Among the four families, only the Feng family was already a big family in Niyuan Town before King Feng came to Lianzhou, and was still a noble family with a high reputation. As for the other three families, the one with the highest status was the blacksmith.
Originally, Lianzhou became the fiefdom of King Feng, but it has not changed much for Niyuan Town. Niyuan Town is a relatively remote town in Lianzhou. There are not many roads and there are no official roads. There is only one
An uneven mountain road that can accommodate two medium-sized carriages facing each other.
Whether there is a change of ownership outside or port reform or something, it has nothing to do with them. At most, it just means that there is more talk among pedestrians on the street.
Unexpectedly, one day suddenly, King Feng will come to Niyuan Town in person.
At that time, the head of the Feng family thought that King Feng was here to understand the sentiments of the people, and he also hoped that his family would be valued by King Feng and have a good future.
Therefore, when the head of the Feng family followed the county magistrate to accompany King Feng, he selfishly brought along his most valued eldest grandson.
He didn't expect that this choice would actually plunge the entire Feng family into a place of no return.
He is guilty and the Feng family is guilty.
But now, he could no longer look back and could only keep walking forward until his head was bleeding and his stomach and intestines were broken.
A big hand waved in front of his eyes, and the worried voice of the Ning Family Master sounded, "Feng Family Master, Feng Family Master, what's wrong with you?"
The Feng family shook their heads instinctively, smiled and explained: "It's okay, I just remembered something else."
In fact, although the other three people did not come from aristocratic families like the Feng family, their experiences after following the Phoenix King were roughly similar, so they all had the same resonance.
There are many bad people in this world, and there are also good people, but most of them are ordinary people.
What is an ordinary person?
There is kindness but also selfishness, there is great love but also pettiness, there is conscience but there is self-interest.
The four family heads in front of them are ordinary people. They choose to follow King Feng for the benefit of their own family, but they can't stand many of the things King Feng has done. They also feel guilty and guilty for the people who died because of them.
Blame yourself.
How to put it, it's like struggling in a dark quagmire, knowing that you are already dirty, but as long as there is light, you still hope to climb ashore, even if the light is just a little hazy.
But at the same time, because of their fear of King Feng, they were also afraid of the consequences of failure.
At this time, the head of the family's eyes flashed, and he suggested in a low voice: "Can we destroy that thing? Isn't the eleventh prince holding something?"
The head of the Yu family raised his hand and gave the head of the Shi family a big showdown, "You are always like this, always not hearing everything you say. What the head of the Feng family just said was, 'The Eleventh Prince has something in his hand that he is not afraid of', isn't it?
He said, 'The Eleventh Prince has something in his hand that can destroy those things', do you understand?"
The strength of Patriarch Yu's hand was not small at all, and Patriarch Shi's eyes were blackened for a long time as he slapped her.
He rubbed the back of his head that hurt from being slapped aggrievedly, "This won't work, that won't work either. Otherwise, let's run."
He does not mean that.
The head of the Ning family's eyes lit up, "Yes, we can escape. Why haven't we thought about it before?"
This time, the head of the family looked at him like a cantaloupe, "Escape? You put it simply, where can we escape? Do you know what the world is like outside? Our Ningyuan Town is remote, and many news cannot come in, but we can't get in."
It’s just because it’s remote that many diseases can’t get in.”
"Do you know that people outside are crazy? Do you dare to believe it?"
"When a child who is less than a month old is placed on a millstone... his parents are watching. Not only is he not uncomfortable, but he is also very excited."
"If the boy next to me hadn't gone to the latrine because he felt sick and saw the murder of the child with his own eyes, I would have almost drank that thing."
Ugh~
He couldn't think about it, he felt like vomiting when he thought about it.
As soon as they heard what he said, the other three people were disgusted and at the same time they all became interested in understanding.
The head of the Feng family poured him a glass of water himself, "Come on, come on, drink more water to quench your thirst, and tell us more details."
The head of the Yu family put a plate of thin slices of dried bamboo shoots in front of him, "Is this what you encountered when you went out this time? Where is it?"
The head of the Ning family was considered the most steady and calm, and he only tapped the table lightly.
But this thing coupled with his cold and coffin-like face all day long, silent words are more threatening than words.
"This is really strange to say."
"Although I have left all the matters of running away to my second brother in the past few years, if there is really something strange going on outside, it is impossible for my second brother not to tell me when he comes back."
"After I came back this time, I went to see my second brother. He said that he didn't encounter the things I saw when he went out last time."
"Later, I calculated carefully and found that the last time my second brother went out to buy goods was at the beginning of last year, just after the Lantern Festival, and no one left our house since then."
He looked at the other three family heads with a rare look of solemnity, "You also think about it, is your family the same as ours? It has been a long time since we have really seen the outside with our own eyes?"
His words were like a bolt of lightning striking the heads of the three family heads.
No one is really stupid who can be the head of the family. The three of them immediately looked solemn and their eyes were obscure.
The head of the family continued: "No one outside is as calm as the Phoenix King. People are going crazy. I don't know when the Dragon God's Cult appeared. Everyone everywhere believes in this Dragon God's Cult. It has become a demon."
That kind of letter.
What I just told you, they did it for the so-called sacrifice to the Dragon God, and they also said that the children went to enjoy the blessings with the Dragon God, I'm embarrassed."
He is not a good person, but those people are really beyond guessing.
Tiger poison does not eat seeds.
The head of the Shi family went to the Feng family today. Firstly, he wanted to discuss with the three of them the matter of King Feng asking for money again. Secondly, this was the matter.
He knew that he was not very smart and timid. What he saw and heard outside really scared him. He was already a little confused. He just wanted to hear the opinions of the other three people to see whether he should leave, stay, or
Is he worried?
The head of the Feng family pondered for a moment, with thousands of thoughts running through his mind, "...if I think about it carefully, no one from our house has left the town in the past two years."
Head of the Ning family: "The last one in my family left the town at the beginning of last year."
Head of the Yu family: "No one in my house has left the town for more than two years."
Even the four members of the family did not leave the town. It was not because they were under house arrest or forced to leave in other ways. It was also not because Niyuan Town was already rich enough to be self-sufficient;
Instead, every three days on average, a caravan affiliated with the imperial court would transport supplies to the town. Those supplies included almost all aspects of daily life;
They don't need to send any money. There are also people from King Feng who come into the town to transport it away;
The four families in Niyuan Town only manage the mines. They don't do any other business and have no need to leave the town at all.
No, it seems to be just a coincidence and a simple move by the government to 'block' the four people in Niyuan Town without them realizing it.
Qi Baoer and Patriarch Xuanqing looked at each other, and both saw their own thumbs up in each other's eyes.