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By the time the "big thief" Su Qing woke up, it was already noon the next day. It is said that during the days when he temporarily lived in Yumantang, he indulged in pleasure and drunkenness almost every day, and was confused day and night.
Today's Su Qing is naturally still like this: shaking his groggy head, leaning on the body of a girl or a singer, slowly walking to the open air to rest his breath.
This Yumantang consists of a two-story building. It is unknown whether there is a bunker, but a suspended wooden corridor is built around the second floor. This is an elegant place for talented people, beauties, literati and knights to chat and play games - with Kabuki and dancers waiting on the side, and the scenery of Cangzhou City outside the corridor can be enjoyed. Su Qing, with a tired look on her face, walked to the porch as usual to wake up from the smell of alcohol from the previous night.
Along the way, this guy would hug and greet everyone he met with extra intimacy. No matter whether he was male or female, old or young, familiar or unfamiliar, as long as he appeared in front of him, he would go around and mess around, and soon he would appear. The news of his death spread throughout Yumantang.
All the guests and servants in Yumantang thought that Su Qing was just drunk, so they accommodated him everywhere. However, in the eyes of others who did not understand the facts, this "big thief" just liked to show mercy. And what Su Qing did after meeting the "new friend" he met just yesterday made others misunderstand even more deeply.
E Feiying, who had just had a casual meal, happened to meet Su Qing on the corridor. The two did not recognize each other at first, but they had just met each other yesterday, so they naturally introduced themselves first.
But Su Qing seemed to know something about the E family. After listening to the other party's introduction, he deliberately joked: "Master E has such a voluptuous figure, why not consider staying in Yumantang, male actors are extremely scarce nowadays... How about it?" " As soon as he finished speaking, he walked leisurely to the other party and greeted him with a malicious smile.
Seeing how vulgar this guy with "four eyebrows" was, and seeing the other person's sultry face approaching him again, E Feiying seemed to have no reason to reject the indignation in her heart. So, she slapped the other person mercilessly, then said "dirty" and left suddenly, returning to the adjacent wing to complain to her friends.
Zhao Xiaomei, who had witnessed all this, jumped out of the side room after a while and called Su Qing over angrily.
Su Qing didn't know whether it was because of the slap that knocked him to the ground, or because of the particularly kind call from his little sister, the alcohol smell that had been lingering in his head disappeared instantly. The singer who had been supporting Su Qing all the way asked him to guard the door. Then he straightened his clothes a little, twirled his beard, and touched his swollen face before walking towards the little sister with a smile. .
Su Qing, who thought that his friends would all be drinking and feasting, never expected that the atmosphere in the private room was actually much heavier than he imagined. Except for the little beggar sitting in the middle who was hurriedly stuffing food into his mouth, no one else moved their chopsticks.
"Why did this beggar come in?" Su Qing saw that the man was so dishonorable that he didn't even bother to take a second look and looked at the little sister and asked: "Also, there are two masked knights over there. , could it be Shao Xia Bai and Miss Murong?"
"Hey, Mr. Su seems to know everything, right?" Ajuan said sarcastically.
"That's natural!" Su Qing said, then took out a scroll from the pocket in his sleeve, spread it out and saw that it was the wanted order for Bai Feng and Murong Yan. Then, he continued: "This wanted order has been stopped by me. As long as the court's pursuers do not come here, you can rest assured in Cangzhou City!"
The younger sister was very angry when she saw that although this guy knew the truth, he still spoke rudely to E Feiying, so she said angrily: "Then Mr. Su, why are you still so frivolous and disrespectful to Sister Ying..."
"I heard that the fifth young lady of the E family is a hero among women. I just learned a little bit about it. I didn't expect it to be so. It's really disrespectful..." Su Qing said with a smile, and quickly greeted E Feiying with her hands, claiming that she Just playing around.
Several people, including E Feiying, felt that Su Qing had no intention of repenting at all, which caused the atmosphere to become even more deadlocked. However, Su Qing didn't take it seriously at all. She saw that he was still enjoying himself. He walked up to Bai Feng quite easily, lifted his black hijab, and then took off the veil of the girl next to him. , jokingly said: "I told you not to worry, why do you still have to cover your face and frown? It's really embarrassing for me!"
"What can you do to embarrass you? Su Qing, we have been waiting for you for a long time, just to wait for you to wake up from a hangover before taking the risk of staying in this hellish place!" Zhao Xiaomei said immediately.
Murong Yan on the side replied: "Master Su, we have already eaten. Now that the master has learned the cause and effect, please point out a clear path for us and tell me the whereabouts of Yuan Fengzi."
Su Qing shook her head and said with a little disdain: "I don't know what Yuan Fengzi is! I stayed in Cangzhou City for more than half a month as promised by Mr. Zhao. I wasted a lot of time. You have to compensate me for this!"
"Brother Su, since you haven't found any clues, how about we stop disturbing you and take a short rest before setting off to Lingcheng to look for the person?" Zhao Kuo pretended to answer for a moment, then Su Qing saw his little sister, He kept saying no.
"Brother Zhao! After all, I have been waiting for half a month, how can you be so heartless and unjust!"
After hearing this, E Feiying couldn't bear the resentment in her heart and said angrily: "You are a second-rate idiot. It's okay if you don't help us, but you still tease us everywhere... Bah, shameless!"
"Miss E, please be patient." Seeing that something was wrong, the young swordsman finally spoke and said, "Brother Su is helpless, and we can't force him. But Brother Su is capable of helping this little beggar in front of us. .”
"Is this beggar the one who has been clamoring to see me, Father Tao, for days in a row?" Su Qing asked, looking at the little man who was devouring his food.
"Exactly!" Bai Feng replied with cupped hands: "Because he ran out of money, he had to sleep in the open air. He waited outside all day yesterday. Seeing how pitiful he was, we brought him in and gave him a full meal."
"Oh! Bai Shaoxia, I don't dare to neglect such a person whose identity is unknown." Su Qing looked at the beggar carefully, and saw that his head was wrapped in gray cloth, and he was covered in mud and dust. Almost no part of him was clean. , and then he said: "If you interfere in such noisy matters at will, who knows what kind of trouble you may get into?"
Before he finished speaking, the beggar suddenly let go of the chicken leg in his mouth, ran straight to Su Qing, knelt down and said, "Uncle Su, my name is Xiao Shitou! My family is very, very seriously ill. I heard that Tao Wuyong, Senior Tao is a well-known traveling doctor, so I just came here to seek medical treatment!"
"Little stone?" Su Qing sneered: "Hey, you can't afford a lot of money, why do you still come to seek medical treatment?"
"I just heard that Senior Tao has a eccentric nature. Sometimes he can get thousands of taels of gold for treating common diseases, and sometimes he can get nothing... so I wanted to try my luck."
After everyone listened, they all suddenly realized. But Su Qing was still as stubborn as ever, saying: "So, you really know my adoptive father? Haha, what a pity! Over the years, Father Tao has been hunted and assassinated often, so anyone who comes to seek medical treatment is not allowed. .Xiao Shitou, just give up this idea and find another doctor?"
After finishing speaking, Su Qing turned around and bowed to other friends, saying goodbye, claiming that she was really powerless and secretly retreated.
