"Does Mr. Chen have any history with our Dadong?"
Shopkeeper Liu asked curiously that he had known that Mr. Chen had some friendship with the lady in his early years, but he didn't know the details. How could he dare to inquire? If he knew, he would have to pretend that he didn't know.
Chen Changsheng said: "I don't know, I just heard my uncle mention it."
"That's not clear."
Shopkeeper Liu then smiled and said, "But even if we have any friendship, Mr. Chen, please don't tell me. I am still a young shopkeeper now and I can't bear to hear this."
There are some things that you have to pretend to be deaf and dumb. Even if you don't say anything after knowing it, there may not be any benefit. On the contrary, it may bring disaster.
After all, he is still an honest person and is not willing to do such a thing with uncertain fortune and misfortune. He is probably content with what he has now.
Chen Changsheng and Shopkeeper Liu left after not chatting for long.
Speaking of which, he just had time to ask. He hadn't seen Tang Mingjing for many years, and he didn't expect that all businessmen would be like this now.
After leaving the teahouse, Chen Changsheng went to the nearest bookshop.
As soon as I entered the shop, I smelled the fragrance of ink.
The clerk from the bookshop came over.
Chen Changsheng immediately asked: "Is there any "Strange Stories from the Mountains"?"
The waiter nodded and replied: "Yes, I will bring it to you sir."
"How much?"
"Three hundred coins."
"So expensive?!"
Chen Changsheng was stunned for a moment, a little shocked.
The waiter looked embarrassed and said, "Sir, this is already considered cheap. When "Strange Stories from the Mountains" was sold in large quantities, a copy cost 800 copies."
Chen Changsheng opened it and took a look, and then he understood.
The words in this book were all copied by human hands, rather than printed. This is probably because there is no movable type printing project yet. If this is the case, three hundred words is not too expensive.
"Two hundred coins," Chen Changsheng said.
The waiter smiled and said, "Sir, pay here."
Chen Changsheng hesitated for a moment, and when he saw that the guy agreed so simply, he couldn't help but regret it.
No matter what, if you lose, you lose.
After paying the bill, Chen Changsheng returned to the courtyard with the book.
When we got home, Cihua was lying on the wall playing hachi, looking drowsy. It was like this, sleepy during the day and energetic at night.
"Good man Chen."
Cihua yelled. Seeing Chen Changsheng holding something in his hand, it asked, "What good things did you buy?"
"Book."
Chen Changsheng entered the courtyard and immediately sat on a bench and opened a book.
Li Hua came forward and knocked.
It couldn't recognize a lot of words.
"Can Li Hua understand?"
"I can't understand, Li Hua can't read."
Chen Changsheng said: "That won't work either. You have to learn slowly."
"Do cats also need to learn to read?"
"Of course, cats who can't read will be looked down upon."
"real?"
"When did Chen lie to you?"
"That Li Hua needs to read, good man Chen will teach me."
So Chen Changsheng used this book to teach Li Hua how to read.
After a while of busy work, the sun above my head gradually moved away.
I don't know when I arrived, but I heard a knock on the door.
"Knock knock..."
Li Hua and Chen Changsheng, who were reading, raised their heads together.
Lihua said: "Lihua, go and open the door."
It jumped up, ran behind the door, jumped up and pulled off the bolt.
"Creak..."
The door opened a crack.
The person standing outside the door paused, hesitated, and then reached out and pushed the door open.
Li Hua raised her eyes and was about to speak when she saw a strange man.
It thought Ruyi was back.
"cat?"
The 'Wu Ren' who had taken off his makeup was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw Mr. Chen in the courtyard.
He immediately bowed his hands and said respectfully: "Ouyang Feng, hello sir!"
Lihua ran back to the table.
Then I heard Chen Changsheng say: "Come and sit."
Ouyang Feng paused for a moment, then stepped forward to the table. He hesitated but did not sit down.
First he said: "Sir, the iron cables of Tianque Mountain were reconnected last night, and more wooden stakes were added to the cave to make it much more stable."
In front of this gentleman, he felt inexplicably stressed and did not even dare to look directly into his eyes.
Chen Changsheng said: "Sit down and talk."
Only then did Ouyang Feng dare to sit down.
Chen Changsheng asked: "Are you being hunted by your enemies?"
"That's right..."
"When I first met you, you were being chased by your enemies, and it's still the same this time."
"well……"
Ouyang Feng sighed and said: "It's a blessing and a curse. I don't want to come to see you in such a mess. I'm really desperate."
Chen Changsheng looked at him and said, "You might as well explain your purpose, there is no need to beat around the bush like this."
Ouyang Feng opened his mouth, remained silent for a moment, then stood up and knelt down.
"I was betrayed by my apprentice and had no other choice. I traveled thousands of miles to come here in search of a chance. Back then, my husband gave me a copper coin to save my life. This time, I went into hundreds of tombs and found a ring finger from back then. I begged you to give me a chance." Drop the copper coins."
Ouyang Feng took out the ring finger from his arms, held it in the palm of his hand, bent down and kowtowed, his forehead pressed to the ground, and he never got up.
After a brief silence.
But Chen Changsheng raised his hand slightly.
A force lifted Ouyang Feng up.
Ouyang Feng was stunned for a moment, and found that he stood up again for no reason. His eyes were stunned, and he could not recover for a long time.
"It was nothing more than fate at the beginning. In fact, the finger ring is not as important as you thought. Chen just saw that you were in trouble and was kind-hearted, so he bought the ring ring with that copper coin."
Chen Changsheng looked at him and said: "But in the blink of an eye, the young hero has changed a lot in more than ten years. He no longer has the courage, kindness and kindness in his body, but he also has more karma. He is full of blood and has countless slaughters on his hands. , It’s no longer what it used to be.”
"Sir, please listen to my explanation."
Ouyang Feng said anxiously: "In this world, there are always times when you can't help yourself. I have no choice but to do it. That's why...even though there is blood and blood along the way, I have never killed innocent people indiscriminately."
"Is this really the case?"
Chen Changsheng asked: "Having traveled around the world for many years, has it really been true that you have never killed an innocent person?"
Such a sentence immediately left Ouyang Feng speechless.
Those eyes on him seemed to see him through and through.
Ouyang Feng had cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
He let out a long sigh and said: "There are countless enemies. If you see your father and son revenge, you have no choice but to kill him. You are indeed guilty."
Chen Changsheng said: "Young hero should know better than Chen. This is the case in the world. No matter how many bloody events there are on the road, they will be inflicted on you in the end like what you see on the road. Although it is helpless, it is also cause and effect."
Ouyang Feng gritted his teeth and said, "I am unwilling to do so. I accepted three disciples in my early years and taught them carefully to acquire my skills. I never thought that they were so cruel that they used knives behind their backs. For the sake of the "Nine Yin Kung", they did not hesitate to use one hand to kill me. I am not willing to fall into this situation..."
