After waiting for a cup of tea, everyone left the Detai Teahouse one after another. Only Old Chu and Nangong Cheng were left in the Detai Teahouse, and Old Chu also packed up and prepared to leave.

Nangong Cheng came downstairs, walked to the opposite side of Old Chu, and looked at Old Chu without saying a word.

After Old Chu packed his things, he looked up and saw Nangong Cheng. He saw Nangong Cheng staring at him but not speaking, so he asked, "What can I do for this little brother?"

Nangong Cheng smiled and said, "Did you make up the story about the poisonous snake man killing Master Kubei and Taoist Mu Sang?"

Old Chu also smiled and said: "I don't know where this little brother saw that the old man was making up a story?"

Nangong Chengdao: "Someone just had doubts about the death of Taoist Mu Sang. You thought for a while before answering. It means you didn't expect anyone to doubt it at all, so the next words were what you came up with on the fly."

Old Man Chu said: "Since this little brother has figured it out, why don't you expose me?"

Nangong Cheng turned his back to Old Man Chu and said, "I'm not so wicked as to ruin your job, but I still have a few things to ask you."

Old Man Chu looked at Nangong Cheng and said, "Well, seeing as you are so honest and not immoral, what do you want to know? I'll tell you everything!"

Nangong Cheng smiled and said, "How much of the story you said just now about the poisonous snake man killing Master Kubei and Taoist Mu Sang is true? How much is false?"

Old Man Chu said: "Three points is true, seven points is false."

Nangong Cheng was slightly shocked. He thought that Old Man Chu had told the story so vividly and that there would be very few adulterations, but he didn't expect that Old Man Chu had adulterated so many falsehoods. Although Old Man Chu had adulterated so many falsehoods, after all, it was still

Nangong Cheng was still interested in how much of it was true. So he asked Old Man Chu, "I wonder which of it is true?"

Old Man Chu said: "Master Kubei and Taoist Mu Sang were indeed killed by the poisonous snake man. Master Kubei's fatal wound was indeed in his heart, and Taoist Mu Sang was indeed poisoned to death."

Nangong Chengdao: "Apart from these three points, are everything else false?"

Old man Chu nodded and said, "Yes."

Nangong Chengdao: "I don't understand. You make a living by selling Jianghu news. Why do people still like to listen to your adulterated Jianghu news?"

Old Man Chu said: "First, because the people like to hear such stories; second, because I have principles."

Nangong Chengdao: "Why do people like to listen to adulterated stories?"

Old Man Chu said: "Because real things are often boring, and adulterated stories can be very exciting. People in the world like exciting stories, not boring stories, so we have to do what they like."

Nangong Cheng nodded and said: "I just said that your second reason is principle. What principle is it?"

Old man Chu said: "Goodwill."

"Good intentions?" Nangong Cheng said.

Old Man Chu nodded and said: "The gentleman who taught me story-telling told me that when we storytellers tell stories to everyone, we must tell them in good faith. When truth and good faith conflict, we should first choose good faith, and then let the truth

Serving good intentions. This is the principle that we storytellers cannot violate."

"Well said!" Nangong Cheng said: "Since the husband who taught you at the beginning taught you to talk about books, why don't you talk about books instead of talking about Jianghu affairs?"

Old Chu smiled and said, "Can you do business?"

Nangong Cheng shook his head and said, "No."

Old man Chu said: "As the saying goes,

It is said that things are rare and valuable, precisely because there are too many storytellers, and I can't tell others so they talk about things that no one has said. This is like doing business. What do people lack and what do merchants sell to make money? Otherwise, they can't make money.

Got the money.”

Nangong Cheng smiled and said, "It makes sense."

Old Chu also smiled and said, "Little brother, do you have anything else to ask?"

Nangong Chengdao: "I heard that you are going to talk about the sword god Ximen Changfeng and the poisonous snake man next. Can you tell me what you will talk about next?"

Old Man Chu smiled and said: "The spoiler story is not good to hear. If you want to know, come back on time tomorrow!"

Nangong Cheng sighed and said, "I'm afraid I have something to do tomorrow and won't have time to listen to you."

Old man Chu said: "I wonder what's wrong with you?"

Nangong Chengdao: "I recently heard about a Jianghu incident. Originally, I planned to tell others about it as a normal thing, but I heard that you paid for information, so I wanted to sort it out so that I could sell it to you!

I heard that when you buy news, it’s time-sensitive. The shorter the time is, the more money you’ll get from selling it.” After saying that, Nangong Chengcheng turned around and left. He was not going to come back tomorrow because he had already decided to pretend to be Shen Sanying and make a big fuss.

Write down the story of Hermit Villa and sell it to Old Man Chu so that he can tell it.

Old Man Chu said: "What story do you want to sell me?"

Nangong Cheng stopped, turned to look at Old Man Chu, and said with a smile: "You can keep it quiet and let everyone come to listen to you tomorrow to continue talking. I can also keep it quiet and wait until my story is sorted out before I tell you."

Wan Nangongcheng continued walking.

"The Sword God didn't find Mr. Viper, so he went back." Old Man Chu said.

Nangong Cheng turned around and looked at Old Man Chu and said, "Why are you telling me what you are going to say next?"

Old Man Chu smiled and said: "Since you are not planning to come, there is no harm in telling you. Besides, I don't think you are a bad person. I believe you will not leak it and ruin my job."

Nangong Cheng nodded and continued walking.

Old Man Chu said: "I don't know how to tell you now, can't you tell me your news?"

Nangong Cheng shook his head.

Old Man Chu said: "At least you have to tell me the time, right? I want to know when it was?"

Nangong Cheng thought for a while and said: "The time was two days ago. The content of the story is confidential."

Old Man Chu smiled and shook his head, thinking: "This is really an interesting person." Old Man Chu said to Nangong Chengdao: "I hope you brought me wonderful news. I really have nothing to say now, Viper.

Lang Jun's murder of Master Kubei and Taoist Mu Sang happened three months ago."

Nangong Cheng turned his head and glanced at Old Chu, nodded with a smile, and left Detai Tea House, but he did not go far, but was near Detai Tea House.

Soon, old man Chu came out.

Nangong Cheng looked at the sky and saw that it was already past Shenshi. Nangong Cheng quietly followed Old Man Chu until he reached his home, then Nangong Cheng turned around and went back. On the way back, Nangong Cheng found a bookstore to buy some

He picked up pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then returned to his inn. He wanted to write down the incident of "Shen Sanying" causing havoc at Hermitage Villa.

When the innkeeper saw Nangong Cheng returning with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he asked: "Guest, what are you doing?"

Nangong Cheng said with a smile: "Brother, from now on, I will lock myself in my room and write something. Could you please deliver three meals to my door in the next few days? Thank you!"

"I understand." The man nodded repeatedly.

"Thank you!" Nangong Cheng gave the waiter five taels of silver.

Then he went upstairs to his room.

In the next three days, Nangong Cheng never left the inn. He lay in front of the table, writing like a scholar. Through the communication with Old Man Chu, he already knew that he really wanted to serve goodwill, so he wrote "Shen San" When "Eagle" made a big fuss at Hermitage, he changed the plot.

Three days later in the afternoon, the story was finally finished.

Nangong Cheng looked at the sky outside and thought: "At this time, Old Man Chu should have finished telling the story. If I go and sell him the news now, won't he be able to tell it tomorrow?" Nangong Cheng nodded, and then used Qinggong to leave the inn without anyone noticing.

Shenshi is the only way for old man Chu to go home.

Nangong Cheng put a beard on his face, dressed himself in rags, disguised himself as a sick middle-aged man, and coughed in a hoarse voice while shouting: "Selling news, selling news, real news! No. It really doesn’t cost any money!”

Nangong Cheng called once, but he didn't see old man Chu coming. Nangong Cheng called again, but still didn't see old man Chu coming. When Nangong Cheng called for the third time, old man Chu finally came over.

So Nangong Cheng screamed even harder, finally attracting the attention of old man Chu.

Old Man Chu said: "Little brother, can you show me the news about your sales?"

"Okay! I've written it down!" Nangong Cheng handed the written paper to Old Man Chu.

Old Chu took it and started reading it. After reading it, he asked: "Little brother, is this news false?"

Nangong Cheng coughed and said: "What's fake? Of course it's true! Let me tell you, I sneaked into the Hermitage that night to steal something, but I didn't expect to sneak in so easily. I don't know why. Yes, when I came to the backyard of Hermitage Villa, I saw an old lady leading a group of people to surround and suppress a man named Shen Sanying. What follows is the story in the book."

Old man Chu nodded.

"If you don't believe this is true, just give my story back to me and I'll sell it to others!" Nangong Cheng said and came to grab the book in Old Man Chu's hand.

"Don't!" Old Man Chu said: "I believe that Shen Sanying did make a big fuss at Hermitage Villa, but I will never tell you what is written in your book. However, it is good for you to write like this, with a hint of truth and falsehood. Good intention, it is indeed in line with my taste. I bought your story for fifteen taels, little brother I met three days ago!"

Nangong Cheng was shocked, took off his disguise, showed his true face, and said, "How did you know it was me?"

Old Man Chu smiled and said: "After reading the story you wrote, I found that you understand my principles very well. And my principles have not been told to anyone else except you. Also, you once said He wanted to sell me information, but he never showed up, so I have been waiting for you."

"That's it!" Nangong Cheng looked at the things he used to disguise himself and said with a smile, "It seems that these disguises of mine are really unnecessary!"

Old Man Chu said: "I want to know what is your purpose in selling this news to me?"

Nangong Chengdao: "I can tell you, but now is not the time to say it, and this is not the place to say it."

Old Man Chu said: "Then where are you going to say it?"

Nangong Chengdao: "Your home."

Old man Chu looked at Nangong Cheng and said, "Okay, then you go home with me and talk to me at my house."
Chapter completed!