Wei Fang City is different from Xuan Jing. It is much smaller than Xuan Jing. In other words, the entire city of Jinzhou is smaller than Taizhou.
But the layout of Jinzhou is small and dense.
Different cities have different specialty products, so it is convenient for foreign merchants to choose different cities to purchase goods.
Wei He left the house and now takes the pseudonym Chen Wei.
Because in today's Dayuan Dynasty, the surname Chen is a common surname, and there are not a few people who entered the court as officials, so this surname is the easiest to disguise the identity of a retired military general.
After leaving home, he walked slowly on the street, looking at the unfamiliar and lively streets.
There is absolutely no sense of the current wars and invasions from foreign enemies.
Those things seem to be far away from the people here.
They were still shouting about their products with enthusiasm on their faces, and the children were playing games in circles and playing various roles.
The ladies and girls wandered around various perfume shops, cloth shops, and jewelry shops.
Compared with Taizhou, Jinzhou has much fewer warriors on the streets, but many more merchants and civilians.
There are few martial artists, which means that the level of martial arts here is not high.
Wei He was walking and unknowingly stopped in front of a martial arts gym with a store.
There is a wooden sign at the door of the martial arts hall, which states the conditions for entry into the martial arts hall and the strength of the teachers in the hall.
The name of the martial arts gym is Cangsong Boxing Gym. The owner of the gym, Xu Chang, is a martial arts master. It says that he is extremely powerful. He once killed a small group of robbers in the wild in the second year of Qingzong, killed a man-eating black bear with his own hands, etc.
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"Do you want to learn boxing? The tuition is cheap and there are discounts. It happens to be on sale right now."
In the martial arts hall, someone saw Wei He stopping in front of the wooden sign and immediately rushed out to greet him warmly.
"No. Just taking a look." Wei He shook his head, feeling a little inexplicable. In Jinzhou, even boxing gyms have become like businessmen and need to operate and attract customers.
He left Cangsong Boxing Gym and headed all the way to where Jiuying lived.
The house I bought for Jiuying was not far from them.
Since the last time the plague was treated, Jiuying has tried hard to control the plague within a small area, but the others in the distance are still unable to stop it, and they have also lost too much energy and energy.
Wei He turned into a relatively deserted alley and put away his thoughts.
After waiting for a few children playing bamboo ball to run by, he stepped forward to the door of Jiuying's house and knocked lightly.
The copper ring on the door is a few years old and feels as smooth as new. It has been touched by countless hands.
Wei He remembered that this house was previously occupied by a small businessman with many connections. Now it seemed that he had many connections, which was true at all.
Boom, boom, boom.
He knocked on the door again.
Woof woof!
There was a loud barking from the door.
"Here we come!" the voice of Jiuying's disciple Yuan Bao came.
Soon, the wooden door opened, revealing Yuanbao's half-grown scalp.
This kid is already over one meter tall, but his previous chubby appearance is gone.
After suffering a serious illness due to the plague, he was also rescued by Jiuying.
At first, Jiuying grabbed Wei He's hand and began to support him, but he didn't expect that he could hold on again.
"It's Uncle Wei! Come in quickly!" Yuan Bao lost a lot of weight. When he saw Wei He, he quickly stepped aside to let Wei He in.
"Where's Uncle Nine?" Wei He asked. He walked into the yard and saw a beautiful girl with long hair shawl in the yard. She was holding a bamboo slip and book in her hand, standing by the stone bench with some restraint.
On the stone table next to the stone bench, there are also a lot of yellow papers and charcoal pens. There are two pairs of charcoal pens, and there is half-written writing on the yellow paper.
"This is Miss Lin next door, who came here with me to practice calligraphy." Yuan Bao explained quickly.
"Lin'er, this is my Uncle Wei. He is Uncle Jiu's best friend. You can just call him Uncle Wei."
"Well, hello, Uncle Wei." Miss Lin quickly bowed her knees and said hello.
He has bright eyes, white teeth, fair skin, and is as thin and elegant as a willow at a young age.
Apart from losing a little weight, it can be seen from her appearance that she will be a beauty in the future.
Wei He was slightly puzzled. At such a young age, how could his family feel relieved and let him go to the house of two men next door to learn calligraphy alone?
But looking at the shy way that Miss Lin lowered her head, I guess there was another reason.
He stopped studying and walked into the back room.
The house was lit in broad daylight.
Jiuying squatted on the bench, holding a dry cigarette in his hand and smoking it one puff at a time.
Seeing Wei He enter the door, he also put down his cigarette pole.
"You're a busy man, why do you come here to see what a bad old man like me is doing?"
"Let's play chess." Wei He said with a smile.
"Haha, playing chess with you is totally boring. It's no fun whether you win or lose." Jiuying picked up a tea cup and drank some water to moisten his throat.
"Okay, I just heard that your health is about to fail again. Come and have a look." Wei He said honestly.
"It might be really difficult this time." Jiuying didn't care, "Thanks to you supporting me in the past few years, I have become more regular in my life. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to survive the plague."
"Anyway, you are leaving soon. Tell me, if you have any wishes you want to fulfill, I will help you within my ability." Wei He said seriously.
"I don't have any wishes. With Yuan Bao here these days, everything else is out of the question." Jiuying clapped his hands, and a fat big yellow dog rushed out from a corner of the room, ran to his feet, and rubbed his calf with its head.
"It's you." Jiuying raised his head and said, "My old man is about to die anyway, and everything else doesn't matter. But you, don't think that you are safe now. In a world of great strife, no one can survive alone."
"What news have you received?" Wei He was stunned.
Jiuying is a lonely old man, what news can he receive?
"Kong'an, Yizhou, was massacred." Jiuying said calmly.
"Massacre the city?" Wei He was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.
Although since the war started, he had thought about the possibility of such a cruel tragedy, but when the fact actually happened, he felt an overwhelming sense of oppression, almost breathless.
"Is the news true?" Wei He asked.
"It is estimated that it will be transmitted here tomorrow. I have a special news channel, so I know it in advance." Jiuying said calmly.
"..." Wei He was speechless. He believed that Jiuying would not and did not need to make such a joke.
"The person who massacred the city was Tang Yan, the general of the Wu Kingdom." Jiuying continued, "Think about it, if one day you also face the massacre of the city, how will you deal with yourself then?"
"What do you want to say?" Wei He asked back.
"I just want to say that if you have the opportunity, don't relax, and don't wake up and regret it when you need strength."
"I know."
In fact, Wei He had always suspected that Jiuying might be secretly providing supplies and medicines to an underground organization, otherwise it would be impossible to explain that he had such a well-informed information channel.
Moreover, the consumption speed of various drugs and poisons used in previous experiments was a bit too high.
However, there were some things. Seeing that the clues of Silk Jin and the Mingyue Changwhale Picture were all obtained with the help of Jiuying, and the Zhengfa Jue was also perfected with his help, Wei He just turned a blind eye.
"In addition, there is one more thing...this thing..." Jiuying touched it from his arms and slowly took out a wooden token with blood-colored writing on it. There was a big 'help' written on it.
Character.
"For my sake, I hope you can help the person holding this sign once. If you can," Jiuying said solemnly.
"...Okay." Wei He nodded and took the sign.
"Okay, then I feel at ease." Jiuying breathed a long sigh of relief. It could be seen that he had been brewing emotions for a long time in order to open this mouth.
"That girl outside the house?" Wei He asked casually.
"There is a child next door who was born to a prostitute. I don't know who the father is. Her mother died of illness a while ago. She is the only one left, so I took her in to be Yuan Bao's companion. She is also a miserable child." Jiuying sighed.
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"Then I'll leave first." Wei He nodded, as long as his wealth is clean.
"Are you interested in taking Yuan Bao and that girl as your disciples?" Jiuying suddenly said, "That girl is a person with extremely good understanding."
"Oh? Amazing understanding?" Wei He suddenly became interested, "How powerful is it?"
"The bones are only average, but the understanding is really powerful. I am teaching him calligraphy and martial arts. If you are interested, you can watch from the side." Jiuying said with a smile.
"Forget it, I've seen too many people with poor understanding. Aren't you and I the same?" Wei He said with a smile.
"What if it's higher than you and me?" Jiuying said with a smile, "What if martial arts masters and below can master martial arts at first sight and understand them as soon as they are spoken?"
"..." The smile on Wei He's face suddenly froze. The girl he had just seen was no more than eleven or twelve years old. At this age...if she could achieve what Jiuying said.
That would be really outrageous.
He stared carefully into Jiu Ying's eyes. Although he couldn't see anything, he always felt that he had another intention when he pushed the girl under his door.
"Jiuying, don't do unnecessary things." Wei He said softly.
"Are you scared?" Jiuying said with a smile.
"Of course." Wei He said matter-of-factly, "I'm afraid I will clean up the house with my own hands in the future."
"Do you still have the demeanor of a master of the generation? I'm afraid, I, Jiuying, have lived for most of my life, and this is the first time I have seen a master like you who doesn't care about face." Jiuying was speechless.
"So, tell me your true intention." Wei He said.
"What other intentions could there be? Miss Lin is still young, and we will discuss the future matters later. Since you don't want to, just let it go." Jiuying shook his head.
"Okay." Wei He didn't want to get involved too much.
Lin Lin's mother is a prostitute and her father is a mystery. It seems that the trouble lies with her father.
It is estimated that the organization behind Jiuying will also be involved.
Wei He stopped thinking about it and turned around to leave the back room. When passing by the yard, he saw Yuan Bao and Na Lin Lin next to each other. They were studying and practicing calligraphy carefully. It seemed that they didn't hear the sound of him leaving.
He no longer paid attention, strode out of the courtyard, gently closed the door, and walked away.
After coming out of Jiuying House, Wei He went straight to Baisong Trading Company.
The trading firm is considered medium-sized in Weifang City. The boss has a very powerful name, Xiao Jingyun. The name is very powerful, but he is quite kind-hearted, which is in sharp contrast to his name.
When Wei He arrived at the trading house, Xiao Jingyun was already waiting in front of the door.
Wei Hehe was his real major patron, so he was naturally treated with the highest courtesy.
Xiao Jingyun is a person with a wide body and a fat body. He wears a pair of round glasses, which makes his temperament smooth and soft. He always wears a fat and spacious officer's robe. Anyone who meets him for the first time can't help but feel attracted to him.
Peaceful.
"Long time no see, Mr. Chen, how are you?" Xiao Jingyun said hello with clasped fists.
"It's okay, okay, if you have anything good, just bring it over as soon as possible. You won't be short of money." Wei He didn't feel angry and followed Xiao Jingyun into the trading house.
The two of them were led by a maid into a small hall.
Xiao Jingyun carefully walked to the corner of the small hall, opened a heavy metal box with the key he was wearing, and then took out several scrolls from the box.
"Come on, come on, last time Mr. Chen asked me to help pay attention to this ancient painting, which is an ancient painting of landscapes and landscapes, so I looked for it carefully. Look, this is the ancient painting that can be obtained this time."
He unfolded the scroll, and inside were sketches of various samples drawn side by side.