Evil of all ages

Chapter 48 The opportunity has come
Seeing Huang Taichu approach, Yin Li once again shielded her mistress behind her.

"Don't come any closer, or don't blame me for being rude."

Yin Li knew about the curse and was worried that the son of the Ghost King would curse them, so she quickly stopped Huang Taichu and prevented him from getting close.

"What do you want to do? If you want to sell fish, we don't want it."

When Yin Li saw that Huang Taichu had stopped obediently, she asked him what he wanted to do.

"We're not selling fish, we're giving them away. These two fat fish are for you."

Huang Taichu smiled.

Why are you sending us fish?

It was Di Luoyun who asked this question. Perhaps sensing that Huang Taichu had no hostility, she asked Yin Li to step aside.

“Your brother has been kind to me, so I’m giving you these two fish.”

Huang Taichu spoke fluently without hesitation.

"A favor?"

"Are you kidding us? Our family members have hit you with the back of a knife before. You say that's an act of kindness? Do you think we'd believe you?"

Yin Li remained wary of Huang Taichu, feeling that his presence here might be motivated by revenge.

"Of course it's a favor."

"Everyone suspects that the evil spirit in the prison is my father."

"Although this will make the people in the prison fear and respect me, if this mystery remains unsolved for a long time, the higher-ups will find a scapegoat."

"And I, the son of the Ghost King, am the best scapegoat."

“Your brother’s knife strike was well done. It proves that the evil spirit in the prison is not my father at all, and that I am not the son of the Ghost King.”

“Even if I, a mere jailer, were to take the blame, I still couldn’t solve this bizarre case.”

"This is equivalent to your brother saving my life. Isn't that a favor?"

Huang Taichu said without blushing or skipping a beat.

"Miss, don't believe him. I think he can't do anything to our master, so he's trying to get revenge on him by targeting us."

Yin Li always felt that Huang Taichu had a problem.

"You're not a jailer, so what are you doing selling fish here?"

Di Luoyun also knew that Huang Taichu had problems.

But her brother hit a wall with Huang Taichu, and she wanted to help him, so she planned to ask him some questions.

“The jailers can’t stay in the prison every day; they need to rest too. Today isn’t my shift, so I came out to fish.”

"The fishing was very good, and we caught too many fish to eat, so we decided to sell some."

Huang Taichu replied.

"What do you think about what happened in the Heavenly Prison? Was it man-made, or was it truly the work of evil spirits?"

Di Luoyun asked.

Yin Li, who was standing to the side, guessed what her young mistress was doing and kept quiet.

"Man-made"

Huang Taichu replied.

Di Luoyun was surprised that the person nicknamed the Son of the Ghost King said it was man-made, and with such certainty in his tone. This seemed rather incongruous.

"Don't look at me like that. Actually, I'm an atheist, just like Lord Di. I don't believe in demons or monsters in this world."

"So no matter how bizarre this case is, it is still man-made."

Huang Taichu smiled.

"You say it was man-made, then who is the real culprit?"

Di Luoyun asked.

"Your brother is a detective. If even your brother can't find out, how could I possibly know?"

"Miss Di, do you still want this fish? If not, I'll take it back and continue selling it."

Huang Taichu could tell that Di Luoyun showed no outward emotion, but was deeply wary of him. He knew that the fish could not be given away.

Knowing she wouldn't get any information, Di Luoyun said she wouldn't buy the fish and told Huang Taichu to take them back and sell them.

She left with Yin Li, but turned a corner at the end of the street and secretly returned.

She wanted to see if Huang Taichu was deliberately waiting for her, or if what he said was true.

If she was deliberately squatting there, Huang Taichu would definitely not continue selling fish in the same spot after she left.

Little did she know that her every move was being monitored by Huang Taichu.

Huang Taichu continued selling fish in the same spot.

"Miss, this might be a coincidence. Let's go back."

Seeing that Huang Taichu had sold more than half a bucket of fish and it was still there, Yin Li dismissed her previous thought and concluded that their encounter with Huang Taichu here was just a coincidence. Feeling there was nothing more to see, she wanted to tell her mistress to go home early.

"No, let's wait and see."

Di Luoyun wanted to observe further.

Seeing that her mistress still wanted to observe, Yin Li had no choice but to patiently accompany her.

"There are so many small ones left."

Huang Taichu pretended to mutter something, then stopped selling fish and headed towards the slums with the remaining fish.

When Di Luoyun saw that Huang Taichu was not heading towards the prison, he was secretly pleased and wanted to see who Huang Taichu was going to meet.

After all, the mysterious cases in the prison couldn't have been solved by one person alone; Huang Taichu might have had accomplices among the people he came into contact with.

In this way, she could be considered to have helped her brother and helped him solve the case as soon as possible.

"How did we end up here?"

Following behind, Di Luoyun saw Huang Taichu arrive at the slum, the same place where she distributed steamed buns to the little beggar.

She wondered, what was Huang Taichu doing in a place like this?
"He is..."

It wasn't until she saw Huang Taichu clean the fish and grill it for the little beggars that her opinion of him changed.

"Miss, perhaps he discovered us and is doing this on purpose to show us."

Yin Li asked doubtfully.

Di Luoyun remained silent, continuing to observe Huang Taichu's every move.

Seeing that Huang Taichu not only grilled fish for the little beggars, but also taught them how to fish, without minding that the little beggars were dirty, and without showing any impatience on his face.

Throughout the entire event, he treated all the little beggars in the audience like his own little sisters, teaching them how to survive.

"gone"

Di Luoyun remained calm, his thoughts unreadable, and beckoned Yin Li to go back.

After Di Luoyun and the others left, Huang Taichu did not change his attitude towards the little beggars, and continued to teach them fishing tips.

It's because he likes to see things through to the end.

After he had finished teaching, he got up and left.

He didn't let Wen Tianhu, the leader of the Fierce Tiger Gang, take the little beggars away because he wasn't a great philanthropist.

There are so many little beggars in the world, how could we possibly save them all?

For the next two days, Huang Taichu saw that Di Luoyun didn't even leave the house, and there was no chance of running into him, but he didn't feel sorry for him. He liked to let things take their course.

One night, Huang Taichu was preparing to find a brothel to spend the night when he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Because he "saw" Di Luoyun being knocked unconscious and taken away through the Greedy World-Devouring Gu.

"The opportunity has arrived!"

Huang Taichu used the Greedy World-Devouring Gu to locate and track down it.

Di Residence
Blind man Fu Qiu rushed over.

"broken"

As he approached the Di residence, a faint smell of blood wafted out, which he immediately detected with his highly acute sense of smell.

This made him realize he was in trouble; he was too late.

Before an incense stick could burn, he received news that his prey had arrived in the capital.

This surprised him; there were many ghostwriters in the capital, so why would a wanted criminal come to the capital?

After he carefully reviewed the target's information, he understood what was going on.

Wang Wuzhong was his target. Wang Wuzhong had two sons, the elder of whom was responsible for the bizarre case of the Dragon King taking a wife.

As a result, the mystery was solved by Di Qingtian, and his eldest son was executed by Di Qingtian.

Knowing full well that there are many swindlers in the capital, he still dared to come to the capital, clearly to take revenge on Di Qingtian.

Realizing this, the blind man Fu Qiu rushed to the Di residence. He didn't need to worry about Di Qingtian, but Di Qingtian's sister was in danger.

He wanted to rush to the Di residence to persuade Di Qingtian's sister to temporarily move to Princess Pingyang's mansion, but he arrived too late.

Smelling the blood, he stopped at the gate and jumped over the wall to enter the Di residence.

Of the four servants, three died, one was not at the Di residence, and Yin Li was seriously injured and unconscious.

The blind man Fu Qiu helped Yin Li up, preparing to feed her healing pills, but Yin Li woke up as soon as he helped her up.

"That...that direction, the villain fled in that direction with the young lady. You must chase after him quickly and keep him occupied. I've already sent servants to the prison to search..."

Before Yin Li could finish speaking, she fainted again.

Knowing that time was of the essence, the blind man Fu Qiu carefully placed Yin Li down and chased after her in the direction she had indicated.

(End of this chapter)