Thinking that he had little hope of going back to the village at present, and that the silver taels on his body would not last long, Feng Lai thought about finding a big family to be a scholar to solve his own food and clothing first and then make another plan, so he found a cloth shop and bought a clean clothes, wanting to wear them decently.

While changing clothes, Feng Lai happened to notice the jade pendant and a marriage contract that he had carried with him since he was a child, and he asked about the seal pattern that appeared on the marriage contract of the shopkeeper, and the store said that it was the seal in the outer mansion of Xu Dayuan in Black Rock City, five hundred miles away from here. Feng Lai was happy in his heart after hearing this, he was now in a difficult moment, and he had no relatives to rely on when he was away, so it was better to go and visit this father, although he had never met them, but there were letters again, presumably they would not deny it.

With such a plan, Feng Lai hired a carriage and rushed to Black Rock City, and he first found an inn to settle down at this time, planning to visit him again tomorrow.

Business is booming in the inn, and there is a lot of traffic. The shopkeeper who was settling accounts at the counter saw the wind coming in and hurriedly greeted him.

"Is the guest staying in the hotel or ......" Xiao Er in the store glanced at the bulging package behind Feng Lai, and asked with a smile.

"Prepare me a comfortable room. Feng Lai said elegantly.

"Okay, this guest officer is coming with me......" Feng Lai followed the shopkeeper into the northernmost guest room upstairs, rewarded the little two with a little silver and then Feng Lai closed the doors and windows, and rested early.

Nothing happened overnight.

On the second day, Feng Lai got up early and had breakfast, asked the location of Xu's mansion and hurriedly set off to visit. Xu Yuanwai is a powerful official in this Black Rock City, and even a giant in the city has to respect him for three points and sell him some face. It is said that this Xu Daren has two daughters, both of whom are water spirits, the elder sister talks elegantly, and the younger sister is eccentric. Xu Yuanwai regards the two as the pearl of his palm, although many young talents have come to propose marriage, and he has not yet decided on a family matter.

The wind came to the door of the Xu Mansion, and a servant was sweeping the stone steps in front of the door.

"This little brother, who is downwind, is the son of Xu Yuanwai's deceased, please inform me. Feng Lai said kindly.

The servant of the Xu Mansion stopped the work in his hand and looked the wind up and down, and saw that he looked like a scholar, and it was estimated that he was a person with status, so he quickly entered the mansion to report on his behalf.

However, after a few dozen breaths of effort, a richly dressed middle-aged man walked out of Xu's mansion, he was slightly fat, and the two beards on his mouth were very thick, this was Xu Yuanwai.

Xu Yuanwai looked Feng Lai up and down in surprise, and asked with a smile, "Are you really the son of an old man?"

The wind came and handed over the jade pendant, "There is this thing as evidence." ”

Xu Yuanwai held the jade pendant in his hand and rubbed it, and nodded with nostalgia.

"When your parents were killed by thieves, I felt that you were no longer traced when I heard the news, but God has eyes, the thief was caught by the government and has already been sentenced to be beheaded, and today I met the son of the deceased, which is really a blessing in misfortune. ”

After hearing this, Feng Lai couldn't help but feel nostalgic for his rough life, and then remembered something, and handed the marriage contract in his arms to Xu Yuanwai.

After Xu Yuanwai took it, his expression seemed to be a little melancholy, and then he returned to his original state, and said to the wind, "You are tired of traveling and driving, just rest in my house, come here, and lead the distinguished guests to the wing." ”

Feng Lai saw the change in the expression of the staff just now, and knew that the staff had a sense of remorse, but it was not easy to say clearly, approaching the current fence, it was not good how to attack, so he silently followed a servant into the Xu Mansion to find a room to rest.

In the lobby of the Xu Mansion, Xu Yuanwai sat on the Taishi chair and bowed his head in contemplation.

"Dad, I wonder what you call your daughter?" a sweet voice came from outside the house. A purple-clothed woman Yin Yin came slowly, her skin was fair, smooth as clotted fat, her lips were red as containing Zhu Dan, her waist was slender, and she could hold it, she was Xu Qian, the eldest lady of the Xu Mansion.

"Qian'er, your fiancé has arrived at the Xu Mansion just now. Xu Yuanwai looked at Xu Qian with a melancholy expression.

"Fiancé? are you talking about the man whose parents are dead? He is only a poor man now, how can he be my husband? Besides, my daughter already has a heart, Liu Yi, the son of the richest man in Black Rock City. Xu Qian frowned and pouted.

"My father thinks the same way, but there is a marriage contract in front of me, if the broken contract is worn out, others should laugh at my Xu family for not keeping their promises. ”

"Dad, why don't you give him more silver and let him annul the marriage contract?"

"This is also a way, but I don't know if he wants to ......" Xu Yuanwai touched his chin and thought carefully.

Fenglai rested in the wing room for half a day and ate the dinner sent by the servants of the Xu family, then pushed open the door and sat on the stone bench in the courtyard in a daze, the sun in the distance has gradually sunk in the west, everything is shrouded in a red fire, a few flying swallows in the air return to the nest, causing Fenglai to feel melancholy, unconsciously sighing that his fate is bumpy, he was born without parents, and now he came to this place inexplicably, and he has to send people under the fence to see people's faces.