When Wei Wuxian traveled back in time

After understanding the situation with this person, he left.

About a few minutes later, Wei Wuxian, who was sitting in front of the window doing nothing, saw Lan Jingyi and a few others coming from another direction, apparently looking for him.

Wei WuXian picked up a small stone from the ground and flicked it over.

The stone hit Lan Jingyi on the back. Lan Jingyi screamed and turned his head sharply: "Who is it!?"

As Lan Jingyi's eyes scanned the room, their gazes soon met.

Wei Wuxian waved at him. When Lan Jingyi saw that it was Wei Wuxian, he immediately ran over with a smile on his face: “Senior Wei!”

After everyone arrived, Wei WuXian asked, “How’s it going? Have you found out anything after being gone for so long?”

Lan Jingyi nodded.

Wei WuXian said, “Tell me about it.”

Lan Jingyi started from the beginning: "Senior Wei, after we separated just now, a few of us first went to ask a street shoe repair vendor some questions."

"I asked him if anything unusual was happening here, but the vendor ignored me and just kept busy with his own stuff."

Wei WuXian: “Hmm? So you didn’t ask anything?”

“How could that be possible?” Lan Jingyi lifted up his shirt and revealed one of his shoes.

All Gusu Lan Clan disciples wore uniform white school uniforms, and even the shoes on their feet were also white.

After Lan Jingyi stretched out his shoes, he saw a gray-black pudding on the white toe of the shoe. It was ugly and abrupt, and was out of tune with the overall white and beautiful school uniform of Gusu Lan's school.

Lan Jingyi explained seriously: "Senior Wei, you once said that there is no reason to ask for help for free, and the same is true for asking people for information."

"So since he won't tell me, I might as well become his business and let him mend my shoes. This way, since he has my business, he can't refuse my questions."

…Wei WuXian stared at his shoes and had guessed something: “So you…”

Lan Jingyi said: "So I pretended to walk away, and then he kicked my shoes in the back and tore them. Then I went back to him to get them fixed, and then I asked him questions and he told me."

Wei WuXian: “…”

What's with that smug look on the kid's face? He seems quite proud of himself.

Wouldn't it be better to just give him the silver directly? Why go through so much trouble to finally tear his own shoes?

But it's a good question. Children need encouragement.

Wei WuXian gave him a thumbs up: “Smart.”

Lan Jingyi smiled twice when he was praised.

Wei WuXian said, “Then tell me what you heard.”

Lan Jingyi put away his smile and said seriously: "The shoemaker said that many people died in this month."

Wei WuXian asked: “How much is a lot?”

Lan Jingyi scratched his head and said, "Ah? He didn't say that, and I didn't ask. Do you need to know the exact number of people?"

…Wei WuXian said: “Nothing, no need, just continue.”

"Oh." Lan Jingyi continued, "It is said that they all died suddenly. It seems that there were men and women, old and young."

"If you ask him why they died, the cobbler would be at a loss for words."

"Even when I wanted to kick my second shoe and give him another business deal, he still wouldn't say anything."

"I don't know whether he doesn't want to say it or he really doesn't know."

Wei Wuxian's eyes fell on his other shoe, luckily it was intact.

Lan Jingyi continued, "We looked for other people later, but it seems that not many people know about this matter. Only one or two said that someone did die recently. When we asked more, the others didn't know anything."

The information I got was indeed quite little.

Lan Jingyi looked a little depressed, as if he didn't know what had gone wrong, or whether he hadn't done enough to find out what was going on.

Wei WuXian said: “Nothing, it doesn’t matter even if they don’t tell or don’t know.”

"Let's go to the rich merchant's house first."

Lan Jingyi nodded.

When we arrived at the place, the door of the rich merchant's house was closed.

Lan Jingyi and the others knocked on the door for a long time before someone opened the door for him.

Once inside, everyone was welcomed inside.

On the way into the mansion, Wei Wuxian saw talismans pasted on the doors and windows of almost every place, all of which were used to ward off evil spirits.

After entering the reception room, they arranged for us to sit down and poured tea, and the hospitality was very thoughtful.

Everyone was already there. The rich businessman came in, greeted everyone, and then sat in the main seat.

The rich businessman had a big belly and looked a little haggard, but there was nothing wrong with him otherwise.

During this period, Lan Jingyi and others responded politely.

But soon, after both parties sat down, Lan Jingyi waited for a long time but Wei Wuxian didn't speak or ask questions.

Lan Jingyi looked over, and after receiving his gaze, Wei Wuxian looked at him and raised his eyebrows.

Wei Wuxian’s eyes seemed to be saying to him: Just tell me what you want to know and what you want to ask. Why are you looking at me?

Lan Jingyi: “…”

The wealthy businessman sitting in the upper seat said, "Thank you for coming from afar, the immortals. We have indeed encountered some problems. We previously invited two Taoist priests to help exorcise the evil spirits, but they..."

The rich businessman was still talking nonstop about what had happened.

Wei Wuxian twirled the teacup between his fingertips while eating a piece of cake in his other hand with relish, as if he was not here to work or to help others solve their problems, but was just a passerby who came here to listen to a play.

He acted as if it had nothing to do with him and let Lan Jingyi handle it on his own.

In response, Lan Jingyi curled his lips and glared at him. Facing such a scene, it felt like he was being forced to do something he was not prepared for.

It’s not his fault, Lan Jingyi is the youngest among these people.

Normally when Wen Yuan stayed with Wei Wuxian in the Cloud Recesses, they would go together when something happened or when they went out for night hunting.

Moreover, he was never the one to negotiate the problems. Wen Yuan was humble, reasonable and eloquent, except when he encountered some arrogant and unreasonable people who had to talk back.

The other Lan Jingyi were either studying behind Wei Wuxian or standing next to Wen Yuan waiting to be spoken to.

Now not only is Wen Yuan not here, but Wei Wuxian is also silent.

For a moment, Lan Jingyi didn't know what to say.

However, soon after the rich businessman finished explaining what happened, Lan Jingyi immediately responded in a proper manner:

"I heard from you that this evil spirit appeared in the past month. Since it has been so long, has there been any disaster in your family?"