Seeing Zhang Rongfang entering the courtyard, he was ready to close the door.

Jinxiu suddenly felt unwilling.

"Master Zhang, don't you invite me to come in and sit down? Do you live alone in such a big courtyard? Are you really free?"

"No need, it's our first time meeting." Zhang Rongfang turned around and smiled.

"Besides, it's not very good for a man and a woman to live together in the same room."

Jin Xiu blinked. The more the other party behaved like this, the more intense the curiosity in her heart became.

She has been a very curious person since she was a child. She looked more like a boy when she was a child, but she grew more beautiful as she got older.

In this way, my status in the family is slightly better.

But many of these statuses come from old men with disgusting eyes.

This situation made her want to leave that difficult family all the time.

After her status improved and she had some money, she slowly began to practice martial arts. Although it was just ordinary boxing and kicking skills, she was able to protect herself against ordinary people.

This also made me more courageous.

I went in to visit for a while and came out immediately. The courtyard door was open, so it didn't matter.

Jinxiu didn't take it seriously. How many disgusting old men in the family took advantage of him?

She can still think of ways to avoid those treacherous and cunning guys.

And what kind of trouble can an eighteen-year-old boy get into?

Zhang Rongfang's eyes were weird, he had never seen someone so proactive.

Having said that, he stopped talking.

"In that case, please come in. This humble house is rude, so be careful not to trip over the steps."

He let go of the body blocking the door and made a gesture of invitation.

Jin Xiu smiled sweetly, lifted her skirt, crossed the threshold, and walked into the courtyard.

The decoration of the entire yard came into her eyes at once.

The first thing you see is the wooden pile.

The wooden stakes are thick and thick, piercing into the ground, arranged neatly and staggered.

Under the shade of the trees, there are stone tables and benches.

"You sit in the yard first, and I'll make you a pot of tea." Zhang Rongfang arranged for Jin Xiu to sit down on the stone bench.

"OK."

Jin Xiu looked at the ajar door and found an explanation for himself.

Zhang Rongfang did not invite him to sit in the back room to avoid suspicion.

In terms of safety, the courtyard door here is wide open, so people passing by outside can see what is going on inside and don't have to worry.

She watched Zhang Rongfang leave to boil water and make tea in the background, and thought about what had just happened.

At first, the two met normally, but towards the end, something was wrong with each other.

I have no nostalgia for her at all, no attempt to keep her, and no intention of having a second date.

The most exaggerated thing is that he didn't even see her off first when he went home.

After all, she is also a weak woman, and she is still a beautiful weak woman. He is a high-level warrior, but he just ignores her when he meets her?

Thinking of this, Jin Xiu thought about it carefully and felt that something was wrong with Zhang Rongfang.

"By the way... Meisha mentioned this Zhang Rongfang. He suddenly came to Wushan to live with his sister, but what about before?

What was he doing before? Traveling so far alone would cost a huge amount of money even if he were to become a high-ranking official. Where did he get so much money...?"

Look at it this way...this Zhang Rongfang definitely has a secret!!

Jin Xiu's curiosity suddenly arose.

She was brave enough to look at Zhang Rongfang's position in the kitchen, and pretended to stand up, patting her skirt and turning around casually.

Soon, she walked to the door of the back room, opened the door gently and walked in.

In the back room, there is a bed, wardrobe, desk, bronze mirror, water tank, and a lamp holder in the corner.

She walked to the desk lightly. The tabletop was very clean, except for a wooden tube placed on the edge, which contained many small hollow bamboo tubes that she didn't know what they were used for.

Jin Xiu's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of the descriptions mentioned in some novels.

She suddenly became more curious.

Immediately, she looked around, quickly reached for a bamboo pipe, looked at it, and put it back.

I looked up and looked over at Zhang Rongfang, but no one had come over yet.

She quickly opened the drawer again and glanced at it.

In the desk drawer, there are some neatly arranged booklets, two identity documents, and...a thick stack of large-denomination banknotes! Each one is in denomination of one hundred taels!

This stack is worth at least three thousand taels!!

Jin Xiu's eyes suddenly opened wide, her breathing became rapid, she looked outside again, and touched the treasure banknotes with her fingers.

Then gently close the drawer and pull out the next drawer.

But when she heard footsteps coming from outside, she quickly pretended to be walking around the house as if nothing had happened.

"Here comes the tea."

Zhang Rongfang walked over slowly holding a freshly brewed teapot and cup.

He glanced around and saw Jin Xiu entering the back room. Without saying anything, he also walked into the back room carrying the wooden tray.

Putting down the tea, he dragged the wooden table and placed it at the entrance so that it could be seen by people passing by outside. Then he knelt down at one end of the wooden table and stretched out his hand to signal the other person to sit down too.

"Thank you." Jin Xiu calmed down and knelt down on the other side.

"Speaking of which, I have a pretty good impression of you. Are we considered friends now?" She showed a sweet smile.

"Of course." Zhang Rongfang nodded and smiled.

"Then can I come to play with you more often in the future?" Jin Xiu asked closely.

"Of course you can."

The two sat together again and talked about martial arts training, the delicious food in Wushan, or the books they had read.

The atmosphere became more and more harmonious.

Not long after, Jin Xiu saw that it was getting late, so he stood up to say goodbye and left.

Zhang Rongfang sent him to the courtyard gate, called a carriage, put him on the carriage, then closed the door and returned.

Returning to the back room, he glanced at the table, reached out and stirred the wooden tube a few times, causing the bamboo tube inside to rattle.

Then I opened the drawer, and everything inside was clear at a glance, and there was nothing missing.

Picking up two identity documents, Zhang Rongfang's household registration and Taoist registration were printed on the two pieces of paper.

After counting everything, he closed it with satisfaction and stopped paying attention to it.

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the following few days.

From time to time, Jin Xiu would send people to invite Zhang Rongfang to walk along the river together.

Wushan City is connected both inside and outside by the Wujiang River. From time to time, there are cruise ships gathering for business on the river, which can be rented by guests for money.

Zhang Rongfang pushed twice and was lectured by his sister, so he had to take some time to deal with Jin Xiu and take a boat ride to relax.

As time goes by, the two gradually get closer.

At this moment, Wushan's chief arrest officer He Xinhong suddenly died in his home.

Martial law has been enforced throughout Wushan.

Since the fall of the Huang family, high-ranking officials have been killed again in such a short period of time.

This caused the entire Wushan people to have great doubts about the government's governance capabilities.

Although the external environment is tense, Zhang Rongfang and Jin Xiu are getting closer and closer.

Zhang Rongfang was happy to use the golden sleeves as a shield, so that his sister would no longer have to preach every day.

Jin Xiu didn't know what to think, and he didn't object to contact with Zhang at all.

As time went by, the two became more familiar with each other.

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To be continued...