"This... I have never seen the person in the portrait. I'm sorry, young lady." The old lady scratched her head embarrassedly.
"Then, Auntie, do you know anyone around here who's well-informed?"
The old lady's eyes suddenly lit up: "Don't worry, I know this very well! Have you seen the old beggar in the north of the town? There is nothing in our town that he doesn't know."
The old lady patted her chest and made a promise, which made Lu Yunxi and his group full of confidence.
They hurried to the old beggar.
The old beggar was wearing patched clothes and had long, messy hair that covered his face. If you looked closely, you could even see lice jumping in his hair.
Lu Yunxi still said the same old thing: "Hello, I'd like to ask, have you ever seen these people?"
Cui Shishi skillfully took out the scroll and unfolded it one picture after another.
The old beggar looked at the person in front of him. In his clean and delicate hands, a few copper coins were rubbed until they emitted a moist luster.
He glanced at the person in the portrait and his expression became a little subtle.
"Are you looking for the Cui family?" His tone was somewhat meaningful.
Lu Yunxi could tell something was wrong with his tone, but she was already a little annoyed after searching in more than a dozen towns and still not finding anyone. She didn't bother to figure out what was wrong with the old beggar and immediately asked excitedly, "Do you know where they are?"
The old beggar glanced at her hand imperceptibly.
She understood immediately and put the copper coin in her hand into the old beggar's hand.
Unexpectedly, he immediately withdrew his hand, crossed his arms, and said with a look of resistance: "Are you kidding me?! You want to buy information from me, and this is all you can give me?!"
Lu Yunxi raised her eyebrows, a little surprised.
In these places, with the exception of Dragon Village, if you dared to take out silver, you'd be robbed; if you took out gold... it was unbelievable! You didn't need to sleep, 24 hours a day, thieves and robbers took turns to attack, without a break.
Here, everyone uses copper coins, which is enough purchasing power.
Thinking of this, she looked around and said, "It's not convenient here... shall we go outside?"
The old beggar shook his head, took them a few steps, turned a corner and entered a deserted alley.
Lu Yunxi twitched his eyes.
She asked why the beggar had to sit here so still, since there were obviously no one passing by, so how could he beg for money? It turned out that he usually did business in this alley!
She took out a silver ingot.
The old beggar took it, took a bite, and put it away with satisfaction after a while.
"If you want to find the Cui family, you can go to Wuzhou next door."
"Wuzhou?" Where is this? I've never heard of it.
"Yes, after you leave the town, keep going in this direction. When you reach the end, you will reach Wuzhou City. There is only one road and no forks. You won't go wrong." Perhaps because of the silver, the old beggar was in a particularly good mood and pointed them in the direction.
Lu Yunxi took out a pen and paper and quickly wrote down what the old beggar said.
Just as they thanked the old beggar and were about to leave, they heard his meaningful voice behind them.
"I advise you, if it's not necessary, don't get close to the Cui family, and don't go to Wuzhou... Otherwise you will regret it."
Lu Yunxi and his group were a little puzzled and turned around quickly, only to see that the old beggar was squatting quietly in the corner as before, as if it was not him who had just spoken.
The group of people walked forward along the path pointed by the old beggar, seemingly lost in thought, but they all had a bad feeling in their hearts.
"What did he mean by that just now?" Cui Shishi was very uneasy. She turned her head and looked at Lu Yunxi beside her. "Miss Lu, why don't you just not go to Wuzhou?"
From what the old beggar said just now, Wuzhou is very dangerous! It's even more dangerous to get close to the Cui family... Could it be that the emperor still refuses to let the Cui family go?
The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. Cui Shishi didn't want Miss Lu and Master Shen to be involved in this kind of thing, so she refused to move forward no matter what.
Lu Yunxi and Shen San looked at each other.
"Well, it's okay if you don't go. Just stay here and we'll go to Wuzhou to take a look." Although she could guarantee Cui Shishi's safety, if something really happened, it would be better for Cui Shishi to stay away. If she was too close, they would worry that they would be restricted.
Cui Shishi:!!
She said this because she hoped that Miss Lu and Mr. Shen would stop interfering in this matter, instead of letting them go to Wuzhou on their own! If they were in danger because of the Cui family's affairs, she would not be able to save them even if she died a thousand times.
"No, that's not what I meant..." Thinking of this, she became anxious and didn't know what to say.
Lu Yunxi knew what she was thinking, but he insisted, "I'm an excellent runner. Even if I'm chased by thousands of people, I can still escape easily. What's more, I have to go to the big city. Even if you have nothing to do with me, I have to go."
Cui Shishi tried to convince her in vain, but she ended up being convinced instead.
It was not until Master Lu Yunxi and his apprentice had gone far away and only a tent was left there that she came to her senses.
*
After putting a protective shield for Cui Shishi, Lu Yunxi felt relieved and directly took Shen San to use Qinggong.
In just a short while, the two arrived in Wuzhou.
Wuzhou is a big city, but different from Jinzhou. Although there are many people in it, the people in Jinzhou are all happy, while the people in Wuzhou have vicissitudes of life on their faces; the houses in Jinzhou are decorated with carved beams and painted rafters, while the houses in Wuzhou are very ordinary, but the city walls are very high and strong.
Lu Yunxi and Shen San watched at the door for a while before entering the city.
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