manynovel Chapter 84 Tavern
Chapter 84 Tavern
Afterwards, Lin Tian carefully recounted the entire mission to Su Zixu, and before returning to the room, he instructed him to relay the entire account to his master verbatim when he returned.
If there are any clues, Master will surely be able to see them.
Su Zixu: "Judging by the time, it's already past midnight. If all goes well, they should be on their way back."
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On the other side, Yi'an Village.
"There are quite a few people here, let's take this spot."
Le Zheng Fengye peeked through the crack in the door and then spoke to Jian Yu.
"Try your luck. I think you're just after what's on the camel's back."
When Yue Zheng Fengye saw that Jian Yu had seen through his intentions, he scratched his head and then pushed open the door of the tavern.
The two went inside one after the other, while Zhang Jingjing stood obediently at the door, seemingly having no intention of going in with them.
The moment the door opened, the conversation inside the tavern quieted down for a second, and several pairs of eyes shot out from the crowd.
He only glanced at the two of them a few times before continuing to chat with his companion.
The tavern was filled with Hu people, and Lezheng Fengye was puzzled when he heard them speaking in a garbled language.
Besides, if they immediately started asking people all sorts of questions, they would definitely be on guard, so the two of them found an empty seat and sat down first.
The tavern waiter was quick-witted. Seeing that the two were not dressed like ordinary commoners, he scurried forward with a smile and asked:
"Esteemed guests, what would you like to order? We have sea buckthorn wine, the specialty of Yi'an Village. Looking across the entire village, we're the only ones that offer it..."
Le Zheng Fengye was too lazy to listen to his self-praise, so he interrupted him, "You can decide what to do. If you're not busy, you can come and have a drink with us."
After saying that, Lezheng Fengye took out a handful of loose silver from his pocket, threw half of it on the table, and stuffed the other half into the servant's hand.
The servant's smile widened. "Yes, gentlemen. I'll go and make the preparations."
He stuffed the loose silver into his pocket and jogged to the kitchen.
Before long, he returned with good food and wine. The servant didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly.
"Young man, my granddaughter and I are visiting relatives from the inland. This is our first time in Mingsha City, and we are not familiar with this place."
As he spoke, Yue Zheng Feng Ye poured wine for the servant.
The servant laughed, downed the wine in one gulp, and then said:
"Then you've come to the right person, sir. I'm a native of Shazhou, and I've been working in this tavern for over ten years."
Anyone doing business in the Mingsha Mountain area knows our shop.
Many of the people doing business in the shop are old acquaintances.
Le Zheng Feng Ye was in a good mood when he saw that this servant was talkative.
Just when he was about to fall asleep, he was given a pillow. Tonight, he decided to fleece this sheep completely.
After refilling the servant's cup, Yue Zheng Feng Ye continued to ask:
"What kind of business are they doing?"
The servant was a heavy drinker. After finishing his drink, he didn't stand on ceremony and refilled his own cup, saying:
"Sir, you may not know this, but when it comes to business, there are all sorts of things."
However, most of the travelers were merchants from the Western Regions who came to Shazhou to trade and sell goods.
The rest were local Han Chinese who came here to rest and prepare to travel west to buy and sell goods.
The servant wanted to pour more wine, but was stopped by Yue Zheng Fengye.
Le Zheng Fengye was worried that before he could finish asking his questions, the servant would get him drunk.
"Young man, don't just drink, have some meat too."
"Okay, okay."
The servant didn't stand on ceremony; he grabbed a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Sir, you may not know this, but when it comes to this business, the Lou family of Mingsha City is the best."
"The Lou family?"
"Of course! The Lou family was once the most prominent family in Mingsha City, and Old Master Lou was a great merchant."
His reputation is even greater than that of the current Old Master Lu!
However, the servant then sighed:
"Sigh, it's just a pity..."
"What's a pity?" Jianyu pressed.
The servant glanced at her, stretched out a hand, and rubbed his fingers together.
Le Zheng Feng Ye then took out a piece of silver from his pocket and gave it to him.
"Hehe, sir, you don't know this, but for some reason, the Lou family suddenly disappeared overnight."
Because the matter was quite strange, the governor's office even sent people to the Lou family's residence to investigate.
After breaking down the door, they found that none of the valuable items in the house were missing, and the food on the table was still hot.
Their names were not recorded in the city's exit logs that day.
The servant leaned forward and lowered his voice as he spoke:
"And what's even stranger, do you know what it is?"
"What?" Jian Yu asked, her eyes wide.
The servant rubbed his fingers together again.
After Yue Zheng Feng Ye handed over the loose silver, the servant lowered his voice and said mysteriously:
"What's even stranger is that since then, no one in Mingsha City has ever seen Old Master Lu again. He has been staying in his mansion and has never left."
Later I heard that the mansion sent couriers to deliver people to their door every month to do chores.
Some of the officials who came here to drink said that the people who were sent there had all done things that would cost them their heads.
Even more strangely, one official said that he never saw the person who was sent to Chongxun's mansion again.
Although Chongxun Prefecture claimed that those who made amends and performed well were pardoned, I also felt that the matter was quite strange.