When we were approaching Huaihua Lane, we met the same group of children who had made fun of Ye Xiaochuan.
Ye Xiaochuan asked Yuan Xiaolou to push him over.
When those children saw Ye Xiaochuan, they immediately apologized and said that they should not have hit him with stones before. Mr. Qiu had already taught them a lesson and each of them copied the disciple rules three hundred times.
Ye Xiaochuan looked at the older child at the head and said, "I'm going to ask you a few questions. If you can answer them, I won't be angry and I'll give you sesame cakes to eat."
The child was about seven or eight years old. He was dressed in ordinary clothes and looked like a child from a poor family.
He looked at the sesame seed cake placed on Ye Xiaochuan's lap, swallowed, and said, "Okay, you can ask."
Ye Xiaochuan asked: "What's your name?"
The child said: "Wei thirty-six."
Ye Xiaochuan said: "Wei thirty-six?
What a strange name.
Are you from Lantian County?"
The little boy named Wei Sanliu said: "Yes, my family lives in Wutong Lane in front."
Ye Xiaochuan said: "Is that Mr. Qiu always your husband?"
Wei Sanliu shook his head and said: "We don't have money to study. Mr. Qiu just came here a month ago to teach us how to study for free."
Ye Xiaochuan asked: "Is that carpentry shop on the corner of the street a century-old shop?"
Wei Sanliu laughed and said: "Shit! That shop used to be a coffin shop. An old man came here about a month ago and started making woodware. This chair of yours is pretty good. Did you buy it in his shop?"
A strange light flashed through Ye Xiaochuan's eyes, and he said, "Did the old lady selling sesame seed cakes and the fat old man selling clothes also appear on this street a month ago?"
Wei Sanliu thought for a moment and said, "Absolutely.
Have you finished asking, where are the sesame seeds?"
Ye Xiaochuan's hands were weak, so he asked Wei Sanliu to take the sesame seed cakes from his lap and share them with several friends.
Ye Xiaochuan squinted his eyes, looked at Wei Sanliu, and then said: "Madam, I'm tired, let's go back."
Yuan Xiaolou felt something was wrong and whispered: "Do you suspect that we have been exposed?"
Ye Xiaochuan said calmly: "You are overthinking, I am just asking casually. If we are exposed, it is impossible for them not to attack us for more than a month.
Let’s go.”
Yuan Xiaolou looked back at the long street he was walking behind. He thought it was right. He didn't take this matter to heart and pushed Ye Xiaochuan towards Sophora Flower Alley.
She was too big-hearted to care.
But Ye Xiaochuan's heart was filled with turmoil.
Mr. Qiu who teaches, the short old man who sells woodware, the old woman who sells sesame seed cakes, and the fat old man who sells second-hand clothing all appear here for no reason.
One month ago, this was a very intriguing time.
More than a month ago, it was the time when Ye Xiaochuan and others came to Lantian County.
Ye Xiaochuan believed that there were more than just a few strangers who appeared in Lantian County a month ago.
One tael of golden nanmu is more expensive than one tael of silver.
The golden nanmu wheelchair I am sitting on is worth at least a thousand taels of silver.
But Yuan Xiaolou actually bought it for only ten taels of silver.
Those pieces of second-hand ready-made clothes were almost brand new. They were not ordinary Gebu but silk. They were worth at least a hundred taels of silver. The fat old man only needed two taels of silver.
The price is secondary. The key is that now all the young men have gone to serve in the army, leaving almost all women and children. The clothes sold by the fat old man are almost all clothes for young men.
And that kid named Wei Sanliu.
The first time he and Yuan Xiaolou came out, he was able to make up nursery rhymes, and he also knew that he couldn't walk or stand.
This is unreasonable.
When he first saw these five people, Ye Xiaochuan realized that they were not ordinary people.
Inquiring about Wei Sanliu was actually just a test.
Ye Xiaochuan could tell that these people had no ill intentions towards him, otherwise they would have taken action a month ago.
These people should have come after Big Head left, otherwise Big Head would have noticed it long ago.
"I came here for myself."
Ye Xiaochuan quickly determined this.
"Who sent it?
Which force does it belong to?"
Ye Xiaochuan's first thought was Big Head, but he immediately rejected this idea.
Big Brain is a lone ranger with no human subordinates.
Who else could it be but a big head?
The only ones who knew that they were in Lantian County were Yuan Xiaolou, the storyteller, and the giant panda.
Yuan Xiaolou was with her all day long, and almost all the masters of the Thousand Faces Sect were wiped out. She could not mobilize too many people.
There is only one result.
Those people who suddenly appeared in Lantian County in the past month should all be related to the old storyteller.
Ye Xiaochuan squinted his eyes and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.
He said secretly in his heart: "Now I finally understand the meaning of what you said last night.
There are indeed many secrets in you.
Who are you?"
When the two of them walked into Huaihua Lane, the old woman selling sesame seed cakes, who was originally stooped, slowly stood up straight now.
After standing up straight, you can see that this old woman is not short.
Her cloudy eyes looked in the direction of Sophora Flower Alley.
At the same time, I came to the door of the study apartment, with Mr. Qiu dangling his ruler in his hands behind his back.
There is a short old man holding a robe at the door of the carpentry shop, and a fat old man selling second-hand clothes at the street stall.
Wei Sanliu is eating sesame seed cakes.
He was also looking in the direction of Huaihua Lane.
In addition to these five people, there are some others.
Like the fat woman selling rouge.
For example, the goatee-bearded shopkeeper of the grocery store and his beautiful eighteen-year-old daughter.
For example, the old beggar lying under the corner.
For example, the bad old man who sells calligraphy and paintings.
Overtly and covertly, there were dozens of pairs of eyes, all the time, day and night, watching the courtyard at the deepest part of Huaihua Lane.
The owners of these dozens of pairs of eyes have all appeared in Lantian County one after another in the past month.
They are here for nothing else.
Just for one thing.
Protect someone.
A useless person who can't even stand up yet.
At dusk, the old storyteller came back on his big panda and walked happily on the streets. He probably found a good business opportunity and made a lot of money today.
When we reached the door of the grocery store, a young girl came over carrying a half-bag of rice and a basket of eggs.
The old storyteller took it very skillfully.
The young girl whispered: "They came out today and bought a wheelchair from Zhu Shiba's, two sesame seed cakes from Sun Sanniang, and three pieces of clothes from Hu Laojiu."
The old storyteller asked: "Did he notice it?"
The young girl said: "I found it and asked Wei Sanliu privately.
His eyesight is still not good enough."
The old storyteller said: "Tell me about it."
The young girl whispered in the ear of the old storyteller for a while.
The old storyteller was silent for a long time and said slowly: "You are wrong."
The young girl said: "You mean, Wei Sanliu was also exposed?
Not likely.
If he was exposed, why would the kid ask him?"
The old storyteller said: "That boy has a very vicious eye. The first person he noticed something was wrong was probably Wei Sanliu.
Tell others not to disturb him when that kid comes out again."
