LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 247 The Disappearing Shopkeeper 2
This time the waiter got up and opened the door to take a look.
It's early morning now. Those who got up early and were on their way, as well as the merchants who came here to buy sugar, have already set off. The new customers haven't arrived yet, so this inn is the cleanest time now.
The waiter was relieved and whispered with a wry smile, "That's about it. Since the eldest son of the Shi family came here three years ago, he has joined forces with these big sugar cane plantations. Those who work in the mountains, don't If you say you happily take the money and go home to celebrate the New Year, you won’t even be able to return home. Many people will never see their bodies alive or dead.
Some family members went up the mountain to look for it, but found that they couldn't even get through the door. Others who were smarter climbed up bit by bit from the back mountain. As a result, people went up but never came down again. Master Shi, the prefect, suppressed all these things.
Many people tried their best to go to the capital to complain. Previously, a family was beaten to death by the prefect and left in a busy city. It snowed heavily the day after. It’s snowing in July!
I heard that this time it was successful, the capital sent people to Yanzhou Mansion, but after those officials investigated here for a while, they became brothers with Mr. Shi, and they ate and drank together in the restaurant every day. Years and months left. He must have returned to Beijing to resume his duties. Hey, I don’t know if there is any karma in this world. "
After hearing this, Qinglang finally understood the whole story.
When he followed his master and Ma Daoye down the mountain, he heard his master mention that he was investigating the truth about Qiyue Feixue.
They basically would not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, whether officials were corrupt or not. Naturally, the imperial court would appoint officials to conduct overt and covert inspections.
However, a climatic abnormality such as snowfall in July is beyond human control and requires the intervention of Yuntai Watchers.
This time it was also his master's divination that found Long Bao'er as an opportunity, so he told the sage that he would bring Long Bao'er with him.
Now it seems that this July snowstorm is a disguised form of grievance, meant to warn the world.
Even if Governor Shi can make Yanzhou Mansion look like an iron bucket, can he still control the weather?
"Secretary, don't the merchants who come and go know what you are talking about? Can't they take the news out?" This is what Qinglang doesn't understand.
That day, he heard from the old man at the tea stall that the common people had to use roads when leaving the city, so few people could escape from Yanzhou Mansion to file a complaint. But how could the businessmen who come and go not know about it, and there are also people like them.
"Guardian, those businessmen are just grasshoppers on the same line. How could they say anything? As for people like Guan, they have only reached this point, so how can they take such a big risk to vindicate others' grievances? What's more, even after they arrived at Shuntian Mansion, they were beaten to death and sent back, so they must have some means to cover up the saint's ears and eyes. How could they be afraid?"
The waiter finished speaking meaningfully, grabbed the money and prepared to leave.
But just before he opened the door, he looked back at them again, "Guest sir, do you think I will tell you this about anyone I meet?" After saying this, the other party looked at Long Baoer again, and then left. go.
Qinglang fell into silence.
"Senior brother, are we going to wait here until Master comes back?" Chang Yi asked.
"This..." Qinglang didn't know anymore.
They were originally here to investigate the matter of Qiyue Feixue. Now they probably know the reason. As long as the prefect is solved, the problem can be solved.
It's just that they don't know who caused the snow in July, so they can't really blame God for others.
Even if they believe it, how can they convince the people?
The key is that his master and Ma Daoye went to Huangshi City, why didn't they come back for so long.
Huangshi City is a small city below Yanzhou Prefecture. It is only half a day's journey from Fucheng to Huangshi City. With his master and Ma Daoye, even if he didn't come back last night, he should come back today.
For three days in a row, Ma Daoye and Yunchengzi didn't come back.
For the past three days, Qinglang has been carrying his two children, and his face has become increasingly ugly.
It was strange enough that the two Taoist masters could be tripped. What was even stranger was that the waiter who had talked to them a lot in the inn had disappeared in the past three days and was replaced by another waiter. Second, bring hot water to the dishes.
Qinglang Ana couldn't help it, so she pulled the waiter and asked, "Where is the waiter from before?"
What I thought was a normal question turned out to be an unexpected answer.
The waiter's eyes widened, and then he smiled and said, "Sir, please stop joking with me. There are only two waiters in our inn, one is me and the other is Heizi."
Waiter 1 refers to another waiter who is tall and thick, who specializes in helping guests carry luggage and hot water. Naturally, we knew each other before Qinglang.
"No, haven't you seen the one two days ago?"
"Guest officer, I'm joking. I was sick a few days ago, so I'm not here. There haven't been many guests in this inn these days. There are only a few rooms like yours. Why do we need to hire another waiter?" The waiter saw clearly. His eyes looked like those of the landlord's stupid son, and he muttered and went downstairs.
Qinglang thought for a long time but couldn't think of a reason.
Since he couldn't wait for his master, Qinglang was ready to take the initiative and simply took Long Baoer and Chang Yi to Huangshi City.
Xue Ting was just undercover in the magistrate's office to inquire about information from a harem girl, so there should be no danger.
Soon Qinglang wrote a letter and sent it to the prefect's Yamen, which contained only a few words of farewell. He didn't even close the letter. It seemed careless, but in fact it was meant for people from the prefecture's yamen.
Qinglang gave the waiter a piece of silver and asked him to deliver the letter to the prefect's Yamen and hand it over to Mr. Zhao Er for collection.
Then he went to train Long Bao'er and Chang Yi, who was playing with Long Bao'er, "Junior brother and sister, senior brother plans to go to Huangshi City, are you two coming with me?"
"Yes, senior brother!" Chang Yi was very obedient and listened to his senior brother when his master was away.
Long Baoer, on the other hand, was squatting next to a vine that Qing Lang didn't recognize, with a very serious face.
"Long Bao'er?" Qinglang squatted next to Long Bao'er, "Long Bao'er doesn't want to leave with senior brother?"
"Shh!" Long Baoer raised an index finger towards Qinglang, then continued to listen, then nodded seriously and stood up, "Senior brother, are you going to Huangshi City?"
"how do you know?"
Qinglang was surprised.
He wouldn't be surprised if Chang Yi said this. After all, Chang Yi is eight years old this year, so it wouldn't be surprising to guess that, but Long Baoer is only four years old.
"Well, because someone told me!"