If you don't go to the house, you are not a gentleman

When An Le walked out of the tea shop, he walked to a lively stage next to him.

Because there were so many people, An Le could only stand far away, and through many heads, he could only see an actor in a red suit.

"Who is that person in red on the stage?" An Le asked.

"You don't even know him?" A little guy next to him who also couldn't squeeze into the crowd called out.

An Le blinked at the kid of how old he was, "Where are your parents, kid? Don't run around when you're alone."

The little guy was dissatisfied: "Aren't you also running around?"

An Le touched her face unconsciously, "Who is that person on the stage?"

The little guy said: "He's a Huadan, but he's famous! There's no one in the neighborhood who doesn't know him!"

Anle as a nearby person: "..."

The little guy proudly said: "He is my brother!"

An Le said with a smile: "That little guy, do you know that there is a man who is very good at chess living in that small street to the west?"

"I know!" The little guy thought for a while and said, "He claims to be a chess ghost."

Anle smiled even brighter.

The little guy was a little taken aback.

"Then do you believe it?"

The little guy blinked his big watery eyes for a while, and then said: "I don't believe it!"

"why?"

The little guy became more and more proud, "Because I have seen a real chess ghost!"

An Le touched the head of the little guy who only reached his waist, "Where did you see it?"

"Isn't there a big lake in the nearby county? Right there, there is a beautiful boat. I saw the chess ghost playing chess there, and he promised to teach me how to play chess!"

The corner of An Le's mouth curled up, and he patted the little guy's head, "Why do you have to teach him? I'm better than him."

The little guy clapped An Le's hand away very dissatisfied.

"Who are you lying to?"

An Le shrugged, and squeezed out of the crowd with some effort.

Then he walked around the street a few more times, then turned into a silk shop, and bought three or four pieces of clothing with his scattered silver taels.It was close to noon when he came out, he rubbed his stomach and raised his feet to go back to the magistrate.

Probably because this street was too far away from the Zhifu, or because An Le walked too slowly, when he returned to the Zhifu, it was already past the meal time.

Fortunately, the white steamed buns were not thrown away.

An Le was still content to eat the steamed buns that were almost cold, and then stole a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

Padding her stomach with white steamed buns, An Le began to look for the county magistrate.

However, An Le searched a lot, almost visited the entire magistrate's mansion, but still did not see the county magistrate.

"Where did your lord go?" An Le grabbed someone casually and asked.

"Hmph!" The captured person snorted coldly.

It was only when An Le saw his face that he realized that it was the servant next to the magistrate.

The boy said: "My lord is in the study at this time, what are you doing?"

An Le let go, thanked her and left.

The boy glared at An Le's back, but was grabbed by the arm just as he was about to leave.

The boy looked back angrily, only to see An Le asked in embarrassment, "Where is the study?"

"..."

"..."

Pushing open the deeply hidden, plain-looking door of the study, An Le saw the county magistrate sleeping on a recliner.

"..."

An Le thought about whether to talk about it at night, and was about to close the door and leave.

"Come in." The county magistrate said.

An Le blinked and stepped in.

"My lord is not taking a nap?" An Le said, "Does your lord know that I am looking for your lord?"

"Speak up if you have something to say." The county magistrate got up, walked to the table and sat down.

An Le leaned forward with a smile, "My lord, I think I have found out where the chess ghost is."

The magistrate looked up, "Oh?"

An Le said: "It should be in the painting boat on Gu Lake in Ling County."

"so?"

An Le smiled so much that she narrowed her eyes slightly, "If you go to Ling County, don't you think the work will be done faster?"

The county magistrate raised his eyebrows, "Are you going to lead the county?"

"It may take time to spread the news by relying on Ding'an County to spread to Ling County."

"Go as you please."

An Le blinked, "Then can you give me some money?"

The county magistrate's face was a bit ugly, "You still need to spend money when you go to Ling County?"

"My lord, I'm going to stay there for a few days, so naturally I have to make money."

"How much do you want?"

"Five taels of silver?"

The county magistrate twitched his eyebrows.

An Le blinked, and said nicely, "Four taels of silver."

The county magistrate looked at him, the moment of silence made Anle feel uncomfortable.

"..."

An Le sighed and said, "Three taels?"

The county magistrate pondered for a while and said, "... yes."

An Le immediately smiled, "Thank you, sir."

Excited about the three taels of silver, An Le stayed in a trance until the night, swallowing the big plate of white steamed buns without tea.

This state lasted until An Le lay down on the bed, and the sound of fluttering wings brought him back to his senses.

And the county magistrate, who has been facing the smirking face all afternoon, is not in a very happy mood.

In the study, beside the mahogany table.

"He just went out and wandered around all morning?" The county magistrate, Ba Danqing's hand paused.

"Yes, from listening to books in teahouses to watching theaters to buying clothes, he almost went around the most prosperous places in Ding'an County."

The county magistrate put down the brush, "What's so special about it?"

"He played a game of chess with a young man who claimed to have won a chess ghost in a teahouse."

"The results of it?"

"Won."

The county magistrate tapped the table with his fingers, "Have you asked?"

"Yes. The young man said that he is indeed a master."

"anything else?"

"He asked about the residence of the chess ghost, and he said it was at the end of the street next to the Tingchun Pavilion."

"Ah."

The magistrate was silent.

The man in black who had been answering the county magistrate's question calmly with his fists clasped, spoke hesitantly.

"My lord, my subordinates think this person is unfathomable."

The county magistrate raised his eyebrows with great interest, "How can you be so unfathomable?"

"He knows that the chess ghost has an unused saber named Muramasa, and his subordinates have been lucky enough to have seen it, but they have never heard of the title of the demon sword."

The county magistrate said: "Let's not talk about you, there are probably not many people in the world who can report the name of that demon sword."

The man in black said: "Have you ever heard of it, my lord?"

"Never."

The man in black said: "And that chess game—it seems to be played very strangely."

The county magistrate was a little surprised, "You still know how to play chess?"

The man in black answered simply, "I don't understand, I heard what the person drinking tea next to me said."

"……continue."

"He also asked a kid who was watching the play about Chess Ghost, and said he was in Ling County."

The county magistrate nodded, "No more?"

The man in black was silent for a while and said: "He likes to drink. I don't know if it's because he has no money or he has a preference. He only buys liquor."

The county magistrate: "..."

The man in black thought for a while and said, "He likes blue clothes."

The county magistrate: "..."

The man in black thought about it again, "He complained on the road that the white steamed buns provided by the adults were not as good as the ones on the street."

The county magistrate: "..."

In the end, the man in black didn't even think about it, and said with a blank face: "He said, the salary that the adults give is so little, it is simply abuse."

"..." The county magistrate was used to being silent, and stared at Danqing for a while before responding.

The county magistrate frowned and asked in doubt: "When did I pay him?"

This time it was the man in black's turn to be silent.

"... Back off."

The man in black cupped his hands and stepped back.

Before the man in black had both his feet over the threshold, the county magistrate raised his head again and asked, "Did he say anything after that game of chess?"

The man in black didn't even look back, he stepped out on his own, turned his back to the magistrate and said, "He said that the reason why he thinks he is great is that there are no heroes who have become famous."

For the first time, the county magistrate had the honor of watching his subordinates completely disappear from his sight.

"..."

Looking down at the unfinished painting, the county magistrate began to seriously consider the serious issue of whether to deduct the wages of his subordinates.