Seven Strings in Dreams

Chapter 190 Secret Investigation

As for his other identities, they were just to cover up his identity as the city lord.

Being helpless like Meng Xianyu and the others, running around everywhere is a kind of helplessness. But being trapped in an invisible cage like the city lord is also a kind of helplessness.

As human beings, there are always times when we cannot make choices. Those who can choose according to their own wishes are ultimately a minority.

Meng Xianyu is not afraid of loneliness. She enjoys spending time alone, but she also needs more support.

Whether she is alone, with a few friends, or with more people, she can be herself at ease.

Wu Na couldn't do this, and she envied Meng Xianyu very much.

On the road to escape, they were each other's companions. They needed to keep a low profile. But when they arrived at the academy, they needed the support of their teachers and the help of each other.

It is very difficult to integrate into a strange group. When you come to a strange place, mastering a survival skill is also a skill.

Wu Na was a little confused and uneasy, and Meng Xianyu had been trying to take care of her emotions. Wu Na didn't want to cause trouble for Meng Xianyu. He was also trying to put aside those worries and integrate into the present.

Next, the two of them need to travel between Yunlai Inn and Peiyuefang. This dual identity is very important to them.

In order to facilitate their work, they chose to have one person stay in Peiyuefang during the day to help the proprietress manage the business and take care of the customers, while the other person went outside to investigate the situation, inquire about the local situation, and collect various information.

In the evening, both of them returned to Yunlai Inn and gathered together the information they had collected that day.

Wu Na spent most of her time helping out at Peiyuefang. She was not good at speaking, so it was difficult for her to go out and get information.

What's more, her appearance is so cold and unforgettable. If she meets those who are chasing them, she will be discovered. After all, Wu Na has lived in the Holy Mountain for so long, and those people still have some impression of her. If they start fighting, she will be exposed immediately.

Meng Xianyu is different! She is full of curiosity about the things here. She likes to go to various markets with people coming and going, as well as those teahouses and restaurants.

Although there are many guests coming and going at Yunlai Inn, the waiter also likes to gossip.

But the news you hear there is not the latest news. If you want to go, you have to go to the most lively place, and if you want to listen, you have to listen to the most first-hand news. The news will be different from the original one as it is passed on, and its authenticity will be reduced a lot. There are always people who like to add fuel to the fire, and there are also people who like to exaggerate.

If the news had reached Yunlai Inn, then it was estimated that nearly half of the people in the city of Yan would have received the news.

Instead of waiting for news here, why not go out and look for it?

Anyway, Meng Xianyu doesn't like to be too passive, she prefers to take the initiative.

The more mixed the place is, the more reliable information you can get.

These include gambling houses, pubs, teahouses, brothels, pawnshops, etc.

Among them, the best place to get information is the brothel. Meng Xianyu disguised herself as a man and sneaked in, but was quickly discovered by the brothel owner, who kicked her out.

Meng Xianyu felt embarrassed and did not mention the matter when she returned.

After that, Meng Xianyu could only go to restaurants and teahouses with storytellers. She would never dare to go to this gambling house. With the little money they had, forget it!

In restaurants and teahouses, there are still many people who listen to storytelling and folk songs, usually in the scattered tables on the first floor. Every time they go there, they can sit there for half a day after ordering a pot of tea.

Meng Xianyu always feels unsatisfied every time.

For seven or eight days, Meng Xianyu had fun while touring half of the city.

Wu Na has learned a lot in the past few days. Although I don't like to chat with others, but his hearing is not bad, and he has heard a lot of interesting things in the past few days. Those ladies and young ladies chatted and sometimes forgot her existence.

It may also be that she talks too little and is indeed easily ignored.

She is not the only one who manages the store. The proprietress usually stays in the backyard and only comes out to greet distinguished guests.

The boss lady has two children under the age of ten, so she often has to come in person.

Most of the people in the shop are managed by the shopkeeper, who also has two odd jobs as servants and two maids.

The shopkeeper is also a woman. She and the boss's wife are like sisters and they help each other.

Recently, not only Meng Xianyu and Wu Na came, but also two guards came to protect them. It was a bit strange to have four more people all of a sudden.

So, when Meng Xianyu and the others came, they came here first to take care of the two of them and did not stay in the store.

After all, Peiyuefang is a place that specializes in selling rouge and powder for women. It's not strange to have two more women, but it's a bit strange to have two more adult men. Originally, they just came here to take care of things. Now that they have achieved success, it's more appropriate for them to retire and live in seclusion behind the scenes.

One of the two people became the nominal purchaser, and the other pretended to leave and returned secretly. In this way, it became one bright and one dark. On weekdays, the two of them guarded in secret, and when they really needed to appear, the purchaser could appear in time. This arrangement of light and dark, one bright and one dark, was very well done. Needless to say, it was definitely a bad idea from Meng Xianyu.

The two waiters in the store were only twelve or thirteen years old. At most, they were asked to help run errands. If there were male customers in the store, the waiters could also help greet them. These two were odd jobs.

The shopkeeper was a warm and cheerful woman of about 24 or 25 years old. The two maids were about 14 or 15 years old, about the same age as Meng Xianyu and the others.

This rouge and powder shop is not very big, so it doesn't need so many people in the shop at the same time. Before Meng Xianyu and the others came, the servants and maids were all in pairs, one for each day. There were also four days off every month.

Peiyuefang takes two days off at the end of every month to sort out goods, settle accounts, and replenish inventory in a timely manner.

In this way, there are still two days of rest, and it depends on their own arrangements. If there is an emergency, they can also take care of each other. If it happens that several people take leave, it will only be up to the shopkeeper and the boss's wife to hold on.

With the arrival of Meng Xianyu and Wu Na, the proprietress had much more free time.

Her shop was just a place to kill time. Although she liked to study spices, she was now focused on bringing up her two children, so most of the shop's affairs were handled by the shopkeeper.

The lady boss was very happy to be able to help Yufan protect the law this time. After all, she still wanted to find a way out for the children. If this matter was done well, it might change the future of the two children. Therefore, she kept the identities of Meng Xianyu and Wu Na secret. Even the shopkeeper didn't know their origins.

The shopkeeper looked careless, but she was actually a smart person. If the boss lady didn't tell her about this kind of thing, she wouldn't ask. What's more, she liked Wu Na and Meng Xianyu very much.

In Peiyuefang, Wu Na is Mengxue and Meng Xianyu is Mengyu. They sound like a pair of sisters. The reason why it is Meng instead of Meng is also for future planning.

This way, after they leave, the boss lady won't be suspected. Even if those people want to investigate, they won't find anything.

In Yunlai Inn, Meng Xianyu and Wu Na will exist as men.

In Yunlai Inn, they are Meng Yu and his companion.

Meng Xianyu felt that the word "Yu" was more like a man's name. Meng Yu and Meng Yu were very different. But Wu Na's name was a little difficult to change. After all, it meant to be together through thick and thin. And that surname was not easy to name either. Let's just leave it like this for now! Anyway, this identity should not be used for a long time.

Once they entered the academy, these identities and names disappeared.

Meng Xianyu will find an opportunity to make these two people completely fade out of Lingchuan's sight.

When the time comes, just find a reason to leave.

Meng Xianyu didn't want to have too much interaction with Ling Chuan, let alone his two brothers. The Ling family was on good terms with the city lord and couldn't be offended.

I just hope that when I enter college, I won’t have any interaction with the Ling brothers.

Even if it is really unavoidable, Meng Xianyu has a plan to deal with it.

After all, I told Lingchuan that I was here to look for someone.

I'll find a way to cover up the lie when the time comes.

Meng Xianyu now only wants to know more about Yancheng, Shuitian Academy, and Fairy Yueyun.

Although the city of Yan is different from Liang City, there is also a Tingyu Tower here. It is even more magnificent than the previous Tingyu Tower. It seems that the real behind-the-scenes boss of this Tingyu Tower is not the four major families of Liang City.

Meng Xianyu really likes the Tingyu Tower in Yancheng. There is a booth on the first floor, which is specially prepared for storytellers. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, the boss will invite a troupe to perform. On weekdays, there are foreign guests who sing and play the piano in the morning, and they earn their money through hard work. Generally, if you say hello to the shopkeeper, he will lend them the space.

After noon, the storyteller will come. There are three storytellers in Tingyu Tower.

A young man in his twenties, and two gentlemen in their fifties.

The young man traveled all over the country, talking about the latest happenings. His time was not fixed, and he would be given a temporary arrangement when he came back. Sometimes he would come once every ten days or half a month, and sometimes he would not be seen for three or two months.

This young man was called Mr. Qingyi because he usually liked to wear green clothes. As for his real name, no one knew it. He always wore a mask when he appeared, but his eyebrows and eyes were as beautiful as paintings, and he was very handsome. Although only half of his face was exposed, it was still possible to tell that he was not very old, about twenty years old.

He came and went in a hurry, and his whereabouts were erratic. No one knew whether the bizarre stories he told were true or false, but everyone loved to listen to them.

Mr. Qingyi is very popular among women. In addition to his handsome appearance, he also has an exceptionally pleasant voice.