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I already had some doubts in my mind.

Now it's confirmed that the boy in front of us is indeed Yun Ge.

But when will that young man arrive in Yanggu County?

Zhao Yuan suddenly paused, thinking of this.

He then burst out laughing.

Speaking of Dalang, isn't he one too?

The only difference is that his surname is Zhao, not Wu.

"Zhao Yingxiong, what's so funny about my name?"

Yun Ge asked curiously.

"It has nothing to do with your name; it's just that I remembered something from the past,"

Zhao Yuan waved his hand and casually asked,

"So when you passed Jingyang Ridge earlier, you were also delivering a message to that Master Ximen?"

"Um,"

Yun Ge nodded.

"This year, Cangzhou was flooded and there is a plague there. They urgently need medicine. Master Ximen is pulling strings everywhere, hoping to make a fortune from it."

"He even dared to embezzle money meant for treating the plague; this man truly deserves to die!"

Zhao Yuan shook his head with a cold smile.

Yun Ge, standing to the side, chuckled twice.

"Zhao Yingxiong, are you still hiring servants here?"

"What, you want to come with me?" Zhao Yuan asked in return.

"If I could follow the tiger-fighting hero, I'd be awe-inspiring wherever I go. Of course I'd want that!"

Yun Ge scratched his head and said,

"But I have an old father at home, and I absolutely cannot leave Yanggu County."

"How did you know I was leaving Yanggu County? Maybe I was planning to stay here?" Zhao Yuan asked deliberately.

"Hero Zhao, don't try to fool me,"

Yun Ge said confidently, "If you wanted to stay in Yanggu County, you wouldn't have refused Magistrate Li's offer to make you the infantry captain at the city gate just now."

"Hmm, you guessed right. Also, don't call me a hero anymore, just call me Zhao Dalang, or Zhao Guanren."

Zhao Yuan nodded, but in his heart he thought,

Don't say you're unwilling,

Even if you were willing, I wouldn't accept you.

There's no way around it, as soon as I see Brother Yun...

Zhao Dalang would always think of that Wu Dalang.

I couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"By the way, since you don't want to follow me, why did you ask me if I hire servants?"

"That's how it is, Zhao Ying...Master Zhao,"

Yun Ge explained, “This year, Cangzhou was flooded, and many people either fled or were abducted to our area, where life is extremely difficult. I see that Mr. Zhao’s wife is all alone, so why not buy a maid to serve her?”

"This way, we can both take care of Master Zhao's wife and save a life!"

"Buying maids?"

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,

The old doctor just mentioned that...

Li Shishi's illness was also due to pent-up emotions.

Presumably, he was traveling alone in the carriage.

This is due to a feeling of isolation.

Although Zhao Yuan knew the reason,

But now it's not just him and Li Shishi anymore.

It's naturally impossible to do things the same way as when we escaped Tokyo.

I'm with her every moment.

In that case, we should find a maid for Li Shishi.

It would be a good idea for the two of them to keep each other company.

"That's a good idea. Do you know a matchmaker?"

Seeing that Zhao Yuan agreed,

Yun Ge's face immediately lit up with joy.

“I dare not lie to you, Master Zhao. Actually, I just went to fetch a doctor for my wife. On the way, I met an old matchmaker who, upon hearing that I knew Master Zhao, the tiger hunter, said that she had a daughter who could be sold to you as a maid.”

"I couldn't resist her persuasion, so I agreed."

"Besides being unable to endure the hardship, I imagine there will be quite a bit of profit to be made after it's all done, right?" Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

"Um,"

Yun Ge chuckled and didn't deny it.

"The matchmaker promised me that, depending on the price, she would give me one or two strings of cash in the end."

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Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Girl Sold Off (Seeking Flowers and Reviews)

As Zhao Yuan instructed,

Yun Ge went out to find the matchmaker he had just met.

Bring her daughter over for a meeting.

The so-called daughter was naturally not her biological child.

These people who buy and sell people are just trying to make a little more money from the old woman.

It's just nonsense.

After he left,

Zhao Yuan walked back to the inner room.

He recounted the story of buying a maid.

"I wonder which family's good girl she is, and she's fallen into the hands of a matchmaker again,"

Li Shishi sighed.

"No matter what, following us is better than ending up in a brothel."

Seeing her grief-stricken expression,

He was clearly thinking about his own past.

Li Shishi was originally the daughter of Wang Yin, who ran a dyeing workshop in Bianjing (Kaifeng).

When she was three years old, her father sent her to a Buddhist temple.

The old monk touched her head, and she suddenly burst into tears.

The old monk therefore thought she resembled a Buddhist disciple.

Because people call Buddhist disciples "Shi" (師), she was called Wang Shishi (王師師).

When Wang Shishi was four years old

Her father died in prison for a crime, leaving her homeless.

Li Yun, who ran a brothel, saw that Wang Shishi was a beauty in the making.

So they adopted her and gave her their surname, changing her name to Li Shishi.

Li Shishi grew up in brothels and entertainment venues from then on.

Although he also learned music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, singing, and dancing

But she learned all of this so that she could sell it for a good price in the future.

I naturally felt a deep sadness in my heart.

"Alright, Shishi, I bought you a maid so that someone would keep you company and make you happier."

Zhao Yuan embraced Li Shishi and comforted her.

"I'm not telling you to wallow in self-pity."

"Yes, I understand."

Li Shishi wiped away her tears.

The two leaned on each other and talked for a while.

Half an hour later,

Yun Ge returned with the two of them.

One was a woman in her forties or fifties who had a wife.

One was a young girl not yet sixteen.

Although the old woman was bloated and ugly, she was adorned with gold and silver ornaments in her hair and body.

Although the girl was young and beautiful,

He was only wearing a single layer of clothing.

You know, it's the dead of winter right now.

The weather was extremely cold.

The girl, dressed in thin clothing, had naturally turned blue from the cold.

Even his body was trembling uncontrollably.

However, this girl was clearly extremely arrogant and stubborn.

After Yun Ge led the two people into the house,

The old woman then led the girl to the middle of the room.

The girl did as instructed.

But she kept a straight face, without the slightest smile.

"Sir Zhao, this is Sister Xue,"

Yun Ge explained, "In our Yanggu County, whenever a family needs a maid, they all go to her."

He had just finished speaking,

Then Granny Xue interjected.

"I was wondering what kind of extraordinary hero could kill a tiger with a single punch. But now, seeing Master Zhao, I realize that I've wasted the last few decades of my life. I could never have imagined that there could be such a hero as Master Zhao in this world..."

"alright,"