Chapter 10: Renting a House in Yidu
Three days later, outside Yidu city.
The road intersection here had noticeably grown larger. The flow of people had increased, and the ground was totally covered with horse hoof prints and deep wagon ruts. Song You could already see a first glimpse of its prosperity.
He was sitting under the tent of a roadside stall at the city entrance and eating wontons. The calico cat lay beside his bowl, eating a ball of meat filling that Song You had bought from the stall owner.
The stall was packed with traveling merchants, and their voices were noisy.
“Have you heard? The fog spirit at that part of Liangshui Hollow has been eliminated.”
“Really?”
“The news came from Zhengwei Armed Guard Agency, and even the Wushan tea merchants are spreading the word, saying that part is now safe...The Wushan tea merchants are trustworthy. As for Zhengwei Armed Guard Agency, they make a living doing this and certainly wouldn’t lie!”
“Did Nanhua County hire a master again?”
“I heard it wasn’t like that. It seems that a young Daoist priest passing by eliminated it easily. There was no scuffle but the fog spirit was gone just like that.”