Chapter 206
"Hey, Mr. Yuan, distinguished guest, are you here to book a room in the upper room, or do you have an appointment with someone?" The owner of the big teahouse came out from behind the counter, pushed the waiter aside and greeted the guest with a smile on his face. Everyone knew that Mr. Yuan was the newly rising upstart in Jiangcheng. In order to listen to his performance, the show was scheduled for a month later.
Yuan Caidie smiled and nodded slightly as a response: "I have an appointment. I wonder which table Mr. Wang is at."
"Hey, it turns out that Mr. Wang is on the second floor. Mr. Yuan, please follow me." The shopkeeper led people up to the second floor with a warm smile.
In the already noisy hall, there were people whispering.
"This is Boss Yuan. He has an extraordinary aura."
"Yeah, he looks like a young master from some family. Who would have thought he was just an actor?"
"I don't know what it's like for such a person to sing and be sought after by such a sponsor." Now everyone knows that Boss Yuan was given money by a mysterious sponsor and instantly became a celebrity in Jiangcheng.
"I heard that he came to the venue to promote his performance before the show, and that's when he was spotted. It's a pity I didn't make it that day. Now you have to pay a lot of money to go and listen to it."
"Speaking of listening to opera, have you heard about the incident that night when the demon demon Dashi was making trouble? Was it true or not..."
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When Yuan Caidie reached the second floor, he saw Wang Yuqing sitting by the window waiting for him. There were not many customers on the second floor at that time, and after the shopkeeper left, only the two of them were left.
To be honest, the two of them were not familiar with each other. They only knew each other to the extent of nodding when they met. But after what happened that night and their shared experiences, they inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity between them as strangers.
"I don't know what Mr. Wang wants to ask me for."
"Uh, I just want to ask Boss Yuan if you have any idea about what he said before." Wang Yuqing poured him some tea, as if he was listening attentively.
"Before?" Yuan Caidie was puzzled for a moment, then immediately understood what Wang Yuqing was talking about. They had discussed this before they separated after entering the city that day. Who was the old friend the white-haired man was talking about?
What happened that night was beyond his comprehension. He was so confused and anxious that he couldn't think of anything. He said he would go back and think about it carefully. Does Mr. Wang Yuqing care about this matter?
Yuan Caidie pondered it over in her mind, but didn't think there was anything wrong with speaking out. She shook her head and said, "I still haven't figured out who the old friend he was talking about is."
"I'm not afraid of being laughed at by Mr. Wang. I was born into an actor family and was born into the Lu family in Jiangbei. I'm just a gentry in Pingchuan. When I recall my old friend, he was just a common farmer with no traceable history." The Lu family compound in the blue brick courtyard that he buried deep in his memory was the past he didn't want to recall. The master Lu whom he called father, his capital for showing off in the past, the glory of his ancestors for several lifetimes, and how he built up the foundation and made a fortune, Yuan Caidie couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.
How could he possibly know someone thousands of miles away... a demon! After thinking about it, he could only describe it as a demon. Three or four days had passed, and he still couldn't believe what he had encountered.
Looking at his fair and handsome face, with his eyebrows wrinkled and obviously confused, Wang Yuqing pushed the melon seeds and peanuts on the table to the side. He also knew that his question was a bit over the top, and it was not just to satisfy his curiosity about unknown creatures, but also to find out the whereabouts of these two people who suddenly appeared.
He checked Jiang Cheng's county annals and found that the girl named Jiang that the monster mentioned really existed, but there was no record of the monster at all. Later, when the Jiang family fell into decline, the monster also helped them.
So he was particularly interested in Yuan Caidie, whom the monster mentioned as an old friend. Could it be that he knew someone who looked very similar to Yuan Caidie many years ago? Is that why he was so caring towards an actor he had just met?
While both of them were speculating, the noise on the already busy street outside the teahouse grew even louder, attracting both of them to look outside.
It turned out to be two gentlemen holding canvases, quarreling on the road.
A man wearing an old yellow Taoist robe, with a bell hanging from a cloth bag around his waist, and holding a hanging cloth with the words "Feng Shui Divination for Marriage" written on it.
The other one was wearing a green cloth robe, with his eyes closed, a mustache and a watermelon hat. There were two gray cloth-clothed children following him. The children were holding canvas with words written on them, telling fortunes and determining yin and yang.
Two colleagues actually started arguing in the street. They were far away in the teahouse and couldn't hear what they were arguing about, but the scene was quite lively and the principle of "gentlemen use words instead of fists" was implemented. People who loved to watch the fun gathered in three layers inside and outside.
"Are the two fortune tellers competing for business?" Yuan Caidie was a little curious.
"Look outside the crowd." Wang Yuqing pointed to the distance, where seven or eight bald monks were blocked outside by the bustling crowd.
"Wow, Taoists and monks, they're all gathered here?" Yuan Caidie doesn't like going out much because of his status. He also has to practice kung fu every day and rarely pays attention to what's happening outside. This scene is quite rare to see.
"This is just the beginning. There will definitely be a lot more wandering gentlemen coming later. The mayor has posted a notice to get rid of the demons. The commission is 200 yuan."
"Get rid of...get rid of the monster?" Yuan Caidie had of course heard that on the night he was asked to leave, the mayor's guest was killed by a monster and cut into pieces. The scene was quite tragic.
After all, those people's deaths were related to him, so it was definitely not his responsibility. Although he deserved the death, there would definitely be a lot of trouble afterwards. "Mr. Rong and Mr. Lu will be okay, right? I brought trouble upon them."
Unlike Yuan Caidie's anxiety, Wang Yuqing didn't think these monks and Taoists would cause any trouble to the two big monsters. What he was worried about was the possible retaliation after the death of a few dwarfs. What would happen if the people of Jiangcheng were implicated?
Sighing, the monster is indeed a monster. It does things without considering the consequences and has attracted such a group of Taoist priests and monks.
Yuan Caidie felt that since Mr. Wang had known that person for a long time, she could learn more from him.
Wang Yuqing wanted to get the monster's background from Yuan Caidie again. Both of them had their own thoughts and were very skilled at chatting without dull moments. After all, one was good at putting on a show and the other was a reporter who made a living by talking. They chatted lively for two pots of tea before leaving with a sense of unfulfilled desire.
The two men walked down the teahouse and bowed to each other before parting. Wang Yuqing had just taken a few steps when he ran into black dogs coming from another intersection. Watching the black dogs surrounding the half-immortals who were arguing on the street, he adjusted his hat, lowered his head, and turned to enter another intersection.
When we were almost at the rental place, we saw Mr. Chen peeking around at the other end of the alley.
Wang Yuqing walked over and patted him on the back, almost scaring Chen Sheng to the ground.
"Sir, it's you. You scared me to death." Mr. Chen patted his beating chest.
"What are you doing? It's obvious there's something fishy going on."
"Sir... there's a man in a suit looking for you." Mr. Chen spoke in a low voice so that only the two of them could hear it.
Wang Yuqing immediately realized who the man in a suit that Chen Sheng was talking about was. The person who would look for him in Jiangcheng might be the one who provided the information.
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