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Chapter 55 Cold Needle
After leaving the underground black market, Geng Xuan first found a secluded place, wrapped all the fifteen long needles bought from the peddler with a special poison ointment, and put them into a thin-mouthed blowpipe he carried with him.

This is a special blowpipe that Uncle Chai bought. There are many slots inside that can be used to fix the blowpipe needle. He can do single shot or continuous shooting as he pleases.

After making preparations, Geng Xuan re-entered the market.

After searching for several rounds, no trace of "Wuyoulang" was found.

There were fewer pedestrians around. Geng Xuan looked up at the sky. It was already around five or six in the afternoon, and it was basically time for the Kangle Market to close.

Those pedestrians walking on the street also quickened their pace, trying to get home before dark, or leave the market and return to the neighborhood.

Because everyone understands one thing, the recreational activities during the day are different from the recreational activities at night.

Don't wander around if you have nothing to do.

Geng Xuan guessed that the strong man who roamed around Kangle Market as a peddler might have stopped his activities and returned to his residence.

Geng Xuan felt somewhat disappointed and was already planning to end today's trip and continue tomorrow.

He also felt a sense of urgency.

According to what the ugly beggar with the deformed leg said to those children, if he did not have more gains tomorrow, he would have to stop all activities and let those children face a tragic future.

Because the day after tomorrow a "big shot" from this gang will show up, and it would be unwise for him to move around and look for their traces at that time.

Just then, a few children passed by him.

"That stinky dried tofu is really delicious. It smells so stinky that I thought it would taste terrible." said a fat kid.

"We've told you this a long time ago, but you still didn't believe it. Now you believe it, right? I guess we didn't lie to you, did we?" said a tall kid next to them.

"Do you want to try it again?" another child chimed in.

"I would like to, but I have run out of money."

The fat kid felt a little regretful and unsatisfied.

The tall kid suggested:

"Didn't you say your father put a lot of copper coins in the drawer and never counted them? He wouldn't notice if you took some secretly."

"Ah, you want me to go home and steal money?" The fat kid looked shocked.

The tall kid quickly distanced himself from the situation.

"What do you mean I asked you to go home and steal... If you don't want to, forget it."

As he spoke, the tall kid waved his hand, and the other kids quickly followed.

Soon, the fat child was left behind, and a person was walking behind. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be hesitant and struggling.

Geng Xuan, who was listening to this little episode, was moved and said, "Kid."

"Ah?" The fat kid looked up blankly and looked towards him in the direction of the voice.

"Did you see a peddler just now?"

"You...how do you know?" He took a step back cautiously and said, "The copper coin is mine, not stolen...ah!"

The fat boy who was defending himself suddenly opened his mouth in surprise, but the uncle in front of him spread his hand in front of him and showed twenty copper coins inside.

"Take it."

"Give...you give it to me?"

"Use it to buy stinky dried tofu, don't steal money from home."

"Ah."

The fat boy quickly put the twenty copper coins into his arms. No matter how he looked at the uncle in front of him, he seemed like a good person.

"Have you seen the peddler just now?" Geng Xuan asked again.

This time, the little fat man nodded without any hesitation:

"Yes, I just met him. Are you going to buy something from him? Not today. Please wait until tomorrow."

"why?"

"We had just finished eating the stinky dried tofu when he went home with his load on his shoulders."

Geng Xuan's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he asked, "Do you know where he lives?"

The little fat man nodded: "I know."

He turned around and pointed to the alley behind him: "Go left along this alley, turn right at the next intersection, and go straight ahead. You will see a tree with leaves that look like burnt fire. That's his home." After hearing him talk in such detail, Geng Xuan became confused.

"How do you know so clearly?"

"We had just bought some stinky dried meat and hadn't finished eating it when he suddenly left with his basket on his shoulder.

We ate and followed him until he was about to enter the yard, then we returned the bowl and chopsticks to him. "

Geng Xuan nodded.

After listening to the fat boy’s description and thinking of that scene, I felt a little strange.

However, he knew everything he needed to know, so he waved his hand and let the fat man go.

Although the fat boy felt that the uncle was a little strange, when he turned a corner, his mind was full of the twenty copper coins that seemed to have been picked up for free.

……

Geng Xuan looked at the sky and decided to check out the area nearby.

There is no need to do anything else, just confirm whether there really is a tree with leaves that look like they are burned by fire.

"Just in case, I can't go there with this face."

Geng Xuan thought so in his heart. He was still carrying the image of Su Ruiliang, and he had seen this face once before today, and even bought a pack of needles from the other party.

If he found this face appearing near his home again, given the other party's situation, he would definitely be alert.

This is totally unnecessary.

Thinking this in his mind, Geng Xuan slowed down his pace a little. While there was no one in the alley, he walked forward while lowering his head and putting his hands on his face, rubbing it seemingly casually.

When he followed the fat man's instructions, he first turned left, then turned right at the intersection and entered another alley.

It has become a completely new face, with ordinary facial features, but a large mole on his left cheek. Anyone who sees him for the first time will ignore his appearance and focus on the mole.

This was a little trick Geng Xuan had deliberately used in order to cover up the inevitable flaws in other aspects of the face due to the "rush work".

Geng Xuan took a quick look around and found that on both sides were small courtyards with single houses and high walls and gates, so he couldn't see the specific situation inside.

All you can see are some green treetops and vines sticking out from the walls.

The next moment, Geng Xuan's wandering gaze paused.

Among the generally green treetops that peek out from the high walls, there are occasional hints of other colors.

Among them, there are two that are the most eye-catching.

A tree with golden leaves, the small leaves swaying in the air look like pieces of gold.

The leaves of the other tree were so red that they looked like burning flames.

"right here."

With the answer in mind, Geng Xuan was ready to turn around and walk back, but he saw the gate of the target courtyard not far away opened inward and a figure walked out from inside.

The moment he saw the figure, Geng Xuan's heart tightened. He stopped himself from turning around and continued walking forward.

The man who walked out of the courtyard and gently closed the door was not the peddler he was looking for.

But it was also his goal, but he had to give up because there were no clues.

Thin man!

He was the thin man who appeared with the peddler when feeding the pigs every day, who was in charge of the key to each iron cage and supervised with a whip!
"Why is he here? ... Do they live together?"

Geng Xuan's thoughts were racing, this was different from his analysis.

Because although the two people appeared at almost the same time every time, whether they appeared or left, except for the first time they entered, they took two different tunnels.

Geng Xuan guessed at the time that the two tunnels led to two different exits.

His heart was in turmoil, but there was no reaction on his face. He just glanced casually at the thin man who opened the door and walked out, and ignored him.

The same goes for the thin guy.

She just glanced at him casually and ignored him.

After a while, the two people walking towards each other passed each other.

The thin man who was crossing the road took two steps forward, and suddenly felt a pain on the back of his neck as if he was bitten by a mosquito.

(End of this chapter)