A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 116: Being Tricked into Staying Overnight in the Suburbs

"An Yun close the door!"

In the inn, An Yun had just returned from feeding the horses when he saw Li Yunye angrily dragging Old Zhou, who was silent and had his head hung, back to the room. When he was wondering outside the door, he suddenly heard the young master's sharp voice. He hurriedly followed him in and closed the door.

"Give me back the money for the jade pendant!"

After returning to the room, Li Yunye angrily spread out his hand that was originally holding Lao Zhou's arm, palm facing up, in front of the other person.

"Sir, is it really that serious? Don't you have to pay something when you go out and ask someone to do something for you?" Although Lao Zhou knew that he was in the wrong, he looked very reasonable.

"Stop lying. It was obvious that you gave the jade pendant as a favor!" Seeing Old Zhou's quibbling, Li Yunye was so angry that his face turned red and he almost vomited blood.

"Young Master, my old friend's family is in dire straits and he has starving children. We can't just stand by and watch him die, can we?" Old Zhou saw that Li Yunye was very angry. He thought that if he made this spoiled rich young man sick, he would be in trouble. The shopkeeper Mu might not forgive him either, so he showed his weakness and smiled helplessly.

"You are willing to help others, but why don't you use your own money? And your so-called friend is so sarcastic and jealous when you meet him. Are you blind to consider such a person as your friend?" Li Yunye was furious and thought that Lao Zhou was guilty when he suddenly surrendered. His arrogance became even higher and he looked arrogant.

Never had he seen the young master get so angry before. An Yun, who had been standing silently by the side, was also shocked. He was nervously looking at Old Zhou who was being pointed at on the nose and scolded by the young master.

"Hehe, sir, don't be angry, come on, have some tea to moisten your throat and calm down. Old Zhou will explain it to you slowly." But Old Zhou smiled shamelessly like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. He pulled Li Yunye to sit down as if nothing had happened and poured him a cup of warm tea.

"What else do you have to explain?" As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit a smiling person. Seeing that Old Zhou was trying to please him, Li Yunye's anger subsided a lot. He picked up the warm tea in front of him and drank it down, then asked angrily.

"After all this journey, what do you think of me, Old Zhou?" Old Zhou chuckled twice and then asked slowly.

"You're so shameless and talk a lot of nonsense!" Li Yunye replied unhappily.

"Hehe, sir, I admit that I am thick-skinned. It is because of this thick skin that I, Old Zhou, can live such a free and easy life while traveling all over the country." Old Zhou became proud of it after hearing this.

Li Yunye rolled his eyes and refused to talk anymore. An Yun, who was leaning against the wall, also shook his head helplessly.

"But this is all nonsense. I, Old Zhou, don't agree with it. The fact that the journey has been so smooth proves that I have a thorough plan and I keep my word, doesn't it?" Even if no one paid attention to him, Old Zhou continued to talk about it with relish.

"Okay, stop interrupting and explain it quickly." Lao Zhou's self-praise once again made Li Yunye sneer in his heart.

"The person I just met outside was a drinking buddy I had twice with when I stayed in this wooden city. Relying on the family fortune left by his ancestors, he has been idle all day long, drinking and gambling. He has always been profit-oriented. I haven't seen him for a few years. Seeing how disheveled he is, I guess he must have squandered all the family savings." Under Li Yunye's impatient urging, Lao Zhou put away his playful smile and spoke slowly.

"How can you be so friendly with such a person?" After hearing what Lao Zhou said, Li Yunye frowned and said with disdain.

"You don't know, young master, although this guy is idle all day long, you can always go to him to find out anything about Mucheng." Old Zhou laughed again and continued, "I am just being friendly with this guy, after all, we need his help to find those dye merchants this time."

"So you have to rely on others to know everything about this wooden city?" Li Yunye got angry again and turned to An Yun and asked, "Isn't he just talking nonsense?"

"Hehe, I'm familiar with Mucheng, but I haven't been back for so many years, so I'm not familiar with this person." Lao Zhou scratched his head awkwardly and smiled guiltily.

Knock knock knock....

At this moment, a knock on the door outside interrupted the conversation in the room. Li Yunye hurriedly stood up and stood beside Lao Zhou. After all, he was now in the role of a servant, so how could he sit with his master.

"Mr. Zhong from the street is looking for Mr. Zhou. He is downstairs." When An Yun opened the door, the waiter replied respectfully.

When Lao Zhou heard that his drinking buddy had shown up so quickly, he was overjoyed and went downstairs with the waiter.

Zhong Er, a sturdy man waiting downstairs, saw Lao Zhou being respectfully invited downstairs by the waiter who had just ignored him. He couldn't help but curse the waiter and Lao Zhou in his heart.

When Lao Zhou saw that Zhong Er was acting in a brotherly manner again, he even enthusiastically wanted to invite him upstairs. However, Zhong Er made an excuse that he had something to do, and left after hurriedly telling Lao Zhou that someone wanted to sell dye. He was jealous of Lao Zhou's wealth, and naturally didn't want to see Lao Zhou's smug face any longer.

"Go to inspect the goods tonight? And outside the city?" After Lao Zhou brought back the good news, Jiang Siyao became a little worried. What she bought were genuine dyes, not drugs, so why was she so secretive?

"Sir, do you have any doubts?" Old Zhou didn't think so. He had never done such a big deal so naturally he didn't understand. But he thought that Zhong Er wanted to earn the reward from him, so he couldn't cheat him, right?

"I always feel it's not right to do business at night." Li Yunye expressed his concerns.

"Why don't we go and take a look to see if this is appropriate?"

Seeing that Old Zhou seemed confident, Li Yunye didn't say anything else. After all, Old Zhou was familiar with this wooden city.

As there was a curfew in Mucheng, Li Yunye and the other two drove their carriages out of the city early to the suburbs. When night fell, it was dark in the wilderness. The three went to the agreed place at the agreed time, but found it empty.

"Old Zhou, we've been fooled." In the moonlight, Li Yunye jumped off the carriage and looked around. There was no one except the three of them. Gusts of whistling wind blew, and he felt a chill on his back. He hurriedly rubbed against An Yun and glared at Old Zhou with tears in his eyes.

"But why is Zhong Er playing tricks on us? Why would he want to make money?" Lao Zhou has traveled all over the country and is used to sleeping in the open air. The desolate countryside at night makes him feel more comfortable. He looked up at the moon in the sky, puzzled.

An Yun was not afraid despite his martial arts skills, but he couldn't help but worry when he saw the young master's frail body. At this time, the gate of the wooden city was closed and they couldn't go back to the inn, so he had to let the young master go back to the carriage.

The three of them stayed in the wilderness all night until the wooden city gate opened at dawn, and then they returned to the inn.

As it happened, the wind in the suburbs was howling last night, and Li Yunye was frightened the whole night. He went back home in a daze and fell ill. An Yun hurriedly asked the waiter to call a doctor.

Old Zhou was furious because Zhong Er had played a trick on him and made Master Li sick. He left the inn alone and went to the gambling house, dragged Zhong Er to an empty alley, and punched him so hard that he made his nose bleed.

"Brother, why did you hit me? I helped you find business yesterday, how come you suddenly become so hostile?" Zhong Er sat on the ground, covering his bleeding nose in pain, crying with a wronged and heartbroken look.

"How dare you talk like that? Where's the business? You tricked me into waiting in the suburbs for a whole night, but there wasn't even a single person!" Old Zhou became even more furious when he saw Zhong Er's aggrieved look. He still had the nerve to feel aggrieved.

"That's not right, brother. Boss Lin did tell me yesterday that he had too much goods to transport into the city, and he was in a hurry to go out of town today, so he chose to do the business last night!"

Seeing Zhong Er defending himself with confidence, Lao Zhou couldn't tell how much truth there was in his words, and hurriedly asked Zhong Er to take him to find the so-called Boss Lin.

It was indeed the case that Zhong Er deliberately played a prank on Lao Zhou because he was jealous of him. The story of Boss Lin was also made up by him. So naturally, the place he took Lao Zhou to was deserted. After some crying and sobbing acting, he actually fooled Lao Zhou.