Great Love for All Heavens Begins with Huang Yaoshi

Chapter 76: Such a good sugar-roasted chestnut, one can poison three people, it is a waste to give it to him

Half an hour later,

The two walked into an alley, and after several twists and turns, they arrived outside a small building.

"Grandma Xiong is really a hidden gem. She actually has a small building like this."

"It's just a legacy passed down from our ancestors, and now the old woman is the only one left in the family."

Granny Xiong opened the door and led the young man in red into the courtyard. Then she heard a charming voice coming from the hall:

"Sister, you are finally back. I was just looking for you."

A beautiful woman with a charming smile and skin as white as cream came out. She saw the strange young man in red behind Grandma Xiong and looked at his face carefully, wondering:

"Could this be the Eighth Brother that Big Sister mentioned finding? Even if he looks good, he's still a man!"

"Ahem, Zhuang boy, let me introduce you. This is my distant relative, but because of her seniority, she calls me Big Sister."

Grandma Xiong gave the beautiful woman a look, then turned around and introduced her to the young man in red.

"My name is Zhuang Bushan, nice to meet you, young lady." The young man in red bowed.

"My surname is Ouyang, you can call me Sister Ouyang." The beautiful woman replied with a smile.

"Qing'er, you should have brought some food when you came back this time." Grandma Xiong said.

"Yes, I brought it. I know you probably haven't eaten before, so I brought a table full of delicious food just for you."

Ouyang Qing said without hesitation, then seemed to remember something and immediately made up for it:

"This is almost a month's wages. You can't just ask me to take it back like you did before."

"Alas, the old woman is old and frail, it would be a complete waste to eat all those exquisite dishes."

Grandma Xiong looked like she couldn't resist, so she took the boy in red into the house.

"Grandma Xiong, this is not only a table of delicious dishes with good color, fragrance and taste." The young man in red twitched his nose slightly:
"There's also a jar of girl's red wine that's at least thirty years old."

Ouyang Qing thought he could fool the thief easily, but even though the young man in red was blind, his keen sense of smell still revealed some clues, and he immediately spoke:
"Sis is old, so naturally she can't drink. I brought this for myself."

"I see." The young man in red sat down at the table with ease, which surprised the two people.

Ouyang Qing asked curiously:

"Master Zhuang, do you see nothing at all, or can you see a little?"

"I can't see anything at all. It's just that my ears are extremely sensitive and I can feel the slight shift in the wind direction inside the house."

"That's quite a feat."

"A blind person's ears always have some advantages. Besides, I've been practicing for sixteen years. It's not worth mentioning."

The red-clothed young man's words made Ouyang Qing feel inexplicably uncomfortable. He had a flawless face and exuded a warm and gentle aura, but he was born blind.

At this moment, he couldn't help but understand something. No wonder his eldest sister brought people back to a contact point for the first time.

"Okay, stop chatting, the food is getting cold." Grandma Xiong broke the slightly silent atmosphere in the house.

After finishing the meal, the young man in red took the initiative to say:

"I'll be staying at Grandma Xiong's place for the next few days. Starting tomorrow morning, I'll go to the city to look for a job. Once I find one, I'll move out."

"Don't worry, the old woman lives alone anyway, you can take your time looking for her."

"Yes, Master Zhuang, my eldest sister has a lot of empty rooms here, and they're empty anyway." Ouyang Qing advised.

"You don't need to clean up these dishes. I'll go and clean up a room for you first." Grandma Xiong stood up and gave an order.

"Sister, you are old and weak, so let me give you a hand." Ouyang Qing stood up and helped Grandma Xiong out of the lobby.

The young man in red frowned slightly and thought to himself:

"Things are getting out of control. I just wanted to see the sword dance passed down from the Tang Dynasty Gongsun clan, but how did it get to this point?"

"I have to blame Hua Qitong. I've learned a little bit from his ways, but he's become more and more cautious. It's a bit difficult to deal with him."

On the other side, in a side room.

"Sister, I can't tell where you got such a handsome young man from. Teach me too, so that I can also have a beautiful wife in my house." Ouyang Qing said with a smile.

But Grandma Xiong's voice was no longer low and hoarse, but became as crisp as a silver bell, soft and crisp, like a clear spring flowing, refreshing the heart.

"He's just a silly boy with nothing but good looks. I don't know how he managed to survive. After being kicked out of his home, he had all his banknotes stolen. And then, out of sheer luck, he ran into me again and even wanted to eat my sugar-roasted chestnuts."

"Hahaha, that's really a silly boy." Ouyang Qing laughed out loud:

"Then why didn't Big Sister let him eat sugar-roasted chestnuts?"

Grandma Xiong, also known as Gongsun Lan, pondered for a moment and said:
"One of these delicious sugar-roasted chestnuts could kill three people. It's such a waste to give it to him."

"Really? It turns out that Big Sister also likes to say one thing and mean another." The smile on Ouyang Qing's face became more intense:
"But it's normal. If I were in his place, I wouldn't help but show some leniency when I meet such a pitiful young man."

"Stop talking nonsense and go make the bed." Gongsun Lan said unhappily.

Ouyang Qing looked resentful:
"I came here with good intentions to visit you, but ended up being ordered around like a maid. Why didn't you call your personal maid Lan'er?"

Gongsun Lan asked back:
"I'm an old, lonely woman selling roasted chestnuts. Do I deserve a maid to serve me personally?"

"You are the eldest sister, and I am the fourth." Ouyang Qing looked resigned.

The next day.

Zhuang Buyan went out early in the morning. When he was wandering around the city, someone changed into different shapes and appearances and followed him from a distance. After several days, the person who seemed to be able to change into a thousand shapes disappeared.

This day.

The young man in red came to the outside of Prince Pingnan's Mansion, which was guarded by many guards. Not long after he was notified, Hua Manlou and a palace steward arrived.

"As expected of a royal palace, it's heavily guarded, with teams of guards patrolling everywhere. I'm afraid there are still many people lurking in the dark."

"Xiao Ba, how do you know that Lu Xiaofeng might break into the palace at night today?" Hua Manlou asked in a low voice.

"Have you forgotten that I have excellent hearing? I've been wandering around the city for a long time, so there's very little I don't know. I've been here for over a month, and there's no corner of Guangzhou that I'm not familiar with."

Zhuang Buyan said leisurely:

"You have to believe that my ability to gather information is far superior to that of the Snake King in the gutter, who is said to have three thousand brothers, and even more so than that of the prestigious royal palace."

"You really have the leisure and elegance to travel around the city." Hua Manlou didn't know what to say.

Soon, the two, led by the palace steward, saw Jin Jiuling, who had prepared a table of delicious wine and food, and Shi Xiuxue was standing beside the table.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm impressed. The former best detective in the world has become the chief steward of the royal palace."

A faint smile appeared on Zhuang Bu Ran's face:

"From a renowned detective protecting the safety of the people of the land to a household dog, I'm not sure whether to say Chief Steward Jin has improved or regressed."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere fell silent.

Shi Xiuxue couldn't help but sigh in her heart:
"As expected of him."

(End of this chapter)