Infinite Cafetaria

Chapter 398 Bold hypothesis

The person who spoke was a man in his fifties, with a calm and dignified face, and beside him stood an old man with white beard and hair.

The old man was wearing a brocade robe with two puddings tied at the hem, and he was carrying seven cloth bags of different sizes on his back.

He also saw the battle between Malu and Qin Ruhai just now, and praised him, "What a set of Songxi Quick Swords. It seems that Master Chongyun has gained another good disciple."

"Well, I'm not from the Songxi Sword Sect." Malu said.

"Huh?" The old man seemed a little surprised, but he didn't say much and cupped his hands at Guozi's face.

"Shi Jian Yuan, I'll leave it to you."

"That's easy to say, Commander Hong, please go slowly." Shi Wenjiao walked Commander Hong to the door, then turned back and said to Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi.

"I have kept you two waiting for a long time. I wonder why you are here this time?"

"Oh, we are here to collect the reward." Malu said as he handed over the package in his hand.

The disciple who received them before stepped forward to take the package and said at the same time.

"You two don't need to be anxious. Senior Brother, he has already led people to investigate the small temple you mentioned. Once it is confirmed that Yan Wuji is dead, we will pay the reward to you. I, Zhengqi Academy, always keep my word. …ah!"

The disciple's voice stopped suddenly, because he had just untied the package, and what he saw inside was a hideous-looking human head!

The disciple was so frightened that he couldn't hold the head firmly in his hand. The bag fell to the ground, rolled around, and then rolled back in front of Malu.

Malu stretched out his foot to step on the head, then bent down and picked it up again.

But when he raised his head, the disciples from the Zhengqi Academy had already picked up their Zhuangyuan pens and surrounded him and Gu Qingyi, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

"Don't get me wrong, I just want to get the reward as soon as possible." Ma Lu said as he raised the head again, this time specifically facing Shi Wenjiao.

Shi Wenjiao's heart moved and he summoned a disciple, "You have fought against that devil. Go and see."

The disciple took the order and stepped forward and looked at it carefully.

The head had been buried in the ground for seven days. It had swelled a lot, and corpse fluid was oozing out. It had changed a lot from when it was alive.

But the disciple still recognized him and reported back to Shi Wenjiao, "Shi Jian Yuan, it is indeed the devil."

Shi Wenjiao had already listened to Gu Qingyi's account of what happened in the temple that night, and then interrogated Yan Wuji's wife to compare everything with what the former said.

In fact, I was already seventy-eight percent convinced, and sending people to investigate further was just out of caution. But now that I saw Yan Wuji's head, there was no longer any doubt.

He directly ordered someone to bring six silver notes, all in denominations of one thousand taels, and handed them to Ma Lu, "This is the reward of 6,000 taels that my Zhengqi Academy had previously offered. Thank you both for eliminating this harm to the martial arts world. "

Ma Lu took the banknote and a flash of joy flashed in his eyes. Yan Wuji's head was more valuable than he thought.

Six thousand taels of silver, after splitting it with Gu Qingyi, we still have three thousand taels, and we can buy more than two hundred kilograms of secret medicine at Baicaotang.

It's just that there's still a long way to go before the collection bag is filled. Malu is also murmuring now.

He took other people's cultivation resources back to cook and eat. Naturally, the speed at which he spent money was scary. He didn't know where he could go to get more money next.

After leaving the courtyard, Ma Lu was thinking as he gave three of the banknotes he had just received to Gu Qingyi, but Gu Qingyi did not take them.

"If you hadn't taken action that night, I would have died at the hands of Yan Wuji. All of this bounty should belong to you."

When Ma Lu heard this, he pressed the three thousand taels of silver notes into Gu Qingyi's hand.

"Take it, don't be polite to me. You killed the person, and you must have a share of the money. And since you are away from home, there will be many places to spend money in the future."

After hearing this, Gu Qingyi no longer refused, happily accepted the banknote, and then asked Ma Lu. "Brother Ma, are you short of money recently?"

"Yes." Malu blinked.

"Then there is an opportunity to make a lot of money right now."

"what chance?"

"As I told you before, the Beggar Gang has informed the world about the major case that happened in the city recently. If anyone can find the lotus bowl, they will be rewarded heavily by the Beggar Gang."

Gu Qingyi was very excited, but after finishing speaking, he saw that Ma Lu was not interested, "Why, aren't you interested in this case?"

"How much money can a group of beggars have in their hands?"

"Brother Ma, don't underestimate the Beggar Gang. They are the largest gang in the world. They have branches in every state, with hundreds of thousands of gang members spread all over the world, and they are not limited to beggars.

"Many local wealthy businessmen and gentry have also joined the Beggar Gang. With the money and influence of these people, the Beggar Gang has been able to develop rapidly in recent years. In fact, the Beggar Gang can even be said to be the richest gang in the world.

"If someone can get the Lotus Bowl back, even if it costs them tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, they won't blink an eye."

"Ah?" Ma Lu finally became interested this time, "Is the Beggar Clan so rich?"

"Well, I am recuperating in Yuchang County these days. I also went out to inquire about some information. I found that at least half of the industries in the county are related to the beggar gang."

"The other half belongs to the Tianlong Clan. Oh, by the way, do you know the Tianlong Clan? They are the enemy of the Beggar Clan. Many people suspect that the theft of the Beggar Clan's lotus bowl was done by people from the Tianlong Clan."

"The atmosphere between the Tianlongmen and the Beggar Clan has been very tense these two days. The Beggars Clan wanted to find Li Tianlong to testify, but Li Tianlong didn't show up. Well, if we want to find out the whereabouts of the lotus bowl, we can start from the Tianlongmen. "

"No, I think we should start with the deceased old leader of the Beggar Clan." Ma Lu said surprisingly.

"Eh? Why." Gu Qingyi was startled.

Malu definitely couldn't say that after the battle just now, he felt that his strength still needed to be strengthened. In addition, he had already taken a liking to Deng Youtai's martial arts and planned to open a new card pack.

So he made an excuse and said, "Now that Yuchang County is full of martial arts people, there must be many eyes staring at Tianlongmen. Now if we also go to investigate Tianlongmen, even if we really find out something, It’s definitely a step too late, so it’s better to find another way.”

"Well, what you said makes sense," Gu Qingyi pondered for a moment, "But what does this matter have to do with Gang Leader Deng? He died half a month ago."

"It's hard to say." Ma Lu continued, "I heard that Deng Youtai died of illness, but Gang Leader Deng was a martial arts master. Although he was over seventy years old, his body and bones had always been strong. How could he suddenly become ill and lose his life? There might be a secret behind the matter.

"Well, that lotus bowl is a token of the past leaders of the Beggar Clan. Leader Deng also carried it with him during his lifetime. He probably left clues on the bowl when he was killed. That's why the lotus bowl was stolen."

"Your statement is very novel..." Gu Qingyi stroked his fake beard, "The person who stole the lotus bowl didn't want anyone to find out the true cause of Gang Leader Deng's death, but isn't this too far-fetched? What do you know? Do you want to harm Gang Leader Deng?”

"No, but when we investigate a case, we should make bold assumptions and verify carefully."

Malu raised his head and glanced at the sky. Seeing that the sun had set, he said, "I plan to go to Gang Leader Deng's tomb after dark. You..."

"I'll go with you too."

"Uh," Malu wanted to refuse, but then he thought that he really needed a lookout, so he changed his mind.

"Okay, let's check first. If this road doesn't work, it's not too late to find other clues."

(End of chapter)