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Lu Sheng opened his eyes and saw himself sitting on a yellow-gray horse carriage. The carriage was shaking slightly, and beside him was the voice of a little girl speaking in a soft voice.

Outside the carriage, there was a clamor of people.

There were shouts, shouts, and cheers. There was also the laughter of children.

Lu Sheng heaved a long sigh.

He knew he wouldn't be able to go back. He knew he wouldn't be able to go back. He was just an old rogue who lived and ate in a state-owned enterprise. Once he got drunk, he woke up and came to this world.

It's been five days now.

He sniffed. The air smelled of wine, pancakes, and fried fruit.

"Aiya, the osmanthus wine from the Gui Hua Workshop is becoming more and more fragrant."

The personal maid, Little Qiao, said in her childish voice.

Little Qiao was only twelve years old this year. Add to that the fact that she was born with a baby face, and she was also very petite. He looked no different from a ten-year-old child.

Lu Sheng's face was chubby and rosy in the midst of white. Wearing a green cotton dress, his small hands were still rubbing the rope tied around his head as he prepared to get off the car.

This kind of rope was made from a very expensive type of bark, and would naturally give off a faint fragrance. However, the only bad thing about it was that it would be hard when it was cold, and it needed to be rubbed with a hot hand to make it soft.

Lu Sheng smiled but said nothing.

The carriage soon stopped.

He lifted the curtain of the carriage and got off. The greyish white street was paved with bluestone blocks, each the size of a washbasin.

The streets were filled with carriages, and there were even people leading horses here and there.

The peddler and the girls who were strolling outside did not hold back their laughter.

Lu Sheng raised his head to look at the winery before him.

The white plaque was rectangular in shape, and in the middle, three large words were written in a flamboyant manner: Gui Hua Fang.

"Young Master Lu is here!" Come in! I have reserved the A # room for you! "

A manservant welcomed him with a face full of smiles.

Lu Sheng nodded his head, looking like a young master from a wealthy family. He received the silver-edged white paper fan from Little Qiao by his side, and with a light shake, the fan's surface unfurled.

With great familiarity, he followed the manservant into the wine shop.

The winery was divided into two floors, and there were quite a few people sitting in the hall on the first floor listening to the music.

A green clothed young girl stood in the air with a gentle voice. Beside her was a middle-aged woman who was playing a lute.

It was about the sad love between the general on the expedition and the fox girl in the mountains.

It was a pity that the wine guests were all barbarian. Only a few young masters of scholars could understand what was being said. The rest of the people turned a blind eye to the two girls.

There weren't many rewards either.

Lu Sheng halted his steps. Seeing how lively the first floor was, he simply found an empty seat on the first floor and sat down.

"Who picked 'Three Meetings' to pass on?"

He casually asked a servant.

His position in the Gui Hua Workshop was different. If this place was equivalent to an advanced entertainment club on Earth, then he was the supreme VIP customer here.

Spending at least a few hundred thousand dollars a year.

In a small northern city like Nine Links City, such an expense could already be considered a top customer.

"It's Young Master Zhou." "Young Master Zhou is missing." The manservant replied in a low voice.

Lu Sheng didn't make things difficult for him, instead waving him off.

After he pulled Little Qiao down to a seat, his gaze swept across the crowd on the first floor. Soon, he saw a pale and frail young man dressed in white. He held a golden fan in his hand as he gently waved it.

"He probably took a fancy to that singing little girl again." Lu Sheng shook his head.

"The eldest young master just warned him last time, this guy is really a bad guy!" Little Qiao pouted in dissatisfaction.

Lu Sheng smiled and said nothing more.

He began to listen to the song quietly.

Very quickly, a table full of wine and dishes was served on the dark red wooden table. Lu Sheng picked up a clip of lettuce and stir-fried shredded meat and placed it in his mouth.

He took a sip of the white cinnamon wine that was about the same as the drinks. The faint sweet fragrance of the flowers mixed together was similar to drinking juice.

"They are extravagantly dressed, without any worries or troubles, and the little beauty's maid is warming the beds. This sort of life is simply too lecherous."

Lu Sheng sometimes wondered if he should live his life like this. In any case, the life of this sort of rice bug was something that he had always pursued in his previous life.

He ate a mouthful of the dish and drank a mouthful of the wine.

Then, he opened his mouth to let Little Qiao stuff a peeled saltwater ice prawn.

In this snowy northern city, the ice prawns were the specialty here. If one casually scooped them in a thick hole in the ice, they would be able to create large numbers of translucent prawns.

This was an ice shrimp.

The body length of the Ice Shrimp was half that of an ordinary shrimp, but its taste was incomparably delicious. The prawn meat dissolved in his mouth and was extremely delicious.

Of course, the price was also extremely expensive.

It was already extravagant for ordinary people to eat once a month. How could they eat every meal like he did?

While eating, drinking and listening to the melody, Lu Sheng was thinking of other things.

He had been in this world similar to ancient China for so many days. But from what he could see, there were many strange things about this world.

At first he thought he was back in ancient times, but then he realized he wasn't.

The customs, the festive climate, were far different from any of the dynasties he had caused.

As he was thinking, the door to the winery opened again.

A line of brawny men in tight short suits came in and sat down at a table near the corner.

The strong men were obviously not locals. They dressed like they came from the Central Plains. Their clothing and aura were not as coarse as those from the Northern Territories.

"Hai."

The leader was a brawny man with a bald head and copper earrings. His face was fierce, but at this moment, he was sighing.

"There's no way we can live our days like this."

"Big Brother, what are you worried about? There's no way to pass the Li Family Village. We can take the second route and take a detour around the Zhang Village."

Another man frowned.

"What do you know? I came here to reunite with you, and that's where I came from." "The situation is similar to that of the Li Family Village. Quite a few people have died."

The fat on the baldy's face shook and his expression became even more worried.

"What the hell happened? Bro, tell it to the brothers and let us experience it for ourselves." a man urged.

The bald brute sighed again.

"I don't know the specifics either. I only know that several fishing villages by the Sui Yang Lake have met with mishaps. It seems that there is a water ghost causing trouble."

"Water ghost!? It can't be? "

Lu Sheng's table was not far from them. He could also hear their undisguised conversation.

Originally, he had just been listening to them play. He didn't think that these people would actually start to talk about something so mysterious.

In this life, the Lu family of Bingcheng was one of the most wealthy families.

If we were to compare the wealth on Earth, it would be over a hundred million.

In the past few days when he had been out drinking, he had heard many rumors regarding demons, gods and ghosts in the winery, but most of them were only legends.

This was the first time he had personally experienced something like this.

Therefore, Lu Sheng pricked up his ears and started eavesdropping.

Fortunately, those people didn't try to hide it. They continued to talk loudly about the strange happenings in the fishing village.

"I saw that water ghost with my own eyes. It was over 10 feet tall, had a fierce face, and was covered in a lot of water grasses. Good boy, if it wasn't for your big brother running so fast, you wouldn't have been able to see me."

The baldy still had a lingering fear.

"Big brother, is there really a water ghost here?"

A man did not believe it.

"I'm afraid this isn't a story you made up, Big Brother?"

The other man chuckled.

Hearing this, Lu Sheng found it hilarious. It was most likely just another boastful braggart.

He had seen a lot of people like this in this period of time.

After eating and drinking, he asked the attendant to bring the singing lady's song sheet over and casually browsed through it.

Although Three Meetings was not bad, it did not suit the occasion. He decided to change it to a more cheerful one.

Pow!

But at this moment, the bald man slapped the table, his face red.

"You really think I, Boss Hu, only know how to boast!?" Look, look what this is! The water ghost landed on a bone on the ground! "I got this after I stole it!"

He then carefully took out a jade-like green stone and placed it on the table.

"Isn't this just a piece of mixed jade?" A man laughed.

"Jadeite? This was mixed jade? F * ck your mother! "

The bald man's face turned red.

"This brother." Can you show me this? "

Suddenly, a gentle voice came from his side.

Lu Sheng stood by their table with a smile on his face. His gaze swept across the green jade on the table.

"You dare to take this?" This is something left behind by the water ghost. " The bald man said in surprise.

He had taken out Soo Soo now and intended to throw it away after a while.

After all, this wasn't something left behind by a human. If he really did attract water ghosts to cause trouble, then the gains would not make up for the losses.

"I'm fine. I'll just watch. " Lu Sheng did not believe in water ghosts. It was just that from the looks of it, the jade did not look too bad, unlike ordinary mixed jade.

It had to be known that ordinary miscellaneous jade could be bought from shops and stalls all over the place. It was casually polished from jade corners and was extremely cheap.

For some reason, when he saw this piece of jade, he felt that something was wrong.

Big Boss Hu, the bald man, glanced at Lu Sheng and saw that he had an extraordinary temperament and was dressed in a noble manner.

He wore a white fox fur coat, a green jade hat, and a pair of black boots with cloud patterns embroidered with silver threads.

He had dressed up like this for several months already. It was even enough for an average person to live for more than a year.

"Young master, if you want it, it's not impossible, uh …" "One tael of silver is enough!" The sturdy man hesitated for a moment and tried to speak.

"Alright." Lu Sheng had Little Qiao take out a tael of silver and place it on the table.

"This is yours." The baldy decisively picked up the jade and pressed it into Lu Sheng's hand. The few of them exchanged glances, got up, and left.

Without a word, Lu Sheng watched them leave. He held up the jade in his hand and scrutinized it.

"One tael of silver, in China on Earth, would be equivalent to one thousand yuan. It's also the only thing that can make me so rich and overbearing in this lifetime. "

He shook his head. One tael of silver was nothing to him. According to the memories of this body, the least he could spend on a month was at least one hundred taels of silver.

Occasionally, he would spend a thousand taels of silver. That was millions!

Thinking of this, he secretly thought that he had lost.

Holding the jade stone, he didn't care about the stares of the surrounding customers. Instead, Little Qiao placed her feet on the ground and left the wine shop, walking towards the horse carriage waiting outside.

However, just as he left the winery and was halfway there, he suddenly froze. He picked up the jade and placed it in his palm.

The jade in his right hand started to melt.

In a few seconds, the originally hard rock turned into a mass of dark green mucus, and from the mucus, a faint scream of pain could be heard.

Puff!

The mucus exploded abruptly, transforming into a cloud of green smoke that slowly dispersed in front of Lu Sheng's face.

He stood where he was, stunned. He looked around and saw that the jade was still in his hand. He didn't know when, but the green color inside it had already disappeared.

"Just now, that was …"

He stood there in a daze, constantly recalling the scene from before.

"Young Master? Young Master? "

Little Qiao kept calling out to him.

Lu Sheng came back to his senses and looked at the jade in his hand. It was simply an ordinary pebble, not even jade anymore.

He felt somewhat scared, but he vaguely understood what was going on.

"Let's go back to the residence!"

Little Qiao blinked in confusion.

"Oh …"

The two of them got into the carriage. The driver took the whip and whipped it a few times. Then, the two black horses with long hair started to move slowly.

Inside the carriage, Lu Sheng was looking at the pebbles in his hands without uttering a single word.

Little Qiao also noticed the strangeness of the stone.

"We've been tricked again!" She muttered in her heart and didn't say much. The eldest young master was still alright this time. The biggest swindler in the past had spent over a thousand taels of silver just for an antique wine pot, which had almost angered the lord to death.

This time, it was only one tael of silver. Sometimes, the young master would eat a meal with more than this much money.

The carriage headed back to the manor. As he passed by the city gates, Lu Sheng heard someone shouting outside.

"..." He had heard that the water ghost was eliminated! A wandering Daoist has solved the problem of the fishing village! "

"Has someone from the imperial court arrived?"

"He came a long time ago. I heard that even Constable Ouyang from the city government office almost fell into the trap." "Luckily, I met a Taoist Cloud. It was said that the moment he made his move, a golden light flashed and the water ghost immediately screamed. It turned into green mucus and exploded into thick smoke before dissipating."

"It wasn't done by an expert from the imperial government?"

"Of course not!"

Lu Sheng could tell that it was the officers on guard duty chatting.

He would often intentionally pass through the city gate here. The military officers and soldiers were well-informed and loved to brag about strange things everywhere.

"What a coincidence …" Lu Sheng's face remained impassive.

When he recalled the jade stone from before, his heart sank.

The carriage slowly headed toward the most prosperous street in the city.