Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Ethereal Purpose?
"The last time I talked about the title of the gold list, I was the first to win people's hearts. This time, the old man explained to everyone that the candle night in the cave room, the face of the palace maid who fell out of favor..."
"Old storyteller, can you tell something new? It's all something that others have talked about, and you steal it and tell it to us, it's a bit unauthentic, right? The audience with melon seeds under the teahouse shouted.
"Phew! How can it be called plagiarism when it comes to reading people's affairs! The storyteller retorted.
"Phew...," everyone in the audience coaxed.
"He will cry out, and you will follow suit. What qualifications do you have to say old man, hum! Shame on you! Old man Kong picked up the folding fan and ran off the stage coaxingly, and replaced the storyteller on the stage.
"Taking history as a mirror to know the rise and fall, and emulating the ancestors is indeed a shortcut, but if you want to be on top, you have to step on him, and just following behind can only add glory to the former. Come on, come on! Today, I will explain to you the candle night in the cave room, and the face of the palace maid who has fallen out of favor..."The opening of the newcomer also made everyone in the audience sigh!
"Shopkeeper, you asked someone to watch that catcher come over earlier." A guy with a teapot ran to Pei Er's side and said.
"Why so early? Hurry up, hurry up and clean up. Pei Er was sorting out the newly collected information in the room on the second floor of the tea shop, and after hearing the man's words, he hurriedly ordered the man.
"Oops! No envy, I heard that you have returned to the capital, and I still want to find you! Pei Er greeted him, very dog-legged.
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm here to settle accounts with you this time!" Hai Wuxian is to appreciate the other party's knowledge.
"I can't blame my brother for this, my brother forgot to tell you about gunpowder when he saw that you were in a hurry to find a fugitive, I never thought that those fugitives could be so vicious! Dare to do something quick about the arrest of the Zhenfu Division. Pei Er didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and apologized and explained in advance.
"Uh-huh!?" Hai Wuxian smiled but not smiled.
It seems that it can't be good, Pei Er continued: "Wuxian Wuxian, when I hear the news that you are in danger, my brother I will mobilize all the beggars to find out the news, come and come, there are many people here, let's go into the room and talk." ”
"Tell me, what's the news?" Hai Wuxian glared at Pei Er and said.
"Wuxian, you suddenly changed from a bandit to an official, I believe there is any way, right?" Pei Er asked curiously.
"It's your business! Tell me what you heard. ”
"After you were in distress, several groups of people asked me about the fugitives, and one of them, Chen Xiu, was targeted by several people. I'm thinking you're already catching the fugitives, and it's your job to hunt down the fugitives, if the fugitives are caught by someone else first. You may find it difficult! Pei Er told Hai Wuxian about the recent news.
"How many people specifically inquire about this Chen Xiu?" Hai Wuxian didn't expect someone to target Chen Xiu so soon, it seems that he can't wait.
"Wuxian, you also know how popular it is to sell news, not only am I the only one who is inquiring about the news, but there are also other forces doing this business. So I don't know how many people inquired about this Chen Xiu, but I can only say that there are three forces just to inquire about me. Pei Er said truthfully.
"Tell me so honestly, what kind of little calculations do you have?" Hai Wuxian didn't believe that Pei Er would tell him the news without any purpose.
"What nonsense? Wuxian, with our relationship, how could I possibly put you in danger? The last time it was an accident! Besides, I said it at the beginning, if you need any news, you can come to me, I'm a businessman now, and I'm very honest! Pei Er said very generously.
"Of course, after all, you were a little beggar at the beginning, and you had nothing but me."
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Replying to the other party, he said that he had told Hai Wuxian the news that Chen Xiu was being targeted. Then tell the other party to send the rest of the deposit" Soon after Hai Wuxian left the teahouse, Pei Er instructed a young man to say.
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Hai Wuxian, who had left the teahouse, was standing outside the rouge shop at this time, and he needed to get in front of the gang to contact Chen Xiu. Before that, he had to say goodbye to Ding Yao, after all, the death of his sister was related to him. But he doesn't know how to face it, should he choose to escape? Please Tie Lihua help him say goodbye? Quietly leave Beijing first? It is always difficult to choose one or the other, which of the fish and the bear's paw did Mencius choose in the first place?
If you had beaten Pei Er when you were in the teahouse just now, you might not be so distressed now!
"Brother Hai!" A slightly surprised word pulled Hai Wuxian's footsteps to choose to escape.
"Yao'er." Hai Wuxian turned around with a wry smile.
"Brother Hai, it's really you! Yao'er thought she had made a mistake. Are you here to find Yao'er? Why don't you come in? ”
"Uhhh I thought I was in the wrong place. By the way, is Dong Bo here? ”
Hearing that Hai Wuxian was here to find Uncle Dong, the little girl was still a little disappointed in her heart. However, he didn't show it, and said with a smile: "Dong Bo went out early in the morning and hasn't come back yet." ”
"Oh!" Hearing the answer, Hai Wuxian didn't know what to talk about with the little girl, the atmosphere was a little awkward, he was holding a book tightly in his hand, it was "Zhuangzi" from Pei'er Teahouse, no way! After learning some small techniques from Pei Er, every time I see Pei Er's face, I can't help but touch something, this is a bad habit, I have to change!
Seeing that Hai Wuxian was about to crumple the book, he didn't know what to say. The little girl opened her mouth to break the awkward atmosphere.
"Brother Hai, you look so good at a loss!" After saying this, the little girl immediately regretted it, as if the atmosphere was even more.... Uncanny?
"Brother Hai, do you want to come in and have a look?"
"Good.. All right! ”
Faced with an empty store, Hai Wuxian didn't know where to look?
"Is this being robbed? Is there no royal law at the feet of the Son of Heaven? ”
"Brother Hai, I forgot to tell you, yesterday a rich boy bought out the fat powder in the store, and he didn't have time to replenish it...."The little girl's voice became smaller and smaller, and her face turned red. Invite people to look at the wall?
"Yao'er, uh... This "Zhuangzi" is for you. Hai Wuxian interrupted the development of the awkward atmosphere and handed the book over.
"Thank you, Brother Hai." The little girl lowered her head and took the book.
"So... How have you been doing? Listen to the Iron Catcher say you're not used to dealing with these! I've heard from Dong Bo that there's a liquor store elsewhere, if it's not suitable for here."
"No, no, it's good here, but I didn't have much experience at the beginning, and my sister told me that anything I want, as long as I am willing, it can always be easy. And yesterday's conversation with the rich boy made me want to make the fat powder business bigger. Ding Yao interrupted Hai Wuxian.
"That's good! That's good! Actually, I came here this time to say goodbye, and I want to leave Beijing to run some errands elsewhere. "When it comes to the green waist, Hai Wuxian is a little unnatural.
"Brother Kehai only arrived in the capital yesterday!" The little girl was about to say something, but was interrupted by a voice outside the door.
"Is the shopkeeper there? Your new fat has arrived! The man driving the carriage shouted outside the door.
Seeing this, Hai Wuxian retreated and left the fat powder shop as if fleeing.
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Outside the city of Chang'an
"Young Master, I have already done what you instructed. Previously, in Bianliang, the government handled the case by accident, and no one intervened. A man in black respectfully bowed to the other.
"Then you don't have to worry about it, let him go, and do whatever he wants." The young voice known as the eldest young master sounded.
"Then the eldest young master, what are you doing?" The man in black continued.
"It's the result that counts, and someone has already done it for us!" The young man explained.
"But young master, is this really good? The water involved in Tie Zhengsha is too deep, and the people behind the fugitives and the White Lotus Sect are very dangerous, if they don't do anything, I'm afraid."
"I don't have long to live, and I want to take advantage of this time to take a good look. If he can't even handle this little bit of trouble, then he's useless to me. However, Tie Zhengsha is quite interesting, although he is a little stupid, but fortunately, he was saved at the beginning, which caused today's situation. The young man's voice interrupted the old man's conversation.
"Since the eldest young master has already made arrangements, why do you still want to enter the bureau of Tiezheng Shabu?"
"Tie Zhengsha did not hesitate to use himself as a pawn in order to win, I want to enter the game as an outsider, how can I not help him take two steps? Playing with others, even if you are a chess player, you can't escape from the chess game, and when you open the chess game, you are all chess pieces, and no one can stay out of it! The young man explained with a sense of emotion.
"Young Master, how can you be sure that he will help you accomplish your purpose?" The man in black asked curiously.
"He's already helping me, from the time he escaped! Maybe earlier! Or maybe it was destined from the time he approached Tie Zhengsha. The young man recalled.
"What? Do you still have something to say? Say what you want! As long as it's a good idea, whoever it is, I'll listen to it. The young man looked at the man in black and wanted to say something.
"No... It's gone, young master! The man in black didn't say anything, he knew that nothing he said would change the other party's purpose.
"Then you go back first, remember! Leave nothing at that. I'm also going to get in touch with that Cai Xiahe, his family's iron-smelting technique seems to have made new progress, see if I can bring him back. The young man commanded.
After the man in black left, the young man held his heart and looked at the sky and breathed a sigh of relief, his recent heartache seemed to be more frequent than usual. The more people lack something, the more they want something! He was short on his life, and he had planned to squander the rest of his time at will, but he didn't expect to suddenly come into contact with that magical place. So he longed for immortality, and he could!
"Bianliang's case is so strange that there is no curiosity at all. Could it be that you have been following Tie Zhengsha for a long time, and you only care about Tie Zhengsha's affairs? Bad at learning? Then I'm going to have to educate myself! ”