The old man stroked his beard, then looked at Chu Ci and Qi Lianyu behind him, and finally fell on the carriage driven by Ah Lai, as if he saw the bell hanging on the edge of the car, and he naturally knew what this bell meant.

"The nobleman of West Street doesn't know who it is, and who is he looking for here, maybe I can show you the way."

Chu Ci naturally didn't want to say more to the old man, so he politely bowed his hand, and then said, "Don't bother the old man, let's go find it ourselves, I think it should be in the next alley." ”

The old man didn't seem to be very interested in the person in front of him, but he was a little interested in Qi Lianyu behind Chu Ci, and his eyes couldn't stop falling on the other party, as if he wanted to see something from it.

Originally, Qi Lianyu looked a little weird because he wore half a mask, but he was looked at by this old man, but it made Qi Lianyu a little uncomfortable.

It's just that Chu Ci also sensed Qi Lianyu's feelings, so he blocked in front of the old man, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, he was still respectful on the surface, and then said to the old man, "Uncle, my friend has some illnesses and has a scar on his face since he was a child, so don't be surprised." ”

Originally, Chu Ci meant to let the old man stop looking at it, but who would have thought that when the old man heard Chu Ci's words, he thought that he was really explaining to the other party, so he waved his hand at Chu Ci, and then said, "It's okay, it's okay, when I was young, I saw some people with disfigured faces, but they can't scare me." ”

Chu Ci wanted fire in his heart, but for the sake of face, he wanted to say goodbye to the old man, but the old man said at this time, "Old man, I just moved here recently, and I have no children or daughters, but I have some strength, so I set up this tofu workshop and thought about doing some tofu business, but I heard that there were people who died here, so it's no wonder that the Urban Construction Division would sell it to me so cheaply." ”

Chu Ci didn't think so, he just wanted to leave here as soon as possible, so that he could continue to walk towards Lane 47.

It's just that Qi Lianyu heard the old man mention the previous master of this house, and he was quite touched in his heart, and then said slowly, "This family, do you recognize the old man?"

When the old man saw Qi Lianyu speak, he smiled kindly, and then said to him, "Naturally, I don't recognize it, but I heard that this man is called."

Xu San, his daughter-in-law is called Xiu'er, and a fifth aunt also came to inquire before, but after knowing that Xu San and Xiu'er were really gone, the fifth aunt also left."

"Fifth Aunt" Chu Ci is in the sensitive nature of her profession, and when she heard the old man mention the fifth aunt, she was vigilant in her heart, and then asked, "Who is this fifth aunt, why did you come to inquire about Xu San's family?"

"This five aunts are a vegetable seller, it is also tragic, these five aunts eight years ago the son of the Northwest Frontier Army was killed, the man did not get early, the son also died, but he is a poor man, can only rely on selling some melons, fruits and vegetables to make a living, I heard that this Xu San family is very good to the five aunts, good friendship, five aunts went to the country sisters' house a month ago, but when they came back, they heard that Xu San's family was killed, but they didn't believe it, so they came to me to ask what happened."

Hearing the old man's explanation, Chu Ci also relaxed his vigilance in his heart, but he opened his mouth and asked, "The old man shouldn't be from Kyoto Prefecture, dare to ask where the old man came from?"

"Border State."

Hearing the word "Bianzhou" coming out of the old man's mouth, it made the three people present a little surprised, but they didn't expect this old man to come from that bitter cold place.

"I don't know why the old man came all the way from the border to Kyoto Prefecture."

The old man smiled, a sharp gaze in his eyes, and then stared at Chu Ci.

"A few of them should be nobles from the official family, I don't know which law of the Chu State I violated when I came to Kyoto from the border state."

Chu Ci knew that he was abrupt, so he smiled and accompanied, and then said, "Please forgive me, I just think that Bianzhou is far away from Kyoto Prefecture, but you came over to make us a little surprised." ”

"Old man, I like to travel around the mountains and rivers since I was a child, look at the scenery, climb the mountains, if this Kyoto Prefecture is also comfortable, it is to take a few years, if it is not comfortable, it will leave after the New Year, when the time comes, please also invite this official nobleman, don't ask the old man where I want to go."

"Naturally not." Chu Ci was still respectful.

Seeing that the old man was disrespectful to his little prince, Ah Lai on the side was not happy, and when he saw the old man like this, he had to step forward and reason with him, according to Ah Lai's temper

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was an old man, he would have let the other party eat his own punch a long time ago.

Ah Lai was just about to speak, but he was stopped by Chu Ci and shook his head at him slightly, but he asked him not to do it, after all, this is an alley, and now the sky is bright, if he starts to do it, it will cause everyone to discuss, if he lets the people of the Supervision Department seize the handle, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Old man, I'm tired, a few officials and nobles, aren't you going to look for someone, old man, I won't keep you."

As he spoke, the old man turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate, but he only took a few steps, but stopped there, and then seemed to think of something, turned around and looked in the direction of Qi Lianyu, and slowly said to him, "The scar on your face is not difficult to treat, but if you believe in your friend's method, you will be killed." ”

The old man left a word, and looked at each other, dumbfounded, and at a loss, and then turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate.

When Chu Ci came back to his senses, the courtyard door was already closed, so he hurriedly asked Ah Lai to call the door, but no matter how Ah Lai called the door, the people inside would never open the door again.

"Xiaoyu" Chu Ci didn't know what to say, he originally planned to wait for Lu Qing to come back from Baixiaotang, and start to use the pills sent by Hou Sizheng to treat the scars on Qi Lianyu's face, but now he is retreating, he doesn't dare to gamble with Qi Lianyu's life, even if Qi Lianyu doesn't care about this matter, but after all, he can't do it.

Ah Lai knocked on the door for a long time and saw that there was no response, so he came back and said to Chu Ci, "Little prince, why don't we find Master Kong, borrow some government soldiers from the government, and arrest the old man. ”

Chu Ci waved his hand to Ah Lai, and then said, "Don't be rough, I can't figure out this old man, let's still focus on please, let's come again tomorrow, and when he doesn't open the door again, let's come the day after tomorrow, if it doesn't work the day after tomorrow, I don't believe that he won't come out to see me the day after tomorrow." ”

When Chu Ci said this, his eyes showed infinite light, and then he took Qi Lianyu back into the carriage and said to Ah Lai, "Let's go, let's continue to set off towards Lane 47." ”

The wheels of the carriage moved slowly, then faded into the depths of the alley.