Forced Marriage [Cultivation]

Yuping Town is better than other places. There are no sundries on the street, but it has lost the prosperity and crowds of the past.

Shops are closed, even pawn shops are closed, and there are few pedestrians on the street.Both the Drum Tower and the city wall were washed away by the flood and looked very dilapidated.

Jiang Suxing brought Xiao Wu to the town to pawn things, two servants carried the goods, and the four came to the door of the pawn shop.Xiao Wu stepped forward and knocked on the door, and it took a while for the door to open.

A young man poked his head out from inside, looked at the person outside the door with alert eyes, and asked timidly, "What's the matter?"

"Why don't you open the door? Let's come over and make something." Xiao Wu urged.

The young man recognized that he was from the Jiang family, his vigilant look faded, and he said: "But the boss has already left, and now there is no pawn shop here."

Xiao Wu was surprised: "What? Gone? Where did you go?"

The young man said: "I went to Yunzhou. The boss's family has gone to Yunzhou to settle down. They said that Yuping is a difficult place, and there are no people to live in."

Xiao Wu immediately became angry, "What do you call a person who can't live in such a difficult place?! Yuping is his home, how can he just leave?"

Seeing that Xiao Wu was angry, the young man was a little unconvinced and said: "In the first place. You see, in this town, the rich people have all left. The rest are poor people, who don't have that capital. If it weren't for my mother's serious illness and lack of people Take care, I'm going to Yunzhou too."

Xiao Wu laughed angrily: "You? What are you doing in Yunzhou? Are you a beggar?"

The young man said angrily: "Even going to Yunzhou to beg is better than staying here. Yuping floods every year, and people are drowned at every turn. My father was drowned because of floods when I was very young. We have been living in fear for the past year, and we will die one day if we don’t keep it all.”

Xiao Wu said: "It was the sea python that made trouble before, but this time the sea python is completely dead! The evil monster is already dead! Yuping will be at peace from now on, do you understand?"

The young man said: "In the past, it wasn't the Jiang family who would come out and announce that everything was fine, but how long did the peace last? Last year, your Jiang family swore that the sea python had completely disappeared, but within a year it was gone again. Appeared, who knows if what you said is true or false this time?"

Xiao Wu's face was red with anger, and he lifted the young man's collar and said, "Didn't you see the demon killing that day?? Pingtouhai is still red now? Are you blind?"

The young man said: "Then who knows what's going on, maybe it's only temporary..."

Xiao Wu scolded: "I think you are some fools! You are so stupid!"

Seeing that some people surrounded him, Jiang Suxing shouted, "Xiao Wu, let's go."

Xiao Wu let go of the young man's collar and was about to leave, but he heard the young man say: "Hmph, only the stupid people stay here. The smart and rich have already left. Your Jiang family claims to be a noble family. , have reached the point where they have to pawn their property, and they are still talking about keeping one side safe and making the people rich and healthy..."

"I think you're looking for a fight!" Xiao Wu swung his fist at the moment.He was originally from the Jiang family, so he naturally had a kung fu background.The young man failed to dodge, and was hit in the face by this punch, and blood flowed immediately.

"Ah! Someone was beaten! The Jiang family beat someone!" The young man yelled while holding his nosebleed, lying on the ground and rolling all over the floor, attracting many people to watch.When people saw Jiang Suxing, they covered their mouths and whispered, with complicated eyes.

"You people—" Xiao Wutong pointed and scolded with red eyes: "Could it be that the Jiang family has paid too much over the years, which makes you take it for granted? Does Yuping belong to the Jiang family alone? Let's go, you all go, go to Yunzhou to beg for food!"

Cursing and cursing, Xiao Wu actually burst into tears.

Jiang Suxing frowned, and said in a low voice, "Let's go."

He stepped out of the crowd, followed by Xiao Wu and two servants who picked goods.

An old man in the crowd shouted: "Second Young Master, where are you going? Are you leaving us alone?"

The old man's question caused people to panic.Everyone's eyes changed, they watched Jiang Suxing's back cautiously.

For a moment, the young man's back looked a little old.

"Go to Yunzhou, find a place to exchange these things into money, and bring them back to rebuild Yuping." The young voice said with a smile.

When people heard it, they immediately burst into smiles.

"Second Young Master, go early and come back early, we will wait for you!"

"Yes, we are waiting for you!"

Jiang Suxing waved with his back to the people, and walked very gracefully.

The villagers nodded in satisfaction and went home.

Behind the crowd, a man dressed in white stood silently.Gu Baitang's face was expressionless, his slightly frowned brows showed that he was probably not too happy, but his eyes showed some doubts.

Jiang's four masters and servants walked all the way to the pier and took a boat to Yunzhou.Standing on the bow of the boat, Jiang Suxing seemed a bit worried. He originally planned to incite those wealthy gentry to bleed out at tonight's banquet to get more money.But now it seems that since these people have really gone to Yunzhou to settle down, why are they willing to spend money to rebuild Yuping?

"Hey! Patriarch Jiang! Second Young Master!"

Then there was a shout from the sea.

Looking up, he saw a large luxury ship coming opposite, and several people in colorful clothes stood at the bow and waved to him.The one who called him was a local squire in Yuping whose surname was Wang, known as Wang Yuanwai.Next to Yuanwai Wang was Boss Zhou, and next to Boss Zhou stood Haitang, a maid from the Chu family.

The boatman slowly rolled the boat over, seeing Jiang Suxing's deep frown, Xiao Wu said to the boatman, "Don't shake it, it's right here."

The big boat was slowly approaching, Jiang Suxing smiled, and said in a flat tone: "Wai Wang, what a coincidence, are you going back to Yuping to visit relatives?"

"Hahaha! What kind of relatives are you visiting? My family has moved to Yunzhou now!" Wang Yuanwai didn't hear the implication of this, and said with a red smile: "We are here to invite you to Yunzhou for a banquet And this time you don’t need to book a restaurant, it’s at the Chu family! Haha, when I heard that we were seeing you off, the people from the Chu family came to invite us in person, saying that we don’t need to pay for it, and they will cover the whole banquet!”

Seeing that the chill in Jiang Suxing's eyes was getting deeper and deeper, Boss Zhou, who was doing business at the side, saw something, and hurriedly elbowed Wang Yuanwai.She bowed her hands and said with a smile, "Second young master, go, everyone is waiting for you."

Haitang said: "Patriarch Chu, Second Miss is waiting for you."

Jiang Suxing smiled and nodded, "It's disrespectful, it's disrespectful."

Xiao Wu whispered: "Master, if you don't want to go, we won't go..."

"Go!" Jiang Suxing laughed loudly: "Miss Chu Er personally saw me off, how could I not go? The country gentry are waiting, hurry up, let's go and meet them!"

After boarding the big ship, Jiang Suxing didn't greet Wang Yuanwai and Boss Zhou very much, at most he just nodded with a smile.Later, I didn't laugh very much.

Boss Zhou pulled Wang Yuanwai out of the cabin, and Haitang also saw something was wrong, and timidly wanted to ask something, but Boss Zhou gave her a wink to tell her not to ask.

Haitang followed to the deck and asked, "Boss Zhou, what happened to Patriarch Jiang? Why didn't you let me talk just now?"

Boss Zhou said with a smile: "Girl, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the second young master. He has been like this since he was a child. Sometimes he looks smiling, but his eyes are already poking at people, and he is unhappy and angry; if he doesn't even smile Stop laughing, it means that he is already extremely angry, if someone teases him again at this time, he will cry angrily, and he will bite while crying."

Boss Zhou couldn't help laughing as if remembering Patriarch Jiang's funny appearance when he was a child.

Haitang was stunned for a while, "You mean, Patriarch Jiang is angry? But why?"

Boss Zhou glanced at her, then shook his head lightly: "Who knows."

When he arrived at Yunzhou, Jiang Suxing said directly: "Everyone, go to Chu's house first, I still have some things to do, come over after I deal with it."

Haitang looked at him expectantly and asked: "Patriarch Jiang, what do you need to do? Do you need Haitang's help?"

Seeing the two servants carrying the goods behind Jiang Suxing, Boss Zhou stood up and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's still early to leave the banquet, and Boss Wang and I still have some things to deal with. Second young master, please go ahead first. Let's meet again tonight."

Boss Wang also hurriedly nodded and said yes, Jiang Suxing said goodbye to everyone with a smile, turned around and took the servants of the Jiang family into the bustling Yunzhou Street, and was overwhelmed by the tide of people in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the person who went away, Haitang's eyes were almost pierced, there seemed to be tears in her eyes, and she was about to cry.Boss Zhou looked back at her, and asked in surprise, "Miss Haitang, what's wrong with you?"

Haitang was a little disappointed and said: "I was sent by the girl to help Patriarch Jiang, but he seems to be pushing me away all day today..."

Boss Zhou smiled, walked a little closer, and said in a low voice, "Miss Haitang, look there."

Haitang looked up, and saw a person in the crowd, dressed in white and with black hair, with a haughty and stern demeanor, and an astonishing appearance.Such a character, even on the bustling Yunzhou Street, can be seen at a glance.

"That is……"

Haitang covered her mouth, she didn't recognize this person.She covered her mouth, firstly because she didn't see this man just now; secondly because she was really shocked by this man's face.As a maid of the Chu family, she has met many beauties, but she has to be taken aback by his appearance.

"He's Gu Baitang." Boss Zhou said.

Haitang immediately opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth slightly, but she couldn't speak anymore.

In the entire Yuping Yunzhou, among those who know Jiang Suxing, who doesn't know the name Gu Baitang?It's just that no one has actually seen its face.

Gu Baitang, Gu Baitang...

She always thought that it was just a joke passed on by the folks.It was just a joke that Patriarch Jiang once forced a man to marry.

But today, she probably realized for the first time that it might not just be a simple joke.