When Li Gongfu came back from patrolling the streets with a few men, he was stopped by the brothers standing guard at the door.
"Li Tou, the girl in the backyard asked me to bring you a message!"
Li Gongfu was stunned: "Miss Luluo? Who is she?"
"Who else could it be? The eldest lady's personal maid, don't interrupt, wait until I finish!
Miss Luluo said that she and her young lady went out to take shelter from the rain yesterday and met three strange Taoist priests who were inquiring about your residence. The young lady didn’t know the identity of the visitor, so she wanted to give you a warning so as not to be taken into account by others.
Know!"
"Three Taoist priests?" Monk Li Gongfu, Zhang Er, was confused. After thinking for a long time, he still had no clue. He asked, "What kind of Taoist priests?"
The man smiled and said: "Don't tell me, Miss Luluo really gave me a description. He said that the reason why these three people are strange is because the master is wearing an ordinary Taoist robe and has an ordinary appearance. He is not the same as those who are thirty outside the city.
There is no difference between the fake Taoist priests in Mingyue Temple.
However, their two disciples, a man and a woman, were both extraordinary. Not only were they handsome in appearance and slender in body, but the robes they wore were also very gorgeous.
Miss Luluo said that she has never seen similar fabrics before, so she is afraid that this has a big background, so you should be somewhat prepared!"
"That's it!" Li Gongfu scratched his head, clasped his fists and raised his hands seriously: "Thank you Miss and Lu Luo for reminding me, I will definitely pay attention!"
The man smiled and said: "What's the use of telling me? Why don't you buy some Dongyuelou pastries to express your feelings!"
"Sure! I'll go to Dongyue Tower later! Thank you, brother!"
Li Gongfu thanked him and turned around to leave, but he stopped after taking two steps and turned around and asked, "Brother, did Miss Luluo tell me where they met the Taoist priest?"
"It seems to be at Qiancheng Ferry!"
"Okay!"
Li Gongfu nodded and turned to leave.
He made up his mind and went straight to Qiancheng for a while. If he could find someone, that would be fine. If he couldn't find someone, he would have to go home and give his mother-in-law a few words.
After working as a detective for so many years, Li Gongfu has not learned anything else, but he knows the words "be careful and sail the boat for ten thousand years".
Although the three monks may not have malicious intentions, they cannot be taken lightly.
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To the west of the city, goulan.
Gao Ning took off his clothes as a Taoist priest, changed into a scholar's clothes, and walked through the gate with a swagger.
Dr. Cha came up early and greeted with a smile on his face: "Master, are you here? What are your orders today?"
Gao Ning ignored him and looked around, finding that the place was really lively.
The whole building has three floors. The first floor is relatively empty. Not only is a platform built, but there are also Eight Immortals tables below.
It is now evening, and people say that the number of people is gradually increasing, but there are actually not many empty seats.
Many people who came together sat at the same table, listening to stories and songs, eating melons, pears, dried fruits and snacks, some drinking tea, and some drinking alcohol.
But there was no girl accompanying him in the hall.
The second and third floors are hollow, with a circle of seating set up along the railings.
For Gao Ning's purpose, as long as he can see that most of the seats are accompanied by girls, and the clothes of the people above are generally a higher level than those sitting below.
The third floor is a completely enclosed box. Although the windows are open, the curtains are closed, so people outside cannot see what is going on inside.
It seems that the third floor is where serious business is done!
It's a pity that the quality of the girls here is really eye-catching, otherwise we really could have called two of them to have a heart-to-heart talk.
Seeing that Gao Ning didn't speak for a long time, Dr. Cha only looked left and right, and he became more guessing.
His smile did not change, he bent slightly and asked tentatively: "Master, there is a storyteller's "Heroes of Jianghu" on the stage today. It is full of ups and downs and fascinating. Why don't I invite you to sit down and listen?
"
Gao Ning waved his hand and walked toward the stairs: "Stop talking nonsense, open a private room for me on the second floor, prepare some food and drinks, and call a girl who can play the pipa to come up. Remember, she must be sensible."
Dr. Cha's smile became even brighter, and he agreed repeatedly: "Yes, I understand, I will definitely arrange everything for you!"
After speaking, he raised his voice and shouted: "One person in the private room on the second floor!"
After shouting, he stopped, turned around, and went to the door to greet the guests.
There were several waiters waiting at the bottom of the stairs. One of them quickly came over and led Gao Ning diligently to an empty private room.
The private rooms are separated by screens and bamboo curtains serve as doors, which only isolates the inside and outside from sight, but does not insulate sound.
A big Eight Immortals table was placed in the center, and an Arhat bed was bought next to the table. This thing can be used to lie down on or lie down on, and it is much better than a hard bench.
The waiter diligently swept the Arhat bed and asked Gao Ning to sit down.
"Master, what kind of tea do you want to drink? The shopkeeper just got some Biluochun from the Southern Tea Garden a few days ago. They are all top quality. Why don't you have a pot and try it?"
Gao Ning took out a certain amount of silver from his sleeve and threw it on the table: "Look at the arrangements, the banquet must be fast, and the girl who plays the pipa must be beautiful, do you understand?"
“I understand, I understand!”
The waiter grabbed the silver, agreed in a pile, and quickly left.
Not long after, he brought the teapot and teacups on a tray, greeted them politely, helped pour a cup of tea, and ran out again.
There were two taels of silver in the way, and the food and wine were served very quickly. Cold cuts and dried fruits were put on first, and as various hot dishes and big dishes were served one by one, the fragrance spread in the elegant room.
Gao Ning glanced at it for a few times and found that he had no reaction to the chicken, duck or fish. Instead, it turned into a bowl of tofu soup.
While he was eating slowly, the bamboo curtain opened, and a woman wearing a light blue skirt walked in with a pipa in her arms.
She bowed timidly: "Greetings to the young master, I will serve you in a picturesque home!"
Gao Ning glanced at her and nodded: "What do you play?"
"The usual metropolis, the pipa sighs, the rain falls on ginseng, the moon is hazy, and the swallows fly lightly..."
The little girl said it seriously, but Gao Ning had a question mark on his face.
What is this?
Seeing that she was about to continue talking one by one, Gao Ning quickly waved his hand and interrupted: "Can you read "Spring Snow"?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The little girl shook her head: "I can play "Yangchun", but I don't know about "White Snow"!"
"Then let's play "Yangchun". After we finish talking, just find a similar song and continue playing. I didn't say stop or not!"
"yes!"
Hearing what Gao Ning said, the little girl seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
She walked to the Arhat's bed, sat on a long stool, adjusted the position of holding the piano, took a final deep breath, and then slowly plucked the strings.
While listening, Gao Ning ate slowly, tasting this now, then that, and from time to time he would pick up a wine bottle and drink a glass of wine. Occasionally he would shake his head to the sound of clanking, as if running out to entertain himself.
There is no difference between a rich boy who enjoys himself.
However, Gao Ning came here not just to experience life, he came here to find a goal.
Although Bi Xiaonian suggested starting with the two masters and servants they met yesterday, in Gao Ning's opinion, this was really unethical.
After all, they met by chance, and the other party provided them with a key piece of information.
It's a bit too much to tease people just for the sake of convenience.
Anyway, we are looking for tool men in order to make a name for ourselves, and we are not looking for anyone. In this era, there are only so many wealthy country squires and people who do nothing.
Why bother with a little girl?
In a place like Goulan, there are indifferent guys almost every day. Isn’t it easy to find a few targets?
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a noise below.
A drunken scholar suddenly threw his wine bottle on the stage, which frightened the storyteller into shutting up.
The scholar stood up unsteadily, pointed at the storyteller and shouted: "No, what you said is wrong, that's not what the hero book says. What you said is just hearsay and mechanical application, without even a bit of logic.
You don't even have logic, what are you talking about? Get off here, I'll go up and talk!"
As he was talking, the scholar staggered to the front of the stage and climbed up using his hands and feet.
The people around looked at each other, then burst into laughter.
Several waiters who shuttled among the crowd, delivering dried fruits and tea, quickly stepped forward to stop him, trying to persuade the scholar to go back.
Unfortunately, the scholar was drunk, arrogant and unreasonable. He pushed the waiter hard and kept climbing up.
The people around me found it interesting, and they were all watching the show, and no one came forward to stop me.
"I've heard of people who are not satisfied with listening to books. I've heard of people threatening to talk to my husband. This kind of thing doesn't sound right to me, so I ran up to him and said it myself. This is the first time I've seen him! Oh, who is this man?"
"You don't even know him? Mr. Liu's youngest son in Nancheng, the most famous nerd in our Qiantang County. It is said that he has studied for nearly twenty years from the time he started school at the age of six to now, and he still has not even passed the entrance examination.
If it weren't for Master Liu's family running a silk shop and occupying a room lying on the floor, so he doesn't have to worry about food and drink, little Master Liu would have had to go out to work a few years ago!"
"What's wrong? You're envious. That's what I have in my family! The Imperial Examination is only held once every three years. What's wrong if you can't pass the exam? Just keep taking the exam! There are still old boys in their fifties and sixties in Yuhang County next door!"
But the eye-catching one was there to help.
"No, what's the use of this? Who doesn't know Mr. Liu? Wasn't he always quite quiet before? Why are you so excited today?"
"You don't know? His father gave his biological sister to Mr. Zhang in Xicheng as a concubine! Mr. Zhang has a big beard, can he, his brother, bear it? It's enough to just go alcoholic and crazy.
Well, if it were me, I might have knocked on the door by now!"
"Just brag! That Mr. Zhang is the father-in-law of the county captain, and he still comes to the door? If you can control yourself and not bow your head when you see Mr. Zhang, I will consider you a man!"
"Alas! Mr. Liu has no choice. His son is not up to par, so he can only think of other ways! I would probably do the same thing!"
"Hmph! You idiots are still worrying about me? Think about where you will go to carry the big bags tomorrow and have enough to eat!"
"Hey, why are you talking? Are you looking for a beating?"
"You're not convinced that I'm talking like this?"
So, a group of people below started fighting.
A few more young men rushed out and tried their best to separate the group of drunkards.
In such a chaotic atmosphere, Gao Ning narrowed his eyes as he listened to the crisp and sweet sound of pipa playing in his ears.
