space king

Chapter 37 The Beggar Disciple
The old beggar looked not only sloppy, but also a little silly.

But Su Ran felt that this old beggar was not stupid at all, but very smart, and seemed to know a lot of things.

Opposite the coffin shop is indeed a grocery store.

Like the "big-eyed coffin shop", the signboard of the grocery store is also a big five-character "blind grocery store".

The owner of the blind grocery store is not a blind man, but he is almost blind.

Su Ran entered the grocery store for 2 minutes before the boss saw him.

The first thing the boss said when he saw Su was: "Why are you so silent like a ghost..." He didn't realize that his eyesight was not working at all.

Then it took another 2 minutes for the boss to recognize whether Su Ran was a man or a woman.

"You're not really blind, are you?" Su Ran glanced over the grocery store, and found that this small grocery store actually sold a complete range of items.

"I'm not blind, but I'm almost blind. Everyone here calls me blind Zhao, so you can call me blind Zhao." Blind Zhao opened his almost invisible eyes and said, "Listen to your voice. You don't look like a local, you should just come from another place, right?"

"Yes, I just came here." Su Ran found that although blind Zhao had poor eyesight, he could hear clearly and speak fluently.

"Yellowstone Town is a barren place. There is no man's land for hundreds of miles around. There is no place to stay. You must be hungry all the way here. Why don't I get you two small dishes first, so you can fill your stomach first." Blind Zhao said, "There is only my grocery store in Huangshi Town, and there are no restaurants and inns, so I not only sell groceries here, but also sell some wine and vegetables. If you don't have a place to stay at night, I can also provide you with accommodation here, but There is a charge, and the price is low and affordable, so you can rest assured.”

It was only now that Su Ran discovered that this blind man Zhao was not only eloquent, but also had a quick brain, and started to sell his business within a few words.

As Blind Zhao said, there is indeed no place to stay in Huangshi Town for hundreds of miles. Su Ran ate his last meal in a small village a day ago, and now he is indeed hungry and sleepy.

"It's just...your eyes are not good, how can you cook well?" Su Ran questioned.

"My eyesight is bad, but my luck is very good." Blind Zhao said with a smile, "Fortunately, I married a good-looking and capable proprietress, and she can cook good dishes."

Speaking of the proprietress, a plump and well-proportioned woman with a delicate face came out of the inner room. After seeing Su, this woman immediately cast a wink at Su Ran.

"This should be the proprietress here, right?" Su Ran still greeted this woman.

The proprietress threw another wink at Su Ran, which was regarded as a response to Su Ran.

Blind Zhao's eyes seemed to be really bad, and he couldn't see his wife kept winking at other men in front of him.

There are tables and stools for eating outside the grocery store.

In addition to being good at winking at men, the proprietress is also really good at cooking.

Although the dishes were just stir-fried vegetables, Su Ran smelled the aroma wafting from the table, and knew that the taste must be good.

Just as Su Ran was about to move his chopsticks, the sloppy old beggar suddenly sat across from Su Ran.

"This dish cannot be eaten." The old beggar said to Su Ran in a low voice, "This dish is poisonous. The dead man in the coffin shop was poisoned to death by this dish."

Su Ran checked Liu Chengfeng's body, and Liu Chengfeng showed no signs of poisoning. The old beggar was lying when he said that Liu Chengfeng died of poisoning.Su Ran obviously tasted very tasty, but after hearing what the old beggar said, he immediately became alert, and lost interest in even the most delicious food.

The old beggar snatched the chopsticks from Su Ran's hand, and said, "My old life is worthless anyway, and if this food is wasted, it will be wasted."

After speaking in a gust of wind, he swept away all the food on the table, then wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, and walked away swaggeringly, patting his buttocks.

Only then did Su Ran realize that she had been duped by the old beggar, and she couldn't laugh or cry.

But Su Ran didn't let the old beggar go, he followed closely behind the old beggar.

"What are you doing with the old beggar? The old beggar is not a little beauty, and he is penniless and stinky."

"I have something to ask you."

"Why should I answer what you asked?"

"Because I just treated you to a meal, and you owe me a favor."

"Okay." The old beggar stopped, "Although I'm just a beggar, I don't like others asking for favors, so just ask if you have any questions."

"Have you been here for many years?" Su Ran asked.

"Yeah, it's been many years." The old beggar scratched his forehead, "How many years... forgot."

"The corpse in the coffin shop is the famous hero Liu Chengfeng, how did he die?" Su Ran said casually, "I heard from Wang Dayan that you were the first to find the corpse. So Liu Chengfeng is most likely to be killed by you."

"Do you believe what that bastard Wang Dayan said?" The old beggar jumped up, "Although I was the first to find the body, it still doesn't prove that I killed him. When I saw Liu Chengfeng, he He is already dead. In my opinion, Wang Dayan is the most suspicious. He didn’t kill anyone, why did he collect the corpse? He hid the corpse in the coffin shop, maybe he was afraid that others would find out some flaws. The most important point is , Wang Dayan is Huang Xiaochong's guest."

"Who is Huang Xiaochong?" Su Ran couldn't help asking.

"Huang Xiaochong is the only rich family in Huangshi Town. He is not only rich, but also richer than many rich people. It is said that his ancestor was a high-ranking official who was exiled here by the imperial court. The town discovered a batch of treasures, and then became the richest person in Huangshi Town, and has been until now. Some desperadoes who were wanted by the court and forced to die by their enemies came to Huangshi Town and defected to the Huang family , and only the Huang family can afford to support those desperadoes, and those desperadoes have naturally become the guests of the Huang family, to put it bluntly, they are the bodyguards of the Huang family."

"So Wang Dayan is Huang Xiaochong's guest, and he is also a desperado?"

"That's why I think Wang Dayan is the most suspicious. Maybe Liu Chengfeng came to Wang Dayan to seek revenge, or Liu Chengfeng's target was a guest of Huang Xiaochong, and Wang Dayan became an accomplice, otherwise Why did he collect Liu Chengfeng's body? In short, Liu Chengfeng's death is related to Huang Xiaochong's houseguest."

"In addition to Liu Chengfeng, did Lu Xiaofeng also come to Huangshi Town?" Su Ran was eager to know Lu Xiaofeng's whereabouts.

"Lu Xiaofeng has been to Huangshi Town." The old beggar looked around and said mysteriously to Su Ran, "Lu Xiaofeng came to look for Liu Chengfeng, and after seeing Liu Chengfeng's body, he decided to find him. The murderer who killed Liu Chengfeng, but three days ago, Lu Xiaofeng mysteriously disappeared."

"Missing?" Su Ran was startled, it seemed that what the old beggar said matched the purpose of his trip.

Lu Xiaofeng must have been subdued and imprisoned by the other party while investigating the murderer who killed Liu Chengfeng. The next thing to do is to find out who imprisoned Lu Xiaofeng, or find out where Lu Xiaofeng was imprisoned. Then he was able to find a way to rescue Lu Xiaofeng.

"Lu Xiaofeng's disappearance must be related to the murderer who killed Liu Chengfeng." The old beggar continued, "And the murderer who killed Liu Chengfeng must be related to Huang Xiaochong's house guest."

"Where does Huang Xiaochong live?"

"Are you going to look for him now?" The old beggar glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late. Huang Xiaochong only sees beautiful women at night, and nobody else. If you want to see him, you have to wait until Tomorrow morning, why don't I take you to see him tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Su Ran readily agreed, and then suddenly said to the old beggar, "You are not an ordinary beggar, who are you? You said you have stayed in Huangshi Town for many years, but you have no respect for Lu Xiaofeng and Liu Chengfeng. You are no stranger to the name, how can there be beggars in such a poor place as Huangshi Town? What are you doing here?"

Su Ran's series of questions stunned the old beggar on the spot.

"Okay, since you want to know my identity, then I'll tell you." The old beggar was startled for a moment, and then said, "Actually, my real identity is the No. 20 eighth-generation disciple of the Beggar Gang. Brothers of the Beggar Gang are all over the world, and the information is the most important." Lingtong. I was sent to Huangshi Town to collect information here, as for my name, bad...forgot..."

(End of this chapter)