I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 109

The beggar was disheveled, wearing a ragged clothes that obviously didn't fit, he didn't know how he squeezed in among the scholars, until he got mixed up with Wang Shangshu and knocked away the guests invited by Master Shangshu.

Where does this make General Rong lose face?
"Bold."

General Rong stopped drinking, and instantly raised his palm and slashed at the beggar.

The beggar turned over on the ground, General Rong didn't expect this move, and the palm was too strong, he slammed directly on the ground, his hand almost didn't break, the pain caused him to grin his teeth and rub his wrist.

"Are you still hiding?" General Rong became angry, endured the pain, and made successive moves towards the beggar.

But the beggar didn't answer a single move, just rolled around on the ground screaming "ahhh", in the eyes of everyone, he looked like he was beaten and rolled all over the ground, but he didn't get hurt at all.

Gu Buquan hurriedly got up from the ground to smooth things over.

"It's just a beggar, just send him some copper coins, General Rong can't be bothered with him."

He touched the bag, but it was empty, so he reached out to General Rong to beg for a copper coin.

She knew very well that it was Ling An.

She was surprised because he dared to openly show up here and now.

Although he was dressed as a beggar and his face was smeared black, his opponent was General Rong of the Shenhun Division after all, once he was recognized, the consequences would be disastrous.

It's not like she didn't understand that he wanted to prevent her from entering Xichen Tea House regardless of his own safety, so it could be seen that he still missed her in his heart.

I couldn't help feeling a warm feeling in my heart.

But she had to go in to Xichen Tea House, because there was still a big brother whose whereabouts were unknown, and if she didn't go in to find out, she would feel uneasy.

What's more, with Lord Shangshu around, even if Xichen Tea House is really a devil's den, you can't attack her in front of Lord Shangshu, right?
"Let's go, go and beg elsewhere."

She stuffed the copper plate into Ling An's hand, and whispered in his ear while deliberately pushing, "I have to go in and find Big Brother Chen."

Ling An was anxious and annoyed: "Who is the so-called Big Brother Chen?"

Gu Buquan had no choice but to pat him on the head, and said loudly, "Master Shangshu invites the little girl to drink tea. It's a rare opportunity. Brother, don't disappoint, hurry up. Sun Xiaokong, drive him away."

Sun Xiaokong came at the sound, jumped onto Ling An's shoulder and squeaked, a pancake came from nowhere and handed it to him.

It seems that this poor monkey also recognized Ling An and got close to him.

Seeing that Gu Buquan was determined to enter the tea house, Ling An had no choice but to leave.

Lord Shang Shu glanced at Ling An's back as he limped away, feeling a little doubtful in his heart, but his face was still amiable, and he led Gu Buquan into the tea house together.

General Rong rubbed his wrists with a gloomy expression on his face. Not only did he hurt himself by begging a beggar, but he also lost a penny. How dare he be the only one in the audience?

When entering the door, General Rong suddenly turned his head and cast his eyes into the distance, as if he saw someone who surprised him, his face became extremely solemn, and he turned around and walked in quickly.

In fact, Ling An never left Gu Buquan in these two days.

He was worried, and he didn't dare to get too close, and he didn't want people to recognize him.

Every word of those rumors about Xichen Tea House fell in his ears.

Xichen Tea House is full of doubts, how can he let her go alone?

As a last resort, he improvised to take the torn clothes Wang Mashi put in the "bedding" and showed up pretending to be a beggar, intending to stop Gu Buquan, but obviously had little effect.

Since he couldn't stop Gu Buquan, Ling An didn't dare to leave, so he had to find an inconspicuous corner and sit down, waiting for Gu Buquan to come out.

His eyes scanned the surroundings like a falcon, and in another dark corner, he caught a black figure.

You can feel it without getting close. It is the masked man in black who has fought against him several times.

The doubts in his heart deepened—is the masked man in black staring at Xichen Tea House, or at Gu Buquan?Are you in the same group as the man and woman in Luoyanpo?
At the same time, the masked man in black nodded at him. Obviously, his every move was seen by the man in black.

But this time, no one made a move, and all stared at Xichen Tea House.

No one noticed that the sound of the girl playing the qin has been replaced by an ambush from all sides, one string is more urgent than the other, and the sound is breathtaking.

Just as Ling An was concentrating and holding his breath, staring at the tea house while always on guard against the masked man in black, a figure behind him crept up to him, and quietly stretched out a hand towards his back.

He turned around suddenly, pinched the visitor's neck against the wall.

"Let go, let go, let go..."

After a closer look, it turned out to be a flower rattle.

"Why don't you just stay in the inn, what are you doing when you come out? Use a little more strength, your neck is broken." He frowned.

Hua Rattle clutched her neck and coughed for a long time before regaining her strength.

"Good guy, you owe me a life and haven't paid it back, and you want to kill me?"

Ling An asked: "How do you know it's me?"

Hua Yaoling gave Ling An a blank look: "Do you think that if you pretend to be a beggar, I won't recognize you? Don't think that the only one who has a heart-to-heart with you is Gu Buquan. I, Hua Yaoling, also have a heart-to-heart connection with you, okay?"

In fact, she recognized Ling An because of Sun Xiaokong.

Apart from Gu Buquan, this monkey only gets close to Ling An, it passes him pancakes, who is it but Ling An?

"Have I always had a tacit understanding with her?" He was a little surprised.

"Of course not, she knows how to guess people's thoughts and minds, that's all." Hua shook the bell with a cold snort.

"The Master Shang Shu was deceived by her last time, and this time she learns how to write on a wooden board, so it's just a new idea for a while when he invites her. Hmph, the coffin seller is just too clever."

Ling An frowned even tighter.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Only then did Hua rattle the bell and think about the business.

"Something happened, something big happened. I heard from the shop owner that someone died outside the city again. People from the government said that those who provide effective clues will be rewarded."

"Dead people happen every day. I don't know a few living people, let alone dead people. What does it have to do with me?"

Ling An was not interested, and sat down on his own, his eyes still staring at the tea house, but where the corner of his eyes glanced, the masked man in black was no longer there.

"It's the Fu family from Luoyanpo." Hua Yingling said again.

Ling An's expression turned serious.

Hua Yaoling saw that Ling An seemed to be moved, and said immediately, "Idiot, in fact you are the smartest idiot in the world. You solved a big case in Qingzhou Prefecture and won a reward of 150 taels. This time In the capital, the rewards can only be more or less. How about we go and have a look? Anyway, you are so powerful, it is not difficult to solve a case."

Ling An stood up and rushed towards Luoyanpo without saying a word.

Hua Yaoling hastily chased after her, but a sneer could not be restrained from the corner of her mouth.

What she wanted was not dozens of taels of silver, but 1000 taels.

She had already made up her mind to exchange Ling An for a reward, but she also knew his ability, just now General Rong couldn't hurt his skin with all his efforts, so she knew how powerful he was.

There will be endless troubles if she acts rashly. What she wants is to get money and get out of it.

So she tried her best to encourage Ling An to solve the case. At that time, she would use another trick and let him go into the government office by himself. Then she would come forward to testify, even if she didn't have 1000 taels, at least 500 taels, right?

And it was he who went to show his face in public, no wonder she would not feel awkward when spending money in the future.

Ling An rushed to Luoyanpo, where many spectators were already surrounded.

In the tea garden of Fu's family, another male corpse was added, also dressed as a scholar, also skinny and starved.

The person who received the case was the Jingzhao government office. After several inquiries, the onlookers shook their heads and said they did not know this person.

Some people whispered, saying that they seemed to have seen this person in Xichen Tea House.

"It seems to be a great talent. The owner Shen of Xichen Tea House appreciated it very much, and directly invited him to the inner room for a detailed discussion. After that, no one saw him."

"Are you sure it's him?" Someone asked, "If yes, go up to receive the reward, and let's go drink."

The man hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, saying that he was not sure, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

"That's right. After all, Xichen Tea House is involved, and the owner of Shen Village has friendship with many high officials in the court. Let's be more cautious, because if we take the reward silver, we may die."

Ling An listened for a while, then suddenly said to himself: "Not good."

If this person's whisperings are true, then how similar the deceased's situation is to that Brother Chen who was unable to take care of everything!

(End of this chapter)