Time Travel Adventure

Chapter 127 The Shopkeeper is Henpecked

The shopkeeper looks quite familiar here. I thought he wouldn't go himself, but would let the person he trusts the most go. But he went there himself, and the effect was quite good. No one noticed anything wrong.

The main reason is that the shopkeeper’s wife is very strict. Having been there secretly a few times, I am considered a regular customer. I couldn’t help but click my tongue. It turns out that men have no resistance to such places.

Old customers are very helpful in completing this kind of task. I couldn't help but feel curious and wanted to see what the scene was like. I sent the visitor away first, packed myself up briefly, and prepared to go out and take a look.

I was stopped by the secret guard at the door. I didn't quite understand what he wanted to do. He didn't stop me when I went out, but just followed me. I turned around to look at him and asked him directly to take me to the most secret place in Manxiang Tower.

The dark guard didn't answer me, he just stretched out his hand. I put my hand on his hand, and the dark guard picked me up and simply uttered two words, "Close your eyes."

I also closed my eyes sensibly, with the familiar sound of wind in my ears. When I opened my eyes again, I was already on the roof of Manxiang Tower. I looked at the still bustling building below.

But I couldn’t see what was happening inside the building this way, so I started to wonder whether I should lift up a tile on the roof and look inside.

I touched the tiles and gave up. It was not as easy as in the TV dramas. All the tiles were glued very firmly. I looked at the secret guard in confusion.

The secret guard took out a dagger from his waist, chose a relatively remote position and lifted it down with force. The tile was easily lifted down by himself. There was something thick underneath, and the secret guard skillfully dug a small hole in it.

I stretched my head and looked inside. It was right in front of the shopkeeper's face and directly behind my mother. Fortunately, the tile was not lifted up from its previous position, and that position was right in front of my mother's face.

There's a chance they might be seen if they take a quick glance at us. It's better to let them do the job of secret guards. They should be the ones to earn the money, but they really can't do it.

The shopkeeper inside was arguing with my mother, but I couldn't hear what they were saying clearly, maybe because the people inside were too noisy.

I put my ear close to the hole, trying to hear clearly what they were talking about, and I heard the shopkeeper say that he had made a big fortune recently and had become rich.

I wanted to laugh when I heard this. It was true. I was the benefactor. The words about making a fortune sounded half true and half false. I spent a lot of money to find the person behind this.

I continued to listen, but it was just vague. When I heard the new girl, I couldn't help but sigh that this guy was something.

"Okay, this is not my first time here, who am I trying to fool? I've never seen these people before." After the shopkeeper said this, he heard the mother laughing, saying that these were unfamiliar faces she had never seen before.

The shopkeeper must have come here for Miss Juan, and she would definitely look down on these people. The shopkeeper is a veteran, and she doesn't take any soft or hard words. She keeps saying that her mother is fooling her, and that she clearly saw a new girl come in yesterday.

Just as she was about to smash the table, I heard a noise in the backyard. I stuck my head out and saw that, indeed, the guards in the backyard had moved. It seemed that the mother was guarding Miss Dingjuan.

But at this time, I heard a familiar voice, it was Nan Nan. My mother pushed Nan Nan out and put her next to the shopkeeper, saying that this was the one. The shopkeeper pushed Nan Nan aside and said that this was not the one.

My mother's expression changed and she said that all the girls in Manxianglou had come out, so were they trying to ruin the place on purpose?

I also heard the footsteps of the guards coming in and standing on both sides of the shopkeeper, intending to ask the shopkeeper to leave.

The mother's back was really strong, she could just ask him to leave? I thought the shopkeeper would accept his fate and be asked to leave, but he looked at the mother calmly.

"Do you think I'm afraid of you? You're just an old woman." These words completely irritated the mother. Who wouldn't get angry when hearing someone call her an old woman?

My mother raised her hand to ask someone to throw the shopkeeper out, when suddenly someone whispered something in her ear. My mother must have looked unhappy because I could clearly see her body shaking.

He must have been shaking with anger, so he simply ignored him, turned around and left, completely ignoring the reaction on the scene. However, this incident seemed to have no effect here, and the noise was heard again after a while.

The show was over and there was no more interest. I grabbed the secret guard's neck, closed my eyes, and said I wanted to go home. The secret guard tactfully took me home and waited for the familiar touch.

I just opened my eyes and the secret guard put me down. He disappeared before I could say anything. I lay on the bed, waiting for the shopkeeper to reply to me. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be around midnight.

Sure enough, I fell asleep while waiting, and was woken up by the secret guard. Before I fell asleep, I shouted two words to the air, meaning to tell him that the shopkeeper was coming to wake me up.

The shopkeeper reeked of alcohol, but he didn't look tipsy. He seemed to have a good alcohol tolerance. But who would want to drink in a brothel? The alcohol there was probably diluted with water.

He also bowed like the previous person and told me everything I had just seen, but what he said was definitely more tactful and not so outrageous. He didn't even mention anything about meeting a noble person.

I certainly can't say that I already know it. I keep saying that I know and I understand it, which means that my mother is wholeheartedly protecting Miss Juan. The shopkeeper only comes into contact with high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

His face was almost torn apart, but my mother refused to let him go. It seemed that he was really an extraordinary person. In addition, the expression on my mother's face when she was called away was exactly as I thought. Her face was green when she left.

I waved my hand to ask the secret guard to send the person out. The shopkeeper looked at the secret guard and then at me, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. I looked at him in confusion. Did he have anything else to say to me?

The shopkeeper smiled apologetically and said no, he just wanted to know if I could stay overnight. I thought about it and realized that his home was quite close to mine. Then I saw that he didn't look drunk in the way he spoke or walked.

At first, the shopkeeper blushed and made excuses, saying that it was late and it was not convenient to be at home. I definitely didn't believe this, so I just looked at him without saying anything. The shopkeeper also realized the ridiculousness of this excuse.

In the end, he explained that he was just afraid of his wife and he didn't dare go home so late and drunk. I didn't realize he was such an extreme wife-slave. I couldn't help laughing out loud.