When you first enter Zhonggu Street, you can see the majestic pavilions with hanging bells and drums in the distance, and the Shengjing Palace in the distance, with yellow tiles and red walls, and majestic palaces.
In front of the city gate tower, there is a bustling stream of cars and horses, the streets are all low-eaves, and each shop has set up several storeys high, pedestrians are rushing around, and it is very lively.
Lou Wenliang saw that he hadn't arrived yet and talked about Zhou Linke.
Fundamentally speaking, Zhou Linke is not an apprentice of Futang Opera Troupe!
His master, Zhou Laoshuan, was an old puppet show performer. He and Lou Wenliang were from the same hometown, and because they were both musicians over the years, they kept in touch with each other.
Zhou Linke originally followed him to learn puppetry. Later, Master and apprentice Lou Wenliang visited Mr. Zhou. Zhou Linke fell in love with Lou Yunxian when he met him. It can be said that he fell in love with her at first sight.
As for him, he wanted to learn skills in the theater troupe. Mr. Zhou felt sorry for this half-disciple. He went to the theater troupe and begged again and again. Only then did the owner of the theater relent and asked him to serve Sasou in the theater troupe for a year.
I just became a martial arts student half a year ago!
He never thought that accepting a foreign disciple rashly would cause him so much trouble.
After Yue Guanchao and the others heard this, they followed Lou Wenliang out of the carriage. They crossed the main street and entered the alley, arriving at a large courtyard with a collapsed wall.
"Is Mr. Zhou at home?"
Lou Wenliang was a man of culture, and he was quite polite even when he asked for help.
After the door button rang, a white-haired old man opened the door.
"Master Lou, a gust of wind has brought you here. Don't hesitate to come in."
Yue Guanchao didn't talk nonsense, opened the courtyard door and walked into the courtyard.
This can't be called a courtyard. There are at most three old tile-roofed houses surrounding a small courtyard. There are many wooden puppet theaters in the courtyard. Before I have time to dress and paint, there are Taishi chairs under the old elm trees, and work utensils are scattered everywhere.
"Old man, you are already sick, why are you still doing such chores? Your apprentice should not do it for you!"
Lou Wenliang looked at the wounds on Mr. Zhou's hands and saw that they were cuts made while weaving bamboo strips.
"Sick? When did I get sick?"
In one sentence, Lou Wenliang was completely sure that Zhou Linke had deceived him.
"Ke Lin told me that you were sick and wanted to come to take care of you. I also wanted to come over today to see if you are okay after all the trouble!"
Lou Wenliang put tea and fruit cakes on the low table. Mr. Zhou waved his hand:
"He didn't come at all. I thought this bastard had forgotten about being a teacher and went to some restaurant!"
"Then we're not sure."
While they were talking, Yue Guanchao was playing with puppets and looking around in the yard. There were two sets of bowls and chopsticks in the north wing. Looking at the scattered chicken and fish bones, it was obvious that someone had eaten them just now!
"Since he is not here, we will go back."
When Lou Wenliang saw the look in Yue Guanchao's eyes, he understood and exited the yard. Old man Zhou didn't even bother to exchange greetings and quickly closed the door.
"Just now, there were clearly two sets of bowls and chopsticks. Zhou Linke must be in the courtyard. Zhou Laoshuan is quite protective this time. He dares to stop him even if he commits any crime."
Yue Guanchao and the others walked out of the door and walked into the main street. When Zhou Laoshuan was out of sight, they immediately approached the courtyard from another alley.
They stood under the wall of the north courtyard, and sure enough they heard Zhou Laoshuan speak. Yue Guanchao stepped onto the firewood pile and peeked secretly into the courtyard.
The old man was opening the cellar door and pulling out the young man in green clothes.
"I don't know what you have committed. How long have you been hiding here? If you really commit a serious crime, just run away."
If you don't catch it now, you will wait for it later.
Yue Guanchao shouted loudly and jumped off the firewood pile from the courtyard wall. Zhou Linke obviously knew that something was wrong, so he picked up the stuffed doll and threw it at him.
"Hey, you kid, I just made a puppet and I'm waiting to sell it for money."
Zhou Laoshuan said he was blaming him, but in fact he stopped in front of Yue Guanchao and grabbed him randomly, just to buy time for his apprentice.
Yue Guanchao didn't need any brute force to deal with the old man, he just caught and dodged three times to tie the old man into the Grand Master's chair.
He knew that Yue Erpao was guarding the courtyard gate, so he was not worried about him escaping and playing cat and mouse in the courtyard.
Zhou Linke is really a master of martial arts, and he and Yue Guanchao fought hard with fists and fists. The two of them fought back and forth, panting like cows, and it was so exciting in an instant!
It's just that this person was born in a low-class family and specialized in kicking people in the lower thirds. He used the black tiger to take out the heart, the monkey to steal the peach, and the kick to annihilate the descendants.
Yue Guanchao was almost cut by his draper several times. Although he was threatening, he also understood that Zhou Linke was indeed the man in the attic.
At the end of the fight, Yue Guanchao and him were on opposite sides, breathing heavily:
"Huh~ Zhou Linke, do you know how serious a crime you have committed? Nine lives are in your hands. How can you hide?"
"What, nine lives? I said you brat, you killed me, the old man."
When Zhou Laoshuan heard that his apprentice had a human life on his hands, he was so angry that he trembled all over even though he was tied to the master's chair.
"Huh~ Master, don't listen to his nonsense. I do things for myself, and I have a life on my hands. I killed Caiping and the others for whatever reason."
Zhou Linke's words made Yue Guanchao freeze on the spot. His original guess was completely wrong!
"Zhou Linke, if no one is responsible for carrying these nine lives, your senior sister will have to carry them all. She has been imprisoned now."
