Chapter 419: The Counterpart


    The three of them arrived at the door of Xu Mansion. Tan Mazi did not knock on the door in a hurry. Instead, he walked into a teahouse opposite and said hello to the tea doctor there.


    Dr. Cha glanced at Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi and asked, "Are these two..."


    "Deputy Sect Master Xu''s disciple Ma Shaoxia and Tieyi Sect''s Gu Shenqu are outside." Tan Mazi said.


    Hearing this, Dr. Tea couldn''t help but look at Malu a few more times, but he didn''t ask any more questions and just waved his hand.


    The next moment, Malu saw the candy sellers, vendors of herbal tea, snacks, toys, and idlers playing chess on the roadside all dispersed.


    Tan Mazi explained, “After Deputy Sect Leader Xu was killed, we arranged some people outside his mansion to protect his family.


    "But there are too many stinky beggars in the Beggar Clan. I originally planned to take Mrs. Xu and Mr. Xu to Happy Forest early tomorrow morning, but since they are here tonight, I will pick them up after Gu Shenping and you have finished questioning them. Well, it will also save you a lot of nightmares.”


    ?Ma Lu said casually, "Has the situation deteriorated to this point?"


    Tan Mazi snorted coldly, "As early as three days ago, those stinky beggars started to attack the property under our name. I just didn''t expect them to be bold enough to send people to assassinate Deputy Sect Leader Xu.


    "Alas, poor deputy sect master Xu was still negotiating with the Beggar Clan before he was killed, hoping to resolve this dispute peacefully. I have already advised him that those stinky beggars cannot be trusted, so it is better to have a good fight. Even if Even if you die, you can make your money back.”


    ??Tan Mazi said as he walked up to knock on the door.


    Ma Luqi said, "Just because of a lotus bowl, the two largest rivers and lakes forces in Qingzhou are going to fight each other."


    “It’s not just about the lotus bowl,” Gu Qingyi said. “Not long after you left last time, a Babao elder named Han also died in the Beggar Clan. We suspect that Tianlongmen was responsible.”


    “Hmm?” Malu suddenly became more energetic, “Where are you?”


    “Where is what?”


    “Where is the body.”


    “The two divine catchers from the Iron Clothes Sect have already investigated and proved that the elder did indeed die under the Finger of Jingshen, and the Finger of Jingshen was the famous stunt of Li Tianlong, the master of the Tianlong Sect.”


    ??Gu Qingyi, however, was mistaken and shook his head and said, "There should be no problem with their investigation. The Beggar Gang also issued a heroic order after that, saying that they would avenge Elder Han."


    ?Ma Lu didn''t ask any more questions, otherwise Gu Qingyi and Tan Mazi would probably be suspicious.


    Since the corpse has appeared, you can touch it at any time, and it will not run away with long legs. At most, it will be buried in the ground, which will be more convenient to touch.


    The conflict between the Beggar Gang and Tianlongmen is hard to say for others, but it is indeed good for Malu.


    After all, it would not be easy to encounter the corpse of a master in normal times, and Malu had only left for a week, and two more masters had died in Yuchang County.


    After that, if the Beggar Clan and Tianlongmen went into full-scale war and blood flowed like rivers, Ma Lu thought, wouldn''t he be able to get away with it if he didn''t have magical powers?


    ?Thinking about it this way, it’s quite exciting.


    ?While the three of them were talking, the door of Xu''s mansion was opened a crack, revealing an eye.


    ?That eye looked at Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi with vigilance, and it didn''t disappear until it saw the vigilance in Tan Mazi''s eyes.


    “Master Tan Xiang, it’s you.”


    ?The owner of that eye opened the door, but he was a middle-aged man in his fifties. Judging from his appearance, he should be a steward of the house.


    Tan Mazi said, "We are going to avenge Deputy Sect Master Xu soon. Before that, I will pick up Mrs. Xu and the young master to a safe place." After hearing this, the steward''s face showed a look of embarrassment. Sexy, but still invited the three people into the door.


    “What’s wrong?” Tan Mazi asked.


    "There should be nothing wrong with the madam. She has packed her things, but the young master is still outside at the moment."


    "Huh?" Tan Mazi frowned, "Didn''t I tell you not to let the madam and the young master go out? It''s not safe outside now."


    "I''m just a servant, so I can''t control the young master." The steward was also helpless, "It was fine when the master was here, but now that he is gone, my wife can''t control him."


    “What did he go out for?” Tan Mazi’s brows furrowed more and more.


    “Are you looking for that Xiaohong again? He just lost his father in the morning and went to listen to music in the afternoon? How can he be so unfilial? He is really worse than a beast!”


    ??Tan Mazi cursed loudly, but there was nothing he could do. Deputy sect master Xu had always had a son, and he had always doted on his only son.


    His son found it too tiring to practice martial arts, so Deputy Sect Leader Xu found a teacher for him to teach him how to read. However, after a short time of studying, he felt that writing was boring.


    The old master was so angry that he spent the whole day eating, drinking, whoring and gambling with a group of friends. Not long ago, he fell in love with a geisha and spent seven to eight thousand taels of silver on that geisha.


    Deputy sect master Xu then banned him for a month, but before the time was up, he sneaked out again and had a private meeting with the singing girl named Xiaohong.


    Tan Mazi was angry in his heart, but Mr. Xu was now the only child in the Xu Mansion. If something happened to him, he would be dead and would have no shame to see Deputy Master Xu.


    ??So Tan Mazi briefly told the steward the identity and purpose of Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi''s visit, then left in a hurry and went to the teahouse opposite to gather people to find Mr. Xu.


    The steward took Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi to the bedroom where Deputy Master Xu was killed.


    According to the steward, nothing inside has been touched and remains in its original state.


    ??Gu Qingyi was looking around and chatting with Malu about her findings this week.


    She was not idle after Malu left. She also did a lot of work, and it was different from what Malu imagined. Gu Qingyi really found out a lot of things.


    “I found the person who stole the lotus bowl, he was a disciple of the Beggar Clan Law Enforcement Hall.


    “The law enforcement elder trusted that disciple very much, so many important things were not hidden from him. Moreover, he was very smart and handed over the lotus bowl in advance, thus clearing himself of suspicion.”


    “Then how did you find out?” Malu asked curiously.


    “I thought of a case that my uncle told me before. In that case, the thief used a similar method to steal a white jade statue, which left a deep impression on me.”


    “Ah, is this also okay?”


    ?Ma Lu had to admit that Gu Qingyi’s inspired investigation method did have its merits.


    ??Gu Qingyi continued, "The key point is the reason why the disciple stole the lotus bowl. He said that he lost a large sum of money to Happy Forest, and was finally forced by Happy Forest to steal the lotus bowl to pay off the debt."


    “Hey, isn’t Happy Forest the property of Tianlongmen?”


    “That’s right, so the Beggar Gang insisted that Tianlongmen had taken away the lotus bowl, and issued an ultimatum to them, asking them to return the lotus bowl within three days, otherwise they would go to war with Tianlongmen.”


    (End of this chapter)