Zhou saw that things were not going well and immediately pointed at Ji Changying and said, "I'll do whatever Ah Ying says. Ask her!"

Ji Changying: ...

Was this intentional this time?

"Well, I just wanted to buy him back, but the guy who was selling us looked at us because we were not dressed well and spoke rudely. Then my mother rolled up her sleeves and rushed in. How could I bear to see my mother being bullied? I was forced to follow him and... I took the opponent's knife and asked my father to sell it..."

Ji Changying's voice became softer and softer.

While listening, Zhou repeated Ji Changying's words in her mind.

Why did it sound strange to her? Something seemed off.

Ji Fengshou watched the two of them blaming each other and couldn't help but cough dryly: "Let's not talk about it anymore. Those knives are of good quality and well maintained. They sold for 800 coins each!"

"Sixteen taels of silver came into our account right away. Not only did we earn back everything we spent yesterday, but we can also buy more shoes, food, and other things!"

If I come a few more times, I won’t have to worry about food and drink along the way.

I don’t know if I can do this job more often. Maybe I can make a fortune from it when I get to Liangzhou!

But he didn't dare say that.

Ji Fengyi felt deeply frustrated.

As the head of the family, without paper and pen and a stable living environment, he has become the most useless person in the family.

Mrs. Hu sighed deeply, "We are short of money, but we can't gamble our lives like this all the time. I won't talk about my sister-in-law, but what will Ying do in the future if she does this?"

Ji Fengshou got a headache when he heard this. He glanced at his elder brother who seemed to be sitting in the shadows and said, "Brother, we have already received the money from selling the horses. I am not very good at accounting, so I hope you can share some of it with the people in the clan. Shall we go first?"

Ji Fengyi was shocked: "Let me do it?"

Ji Fengshou said as if it was a matter of course: "Then you have to come! Besides, I met someone selling ox carts at the morning market today. I asked about the price and it seemed pretty good. You are the head of the family, so I was just thinking of discussing with you whether you want to buy one..."

The two walked out while talking.

Ji Mingxuan was a gentle man. He asked the waiter for a stove and boiled the medicine for You Tianming to drink. He also fed him some thick corn porridge in between.

It was not until the evening that You Tianming gradually regained consciousness.

When he opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of the inn, he thought for a moment that he was underground.

"Huh? What a coincidence that you woke up just in time for dinner."

Ji Changying came in with a bowl of medicine and placed it on the table.

You Tianming turned his head and was surprised to see her: "It's you?"

Ji Changying nodded: "We are somewhat destined to be together. If I hadn't rescued you, you might have been thrown into a mass grave by those people."

"Don't thank me too much. It cost me five taels of silver to save you. Just remember to pay me back when the time comes."

You Tianming looked dejected: "I don't even have five copper coins now."

"Then just keep the debt for now and pay it back when you have money later."

Ji Changying was mentally prepared to hear that he was so poor.

Seeing her nonchalant look, You Tianming was stunned for a moment: "Aren't you worried that I won't be able to pay it back?"

"The Qu family, can't you even earn this little money?" Ji Changying looked at him with a smile.

You Tianming's expression changed drastically: "What do you mean? I don't understand!"

Ji Changying spread her hands: "Stop pretending! You know very well that last time my friend and I met your family, when we were released from prison, we soon walked to the place where we met."

"Apart from the Qu family, I can't think of anyone else who is so familiar with that place."

You Tianming's expression remained unchanged: "What Qu Family and Zhi Family? I don't understand what you are talking about!"

"You're familiar not only with the winding roads there, but also the exit markings and traps! Now that I think about it, every time you dodged the traps, you looked clumsy, but in reality, you used just the right amount of force and distance."

"No wonder Xie Siheng didn't say anything at the time. He must have seen through it a long time ago! I was so stupid at the time that I actually thought you were having a hard time hiding!"

Ji Changying spoke with certainty. She had figured everything out when she walked through that passage again.

Xie Siheng didn't say anything, and she didn't ask.

It's easy to imagine that the Qu family must have gotten into big trouble by hiding it so secretively.

"I'm a straightforward person and I don't like beating around the bush. I don't need your approval. Just know what you mean."

"The medicine has cooled down, drink it yourself, and take a rest!"

Ji Changying clapped her hands and left after saying this.

You Tianming watched her walk out and suddenly collapsed on the bed.

She is absolutely right.

He is a member of the Qu family.

The Qu family, which was once prosperous in the previous dynasty, had more than a thousand people in the family. They were taken into custody by the previous emperor and sent to build the imperial mausoleum.

Finally, the imperial mausoleum was completed, but the emperor of the previous dynasty was killed in the burial pit of the imperial mausoleum.

There were more than a thousand people, but less than a hundred survived.

They hid their identities and appearances and lived in the deep mountains and forests, married, had children and lived a happy life.

But in the end, he was forced to do some delicate carpentry work to make a living and support his family.

Unexpectedly, they were targeted again and the entire family was put under surveillance again.

It was not until he was five years old that he was sent to Wuhe Mountain for custody.

In the end, only the three of them, grandfather and grandson, were left in the entire Qu family, but they could not escape death.

Now, he is the only one left out of the 1,320 members of the Qu family.

You Tianming knelt down and hugged himself, gritting his teeth tightly to prevent himself from crying out.

——

Seeing that there was one more person this time and it was difficult to sleep on the floor, Mrs. Hu made up her mind and opened another room for them.

"Tongzhou is such a waste of money. I don't know when I can leave."

After paying the money, Mrs. Hu felt uneasy.

Zhang Ziwei also wants to leave!

But what could he do? It had only been a day, so how could he dare to go to the county government office to ask?

If you don't know him, you might think he is just a small escort rushing people to do things in the government office!

Ji Fengyi came back with Ji Fengshou, looking very happy.

As soon as he entered the door, Ji Fengshou quickly turned around and looked around to make sure no one was around to close the door. He suppressed his excitement and looked at everyone: "Guess how much money we got from selling the horses this time?!"

Ji Fengyi looked at them with a smile, an expression that said, "I know but I won't tell you."

When Mrs. Hu saw this, she couldn't help swallowing: "How much?"

Even though Ji Fengshou lowered his voice, he couldn't hide his excitement: "Our family got 384 taels!"

Except for Ji Changying and Zhou, everyone else was ecstatic: "So many?!"

"Of course. The horses we seized this time are of good quality. We can sell them for forty taels each, so sixteen in total means six hundred and forty taels of silver!"

"We contributed the most, so we got 60%. Even so, the clan leader and his men kept saying it was too little and wanted to give us more, but I refused."

Although Aying and Zhou had contributed the most at that time, the gap was already big enough and no more hatred could be created.

The remaining money was divided among the people in the clan who contributed, and each person received only a dozen or so taels.