The old woman glanced at Xie Xuan and asked with a happy face, "Are you the head of the Xie family?"

"Old man, I'm just a junior, just call me Xie Xuan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xie Xuan replied with a bow.

"The head of the Xie family is too polite, if you don't have a kind heart, Wufeng and I might be starved to death one day, you are our benefactor!"

As the old woman spoke, she was about to kneel down to Xie Xuan. Xie Xuan was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the old woman's arm, and said: "The old man can't help this, how can I worry about trivial things, Yan Wufeng is strong in martial arts, so I naturally have the ability to support you, I just have the honor to know him, and thanks to him for not disliking it, he bothered to help me take care of Xie Mansion." ”

"Okay, good, the head of the Xie family is young, so he has such a self-cultivation, the old woman really admires it. ”

"Old man, you can live in peace, this will be your home from now on, and if you need anything, tell the maids to do it. ”

After Xie Xuan finished speaking, he exchanged a few words with Yan Wufeng's mother, then left with Sima Mo and Yan Wufeng, and walked to the main hall, where the maids brought tea and snacks in time. Wang Tuo also came to the main hall from the account room at this time, and reported the expenditure account to Xie Xuan, Xie Xuan was not very interested in these, after all, for him now, the money is inexhaustible, and he is more interested in how to develop and grow the Xie family and become a big family known to everyone in the rivers and lakes.

"Grandpa Wang, I want to develop the Xie family into the largest family in Fancheng, I don't know if it's feasible?" Xie Xuan looked at Wang Tuo and asked.

"Homecoming, that's the best, the recent money in our house is only in and out, after all, there is no business, as far as I know, there are three major families in Fancheng who are not small, although the house is not as luxurious as Xie Fu, but they all have their own stalls in Fancheng, and the income is quite rich. Wang Tuo replied.

"Well, I also don't think I can sit back and eat, I don't understand the business matters, so I'll leave it to you to take care of it, and find some business as soon as possible, after all, such a big house can't let outsiders see the jokes. It's just that I don't know if we also want to get a piece of the action in Fancheng, whether the three major families will have an opinion. Xie Xuan said.

"Don't worry, the head of the family is in charge of business, and if anyone makes trouble, I will settle it!" Yan Wufeng said coldly.

"Well, then let's do it, there are two Laos!" Xie Xuan said.

Wang Tuo on the side thought for a while, and said with a sad face: "But the head of the family, doing business requires capital, you left five thousand taels of silver last time, and it cost a lot to get rid of the wages for the people and buy new furniture, and the remaining silver is probably not easy to operate." “

Xie Xuan smiled after hearing this, took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, handed them to Wang Tuo, and said, "This is five million taels of silver, you can use it first and see if it is enough." ”

When Wang Tuo and Yan Wufeng heard this number, they felt dizzy in their minds, and wondered if they had heard it wrong? Yan Wufeng also walked to Wang Tuo's side and nodded with him, sure enough, there were five million taels, and they couldn't help but doubt Xie Xuan's identity in their hearts, how could he have so much money at a young age?

"Enough, enough for the head of the family, this money... I'm afraid it's more than all the assets of the other three families combined. Wang Tuo said in surprise.

"Okay, then you can discuss the specific matters, let's go down first. ”

After Xie Xuan finished speaking, the two bowed to him, and then walked out of the main hall. Sima Mo, who had been eating snacks next to him and didn't make a sound, suddenly smiled.

"Xie Xuan, I didn't expect you to be ambitious! Fortunately, you didn't buy a family business in Yangzhou, otherwise my Sima family would have to drink the northwest wind!"

"Maybe the development is good, and it is possible to go to Yangzhou to develop again in the future!"

Xie Xuan looked at Sima Mo, and the two laughed in unison.

"Speaking of business, you don't plan to stay in Xie Mansion to do business in the future, do you?" Sima Mo suddenly asked.

"Of course not, I thought about it, I want to go to the rivers and lakes to have a while, it just so happens that the Wudang faction is not far from Fancheng, and the Chongyang faction belongs to Taoism, let's visit it tomorrow." Xie Xuan said.

"Well, that's it. ”

Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, Xie Xuan and Sima Mo got up early, greeted Wang Tuo and Yan Wufeng and then went out of the territory of Fancheng, the two of them now have time, and they are not in a hurry, so they walked on foot, enjoying the scenery along the way, Xie Xuan used to ask for food in Fancheng, there was no time to come out to see the scenery, and then it was to help Zhenhai Dart Bureau when the bodyguard came out, but the time was in a hurry, and he didn't appreciate it well, now that he was free, he found that the land of Shenzhou was so wonderful, people sang mountain songs in the mountains while working, the river was sometimes turbulent and sometimes slowed down, and the mountains in the distance rose from the ground, and the devil's axe was wonderful。

The two of them walked to noon, grunting with hunger, just in front of them saw a small pergola in front of them, there were four or five tables under the pergola, several people were drinking tea and chatting there, outside the shed was a couple, the woman was choosing vegetables and washing vegetables, and the man was cooking on the fire, so Xie Xuan and Sima Mo decided to eat something here and then hurry.

The two asked for two catties of beef and two jars of wine, and listened to the chats of those people next to them while eating, most of which were about some trivial matters in the family. But there was a table of guests who actually talked about the Chongyang faction, Xie Xuan saw that those people were all dressed as people from the rivers and lakes, and there was a long sword next to each of them.

"Have you heard, a few days ago, a disciple of the Chongyang Sect got married, and the bride was snatched away by a person named Ke Mo!"

"Yes, I also heard that all the leading figures of the major sects went that day, but I couldn't find that Ke Mo, and then I heard that the Xuanji Taoist took that disciple to look for it, and I don't know if I found it. ”

"I've heard of this Ke Mo, the rivers and lakes are nicknamed 'Yin Fu Daoist', he has been active in the desert, it is said that he does all kinds of evil, if the Xuanji Daoist gets rid of this person, it will also get rid of a big scourge for the martial arts. ”

"Hey, what's the use of that, let people's marriages break up unhappily. ”

Saying that, several people shook their heads regretfully, Xie Xuan also felt uncomfortable in his heart when he heard it, and the scar that was just about to heal was lifted again, but the news in the rivers and lakes spread really fast, and the knights he met on the road knew so many things, Xie Xuan felt that although he was already a chivalrous man, he was still too immature and did not really integrate into the rivers and lakes, and now he has a great interest in the entire rivers and lakes, and he must understand the people and things in the rivers and lakes as soon as possible, and first of all, he must visit the various sects.

After the two finished lunch, they continued to hurry, walked for more than two days, and finally came to a city not far from the Wudang faction on the evening of the third day, this city is called Liuli City, a typical Central Plains architectural type of city, rich in jewelry and jadeite, some big merchants let the coolies dig up the jade in the mountains and rivers, and then sell it to all parts of China, making a fortune, but this Liuli City is similar to Fancheng, and there is a big gap between the rich and the poor, and the poor people who beg can be seen everywhere on the street.

Xie Xuan and the others found a good inn in the city, opened a room, and then prepared to walk around the city casually, but the two didn't go around for long, and they found a strange thing, that is, the sun had not completely set, the city was empty, all the shops were closed, and even the beggars on the street didn't know where to go, and the two felt inexplicable, so they had to return to the inn. When it was dark, they found that every house was still lit, but why was there no one on the street? After observing for a long time, they found that there were no watchmen, and the whole city was silent, like a dead city.

"Xie Xuan, this city is so weird, what are all the people doing, why are they hiding at home and not coming out?" Sima Mo said with a frown.

"It's strange, there is no one before the sun sets, is there any custom here?"

"I think it's better to find someone to ask, I don't know what the situation is, and I'm a little uneasy. ”

After the two finished speaking, they walked out of the room together, and they found that there was no room in the entire inn with lights on, and there was not even a single person eating in the lobby, and the shopkeeper did not know where to go.

"Ah, Xie Xuan, I feel more and more that something is wrong, this city can't be haunted, I'm so scared!" Sima Mo said cautiously.

"Where the hell is there, something must have happened, let's go find the shopkeeper. Besides, don't hold me, what kind of body are you going to be?"

Subsequently, Xie Xuan and the others rummaged through the entire inn, and finally found a room with lights on in the backyard, the two walked up and knocked on the door, only to hear someone inside shout in horror, and then said tremblingly: "Yes... Who?"

"The shopkeeper, we live in a hotel, please open the door. ”

"You... Are they really the two people who came to stay today?"

"Who else could we be?" Xie Xuan asked strangely.

After a long time, the door finally opened a gap slowly, and the shopkeeper looked out through the crack in the door, and saw Xie Xuan and the two standing at the door, so he opened the door suddenly, quickly dragged the two in, and then hurriedly closed the door.

Xie Xuan glanced at the room suspiciously, and saw the shopkeeper's wife and daughter looking at the two of them vigilantly on the bed, so he asked curiously, "Shopkeeper, why are you doing this?"

The shopkeeper didn't answer, listened to the door, didn't find any movement, and then walked to Xie Xuan and the others with a sigh of relief.

"The two knights are new to the rivers and lakes, right? A strange thing happened in Liuli City recently, you came to the city at this time, didn't you hear the news from the outside?"

Xie Xuan and the two glanced at each other, and then shook their heads at the shopkeeper.