An extraordinary journey from the beginning

Chapter 192 The person Shenzong is looking for.

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No matter how far the road is, there is an end point, not to mention that the location where the fishing boat stops is not far from Pingting. Along the way, I eat various delicacies, enjoy the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, and remember all kinds of interesting things.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Pingting, the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, has also arrived.

Standing outside the city gate, Linglong looked at this ordinary city except for a little height, a little curious, "This is Pingting? It seems that the law and order are good, and it's not as scary as recorded."

"The news recorded by Lingyawei, Pingting Road does not pick up things. During the day, people are happy and friendly, friendly neighbors." Lu Ming shook his head, "But in reality, this city has derived new survival rules. , full of dirt, people here have learned to cheat."

"If these rumors are true, then I have a little understanding that Wei Shengyan is a liar. Growing up in this environment, it is really difficult to grow up normally without any distractions."

Linglong nodded slightly to express her agreement. She is not that little girl who just came out of the mountain village, she naturally understands the truth that people's hearts are sinister and fickle.

At the gate of the city, an old man in brocade clothes was holding a portrait in his hand, looking for and comparing figures among the passing people passing by on the road, and finally saw the pair of men and women who were sizing up in his eyes, and his eyes lit up , after careful comparison without errors.

The old man trotted all the way towards the two, stood in front of the two, bowed slightly, "Your Majesty, the Lord of God."

Lu Ming asked the old man who rushed over suddenly: "Are you? From Weisheng's family?"

"Your Majesty has good eyesight. My Patriarch asked me to wait for the two of you at the gate of the city to welcome the two distinguished guests." The old housekeeper hunched over with a friendly smile. Lu Ming felt that this movement seemed to be similar to that of Wei Shengyan. They are somewhat similar, secretly sighing that they are indeed a family.

Pingting is no different than other places. Strangers are easily noticed when they come here, and it is good to be tricked into penniless by some pitiful tricks in the world.

Maybe there is a possibility of being squashed.

This is what Lu Ming saw on the news collected by Lingyawei. I don’t know if it is true or not. At the moment, I am a little curious. After all, the people I met along the way in the Jiangnan area are still relatively friendly, like Pingting. The rumors are really seen in the news.

Directly rejecting the old housekeeper's idea of ​​taking the two of them directly to Weisheng's house, Lu Ming took Linglong and walked towards the city gate, wanting to personally experience whether the story here is true or not.

The old butler was speechless, and silently followed behind the two, keeping a certain distance, because he knew that people's curiosity is often extinguished very quickly, and this young king is no exception.

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Show the road guide and walk into the city gate. There are three intersections, one goes directly to the Pingjiang Houhou Mansion in the center, and the other two lead to other city gates at the end. Of course, there are other curved routes in the middle.

The street is still a bustling scene, the peddler is fanning the cool breeze with cattail fans while drinking the steaming steamed buns, which are soft and delicious, besides there are clothes shops with a few bolts of high-quality cloth outside, and colorful flower shops...

Eating, drinking and playing, basic necessities of life, housing and transportation, almost all of them can be summed up on one street. Passers-by on the road are all smiling, looking like the whole family is well-off, and every day is a good day.

Prosperity seems to be the first impression of this city.

Linglong stopped outside a shop. This was an osmanthus cake shop. The food she ate along the way was much more ordinary, but her favorite was the osmanthus cake. It was soft and glutinous, but it melted away immediately after entering the mouth, leaving a pleasant fragrance.

I don't know if the sweet-scented osmanthus cake will be different here in the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Linglong stood on tiptoe, looking forward slightly.

"Sister, let's buy a bunch of flowers." A child who looked like seven or eight years old walked up to Linglong and said timidly, tugging at her dress.

Squatting down and sniffing her nose gently, there was a burst of fragrance, dew was faintly visible on the petals, it should have been collected just this morning, Linglong touched her waist, only then realized that she was not in the habit of carrying money, so she stretched out her hand to kiss the little girl Dirt on the face, said.

"My sister didn't bring any money, but you can wait for a while. When my brother comes out, I will let him buy it."

"Also, forget it~"

The little girl seemed a little shy by her elder sister's sudden face brushing, she lowered her head shyly, holding the flower basket in both hands, Linglong was so distressed that she reached out to rub the little girl's hair.

It's really pitiful for such a small one to come out and sell flowers to make money.

"Sister, you are so beautiful. Let me give my sister a flower. It's free." The little girl suddenly raised her head and said to her.

"Sister, you can't take advantage of me, just wait a while." Linglong scratched the bridge of the little girl's nose and said with a smile.

The little girl didn't say a word, she held the flower basket in one hand, carefully fiddled with the flowers in the other hand, after a while she picked out the best blooming flower and stuffed it into Linglong's hand, then she ran away.

Holding the flowers, Linglong was about to call to stop, when she found the little girl slipped up, a pair of pitiful eyes were filled with tears, looking over, she was full of pleading.

"Lu Ming, put her down quickly, this is just an ordinary flower, there is nothing wrong with it."

Passing the food box to Linglong, Lu Ming took out a silver coin from his arms and stuffed it into the girl's flower basket under the girl's terrified eyes. When he reached back, he picked up a pendant from the basket, and then put the girl down .

The little girl touched the ground with her feet, grabbed the silver coins and ran away, leaving the flower basket on the ground.

Lu Ming put the pendant on for Linglong, stretched out his hand across the fragmented spar, and couldn't help but said: "You also said that this is your mother's thing, you have to keep it with you, you don't even know when it disappeared?"

"I...how did I know that the children here are so good at deceiving people." Linglong lost her temper, she almost lost the only thing her mother left for her just now.

Only at this moment did she understand that the city of Pingting is not as harmonious as it seems.

"But since you know that child is a thief, why do you still want to give her money?" Recovering her senses, Linglong couldn't help asking again.

"The old housekeeper of Weishengyan said that the girl's grandfather was seriously ill and needed money to buy medicine. In the city of Pingting, apart from cheating people and making money, no one cares about being poor. People I won't pity her just because she is young..."

Sighing, Lu Ming picked up the flower basket that fell on the ground, and handed it to Linglong, "No matter what, the flowers in this basket are real, as you said, there is nothing wrong with the flowers."

The old housekeeper said that Ping Ting's survival rule is not to trust anyone, including children and dogs.

Perhaps, thinking about it from another angle, it is the environment that allows both children and dogs to adapt to survive. After all, they have no ability to change the environment.

But Junshang, who is in charge of Suchuan, seems to have this ability.

Inexplicably, Lu Ming felt that there seemed to be a little more responsibility on his shoulders.

Hearing the story, Linglong frowned, subconsciously flashed a hint of distress for the little girl, opened her mouth to say something, and the old housekeeper quickly ran up from behind, carrying a pack of medicinal materials.

"In Pingting, apart from Lord Hou, no one works better than Weisheng's brand."

The old housekeeper bowed slightly, and said: "The villain has already made arrangements, please rest assured, both of you."

The wealth of the Weisheng family ranks among the top in the entire Suchuan. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the richest man. The industries under his command cover various industries, and the most concentrated one is in Pingting.

In this street, in this city, out of ten shops, nine of them have direct or indirect relationship with Weishengjia. The only shop that has no relationship will not be open for business until the next day.

Linglong let go of her emotions, and Youzi ate a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake angrily.

Knowing that the girl had no intention to continue shopping, Lu Ming motioned to the old housekeeper to lead the way.

The face of the old butler was already familiar to many shop owners on the streets of Pingting. After all, he was the butler of Weishengyan. As the saying goes, there is a seventh-rank official in front of a good prime minister, and no dog barks in front of the family's house.

Even if this person who is in charge of most of the lifeline of Jiangnan's business is just an old housekeeper in his family, his power will naturally not be low.

When passing by the whole street, the bosses of the nearby shops nodded their heads and said hello. It was obvious that they were very familiar with each other. Even the passers-by on the street would smile and say hello.

It seems... There is no domineering look in my impression.

Lu Ming kept this strange phenomenon in mind, followed the old housekeeper all the way, and arrived at Weisheng's house in a short while. There was no stone jade lion in front of the door, but a long red curtain hanging from a long distance away. , The happy word has overflowed the entire mansion.

Is Wei Shengyan married?

Suppressing their doubts, Lu Ming and Linglong followed the old housekeeper into the mansion. After going in, they turned around again and again until they walked to the yard arranged by Wei Shengyan. The old housekeeper left immediately, saying that the head of the house would come back later.

"Is Wei Shengyan married to sister Yinzhuang?"

Linglong asked.

"Probably, I knew it last time on Weisheng Yan's fishing boat. After all, they have a marriage contract. The Yin sisters have been here for almost two months. They are familiar with what they should be familiar with. Travel engagements are also normal. .” Lu Ming nodded slightly.

Linglong braced herself, and thought for a while, "When you said that, I remembered, last time you seemed to have told Wei Shengyan that Yin Zhuang might have awakened the power of the Yin family, and could see through other people's thoughts."

"So, sister Yinzhuang is confident that she can take down the old fox Weishengyan?"

Lu Ming shook his head. The last time he did it was purely to plant a thorn in Weishengyan's heart. He thought it should be effective, but this time he went south to see the prosperity of the entire Jiangnan, and learned about the business environment of Pingting. But I already felt that it probably had no effect.

People who can start from scratch and build such a family business over the past few decades, even with the support of Zhu Xi, are definitely extremely smart. It is not like just meeting once and branding a few words can shake your faith.

What Wei Shengyan believed most was himself.

The two were chatting in the courtyard. At the end of the corridor, a pavilion branched out. A plate of fish food was placed on the marble table. When the fish food was sprinkled, the koi under the pavilion jumped out of the water one after another. , it is obvious that people often feed them, and the habit of fish has formed such a scene.

After a while, the fish food on the plate had bottomed out, the sound of trotting footsteps came from outside the courtyard, and Wei Shengyan, who was dressed in a Chinese dress, walked in with a smile on his face, and saluted very respectfully in front of the two of them.

"I should have personally greeted him outside the city gate, but things are busy, Wei Shengyan asks the Lord God Lord to forgive me."

"Why didn't you call yourself a villain this time?" Linglong joked. This old thief was a ship owner, and he acted very humble. If he didn't know his identity, who would have thought that he would be the richest man in Suchuan. What about Ping Jianghou's purse?

Wei Shengyan had a smile on his face, "The god master was joking, Wei Shengyan didn't deliberately hide from the two of you at the beginning, it was because of the environment, he was forced to help."

Lu Ming looked at the red stickers pasted on the windows and the gatehouse, and asked, "When did it happen?"

"The third day of next month will be an auspicious day. I hope the Lord God will bless Yin Zhuang and me when the time comes." Wei Shengyan said with an unconcealable smile on his lips.

He was indeed very tempted by that man, and even though Yin Xiao didn't have a good face, he believed that time would smooth everything out.

"Blessing a marriage is a big event, but I just issued an edict to give someone a marriage in Zao Zhao. It is also a great achievement for you to ask Wu Yuan to send me a message to give me a gift. There is nothing wrong with making another edict. OK."

As soon as the subject changed, Lu Ming stood up and looked at the most central building in the distance and continued: "I have three things that I need you to answer one by one."

"Anything your majesty asks, Wei Shengyan will know everything and say everything!" Wei Shengyan glanced at Lu Ming and put it down, cupping his hands with a smile on his lips.

"One, you have to come up with a plan for me about Pingjiang Hou Zhuxi's matter, what to do next."

Frowning slightly for a moment, Wei Shengyan immediately replied: "Marquis Pingjiang has four sons. Since he was trapped in Zhaodu, the eldest son Zhu Zheng is now in power. The second and third sons have some ideas about the power of the Marquis. Your lord Standing behind him, Shang Ke gave out different benefits and divided them up, letting them kill each other, and then let Zhuxi's youngest son take over, and take over his power smoothly."

Lu Ming turned his back to Wei Shengyan so that he couldn't see his expression, and continued: "Second, what was the truth 17 years ago?"

Wei Shengyan lowered his head, did not answer immediately, looked to the side, Linglong touched the pendant on his neck, with a calm face, as if he didn't notice her eyes.

Wei Shengyan then said: "Seventeen years ago, Pingjiang Hou Zhuxi got some ancient books from nowhere, which recorded the method of man-made god masters: using the monsters in Guixu as the source of the body's blood, plus the girl body..."

Wei Shengyan lowered his head slightly, "Your Majesty will know the rest of the matter. The experiment failed. Ping Jiang Hou personally killed 10,000+ 'monsters' on the grounds that the plague broke out in Pingting...But after all, there are a lot of them, so it is inevitable. There will be individual omissions..."

Linglong's mother, according to Huo Tu Xin, went to Zhihuo at that time 17 years ago.

Linglong looked at Wei Shengyan coldly: "You are lying!"

Wei Shengyan fell to his knees with a plop, "Damn the villain, the villain must have participated in it. I am attached to Marquis Pingjiang, so I can't stay out of it."

"A villain again?" Linglong smiled disdainfully.

Wei Shengyan kowtowed his head and remained silent.

"The last thing is about this painting." Lu Ming took out the blank painting scroll with no portrait from his arms, and put it on the stone table.

Wei Shengyan stretched out his hand and unfolded the scroll until he could see it all clearly. He held his breath unconsciously. In the quiet atmosphere, he stayed for a long time before closing the scroll.

He looked up at the young Junshang, with an inexplicable look in his eyes, and said softly, "That's the person Shenzong is looking for."

"The person I have been looking for for 500 years."

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(End of this chapter)