Chapter 40: The Strange Master and Apprentice
Wu Shuang looked at their distant backs, his heart was very entangled, he wanted to go home and get money for Ning'er, he wanted Ning'er to know that he was not the kind of person who ate white food, but he had just run out of the house, if he went back so openly, then it would be difficult for him to come out again. Wu Shuang quietly followed behind Ning Er and them, wanting to see where they were staying tonight, so that she could come to them.
Ning'er and the others walked around all the way, there were many people on the street, and they didn't notice that anyone was following them, they still looked at this food all the way, bought that one to play, and it wasn't until it was almost dark that they walked into a hotel-Qingyuan Hotel.
Qingyuan Hotel is a small hotel, Wu Shuang has never heard of or been to, when Wu Shuang comes out to play, whether it is food or accommodation, it is excellent, and the family often tells Wu Shuang to eat well, live well, and the family is not bad for money. When Wu Shuang thought of the generosity of Ning Er when she told her to invite herself to dinner during the day, and looked at the conditions of the hotel where they were living now, Wu Shuang felt a little uncomfortable. Obviously she has no money, why do she still say that she invited herself to dinner, just to relieve herself, but she has no money, how can she go to the capital, and the few people in her company don't look like they have money.
When Wu Shuang found out that they walked into such a dilapidated hotel, she kept thinking in her heart, if they had no money, how could they live in such a small hotel, and they were all girls, and their safety was not guaranteed. Wu Shuang was a little worried, he began to feel that Ning'er, this girl, was different from the kind he usually encountered, and other girls would only let him keep buying jewelry and clothes for her. I can't wait to empty all my money. But Ning'er is different, she doesn't use her own money, and she doesn't want anything, she is really a different girl. So he made a decision to sneak home while it was dark and get some silver taels out.
Ning'er and the others had already entered the hotel, Wu Shuang couldn't see them standing at the door, but he still didn't want to leave, he lingered at the door for a while, and then immediately decided to go home, go and go back quickly, and come back early to see Ning'er early.
Wu Shuang's identity is actually not ordinary, he is not a child of an ordinary family, Wu Shuang's father is the county lord of Lin'an County, and the Wu family is naturally very powerful in Lin'an County, so it can be said that he covers the sky with one hand. Fortunately, Wu Shuang's father, Wu Ming, is a good official, efficient and honest, and is deeply loved by the people, so Wu Ming's reputation is still very good, and everyone praises him.
But when it comes to Wu Shuang, the son of the county lord, everyone is not optimistic. Wu Shuang's son made his father Wu Ming lose face, Wu Shuang didn't learn since he was a child, he liked to go out to play, his father Wu Ming saw that he was active, so he invited a master to teach him martial arts, Wu Shuang is also smart, and he didn't learn for long to be presentable. But his master is also a very strange person, it is said that he came to the Wu family to take the initiative to accept Wu Shuang as an apprentice, and no one knows the name of this master, and he has come and gone without a trace all day long, and everyone calls him Master Wuying.
Master Wuying often walked away for a long time, and every time he came back, he would tell Wu Shuang what was happening in the rivers and lakes outside, Wu Shuang heard what his master said, and his heart was moved by his young and frivolous, so he thought about going out to wander around, and wanted to see what the master said. But whose parents want their children to travel far away, Wu Shuang's parents don't agree, he is the only son in the family, what if something happens. Wu Shuang saw that his parents did not agree, so he sneaked out, and there was a scene where Ning Er saw him being chased by many family members.
Wu Shuang stood outside the wall of his house, hesitated, he didn't want to go home, but how could he let a woman spend money for himself, although he was young and frivolous, but his parents told him since he grew up that when he grew up, he must not be stingy with the girls he likes, and he must buy things for the girl generously, and he can't let the girl pay for it. As soon as Wu Shuang thought that it was Ning'er who spent money to invite her to eat, she felt sorry in her heart, thinking that she must return the money to Ning'er.
He didn't hesitate any longer, jumped directly into the wall, jumped onto the wall of his house, squatted on the wall, he looked at the people around him, and jumped directly to the ground. At the beginning, the ground of Wu's mansion was full of mounds, and later after Wu Shuang was born, because Wu Shuang was active by nature and often ran around and would fall, his father Wu Ming ordered people to plant lawns in all the vacant fields in the mansion, in order to avoid Wu Shuang from falling and hurting.
Wu Shuang knew that his family would arrange fixed-point patrols at night, so he deliberately avoided the time of patrolling and chose the free time when no one was guarding in the middle to enter the mansion. I have to go back to my house secretly, and I have to find a time when the family is not patrolling, I am afraid that Wu Shuang is also the first person to go home like this.
Wu Shuang knew that it was easy for him to avoid his family, but it was a little difficult to avoid his master, after all, the skills he had now were taught by his old man, and he would know what he would do. For this master, although he came and went freely, no one knew his traces, and he was not often in the house; But if you really meet him, of course, it is not out of nowhere, he still has a weakness, that is, he is good at drinking, if he meets the master, take him to his room to get a jar of fine wine for the master, and the master will ignore it when he sees the wine.
Wu Shuang crept back to her room, thinking about going to the room to get her pocket money and leave. Back in the room, Wu Shuang closed the door and wanted to go to the cabinet to get her pocket money.
But as soon as she turned around, Wu Shuang had a feeling that there were other people in her room besides herself. He moved slowly, wanting to see who it was, when suddenly the lamp in his room was lit, and Wu Shuang was startled.
"Master? Are you back? But why are you in my room? Wu Shuang saw that person's face in the bright light, and it turned out to be his master. He didn't know why Master was in his room, or how Master knew he was coming back tonight.
"Good apprentice, I knew you had to come back, how did you have enough?" A man dressed in tatters held a wine jug in his left hand, lying on the table in Wu Shuang's room, and took a few sips of wine, as if he had known that he was coming back. The man looked very old, his face was a little old, and he had a long gray beard, but his temperament was different from that of the old man, and he also had a playful heart.
"No, Master, I left in too much hurry, and the silver taels I brought with me are not enough, so I don't want to come back on my own initiative to come back if I don't come back to pack some clothes and silver taels." Wu Shuang walked to the master's side as she spoke, and began to help the master beat his calves with his hands, currying favor with his master.
"Why, there is still a place in Lin'an County that needs money from you, a little ghost?" The master took a sip of wine, and some didn't believe Wu Shuang's words, Wu Shuang has always been on credit outside, and those accounts have to be used by Wu Mansion's housekeeper Wu to offset the accounts with silver every time, these things have almost spread all over Lin'an County, and it is not surprising that the master knows.
"Master, let me tell you, today I met a girl, and she actually invited me to dinner." Wu Shuang told Master about Ning Er's invitation to dinner, and her tone of voice was still a little proud, as if she was showing off something to Master, but she was a little uncertain.
"Really? Didn't you pay for it before, you can still meet this kind of good girl, it's really not easy, you have to cherish this fate! "Master is also very clear about Wu Shuang's previous invitation to those fox friends and dog friends to dinner, others play with him, just because he is the son of Wu Ming, the county lord of Lin'an County, the family is rich and powerful, who doesn't want to take advantage; It's really uncommon to meet a girl who doesn't want his money now.
"Yes, Master, you also think she is good, and then I decided to follow her, I can't miss a girl like her, so Master, don't tell my father about my return, when I come back, I will bring you the wine in the capital to drink." Wu Shuang wanted to bribe the master with fine wine and let him keep it secret for him.
Wu Shuang's master didn't speak, just sat up from the table, took a sip of wine, walked down from the table, and walked out of the door, "It's fate to meet or not!" The master only said this sentence, then left Wu Shuang's room and disappeared.
Wu Shuang didn't understand what the master meant, so she didn't think much about it, and she didn't go out to look for the master, because even he, an apprentice, couldn't find where the master went. Wu Shuang didn't care anymore, and began to pack up her clothes and silver. When Wu Shuang heard Qianxue say that she was going to the capital to eat delicious food, she knew that Ning'er and the others were definitely going to the capital. That place in the capital costs a lot, Wu Shuang decided to bring her net worth with her, and she couldn't let Ning Er and them live in such a dilapidated hotel anymore, so she must give Ning Er the best girl.
Wu Shuang's family is indeed rich, Wu Shuang's usual pocket money is a few hundred taels at every turn, his father Wu Mingguang is not so much money when he is the county lord, Wu Ming has also invested in a number of restaurants, casinos, wineries, and almost every industry has his shares. Wu Shuang took out all the silver taels and silver tickets that he usually saved in the cabinet, and the silver tickets alone were thousands of taels, and the bits and pieces of silver taels added up to hundreds of taels. The total amount of money that Ning Er came out to take was no more than one hundred taels, which was insignificant compared to the money in Wu Shuang's hand now, and it also fully showed the wealth of Wu Shuang's family.
Wu Shuang stuffed the silver taels and silver tickets in her baggage, took a few more clothes, and prepared to go out and leave. Originally, Wu Shuangdu had already opened the door of his house, but he retreated, he knew that if he secretly went to the capital with Ning'er and them like this, his father would be nothing, and his father would be very worried. Wu Shuang's mother has always been very fond of Wu Shuang, since she was a child, Wu Shuang decided to leave a letter for her mother, telling her mother that she had gone to the capital and would come back after a while, so she didn't have to worry.
After Wu Shuang finished writing the letter, put the letter on the table, opened the door, and prepared to leave the house and go to the Qingyuan Hotel to find Ning Er and them. It's night now, you can go to the hotel and stay next door to Ning'er, you can see Ning'er early the next morning, and you can always follow Ning'er in the future. Wu Shuang didn't know why, she had a very peculiar feeling for Ning Er, she felt that she liked Ning Er, maybe it was when Ning Er helped her cover to escape the family's search, or maybe she couldn't afford to pay Ning Er to invite her to eat and pay.