Chapter 176: Searching for People (3)
Han Yueshan felt a little disappointed and said, "Forget it then. Maybe Sister Huanle is no longer here."
Tao Zi confirmed again: "Are you sure the place Huanle mentioned is Liushuang City?"
He nodded very affirmatively: "Yes."
She thought about it and led them to a teahouse where they sat down. The storyteller was talking about recent major events, but in the end, it was nothing more than the things about Xulan Palace and Xuyan Ruins.
Tao Zi took a sip of tea and asked, "Did she come here alone back then?"
"No." Han Yueshan thought for a moment and said, "She fell in love with a man who was a businessman."
Xi Jing grasped the key point: "Since you are a merchant, you should be wealthy. Why do you let Sister Huanle stay in the brothel?"
Hearing this question, his expression turned colder. "I don't know either, but Sister Huanle said she wanted to be his spy or something like that. From what she said, it seems she will continue to stay in the brothel."
“Ah, this…”
Tao Zi also frowned. It was not uncommon to use brothel girls as spies, but the identities of such girls might be fake. In other words, Huanle might not be Huanle now.
Han Yueshan whispered again, "Back then, the brothel madam who managed her tried to persuade her many times, but it was all in vain. I heard from other sisters that the man took more than just Sister Huanle away, but only Sister Huanle went there for love."
She asked again: "Is there any news about that person?"
"Sister Huanle mentioned it unintentionally. It seems to be surnamed Cheng, Cheng of Yuncheng Wanli."
Cheng? That's such a coincidence.
Tao Zi picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.
The waiter was passing by at this time, and she called him: "Waiter!"
He came over and asked, "What's wrong, girl?"
Tao Zi casually handed over a small piece of silver and said, "I want to get some information."
The waiter weighed the silver and said with a smile, "Excuse me, young lady."
"May I ask how the Cheng family is doing now?"
Han Yueshan was stunned. Is it so direct? The waiter might not know the Cheng family, right? There are so many Cheng families on this continent.
The waiter hesitated for a moment and asked, "Miss, are you asking about the Cheng family?"
"certainly."
Xi Jing and the others tried their best to control their expressions, but their eyes couldn't help but drift over. Did Senior Sister really know which Cheng family the waiter was talking about?
The waiter got excited and started to chatter: "The Cheng family is having a wedding recently, it's so lively."
"Oh? What's the good news?"
"The eldest daughter of the Cheng family is getting married to the young master of the Zhou family. It is said that the dowry could stretch ten miles!"
Tao Zi smiled and asked tentatively, "Will it be held in the central part?"
"The Cheng family's main family is in the central region, and the Zhou family is also in the central region, so it's natural that it should be held in the central region."
She nodded and said, "Thank you."
"Everyone knows this news, but I'm sorry to have wasted your money." The waiter took the silver and said, "I'll tell you more. What anecdotes would you like to hear?"
Facing Xi Jing and the others' puzzled looks, Tao Zi said, "Let's talk about the Cheng family. If possible, tell us about what happened in the Cheng family decades ago."
The waiter immediately understood what she meant and whispered, "Speaking of the Cheng family, they've had a terrible time. About forty or fifty years ago, for some unknown reason, they offended a sect of immortal cultivators, and the main family was completely wiped out, leaving no one alive."
"So what is the Cheng family now?"
His eyes fluttered, "Let me tell you slowly. At the time, no one had expected the Cheng family to have a cultivator, and one who was quite powerful. When that cultivator returned to his clan and discovered his family had all been killed, he couldn't let it go and went straight to that sect. I heard that only a few people from that sect escaped, but he hunted them down, leaving no one alive. And now this Cheng family..."
He paused deliberately to arouse their curiosity before saying, "The head of the family was chosen by that immortal cultivator from a branch of the family. Leveraging that immortal cultivator's influence, the family has now become one of the four major families in Central China."
"When did the Cheng family take revenge?"
The waiter thought for a moment and gave an uncertain reply: "About twenty years ago."
Tao Zi smiled and said, "Thank you very much. Please bring me a pot of tea."
It's obvious that he doesn't want to listen.
The waiter nodded tactfully and turned to leave.
Han Yueshan called out in confusion: "Senior Sister?"
She took a sip of tea and said, "Go find out if there are any other Cheng families in Liushuang City—most likely there aren't any. Then look for brothels that were changed in management or newly built twenty years ago."
He immediately reacted and nodded repeatedly.
Xi Jing was still a little confused. She explained, "If you want to find someone from other places instead of cultivating them from a young age, nine out of ten times they are from a brothel that has just started, and they are very eager."
From the waiter's description, it can be seen that the immortal cultivator does not stay in the Cheng family all the time. In order to expand his power as quickly as possible and place spies, he has to look for people from other places.
This has its pros and cons, but under the circumstances, it may have been the best option.
When Han Yueshan took Xi Jing and the others out to inquire, she touched the little fox's head and thought about other things.
The timeline completely matches Grandma Huang's experience, but what exactly is going on in the Cheng family? Is that immortal cultivator Cheng Wuchou?
As she thought about it, she became more and more annoyed, and couldn't help but stroke the fox's head hard, causing the little fox to stretch out its claws.
She looked at the scratches on the back of her hand, calmed down, and reorganized her thoughts.
The Cheng family necklace is in his hand. The significance of looking for the Cheng family lies only in Cheng Wuchou. If he has to say something, it is probably on Cheng Wuchou.
The Cheng family is already one of the four major families in the central region, and they may not look down on a physical cultivator. It would definitely not work to just go to them directly.
Tao Zi thought about it carefully again and decided what she had to do first - to fulfill the agreement with Li Xiu and meet with Yue Qingya.
As for the Cheng family... She touched the necklace around her neck and planned to postpone it so that the necklace would not be taken back by the Cheng family.
She had a strange intuition - she would definitely be able to enter the battlefield ruins later, and she had to keep the necklace.
Tao Zi stood up and held the little fox in her cloak to avoid attracting attention.
She walked towards the city center, where there was a brothel, the most famous and outstanding brothel in Liushuang City.
It was clearly afternoon, but Zhaoyue Tower was already crowded with guests.
When she was about to go in, someone stopped her and said, "Miss, may I ask what's the matter with you?"
She laughed twice, and her hoarse voice made the man frown.
"I heard that Miss Liu Yue here dances beautifully, so I came here to admire her. Why can't I?"
The man was stunned and looked a little hesitant.
Tao Zi asked coldly, "How much does it cost?"
Her condescending attitude and impatient yet generous tone made the gatekeeper hesitate for a moment before he said respectfully, "It's not that I have to stop you, young lady, but Miss Liu Yue is no longer here."
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