Chapter 41: The Teahouse

Beijing.

Yutai Tea House.

"Eh, I'm a rat to the treasure, hit the bone board, and come to our big teahouse~"

"This big teahouse, called Lao Yutai, is really good for business and prosperity~"

"There are many teahouses here, it's really lively, and there are old and young!"

"Some say, some he sings, and the one is dressed up!"

A thinly dressed and slightly thin man with a round face, two simple instruments called bone plates in his hands kept beating, and the auspicious words of compliment came out of his mouth and sang smoothly.

The round-faced man looked around, hoping that there would be a man with generous hands and feet who could reward him with two mouthfuls of food.

This person's name is Rat Laibao, he is not diligent, he has no livelihood, and he lives on one mouth.

Rat Laibao is articulate, and if you want to please the audience, you don't need to think about it, you just open your mouth.

However, there are not many people in the teahouse who are willing to buy his account.

I saw that he kept talking and smiling.

The two eyes looked around, walking back and forth in the teahouse, and the bone plate in his hand kept knocking.

"There is a cage, there are birds, and the crickets and gnats are also well raised~"

"He eats and drinks, and those who have no money have to stare and watch~"

"Do you like to play chess? Here's two plates! Bet on a dish of dried croquettes sprinkled with pepper and salt~"

Rat Noble came to the edge of the counter after a long circle in the teahouse, grinning and looking at the old shopkeeper in the counter.

"The king's shopkeeper is rich, and the gold and silver treasures are all here!"

"You have money, I have a mouth, Rat Laibao is a poor ghost!"

The shopkeeper leaned on the counter, reluctantly threw out two copper coins, and sent the Rat Treasure away.

At this moment, a tall and sturdy Taoist priest walked into the teahouse.

The shopkeeper looked around, and saw that the Taoist priest was wearing a scarf, wearing a royal blue silk robe, holding a dust, and looking like a fairy wind and bones.

After a careful look, he found that the Taoist priest was not very old, about twenty years old.

The skin is slightly darker, but not rough.

What is particularly impressive is the pair of piercing eyes, as if they can see through people from the inside out.

The young Taoist priest bowed to the king's shopkeeper, and then took out a stack of copper coins and put them on the counter, about fifteen or sixteen pieces.

"Shopkeeper, can you prepare some food for me?"

The shopkeeper Wang returned the salute and said with a smile: "This Taoist chief, please inside." Meals will be served to you in a quarter of an hour. ”

"Okay."

The young Taoist priest nodded, and under the guidance of Xiao Er, he went to a table in the corner and sat down.

Putting down the package on his back, the Taoist poured a bowl of tea and drank it slowly, while his eyes casually looked at the teahouse.

This young Taoist priest is naturally Yu Ke.

More than a month ago, after Yu Ke left Foshan, he came to Beijing day and night.

It took a month to finally arrive outside Beijing.

Yu Ke did not enter the capital immediately, but temporarily stayed in an inn outside the city for two days.

During this period, some hair was purchased from some poor people's families and made into wigs.

He also customized two Taoist robes from the tailor's shop and dressed them up as wandering Taoists.

Later, he stole a degree from a small Taoist temple near the capital, and forged one according to the cat, but it was difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.

Of course, this fake degree has not been investigated, and it can only fool ordinary officials.

After Yu Ke forged a degree, he returned it.

Then he pretended to be a Taoist priest who traveled here and stayed there for a week.

During the week, Yu Ke carefully observed the every move of those Taoist priests, and usually recited scriptures with them.

Not only was he not found out that he was a fake Taoist priest, but he became involved with the Taoist priest in the Taoist temple.

With the deepening of imitation, Yu Ke's every move became more and more like a Taoist priest who had been cultivating for more than ten years.

After repeatedly confirming that he had no flaws, Yu Ke finally entered the city of Beijing.

Within a few minutes, a bowl of rice and a few side dishes were served.

A plate of shallots mixed with tofu, a plate of greens, a plate of edamame, and a bowl of mushroom soup.

It's all light vegetarian dishes.

Yu Ke ate slowly, although he was usually used to eating meat, he didn't feel difficult to swallow in the face of these bland dishes.

Yu Ke was eating, and two more guests walked in at the door.

The two men looked to be in their twenties, holding a birdcage in their hands, wearing melon skin hats, walking in dragon and tiger steps, and dressed richly.

The two of them made their way to a table near the back hall, hung the birdcage on a string overhead, and sat down.

While drinking tea, they chatted about something.

Yu Ke looked sideways, and two pieces of information appeared in his eyes.

[Target person: Chang Siye]

[Target Carrying Fortune: 0.70]

[Target person: Second Master Song]

[Target Carrying Fortune: 0.61]

Chang Siye? Second Master Song?

Yu Ke was a little surprised, just entered Beijing City, just found a teahouse to sit in, and actually met the plot characters?

After thinking about it carefully for a while, Yu Ke corresponded to the two people in front of him from an old movie called "Teahouse".

"It turned out to be a character in this movie."

"However, it is only November 1887, and there are still more than ten years before the plot of "Teahouse" begins."

"No wonder this Fourth Master Chang and Second Master Song are just two young people in their twenties."

"Wang Lifa, the shopkeeper of the teahouse, estimates that he is only a teenager and a half-year-old now."

Yu Ke thought carefully in his heart, thinking of several other plot characters in the original movie.

Two officials, one is called Song Enzi and the other is Wu Xiangzi.

These two have a lot of roles, and they are the same age as Chang and Song, and it is estimated that they should have become officials at this time.

These two people belong to the category of wall grass and traitors, and the two of them once said in the movie:

"When there is an emperor, we serve the emperor; When there was President Yuan, we worked for President Yuan. Whoever gives food, we will serve him. ”

At that time, Chang Siye reprimanded and asked, "What if foreigners give food?" ”

The two of them held their heads high and replied as a matter of course: "Oh, Fourth Master Chang, those who want us to serve have the support of foreigners!" ”

In addition to these two people, there is also a merchant Qin Zhongyi, the inner guard Erdezi, the eunuch Pang Chief, and a trafficker named Liu Mazi, all of whom appear in the first act of "Teahouse".

In 1898, Liu Mazi relied on his connections to help poor people who could not afford to eat and were about to starve to death to sell their sons and daughters.

He bought a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl for ten taels of silver, and sold it to an old eunuch named 'Chief Pang' as his wife for two hundred taels of silver.

Liu Mazi took away one hundred and ninety taels of profits, made a lot of money, and made a good appearance for the poor man who sold his children.

This kind of unconscionable business, this Liu Mazi doesn't know how much he has done.

Yu Ke thought back to this, and his mind moved slightly.

Song Enzi, Wu Xiangzi, Liu Mazi, and Eunuch Pang all have a lot of roles for scum, and it is estimated that they all carry a lot of luck.

He kills without psychological burden, and he will never be soft.

Moreover, Eunuch Pang and Ouchi Guard Erdezi have places to use, which may provide a lot of help for his plan to infiltrate the palace.

Right now.

A pockmarked man walked into the teahouse.

He was followed by an honest farmer with patches all over his clothes.

Yu Ke looked at it, and a piece of information appeared in his eyes.

[Target person: Liu Mazi]

[Target Carrying Fortune: 0.76]

Yu Ke sneered.

It's really a coincidence, just mention Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.