My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 784 The Courtyard of Strange People (Part )

Xijing City is in sight in the distance. Master Duzhu and his apprentice hold the car window open with their hands, looking at the tall and majestic capital in the distance. Both of them also show excited expressions, especially Duzhu. His long-cherished wish is finally coming true. His hands were shaking slightly with excitement.

However, just as the city gate was getting closer and closer, and just as the carriage was about to enter the city, it suddenly turned a corner and instead of entering the city, it walked to another fork in the road.

This made Master Duzhu and his disciples both stunned, wondering where they were being dragged?

"Master, are we being deceived? What if someone takes us away and sells us?"

Xu Yue asked with her face turning pale at this time.

After all, in such a foreign country, the two masters and apprentices were helpless. If they really encountered some bad guys, they wouldn't even have a chance to resist.

"We are two grown men who have neither money nor sex. Even if someone wants to sell it, how much can we get for it?"

Duzhu glared at his apprentice and retorted.

"Of course you don't need to worry if you are ugly. I heard that some nobles like beautiful young people. Just in case..."

Xu Yue's handsome little face became paler at the end. Compared with ordinary people, he is indeed quite handsome. If he meets such a masculine noble, he will even find a place to cry. Less than.

"You are the ugly one. I have a strange appearance, a true immortal appearance. What do you know, you little brat?"

Duzhu scolded angrily when his disciple pointed out his painful point.

However, scolding was enough, and Duzhu felt a little uneasy at this time.

Fortunately, the carriage moved forward not far, and a courtyard finally appeared in front of it. It occupied a large area and there were guards at the door. It seemed that it was not a place that ordinary people could come.

After the carriage entered this large courtyard, Master Duzhu and his disciples were invited to get out of the carriage. They immediately found the square-faced old man who was traveling with them and asked, "Fellow Taoist Wuwei, why don't we go into the city instead?" came here?"

The square-faced old man was also a Taoist priest in the past, with the Taoist name Wuweizi. He was previously responsible for testing Duzhu's alchemy skills, and he also arranged the trip along the way.

"Don't worry, fellow Taoist Duzhu. This is the Qi Ren Yuan, specially prepared for people like us. Now I will take you to your room first, and then go to eat. After a night's rest, I will take you to visit the whole Qi Ren Yuan tomorrow. hospital!"

Wuweizi chuckled.

He is also a member of the Academy of Strange People and is proficient in alchemy. A few years ago, he returned to secular life and served in the Han Dynasty. He was originally just a small local official, but he did not expect that the imperial court suddenly recruited talents for alchemy, so he recommended himself and became the director of the Academy of Strange People. Officials who are usually responsible for recruiting strange people from all over the country and managing the affairs of the Qi Ren Yuan.

"So that's the case, then it's time for you, Taoist friend Wuwuwei!"

Duzhu finally felt relieved after hearing this. He and Xuyue followed Wuweizi to the residence arranged for them. It was a quiet courtyard. There was usually a native servant who was responsible for cleaning and delivering meals, and the furniture in the room. The supplies are also all-inclusive, which makes Duzhu very satisfied.

Wu Weizi took Master Duzhu and his disciples to the cafeteria for dinner. The cafeteria is located behind the Qiren Courtyard and covers a large area. However, there are not many people eating here because most of them are served to them by the servants. To the residence.

When Master Duzhu and his disciples entered the cafeteria, they found that there were seven or eight people sitting sparsely here, most of whom were Han Chinese. Two of them even wore Taoist robes, and they looked like they were traveling together. This made Duzhu feel a bit stressed.

Wuweizi entered the cafeteria and said hello to the others, and introduced the people he saw to Master Duzhu and his disciples. In addition to a few Han people, there were also several people with yellow hair and green eyes. Like a ghost, the timid Xu Yue was so frightened that she hid behind her master. Then Wuweizi took Master Duzhu and his disciples to find a seat to sit down, and called the maid to order a table of dishes.

"Fellow Taoist Duzhu, the treatment at our Qi Ren Yuan is quite generous. Take the food here as an example. They are all carefully cooked by chefs invited from the Ming Dynasty. You can't eat them outside!"

Wuweizi said, and greeted Master Duzhu and his apprentice to have a meal very warmly.

When Duzhu and Xuyue saw these sumptuous food and drinks, they couldn't stand it for a long time. So they just said a few polite words and immediately picked up their chopsticks and started eating. Duzhu had to maintain a certain grace and did not dare to be too polite. It was too presumptuous, but Xu Yue had no scruples at all and just stuffed things into her mouth. Du Zhu was so angry that she glared at him.

"Fellow Taoist Wuwei, what exactly is this Qiren Courtyard doing?"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Duzhu asked Wu Zhu again.

When he was on the road before, it was not that he had not asked Wuweizi about the reason for recruiting them, but the other party had not dared to say it clearly. He only said that he would naturally know it when he arrived in the capital.

"This one……"

Wuweizi pondered for a moment, and then said helplessly:

"Fellow Taoist Duzhu doesn't know. The affairs of Qi Ren Yuan are quite complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few sentences. How about this. You guys have a good rest tonight. I will take you to visit Qi Ren Yuan tomorrow. You will naturally know by then!”

Seeing that the other party still refused to say anything, Duzhu had nothing to do. Fortunately, he only had to wait for one more night, so he did not ask any more questions, but changed the subject and talked about some customs and customs of the big man, which Wuweizi knew well. It goes without saying that the two of them had a very interesting chat.

After dinner, Master Duzhu and his disciples returned to their residence. Xuyue was too full to sit down, so she could only stand aside, rubbing her stomach and humming, hoping to make the contents of her stomach faster. Digest it.

"You deserve it. Looking at the way you were eating just now, people who don't know would think you were reincarnated as a starving ghost!"

Duzhu couldn't help but taunted his apprentice when he saw how hopeless he was.

"Am I a starving ghost? That's not because I suffered from hunger with you before and didn't eat anything good, so I can't help it now!"

Although Xu Yue felt uncomfortable in her stomach, she still said without giving in.

"I'm worthless. I haven't eaten anything good in the past years as a teacher. Why can I hold back?"

Duzhu rolled his eyes at his disciple and said again.

"That's because you are thin-skinned and can't let go in front of Wuweizi. I bet that if Wuweizi left at that time, your appearance would definitely be worse than mine!"

Xu Yue curled her lips and said with great disdain, he knew his master too well.

"You brat, if you don't expose your teacher's shortcomings for a day, will you feel uncomfortable for a day..."

However, just in the middle of Duzhu's scolding, he suddenly heard a loud "boom~", and the ground shook several times. Duzhu turned pale in fright, and Xu Yue, who was half-dead just now, even more He got under the table.

(End of this chapter)