"Ah... Hahaha..." Before he even started asking for information, he was suddenly poached. Cook Ding smiled sarcastically, "XY... I still won't go. I'm timid and I'm afraid I'm not suitable to receive XY.
Big shots, it’s good to stay in Songhai.”
"Timid?" Gu Xun smiled playfully and said abruptly, "Can someone in your profession still be timid?"
"Ah?" When Cook Ding heard this, his heart suddenly twitched and his brain felt a little empty...
In our line of work...is it possible that the other party knows something?
"Yes, you run an inn, and you need to welcome and drop off guests all day long. How can you do business if you are timid?"
Gu Xun's explanation immediately reached Chef Ding's ears, which made his heart lift a little bit from his throat... It's okay, it's okay, it should be fine...
On the surface, Chef Ding's professionalism as an intelligence officer was pretty good. He maintained a silly expression, scratched his head and responded, "Hey, what you said, sir, my inn's business is not that good. I don't have many customers a day."
, mainly by delivering meals to Little Sage Village."
"Although those Confucian gentlemen sometimes ask for a lot, they are generous after all, and it is enough for me, Fatty Ding, to earn."
"That's right." Gu Xun shook his head and sighed, "That's such a pity. It's not easy to find a good cook these days."
It's really a pity that Gu Xun, the cook, doesn't do his job properly, so what kind of intelligence spy can he be?
Cook Ding took the opportunity to quickly interrupt and change the topic, "Speaking of which, I remember that Little Sage's Village has no connection with the Qin State. Why did Mr. Gu come to visit Little Sage's Village?"
"It's just visiting relatives and friends, not worth mentioning." Gu Xun replied casually.
Cook Ding looked astonished and said, "Ah... yes, Xiaoshengxian Manor is indeed a good place to study. I think you have juniors studying here."
"Junior... not really." Gu Xun didn't wait for Cook Ding to continue asking questions and said first, "Master Cook Ding said he was timid, but in fact he is still very talkative. After all, the inn is still a suitable place to inquire about information."
Cook Ding, who was just about to continue asking for news about Gu Xun, couldn't help but break out in a few drops of sweat when he heard this. He completely gave up the idea of asking for news. Regardless of whether Gu Xun did it intentionally or unintentionally, it would be better for him to be honest today.<
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"Where is it? The main reason is that Mr. Gu, you are handsome and have a kind face, so Fatty Ding said a few more words. I really shouldn't ask about you randomly. Please don't remember the villain's fault."
This time Cook Ding finally said all the idioms.
Gu Xun grinned. After that, the two of them stopped talking about anything related to themselves or each other. They just had a casual chat and it was over.
On the way back to the inn, Yan Lingji couldn't help but smile and asked Gu Xun:
"Why were you always teasing that guy before?"
Yan Lingji had already learned about Cook Ding's other identity from Gu Xun, so she naturally understood that Gu Xun's words were clearly deliberate, just to scare the fat cook.
"Who told him to reject me?" Gu Xun tilted his head and said with a grin.
"Uh... that's true." Yan Lingji thinks this reason is very reasonable, "I'm just a cook, is it necessary?"
"That's what you said..." Gu Xun showed a sarcastic smile, "Can you cook?"
Yan Lingji replied without hesitation, "Yes...it just doesn't taste good."
She only knows how to bake things over fire, and she doesn’t guarantee the rawness, taste, or safety.
"Isn't this the end?" Gu Xun spread his hands and then asked, "Looking at the entire Mo family, do you think the Six-fingered Black Man is useful to me, or is the Cook Ding useful to me?"
"Of course it's the cook..." Yan Lingji subconsciously wanted to say the cook, but then she thought about it, Gu Xun's temperament would definitely not allow her to give such a simple answer, so she thought about the answer again, "I am willing to go to XY
The cook will be useful to you."
"No." Gu Xun shook his head, then turned to look at Youjian Inn, which was completely invisible in the dim sky, "Maybe the cook staying in Songhai will be more useful."
Yan Lingji frowned, "What did you find again?"
Gu Xun did not answer, but asked a question, "Why do you think the Six-fingered Black Man specially sent the cook Ding to lurk in Songhai?"
"Confucian?" Yan Lingji guessed.
"It can be true, but it's not necessary." Gu Xun shook his head, "The relationship between the Confucian and Mohist families has never been good, but it is mainly a dispute over academic concepts rather than a feud between Jianghu and Jianghu. It can be very convenient to deliberately arrange a cook.
It’s such a waste to have chefs who have come into contact with princes and nobles in Songhai.”
"So you mean... what is special about this place is Songhai? The place Xunzi mentioned?" Yan Lingji immediately started to think about it again.
"Maybe... it's not that simple..." Gu Xun looked sideways to the east again, at the gloomy and dark ocean shrouded in night.
According to the plot of the anime, that location may be overseas, and the mirage is the means of transportation to get there.
But why is the mirage placed in Songhai?
This is indeed a good outlet to the sea, but such an important thing should not be placed with great fanfare in such a bustling and bustling coastal city. If Gu was asked to choose, he would choose a small town, or even find a piece of wasteland and surround it with a large army.
As long as a dock can be built, it will be fine. The people who build mirages are all corvees anyway, and they don’t have to use Songhai’s labor.
In any case, Songhai was just a good choice, far from good enough. Coupled with the information Xunzi said, Gu Xun could not help but have some suspicions in his mind.
However, there are only some vague guesses. There may be too much and too little information to make a complete judgment.
Gu Xun didn't understand very well, and Yan Lingji was even more confused. She asked blankly, "Why is it complicated?"
"I don't know yet, let's go." Gu Xun retracted his gaze, shook his head slightly, spread his hands and walked forward.
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Xiaoshengxianzhuang, a bamboo hut in the back mountain, is shrouded in night, the cold wind blows through the forest, bringing with it whistling sounds, and the dim candlelight shines through the window strips to the outside.
In the room, Xunzi and Fu Nian, uncle and nephew, sat opposite each other.
"Uncle, Junior Brother Yan Lu has some things to do and needs to go to XY." Fu Nian spoke in a deep voice about Yan Lu's request during the day.
As for Gu's search for Yan Lu, Xunzi had been notified by Fu Nian as early as daytime, but Xunzi did not mention it when he met Gu Xun because it was unnecessary.
Xunzi only knew a little about Yan Lu's life experience. He was better than Fu Nian, but limited. There was no point in asking Gu Xun, a stranger he met for the first time, about the hidden secrets. It would be better to wait until Yan Lu met him before asking.
Ask Yan Lu if there is anything you can say.
When Xunzi heard this, his brows immediately squeezed together. He quickly stroked his beard with his palms and said with concentration, "XY...he can't go there privately."
