I Just Won’t Play by the Book

.. Early in the morning, Wu Qingce and the Ye family were enjoying breakfast at the same table.

After taking a mouthful of egg porridge, he sighed in his heart, "It's far worse than what my senior brother cooked." Wu Qingce looked at Ye Lingtian and said, "Master Ye, when the junior came, he found that Jiyuan Town is indeed the number one town in Sipan County. It was really lively.”

After hearing this, Ye Lingtian smiled and replied, "It's very lively." After speaking, he looked at Ye Xiude, "Second brother, let Shuoer accompany Qingce to go shopping in the town, so that they will be young. Let's play together."

After listening, Ye Xiude put down the bowl and replied, "Yes, father, the child knows."

Seeing that the first step on the kit was successful, Wu Qingce cupped his hands towards Ye Lingtian and said, "Thank you, Master Ye."

"Qing Ce is too polite, it's all right." He pointed to the cage in the seeds and said, "That Yangsu vegetable bun is the only thing you can eat. You can try it."

"I just ate it and it tasted good."

"Okay, eat as much as you like."

...

In a harmonious atmosphere, Wu Qingce finished his breakfast, and then led Ye Shuo down to the town.

On the way, Ye Shuo took Wu Qingce to many places worth seeing in the town, and also took the opportunity to ask Wu Qingce for a lot of training.

After wandering to Shen Shi in this way, under Wu Qingce's intentional leadership, they came to an inn with the four characters [Tao Ju Inn] written on the plaque.

Looking at the long queue at the entrance of the inn, Wu Qingce said, "Brother Ye, this inn is very lively. It must be a good place for you in Jiyuan Town?"

After hearing Wu Qingce's question, Ye Shuo couldn't help showing a somewhat dazed expression.

‘Taoju Inn? When did Jiyuan Town have so many inns? ’

Although Ye Shuo hadn't been around town for a while due to the divorce recently, but it was only a ten-day at most. How could there be such an inn that he had never heard of before, and he looked inside. Look, he found that many celebrities from Jiyuan Town were sitting in the lobby of the inn, which made him even more confused.

‘Didn’t all these people go to the Return Inn in the past? Why are you running here? ’

"Brother Ye?" Seeing Ye Shuo stunned, Wu Qingce called out softly.

Ye Shuo then reacted and replied, "To tell the truth from Brother Wu, this is the first time I have heard of this Taoju Inn. It's strange and strange, and I don't know where this inn came from."

Wu Qingce couldn't help showing a smile after hearing this: "That sounds really interesting, Brother Ye, why don't we go in and sit?"

Although Ye Shuo was a little reluctant to go to such crowded places, he still bravely agreed: "Since Brother Wu has Yaxing, let's go and have a look."

"Please."

At the end of the line, the two were chatting about what they had seen and heard today, when they heard a voice next to them saying, "Isn't this the young master of the Ye family, long time no see."

The voice clearly emphasized the four words of the Ye family's eldest and youngest, causing everyone around to look at it.

He sighed in his heart, "The road to the enemy is narrow." Ye Shuo looked at the person who spoke up and said, "Hong Tianrui, don't make trouble for me."

"Oh! I'm not saying hello to you, Young Master Ye, why are you causing trouble? Your Ye family has been divorced, so you can't take your anger on me, right?"

Hearing Hong Tianrui's words, Wu Qingce understood how uncomfortable the Ye family had been recently.

"Hong Tianrui! I think your skin is itchy!"

Although Ye Shuo was polite when chatting with Wu Qingce, in fact, he was definitely violent, otherwise he wouldn't have asked Wu Qingce for advice as soon as they met before.

"Why, you want to fight? I'll accompany you!"

Just as the two were arguing, they saw a man in an ice-blue shirt with narrow sleeves walking out of the inn. It was Gu Qinghuan.

"It turned out that it was Shao Hong who came to visit, and I lost a long way to welcome it."

Seeing the person who came, Hong Tianrui showed a happy look, and cupped his hands towards him: "Hello, Boss Song, thank you for what happened yesterday."

"Young Master Hong is being polite, it's just a gesture of effort." Gu Qinghuan glanced at Ye Shuo and said, "I don't know why the two of you are arguing?"

After hearing this, Hong Tianrui shook his hands and said, "Hey, it's just a small matter." After he finished speaking, he glanced at Ye Shuo and said, "Today, because of Boss Song's face, I won't care about you."

After saying hello, a few people behind him walked into the inn. Before going up the stairs, he did not forget to shout to Gu Qinghuan, "Boss Song, come up and have a drink later."

Gu Qinghuan turned around and nodded, indicating that he understood.

On Ye Shuo's side, when Hong Tianrui went to the second floor, he didn't come back to his senses.

"Boss Song? Where did this person come from? How could that Hong Tianrui be so polite and warm?"

As the representative of the juniors of the four major families, Ye Shuo is the most aware that this Hong Tianrui has more eyes than the top. Even when he talked to him before, he was arrogant, not to mention seeing ordinary people. It's almost useless to talk to people with nostrils.

But Ye Shuo could be sure that he had never seen the Boss Song in front of him, and he didn't remember any big family surnamed Song in Jiyuan Town, how could he make Hong Tianrui look at him so differently.

When Ye Shuo looked incomprehensible, Gu Qinghuan cupped his hands towards him and said, "You must be Ye Shuo, Young Master Ye, you have long admired your name."

"You know me?" Ye Shuo asked, pointing at himself.

"I don't know who is in the Ye family in Jiyuan, and Young Master Ye is a leader among the younger generation. He is already a ninth-order profound practitioner at a young age, so he naturally knows him."

Let's talk, okay

Ye Shuo, who hadn't been held in such high esteem for a long time, was in a good mood. He cupped his hands towards Gu Qinghuan and said, "Boss Song is too famous. I don't know when Boss Song came to our Jiyuan Town and opened this inn again?"

"It's a long story, Young Master Ye, please come in first, we can chat while drinking."

"Okay, then I would like to thank Boss Song for his kindness."

Seeing Junior Brother Qinghuan welcoming Ye Shuo into the inn, Wu Qingce behind him couldn't help scratching his head. Although he had heard during dinner the day before that Gu Qinghuan had established some connections in Jiyuan Town, how could he become the owner of such a big inn? now...

With such doubts in mind, Wu Qingce followed the two into the inn.

After three rounds of drinking, in a box, Gu Qinghuan and Ye Shuo had become confidants, and they had a chat.

Ye Shuoha, who drank another glass of Bagui wine, took a sip of wine and said, "Boss Song, your Chiyancao idea is absolutely brilliant, no wonder you can get so many celebrities from Jiyuan Town to run away from you in such a short period of time. Here, admire and admire."

"Ye Shao is too famous. My small shop has to rely on big people like you, Ye Shao, to keep going well."

Ye Shuo, who was already a little drunk, waved his hand, shook his head and said, "What kind of big man? If I were really a big man, I wouldn't have known Boss Song until today. I believe Boss Song has heard about our Ye family, right?"

"Know a thing or two."

Seeing that the topic was finally brought here, Wu Qingce immediately cupped his hands and said, "I didn't expect the Ye family to suffer so much humiliation because of this. It seems that I have to go back and pay Master Ye a second time."

Hearing Wu Qingce's words, Ye Shuo's wine suddenly woke up three points, and he quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother Wu, don't take offense, I'm all drunk, drunk, you must not tell my grandfather about this."

At this time, Gu Qinghuan turned his eyes to Wu Qingce and smelled: "I don't know who this is?"

"Oh, let me introduce you." Ye Shuo said, sitting upright and introducing Wu Qingce: "This is Wu Qingce, the direct disciple of the sect master of the Guixin Sect of Fengzhou, and he is already a master of the sixth rank of Xuanshi before he reaches the weak crown."

Gu Qinghuan's brows twitched after hearing this, and he cupped his hands in surprise and said, "Brother Wu is really a genius, and he will definitely be famous in the future."

Seeing that Junior Brother Qing Huan had a natural expression like seeing him for the first time, Wu Qingce was stunned for a while before bowing his hands back and saying, "Boss Song is wrong."

It's just that his expression is not as natural as Gu Qinghuan's.

After greeting Wu Qingce, Gu Qinghuan took a sip from the wine glass and asked, "I have some doubts, I wonder if Brother Wu can answer me?"

"Boss Song said it directly."

"Since Brother Wu and Brother Ye don't seem to be contradicting each other, then the rumors of annulment in this town shouldn't be caused by Guixinzong, right?"

"Of course not." Wu Qingce immediately shook his head, "The next trip to Lanzhou is to resolve the misunderstanding between our two families."

"Since that's the case... the Ye family will definitely not tell this story, so why can it spread throughout Jiyuan Town in such a short period of time?"

Ye Shuo's eyes widened after hearing this: "Yes!"

Before, they thought it was Lu Qingyin from the Guixin Sect who broke the marriage and spread the news, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.

"Someone must be deliberately trying to harm our Ye family! It's really despicable!" Ye Shuo shouted while patting the table.

Seeing Ye Shuo's face full of anger, Gu Qinghuan cupped his hands and said, "If Young Master Ye doesn't dislike it, why not let me check this matter for you?"

"Boss Song is willing to help me?" Gu Qinghuan glanced at Gu Qinghuan in surprise.

"Having such an opportunity to have a relationship with Young Master Ye is something I, someone in Song, can't ask for, so I'm naturally willing to help."

"Okay!" After Ye Shuo finished speaking, he patted Gu Qinghuan on the shoulder abruptly, "Then it's settled, if Boss Song can really find out who is trying to frame my Ye family, I, Ye Shuo, will definitely return the favor!"

Hearing that things were in order, Gu Qinghuan said, "Okay, then we must do our best. Of course, this matter definitely needs your cooperation, Brother Ye."

"It's settled!" Ye Shuo finished his last glass of wine and stood up abruptly, "I'll go back now and report this to Grandpa! I'm leaving now."

After speaking, he left the box in a hurry. Before leaving, Wu Qingce secretly gave Gu Qinghuan a thumbs up, and then quickly followed Ye Shuo.

Under the blessing of drunkenness, Ye Shuo ran back home in a hurry. After asking the housekeeper, he saw Ye Lingtian in the study.

After listening to Ye Shuo's detailed report, Ye Lingtian nodded and pondered for a while before answering, "From what you said, it seems that you highly respect that Boss Song?"

Ye Shuo immediately cupped his hands and replied, "Then Song Chengyi must be very capable of recruiting celebrities from Jiyuan Town to him in a short period of time, and Hong Tianrui is also very polite to Boss Song, and his grandson heard them. During the conversation, it seems that Boss Song solved a lot of troubles for Hong Tianrui."

"Oh?" Ye Lingtian raised his brows, "Is it also related to the Hong family? No wonder this young man can gain a firm foothold in Jiyuan Town in such a short period of time. It's interesting."

"Since grandpa is interested in him, why not invite him to the house tomorrow?"

"No hurry." Ye Lingtian waved his hand, "Let's see what he can find out first."

"Yes, then the grandson will retire first." Ye Shuo cupped his hands.

"Well, go and rest."

After Ye Shuo left, Ye Lingtian sat on the chair and thought for a while, and then asked the guard at the door to find the housekeeper.

"Master, are you looking for me?" the butler asked as he walked into the door.

"listen

Said that a new Taoju Inn opened in the town recently? "

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "There is such an inn in the town, but it is not a newly opened one. The shopkeeper of the inn in Heyueshi came to send an invitation."

Ye Lingtian was completely unimpressed after hearing this, because there were too many invitations like this, and most of the time he wouldn't even look at them.

Not discussing this issue any further, Ye Lingtian continued to ask, "It seems that many celebrities in the town have gone to that inn?"

"It seems that there is such a thing. The shopkeeper of the Return Inn mentioned to me a few days ago, and said that their business was stolen a lot."

"Hmm..." Ye Lingtian nodded and said, "Find two people to check the inn, and bring me the information about that Boss Song."

"Understood, sir, this old slave will do it now." After speaking, the butler left the study.

...

On the second night, the housekeeper found the master and reported: "Master, it has been found."

"Say."

After listening to this, the housekeeper said a bunch of things related to this Boss Song, and told Ye Lingtian, "Song Chengyi really has some skills. He has helped many families solve many problems and conflicts. The cool thing is... I heard that he brought a third-grade alchemist."

"A third-grade alchemist?" Ye Lingtian's eyes lit up.

Even in this prosperous Jiyuan Town, an alchemist is a very popular profession, especially a third-rank alchemist who can refine the elixir needed by the mysterious spirit, which is extremely popular.

"Okay, go and call Shuo'er."

"Yes." The key cupped his hands and ran out the door.

Soon, Ye Shuo walked into the study.

"Shuo'er, go and invite that Boss Song to the house tomorrow."

Hearing the word "please", Ye Shuo was stunned for a moment. He could hear that his grandfather must have checked out that Boss Song, and it was not easy to find him, otherwise he would definitely not use the word "please".

Soon, Ye Shuo walked into the study.

"Shuo'er, go and invite that Boss Song to the house tomorrow."

Hearing the word "please", Ye Shuo was stunned for a moment. He could hear that his grandfather must have checked out that Boss Song, and it was not easy to find him, otherwise he would definitely not use the word "please". , He could hear that Grandpa must have checked that Boss Song, and it was not easy to find him, otherwise he would definitely not use the word please.