A knife in love

Chapter 2890
After Murong Danyan listened to Li Qiufeng's words, he seemed to understand, but he wanted to ask again, but then he thought, if I don't understand everything, wouldn't Brother Li look down on me?Thinking of this, she had no choice but to swallow the words that came to her lips.Inadvertently saw Ding Guan walking in front, about ten feet away from the two of them, Murong Danyan's heart moved, and he lowered his voice and said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li, I have heard you say before that the one who took you out to sea That guy surnamed Xiao is domineering and domineering, and he is extremely difficult to provoke. Not to mention that ordinary officials are not looked down upon by him, even officials such as magistrates and county magistrates are quite afraid of him. Ding Guan was personally found by Yang Zhenzhong to give us As a guide, he naturally has great friendship with Jin Yiwei. It stands to reason that he is more powerful than Xiao Dong. But when we left the city just now, Ding Guan was cautious in front of those officers and soldiers, not at all like a high-ranking official from the capital. Could it be Let's take this person too seriously, can't he be compared with Xiao Dong at all?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said, "Miss Murong, you think that Ding Guan is a high-ranking official from the capital, but you are completely wrong. Although Ding Guan is extremely trusted by Yang Zhenzhong, he seems to be a respectable person working for Jinyiwei. But in the final analysis, he is neither an official nor an official, just a big businessman. As the saying goes, from the Qin and Han Dynasties, although a businessman has money, he has always been regarded as a lowly person. It’s not that many merchants used money to bribe officials, how dare they be overbearing? But once things fail, merchants are often severely punished by the court, not only confiscating their family wealth, but even being beheaded and exterminated..."

Before Li Qiufeng finished speaking, Murong Danyan let out a "huh" and said, "I know! Wasn't Shen Wansan from Jiangnan killed by Emperor Taizu just because he had too much money?"

Li Qiufeng was startled, glanced at Murong Danyan, and said, "Shen Wansan? Who is he?"

Murong Danyan looked excited, glanced at Ding Guan, and saw that he was walking forward on his own, not paying attention to the conversation between the two, so he turned his head and whispered to Li Qiufeng: "I heard my mother once said, Shen Wansan is a rich man in the south of the Yangtze River. His wealth is huge and unmatched in the world. It is said that this man was originally a small businessman. Once he went to Jiaxing to sell cloth. When he passed a barren mountain, he saw a hunter caught a fox under his trap. , Hanging the fox on a tree branch, was about to slaughter it on the spot, stripped its fur and sold it in the city. Seeing the pity of the fox, Shen Wansan couldn't bear it, took out three liang of silver, and bought the fox from the hunter. Wait until the hunter took the silver After leaving satisfied, Shen Wansan untied the rope that bound the fox and let it return to the mountains.

"Although Shen Wansan has been in business for many years, he is a kind-hearted person. Not to mention saving foxes and cats and dogs, he even saved many lives. The Tartars were driven back to Mobei, so the war continued, the people were displaced and fled everywhere to escape the war. Many people fell seriously ill, caught the plague, or were robbed and killed by robbers, and countless people died..."

Murong Danyan is young, and the Tartars occupied the Central Plains more than a hundred years ago, she naturally did not see it in person, and all the stories she told were heard from her parents and the servants at home.At that time and place, when she heard that the Han people were tortured and killed by the Tartars, she was only angry, not sad.At this time, talking about this matter with Li Qiufeng, I suddenly remembered Wang Xiaoyu's life experience, and my heart moved, thinking that Xiaoyu's sister's parents were also refugees who fled outside the customs. Years later, he had to leave his hometown and go into exile outside the customs, but he still couldn't escape his death in the end. He was no different from those Han people who fled everywhere to avoid military disasters.Compared with Xiaoyu's tragic life experience, I am much better off.

Thinking of this, Murong Danyan sighed in his heart, and worried about Wang Xiaoyu again.Li Qiufeng saw that Murong Danyan suddenly stopped talking, with a worried expression on his face, he was startled, and said in his mouth: "What happened next?"

Murong Danyan finally came to his senses, thought for a moment, and then continued: "Shen Wansan is kind-hearted. If he sees the people in distress, he will find a way to save them. He saved the life of a fox from the hunter. It was just a trivial matter, and he didn't take it to heart at all. When he came back from Jiaxing, he had completely forgotten about it.

"One night, after Shen Wansan fell asleep, he dreamed that an old man with a white beard, Shi Shiran, walked into his house. He was startled, and hurriedly asked the old man's background. The old man smiled and said, thanks to Mr. Shen's rescue, Today I am here to repay my kindness. Shen Wansan has saved countless people in his life. At that time, in his dream, he thought that he had saved the old man by accident before. Only then did he realize that the old man was talking about the world, with extraordinary knowledge, and he was shocked. He thought to himself that although the old man was not amazing in appearance, but he spoke elegantly and behaved even more extraordinary, he must be a great Confucian with profound knowledge.

"It should be noted that although Shen Wansan is a wealthy family, he respected scholars the most in his life. Seeing the knowledgeable knowledge of the white-bearded old man, he immediately stood up in awe and respectfully asked the old man's background. The old man laughed and didn't answer, just The topic diverged, and he talked about him from left to right. Shen Wansan saw the old man's appearance, but he couldn't force him to ask, so he had to give up. When the old man was about to leave, he said to Shen Wansan, there is no way to repay the favor of saving life, but to stay. The next thing is to keep Mr. Shen rich for 30 years.

"After the old man finished speaking, he walked away. Shen Wansan was determined to keep the old man at home for a few days. But the old man ignored him and walked straight to the door. Shen Wansan was anxious and ran after him. It's just that his legs didn't work suddenly, and his body fell forward like a piece of wood. He let out a cry, and suddenly opened his eyes, only to find that he was lying on the ground, and he was extremely shocked.

"It wasn't until Shen Wansan struggled to stand up that he realized that he had fallen on the ground beside the bed. Presumably he turned over in his sleep and fell off the bed unintentionally. Then he woke up from the dream. Thinking of this, Shen Wansan was shocked After a while, remembering that the scene in the dream was vivid in my mind, it didn't seem like a dream at all, I was in doubt and couldn't fall asleep anymore, so I lit a candle and wanted to wait for the dawn.

"It was only after lighting the candles that Shen Wansan realized that there was a white round basin on the table in the bedroom. He was shocked and thought to himself that all the furnishings in the room were made by himself, and there was absolutely no such white round basin. And Before going to bed last night, I clearly remembered that there was nothing on the table, where did this white round basin come from? Could it be that someone sneaked into my bedroom after I fell asleep?"

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