Volume 2: A sudden change in the prison, a red-clothed man goes out to find a thief Chapter 202: It is really hard to come up with a title without words
In the dim shop, countless dolls were placed inside. They were either sitting quietly on the cabinets or standing quietly in the corners, with different expressions on their faces, maintaining silent silence.
The two people in the shop also sat facing each other like puppets, silently, without any movement.
For Wada Mamoru, the man in front of him was an unfathomable person, but at the same time, he was also a person who changed him.
About ten days ago, this man defeated him and all his men and took him in during the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers.
Wada-sama didn't know why he took him in. But the man said to him calmly: If you want to die as a samurai, then become a real samurai first.
This sentence broke Wada's will to die, because he really was no longer worthy of calling himself a samurai, nor was he worthy of dying like a samurai. He really had no face to see his dead father in such a state.
So he stayed, hoping to rediscover his samurai path.
Of course, there was another more important reason. The man who could manipulate puppets in front of him offered him a job. As long as he was willing to be his subordinate, he could get a salary of one or two taels of silver a month.
A full two ounces of silver!
Wada Mamoru could already imagine that after serving here for a few years, he would be able to return to Wadamoto and marry Miss Nako in a grand ceremony.
From the perspective of the strange old man, he is now running a shop, so he really needs a long-term worker to help him with chores. This person needs to be easy to communicate with and needs to be obedient enough. He Tianshou undoubtedly meets these conditions, so he kept He Tianshou. Anyway, this is just an insignificant decision for him.
During this period, the strange old man taught Hotan Mori the Tang language from scratch. Hotan Mori's performance basically satisfied him, at least he didn't need to repeat most of the things a second time.
It must be said that this person does seem to have a good talent for languages. The strange old man knows many languages, and the language of Tang is one of the more difficult languages he knows. The fact that He Tianshou was able to learn it so smoothly really saved him a lot of effort.
However, he still asked Wada to claim that he learned Tang language by himself. As for Wada's identity, the strange old man had no intention of hiding it, so he asked Wada to just say that he was a refugee from overseas.
So on New Year's Eve, when Lao Luo invited the strange old man, Li Si and others also met He Tianshou.
After learning that he was a long-term worker hired by the strange old man, the shopkeeper Zhang Susu didn't care much and entertained him as well. After all, they would be neighbors in the future, so they had to maintain a good relationship.
Li Si recognized He Tianshou's appearance and was slightly stunned, but he did not say anything. He believed that the strange old man had his own plans, so he was not prepared to say anything more.
Similarly, He Tianshou also recognized Li Si, after all, this was the first innocent person he had chopped with a knife. He felt very sorry for Li Si, so much so that when preparing for the New Year's Eve, he basically took over Li Si's work.
Wada Mamoru's Tang language is not very good, and he often cannot fully understand what people mean, so some gestures are needed when communicating with him.
When he heard about his background and his plan to learn Tang language by himself, Lao Luo told him to ask him if he encountered anything he didn't understand, since he also wanted to learn the language overseas.
This year's New Year seemed to be quite lively. Xiao Cao and Xiao He were outside preparing firecrackers for the evening, Lao Luo spread out his pen and ink to write couplets, Zhang Susu cut window paper with red paper, and the strange old man controlled the puppet to paste the window paper on the window. He Tian was basically responsible for all the dirty and tiring work, while Li Si and Banjiexian hid in the corner to be lazy.
Hao Dayou was preparing the New Year's Eve dinner. Perhaps because he was in a good mood, his knife skills were sharper than usual, and the dishes he made immediately became very popular. In his own words, these dishes would be ranked top even in a big restaurant in the capital.
No one cared whether it was true or not. Anyway, Wada Mamoru almost cried when he was eating it, and said that he had never eaten such delicious food in his life.
Just this sentence made Hao Dayou regard him as a close friend. He slammed the table and called him brother.
When the firecrackers were lit, Wada Mamoru was startled by the first explosion and immediately picked up a broom next to him to block the crowd.
Everyone was silent for a moment as they watched his subconscious reaction, and then they started laughing again.
Amid the laughter, Wada Mamoru scratched his head in confusion, but when he saw that everyone was laughing, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
On that day, the streets and alleys of Mingzhou City were filled with the sound of firecrackers, which was so noisy that people could hardly hear any other sounds. But it was also because of this noise that people could easily sink into it, without having to worry about the things they usually worry about, and could blend into the laughter of the crowd without reservation.
So, on this same day, the world is less chilly than in deep winter and more noisy as it should be.
In the night sky of Chang'an City, the "sky fire" began to bloom again. Ever since the Thief Saint presented it to Princess Chang'an, it has become a special way of celebration in Chang'an City. In the pavilion of the imperial palace, a woman in palace clothes silently looked out the window. After a long while, she looked away, lowered her head and smiled bitterly, opened a bag of almond candy on the table, took out one and put it in her mouth.
In the storm of Jianghu, a woman in gray looked at a Jianghu man who fell in front of her and silently put away her sword. She glanced sideways in the direction of Jiangnan, touched the hilt of the sword at her waist, and turned around and walked into the deeper storm.
Huan Qingshan, the black-clad swordsman was still practicing with sword skills, the only difference was that there was a jar of wine beside .
Tang Zhong of the Tang Sect was practicing his flying knife against a wooden stake. As he practiced, he sighed. Without a troublemaker, the martial arts world had become a little more boring.
Yan Tingzhi of the Six Gates has been handling a major case recently and is so busy that he has no time to rest.
Tie Muyi was dragged away by his mother to get married again, while Jiang Lian'er was still living in seclusion in Yunshan.
In Baihua Valley, it was finally the New Year's Day again. The disciples made the valley very lively, but Hua Junjun still did not join in. She just sat in the pavilion above the valley, holding an old sachet and looking at it for a while, smiled, leaned against the railing, and hummed a ballad softly.
"My little disciple, when you go out into the world, Master warns you that the road is dangerous and there are thieves..."
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The Tang Dynasty New Year left a deep impression on He Tianshou, not only because of the delicious food and the scary firecrackers, but more because of the sincere smiles on people's faces. To be honest, He Tianshou had never seen so many people laughing from the bottom of their hearts.
This is a really beautiful place, isn't it? In the sound of firecrackers, Wada thought so. He even thought that if possible, he really wanted Miss Nako to come and see this scene. She would definitely be very happy, thinking so, Wada also smiled silently.
In Qianjia Tower, Li Si and Banjiexian sat together at a table.
Li Si leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
Banjiexian was cracking melon seeds in his hand, suddenly looked at him and asked.
"what's on your mind."
"homesick……"
Li Si answered this indifferently, and then said nothing more.
