After the two of them walked hand in hand on the street for a while, Tang Chen saw something and suddenly shouted excitedly: "Lian Qiao, look!"
Lian Qiao looked around, somewhat bewildered, and asked, "What did you see? Why are you making such a fuss?"
"Did you see the man who was buying things in the rouge shop in front? Let's follow him." Without giving Lian Qiao a chance to refuse, Tang Chen pulled her and followed him.
Lian Qiao hadn't paid much attention to the unprepossessing man and thought he was an old acquaintance of Tang Chen, so she didn't object.
The two of them followed the man quietly, and soon they were out of the city. The man looked around and suddenly dove into a thick bush and disappeared.
Tang Chen saw that the person had disappeared. He didn't know what happened, but his curiosity couldn't help but want to go over and look through the bushes: "This person is sneaking around, there's something fishy about him!"
"...Don't bother with other people's business, let's go." After saying that, Lian Qiao grabbed Tang Chen tightly and left quietly.
But before they had walked far, Tang Chen was ready to shake off Lian Qiao's hand, as if he wanted to go back and find out what was going on: "I've already run into him three times, this time I must see what he does for a living."
Seeing that she wouldn't listen, Lian Qiao had no choice but to let go and said bluntly, "If you want to meet your ancestors sooner, then go ahead."
Tang Chen's footsteps suddenly stopped when he heard this. The implication behind Lian Qiao's words sounded so strange: "Lian Qiao, who is that person? Why did you and Wang Yanzhou say the same thing? Don't bother with other people's business. It can't be that simple."
Lian Qiao sighed slightly and explained, "The man just now has a nickname in the martial arts world called Corpse Driving Zhang. On the surface, he's a corpse driver. But in reality, he's from Tianshu Tower, responsible for gathering all kinds of information for those far away in the imperial court."
Tianshu Tower? This name is interesting. Tang Chen seems to have never heard of it before. Is it similar to Huayue Tower? "You mean, he is sneaking around to pass on or collect some information?"
Lian Qiao nodded slightly. "More or less. There aren't many people in Tianshu Tower, and they don't show up easily. If they do, it's probably because of something important. So I say, stay out of other people's business. To put it bluntly, you can't control these trivial matters."
"……I see."
Then, Tang Chen suddenly thought of something. It seemed like every time he encountered this corpse driver, Wang Yanzhou was either present or related to him. Could it be that the man was investigating Wang Yanzhou?
Zhang Xiaohua had said that Wang Yanzhou wasn't a good person, but what did that mean? What kind of business was he in that he was acquainted with the son of the general, Huayue Tower, and the eldest princess?
These random thoughts swirled around in Tang Chen's mind, but soon, they were thrown into the recycling bin. For her right now, just being able to survive was already the greatest blessing. She should stay as far away from people and things that would shake or even threaten this good fortune as possible.
When Wang Yanzhou finished his business and returned to the town entrance, Tang Chen and Lian Qiao had already bought the things and were waiting there as if nothing had happened.
"Is it done?"
Wang Yanzhou didn't say much, but just threw a bag of something in his hand to Tang Chen. Tang Chen opened the brown paper bag and saw that it was filled with almost half a bag of bright orange oranges.
"orange?"
Thinking back to what he had said before, Tang Chen couldn't help but be stunned: What was he hinting at? Could it be that he really wanted to be my dad? Never mind, it was better to just keep this kind of rant to himself. Putting aside whether he would laugh at her if he actually said it out loud, there was no way Wang Yanzhou would get her joke.
Wang Yanzhou coughed dryly and then said, "Oh right, I just received some news. Yue Sheng will be coming to Qingliang Valley soon. You don't know many people there, so I'll let you meet him then."
"Wow, great, great!"
Just as Wang Yanzhou said, Yue Sheng's carriage arrived at Qingliang Valley in just four or five days.
Tang Chen knew she was coming today, so he'd already brought a small stool, dressed warmly, and sat waiting at the gate. As the melodious, clear chimes of the Huayue Tower carriage slowly drifted in and gradually became clearer, Tang Chen hurriedly put the half-peeled orange back into her bag. In truth, she only remembered the brass bell hanging from Yue Sheng's carriage; she couldn't quite recall anything else.
Tang Chen was originally worried that he might have gotten the wrong carriage, but the more he looked at the driver, the more familiar he felt. "Why are you here too?"
Yan Shaoqing glanced at her and carefully helped Yue Sheng down from the carriage: "I didn't want to see you yet, but you're the first to dislike me."
Tang Chen rolled his eyes at him and said that she was a great person who didn't bear grudges and had a broad mind. She shouldn't bother with people like Yan Shaoqing, who she didn't know well. He and Wang Yanzhou were the same kind of people. Yue Sheng was still better. Look at him, he still couldn't hold his head up high in front of her like before. "Forget it, Sister Yue, no, Master Yue, you are still as beautiful as ever!"
Yue Sheng smiled at her and handed her the small wooden box: "This is for you."
Tang Chen took the box with some surprise. After taking a look at Yue Sheng, she couldn't wait to open the small box. Although the box was not big, it was filled with the jewelry from the legendary Yihuangfang that she had been thinking about. "Wow, they are all so beautiful. Thank you, Sister Yue Sheng!"
...After Tang Chen volunteered to take Yue Sheng and the others to meet Wang Yanzhou, before she could show off the beautiful jewelry Yue Sheng had given her, Wang Yanzhou said, "Okay, we've met the people now, you can go back first. We'll take you to the hot springs later when we're done."
The word "hot spring" entered Tang Chen's ears like a magic spell. After spinning 360 degrees in her mind, it did a Thomas full spin: "What did you say?"
"...Go back and eat your oranges." Wang Yanzhou was too lazy to waste words. After turning Tang Chen 180 degrees on the spot, he closed the door of the study.
"Long live the boss!"
Tang Chen's boisterous, dancing manner outside the door formed a stark contrast with Yue Sheng, who was dignified and serene inside. Yan Shaoqing couldn't help but sigh at the disparity in behavior between these two women. As expected, his Yue Sheng was still the best. "She really hasn't changed at all. Valley Master Wang, are you sure she doesn't have the mind of a three-year-old?"
"I think so," said Wang Yanzhou, and then he suddenly realized why this sticky guy hadn't left yet?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
