreation?"

Zhang Fat shook his fat head and said, "No, no, I am full of wine and food, and I just want to find a place to sleep quickly." The carriage has been bumpy in the past few days, and I can't sleep well, sir, and I have lost a lot of weight from exhaustion. ”

Ye Feng remembered the deafening snoring sound when he dozed off in the carriage during the day, and couldn't sleep well?

However, Ye Feng was not good at gambling, and he was not interested in a Fengyue place like Chunhualou, so according to his words, the two came to the only inn in the town, asked for a room, and stayed.

The moment he walked into the room, he suddenly remembered the words of the second child of the restaurant just now, I wonder if this inn will also be the same boss?

Entering the room, Ye Feng hurriedly washed, he wanted to fall asleep before the fat man fell asleep, otherwise the lethality of the fat man's snoring was too great.

But before he finished washing his face, there was already the familiar thunderous snoring of the fat man behind him, Ye Feng sighed softly, I don't know when I will be able to fall asleep tonight?

Just as he turned off the lights and was tossing and turning, Zhang Fatzi's continuous snoring suddenly stopped.

Because at this time, someone was tapping on the door.

Ye Feng sat up all of a sudden, and asked vigilantly, "Who is it?"

A childish voice outside the door replied, "Ye Gongzi, Zhang Gongzi, it's me." ”

The voices are not familiar, some are unfamiliar, but they can accurately call out their identities, they must be people they know.

Who could it be that they knew that they were here so late?

Ye Feng raised his head and exchanged glances with Zhang Fatzi, who had also turned over and sat up, got up and came to the door, and opened the door.

There was a timid little boy standing outside the door, Ye Feng recognized it, he was the little boy who had been standing behind Zhu Dashan in the mansion before.

How could he suddenly find this place at such a late hour?

Before Ye Feng could open his mouth to ask, the little boy panted and said, "Brother Yong, Brother Yong, something happened to him!"

Ye Feng chuckled in his heart, isn't the poisonous snake good in the afternoon? What will happen?

The little boy gasped for a few moments, and then gradually calmed down a little, and then he spoke. It turned out that the wound of the poisonous snake suddenly became painful at night, and he moaned again and again, which alarmed the little boy who lived next door.

Ye Feng asked, "What about Father Zhu, has he ever been to see it, what did he say?"

The little boy shook his head and said, "Daddy doesn't seem to be in the room, I patted the door for a long time, and there was no movement inside." ”

Zhu Dashan is not there? He is an old man with limited mobility, where can he go in the middle of the night?

Ye Feng didn't think too much about it, trying to calm himself down, he remembered the prescription in his arms.

Although Miss Cheng left, when she was leaving, she handed over the prescription for the poisonous snake to Tang Da, and before leaving, Tang Da handed over the prescription to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng hurriedly took out the prescription from his arms, handed it to Zhang Fatzi, and said, "You hurry up and go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine according to the prescription, I will go back with this child first, you are fast, and you will rush back immediately after grabbing the medicine." ”

Zhang Fatzi nodded again and again.

It was also Ye Feng who hurriedly took the little boy and rushed in the direction of the big mansion.

Along the way, he couldn't help but secretly worry about the snake's injury, hoping that nothing would happen to him.