Chapter Twenty-Four: Tea Room Chatter
After the night of the killing, there were more people in the streets and alleys of Dong'e City, in addition to the displaced people, more people were inquiring about what happened at that time, after all, although there was a lot of noise that night, and a group of county soldiers walked around, most of the county residents only dared to stay at home, light an oil lamp, and pray that it was not the Yellow Turban thieves who broke the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The next morning, when they learned that there had been a murder in the cell and that more than a dozen Green Forest masters had died, they immediately became energetic and asked everywhere for details of what had happened last night. It's just that most of the residents are just hearsay, and only the residents who live near the cells still know a little bit of the truth, but most of them are heard, and no one really saw what happened at that time.
Even so, the discussion surrounding Dian Wei is still fermenting, and I don't know who is so business-minded that he actually opened a tea room near the cell, and all of a sudden, anyone who gossips and wants to inquire about the news will come here to sit down, order a pot of tea, and chat all day.
Soon, the events of that night were made up into a plausible story: Dian Wei Chongyi, in order to avenge his fellow villagers, killed the county lieutenant Li Yong, and then was humiliated by the cell boss and the jailer, and killed seven more in and seven out, and finally escaped from Dong'e City.
It's a very simple story, but after the storyteller's interpretation, the plot has become flesh and blood, full of dangers, in the tea room, there is an endless stream of guests waiting for the storyteller every day, some people have heard it, but they will come over in a few days, just because there are too few places to entertain in Dong'e City.
On this day, Yang Yun and Cheng Yu also sat in the tea room, holding on to the windowsill, looking at the homeless people outside the window like walking corpses, Cheng Yu put down the tea bowl and sighed: "In recent days, the weather has become warmer, and the number of homeless people entering the city has increased several times. ”
Yang Yun also looked in the direction he was looking at, and said with a smile: "Didn't Yang County Order build a board house near the West City Gate to house those homeless homeless people? Although the conditions are simple, at least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and the big families in the city go over to give some porridge from time to time, although this life is a little harder, it can still go on after all. ”
"Huh." Cheng Yu's eyes turned back, with a playful expression, "Qiming's words, if they fall into the ears of others, they will inevitably fall into a comment that is rich and unkind." In this tea room, there are a lot of people with red eyes. ”
"Brother Yang Yun, sir, let's eat some melon seeds."
Over there, Li Tiezhu ran over, put a plate of melon seeds on the table, and then added tea to the guests at a nearby table under Li Manying's greeting.
"Huh...... If anyone asks for it, take it. Yang Yun also laughed, pinched a melon seed, peeled the shell, and threw it into his mouth, "Many people, you can only see the prosperity on the surface, although this tea room is full of customers, but the tea fee is extremely low, and the daily income is only enough for the three of us." Even so, this tea room still rejects most people, and it is not easy to make a real profit. ”
"Qiming's words, it seems that there is something in the words." Cheng Yu also picked up a melon seed, but the action of peeling the shell was much more elegant than Yang Yun, "By the way, the matter of the iron pillar is decided?" Are you sure you won't come to Xue Mansion to attend my classes again? ”
Yang Yun glanced at him, these days, maybe because of Dian Wei's affairs, Cheng Yu will come to the tearoom to sit with Yang Yun when he is free, drink tea, chat about interesting things that happened in Dong'e, chat about big things, and sometimes talk about specific people, such as: Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, etc.
With the reverse deduction of history, Yang Yun can grasp the personality of some people, and sometimes a sentence or word can make Cheng Yu frown, think for a while, and finally give a "wonderful" comment.
After a long time of contact, although Yang Yun didn't know what Cheng Yu thought of him, he had a new understanding of Cheng Yu.
Knowledgeable, but not pedantic, whenever Yang Yun said some cutting-edge theories, he would ponder them carefully, and then say something for or without it according to reality. Sometimes, without Yang Yun's consent, his designs will be plagiarized, such as the water purification device in Xue Mansion, which was provided by Cheng Yu.
However, perhaps it is related to the fact that he lives in a corner of Dong'e and the news is not smooth, Cheng Yu is a little lacking in the overall situation, so it is also the reason why he is not famous in the history books.
At this moment, Yang Yun saw that his expression was relaxed, it should be a joke, but he still arched his hand solemnly: "Recently, Dong'a seems to be calm, but the dark tide is surging, I am afraid that Tie Zhu will accidentally fall into the whirlpool, so after discussing with Manying, I decided to let him fight in the tea room, it is definitely not prejudiced against Mr., and I ask Mr. for your understanding." ”
In fact, when he told Li Manying about this matter that day, he was also very nervous, but he didn't expect Li Manying to just glance at him, and immediately agreed, so that he could prepare a tirade in advance, and it was suddenly useless.
Cheng Yu didn't know this, but when he heard him bring the topic into his trap, he laughed proudly, and his body got closer: "Hehe, so Qiming also thinks that someone is secretly dealing with the Xue family?" ”
Hearing him say this, Yang Yun was stunned for a moment, then touched his nose with a wry smile, and had to suppress his voice and said: "It's just a guess, I can't say it, but I didn't expect Mr. to have this kind of guess." ”
"Hehe, I'm old, and I can't turn my mind around you young people." Cheng Yu shook his head, took a sip of tea and said, "This is also what Xue Yi told me yesterday, and I understood." ”
"Xue Yi?" The corners of Yang Yun's eyebrows jumped slightly.
"Yes, the second young master of the Xue family, Qiming knows?"
"I don't know, but I remember the person who was kidnapped by Pengjiazhai last time, it seems to be him?" Yang Yun grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them in his hand, and asked seemingly casually, "I heard that he returned from studying in Yingchuan that time?" ”
"Hmm." Cheng Yu nodded, raised his hand and asked Li Tiezhu to come over and add some water, "I also watched him grow up, Xue Yi has been smart since he was a child, and he was also appreciated by Xun Ciming after being sent to Yingchuan, if it weren't for Ciming being recruited as an official by Dong Zhuo this time, I guess I wouldn't be willing to let Xue Yi come back." It's a pity ......"
In the end, Cheng Yu didn't say anything, just shook his head.
"Xun?" The corners of Yang Yun's eyebrows jumped again, and he asked tentatively, "What is the relationship between Xun Ciming and Xun Yu?" ”
"I didn't expect Qiming to know Xun Yu? Xun Shuang, whose name is Ciming, is Xun Yu's uncle, his teacher, and Xue Yi's classmate. After Cheng Yu introduced it a little, he tilted his head and laughed, "Qiming still doesn't remember the past?" ”
"I really don't remember." Yang Yun knew what he was suspicious of, so he didn't pay attention to him, but after hearing that Xue Yi was Xun Yu's classmate, he regretted letting him go back.