Mu Yuan, unaware of Ling Yan's change in mood, leaned closer to the two gamblers who were still whispering and asked with a beaming smile,
"Two elder brothers, it's so lively here, what happened?"
The two gamblers turned their heads together when they heard Mu Yuan's question, slightly taken aback by his appearance.
One of them, a man with a face full of freckles and mismatched eyes, asked, "You're not a local of Yao City, are you?"
Mu Yuan nodded honestly. "No, we came to Yao City to celebrate the City Lord's birthday. We just arrived yesterday."
The freckled man nodded, muttered "No wonder," and then told Mu Yuan what had just happened.
It turned out that while Wang Fugui and Jia Quan were riding in the float parade and they were being invited to the City Lord's mansion by Xiong Da and Xiong Er, the petty thief whom Mu Yuan had intercepted last time had the good fortune to visit Hou San.
