At dawn the next day, Chen Fan got up early and prepared breakfast for Gu Xiaotian and the others.
While eating, Chen Fan asked: "You three heroes, I have to go to the stall today. Is it okay if I come back later and show you the door?"
Gu Xiaotian asked: "How much money can I make in one day by running a stall?"
Chen Fan clasped his fingers and estimated, "What we sell here are all home-grown vegetables. We can make more or less money, but it's actually not much."
"Then I'll give you ten taels of silver and don't go out today."
Chen Fan's eyes shone and he quickly knelt down to thank him.
Ten taels of silver was more than his monthly income.
This is meeting a noble person!
Chen Fan immediately agreed with a smile and went to add another dish.
When he went out, Chen Fan closed the room like a servant and said with a smile, "Three heroes, the guardian envoy lives at the end of the town. He probably hasn't gotten up yet at this hour."
Gu Xiaotian clicked his tongue and said, "It seems it's already almost time, but the guardian hasn't gotten up yet?"
Chen Fan scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Our town has a small population, and there aren't many big events on weekdays. Normally, we won't be able to trouble the guardian envoy."
Gu Xiaotian waved his hand, "No problem, just lead the way."
He would like to meet this guardian envoy.
The guards of this town usually neglect their duties and put it aside. If it is true according to what Chen Fan said, it is simply ridiculous for Wolong Town to not report such a weird thing.
The town is not big. After walking for a while, we reached the end of the town.
At the end of the town, there was a courtyard that was different from other houses. Gu Xiaotian clicked his tongue and said, "This guard's residence is quite impressive."
Chen Fan scratched his head in embarrassment and said nothing.
After all, who would let someone be the guardian? When the new guardian came, he said he wanted to renovate the house, and Chen Fan had done a lot of work, just so that he could be familiar with him so that he would be cared for more.
Chen Fan stood at the door and said timidly: "Three heroes, I don't dare to knock on this door."
Gu Xiaotian nodded to express his understanding, then walked forward and knocked on the door.
After knocking twice, Gu Xiaotian waited outside the door for a while, but there was no response from inside.
Gu Xiaotian frowned and clapped twice more before hearing a response from inside.
When the door opened, the man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was rubbing his sleepy eyes, cursing and saying: "Who is it? So bold, dare to knock on the door of the guardian envoy?!"
When he saw that it was Chen Fan, the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks became furious and cursed: "Chen Fan, what's wrong? You're not going out to the stall today, so you dare to come and knock on the door of the guard envoy?"
Chen Fan lowered his head, looking panicked.
Obviously, Chen Fan was afraid of this person.
In the end, Chen Fan just timidly said: "Manager Liao, this..."
Gu Xiaotian didn't hesitate. He pulled Chen Fan away and said in a deep voice, "I took the photo."
Manager Liao raised his eyes and saw Gu Xiaotian, raised his eyebrows, and said in a strange tone: "I can understand foreigners who don't understand the rules, but if you knock on the door of the guard envoy, you should be punished no matter what."
Gu Xiaotian became interested and raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Then how do you want to punish me?"
Manager Liao called out to the back room for someone to come, and in an instant, five sturdy men rushed to the door.
The steward surnamed Liao pointed at Gu Xiaotian and said coldly: "Hit fifteen big boards and throw them out."
These sturdy men were very obedient and immediately swarmed forward.
Gu Xiaotian frowned, these sturdy men were not warriors, they were just stronger. Facing the five sturdy men, Gu Xiaotian turned slightly sideways, stretched out his kick, and kicked one of them back.
Manager Liao said it was useless in a cold voice and wanted to do it himself.
Perhaps the noise was a little too loud. From the innermost house, a lazy voice came, "Liao Li, who is here?"
Liao Li immediately stopped and responded: "Sir, there are three outsiders, and Chen Fan."
The guard envoy had slowly walked out of the door and saw Gu Xiaotian San
people.
Immediately, he immediately put on his trademark smile and said with a smile: "Three heroes, we are far away from you. Please bear with me for my lack of understanding."
Gu Xiaotian smiled in his heart.
What a move to knock down the mountain and shake the tiger.
First, he was given a blow, and then he stepped out as a peacemaker.
However, the other party actually gave him face, so Gu Xiaotian didn't want to break his face and question him directly.
This would make Gu Xiaotian seem a little unkind.
What's more, the truth of the matter is still unclear. Whether there is any problem with the guardian envoy and how much he knows about it needs to be explored slowly.
Immediately, Gu Xiaotian took out the badge of the Heaven and Earth Alliance and said, "We are from the Heaven and Earth Alliance. I heard that there have been a lot of strange things happening in your town recently?"
When the guard saw the waist badge, he quickly raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Ling, has met three adults."
Gu Xiaotian waved his hand, "No sir, Commander Xu Zhen, how much do you know about the question I just asked?"
Xu Ling hurriedly said: "Sir, what exactly are the strange things you are talking about?"
Looking at Xu Ling's expression, Gu Xiaotian snorted in his heart.
Xu Ling was clearly pretending to be confused.
This matter was so hotly debated that even Chen Fan knew something about it, so why didn't a guardian envoy not know about it?
Gu Xiaotian asked: "I heard that many people died tragically in your town recently?"
Xu Ling hurriedly yelled and replied: "Sir, tell me about this matter, yes, yes, many people did die tragically in this town. We are also investigating the source, but the matter is too strange and cannot be investigated. If there are any clues, we can only ask the people to stay at home at night as a precaution."
While talking, Xu Ling brought the three people into the house.
As for Chen Fan, his mission had been completed and he knew who he was, so he didn't interfere and went home on his own.
While Xu Ling was making tea, he called Liao Li and whispered, "I'll make Chen Fan the same person early in the morning, so I can do things more efficiently."
Liao Li nodded quickly and sneaked out of the back door.
When Xu Ling came up with the teapot, Gu Xiaocai asked: "Where is the steward next to you?"
Xu Ling poured tea for the three of them and said with a smile: "Sir, Liao Li still has something to do. If you three want to know anything, just ask me directly."
Gu Xiaotian ignored this for the time being and asked, "Tell me how much you have found out about this matter?"
"Hey, sir, you don't know something. This thing is very strange. At first, I thought it was bitten by a wild beast, but our Wolong Town has no backing, so where did the wild beast come from? I also thought about the corpses of those people. I asked Wu Zuo to do an examination, and Wu Zuo said the cause of death seemed to be poisoning."
"Poisoned?"
"It looks like poisoning, but I'm not sure."
Gu Xiaotian stroked his tea cup and asked, "Is Gu Zuo there? Can you please come out and talk about the situation?"
Xu Ling said awkwardly: "Sir, the only widow in our town just asked me for family leave not long ago and went home."
Gu Xiaotian nodded, but he had already begun to think in his heart.
How could this be such a coincidence?
Logically speaking, in every town, it is standard to have a team of guards. Even if the old man goes home, the young apprentice should be there.
Why is it that in this town, the whole town is just like this?
Xu Ling called "Sir" twice before calling Gu Xiaotian back to his senses, and sighed: "Oh, I don't have much ability. I have been in the officialdom all my life, and I am just a small town guard. What do you think?" After what happened, can we still keep our official uniform?"
Gu Xiaotian said disdainfully: "Whether the official uniform can be kept is not up to me. Just tell me everything you know about the situation."
After that, the guardian envoy said something else.
However, Gu Xiaotian already knew these things.
Seeing that he couldn't find anything out from the guard, Gu Xiaotian made an excuse and stood up to leave.
Xu Ling was polite at first, saying she wanted to invite
Gu Xiaotian and the three of them had a casual meal, but Gu Xiaotian politely refused.
But Xu Ling was like a dog-skin plaster, sticking to Gu Xiaotian. After a long delay, Xu Ling gave up and sent Gu Xiaotian and the others to the door.
During this short period of time, Xu Ling kept talking about his official uniform.
After hearing this, Gu Xiaotian finally said impatiently: "Chief Xu Zhen, if you are successful in this matter in the end, I will definitely put in a good word for you."
Xu Ling thanked her profusely.
Immediately, Gu Xiaotian changed the subject, "If you have a problem with this matter, it's not just as simple as wearing official uniform."
Xu Ling was afraid and said, "Sir, even if you lend me ten hearts and a leopard's courage, I wouldn't dare."
Gu Xiaotian snorted coldly: "You'd better be."
After Gu Xiaotian and the others left, Xu Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead.
I have been delaying Liao Li's time just now, so I think it should be almost done.
Immediately, Xu Ling put on a sinister face again and murmured to herself: "Three young boys, do you really think of yourself as a person?"
...
After coming out, the three of them walked on the street.
Hao Hao said disdainfully: "Is this Xu Ling still an official fan?"
Gu Xiaotian shook his head and said, "Probably not. We were leaving at that time, but he kept stalling for time. Don't you think there's something wrong?"
Leng Qingqiu nodded and said: "If you show courtesy for nothing, you will be a thief if you are not a woman."
"Now what?"
"Let's go to the town first and see what else the people know."
The three of them came to the street. It was already noon, and there were obviously more pedestrians on the street.
Small stalls were set up in various places and started selling.
When passing by a stall, Gu Xiaotian heard someone talking.
A stall owner gossiped: "Why don't you see Mr. Chen today? His good stall was robbed today."
Another stall owner said: "I heard that Chen Xiaozi received three foreigners yesterday. I guess they charged a lot of accommodation fees."
The stall owner nodded in agreement.
Wolong Town is not a big place. What happened is spread from one to ten, and even everyone in the town knows about it.
Listening to the conversation between the two stall owners, Gu Xiaotian deliberately walked to one of the stalls.
The stall owner looked Gu Xiaotian up and down. He was not a familiar face, he was probably from outside, and he got up to pick up the customers enthusiastically.
"What do you guys want to order? Wolong Town is famous for its water radishes. How about buying some to eat on the road?"
Gu Xiaotian picked a few radishes, put them on the scale and paid, and did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he stood in front of the stall.
The stall owner smiled and said, "What else do you guys want to order?"
Gu Xiaotian whispered: "May I ask you something?"
When the stall owner heard this, he thought there was a big deal today and said cheerfully, "What do you want to know about?"
After looking around and seeing that no one was paying attention, Gu Xiaotian deliberately lowered his voice and leaned closer: "I heard that there are a lot of strange things happening in Wolong Town?"
As soon as these words came out, the stall owner's expression suddenly changed.
Immediately, the stall owner waved his hands, and before Gu Xiaotian could ask any more questions, he immediately packed up everything, pushed the cart and left quickly.
The stall owner who left ignored other people's greetings, only said that something happened at home, and left in a hurry.
Only the remaining people were looking at Gu Xiaotian and his party with strange eyes.
The stall owner's reaction was extremely strange. While Gu Xiaotian was still thinking secretly, a woman suddenly ran to the street and started shouting.
"Oops! Boy Chen is dead!"
