250 The body is like a floating cloud (Xie pingchuwu leader)
Hearing the sound of someone coming in, the old man opened his groggy eyes and glanced at Wei Chun.
"Chunzi, you're here again."
"Master Zhuang, I've done everything you asked me to do last time. I've also mastered the bell-ringing moves you taught me. When are you going to teach me new moves?" Wei Chun said with a smile.
A flattering look and expression.
"Just do it well and don't let anyone discover it. Hiding is the safest." The old man exhaled and slowly stood up from the wicker chair.
"Now that you've mastered the bell-ringing position, I'll teach you a step-on-the-ground position." He slowly stood up, stretched his legs, bent over, and stretched his muscles.
"Chunzi, it's a pity that you are old. Otherwise, if you had laid a solid foundation early, you would have accomplished a lot. It's a pity."
"It's okay, as long as I can practice martial arts. I used to only know some farming techniques. If I hadn't met you, I might not have known how strong real martial arts is." Wei Chun didn't feel any pity at all.
"You are a good boy with a good heart, but these things I gave you must not be seen by outsiders. When practicing, you should also find a remote place where no one is around, so as not to cause trouble." Master Zhuang warned.
"Chunzi understands!" Wei Chun replied seriously.
She saved Mr. Zhuang who was injured all over in an accident.
It seems that Mr. Zhuang is being hunted by someone. If she hadn't protected and rescued him in time, he would have been a pile of bones by now.
This involved a treasure called the Chongxing Cup. Wei Chun didn't quite understand the reason.
"There are many people snatching the Chongxing Cup, including Peach Blossom Temple, Zhou Dashanren, the Ancient Sword Sect, and the White Jade Crown. This thing is a good thing. With so many people snatching it, no matter who gets it, I won't be able to do anything good.
End." Mr. Zhuang smiled.
"After all, there is a big secret involved here."
"Big secret?" Wei Chun was a little curious, but didn't dare to ask more.
"You will know in the future, now that you have become my disciple, these things will be yours sooner or later. I am too seriously injured, I don't think I can live long." Master Zhuang said with a faint smile.
"Don't talk nonsense. You are in good health and will live a long life." Wei Chun quickly retorted.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about this, show me your practiced bell-ringing technique." Mr. Zhuang said with a smile.
"Yes" Wei Chun nodded.
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Feiye City, the old residence of the Wei family.
Some shabby rat alley.
Wei Ying opened the wooden window with a squeak to let some air in the room.
Zhenqi was wearing a veil and looking at this simple and narrow room.
"Yingying, last time we came back, the holes in the wall that we repaired seemed to have been drilled through by mice again."
"Ah? Where?" Wei Ying hurried over to take a look.
They returned all the way, and it took them half a year to return to Feiye City. Then they bought a house in Feiye City to live in. They would come back to the old house to visit from time to time, and then spent the rest of the time looking for their parents and eldest sister.
's whereabouts.
But in the vast sea of people, the two of them were unfamiliar with each other, so they were nowhere to be found.
Feiye City is now under strict control.
Under the Hong family's rule, Feiye City has absorbed a large number of refugees from other places, as well as miners rescued in the past. Together, Feiye City today is even more lively than it was a few years ago.
There are people everywhere.
The Hong family had to transfer people to expand part of the city and expand the city area.
"I'm going to get the tools. Zhenqi, please don't touch me and I'll mend it myself." Wei Ying did as she said and quickly went under the bed to take out the tools in a cloth bag.
Just then, a black mouse was frightened and jumped out from the foot of the bed. She slapped it on the ground and caught it.
"Dead rat!" Wei Ying threw the rat out of the window with disgust.
Zhenqi was helping to fetch water.
The two of them cooperated tacitly and quickly patched up the rat hole, and also sprinkled a little rat poison prepared by Zhenqi herself.
Although it's not very effective.
"We have been back for a long time. If you can't find it again, let's go back." After finishing her work, Wei Ying sat at the foot of the bed and said helplessly.
"Don't worry, they will be fine." Zhenqi sat next to her, her hands unconsciously holding her waist.
Wei Ying just sighed. She was worried that if she didn't go back for a long time, her younger brother would be worried.
She had also asked someone to send a letter back before, but unfortunately there was no news.
But she didn't know that after she left, Wei He in Taizhou had a lot of experience, and now he has become an official wanted criminal. He was so powerful in Taizhou that he became one of the Seven Heroes of the Four Paths and Seven Heroes.
The two rested in the room for a while, then got up and left again.
It was about half an hour after the two of them got on the carriage and left.
Outside Rat Alley.
A group of men carrying various construction site tools passed by the alley entrance in groups.
Wei Tang was among them. When passing by Rat Alley, he looked at the slowly passing alley and sighed.
"I used to live here. When I went back, I found that there was air leakage everywhere. My second daughter and my youngest son were also missing. I don't know if they are dead or something."
"Stop saying such depressing words." A worker on the side said, "Maybe they just went to find work elsewhere. In that situation, why did they stay here to wait for death?"
"That's right, Lao Wei, don't think too much. Why don't you go back and take a look later?" Another person said.
"Forget it." Wei Tang shook his head, "We have to wait until night, and there is a curfew at night, so we don't have time to watch."
A group of people talked about their past events and gradually walked away carrying their tools.
Wei Tang didn't want to waste time. His wife Li Cui was suffering from an unknown illness and now he was in urgent need of money. After finishing his work, he had to go home to take care of his old wife.
As for this sadness, let it pass completely. Otherwise, when you go back, you will think of your second daughter and youngest son who are completely dead.
But he never thought that if he really went back, he might be able to see the traces of repairs and the signs that his house had been tidied up.
You can also find out that someone has gone back.
Unfortunately, Wei Tang had many things on his mind.
He and his wife didn't even tell their eldest daughter Wei Chun about their illness. They didn't want her to worry.
My wife Li Cui has some red bumps the size of fingernails on her back. They are neither painful nor itchy. She usually has no symptoms, but she suddenly coughed up blood some time ago.
Wei Tang secretly brought money to take his wife to see a pharmacist. Unfortunately, he didn't see any merit and the money was wasted.
After that incident, his wife Li Cui strongly asked not to watch. They are already very old. In order to take care of them, the eldest daughter Wei Chun has not married yet, and all the money she earned has been spent on her own family.
In this way, she can only live half full. If she spends more money at home, she is worried that her eldest daughter will really be unable to hold on and collapse. She knows that her daughter has a strong temper, and if she knows about her illness, she will definitely
Will work hard to make money.
Wei Tang was silent for a long time before agreeing to his wife's request not to tell his daughter about his illness.
Just to earn money for medical treatment, he worked desperately at the construction site every day.
Because of this, his physique, which was not very strong to begin with, gradually deteriorated.
Fortunately, after working hard, the wages I received increased day by day, and when accumulated, it was not bad.
Although Feiye City under the leadership of the Hong family is strict, it is far more fair than before.
"That's it. Get cured as soon as possible, and everything will return to the way it was before." This is Weitang's hope.
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From the perspective of the caravans who often travel this route, there are three options for the return route from Taizhou to Yunzhou.
First, just like when Wei He came before, he had to pass through the Zangjian Gorge, which is like a flock of birds.
Second, there is another waterway. You can take a boat through Jinghe River and float all the way down to Baihe River, the main trunk of Jinghe River. Along the Baihe River, you can go directly to Yunzhou.
Third, take another road that is safer but takes longer, that is the official road. That is, the Chi Road with Lu Yi Station along the way.
For the sake of my aunt, the caravan naturally looked for the shortest route, which was the option of Zangjian Gorge.
But it was different from what Wei He knew. When they reached Zangjian Gorge, there would be another shortcut and they would turn to Yunzhou.
Wei He planned to separate from the caravan at Zangjian Gorge. From there, the caravan would go to Su City first, then other cities, and it would take a long time to reach Feiye City.
He couldn't wait for them to come together, so he would inevitably leave alone halfway.
The long caravan team moved quickly on the official road.
The cattle and horses pulling the goods were constantly urged by whips to speed up the pace. The carts of grain were covered with thick cloths and weighed down by stones, and they followed the carriage in front along the galloping road.
Along the way, Wei He had nothing to do. Apart from practicing, he just chatted with Xiao Chunzi to understand the current situation in Yunzhou.
"Speaking of Yunzhou, among the eighteen cities, Yunzhou Mansion is naturally the most prosperous place. But when we passed by last time, we saw that there was also a depression outside the city. It is said that the previous year, Lord Zhou Mu was assassinated and there was famine.
As a result, many refugees gathered outside the city and were induced to cause trouble."
Xiaochunzi recalled what she saw at that time, and now she is a little scared.
"You don't know, at that time there were really corpses all the way. We just followed the original road and stayed in Fucheng for two days before leaving. We really didn't dare to stay any longer. We were afraid that the hungry people who were going crazy with hunger would tear us apart.
Already."
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She sighed, "That was the first time I saw how far hunger can push people. Here in Taizhou, although it is chaotic and dangerous, it has never been such a miserable situation."
Wei He held a bottle of yellow gin wine in his hand, and while listening, he also recalled the scene when he was in Feiye City.
That was the case at that time. Many people would do anything just for a bite to eat.
"Since you are a caravan, have you ever heard of Hong Daoyuan from the Hong family in Feiye City?" he asked aloud.
"Hong Daoyuan? Oh? You are talking about Mr. Hong Yuanqiang, right? That is a big shot, and ordinary people generally cannot see him. Anyway, he is a very powerful and powerful big shot!" Xiao Chunzi didn't know how to describe it, so he only knew to use adjectives repeatedly.
"Where's the Yonghe Escort Agency? Have you heard of it?" Wei He asked again.
"No, I have heard of Ford Escort Agency, which is the largest escort agency in Yunzhou." Xiao Chunzi shook his head.
"What about the Guan family? Is there a very wealthy family in Yunzhou Prefecture with the surname Guan?" Wei Hezai re-established an overall impression of Yunzhou today through Xiao Chunzi's description.
The reason why he chose to inquire from Xiaochunzi first was because this little girl was honest, not exaggerated, and did not like to brag.
Unlike other men in the caravan, each one boasts more harshly than the other.
Of course, just asking Xiaochunzi is definitely not enough. Wei He himself also has some general information about Yunzhou that people have collected in advance.
It's just that the timeliness of this information is too weak, so he needs to add some new details.
"The Guan family, the Guan family in Fucheng, I have indeed heard that they are a very wealthy family. It is said that there are many big shots in the family, and they are also a tyrant in Fucheng." Xiaochunzi replied.
The heroic figure of Guan Ming flashed through Wei He's mind. He didn't know whether he would be able to see his old friend this time when he went back.