Xu Guangling no longer accompanied him, but only Tian Hao and Xu Tonghui.
"Please serve it well and be careful when scalding it!" Tian Hao handed a bowl of soup and two pancakes to another customer very skillfully, but when he handed them out, he was stunned.
This old man seems a little unusual?
But it only happened for a moment, and then customers came one after another like water.
The old man, whose temperament was obviously different from those of the people around him, walked a short distance away with a bowl in his hand. Like everyone else, he ate at the back of some stalls on this street.
Specifically, just drink and not eat.
The two pancakes were completely ignored by him, and he just drank the soup from the bowl.
Other customers were drinking slowly because it was hot.
He was also drinking slowly, but if someone observed carefully, they would find something strange that was indescribable.
At the first bite, he frowned a little.
With the second bite, a smile appeared on his face.
On the third bite, the smile turned into confusion.
After three sips, he stopped drinking and instead looked into the bowl, as if it was not a bowl but a bottomless black pool.
As he looked over, a look of contemplation gradually appeared on his face.
After pondering for a long time, he took another fourth sip, and this time, a frown, a smile and doubt appeared on his face almost in a mixture.
"So that's it!"
"Strange!"
"No, who knows how to prepare medicine like this?"
"There is no reason to use white burning grass!"
He drank the soup slowly, often waiting for a long or short time after one sip before the old man took another sip. At the same time, he would mutter to himself, and at one point he would mutter to himself after taking a sip.
Say it once.
"The cook is an ordinary person."
"The one who maintains the situation is a cultivator and a Tongmai. It's really strange."
"The person who sets up a stall here must be a casual cultivator. What kind of background does a casual cultivator have to have Tongmai? At this age, he has Tongmai, and he has a great future. How can he come here to do such useless things?
thing?"
"I can't figure it out!"
"It's better to investigate it carefully!"
After slowly finishing the soup, the old man handed the pancake to a "food friend" not far away. Amid the man's slight suspicion and overjoyment, he returned the bowl like other customers and left.
(Exception mark, first.)
Another day, a man who looked like a housekeeper with an arrogant look and his head held high came to this stall.
With the two followers leading the way, he came to the front from the back of the crowded crowd. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Xu Tonghui.
Xu Tonghui moved his left hand and his right hand once, as if waving casually, but while his hands were waving fast or slowly, the crowd opposite him was passively maintaining order.
"This is a cultivator!"
"And... the level is not low!"
The butler's eyes narrowed.
Then, his head lowered, from looking up to looking straight, and the arrogant look on his face also changed into a humble smile.
Without pushing any further, he queued up honestly, and then together with his two attendants, each ordered a soup cake.
(Exception mark, second.)
…
(Abnormal mark, number 34567...)
Many unusual customers came to patronize this stall. Even if he lacked awareness or knowledge in some aspects, Tian Hao gradually felt that something was wrong.
Then one day, on the way back to the courtyard after closing the stall, he asked Xu Tonghui: "Sir Xu, there is a person today. Why does he look like a monk to me?"
Xu Tonghui smiled.
Did you just find out?
I don’t even know which number this is!
"Monks also want to eat and drink. Is there anything strange about it?" he said.
"I still feel a little strange." Tian Hao muttered, "Could it be..."
"Don't make random guesses, you should keep your mind on those dishes!" Xu Tonghui said coldly.
This topic was discontinued.
In other places, the conversation about this stall has been ongoing these days.
Of course, it is not the talk in the streets. Regarding those things, it started as early as the first day the stall was opened. After that, it only spread and the talk gradually became less and less.
Sheriff's Mansion.
County Governor Xu Yishan returned from Dongshan.
The attendant told him about this stall.
Later, after receiving the news of his return, people from Zihua Pavilion and Medicine Master Hall also came over.
Zihua Pavilion is considered a power of the imperial court and the largest sect in the Wei Kingdom. It is only a small branch of Zihua Pavilion in Annan County, but even so, the people who sit in the pavilion are masters of the enlightenment realm.
However, the enlightenment state is only a human-level achievement.
Xu Yishan, who has achieved great success at the human level, is far behind compared to Xu Yishan, who has achieved great success at the earth level.
Therefore, whenever something happened, the pavilion master would come to the door in person to show his respect.
Of course, it's not just about respect. When a human-level monk is close to an earth-level monk, maybe a word from that earth-level monk can become a great pointer.
If Zihua Pavilion is the power of the imperial court, then Medicine Hall is the power of the Annan County Sheriff's Office.
It has been more than a thousand years since the Medicine Hall came into existence from scratch and took root in Annan County. For more than a thousand years, it has been closely related to the county governor's mansion.
However, after so many years, the Pharmacist Hall is not all people from the county governor's mansion. Some big and small aristocratic families and casual cultivators in Annan County have also infiltrated in. From a few to a large number, gradually, "outsiders" even account for seven
As much as 80%.
So in a sense, it is a comprehensive neutral force. Under normal circumstances, it does not need to take sides. Even a big storm that occurs in Annan County usually cannot affect it.
With some "transcendence" meaning.
County Governor Xu Yishan, Zihua Pavilion Branch Pavilion Master Ye Nanping, and Pharmacist Hall Master Gan Congshi.
In the courtyard, the three of them sat behind small tables.
Several maids refilled the tea, then stepped aside and stood respectfully with their hands down.
"The investigation revealed that a group of three people came to the county town about half a month ago and are now living in an alley near the east side of the city. They rented a small courtyard and paid a rent of sixty taels for half a year."
"One cultivator and two ordinary people."
"The cultivator's name is Xu Tonghui, he is about forty-five years old and comes from Qingshui City."
Ye Nanping sipped tea and talked slowly.
"Qingshui City?"
Hearing this, Xu Yishan asked.
Both Ye Nanping and Gan Congshi knew why he asked this question.
"Yes, Qingshui City." Ye Nanping said, "Qingshui City's casual cultivators are not sure whether they have anything to do with the banker."
"Have any casual cultivators from Qingshui City come to the county before?" Xu Yishan asked.
"I also asked people to check this point. It may be because the distance is relatively long. There are not many people coming here from there. In the past ten years, there have only been about three casual cultivators who came from Qingshui City.
If the time is extended to twenty years, there will only be five."
Ye Nanping replied.
"Have you spoken to those five people?" Xu Yishan asked again.
"Only two of them are still in the county, and I have asked about them both." Ye Nanping said, "It just so happens that one of them is in the Medicine Hall."
Hearing this, the master of the Medicine Hall, Gan Congshi, smiled slightly and said, "I didn't get any information. He was just a small casual cultivator in the Qi Condensation Realm."
"The other one is also just a casual cultivator in the Qi Condensation Realm, and he only has the second or third level of Qi Condensation." Ye Nanping said, "I didn't get any information from these two people, but this cannot be used as a basis for judgment.
."
"In other words, this Xu Tonghui may be a casual cultivator, or he may be an outpost of the banker?"