In an inn by Dongming Lake.

Chek Kok opened the window and looked at the color of the lake, feeling very comfortable.

"The area under the jurisdiction of the fourth government office is much better than the area under the jurisdiction of the second government office."

Although the Tung Ming Lake seen here is not as vast as the peninsula, and is blocked by many mountains, the mountains and water are more sentimental. Moreover, it faces the sea of ​​people at its back and faces the lake and water. Chek Kok likes this place, even in the

I fantasize that in the future I can save enough money to take root here, and I will never be able to live in that horrible place like Yinshan again.

Chek Kok's current state of mind is exactly that of a young man.

Many years later, when he really moved here, what he thought about most when he was old was not the days of broadening his horizons with Master Shi Goda, but returning to Yinshan Mountain and being buried in Yinshan Mountain!

But even this little wish couldn't be realized.

Not only did his children and grandchildren grow up here and want to stay here, but Yinshan was also renovated and their ancestral tombs had to be moved. He moved the Louguan family's ancestral tombs here to teach him how to go back.

But now, why should young men worry about their old wishes?

"This is the one, book it for three days first." After Chek Kok told the store owner, he paid for three days' rent. When the store owner left, he put down his backpack, took out the napping stone bird, and placed it respectfully on the table.

There is no way to be disrespectful.

Just draw something casually and it’s worth 50 million. It’s like a god!

"Bye, bye." Red Kok bowed respectfully to Shiniao, and then packed up his things.

Recently he bought a lot of personal items, especially clothes.

After being discriminated against at Crystal Palace, he never wanted to feel that way again.

People depend on their clothes. Although he doesn't know how to match them to look luxurious, at least he shouldn't be shabby.

"I heard that you can take a boat directly to the East China Sea. That is the real sea. It is countless times bigger than Dongming Lake. I don't know how spectacular it is. But just having water is boring. This place is very good. There are mountains, water, and people.

There are... there are birds!" Chek Kok looked back at the stone bird and couldn't help but smile.

Master Shigeda said that he would give him all the 1.5 million, and he only needed to buy the Mingwen Book on the market. If there was a situation like the auction, Master Shigeda would naturally pay for it.

But to be precise, it should be the effort. Just a simple painting can bring countless money!

"Bye again, bye again!" Chek Kok began a new round of bird worship.

The lake view at night makes Chek Kok even more fascinating.

On the streets along the lake, lanterns of various colors wind like dragons with no end in sight.

The entire area under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Government Office is built along the east bank of Dongming Lake. There are mountains nearby. Like the two Yin Mountains, they are very close to each other and they are small and very delicate.

Nine of the mountains have temples dedicated to the nine gods in the Shenhui Palace.

You can tell which god it is by looking at the lights in the temple.

Although Chek Kok has not received orthodox preaching, he is a Dongming person after all. He knows that the purple light is the Purple Sun God, the red light is the Red Moon God, the yellow light is the Earth God, the green light is the East China Sea God, and the blue light is the God of the East China Sea.

The red one is the god of vegetation, and the pink one is the god of marriage.

"I have to visit this temple of marriage."

The remaining three temples are too far away to see clearly, and I have no intention of visiting them in Chek Kok.

Because these three gods are ancient gods, originating from the wild land of Nanming, they are an ox, a sheep and a bird respectively.

The cow is a plowing cow, the sheep is a black sheep, and the bird, red horn, is not clear. I only heard that the royal family favored this god.

The reasons for the first two types of red horns are also known. Farming is inseparable from cattle, and eating meat and clothing is inseparable from black sheep.

Regarding birds, it is actually a royal secret. The ancestors of the Ziyuan family were miners, and they mostly mined on cliffs. If you dig too much, climbing will be difficult and extremely dangerous. If you dig too little, the supervisor will beat you to death.

At that time, there was a kind of bird in the valley. It was as big as a chicken and had reddish-brown feathers. Although it had no horns, the two eyebrow feathers on its head looked like a crescent moon pointing toward the sky, looking like a pair of horns.

This bird builds its nest on the cliff. When miners encounter it, they often take one or two eggs with them.

But that’s not why he became a god.

The real reason is that the ancestors of the Ziyuan family accidentally discovered that this bird is very powerful and can often catch prey similar to its size. They suddenly had the idea to train this bird to transport purple ore.

So I stole a bird egg, hatched it, raised it, and trained it for a year and finally put it to use.

The size of the excavated purple ore is often small, mostly about the size of a fist. The red-brown bird can easily carry the ore to the top of the cliff without much effort.

After this incident, the trend of raising birds became popular. The miners only had one bird per person, and their families also raised a nest. From the time they were sensible, the main tasks of the Ziyuan family's children were to feed, train, and keep the birds company.

Unfortunately, this tradition is gone.

Not because there is no need to dig a hole anymore, but because of a tragic escape!

The miners were in such a hurry when they fled the wilderness that they couldn't even take care of their own children, so how could they take care of the birds.

But everyone did not expect that this bird was so spiritual that it followed them all the way, circling in large groups above their heads. With this, the miners recovered their families one after another.

This shows the great contribution of this bird.

But the real tragedy has just begun!

Within three days, everyone discovered that food was scarce on the escape route. If they didn’t eat birds, how could they eat humans?

If you don’t eat it, someone else will eat it for you!

The red-brown birds they raise are not afraid of people and like to rest next to people when they are tired from flying. It is not easy for refugees to catch them.

In this way, all the red-brown birds they raised became food to satisfy their hunger.

Nowadays, although the Ziyuan family is powerful, the wilderness is becoming more and more dangerous, and they have to travel through the Southern Ming Kingdoms. A large army cannot do it. As for arranging for a few people to go, they have already done it. So far, they have not obtained the red-brown bird, and they have lost a lot of money.

Young masters and several direct descendants of the royal family also folded in.

Today, the descendants of the Ziyuan family can only see things and miss birds through a red-brown feathered garment enshrined in the ancestral temple.

Even though Chek Kok knew its deep meaning, he had no interest in it and only longed for marriage.

Early the next morning, Chek Kok got ready and headed to the Marriage Temple.

Shiniao did not follow and stayed at the inn to study the Qingmu pattern.

This is really convenient for Chek Kok, as there is no need to carry a basket on your back, the main thing is the two boxes of green coins!

With Lord Shigeda here, who can steal it?

There were many girls seeking marriage, many of them beautiful and attractive, and all of them had skin that could be broken by bullets. They were not comparable to those rough girls they encountered when they were doing human trafficking.

In the past, Chek Kok wanted to choose one to keep by his side and raise him to be his wife.

I don't have this idea at all now.

After all, he is a millionaire, so he has to choose someone who is smart.

It's a pity that the humbleness in his bones made his life in vain.

"It doesn't work." Chek Kok didn't realize the problem!

Back at the inn, at noon, we had a meal in Chek Kok, and then took Mr. Shi Gupai to visit the bookstore.

When he arrived at a nearby bookstore, Chek Kok looked at the people gathered outside the store and couldn't help but frown.

Although there are not many people, only a dozen or so, it is strange that the queuing craze for the fifth part of Nanming Travels has already passed. It would be even worse for the sixth part, because all the girls are there, and they are not queuing, but crowded at the door, chattering.

Yes, everyone's little face was flushed and they were so excited.

"What's going on?" Chek Kok stepped forward and asked a girl standing next to him, who was holding on to the shoulder of his best friend and looking around, "Little girl, has the sixth part of Travels to the South Ming been released?"

The girl stopped jumping when she heard this, turned to look at Red Kok and said cheerfully: "Not yet, and I don't know when it will be released. I'm so anxious."

"Without you, this would be..." Chek Kok pointed at the crowd curiously.

"It depends on you." The girl smiled.

"Look at people? What's so good about people?" Chek Kok was confused.

"Oh, you don't know anymore, eh, it's out, it's out, ah!!!" The girl suddenly screamed, making Red Kok's ears ring.

He quickly stepped back and took a look, and was stunned.

He saw a woman who was even more shabby than he was before, and who was on par with the girl he had taken, but she had an unusually handsome face that was incompatible with her clothes, and her hair was just tied into a high ponytail without makeup.

If the facial features are rougher and the face is bigger, he will definitely be a peerless handsome man!

But it’s these extremely delicate and masculine facial features that make even men fascinated!

It's not hard to see even the red corners. As long as she slightly trims her eyebrows and puts on red lips, she will be a peerless beauty!

At the moment, there are many beauties around, but compared with her, she is like the stinky girl next to everyone's ladies, which makes people completely uninterested.

On the other hand, even if you don't look at this woman's face, her tall curves hidden by her extremely simple clothes are extremely attractive, especially her hands and slightly slender neck, which are slender and fair, and so beautiful that it makes people dizzy.

Just as Chek Kok stared blankly at the woman, the woman had already come to his side and seemed to glance at him inadvertently.

Chek Kok felt numb all over. Suddenly, the woman was holding a set of travel notes to Nanming, and was gradually walking away surrounded by a group of women.
Chapter completed!