Chapter 185 Dingzhou
Late at night, in the south of Dingzhou, Pinglai Inn.
The waiter carefully carried a pot of mutton sprinkled with green onions, walked into the lobby, quietly put the mutton on the table, turned and walked away.
There are already several figures sitting in the lobby, a tattooed man with a blue tattoo on one corner of his forehead, a young man wearing a half ghost mask, a scholar holding a book and reading silently, a Confucian scholar with his eyes closed, and a girl wearing a veil.
Pata.
The burly man with tattooed face picked up his chopsticks, ordered some on the table, and ate the hot mutton expressionlessly.
In the entire inn, there were only the piercing sounds of eating and the sound of scholars turning pages.
boom!
The door of the inn was pushed open heavily, and the bitter wind and rain blew in.
Accompanied by a flash of thunder, a figure in a straw hat and coir raincoat appeared outside the door.
Tap, tap, tap.
Li Ang, or Mosi's avatar, strode into the inn, took the rain all the way, sat in the corner of the lobby, and slapped the voucher given by Mrs. Wang—a jade plaque on the table.
‘There are quite a lot of people. '
Looking around, Li Ang saw a familiar figure—the scholar Yu who had appeared in the case of Huairui mutation in Shengyefang, was also here.
‘Did he also accept the reward offered by Taiyuan Wang? '
Li Ang thought casually. Yu Shusheng is a folk monk, it's normal for him to take on high-value commissions for money, and he doesn't seem to have mentioned to outsiders that he has seen Baiteman.
Otherwise, he would have been arrested by the Zhenfu Department as a suspect.
While Li Ang was sizing up other people, everyone in the hall was also observing him quietly, presumably guessing his origin and strength.
Squeak—
There was a sound of wooden floors on the second floor of the inn. A man dressed as a butler came downstairs and asked Li Ang with a smile, "Is it Brother Lufei?"
“.”
Li Ang looked up at him, then nodded silently.
"In this way, everyone is present except those two."
The middle-aged butler walked down the stairs and said to everyone: "Let me introduce, the next step is the butler of the 11th House of the Northern Capital of the Wang Family in Taiyuan. This commission was issued by my master Wang Bojian."
Wang's family ranks among the five surnames and Qiwang. His family is flourishing, divided into direct lineage and collateral lineage, and different lines are divided into various houses. According to the status in the family, they enjoy different levels of resources.
For example, a distant branch of the family can only serve as a small official in the local area, or do business and work in Wang's firm.
The main lineage is born to be superior to others and receive the best education since childhood.
Famous poets in Yu State like Wang Zhihuan, Wang Changling, Wang Wei, Wang Bo, etc. are all members of the Wang family in Taiyuan - making great achievements in a certain field is also the best way to enhance the status of this house in the entire family.
The ability to gather so many monks shows that Wang Bojian, who issued the reward, has a high status in the Taiyuan Wang family.
"Mr. Chu, who disappeared this time, is the husband-in-law chosen by my master for my daughter. He will be married in half a year."
The housekeeper said peacefully: "Chu Langjun was a student of Luli Academy, and usually likes to study epigraphy,
That is to study ancient bronze wares, stone inscriptions, bamboo slips, oracle bones, jade wares, bricks and tiles, sealing mud, military charms, Ming utensils and other cultural relics, to verify historical materials, and to supplement history.
A month and a half ago, when he was visiting folk steles near Dingzhou, he disappeared unexpectedly together with the two accompanying guards.
His life light shows that he is still alive and still in Dingzhou, but we can't find him no matter what.
According to the divination calculations of the elders in the clan, he should have been involved in some kind of strange change. "
Li Ang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words. There are four kinds of abnormalities in monsters. Monsters are biological aliens, demons are humanoid aliens, aliens are inanimate objects, and strange creatures are those alienated objects that are extremely complicated and cannot be simply classified. Often the most dangerous and deadly.
"As for why you hired everyone, Mr. Chu Langjun's father and my master are life-and-death friends, and they made baby kisses a long time ago.
But within a few years, Chu Langjun's parents died unfortunately due to a fire. Chu Langjun was also taken to Taiyuan.
so."
The housekeeper showed embarrassment, he didn't say the whole thing, the meaning was already obvious.
Although Wang Bojian is very authentic, he didn't tear up the baby, but Chu Haoman took over and raised him, and gave him the best educational conditions,
But the result of doing so is that Chu Haoman became the door-to-door son-in-law who lived under the fence. He grew up in the Wang family in Taiyuan throughout his childhood. .
Because of this, Wang Bojian spent a lot of money and entrusted outsiders to help.
"As long as the money is in place, everything is easy to talk about."
The tattooed man waved his hand, not interested in the entanglements in the big family, "Where is the place of the mutation?"
The steward nodded and said: "It's in the forest forty miles west of Dingzhou City, and according to divination, you can get in with some special methods.
Brother Wang Li-nian from the Wang family in Taiyuan and monk Ji Xingwang from Luli Academy will lead you there. "
Wang Li Nian was a taciturn middle-aged man in the crowd with a long sword on his waist. He was presumably sent by the Taiyuan Wang family to monitor everyone.
And Ji Xingwang is the Confucian scholar with a gentle face.
"Ji Xingwang?"
Hearing this name, everyone present was a little shocked, and Li Ang narrowed his eyes.
In Luli Academy, apart from Shan Changlu Qingya, who is a well-known monk in the Zhuxiao Realm, there are also several doctors with high reputations—Ji Xingwang is one of them, and it was he who wrote and published a paper on telescopes some time ago. Replaces Eagle Eye.
Ji Xingwang nodded to everyone present. He is Chu Haoman's mentor, a mid-level monk in Xunyun Realm, and the girl wearing a veil who came with him is Chu Haoman's junior sister, who has innate divination skills. Gua ability.
After him, everyone in the hall introduced themselves.
"Liao Kaifeng, acquired martial artist." The burly tattooed man said lightly.
"Yan Yan. Listen to the rain and read the teacher." The young man wearing a half ghost mask lifted the mask on his face.
"Scholar Yu, you know some low-level tricks." The scholar closed the book and said a little embarrassedly.
"Lu Fei, acquired martial artist." Li Ang waved his hand.
boom!
The door of the inn was pushed open again, and two youths with the same appearance walked in with their shoulders crossed, and introduced themselves carelessly: "Yu Yong."
"Yu Yuan."
The two of you talked to each other in a tacit understanding.
"The two of us are puppet masters."
"Sorry for being late. I just went to the Qihuai Niangniang Temple outside the city, which is said to be very spiritual. The result of the lottery—"
"When there is a bad tree, there is little spring. When a lonely boat encounters a strong wind, there is nothing to trust when you leave. Nothing goes well."
The two seemingly unreliable puppet masters looked at each other and exaggerated: "It seems that this time someone will die."
"It won't be me who dies."
"Not me either."
"Who could it be?"
The twin brothers looked at everyone in the lobby and rubbed their chins.
“.”
The tattooed man named Liao Kaifeng was indifferent, and asked indifferently: "Are you the puppet brothers of Lingnan Road?"
Yu Yongdao: "Do you recognize us?"
Yu Yuan said: "Hey, so we are so famous? We can meet admirers in Taiyuan? Brother, did you bring the paper, let's sign it for him."
The tattooed man's eyes twitched, "No, the rumor I heard is that the two of you brothers cheated for money in Lingnan Road and were biased. They couldn't stay there, so they ran to the vicinity of Luoyang."
Yu Yongyuyuan's complexion suddenly changed when he heard the words, and he said righteously: "Dear man, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."
"It is okay to say that we cheat money, but cheat sex?"
"If your Excellency is referring to the Wu Wuliao female cave master, she needs to lie on a stretcher and let a dozen people carry her away."
"She still wants to have one daughter and two husbands, and accept us as her husband at the same time. This is impossible."
"If you live at night, wouldn't you be like a blind man trying to figure out an elephant?"
The two brothers talked to each other, their voices were extremely noisy.
Ji Xingwang saw this, rubbed his forehead, and stopped him aloud: "You two, be quiet, since everyone is here, there is no need to delay, let's start, and we can arrive at dawn."
The employer's words were an order. Everyone packed up their belongings, left the inn, and headed for the southwest of Dingzhou.
(end of this chapter)