Start with a red name

Chapter 21: Demons and Ghosts

Mixed in the crowd of people returning home, Geng Xuan was still thinking about the beggar.

What shocked him the most and what left the deepest impression on him was not the beggar's strange appearance or ugly face, but the red aura on his head that was far above average.

Taking the red aura above the heads of Wu Youren and several other evil young men who contributed to his good luck as a reference, although almost everyone has a red name above their heads, if one quantifies the good luck that they are likely to gain, most of them will not exceed five points.

Even fewer can exceed ten points.

Those with more than twenty points, which is equivalent to one Wu Youren, are even rarer.

Before this, Geng Xuan had only seen three.

Among them, the newly appointed master of Kangleji was ranked first, the old killer of Changpingfang was second, and the owner of Lifang was third.

Now, there is one more person on that list.

An ugly beggar with a deformed leg.

And it caused Li Fangzhu to fall from third to fourth place.

This is incredible!
A beggar who was so lowly that few people would look at him in the eye, but who was carrying the most "sin" in the Kangle Collection, such an extreme contrast made Geng Xuan's heart restless for a long time.

It was not until the gate of Changpingfang came into view that Geng Xuan regained his composure.

Geng Xuan discovered that after entering Changpingfang, many people did not return to their homes as usual, but gathered together in a noisy manner.

Listening to their complaints and grumbling, Geng Xuan quickly understood what was going on.

Today, Kangle Market reopened. One of the major changes was to clean up the streets, forcibly relocate all vendors to one place, and concentrate vendors from the same block in one area. Each block was even allowed to organize its own security force.

In addition, Kangleji will also build a roof and take some other measures.

It is promised that a safe operating environment will be provided to all vendors. From now on, vendors will not have to worry about anything other than running their own business.

Before the vendors could react, one sweet date after another was forced into their mouths, and they almost ate too much.

But these vendors didn’t feel happy for long. Just after noon, a sudden piece of news came like a heavy iron rod, hitting all the vendors hard on the head.

——In view of the manpower and material resources, time and energy that Kangleji has spent to solve the business pain points of vendors, from the date of implementation of the new regulations, vendors will voluntarily contribute 40% of their daily profits to ensure that the blessings given to each vendor can continue.

As soon as the news came out, the vendors were immediately excited.

But the arm is no match for the thigh. Faced with Kangleji, which wields absolute violence, the vendors have no choice but to accept defeat.

Many vendors are trying to make a fuss about the "40% profit" by saying, "As long as I don't make a profit, or even lose money, do I not have to pay it?"

But this kind of "cleverness" only left them with bruised faces and swollen noses and teeth, and did not make them pay a penny less.

The business data of every vendor today is clearly known.

"Not a cent more, not a penny less."

In just one day, this new rule was deeply ingrained in the hearts of all vendors.

It can be said that every vendor is very angry, but they have to hold it back during the Kangle Market.

Now that they have returned to Changpingfang, they have no more scruples and are venting their anger in revenge.

In Geng Xuan's eyes, there was already some hysteria in it.

Many people said that they wanted to wait for Li Fangzhu and Chen Rongshan to come back. They would rather go back to the previous mode of sending tributes every now and then than be sucked dry by Kangleji every day like now.

Listening to these people talking, Geng Xuan shook his head. This was truly just an emotional venting, the wailing of the weak.

They didn't even really see the context behind this matter.

Geng Xuan thought so in his heart, but the excited vendors did not think so.

The simple increase in numbers seemed to make them feel that their power was increasing and their bargaining chips were getting more.

So they gathered at the gate of Changpingfang, and whenever a vendor returned from the market, they would keep him to increase their momentum.

At this time, a vendor who looked to be in his fifties and had a hunchback came back alone, pushing a wooden cart.

As soon as he entered the gate of Changpingfang, he was approached by several vendors, who told him about the injustice and tried their best to "invite" him to join them.

Faced with this situation, some other vendors gladly complied, while others seemed hesitant, but under the pressure of those knowing eyes, they could not say "no".

This hunchbacked old man broke this convention and made a third choice.

He kept his eyes straight ahead, ignored the "coercion" from the people around him, and continued pushing the wooden wheelbarrow forward.

Two people were accidentally bumped into and cried out in pain, but he seemed not to notice and continued rushing forward recklessly.

From then on, no one dared to stand in front of him, and they took the initiative to dodge and let him go away.

Looking at the hunchbacked old man pushing the cart away, the crowd cursed.

Geng Xuan looked at the old man's back, also stunned and shocked.

"What the hell, what the hell!"

To make sure it wasn't his eyes that were blurring his vision, Geng Xuan blinked repeatedly, but each time, he could see a ball of red energy on the hunchbacked old man's head that was larger than Wu Youren's unit.

Neither the previous incarnation nor the present Geng Xuan is familiar with this hunchbacked old man.

But in order to create that "accident", Geng Xuan had strolled back and forth on the long street many times.

I also recognized the faces of people from the same neighborhood who set up stalls on the long street.

Therefore, Geng Xuan was very sure that although this hunchbacked old man also had a red aura on his head, the scale of it was not as good as the average level of the market, and he was a taciturn and honest person.

But now, leaving aside other things, the red name on his head is almost the same as that of the ugly beggar with deformed legs whom I met not long ago.

On the "red list" in Geng Xuan's mind, Li Fangzhu's ranking dropped again, from fourth to fifth.

"How can a red name above a person's head change so much?"

The moment this question popped up in his mind, Geng Xuan already had the answer.

The method is very simple, just commit enough sins and kill enough people.

is it possible?
Although he had seen that human life was worthless in this world, Geng Xuan still felt that if this was true, then this world was too magical.

In comparison, another possibility is more likely.

"The one who came back with the cart this time is no longer the same person!"

"Someone has taken over his identity and assumed his appearance!"

As for why this person did this, Geng Xuan thought about what he saw and heard in Kangle Jiqing today, and he already had the answer in his mind.

"It should be a fish that slipped through the net of Kangleji's action today.

Maybe he was injured and unable to flee far, or maybe he didn't want to flee for some other reason, but it was too dangerous to stay in Kangle Village, so he played this trick of occupying the magpie's nest!"

……

“Crack—bang!”

Open the door.

close the door.

Geng Xuan threw the two heavy packages in his hands to the ground and collapsed directly on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling and gasping for breath.

I'm back, finally I'm back alive.

It's not easy!

Thinking about what he had seen at the market today, Geng Xuan couldn't control the surge of emotions.

The sudden appearance and departure of the "dog thief", the various operations of the Kang Le Group after the major reshuffle, and many characters who seemed ordinary in the eyes of others but showed their "true colors" in the eyes of Geng Xuan who possessed the Eye of True Vision...

All these things came into Geng Xuan's sight on the same day, making his eyes tired and his heart even more tired.

"What kind of demons and monsters are these!"

After calming down his chaotic emotions, Geng Xuan thought of the "hunchbacked old man" again.

He could ignore what was happening outside Changpingfang. Even if there was a big commotion, Changpingfang was like a "breakwater" and it would not affect him immediately.

But now, a dangerous man has hidden himself from everyone and sneaked into Changpingfang.

He was the only one who discovered the truth!
On the one hand, Geng Xuan felt that his safety was threatened, and he immediately felt wary and hostile towards this "invader".

On the other hand, Geng Xuan was hesitant about how he should respond.

Tell others about your discovery and expose this person's true identity?

This sounds like a good idea.

But his clue came from the abnormal red name status seen by the Eye of True Vision, and this was a secret he could not share with anyone.

But if he doesn't say it, he will have no evidence to prove that "he is not him".

Moreover, Chen Rongshan was paying special attention to him, and Li Fangzhu was testing him a little further away. And even further away, there was probably the gaze of his "uncle master" hiding in the dark...

This requires him to keep a low profile as much as possible, try to avoid attracting the attention of others, and try his best to avoid exposing his true strength.

Apart from anything else, "Uncle Master" still believes that Wu Youren's disappearance was his own choice, and there is no doubt that he died at his hands. This shows that he underestimated or even ignored his own strength.

If he had thought more highly of himself, he would have considered the possibility that "Wu Youren might have been killed by him."

Therefore, it is definitely not a smart move to just jump out and shout "he is fake".

"How on earth should I do this?"

Geng Xuan weighed the pros and cons again and again in his mind and was very conflicted.

(End of this chapter)