Yanhuanglou was sitting in the tea stall and taking a nap.
The business of the tea stalls has not been very good in recent years. Firstly, there are fewer people on the street, and because of the rebels entering the city, everyone is nervous. They say they are rebels, but in fact there is nothing wrong with them secretly.
If there are not many, there will be less business every time you come and go.
Yanhuang Tower couldn't stay idle, so he set up a stall here and took a nap when there was no business.
Just as he was holding his head, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching.
Yanhuanglou thought he was passing by, but unexpectedly the footsteps stopped after approaching him.
"Crack."
When he opened his eyes again, he saw a familiar face appearing in front of him.
Yanhuanglou was obviously stunned, and his body hesitated for a moment.
"Who are you……"
Yanhuanglou naturally recognized it, but felt a little unbelievable.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye, but when he saw this person again, it was exactly the same as in his memory, without any change.
This can't help but give Yanhuang Tower the illusion, as if it happened yesterday.
Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "Don't you recognize me?"
Yanhuanglou calmed down and then laughed.
"I thought you would change when I said goodbye, but it turns out you haven't changed at all. It's like it was yesterday."
Yanhuanglou smiled, then stood up and said, "Here comes tea!"
He got up and brought some tea. Naturally, it was the best tea, but it couldn't be compared to that of ordinary people.
Chen Changsheng took a sip and said, "This tea is good, you are more generous."
Yanhuanglou smiled and said, "That's right."
Chen Changsheng glanced at the teacup and said, "It reminds me of an old friend."
"Old friend?" Yanhuanglou asked.
Chen Changsheng nodded and said: "I got to know him in the early years and helped him a little favor. At that time, I lived in the mountains. The shopkeeper would go up to the mountains every year just to give away a piece of tea cake. Those tea cakes were all his gifts in the past.
The best tea I’ve found this year.”
"But he is a man of few words. He will rush down the mountain after sending something off, and even Chen can't thank him."
After hearing this, Yanhuanglou said: "That friend of yours is quite a wonderful person."
Chen Changsheng nodded and said with a smile: "Yes."
"Do I really give it to you every year?"
"Um……"
Chen Changsheng nodded and said, "It's just that he passed away later, so I didn't send him any more."
"ah?"
Yanhuanglou paused, smacked his lips, and said, "What a pity."
Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "I think your tea is pretty good."
After hearing this, Yanhuanglou's expression changed and he said: "I knew that you were just saying this with bad intentions, and you were just thinking about my tea. I can tell you, don't even think about it! I spent a lot of effort to find it.
Arrived."
Chen Changsheng waved his hand and said: "If you don't give it, I won't give it to you. Chen won't steal it from you."
Yanhuanglou did not continue, but asked: "By the way, where have you been these years?"
Chen Changsheng said: "Where have you gone..."
"That's a bit far. I can't understand it in a few words, so I'd better stop talking."
Yanhuanglou rolled his eyes at him, shook his head, and said: "It's better for you to feel at ease. As soon as you leave, Qingshan City will be in chaos. First, the rebels entered the city, looted and caused chaos, and then soldiers from outside came to pacify the city.
He rebelled, and as a result, even Yuanchuan couldn't come in, and he was blocked outside Changguan Road."
He sighed and said, "What a sin."
"Chen has heard a little bit about it."
Chen Changsheng said: "Qingshan City looks like it is not as good as before. There are more people, but it has become more murderous. It is not as peaceful as before."
"Business is not easy either."
Yanhuanglou sighed: "Several shops have closed on this street."
Chen Changsheng raised his eyes and saw that many houses on the street were closed. They were not as good as before.
He looked at Yanhuang Tower and asked, "Why isn't your tea stall closed?"
"You don't expect me to do well either."
Yanhuanglou snorted softly and said, "It's because I'm alone. Otherwise, who would do it if I earn so little money?"
"That's true."
Chen Changsheng muttered: "The people who suffer in the end are the common people."
Yanhuanglou sighed again, and then remembered something.
"There's something I need to tell you."
"Do you still remember that little girl who played catching bugs?"
When Chen Changsheng heard this, he put down his teacup and asked, "What's wrong with her?"
Yanhuang Tower said: "Back then, the rebels invaded Qingshan City and plundered the people. I hid the money and escaped. Later, I heard others talk about the father and daughter, saying that there was a shed officer in the army. Look.
When I went to her Taolin, her father refused to let me go, so the shed official killed me on the spot, and the girl was also captured by him."
"But within a few days, those shed officials died. Guess how?"
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng said: "He was poisoned to death."
Yanhuanglou paused and said, "You know?"
"I don't know, I'm just guessing," Chen Changsheng said.
Yanhuanglou touched his chin and asked, "So, is it really the girl who poisoned you?"
Chen Changsheng asked: "Why do you think so?"
"I remembered that you talked about the poison technique before, so I thought about it, thinking that she had learned something from you."
Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "I never taught her this."
"That's strange." Yanhuang Lou said.
Chen Changsheng started counting with his hands under the table.
In the end, Ah Qing still followed this path.
Chen Changsheng looked at the ring on his finger and said that this thing was originally intended to be given to Ah Qing, but because of Ah Qing's words that day, Chen Changsheng gave up the idea.
I never expected that something like this would happen later.
Chen Changsheng said: "Everyone has his own destiny. This may be her fate."
Yanhuanglou blinked and said, "Do you still believe this?"
Chen Changsheng smiled and said: "Sometimes I believe it."
After a while, the tea in the cup reached the bottom.
Chen Changsheng said: "The tea is gone. Chen has just arrived and needs to find a place to stay."
"No." Yanhuang Tower said: "No one is staying in the inn now. Those officers and soldiers will check it out from time to time and steal some silver coins behind their backs. It's so noisy that all the inns in the city have closed down."
"Then what should we do?" Chen Changsheng asked.
Yanhuang Tower said: "Go to my place, I happen to be free."
Chen Changsheng hesitated for a moment and asked, "How much money per day?"
"Hey, what you said is that I am that kind of person?"
"You're not?"
"Ahem..."
Yanhuang Tower said: "It's not much, one tael of silver a day, I'll give you a 10% discount, let's calculate it as ten cents a day."
"My food and accommodation will be provided."
"Of course."
Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "That's a good feeling."
Yanhuang Tower said: "Don't say I'm stingy. I really don't have any money. All my previous money was buried outside the city. In recent years, I've been relying on this tea business, but it's just enough to keep me from starving to death."
."
With that said, he stood up and started to clean up the tea stall.
"No more stalls?"
"I won't show off anymore. As long as you are here, I will never be hungry."
"What are you talking about?"
Chen Changsheng couldn't laugh or cry, this old man Huang was still so out of shape.