Chapter 414: Do you want to give me eight taels of love?

Fu Bao asked, "Don't you often steal elixirs?"

Sun Wukong chuckled and immediately interrupted her, "I never stole anything. Those were all taken, so they don't count as stealing."

Fu Bao was helpless. "Well, you often take some elixirs. I guess you can't digest them if you eat too much. Give me some of the leftovers next time. I want the kind that can prolong life. I want..."

She counted the four mothers, grandmother, grandparents, and said, "I want seven. Seven is enough."

Sun Wukong snatched the wine from her hand and took a sip impatiently.

Fu Bao asked hurriedly: "Do you agree?"

Sun Wukong replied, "Okay, okay. I'll take note of it."

Fubao clapped his hands happily and left with a smile on his face.

The group took a quick look at "Journey to the West" and quickly moved on to "Dream of the Red Chamber".

Among the four great classics, Luo Jiu believes that the plot of "Dream of Red Mansions" is the best to be changed.

There is almost no fighting, just trying to change the fate of the characters. But I don't know how the plot of the Grand View Garden will be involved, and whether there is a possibility of change, so I can only take it one step at a time.

Cheng Yaoyao said, "I've seen many Redology experts analyze that Lin Daiyu might have tuberculosis. We have plenty of antibiotics, so let's cure her first."

Luo Jiu said: "I don't know which plot is coming up yet, whether Daiyu will be included or not, we'll see when it comes."

The group entered the city and after asking around, they found out it was Gusu City. And today was the Lantern Festival, the city was decorated with lanterns and it was very lively.

Luo Jiu and her friends were dressed in clothes from a different period than the people here, which attracted a lot of attention. They quickly found a silk and satin shop and bought a few new sets of clothes.

There were a wide variety of items in the market. We bought a lot of things along the way and threw them all away when no one was noticing. Then we found a restaurant to sit down and eat, chatting while we ate.

Zhong Jialing asked curiously, "This system is also strange. It brings us here, but doesn't give us any plot hints, nor does it arrange for the protagonists to meet each other. How can we know what this section is for?"

Luo Jiu smiled and said, "Since it is arranged here, there must be a plot happening. Without any hint, we can speculate on our own. Gusu City, Lantern Festival, I remember that there are at least two plots in the beginning of the original book that happened at this time point."

Feng Qi asked hurriedly: "Which two places?"

Luo Jiu said: "The first one is that the local official Zhen Shiyin invited the poor scholar Jia Yucun to dinner on the Lantern Festival and also funded his travel expenses to the capital."

Fu Bao asked in confusion: "What does 'local eunuch' mean? Is Zhen Shiyin a eunuch?"

Cheng Yaoyao explained: "No, he was just an official who retired and returned to his hometown."

Luo Jiu continued, "The second one was when Huo Qi, a servant of Zhen Shiyin's family, took his daughter Yinglian to see the lanterns. But Huo Qi, a heartless man, went to the toilet and left the child on the threshold of a house. Yinglian was taken away by human traffickers and lived a miserable life for the rest of her life."

When Feng Qi heard this, he couldn't help but say angrily: "The human traffickers deserve to die!"

Luo Jiu said: "In fact, in the original novel, Yinglian had a chance to be rescued. When she grew up, the traffickers wanted to sell her to Feng Yuan. Unexpectedly, Xue Baochai's brother Xue Pan also fell in love with her. Xue Pan was arrogant and beat Feng Yuan to death, causing a loss of life.

The case was handed over to Jia Yucun. Jia Yucun learned that Yinglian was the daughter of Zhen Shiyin, who was his benefactor, but he never thought of rescuing her. For the sake of his official hat and not to offend the Xue family, he made a random judgment. It was really hateful.

Feng Qi cursed, "Jia Yucun is a ruthless person, and the human traffickers deserve to die. I will beat them up if I see them. Don't let me meet Xue Pan, or I will beat him up."

Cheng Yaoyao sighed, "But none of them show up now, what should we do?"

Luo Jiu tapped the table with his fingertips, carefully recalling the contents of the book.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, "Got it! The original book mentioned the address of Zhen Shiyin's home. In Gusu City, outside the Changmen Gate, on Renqing Lane, next to the Hulu Temple, is Zhen's mansion.

No matter whether he invites Jia Yucun to dinner or throws away his child on this Lantern Festival, let's go and get involved."

Luo Jiu stood up and Zhong Jialing said, "Waiter, check out."

The five people came out of the restaurant and onto the street. They just found out the address and passers-by said that it was quite far from where they wanted to go. Today was the Lantern Festival and there were many people watching the lanterns on the street. It would take at least an hour to get there.

One hour is two hours. Cheng Yaoyao said helplessly: "I'll go hire a carriage. You guys wait here."

Just as Cheng Yaoyao left, Zhong Jialing saw someone selling horses and couldn't help but say, "Why not just buy a few horses? I'll go ask about the price."

Feng Qi and Fubao went to the Yuanxiao stall nearby to buy Yuanxiao. Luo Jiu stood there waiting for them to come back. Suddenly, he saw a carriage passing by. The wind blew the curtains up.

Luo Jiu took a casual glance and saw two men holding a girl of about four or five years old. The girl was dressed gorgeously but was crying pitifully, with tears as big as beans falling from her eyes. There was a rouge-red mole as big as a grain of rice between her eyebrows.

Wait! A mole between the eyebrows!

Luo Jiu suddenly reacted and shouted to Feng Qi and the others, "Chase them! The human traffickers are in the blue carriage!"

Fubao and Feng Qi ran out in a flash. Zhong Jialing grabbed a horse and rode away. The horse dealer shouted anxiously behind him, "You haven't paid yet!"

Luo Jiu saw that the three people had already caught up with him, and thought that they would not be able to escape, so he hurriedly asked: "How much do I give?"

The horse dealer gestured, "Ten taels of silver."

Luo Jiu frowned: "How old is your horse? You still dare to ask for this price? I'll give you eight taels, take it or not."

The horse dealer thought to himself, "How dare a little girl like you confront me?" He was about to yell something, but when he saw the strangely neat scars on Luo Jiu's wrist, he swallowed his words and took the eight taels of silver from her hand.

The horse dealer muttered, "It's my bad luck."

Luo Jiu snorted coldly, "You're smart."

As they were talking, Cheng Yaoyao came over with a carriage. Luo Jiu quickly got in and continued to chase.

The carriage traveled for a while, but there was no trace of Feng Qi and others.

Cheng Yaoyao asked worriedly, "Will he be able to catch up?"

Luo Jiu said: "No, no matter how fast the carriage is, can it outrun Fu Bao? She is the world champion."

She opened the curtain and looked. "There has been no movement. Maybe we took the wrong road. There are several intersections along the way. Maybe they turned somewhere."

So Cheng Yaoyao said to the driver: "Master, please change the route."

The driver looked around and said, "Which way should we go? The streets are full of people looking at the lanterns now, so we can't go fast. The east side is a little more open, but the west side seems to be in a fight, and the lantern stands have all fallen down. It's a complete mess."

Luo Jiuxi said: "Then let's go to the west."

If you can't find them, just look where the fight is happening. If you squeeze into the crowd and take a look, maybe the one fighting is their friend.