Lanke Chess Edge

Wang Li was wearing a long gray gown, and walked unsteadily on the cold streets in the city, because it was not long after daylight, and there were very few pedestrians.

"Hiss...ho..."

Wang Li felt a chill in the morning wind, and his body shivered.

It was hot at the beginning of drunkenness, but it didn't take long afterward to feel cold, especially on the street in the early morning after the rain in spring.

Shaking the jug in his hand, there was no wine in it, so Wang Li tossed it casually.

The wine jug crossed a parabola and touched the ground of the street not far away.

"Crack..."

After the crisp sound, the jug was completely shattered, while Wang Li continued to shake away.

Ji Yuan looked down at the broken pottery slag that fell at his feet, then looked at Wang Li who was staggering away, and couldn't help frowning. The current situation of this person is a little different from what he imagined.

"Wan'er... Wan'er..."

Wang Li muttered in his mouth, tightened his clothes and walked to his residence. He is no longer in the capital now, but in Chengsu Mansion City, east of the capital section of Tongtian River, which belongs to Youzhou.

Like every time Wang Li went to a new place, the location he lived in was a folk house. Renting a side room with the owner's house was far more cost-effective than staying in a hotel for a long time.

"Ah... ho... yo, you just came back, Mr. Wang?"

The male owner of the house just came out of the house stretching his waist, and greeted Wang Li when he saw Wang Li who was shaking a little.

"Hehe, early..."

Wang Li wobbled and cupped his hands crookedly, walked to his side room, pushed open the door, staggered, grabbed the doorknob and fell in, because he was holding on to the doorknob tightly so he didn't fall all over the place. .

"Oh, Mr. Wang, how much wine have you drunk!"

The host hurried over to help him, and helped Wang Li down on the bed.

"Thank you, thank you..."

Wang Li fell on the bed and cupped his hands in a daze, then pulled off the quilt half-covered by himself, and snored after a while.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

The host shook his head, exited the room and closed the door.

Later, the hostess in the main house also got dressed and came out. When she saw the hostess, she came out of the side room and asked a question in a low voice.

"Drink too much again?"

"Well... I drank a lot and fell asleep right away."

"Mr. Wang Da was such a nice person when he first came, but now he is like this all day long."

"We don't care, as long as he pays the rent."

The two whispered and went back to wash up.

It wasn't until the sun was setting that Wang Li, who was lying on the bed, woke up. He rubbed his temples and sat up from the bed. He looked around in a daze, and it took him a while to gradually wake up.

Wang Li's face was a little pale, he threw off the quilt and got off the bed, opened the door, the afterglow of the setting sun blinded him, and the kitchen smoke was rising from the kitchen beside him.

"Mr. Wang, are you awake?"

The hostess who was drying the clothes saw Wang Li come out and greeted with a smile.

"Sister Liu, what time is it?"

"We didn't look at the watch, but I guess it's almost the hour of the year. It's just in time for you to wake up. There's nothing to eat today..."

"It's time? I have to leave quickly..."

When Wang Li heard the time, he hurriedly patted his face, then went back to the house to pack his things, paper fan, wake wood, books...all packed into a bag, and then hurried out again with the bag.

"Hey... Mr. Wang, don't you want to eat?"

"Don't eat, don't eat, I'm in a hurry!"

Wang Li hurriedly left the courtyard and rushed out. Today, he was going to a big restaurant to tell a story. A rich family hired the restaurant to hold a banquet. The guests were invited to congratulate the family's child, Chun Weibang, for being famous and qualified to be an official.

Now it is Maoshi, maybe there is already a banquet in the restaurant. If Wang Li, the storyteller, does not come after the banquet, it must be regarded as a breach of the agreement. The deposit has already been spent.

There were already people coming and going on the street, Wang Li was in a hurry, he didn't care to wipe his sweat and kept trotting forward, and when he hurried to the outside of Zhongtai Building on a bustling street, he was already out of breath.

"Ho...ho...ho...ho..."

There are people outside the congregation Thai building welcoming guests, and respectable people, old and young, are walking towards the building one after another, and they all surrendered before they got outside the building.

"Master Gao, congratulations!" "Master Gao is young and promising!"

"Hahahaha... Let's be happy together, please come in quickly!"

"Master Gao is so lucky. Your son's title on the gold list will be different from us as officials and citizens in the future!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

"Master Gao, Mr. Gao, you have to take care of us Shengdou people in the future!"

"Hahaha, you, Mr. Wang, if you want to be a commoner in Shengdou, isn't my Gao family a market peddler? Hahahaha... please come in!" "Uncle Wang, you are welcome!"

"Hahahahaha..."

...

The Gao family greeted the guests with smiles like flowers, and they were not tired of constantly bowing their hands in return. It seemed that they were more happy than newlyweds.

Wang Lifu was panting violently by the wall not far away. Seeing the situation, he couldn't calm down, but he was relieved in his heart. It seemed that the banquet hadn't started yet.

After relieving his breath for a while, Wang Li looked up and down, straightened his clothes, wiped the sweat from his face and neck with the burden on his back, and then resumed his smooth pace, and walked towards Zhongtai Building.

Before they got close, Wang Li had already congratulated him with a smile on his face.

"Master Gao, Mr. Gao, congratulations, Mr. Wang is not late, is he?"

Master Gao is a very energetic old man in brocade clothes, and Young Master Gao is also tall and decent, and the two of them also politely returned their salutes.

"Mr. Wang came at just the right time. The banquet has not started yet. I have already ordered the cooking stove to be prepared for you in advance. Someone will entertain you after you go in!"

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Gao!"

After Wang Li surrendered again, he hurried into the Zhongtai Building. He was really hungry and thirsty at this moment, and Master Gao's preparation was just as he wanted.

As a storyteller, he had to bring joy to the guests at the banquet. Others could listen while eating, but it was impossible for Wang Li to talk while eating. Considering that storytelling was also a physical effort, it was natural that he had to eat in advance.

After entering the restaurant, a servant immediately led Wang Li to a private room on the second floor. There was a large table with dishes ready, but Wang Li was not the only one eating, there were also some women who played piano and chords. They had already moved their chopsticks , obviously Wang Li came a little later.

"Mr. Wang, please eat here."

"Okay, thank you very much."

The boy didn't say anything, and left to do his own business.

Wang Li greeted everyone in the room with a little embarrassment, and began to eat by himself. Because he was hungry and thirsty, he naturally ate and drank well, and the few female relatives beside him laughed lightly.

After a while, the number of guests gathered towards Zhongtai Building gradually decreased. Mr. Gao, whose cheek muscles were sore from laughing for a long time, also planned to go into the restaurant, and Mr. Gao stepped in earlier.

"Master Gao, congratulations, congratulations to your son for being named on the gold list!"

A voice sounded with a correct accent, a peaceful yet powerful voice, which made Master Gao and the servants around him subconsciously turn around when they were about to go in, and found a Mr. in blue shirt standing outside. Jade hairpin, without any accessories such as jade pendants, looks simple but has an impressive bearing, and she is congratulating with a friendly face.

"Uh... sir?"

Master Gao asked suspiciously in return.

"Oh, by fate, I wanted to come to Zhongtai Restaurant to have a meal, but when I saw that the Gao family had booked a restaurant to celebrate Mr. Gao's Jinbang High School, I also congratulated him. Congratulations!"

Ji Yuan pointed to the red card leaning outside the building, on which it was written that the restaurant was taken over by the Gao family for one day to welcome the guests to congratulate Mr. Gao's high school, and to apologize to the other guests who had to come back another day.

Master Gao suddenly bowed his hand in return.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Congratulations!"

Ji Yuan nodded, put down his hands and waved his sleeves, turned and walked towards other restaurants and bars on the street.

"Hey, sir, please stop! If you don't mind, please go upstairs to the banquet together."

Seeing the extraordinary bearing of Mr. Ji, Mr. Gao couldn't help but greeted him, and left and right were just a meal.

Ji Yuan turned around, pretending to think about it for a while, then smiled, and thanked him again.

"Ji's first visit to Baofang, he heard that Zhongtailou's dishes are delicious, so thank you, Mr. Gao!"

"You are welcome, sir, please!"

Master Gao greeted Ji Yuan, and then entered the building together.

Because I didn't know Ji Yuan before, although it was a pleasure to meet such a gentleman with a great bearing to congratulate him by chance, it was destined not to arrange a place that was too lively, so it was arranged a little outside on the second floor.

It doesn't matter if you are destined, and there is no right to dislike Cengfan. The people at this table are obviously not familiar with each other. After chatting together for a few words, as the delicious hot dishes came up, everyone seemed to be harmonious.

"Everyone, my Gao family is brilliant in literature and music, and my fortune is prosperous. I am even more fortunate to have invited a storyteller who was once famous in the capital. Now I invite Mr. Wang Liwang to tell us a book to cheer for the banquet!"

"Ah, that's great!" "He's famous all over the capital?"

"Tell me something we haven't heard before."

"Yeah!"

"Wang Li? I really want to have heard of this name in the capital. It is said that he can ventriloquist, very good!"

"Really?" "That's still false!"

...

Ji Yuan could hear the words of the guests in the building full of anticipation, and a servant in front of him carried a table to the open space in the center of the building, on which there were already placed Xingmu and other things, and someone carried two screens up, showing The front and back semicircles hug the table.

Wang Li, on the other hand, held a white paper fan, and slowly came out of the private room that was used as a preparation room on one side, and walked behind the screen. Some women, holding lutes and qins, also went to the side to get ready.

"Guests, today is a new joy for the Gao family. Mr. Wang brings you a new book that you have never heard of before. This book is quite miraculous. It was given in a dream by a god and man. It is called "White Deer Fate"!"

Wang Li's opening remarks immediately raised everyone's interest to another level. Even Ji Yuan put down his chopsticks in high spirits. He also wanted to hear Wang Li's finished story.