Chapter 55: Deciding on a Plan in Yangzhou

  The next day, Li Jiancheng, Qin Yao and Fu Junru arrived at the gate of Yangzhou City.

  "Wow! Young master, this Yangzhou city is really big! Much bigger than Taiyuan." Qin Yao exclaimed as she saw the bustling crowd at the gate of Yangzhou.

  After entering the city gate, I saw that the surrounding businessmen were coming and going in an endless stream. Those businessmen all had a satisfied smile on their faces, as if they had all made enough money.

  "It's indeed worthy of being the central plains, it's so prosperous!" Fu Jun said with emotion as he saw the boundless prosperity of Yangzhou.

  "If you let your Goryeo king come to a place frequently, I'm sure that place will also become prosperous." Li Jiancheng said lightly. Yang Guang has been here twice and is now coming for the third time. Won't the officials below make an effort to welcome him?

  "Hmph, even our Goryeo king wouldn't be so extravagant when traveling, I really don't understand why Yang Guang is acting like this. Can you people from the Central Plains really put up with this?" Fu Junru said discontentedly.

  "It's also, your Goryeo is such a poor place, I reckon there won't be a city like this." Li Jiancheng said mockingly.

  "You..." Fu Junzhu angrily pointed at Li Jiancheng, unable to speak.

  "Alright, Fu Mei, Master, you two shouldn't quarrel anymore. What are we going to do next?" Qin Yao intervened as she saw the two about to start a dispute.

  "Let's find a tavern to rest first!" Li Jiancheng said lightly and walked forward.

  "Yao'er sister, why is your young master so mean to me?" Fu Jun asked with a pout.

  "I don't know either, the young master has always been very kind to people, I'll help you ask him sometime!" Qin Yao comforted, and the two of them hurriedly followed up.

  As they walked to a place, Li Jiancheng smiled when he saw the name of one of the wine houses and went in. The two women following behind, Qin Yao knew why, while Fu Junru was curious what was so special about this hotel? Only to see that the sign above the hotel read "West Travel Yangzhou Store", it turned out that this was also one of Li Jiancheng's branches. Over the years, it has been constantly updated and now integrates eating and living together, with luxurious enjoyment and beautiful food, making it often crowded with people.

  As Li Jiancheng walked in, one of the waiters came up and asked: "Sir, are you here to eat or stay? If it's for a meal, there is still room available. However, if it's for lodging, we're currently fully booked."

  Li Jiancheng took a look at him and didn't say much, but pulled out a token from his pocket to show him. It was one of the earliest issued jade tokens. The young servant took one glance and immediately changed his tone: "So you're an honored guest! There's a spare room on the fourth floor, please follow me." Not many people have this kind of token, and now that he can enter the fourth floor with this jade token, Li Jiancheng also let He Qing send out some in moderation. Otherwise, the Li family would become the target of public criticism. Of course, those who have this token are all people of status, such as the Song family from Lingnan, the Yuwen family... although the Yuwen family is not on good terms with us, but being able to earn money from them is a pleasure! And naturally, the Dugu family must also be given a share. Although Dugu Feng has one, it's different, and besides, Dugu Feng still has a bronze token that can summon all the resources of "West Traveler Inn".

  They arrived at the fourth floor, which also had five rooms. The third floor's private room only had one resting room, while the fourth floor's private room had two resting rooms. As for the largest "Water Curtain Cave" private room, it actually had four resting rooms. The three of them entered one of the private rooms because without the boss's permission, they couldn't enter the "Water Curtain Cave", even if he was the real boss, he would still have to go through the branch manager to get in, unless he revealed his identity, then he could get in, but of course, he wouldn't reveal his identity. What a bold move! The four major doorkeepers took bribes and wouldn't take action? So there were no troublemakers at the Xiyu Inn. Li Jiancheng and Qin Yao had seen it before, so they didn't think much of it, but Fu Junyou was seeing it for the first time, so he was staring in amazement on one side.

  "How about it, you Koreans won't have such an inn, will you!" Li Jiancheng said with a sneer.

  "Hmm..." Fu Junzhu didn't argue with Li Jiancheng after hearing his words, and instead hummed a sound before starting to look at the room's decorations alone.

  "Hey, kid, go get your boss. I need to talk to him." Li Jiancheng said to the young waiter before letting him leave. Although he didn't understand what Li Jiancheng wanted with his boss, the requests of the fourth-floor guests had to be met. Before the boss arrived, Li Jiancheng sat in a chair with his eyes closed, meditating.

  "Right, Y'uer sister, isn't there also the largest one? Have you been?" Fu Jun asked doubtfully.

  "No way! This place is 'West Travel Inn' and the boss behind the scenes has agreed to let us in, but those branch managers don't have the qualifications, unless they need to go in for cleaning." Qin Yao said with a smile, but it's impossible that she hasn't been inside "Water Curtain Cave" before, she doesn't even know how many times she's been there. It's just that now she can't tell the truth, if Fu Junru also wants to go in and take a look, it would be bad. You have to get the boss's agreement first, if this gets out, Li Jiancheng's identity will be exposed, which would be terrible. Qin Yao knows his identity is something even her family members don't know about, if she spills the beans, at best she'll get scolded, at worst she might not be allowed to follow him in the future. So without Young Master's agreement, she absolutely won't say anything.

  "Oh! What a pity. Hasn't anyone ever made it through?" Fu Jun asked in puzzlement.

  "Haha, yes! But they've all been taken care of." Qin Yao then explained the situation with the four major families guarding the store, and suddenly it became clear. "The owner of this shop has made a good calculation, but I don't know who it is?" Fu Junru praised.

  "Knock, knock..." Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Qin Yao went over to open it and found a young man of about 20 years old.

  "My surname is Li, I am the owner of this hotel. What brings you here?" asked Mr. Li.

  "The boss wants to talk to you in private." Li Jiancheng said and led him to one of the restrooms.

  As soon as Mr. Li closed the door, Li Jiancheng said: "The earth shakes with high mountains, a thousand years of beautiful scenery in Xishan."

  The old boss with the surname Li returned: "The gate faces the vast ocean, three rivers converge and flow for ten thousand years." Then he knelt down on one knee and said: "'Killing Five' has seen Young Master."

  That's right, the boss of this store is a member of "Sha", originally there were 20 orphans in Taiyuan, and later 20 more were transferred from Daxing, divided into three teams: "Ji", "Sha" and "Mie". Yangzhou has one of its branches, and the bosses of these branches are all members of "Sha", while some employees in the store have been absorbed as peripheral members, only after a long period of assessment can they become elite members, and finally core members, so don't worry about anyone infiltrating.

  "What happened to the people you investigated based on the information I provided?" Li Jiancheng asked.

  "I report to Young Master, as you said, Wei Zhenzhen's father indeed has the idea of selling her off, but it hasn't come true yet. Now he is discussing with the vendor Feng family; and also found Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, they are two brothers who often cause trouble on the streets. Since Young Master didn't give any instructions, we just secretly keep an eye on them; as for Shi Long, we rarely see him coming out, it seems like he is hiding in his house practicing martial arts." 'Killing Five' reported in detail.

  Wei Zhenzhen is a pitiful woman. In her past life, she often felt sorry for her after watching "The Legend of the Double Dragons". She has a kind heart, but suffered from misfortune repeatedly. Firstly, her father sold her to Old Feng, who ran a baozi shop, because of his gambling addiction. Old Feng is a coarse and unpleasant person, but he coveted Wei Zhenzhen like a toad wanting to eat swan meat. After entering the Feng household, she was also abused by Old Feng's wife. Later, Yang Guang summoned Old Feng to Yangzhou, resulting in his death, and Wei Zhenzhen disappeared. It wasn't until later that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling discovered that she had become the beloved concubine of Yuwen Huaji. In the end, due to Yuwen Huaji's death, she died together with him by taking poison. Although Yuwen Huaji loved Wei Zhenzhen dearly, Li Jiancheng believed that Wei Zhenzhen might not have liked him. It is worth noting that Wei Zhenzhen had been plagued by misfortune since childhood, and suddenly someone treated her so well, it's better to say she was grateful, but love is not necessarily present. So now he wants to change her fate, let's just say it's a good deed done by this future person. As for Shi Long having the secret to longevity in his hands, he is also a man about to die soon; and Fu Qianer, who changed the fate of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, has appeared as well.

  As for the two magical characters in these two original books, Li Jiancheng still wants to experience them.

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