One joke from the witch, I open the gate of heaven with one sword

Chapter 64 Xiahou Changyuan
"you said."

The white-haired man was slightly taken aback, and then said seriously: "You really said it."

"I did not say."

Xu Lan's face didn't change,

He was certain that he had never mentioned his name since meeting him just now.

"Master, it seems like he never said that."

The girl on the side blinked her big eyes and reminded that she also remembered that the other party didn't mention her name.

White-haired man: ...

Can I still want this apprentice?
"Ahem, I'm a fortune teller."

The white-haired man coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment and said, "It couldn't be easier to calculate someone's name."

"So, sir, you know everything?"

Xu Lan poured herself a glass of wine, and asked casually, "Speaking of which, I still don't know the name of your husband."

He does not believe in fate,

"name?"

The white-haired man thought for a moment, and then said to the girl beside him, "Teacher, what name did I use when I took you in as a disciple?"

"Xiahou Changyuan."

"Oh, by the way, it's called Xiahou Changyuan."

The white-haired man smiled extremely freely: "I have used a lot of names when traveling to various countries over the years."

"Mister, isn't he from the Great Chu Dynasty?"

It seems that the name [Xiahou Changyuan] is not his real name either,
But Xu Lan didn't care about this.

"That's it."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled slightly, then changed the subject and said, "By the way, what do you want me to be?"

"What does sir mean?"

Xu Lan was not in a hurry either.
The Xiahou Changyuan in front of him was quite mysterious, and his behavior was somewhat like that of an outsider.

He doesn't mind wasting some time on it.

"What do you want to be?"

Xiahou Changyuan smiled and said: "It's just that everything has a price."

The implication is obvious, fortune-telling is fine, but you have to pay!

"Okay, sir, help me count one person."

Xu Lan smiled,
He doesn't believe in the so-called fate,
But after thinking about it, there are even immortals in this world, so it seems reasonable to have some techniques for deducing the fate of others.

"Naturally."

Xiahou Changyuan said with a smile: "It's just that the result is accurate or not depends on the relationship between the young master and him."

"He's my father."

"That should be fine."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled and said: "Young Master only needs to tell the name of the person you are looking for."

"Xu Shanhe."

Xu Lan watched Xiahou Changyuan's every move with great curiosity.
He wanted to see how he told his own fortune.

I saw Xiahou Changyuan just calculating on his fingers, and then said to Xu Lan: "Young Master, don't worry, your Majesty is still alive."

"?"

A big question mark emerged in Xu Lan's mind, is this how Xiahou Changyuan tells fortunes?

"Do not believe?"

Xiahou Zhangyuan took one look at Xu Lan's expression and knew what he was thinking in his heart.

"Sir, do you think I should believe it?"

Xu Lan was not angry but asked back with a smile,
"It's normal not to believe it, but it's the truth."

Xiahou Changyuan wasn't surprised by Xu Lan's reaction, he was often treated as a liar by traveling to various countries in these years.

The atmosphere suddenly fell into silence,
Xu Lan didn't speak, Xiahou Changyuan didn't speak, and the only girl left in the private room was devouring the food on the table.

"it is good."

At this time Xu Lan also stood up, and said with a smile: "I still have important things to do, so I'm just too much company for the time being."

"Master, won't you continue to count the hexagrams?"

Xiahou Changyuan was stunned, as if he was very surprised by Xu Lan's actions.

In his opinion, whether Xu Lan believed it or not,
In the next step, he will continue to ask, for example, where is his father?
"So what should I do next according to Mr.'s opinion?"

Xu Lan said calmly: "For example, where is my father?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

Xiahou Changyuan was quite puzzled, as long as a normal person would choose to do this, right?

"If sir, my calculations are correct, it will only be a matter of time before I find my father."

Xu Lan said with a smile: "On the other hand, if the miscalculation is wrong, then naturally it is one wrong step and everything is wrong."

After speaking, he turned and left the private room.

"Master, didn't you agree to open the management for three years?"

The girl on the side said vaguely: "You are lying to me again!"

"Accident, just an accident."

Xiahou Changyuan rubbed his nose and said with an embarrassed smile: "This kid doesn't follow the routine, it's a bit difficult to deal with."

"Then why don't you just tell me where his father is?"

The girl wiped the oil from her mouth and said, "It's not like you can't figure it out."

As Xiahou Changyuan’s apprentice,
She knew very well that her master was definitely not a swindler,
It's just that acting weird most of the time can easily cause misunderstandings.

"you're so dumb"

Xiahou Changyuan looked at this stupid apprentice and said angrily: "If you reveal everything at once, how can others ask you next time?" "But I don't think he looks like there is a next time? "

The girl blinked her big eyes and said curiously: "When he turned around and left just now, his expression didn't look like he would come to see you again, Master."

"Can't you also deduce?"

Xiahou Changyuan smiled and said, "You can try to see if he will come to me again."

"It can't be deduced."

The girl shook her head and said: "From the moment he met you, I can't deduce anything related to him."

Strange to say,
As long as she has a relationship with her master, she can't deduce it.

"It's okay, there will always be a chance to meet again."

Xiahou Changyuan stretched his body disapprovingly and said, "Hurry up and finish your meal. I'm going to see an old friend."

"Master, can your old friend take care of the food?"

Xiahou Changyuan:...

really sinful
Why does the apprentice I accepted this time feel a little bit wrong.

Meanwhile in the inn room,
Sun Hongying, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes slightly, and seeing Xu Lan walking in, she couldn't help wondering, "So fast?"

"Well, we had a brief chat."

Xu Lan said: "Let's go, it's time to do business."

"I said it all, that man is a liar."

Sun Hongying muttered: "It's a waste of time to deal with people like this."

"Not exactly a liar."

Xu Lan thought for a moment and then said: "It's just that I can feel that he seems to be asking for something from me."

After a brief contact, he had some understanding of Xiahou Changyuan.

It's definitely not a liar, but it's hard to tell whether Xiahou Changyuan is an expert or not.

He could clearly feel that Xiahou Changyuan was playing tricks in front of him,
It seems that he wants something from himself.

"In that case, why don't you talk to him?"

Sun Hongying got up from the bed, and while arranging her clothes, she said, "Make the best use of everything, isn't that just your character?"

Based on her understanding of Xu Lan,

If that person is really an expert, I'm afraid Xu Lan will try his best to make use of his ability.

as you treat yourself,
Fortunately, Xu Lan is of sufficient value to her.

Well, to each his own.

This is a fact that Sun Hongying always reminds herself.

"I just don't like to have too much contact with people who show off at every turn."

Xu Lan hugged Sun Hongying's slender waist and said with a smile, "You seem to have a lot of resentment towards me."

"Ah"

Sun Hongying said angrily, "Do you still want to go out to do some errands?"

Xu Lan:......

Then the two walked out of Ting Yuxuan,

After passing through more than half of Kyoto, they came to the residence of the Royal Chamber of Commerce in Kyoto.

Because he had the Wang family's formal documents, Xu Lan easily met the person in charge here.

Wang Fusheng, a middle-aged man in his 50s.

"Young Master Xu, just ask if you want to know anything."

Wang Fusheng looked at Xu Lan in front of him, then glanced at Sun Hongying next to him,

Yesterday, someone from Qingzhou sent a letter saying that Mr. Xu of the Xu family was rushing to Kyoto in person, accompanied by Sun Hongying, the head of the Sun family.

"Why would the son of the Xu family stand with the head of the Sun family?"

Although he had doubts in his heart, he didn't show it.

"As far as I know, according to the caravan's original plan, the goods will be transported from Qingzhou to Kyoto within 20 days, but until the [-]th day, you in Kyoto don't seem to realize that something is wrong."

Xu Lan asked her first doubt,
The information provided by the Wang family at the beginning was that an accident had occurred before the goods were transported to Kyoto.
But if calculated from time,

When the guard fled back to Qingzhou, it was already 20 days after the goods were shipped out.
At this time, it should be the station in Kyoto who discovered something was wrong, not the guard who escaped and informed of the accident.

"Because this batch of goods is different."

Wang Fusheng smiled wryly, and explained: "Under normal circumstances, it really only takes [-] or [-] days to transport goods from Qingzhou to Kyoto."

"But the goods transported this time are relatively expensive. The owner of the goods has stated that even if it is slower, the goods will not be damaged, so we estimate that the goods will arrive in [-] days."

"Eighteen days."

Xu Lan remained calm on the surface, but in his mind he began to connect all the time nodes together and deduce them.

"From the respective time points, it can be deduced that the place where my father had the accident should be near Kyoto."

"But what makes people feel strange is why the guard did not choose to go to Kyoto but instead traveled a long way back to Qingzhou to inform him of the accident?"

"After all, it will take about two days to rush back to Qingzhou even if you are injured. It is obviously the most appropriate choice to choose Kyoto, which is closer."

"There are no more than two reasons for this situation. One is that he knows that he will be useless in the capital, and the other is that he knows that he will not survive in the capital."

"No matter what the reason is, the finger is pointed at Kyoto."

"Someone doesn't want this batch of goods to appear in Kyoto? Or is there something wrong with this batch of goods?"

Many thoughts came to mind for a while, and he didn't know which one was the real answer.

However, he felt that as long as he could figure this out, the whole matter would come to light.

"I heard that the owner of this batch of goods is a prince in Kyoto, can you tell me the name of this prince?"

Hearing this, Wang Fusheng showed a embarrassed look, but in the end he told Xu Lan his name.

"The Ninth Prince of Kyoto, Xia Houqing"

　Also, finish writing overnight
　　
　
(End of this chapter)