The rain was getting heavier and heavier, without any intention of stopping.

Five people, one horse, and two donkeys squeezed into the only remaining broken door in the City God Temple to shelter from the rain. At this moment, the little red fish's stomach croaked twice inappropriately.

Little Red Fish said: "I'm hungry. As the master, do you care about food?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "I'm hungry, too."

Zhao Langjiang said, "You go find something to eat."

Xiao Jinyan said, "I don't have the strength."

Zhao Langjiang came to the skinny donkey, staring at Mr. Lu with malicious eyes, which scared Mr. Lu torture and retreated repeatedly. Xiao Jinyan knew what he was thinking and said, "There is a horse over there and a donkey."

Zhao Langjiang glanced at Li Qingcheng, "There are many members of the Li family, and I can't beat him."

"Then can you beat me?"

Zhao Langjiang said, "Xiao Jinyan never attacks his friends."

Mr. Lu looked at Xiao Jinyan pitifully, and Xiao Jinyan sighed to the sky, "God, can you change something to eat?"

There was another knock on the door.

The visitor was Widow Li, who was selling vegetables at the village entrance. She carried a bamboo basket in her hand and brought a pot of boiled cabbage, a roast chicken, and a jar of shochu. Xiao Jinyan's face was filled with smiles, "Aunt Li, I knew that you were a knife-like mouth and a tofu heart. I knew that I had not fired for a few days, so I came to deliver food."

Widow Li said yes, don’t be poor anymore, put down the food and frowned, “How come your dilapidated temple is like this?”

Zhao Langjiang said: "Some people like to smash things when they get angry, just like girls."

Li Qingcheng looked glaring, "Say it again?"

"I'll just say it once, do you like it or not."

Li Qingcheng was about to draw his sword, and Zhao Langjiang held his hand on the hilt of the knife. The two of them fought and were about to break out.

Xiao Jinyan quickly persuaded the fight, "If we continue to fight, we will not even have a shelter from the rain."

Zhao Langjiang asked, "Can you beat me?"

Li Qingcheng sneered, "If you can't beat him, you can kill a soldier but not be humiliated. Xiao Jinyan, your prospective brother-in-law has been bullied, do you still care?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "I'm so sleepy and just want to have a sleep after eating."

Xiao Jinyan went to pick up the meal, and Widow Li reached out and stopped him, "This meal is not for nothing."

"I knew nothing good."

Widow Li said, "I'll take care of your meal, and you can help me kill someone." Before Xiao Jinyan could answer, she said, "But don't worry, just wait for you to kill me when you have time."

Xiao Jinyan said, "A meal is too unprofitable for a person's life. Who is the one who can make Li Sanniang kill? "

Widow Li said, "I forgot what the man's surname is. It seems that he is named Li Shifei, Zhao Shifei, or Song Shifei. In the future, you will meet someone with this name in the world and help me kill him."

"Why don't you do it yourself?"

"He is my child's father."

Xiao Jinyan: "Uhhhh..."

Zhao Langjiang grabbed the basket, tore off a chicken leg and started gnawing, saying, "Don't talk too much, I'll eat the food, I'll kill you when I meet someone in the future."

After Widow Li left, five people sat on the ground. Li Qingcheng had a vicious habit and took off a piece of felt cloth from his horse and spread it on the ground.

Xiaohongyu said that he could finally have a meal.

Before he finished speaking, the gate of the City God Temple was kicked open.

Boom.

The entire gate collapsed, and Zhao Langjiang supported the ground with both hands and flew backwards. Li Qingcheng grabbed the grass and flew more than two feet away. The little red fish also used its light skills and came to the jujube tree. Only Xiao Jinyan sat inside and didn't have to hide, making a dusty face.

Xiao Jinyan said angrily: "Who is so rude? Don't you know how to knock on the door?"

In the rain, five people were wearing straw raincoats and walked in. Seeing that they were dressed as the constable at the Six Gates of Suzhou City, the leader was a short and fat man, and shouted, "Who is the leader here?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled and said, "It turns out that he is a chae. I am the master here. These are my friends, here to shelter from the rain."

A detective said, "Bold and unruly man, don't you kneel down when you see us Captain Su?"

Xiao Jinyan curled his lips, "The ground is a little wet. I only have this set of clothes. I want to kneel down."

The short and fat head-in-chief looked around and then said, "I am named Su, and his name is Zhengyuan. He is the new chief chief of Suzhou Prefecture. He is ordered to investigate the migrant population. You are wearing weapons and are obviously not good people. I have been a head-in-chief for more than ten years. I have worked as a head-in-chief and have not had a hundred or eighty people in the world. I warn you not to appear in my territory."

The captain was originally an official, and he claimed to be his own official, which was considered an usurpation. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, those who live in the prefect's office are all officials.

Xiao Jinyan wondered, "Master, I am not a migrant population. I have lived in Gusu City for more than a year. If you don't believe me, please ask the villagers. Besides, we are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. We don't steal, rob, 3 don't object... and 3 don't rebel, why should we drive us away?"

Su Zhengyuan snorted coldly, "You people in the world, you are obedient during the day, and kill and set fire at night and do everything you want. The one I hate the most is the people in the world. I will give you three days. In three days, if you don't leave, go to the Six Gate Prison."

Zhao Langjiang took a step forward and placed the knife in his hand.

Seeing this, Su Zhengyuan shouted, "Do you want to assassinate me?"

Xiao Jinyan repeatedly said a misunderstanding, took the knife, chopped the remaining chicken leg from the roast chicken, and handed it to Su Zhengyuan, "My brother wants to invite you to eat chicken." As he said that, he winked with Zhao Langjiang.

There is an unwritten rule in the world that people in the world will never conflict with the government, at least not on the surface.

When the Ming Dynasty was established, many people in the martial arts world made efforts. After Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, he wanted to capture all the people in the martial arts world. Later, the national teacher Liu Bolen pleaded for mercy, but the matter was abandoned. However, the rules were set up that the people in the martial arts world were not allowed to oppose the government, and the Dengwen Academy was established to record all major sects in the world. This system has been continued to this day.

Zhao Langjiang didn't care about this. He took another step and took the knife and slashed it out. The sword wind was fierce, as if he wanted to divide the rain curtain into two. The captains were so scared that they retreated repeatedly. When Zhao Langjiang shone a few times, they had no intention of killing. They saw everyone's straw raincoats landing, and the word "capture" on the front chest of the constable was actually chopped into pieces by Zhao Langjiang.

Su Zhengyuan said, "How dare you attack me?"

"Good, how about it?"

Su Zhengyuan was so harsh and weak on the inside, "It's okay, I'll ask."

Zhao Langjiang said coldly, "This time I will punish you slightly. I will see you again next time, it will be a matter of a few pieces of clothing. As long as someone Zhao is in Suzhou Prefecture for one day, you don't have to appear in front of me once!"

Su Zhengyuan and everyone left in shame.

The rain stopped.

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself that if these people stayed in Gusu City, they would cause trouble for themselves sooner or later, and they had to find a way to drive them away. So he said, "Everyone, the rain has stopped. It's not that I don't want to keep you. Now I don't even have the place to live. If we don't change the green mountains and waters, I won't send them away."

Li Qingcheng said, "If you don't help me find the martial arts scriptures, I won't leave."

Zhao Langjiang said, "Follow me."

“Where to go?”

"Find a place to live!"

...

Su Zhengyuan brought everyone back to Suzhou Prefecture, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

He was originally from Liangzhou, Longxi. Before coming to Suzhou, he was a constable in Liangzhou. Liangzhou was poor and had no oil and water, so he spent 8,000 taels to open up the relationship between the capital and then got the shortage of the chief of the Six Gates of Suzhou Prefecture. He wanted to come here to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

The new official took office with three fires. The first thing he had to do after taking office was to investigate the world under his control, and take the opportunity to use a few scattered soldiers to scare the monkeys and establish his authority for the rich men in the city. Unexpectedly, the first fire was destroyed by a heavy rain. How could he not be angry?

"Fried buckets! A bunch of fried buckets!" He pointed to his several of his constables and cursed, "Who is always showing off his might, why don't you use it at critical moments?" He pointed to the patch on their chests, "This knife cuts your clothes, and it hits the master in my face!"

Su Zhengyuan asked again, "What is the name of the leader?"

Liu San said: "Master Qi Bian, the leader named Xiao Jinyan is a professional gangster in Wuming Town, and the rest of them don't know."

Su Zhengyuan muttered, "Xiao Jinyan, why is this name so familiar?" Xiao Jinyan was the leader of the martial arts world, but that happened five years ago, not to mention that this person looked young, he did not associate this person with the leader of the martial arts world in any case.

"Master, let's just let go of the situation today if the Xiao surname is leaving?"

"Forget it?" Su Zhengyuan cursed, "This matter is not over! If you don't do it, how can I stay in Suzhou in the future?" The more he looked at the few people, the more angry he became, "Get out of here, go and do whatever you should do, find a piece of cloth, and get the patch on your chest. The six doors were all lost! Also, many people from the martial arts city have come to Suzhou City recently. You can make it brighter for me. If you have any trouble, report it to me!"

...

Suzhou gardens are famous all over the world.

Whether it is a wealthy family or a small family, it is very particular about the affairs of the mansion.

The most particular thing is the Fan House and the Zhao Mansion. In the Ming Dynasty, the people's residences were houses and officials were called houses. Although the Fan family was rich, their ancestors had never had any fame. Although the mansion was beautiful, they could only be houses. The Zhao family was a scholarly family, and had three Jinshis, one was the Shangshu, who was the Zhao Mansion.

Fan Wuchang, the owner of the Fan family, was wearing a blue silk gown. The gown was washed white with more than ten patches on the cuffs and chest. He was settled at this time.

Fan Wuchang piled up the items in the past few days together, and there was an abacus on the table, copper coins were stringed into a string, and broken silver was gathered into a pile.

He weighed the broken silver, which was 52 taels, and was about to find a silver shop tomorrow and cast the silver into a ingot. Fan Wuchang thought that the Li family silver shop was too expensive, so he had to go to the Liu family silver shop ten miles east of the city. Although it was a little farther away, it only cost two taels. In this way, he finally saved enough 100,000 taels of silver and achieved a small goal in his life.

Fan Wuchang has two silk shops and an inn under his name. The business is booming and he can make money every day. The 100,000 taels of silver was squeezed out from his teeth by his wife. In order to raise 100,000 taels, he specially sent his wife back to his father-in-law's house because he could save one person's picking fee.

This money will be left to his son Fan Xiaodao in the future.

Fan Wuchang thought to himself, I don’t know how this kid is doing in the Xiaoyao Sect.

Speaking of this son, he really doesn't worry. He was naughty every day when he was a child. When he was ten years old, Fan Xiaodao was growing up, eating a lot, and was lazy to eat. He didn't work at home. In order to save money, Fan Wuchang sent him to Tianlong Temple. As a result, Fan Xiaodao made Tianlong Temple a mess and even peed on the secret book "Six-Meridian Divine Sword" of Tianlong Temple. The abbot of Tianlong Temple traveled thousands of miles away and sent him back.

Later, Xiaoyao sent him to Gusu City to recruit disciples, without charge for tuition, food and accommodation, and teach martial arts. How could Fan Wuchang miss such a good thing? So he gritted his teeth and gave Fan Xiaodao thirty taels of silver and sent him to Xiaoyao Sect. He also specifically told him not to trust his family before he finished his studies and went down the mountain.

Fan Wuchang put away the silver and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

In order to celebrate the achievement of the 100,000 small goal, Fan Wuchang prepared to spend some extra time, adding a minced meat to stew cabbage at night, steaming an extra bowl of rice, and taking out the wooden chicken and duck carved from high-quality sandalwood. This kind of thing is only taken out during festivals or during festivals. During weekdays, the inn's men took a look at it, and he felt so distressed.

At this time, the door was kicked open.

Zhao Langjiang led everyone in.
To be continued...