The ancient life of the master craftsman

71-80

Chapter 71

Liu Mingxi fiddled with the fan in his hand, "Are you sure that person is a servant of the Zhang family?"

"Master, I saw it clearly, that woman is the maid of the eldest lady of the Zhang family." The doorman was very sure, his eyes were very sharp, and he would definitely not be wrong.

"So... the eldest lady of the Zhang family asked people to inquire about the relationship between Lin Feng and the Liu family... what does she want to do?" Liu Mingxi's fan was tossed back and forth, and he thought carelessly.

But the doorman suddenly remembered something, "Master, I heard that the son-in-law of the Zhang family is from Huaimu Village. Because he passed the imperial examination, he was selected as a son-in-law by the eldest lady of the Zhang family."

"Huh?" Liu Mingxi became interested, "Is the son-in-law of the Zhang family surnamed Chen?"

"Yes."

Liu Mingxi remembered that there was only one person who passed the imperial examination last year. It seemed that his name was Chen Yingcai. He was holding the stinky feet of Xinglong Academy and was very proud. I didn't expect that he and Lin Feng were from the same village. People are shaped by the environment, and it seems that this doesn't include character.

"Liu Zhou, you are smart, go check what this Miss Zhang's purpose is." Liu Mingxi took out silver from his purse, "Take it, and come back to me if it's not enough."

Seeing that the young master gave him ten taels of silver, the doorman Liu Zhou smiled and took the silver with both hands, "Enough! Enough! Young master, I'll go right away, and I promise to check it out clearly tomorrow!"

"Well, go ahead." Liu Mingxi sent the doorman away, turned around and saw the Buddhist scriptures on his desk, and knocked his head with a fan in a headache, "Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist scriptures, I don't believe in Buddhism, why should I copy Buddhist scriptures, who knows what Buddha is talking about..."

He copied patiently for a while, but finally put down his pen, lying on the chair like a salted fish, staring at the beams with lifeless eyes. After a long while, he said, "Liu Chong! Liu Chong!"

"Master?" Liu Chong came in and saw that his master was no longer as dead as before, but full of energy, as if he had been reborn. What good thing happened?

"Liu Chong, I'm going to Huaimu Village tomorrow morning, go tell the stable." Liu Mingxi put the Buddhist scriptures aside, and left the study with a fan.

"Well, when does the master plan to leave?" Liu Chong wondered. If he was leaving tomorrow, he could just go to the stable to get the horse tomorrow. Why would he go today?

"Don't ride a horse, take a carriage. We have to leave the Liu Mansion before my uncle gets up." Liu Mingxi patted his shoulder, "Go ahead, tell the stable staff that I need a carriage tomorrow, and save the best for me."

Liu Chong's face seemed to twitch a little, and he wanted to persuade the young master. He could escape the punishment of the second master, but not the first master. When the first master knew that he didn't listen to the second master, the punishment would be doubled. But seeing Liu Mingxi's happy face now, he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to agree.

"I know, young master." Liu Chong agreed, and withdrew with a lot of entanglement

in his heart. Liu Mingxi didn't know what he was thinking. He just wanted to avoid the boring task of copying Buddhist scriptures, but he didn't dare to disobey his uncle's order not to let him continue to manage the business. He also remembered that his uncle wanted him to have more contact with Li Enbai, so he simply went to the Li family every day, so that he would have no time to copy Buddhist scriptures.

As for whether Li Enbai would not welcome him, it is unlikely that he would. Li Enbai and he had a good relationship, and he felt that Lin Feng's husband had a good impression of him. It was not a love between a man and a woman, but a simple good impression of him. It might also be because he was Lin Feng's friend that he was treated like this.

But he did not expect that he originally wanted to find Li Enbai to avoid punishment, but he dug up another important business for the Liu family and learned about Yunli's past.

He knew about Yunli's story before going to bed at night.

After the gatekeeper Liu Zhou took the silver, he immediately went to inquire. He deliberately changed his clothes, ordinary civilian clothes, bought a bunch of coarse flour buns and white porridge, and distributed them to the little beggars in the broken ancestral hall not far from the town.

With the identity of a servant of the Liu Mansion, Liu Zhou quickly figured out what Chen Xiucai had done, and then went to the brothel according to the clues provided by the little beggars. The night fee for the girls in the brothel was very high, and the cheapest one was one or two silvers, but the young prostitutes were much cheaper.

He pretended to be honest, and the clothes he was wearing were very cheap, so no one noticed him when he entered. He quietly called a lively young man.

Because he paid 500 coins for the room first, and paid another 500 coins to order the young man, the brothel's madam, although she despised him for being poor, arranged a remote and small room for him. This was Liu Zhou's first time visiting a brothel, so it was still a novelty, but it was important to do business at this time. The

young man he called came over soon, and his clothes were ordinary and not very revealing, which made Liu Zhou feel relieved, "Here?"

"Do you want to drink first, or do you want..." The young man was an honest man, and he relaxed a lot. Prostitutes like them at the bottom of society didn't have the conditions to serve customers in a single room. Every time there was such an opportunity, it meant that the customer had a special hobby.

But seeing that the customer was not very old and had clear eyes, he should not be the kind of person who liked to commit violence, so he would be better off tonight.

"Come over and chat first." Liu Zhou invited the young man to sit down, planning to order a few dishes and chat while eating.

After the meal, the young man didn't see the guest touching him, and thought Liu Zhou liked to take the initiative, so he leaned against Liu Zhou's arm and tried to feed him. Liu Zhou quickly stopped him and told him his purpose, "Wait, young man, I'm not here for that kind of thing, you sit over there first."

"Guest, you..." the young man was surprised.

"I just came to inquire about something, I don't want to do anything to you." Liu Zhou and the young man asked about Chen Yingcai. There were

only two scholars in Xinglong Town. Even if the young man had never entertained such a distinguished guest, he had naturally heard the sisters and sisters in the building talk about it, but they were all boastful words. Seeing that the guest wanted to listen, he naturally performed hard and told Chen Yingcai's story clearly.

Don't look down on the prostitutes in the brothel. Although they never go out and serve the guests coming and going in this building every day, they are eloquent, have high emotional intelligence, and know a lot of information. What Chen Yingcai thought was a secret was known to everyone in the brothel, but no one spread it because he didn't want to offend the scholar.

Men, when they are drunk, dare to tell anything. Chen Yingcai not only comes to the brothel occasionally, but also often comes with his classmates from the academy. The prostitutes in the brothel may be the people in the world who know the true face of these so-called Xinglong students best.

After listening to the young man's description of Chen Yingcai's sexual habits in bed, Liu Zhou felt sick. How could such a man pass the examination to become a scholar? God is really blind.

He combined the information from the young man with the information provided by the beggars, and made a judgment on the authenticity of it. He wanted to leave, but was stopped by the young man...

After an hour, Liu Zhou came out of the remote small room with a red face, found the old procuress, and stammered to give her two hundred coins, and ran away without saying anything more.

The old procuress took the money and seemed to forget that the young man in the remote room had served the guests and was ready to take on the next one. No one disturbed the room all night.

When Liu Zhou returned to the mansion, the first thing he did was to report what he knew to the eldest young master. Seeing his eldest young master's shocked expression, he added, "The young man whose engagement was cancelled is Mr. Li's husband."

"What?!" Liu Mingxi was really scared this time. Being cancelled by a scholar, isn't that forcing people to die? And the unlucky young man turned out to be Yunli?

Suddenly knowing about such a scumbag, Liu Mingxi inevitably felt a little sympathy for Yunli, so much so that when he saw Yunli the next day, his eyes were a little wrong, and Qingge'er stepped on her hard.

"What are you looking at! Haven't you seen Mr. Li's husband?!" Qingge'er was so fierce that he stared at him as if he was looking at a second-rate guy in the village who likes to take advantage of others.

Liu Mingxi jumped in pain, "You little brother! Hiss..."

Yunli's hair stood up when Liu Mingxi looked at her. If Qingge'er hadn't stepped on her first, he would have asked Mr. Liu what was wrong and why he looked at him with such eyes.

"What's wrong with me, the little brother?" Qing Ge'er put his hands on his waist and raised his head. "I, the little brother, know that it is impolite to stare at other people's husbands. Do you, the young master, know this?"

"You...you...you will ever be able to get married if you are so fierce?" Liu Mingxi muttered in a low voice. Qing Ge'er was so angry that he wanted to kick him again.

Liu Mingxi jumped twice on one foot to stay away from the irritable Qing Ge'er. "Ahem, um, is Lin Feng at home? I have something to ask him."

Yun Li made way, "Yes, Young Master Liu, come in first." When Liu Mingxi and Liu Chong led the carriage in, Yun Li was about to close the door, but when she saw a familiar figure not far away, she looked at him a few more times.

"Li Zi, what are you looking at?" Seeing that he didn't react, Qing Ge'er pulled his arm.

Yunli pointed to the locust tree not far away, "Look, are those two people Bai Xiaocha and Zhang Linghua?"

Qing Ge'er looked carefully for a while, "Indeed, but how did Bai Xiaocha and Zhang Linghua get together?"

"Doesn't Zhang Linghua hate people who are prettier than her the most? Why is she holding hands with Bai Xiaocha now, as close as sisters?" Qing Ge'er was a little surprised. What happened? "No, I have to go and ask around. These two women are not good people."

After saying that, Qing Ge'er didn't stay at the Li family. He told Yunli that he would come back to learn calligraphy later and ran away. He was very lively. Yunli

knew that he was curious. If he didn't let him go to ask around, he would definitely be impatient to do other things. He didn't stop him. He just looked at the two women holding hands and felt that they were coming for him.

He knew what was going on with Bai Xiaocha, but what did Zhang Linghua want to do?