Although Li Chongrun came to Lifa Yaxian several times, he was always greeted by Old Man Chen, so this man Yazi didn't recognize him.
Li Chongrun opened his mouth to ask, but before he could open his mouth, Di Renjie secretly stretched out his hand to stop him.
Di Renjie smiled and said hello to the newcomer Yazi, but did not say that he requested it. He just took off the ivory slope-shaped finger ring he was wearing on his left hand and put it on the thumb of his right hand.
When the man Yazi saw Di Renjie's straight right thumb, there was a look of understanding in his eyes, but his smile was vaguely vulgar.
"Everyone, please come with me."
As he spoke, the man Yazi led everyone into a very hidden wing in the inner courtyard. However, unlike old man Chen who had led a bunch of children from outside before, he opened a secret door on the other side.
, made a complaint and went in.
"Uncle, what does your finger ring mean?" Li Chongrun stared at the ring finger, wondering what the ring finger meant.
"In the old days of Jian'an, he was fond of promiscuity. There is a saying that there was a male and a female who flew into the Purple Palace. There were many officials and nobles in this dynasty who were good at it. The most famous one is that the prince of the previous dynasty Cheng Qian, he had the ability to follow his heart.
Wait around."
"I've read about this in a book." Li Chongrun nodded. He had read so many novels about the Tang Dynasty, so it was natural that he would recognize this famous transvestite in history.
"Which hand this ring is worn on has different purposes."
"I hope my uncle can teach me." Li Chongrun was very curious and thought that it would be better to have more knowledge of this kind. Otherwise, if he interacts with people in the future, he will be misunderstood, and then his mother will open the door for him.
Got home.
"Put your right thumb upright, indicating that you are a member of the same camp." Di Renjie demonstrated to Li Chongrun with gestures.
"If you wear it on your left thumb and point it upright, it means you already have a servant. If you wear it on your left thumb but don't stand upright, it means you are not a member of the same religion."
Li Chongrun generally understood the meaning of these gestures. He straightened his thumb to indicate that he was bent.
Li Chongrun felt that the world was too unrestrained, so it would be better to give less praise to others in the future.
"Uncle, what if it is worn on the right thumb but the thumb is turned down?"
"Oh, that means you're going out hunting. After all, you still have to use a thumb ring when shooting arrows." Di Renjie said with a smile.
While the two were talking, there were a few faint voices coming from the side. The man Yazi from before had brought over two young men with fragrant skin, red skin, kind faces, good smiles, and good words.
The two of them bowed to the two sitting people, and without waiting for the other person to arrange anything, they threw themselves into Di Renjie's arms like a tired bird returning to the forest.
"I am old and frail and overwhelmed. Today I am choosing a book boy for the younger generation. Everything depends on his opinion."
Di Renjie still had a smiling expression, and sold Li Chongrun with just one sentence.
The two Wu Zhoubans were satisfied. Although they were much older than Li Chongrun, they were not much taller than Li Chongrun. They sandwiched Li Chongrun on the left and right, and the young master Langjun kept shouting.
Li Chongrun's eyes straightened. Even though he had been a man for two lifetimes, he had never experienced such a battle. Under the wind and rain, he could only stare at Di Renjie with innocent eyes.
Di Renjie completely ignored Li Chongrun's look for help, and just kept talking to the man Yazi.
"Are these two people already at peace? Or are they not at peace?"
"As far as I'm concerned, Master, it's quiet."
The man looked like an expert, "The gifted children we took in were bathed with monkey bones and secret medicine since they were young, which made their skin smooth and tendons soft. They also hired experts to teach them how to play chess, calligraphy, and calligraphy, and how to read and interpret texts."
Words. Before reaching adulthood, a professional expert will personally perform the surgery to ensure that no trace is left."
The man Yazi's expression became more and more obscene, "Besides, I guarantee that my body will be hairless, and I won't have the filthy smell of a dead eunuch in the palace."
"Are there any people who are only quiet but not quiet?" Di Renjie gave the man a look that you know how to say, "There are many female relatives in the house, so quiet is not good, and uncleanness is not good either."
"Sir, this is a bit difficult to handle." The man's teeth were a little tangled in expression. Li Chongrun felt that this expression was very familiar, as if it was like the name of a layman with a very smooth handwriting.
"More money is not a problem." Di Renjie waved his hand to Ren Yazi very generously.
"The price is easy to talk about, but I'm afraid it will take some time for the master to ask for it like this." The man smacked his teeth and said in embarrassment.
Di Renjie said nothing, and reached out to pick up the exquisite jade pendant from his waist, took it off, and gently placed it on the table.
The jade pendant is crystal clear, with two competing carps vividly carved on it. Just by looking at it from a distance, you can tell that it is worth a lot of money.
"How about you wait a moment while I invite the big shopkeeper to come over and talk to you in detail?" Being able to wear a Pisces pendant is not just a matter of wealth. Naturally, the man Yazi did not dare to neglect, and asked the two of them to wait a moment.
After a while, he hurriedly led the two transvestites and evacuated from the secret door.
Li Chongrun was finally rescued from that hell of makeup, and there were countless people floating in front of his eyes...
After being served by the little yellow-haired lolita Aisha and being poured a lot of drinks, Li Chongrun vaguely regained his perspective.
Just in the midst of the commotion, an old man in rich clothes walked in.
Unexpectedly, when the old man saw Li Chongrun's face, he raised his hand and gave the man behind him a slap in the face.
"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the King of Linzi. The nephew in the family was blind and did not recognize His Highness. I hope the King of Linzi will forgive me."
The old man turned his head and scolded the man again: "You are blind. You have been hanging around in the West Market all day, and you can't even recognize the owner of this small building?!"
Li Chongrun had done business with Lifa several times before, and he knew the big shopkeeper. However, it was Di Renjie's first time here, so the old man greeted him respectfully: "I just don't know about this sir?"
When Lifa Teeth Shop opened for business, Di Renjie had already left for Hedong and had not been in Shendu for a long time. Therefore, even the popular shopkeeper of the biggest tooth shop in Shendu could not recognize him at a glance.
"The little old man is the chief historian of the palace."
Di Renjie saw that the shopkeeper didn't recognize him, but he didn't expose it, "Our prince wants to book a book boy with your company."
"I heard that the prince has some special requirements? This matter is quite complicated and will take some time. I wonder if the prince has made a reservation?"
"I found a man named Chen Yazi before, but today I came to look for him, but I couldn't find him anywhere."
The big shopkeeper also had a troubled expression on his face, "Old Chen did work for me before, but he said goodbye to me a few months ago and said he was going back to his hometown."
"Do you know where Chen Yazi's hometown is?" Di Renjie asked.
"If the prince wants to do business with me, I will rush to customize one for the prince and deliver it to your house without charge."
The big shopkeeper seemed to be very confident, and showed no fear when facing Di Renjie, "If you come here to look for someone, it would be proper for you to ask the two nobles to go to Fangzheng to find the bad guy."
He gave Di Renjie a nail without mercy, and the big shopkeeper waved his sleeves and left.
Di Renjie touched his nose in embarrassment, as if there was dust stuck there.
After coming out of the Lifa Teeth Shop, Li Chongrun asked Di Renjie a little strangely: "It's just a personal tooth shop, why is this Lifa Teeth Shop so secretive? I heard that the shop owner of this Lifa Teeth Shop is surnamed Wu, and I guess it's a famous person in my family.
The relatives I came from should not be so afraid of trouble."
"Of course it involves another person who is as old as you, or even older than you."
Although he hit a snag just now, Di Renjie still smiled and said, "Although the shopkeeper didn't say anything, he actually said a lot of things."
"I hope my uncle will give me some advice."
"When people meet someone they don't know well, they usually look at the person carefully before asking where they are. The shopkeeper's acting was too fake."
"My uncle means that the shopkeeper knows who you are?"
"Not only do you know who I am, I'm afraid you also know about the case that happened today."
"Then why do you still pretend to be completely ignorant?"
"When it came to the person named Chen, the expression on the shopkeeper's face did not change, but he vaguely stepped back. If he feels guilty, he will naturally step back."
"Then why don't we go get some six-door government officials to investigate?" Li Chongrun had no experience in this kind of thing. He could only go by his own experience in his previous life. If he had any difficulties, he would call the police.
"There is no culprit in this case, and no one has reported it to the officials. According to the laws of this dynasty, if the people do not prosecute, the officials will not investigate." Di Renjie twisted his beard with a wry smile.
"The only victim now is a dead young monk. It's a pity that the dead cannot complain."
"Besides, you also know that the boss behind this dental shop is a relative of yours. How many of your relatives are easy to get rid of?"
"Is it possible that we just let it go?" Li Chongrun felt a little frustrated.
"There are two ways now. One is to find out who is from Wuling next to me." Di Renjie approached Li Chongrun and whispered to him.
"It's just that I have been tracking them for so long, and I know a thing or two about them. They always have a single line of communication. It is difficult to find the upline through the downline."
"Then there is only the second way to go, which is to find Lao Chen." Li Chongrun followed Di Renjie's words and said, "Of course, he also knows the relationship between the dead young monk and this Lifa Yaxing."
"It's just that Old Chen has disappeared. My escort was originally introduced to me by Old Chen. Do you want to ask Yang San where Old Chen's family is?"
Li Chongrun thought that when Lao Chen introduced Yang San to him, he had said that Yang San was the son of an old friend. He thought that Yang San should know where Lao Chen's family was.
"If Lao Chen is simply returning to his hometown, the shopkeeper can just tell us directly. This will avoid his own suspicion."
Di Renjie shook his head and rejected Li Chongrun's idea. "So even if we find this old Chen's house, I'm afraid it will be of no use."
"What should we do?"
"But the shopkeeper pointed the way for us. Although the shopkeeper didn't want to offend the forces that killed the young monk, he still vaguely clarified the relationship between his dental shop and this case and pointed the way for us.
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"Let's go find Fangzheng?"
"It is natural for local affairs to be dealt with by local cowards."
Just when the old man and the young man were about to go find Fang Zheng, deep inside Lifa Yaxing, at the very back of the warehouse and prison cell, there was a very dark study room.
Unlike other people's study rooms that pursue quietness, elegance and openness, this study room is very cramped, with no daylight and extremely dark, with only a small oil lamp on the table emitting some flickering light.
As for the silence, it was filled with sounds of beatings, crying, and even wailing from people who were training goods for sale.
Hearing these mournful cries, the big shopkeeper knocked on the door with some shyness. Hearing a low voice inside, "Come in," he cheered up and walked in with his head lowered.
"Are they gone?" A young man in a plain white brocade robe was lying on a bamboo mat on the ground with his eyes closed and he asked casually without opening his eyes.
"Back to the prince, let's go." The big shopkeeper seemed to be very afraid of this young man. He just stood aside respectfully with his head lowered, not even daring to look at him. He told the prince the whole story in detail.
"Are you sure they went to find Fang Zheng?"
"The boy who was sent to follow them came back and reported that he had seen them with his own eyes."
"It's okay to tell them. We can't afford to offend both sides, so we can only do our part and don't delay our making money."
The young prince seemed to have remembered something interesting. He turned over and continued to sleep when a vague arrangement came through.
"Spread the news and say that the King of Linzi came to our dental shop today to buy a book boy. Let the experts in the shop choose a top-quality product, cook it according to his instructions, and send it to the prince's palace."
"My lord, I'm afraid that the King of Linzi doesn't seem to like this today. If we act rashly, we're afraid that we will offend them."
"The King of Linzi doesn't like it, and our aunt doesn't like it either. Since I gave Tian Zao'er, I will naturally give him a slap. Again, neither side can afford to offend. Since neither side can afford to offend, neither side will."
Offend a little, this is called balance."
After a while, a few faint snores could be heard, and the young prince turned a deaf ear to the miserable background music and just fell asleep.