Elaborate on the world of mortals

Chapter 184
Nighttime lighting in a restaurant is a great science. Not only are there lampshades and lampstands at the four corners of each column and all over the wall, but there is also a windshield lamp at the corner of each table near the windward side.

It’s just that the windshield lamp is for a normal table. Yi Shuyuan now has half a window on the table, and the semi-circular arc on the windward side of the windshield lamp can’t block the wind and rain on the window side, and it has long been extinguished. on the side.

Yi Shuyuan simply pushed open half of the window on his side, and the movable tenon rod slid down to the bottom to support the window so that it would not be blown back by the wind.

Seeing that Yi Shuyuan opened the half of the window instead, the man sitting opposite smiled.

"Aren't you afraid that the wind and rain will hit your food?"

"Closing half of the windows doesn't help much, so I just open them fully to cool off."

After saying this, Yi Shuyuan sat back in his seat.

"Hoohoo."

The slight wind sound seemed to be a little more obvious, but the strange thing was that the wind and rain should have been louder when the windows were opened, but it seemed to be a little smaller.

In other words, it has become softer, and the impact on other tables has been reduced, and it has brought some coolness to the summer night.

Then Yi Shuyuan seriously looked at the person in front of him. This person was around forty, wearing shorts and trousers, wearing a headscarf without bangs, a blue-gray square face, and a hair about the length of a fingernail under his normal facial features. beard.

There is a bit of quackery, but that expression and the current style of doing things can also easily give people a feeling of ruffian.

It's just that Yi Shuyuan certainly doesn't judge people by their appearance, because under the appearance of the opposite man, his temperament is not dark, which shows that the opposite party is not really a narrow-minded villain.

Hearing Yi Shuyuan's words, the man on the opposite side mistakenly thought that the person seated with him was mocking his behavior, so he snorted coldly and kicked an empty bench.

"Sit somewhere else if you don't like it!"

As he spoke, the man poured another glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.

"There is no smell of alcohol at all!"

Yi Shuyuan put away his smile and didn't say much. He put the folding fan on the table and looked at the night rain outside the window.

The drinking man observed Yi Shuyuan from the corner of his eye, and seeing that he was really not annoyed at all, he felt that he might have made a big fuss just now, and the original energy in his heart was gone.

Can't make a noise.

"The heaven and the earth are magically created. There used to be a fertile field with no end in sight, but now it has become a vast and boundless Changfeng Lake. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would believe that it was just a short four-year change?"

Hearing Yi Shuyuan's emotional speech, the man who was drinking by himself looked at Yi Shuyuan, but he still didn't speak.

But Yi Shuyuan looked at the man and said as if he was familiar with him.

"The history books say that in the early days of the former dynasty, this place was originally a lake, and the area of ​​the lake was even larger. It not only covered half of Changfengfu City to the north, but also bordered the two prefectures to the south!"

The man who was drinking looked at Yi Shuyuan subconsciously with surprise when he heard this.

"So big? Then how did it disappear?"

Yi Shuyuan nodded, then smiled.

"Later, canals were dug, and many rivers were diverted to the waters of Kaiyang. However, the main reason for the disappearance of Changfeng Lake was that the Dragon King of Changfeng Lake committed a great crime. His own death also caused the water in Changfeng Lake to drain. No Changfeng Lake!"

The man was stunned for a while.

"Is this what the history books say?"

Yi Shuyuan smiled again.

"That's not true, it's just an absurd legend of unofficial history."

Perhaps it was because these few words made the relationship harmonious, the atmosphere between the two of them eased a lot, and the man talked a little more.

"Then now that the Great Lake is back, does it mean that the Dragon King of Changfeng Lake is also back?"

"That's another story that hasn't happened yet!"

"Hey"

The man laughed.

"You are interesting, you are not like an ordinary scholar, but like a storyteller!"

Yi Shuyuan also smiled.

"How do you know that ordinary scholars are not interesting?"

"Guest officer, the dishes are here~~~~"

Holding a dinner plate in each hand, Xiaoer walked quickly to the table where Yi Shuyuan was.

"Excuse the guest officer for helping me!"

Yi Shuyuan helped put a tray on the table, and then Xiao Er put the dishes on the table.

"This is Immortal Chicken, this is fresh fish, this is lotus root box, this is loofah shrimp soup, this is sauced meat, this is"

Xiao Er reported while serving the dishes, and eight dishes came in one breath.

"Guest officer, please use it slowly, and I'll bring the rest when it's ready!"

"Okay, thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

Xiaoer cupped his hands, picked up two trays with a smile and left, and the eight dishes had already occupied more than half of the eight-person square table.

"I can't eat more than 20 dishes by myself. If you don't mind, please help me out!"

This was absolutely true to the ears of the person opposite Yi Shuyuan. He looked at the two poor appetizers in front of him, a plate of peanuts and a plate of Chinese cabbage, and then at the steaming dishes on the table.

"Then I'm welcome!"

After all, the man reached out and grabbed a chicken leg and took a bite. The crispy meaty bone was very delicious.

"You're welcome! Oh, by the way, I have a little mink who is very humane and likes to eat delicious food. I hope you don't mind it appearing on the table."

Hearing this, Hui Mian didn't care about it, and ran down Yi Shuyuan's arm, and landed on the corner of the table on the inner side. Yi Shuyuan took an empty bowl and put it in front of Hui Mian, and then gave it to him. It has a chicken leg in it.

The man looked at the little gray mink while he was eating chicken legs, and he also found it very novel. He had seen cats, dogs, eagles, turtles and fish, but he had never seen a mink.

As a result, the little mink ate very quickly, and the chicken leg was eaten up in a few strokes, and then he straightened up and pointed his paws at the other plates.

Wherever Xiao Diao pointed, Yi Shuyuan picked up any dish until the small bowl was filled, but Xiao Diao actually pointed to the man's flagon, and Yi Shuyuan glared at him.

"When did you learn to drink?"

The little mink immediately withdrew its paws and began to bury its head in eating.

This man was dumbfounded, this bastard is too human, he has become a genius!
"We eat too!"

"Uh good."

Yi Shuyuan made a reminder before starting to eat vegetables with the man. The latter might feel a little embarrassed, and even poured wine for Yi Shuyuan with his own jug, which made him feel sorry for him, and Yi Shuyuan didn't care too much. Do not refuse.

The chicken is soft and boneless, the fish is very delicious, and the rest of the dishes also have their own characteristics, and the mouths of the two are full of oil.

Coupled with an extremely edible little mink, the speed of destroying dishes can keep up with the speed of restaurant staff serving dishes.

Yi Shuyuan and the man are getting acquainted gradually.

"So Xiongtai has been helping to find someone?"

"Hey, to tell you the truth, I've changed from looking for people to hiding from people. I haven't seen anyone after searching for so long, and I don't have the face to go back."

Yi Shuyuan has a fresh and natural aura, which is naturally easy for people to believe. In addition, as they gradually become familiar with each other, the man opposite him can see from his own experience of observing people that the other party is a free and easy good person, so it is rare to be the same as a stranger. People complain.

The man's name was Wang Yunchun, and he was from Qianzhou in the southwest of Changfeng Mansion. He claimed to be from Jianghu, but he knew a kind of local method.

Of course, in the local area, Wang Yunchun is more famous as a ruffian, and he can be regarded as a street sneaker in the eyes of ordinary people.

More than a month ago, a friend brought a rickety old man, knelt down in front of him and kowtowed continuously, begging him to help find his granddaughter.

Although Wang Yunchun was regarded as a ruffian, he couldn't see an old man kowtow to him, so he immediately helped him up and asked why.

It turned out that the youngest son of the old man had married into another household, and the family was thousands of miles away in Liuzhou, so it was impossible for him to know what happened to his granddaughter a few days ago.

"Oh? So the old man is imagining?"

Yi Shuyuan's tone changed slightly, obviously interested, and even Hui Mian's eating rhythm slowed down.

Wang Yunchun was holding the tip of a chicken wing in his hand, and he just sighed when he heard this.

"I think so too, but the old man can't stop kowtowing. He also gave me all his savings, a full 62 taels of silver, plus a golden hairpin left by his dead wife."

"You took it?"

Hearing Yi Shuyuan's question, Wang Yunchun showed embarrassment and nodded hesitantly.

"Wealth touches people's hearts, so much money. I am also obsessed with ghosts. I feel that if I don't take it, I don't want to take it. At most, I ask someone to inquire about the news in Liuzhou. Who would have thought that two days later, a friend would find the old man frozen to death on the street."

"Hey, after that I realized why an ancient rare old man can spend so much money. He sold his house at a low price."

Yi Shuyuan felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it.

"Then Xiongtai must have gone to Liuzhou, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Yunchun looked at Yi Shuyuan in a little surprise.

"Mr. Yi thinks so?"

Yi Shuyuan nodded with certainty.

"Otherwise, you don't need to confide this to a stranger like me, you can pretend nothing happened!"

I didn't expect that the villagers usually treated me like a ruffian, but today I was trusted by a Confucian scholar who met for the first time. Wang Yunchun was somewhat moved, and then nodded.

"I went, and I found the old man's youngest son's house. Just like what the old man saw in his dream, the little granddaughter disappeared. When I collected the money, I prevaricated and said that I would try my best to find it, but now it's hard to get off."

"Brother, isn't you looking for a thousand miles?"

Hearing Yi Shuyuan's words, Wang Yunchun showed helplessness.

"My native method was also taught by an old warlock in the early years. In fact, it is just a rough calculation of fate. Sometimes it is magical, and sometimes it is clueless.

This time I have the little girl's birthday horoscope in my hand, and I can only vaguely get a direction, just like a headless chicken, passing Changfeng Mansion, feeling depressed, and hearing that there is a wonder of the Great Lake, so let's take a look."

Hui Mian puffed his cheeks and raised his head to look at Yi Shuyuan, who thought for a while before asking.

"Can you tell Yi about the little girl's birth date?"

Wang Yunchun looked at Yi Shuyuan.

"Sir, do you know fortune-telling?"

"I don't understand it very well, but I have taken in an apprentice who is better at this, so maybe I can help."

The apprentice understands, but the master does not understand?

Wang Yunchun was puzzled.

Normally, it is impossible to casually reveal people's horoscope, but this time I drank a lot of wine, people were also drunk, and most of the complaints, and this Mr. Yi has a feeling of trust, Wang Yunchun actually said that come out.

"On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in XX."

Hearing this horoscope, Yi Shuyuan felt a ripple in his heart, and his face changed slightly.

"He Xin."

"Squeak~~"

Yi Shuyuan was speechless, and Hui Mian yelled when he heard the words.

"Mr. Yi, what did you say?"

"It's nothing, I just feel that it's a kind of fate to be able to run into this matter, Xiongtai Wang, how about I come to help you?"

This is not only about Wang Yunchun, but also about Yi Shuyuan, and even Mo Shisheng.

I originally planned to wait for Shi Sheng to use his own induction to look for He Xin when he was a little older. Compared with others, the fate between Shi Sheng and He Xin is the most important. It seems that now he has to advance.

(End of this chapter)