Chapter 9: Serendipity
Changfu Inn.
Elegant seats on the second floor.
"Little Er, inquire about something. ”
When the hard-working shopkeeper brought the last milky white fish soup in the whole fish feast, the young man with two neat beards in the private seat threw a small piece of silver at the shopkeeper seemingly casually.
"Guest officer, please ask, the little one must know everything. ”
The shopkeeper quietly accepted the money, but his slightly immature face smiled.
"Has anything happened in Sangshui County recently?"
The young man glanced nonchalantly at the lobby below.
Because there are a lot of people in the lobby who are carrying swords and swords, it is not easy to provoke at first glance.
"Huh, don't the two guest officers know?"
The shopkeeper, who was good at observing words and feelings, naturally noticed the young man's eyes.
"How do we know, you don't say?"
The young man chuckled.
"The guest officer really doesn't know? The little one thought that you and they were all here for the rumors that the rivers and lakes came to Sangshui. ”
The shopkeeper put away the look of surprise on his face, and said mysteriously.
"What rumors?"
The young man immediately cooperated with Xiao Er and said curiously.
"Guest officer, have you heard the rumor that someone in Gyeonggi unintentionally got the Heaven Thief Decision some time ago?"
The shopkeeper subconsciously looked left and right, and said in a low voice.
"I've heard of that. ”
The young man bowed slightly.
"But the guest officer knows that there have been rumors recently that the person who got the thief seems to have quietly fled in the area of Sangshui, which caused people from all walks of life to be moved by the wind for a while......"
The shopkeeper no longer beat around the bush and said bluntly.
"I see. ”
The young man suddenly said.
"But the guest officer, the little one advises you not to get involved......
The shopkeeper wanted to speak and stopped.
"Don't worry, although it's good to steal the sky, we care more about our own lives. ”
The young man smiled and said.
The handsome little student who was silent beside him twitched imperceptibly when he heard this.
"Guest officer, if there is nothing else to do, the little one will not disturb the two of you to eat. ”
The shopkeeper no longer said much and respectfully retired.
"Eat quickly, or the food won't taste good when it's cold." ”
After the shopkeeper left, the young man greeted the handsome Xiaosheng at the same table.
"Childe, let the little girl serve ......"
When the handsome little student heard this, he hurriedly subconsciously spoke.
"How many times have I said, don't call me Gongzi, call me Brother Lu!"
As a result, before she finished speaking, she asked the other party to interrupt directly.
"Lu, Brother Lu......"
The handsome little student's body trembled, and his voice became trembling.
"That's right, come on, come on, eat quickly, I inquired, the fish in Sangshui County is the most fatty, and the whole fish feast is the signature food ...... Sangshui County."
Brother Lu nodded with satisfaction, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a plate of steamed river fish on the table and began to feast.
The handsome little student did not dare to disobey the other party, and carefully tasted the sumptuous whole fish feast.
"I said how do you eat like a girl, you see I've eaten more than half of it, why are you still competing with that crispy fried little fish?"
Moment.
Brother Lu, who had eaten three points full, saw that the handsome little student hadn't even eaten a finger-long crispy fried fish, and immediately said angrily.
“......”
The handsome little student was aggrieved and stuffed the remaining crispy fried fish into his small mouth.
"You're a man now, do you understand it? Show your manhood, don't be like a rabbit all day long, outsiders will think I have some special habits when they see me. ”
But Brother Lu still unceremoniously counted the handsome little life.
"Originally, I wouldn't be happy to take you out this time, if it weren't for your master hugging my thighs and crying and begging, I wouldn't know how happy I was......"
"Master didn't hold your thighs and cry......
The handsome boy couldn't help but mutter.
"Yo, do you dare to talk back? Yes, yes, that's how it should be. ”
Brother Lu didn't laugh angrily.
"......," the handsome boy said in silence for a moment. "Childe, why do you insist on letting the little woman dress up as a man?"
"Because you're pretty, and a pretty woman often means trouble. ”
Brother Lu said confidently.
"But a little girl can dress up ugly. ”
The handsome boy muttered.
"No, or others will think that I have a bad taste when they see me with an ugly maid. Brother Lu shook his head and said. "A good empty boy will become a kidney-deficient son, and he will fall into the crotch of his pants. ”
"Could it be that Childe also cares about the eyes of the world?"
The handsome boy automatically filtered out the other party's incomprehensible nonsense.
"Of course I do!"
Brother Lu shrugged his shoulders and said.
"But Childe, you obviously ......"
The handsome little student was puzzled.
"You want to say that if I'm a great master, I don't have to care about worldly eyes, right? But have you thought about it, and then I will lose a lot of fun in my life. ”
Xia Fan, who is known as Lu Xiaoji with four eyebrows, said casually.
"Do you like people to bow down when they see you? Do you like people to see you and don't even dare to breathe? Do you like people to see you all the time?"
"It is undeniable that this is indeed the dream of countless people, let's just say that these people in the rivers and lakes who are planning to compete for the Heaven Thief Decision, what are they fighting for the Heaven Thief Decision for? In the final analysis, they just want to become human beings with the help of divine skills!"
"But do I need to be a human being? No, because I am already a human being in your eyes. ”
"It's like the poor have the troubles of the poor, and the rich have the troubles of the rich. ”
"So what I need is not your prostration, but the ability to communicate with each other like ordinary people. ”
"I don't care about the other great masters, anyway, I am such a person at present, although people will always change, but after all, I am still young, and when I get tired of this red dust, I may be seventy or eighty. ”
"Lao Tzu is talking so much nonsense to tell you. ”
"You don't have to restrain yourself in front of me, and you don't have to worry about offending me in your words and attitudes, you can say whatever you want, and try to make your life as easy as possible. ”
"But the little girl ......"
Liu Yingying couldn't help but feel worried.
"Look, you're here again, it's a brainstorm!"
Xia Fan sighed lightly.
In fact, what he knows will not be able to change the other party's deep-rooted ideology for a while.
Not to mention Liu Yingying, even if he pulls a grandmaster out, he doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him.
Su Yunxiao and Zhong Liyuan are an outlier.
But.
Since Liu Hongsleeve entrusted Liu Yingying to himself, he didn't mind training it well in his spare time.
And he also knew what Liu Hongsleeve was thinking.
On the one hand, she took Liu Yingying as a hostage to dispel Xia Fan's suspicion of herself, and on the other hand, she hoped that Liu Yingying and Xia Fan could have a super friendly relationship to stabilize their mutual trust.
If Xia Fan refuses to accept the willow warbler.
How can Liu Hongsleeve feel at ease?
It's kind of the same as gift-giving.
If the other party does not accept it, the person who gives the gift will inevitably be cranky.
With that in mind.
Xia Fan could only smile helplessly.
He dislikes the willow warbler and dislikes it.
But she is a beautiful woman with a beautiful sky, and she can occasionally raise her eyes and be funny.
So Xia Fan thought that he had a timid, docile and clingy Ragdoll cat.
Satiated.
Downstairs, a small incident occurred in the lobby.
There were two people in the rivers and lakes who had a dispute about something, and there were signs that they were about to draw their knives and move if they disagreed.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper in the store stepped forward to persuade him as soon as possible.
And he only used one sentence to make the two stop making peace for the time being.
"Two guest officers, our shop is the private property of the Chishui Gang Liu Da, and I hope the two of them can give a thin noodle. ”
When the two of them heard this, they snorted coldly at each other and sat back in their seats.
"Brother Liu, do you know what you need to pay attention to when opening an inn?"
After watching the farce, Xia Fan retracted his gaze and said to Liu Yingying with interest.
"Do you have a good backer?"
The willow warbler said softly.
"I think it should be on the door and on the wall that says you want to go out and fight. ”
Xia Fan said with a smile on his face.
“...... Childe laughed again. ”
Liu Yingying was stunned for a moment.
"How many times have you said it, you want to call me Brother Lu!"
Xia Fan immediately lowered his face and pretended to be dissatisfied.
"Yes, Brother Lu!"
Liu Yingying drooped her head and said aggrievedly.
"No, this Brother Lu always sounds weird, Brother Lu...... Breastless?" Xia Fan said thoughtfully. "Forget it, you still call me young master in the future. ”
"Yes, young master. ”
The willow warbler's head was buried even lower.
......
"The snow stopped. ”
Early morning.
Lu Shaoyang pushed open the door, looked up at the bright sky, and couldn't help but sigh.
"The snow stopped around midnight. ”
Xu Ping'er quietly appeared beside Lu Shaoyang and said.
"Later, I plan to visit Liu Da Dang's house again. ”
Lu Shaoyang said softly.
"Isn't it impossible to count on Master Liu?"
Xu Ping'er wondered.
"Yes, so this time I just want to ask Liu Da to borrow two people to personally track down the woman's affairs. Lu Shaoyang said helplessly. "As for the junior sister, you can stay here and take good care of Brother Wang. ”
"Where are you going to start?"
Xu Ping'er frowned lightly.
"Inn. ”
Lu Shaoyang was in the chest.
According to Liu Zhaoyi's investigation these days, one thing can already be determined.
The woman Wang Huan was talking about was not a native of Sangshui.
Since not a local.
The other party will inevitably find a place to rest.
So Lu Shaoyang naturally focused his investigation on the inn.
He only worries about one thing now.
It would be bad if the other party did not stay at the inn, but chose a random place to rest.
Liu Zhaoyi did not refuse Lu Shaoyang's request, and after learning that he was going to check out the inn in person, he very generously lent him ten local gangs.
After Lu Shaoyang thanked Liu Zhaoyi for his kindness, he immediately made arrangements resolutely.
He divided Sangshui County into ten districts.
Each person is responsible for the inns in their respective area and asks them one by one.
Notify yourself as soon as you have the news.
But Sangshui County said that it was not big, and it was not small.
I won't be able to check all the inns for a while.
Lu Shaoyang doesn't care about this, he only cares about clues.
Until evening.
Finally someone brought good news.
A guy at the Changfu Inn in the east of the city seemed to have seen the woman Lu Shaoyang was looking for.
Lu Shaoyang received the news and rushed to the Changfu Inn without stopping.
"Xiao Er, have you really seen that woman?"
Come to Changfu Inn.
Lu Shaoyang immediately found the guy under the guidance of a Chishui gang.
"Childe, you're talking about a man wearing a dark shirt, about this tall, with such big eyes......"
Xiao Er said nervously while gesturing and descripting.
"Yes, yes, yes, this is the woman I'm looking for, tell me when you saw her!"
Lu Shaoyang said impatiently after hearing this.
"Returning to my son, the little one met the woman you said one night a few months ago......"
Xiao Er didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly said truthfully.
According to Xiao Er.
It was around ugly hours in the wee hours of the morning.
The Changfu Inn had already closed, and Xiao Er was sleeping soundly in the lobby, when suddenly someone knocked on the door of the inn.
A woman's cold voice came from outside, saying that she wanted to stay overnight.
Xiao Er said that the inn had closed and asked the other party to come back tomorrow, but the woman said that she would only stay for two hours and would leave before the hour.
Ultimately.
Xiao Er couldn't bear to let a woman sleep on the street on the other side, so he kindly let her into the inn.
After seeing that woman, Xiao Er swore that this was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life, but the other party's attitude was very indifferent, and after losing the money, he refused Xiao Er's kindness to accompany him to the guest room alone.
But after dawn, the woman's room was slow to move, and Xiao Er went to knock on the door to remind him, only to find that there was no one in the room at all, and even the bedding, tables, chairs and other utensils in the room had not moved.
At that time, Xiao Er almost thought that he had seen a ghost last night.
Later, when he thought that he had received the woman's money, no one in the inn knew about it, so he was so obsessed with the money that he didn't mention it to anyone at all.
After the Chishui Gang came to the inn to ask the shopkeeper about the woman, although Xiao Er, who had not heard it, did not know why the Chishui Gang was looking for that woman, Xiao Er was afraid that he would get into trouble and his life would be in danger.
So he took the initiative to confess directly.
"When the child is in time, when he is in the ......"
After hearing this, Lu Shaoyang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Wang Huan said.
The woman came around the clock and knocked on Yao Han's door.
But she stayed at the Changfu Inn around the ugly time.
"How far is the Zhaofu Inn from here?"
Lu Shaoyang suddenly thought of a question.
"Returning to Gongzi, the Zhaofu Inn is in the west of the city, and it is several streets away from our Changfu Inn . ”
Xiao Er was busy.
"One city west, one city east......"
Lu Shaoyang subconsciously muttered to himself.
As for the Zhaofu Inn he said, it was the place where Wang Huan and them stayed at the beginning.
Wang Huan once said that the woman seemed to be looking for someone, but why did she find Yao Han?
"Brother Lu, long time no see!"
At this time.
An enthusiastic voice suddenly interrupted Lu Shaoyang's train of thought.
Lu Shaoyang raised his head and followed the voice, and then saw a heroic man with two neat beards, waving at him with a smile on his face.
"Uh...... Pls are you ......"
"Oh, don't you know me? I'm Lu Xiaoji!