Gu Shengchao asked passers-by about the location of the pier and hurried there. The town was not big. He soon arrived at the river and walked along the embankment towards the pier. Looking from a distance, the sails and rafters of the pier were swaying and hundreds of boats were competing for the water.

Very lively.

He walked to the boulder next to the river and suddenly heard a "plop" sound. Someone jumped into the water behind the stone. He thought it was a child playing in the water and didn't pay attention. When he walked over and looked back, he realized that something was wrong. If the other person was familiar with the nature of water,

, either surface and paddle as you like, or dive into the water without any ripples, but at this moment, many small bubbles appeared on the water surface, it was obvious that someone was drowning.

Gu Shengchao jumped into the river without hesitation and swam towards the man with all his strength. He reached the spot where the bubbles had just appeared and plunged in. A man could be vaguely seen sinking slowly in the water. He lifted him up from behind the man.

The two of them emerged together. Only then did he see clearly that the other person was a woman, with a pretty face that seemed familiar. The woman's eyes were closed tightly, as if she was about to faint. Gu Shengchao didn't have time to think too much, so he grabbed her robe from the back and swam desperately to the shore.

After landing on the shore, Gu Shengchao squatted down and asked the woman to lie on his lap and patted her back. Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and the woman vomited out a lot of water intermittently and gradually returned to normal.

"You only have one life. Since you are not afraid of death, what is there to fear? Just fight with the courage to die. I believe you can accomplish anything. There will be no difficulties in the world, right?"

The ancient sage helped the woman sit up and comforted her.

The woman remained silent, just looked up at Gu Shengchao and stared at him stupidly, with tears in her eyes even more pitiful.

Gu Shengchao felt embarrassed. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Tell me, if you have any difficulties, maybe I can help."

"Brother, you are here." The woman burst into tears, with hot tears rolling down her cheeks. She threw herself into Gu Shengchao's arms and cried bitterly, because her body was rising and falling with sadness as she sobbed. In Gu Shengchao,

Sheng Chao was rubbed all over him.

Gu Shengchao was completely petrified. It seemed that the two did know each other, but Gu Shengchao couldn't remember who the other person was. He could only gently pat the woman's back and comfort her: "Okay, the past is in the past, let's be more open-minded.

"Human life is full of ups and downs. As long as we work hard to overcome any difficulty and be patient and persevere, all the suffering will pass."

The woman's whimpering voice gradually became quieter, and her mood gradually stabilized. She took two steps back and left Gu Shengchao before she felt ashamed. She straightened her wet dress and said embarrassedly: "Brother Gu avenged the death of the little girl's father in the Dawu Dynasty.

I have no repayment, but I saved my life again today and made my brother laugh."

Gu Shengchao suddenly realized that she was the daughter of the clan leader who was killed by Liao Weikang, the envoy from the East Palace of Wuwang Palace. He only glanced at the woman in a hurry that night, but he made her remember it in his heart. "Aren't there many of you? Why are you the only one left?"

One person?" Ancient Sage Chao was puzzled.

The woman had so many thoughts and she didn't know where to start in her sorrow. A man called out urgently from a distance: "Mei Wan, Mei Wan, where are you?" The woman waved in the direction of the man's shouting and responded:

"Brother Ran, I'm here."

A moment later, a man rushed over in a panic. It was in the capital city of the Dawu Dynasty that night that he secretly fired a cold arrow outside the window to kill Liao Weikang, but Gu Shengchao was exposed. Ran Dengjia was stunned at first when he saw Gu Shengchao.

Recognizing him, he stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "How come the young master has come to our country of Serang?"

Gu Shengchao shook his head: "It's hard to explain. I lost my way in the mountains and came here by mistake."

Ran Dengjia looked at the woman's wet appearance, stepped forward to grab her and said nervously: "Mei Wan, are you having trouble thinking about it again? Don't scare me."

The woman glanced at Gu Shengchao secretly and whispered: "If this big brother hadn't saved me, I almost fell into the river..." She lowered her eyes and couldn't help crying again.

When Ran Dengjia saw Gu Shengchao's similarly wet clothes, he immediately understood everything. He stepped forward and knelt at Gu Shengchao's feet and said gratefully: "Thank you, Master, for saving Wanmei. I kowtow to Master on her behalf."

Gu Shengchao quickly helped Ran Dengjia up, "Brother Ran, don't be like this, but you are going to break me." Seeing the two people dressed in ordinary and downtrodden looks, he guessed that something must have happened, and asked: "Is there anyone in your tribe?

What's the problem? Maybe I can help." He thought that if it didn't work out, he would take them back to the Four Kings Valley. There were few people in the valley, so if they were willing, the Four Kings Valley would not refuse them.

Ran Dengjia sighed and said, "It's a long story. If you don't mind, young master, please come to the humble residence and have a talk. At the same time, you can change your clothes and dry them clean."

Gu Shengchao thought about it, so he followed the two of them forward. Not far away, there were many simple wooden houses built in a depression. Some of the wooden houses were large and some small, crowded together. The road was narrow and muddy, and it was difficult to walk. In the small houses with different widths,

Walking through the alleys, some alleys are about a foot wide and can only be passed sideways. Ran Dengjia stopped in front of a wooden house, took out the key, opened the door and invited Gu Shengchao to go in.

The wooden house is not big, with two floors. There is a ladder next to it that can be climbed upstairs. The lower floor is dark and dark, with only a small bed, a simple stove, a table and chairs. The woman went upstairs to change her clothes first, and then went to Gu

Shengchao found a clean robe and asked him to go up and change it. Gu Shengchao climbed up the wooden ladder and changed his clothes. There was a bamboo pole outside the window upstairs that could be used to dry, so he hung his wet clothes on it.

He didn't need any money when he was in Shioji Valley. Now he put down the things in his pockets and found that there was not much silver left. He felt a little regretful. If he had known, he would have brought more money to help them.

There was no bed upstairs, only a few old wooden boxes placed in the corner, but it was clean and tidy without a trace of dust. When Gu Shengchao went down, there was no woman, so Ran Dengjia replied that he had gone to buy wine.

The two chatted, and Gu Shengchao learned that the woman's name was Jiang Wan. He was curious about how they could have two surnames since they were from the same clan. Ran Dengjia saw Gu Shengchao's doubts, "I am originally a hunter from the West Cold Country.

I have been without parents since I was a child, and a few years ago I accidentally fell from a cliff and was in critical condition. Fortunately, Jiang Wan’s father led his tribe to pass by and rescued me. It happened that they also needed helpers who knew some kung fu, so they took me in."

Gu Shengchao nodded and understood. He took a look at the furnishings in the room and asked curiously: "There is only one small bed here. Could it be that the eldest brother and her are already married and I want to call her sister-in-law?"

Ran Dengjia looked out the window nervously and whispered: "Master, you are making fun of me. I am from a humble background, how dare I have such an idea. I sleep downstairs on weekdays, and Miss Jiang Wan lives upstairs. She always puts the bedding directly on the floor."

Go up. I bought the bed just for her to use, but she insisted on putting it underneath it, saying that it was damp downstairs and sleeping directly on the floor would catch the cold, and there was nothing I could do to her."

Gu Shengchao could see the embarrassment of their lives, but it was inconvenient to ask more questions. Fortunately, Ran Dengjia did not shy away and took the initiative to talk about it. Only then did Gu Shengchao know the whole story.

They left the capital of the Dawu Dynasty and entered the Xileng Kingdom smoothly under the leadership of Jiang Wan's uncle. According to the advice of other tribesmen, they originally wanted to return to their ancestral home before making plans. After arriving here, it happened that a teacher from Yunqi Palace of the Xileng Kingdom

The family took the lead in opening a chamber of commerce, specializing in business between the West Leng Kingdom and the Dawu Dynasty. Jiang Wan's uncle proposed to join the business together. They had been doing trade all year round and should be familiar with the business, so everyone agreed.

It turns out that when they were in the Dawu Dynasty, Jiang Wan's father, as the patriarch, was responsible for the business affairs. The annual dividends were fair and just, and distributed to each household according to the amount of money and effort. No one had any objection. After Jiang Wan's uncle took over, everyone naturally thought that it was still a good idea.

As before, they can just wait for the final dividends, so no one has any objections and no one cares about the specific details of the investment. Even if someone is worried about wanting to participate, Uncle Jiang Wan will not say anything and it will be difficult for others to interfere.

In the end, the chamber of commerce was established as a partnership between five companies, with the family members of the instructor accounting for 40%, the Jiangwan clan members accounting for 15%, another family accounting for 15%, and the other two accounting for 20% and 10%. For the sake of fairness, the county magistrate was specially invited to testify.

Each family sent representatives to sign and seal the matter, and of course it was her uncle of the Jiang Wan tribe who took the responsibility personally.

At first, everyone was happy and happy that their lives would be settled in the future. However, after a while, they found something strange. It seemed that the Chamber of Commerce had nothing to do with everyone, and they were evasive when asking Uncle Jiang Wan. When everyone came to the Chamber of Commerce to inquire, they found out that they were not members of the clan when they bought shares.

Instead, they invested in the shares in the name of Jiang Wan's uncle Jiang Fanzheng. In other words, everyone worked hard to the end to make Jiang Fanzheng's wedding dress, and the Chamber of Commerce's dividends were only given to him.

The people were angry and went to Jiang Fanzheng to defend themselves, but he hired someone to beat them out. The people were so angry that they went to the county government to complain. The county magistrate probably accepted Jiang Fanzheng's money to favor him, but beat the complainants half to death, saying that at that time

The signatures and black and white words on the paper are evidence. The ownership of the shares purchased by the Chamber of Commerce should belong to Jiang Fanzheng alone, and the case is closed.

In this way, all the hard work of the clan members was in vain. The most pitiful person was Jiang Wan. As the only flesh and blood of the clan leader, she was ruthlessly abandoned by her uncle. When the tree fell and the hozens dispersed, everyone had no way to complain, so they all looked for a way out. No one cared about Jiang Wan anymore.

Ran Dengjia was thinking about the patriarch's kindness to him, and was afraid that Jiang Wan would not be able to think about it when she was sad, so he stayed with her. In order to survive, Ran Dengjia temporarily worked as a coolie at the riverside dock to support the two of them.

Ran Dengjia said bitterly: "I am sincere to Wanmei, and she also knows that I like him, but the more this happens, the more she avoids me, and today she even jumped into the river to seek death. A girl's heart is really hard to figure out."

Gu Shengchao enlightened him: "Is it possible that Miss Jiang Wan also likes you? She is just afraid of dragging you down, so she wants to die. Firstly, she will be freed, and secondly, she will no longer drag you down.

A better life for you.”

"How is that possible?" Ran Dengjia didn't believe it.

Gu Shengchao pointed to the small bed and explained: "Miss Jiang Wan was afraid that you would get damp and refused to sleep on the bed, so she gave the bed to you. Doesn't that just illustrate this problem?"
Chapter completed!