Tao Zi was arranged to live in a rather quiet courtyard, surrounded by water, and had to cross a bridge to reach the courtyard.
Xi Jing lived with her, and the other four people were assigned to two other courtyards. The environment was not as good as this courtyard to the naked eye. But this is the master's arrangement, and no one will ask why.
Tao Zi placed her luggage and walked to the small courtyard to observe the surrounding environment. Strangely enough, she had never been here before, but she felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Before she could think about it, she saw Li Xiu waving to her from across the bridge: "Mei Tao, come on, let's go out for a walk!"
The little maid in the courtyard was a little confused. Is this the legendary monk with an air of immortality?
Tao Zi whispered a few instructions to the little maid and walked out.
He looked at the beautiful yard and sighed: "Treat them differently!"
She ignored this and said, "Xijing and the others have gone out, let's go."
Li Xiu smiled and said: "I know, Brother Han just followed him out regardless of his life or death."
The two walked to the street, and Li Xiu whispered: "Where are we going? To the deceased's house, or to Yueshan and the others?"
Tao Zi glanced at him and said: "Beauty or teahouse, pick one."
He stood there and looked at her in shock. What did he hear just now?
Soon after, the two of them were sitting on the second floor of the teahouse.
Li Xiu looked at the low-quality tea in the cup, flicked the water with the tea lid, frowned in disgust, and finally put it down and asked the waiter at the teahouse to change it to fresh water.
He turned to look at Tao Zi, and was about to ask her if she wanted to change, but found that she had already taken a sip and was listening intently to the storyteller below.
...Okay, forget, she is poor.
"Speaking of which, Yue Qiran is really an ungrateful and treacherous villain! He ignored his teacher and his sect, abandoned his career and secretly joined that alien race..."
When he was enjoying himself, he slapped Xingmu hard and continued speaking loudly.
"...In the end, she was so ashamed that she jumped off the cliff on the spot under her master's angry scolding!"
There was a roar of applause downstairs.
Tao Zi sighed secretly. Once this person dies early, he will lose his true appearance.
The waiter who brought the water next to him said with emotion: "Yue Qiran has a good life, but it's a pity that she doesn't know how to cherish it."
Li Xiu asked curiously: "Is your life good?"
"Isn't that right? She became the great disciple when Tianzun was not Tianzun. Tianzun must have treated her very well. Who would have thought that she had gone astray? She really deserves the training that Tianzun gave her. Girl, you What do you say?"
Tao Zi smiled lightly and said, "That's right."
The waiter looked at Li Xiu affirmatively: "Look, this girl says so."
The tea guest next to him also spoke: "Being the disciple of Tianzun is an honor. I don't know how many people ask for it but can't get it. That Yue Qiran is really ungrateful."
Everyone had just chatted a few words, and a new story began again.
The storyteller drank a few sips of tea, slapped the wood to wake him up, and said, "This time, let's talk about the only big household in the town - Huang Mansion."
Tao Zi and Li Xiu concentrated their attention in unison.
"This time, I won't talk about the concubine. After all, everyone knows it." The storyteller said something meaningful, and then said, "This time, I will talk about the concubine thirteen years ago. concubine."
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"In the struggle between wives and concubines, Mrs. Huang did not hesitate to put her own children in danger, and finally won, but she killed her own children. Although the life and death of the concubine who was driven out of the Huang Mansion was unknown, she left behind a daughter. There are real gains and losses.”
Tao Zi put the cup in her hand firmly on the table, but her voice was a little louder than before.
Li Xiu lowered her voice and said, "Is it possible that the death of the legitimate son was the reason why Mr. Huang drank Juezi Soup?"
She lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Mrs. Huang only got a son in her later years. It is impossible for her to put her child in danger just to fight for a concubine. This is something wrong with the storyteller.
At the end, the storyteller said meaningfully: "Karma and retribution are always unpredictable. No one knows when the consequences will come."
The tea-goers all started whispering, and there were vague words about wronged souls asking for their lives and retribution, but some people were objecting.
"Mrs. Huang has a very good temper. She goes to the pharmacy for free diagnosis and treatment every once in a while, and even provides relief to the victims when there is a disaster. If we really talk about it, there are not many people here who have not benefited from Mrs. Huang. Karma? You are not afraid of this nonsense. The consequences will fall on you."
It was a young man with a particularly angry expression.
Many people shut their mouths and said no more.
What everyone else says is the most terrifying thing.
Tao Zi spoke abruptly: "If Mrs. Huang is really so intolerant, how did those young masters and their biological mothers survive until now?"
Some people also thought of this and started talking about it.
The storyteller spoke again: "You can't say that. How could you young people know what happened thirteen years ago? You know, Mr. Huang was quite obsessed with that concubine back then. Who knew..."
Someone below interrupted him loudly: "If you are a jealous woman, why do you need to send young girls to your master every few years?"
Everyone started to quarrel.
The storyteller didn't know when he left.
Tao Zi and Li Xiu followed slowly, while the storyteller scurried back and forth in many twists and turns, returning to the same place from time to time. People who didn't know it thought he had lost his way.
Li Xiu lowered her voice and said, "Mei Tao, are you so sure there is something wrong with him?"
She said casually: "There is no shortage of time."
Finally, the man stopped in front of a small courtyard.
Tao Zi and Li Xiu sat on the tree outside, listening to the quarrel that broke out inside.
A female voice criticized excitedly: "You can't even do such a small thing well, you loser!"
"Mrs. Huang is a kind person. In this place, apart from the mayor and the stewards of those sects, who else has a greater reputation than the Huang Mansion? The reason why it was so smooth before was because of the unlucky concubine."
The female voice became even more excited: "Trash, what a waste!"
"No matter how useless I am, I am still your man. If it weren't for me, how could you have survived all these years?"
The two continued to argue, and just when Li Xiu was getting impatient, there was a sudden bang from inside, and before he could get serious, the sounds of flirting started.
The corner of his mouth twitched and he asked in a low voice: "Do lovers get along so quickly? One second they were arguing, and the next second they were just making love to each other."
She shook her head and looked a little confused: "I don't know, I have never been a Taoist couple or a lover."
Two immortal cultivators with zero emotional experience just listened to the wall shamelessly and without changing their expressions.
After listening, Li Xiu touched her chin and said, "Just now did they mention Yu'er's concubine's family intermittently?"
"Yes, doesn't it mean you have no father and no mother?"
The two looked at each other, and Tao Zi said: "You continue to stare, I will go find Huang Mansion."
