Chapter 204 Where are you, my creditor?
Gu Tang glanced at him and said, "Don't judge a person by his appearance."
"What? What other abilities do these three have?"
"Of course I have the ability!"
"What ability?" Gu Lianshan snorted.
"My ability is to be willing to take risks! I can do anything and I am willing to do anything as long as I am paid!"
Gu Lianshan stared, what kind of skill is this?
Gu Tang ignored him and continued, "Don't be fooled by their well-dressed appearance. When I met them yesterday, the three of them were still begging for food under the city wall.
I gave them money to make them look like human beings. If a person has always been in poverty, he will get used to it. But if he has a good life with plenty of fish and meat, he will not want to live in poverty anymore.
In order to keep this good life, some people are willing to kill and burn. As for these three brothers, if I ask them to kill and burn, they will definitely not say no!
They know very well in their hearts that it is rare to meet a "fool" like me, and in order to turn their lives around and live like a human being, they must seize this opportunity. "
Hearing these words, Gu Lianshan felt a chill in his heart and his hair stood on end!
"What are you doing behind my back? Why are you here again to kill people and set fires?!"
Gu Tang rolled his eyes: "I'm just using a metaphor!"
"Is there such a metaphor..." Gu Lianshan was very dissatisfied and muttered to himself, then drove the ox cart over to find the three men with unsteady legs and ugly faces.
When the ox cart approached, the three brothers who were used to hiding in the corner finally saw Gu Tang. They stood up with surprise on their faces and walked towards Gu Tang, bowing down to him.
"Get up, this is not the place to talk. I've rented a small yard for you. Let's go there and talk."
Gu Lianshan felt sad when he heard this. Why did he rent the yard?
The three brothers were terrified and knelt down again, bending their knees and saying, "Miss, you are so kind. Thank you for giving us some money!"
Gu Tang waved his hand, signaling them to get up. "Let me be frank with you. You guys don't live in this yard for nothing. If you can't do what I ask you to do, you three brothers will have to leave immediately!"
"We can do it! We can do it! We can do anything!"
"It would be best if you can do it. Once the work is done, I will give you some extra money so that you can go back and buy land and build a house. It will be a family business after all."
The three brothers cried with joy and wanted to continue kowtow.
Right now they can do nothing but kowtow, and they hope the girl won't despise it.
The actions of the three had attracted the attention of passers-by. Gu Tang whispered an address in her father's ear, and then forced the three brothers to get up, and asked them to follow the ox cart and go to the small courtyard to take a look.
The three brothers responded in unison and followed the ox cart. They were extremely happy and kept thanking Gu Tang and those little beggars in their hearts.
Thanks to their hesitation, the three brothers finally benefited from the deal.
Speaking of those little beggars, only half of them came out to beg today, and the other half stayed in the shack to take care of their eldest brother who had not yet woken up.
The little beggars became more and more anxious as they waited, and their eldest brother's coma became more and more serious.
At first he was unconscious for one hour, then two hours, three hours, and later six hours...and now, their boss has been unconscious for more than ten hours.
If this continues, will their boss never wake up one day?
The little beggars became more and more frightened the more they thought about it.
If the boss is really gone, all of them will be robbed within three days!
Fear spread among the crowd, and several younger ones burst into tears.
The crying seemed to be contagious, and soon everyone was wiping away tears.
The children's cries were extremely piercing, and after not long, the man lying on the torn straw mat finally responded.
He slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the little beggars kneeling and crying in front of him.
They knelt in an orderly manner, three people in a row, for three whole rows, and their cries were miserable.
Those who didn't know would think he was dead.
Although he woke up this time, in fact, he couldn't hold on for long and was not far from death. Death might come the next time he fell into a coma.
He touched his chest, where a purple symbol invisible to mortals was engraved.
If he has not found his "creditor" before the purple talisman dissipates, this body will die, and his soul will never be able to return to the underworld. It will be absorbed by this world and become energy to nourish the world.
Now more than half of the purple talisman has dissipated. Judging from the current situation, he has little hope of finding his creditor.
The man looked calmly at the spider web on the broken beam. After a long while, he spoke in a hoarse voice: "Don't cry, you're not dead yet."
The crying suddenly quieted down.
The next moment, the little beggars burst into laughter and gathered around.
"Boss! You finally woke up!"
"You've been unconscious for more than ten hours this time! We were almost scared to death!"
"Boss! If it doesn't work, go and kidnap a skilled doctor to treat you! You're so scary every day!"
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The man listened expressionlessly, regretting for the one hundred and eighth time that after stripping off that otherworldly soul, he should have found a deserted place to faint.
There were several deserted intersections on that road, and he just happened to faint in front of a group of little beggars.
I don’t know what these little beggars were thinking. When they saw a strange man fainting in front of them, their normal reaction should have been to stay away.
But these little beggars were not like that. They did the opposite. They made a raft and towed him together, never abandoning him along the way.
I heard that the youngest beggars here were also picked up by them on the road.
So, what's wrong with this!
A group of beggars picking up beggars on the road?
The man closed his eyes and calmed down before sitting up.
"Boss! Yesterday a very nice girl gave us ten or so oil cakes! We left one for you, eat it quickly, don't let the rat steal it!"
An older beggar took out a fried cake from a basket and handed it over very attentively.
The man hadn't eaten for a whole day and night, and was really hungry. He didn't care whether the little beggar's black paws were clean or not. After taking it, he immediately took a bite.
After chewing it for a few times, I suddenly felt a burning sensation in my left chest!
The man was stunned and subconsciously pressed his left chest, which was the location of the purple talisman.
Before he came here, Hou Tu had told him that when the purple talisman sensed the breath of the "creditor", it would emit a burning sensation.
So... Zi Fu sensed the breath of the creditor?
How did you sense it?
There's nothing extra in this doghouse-like shack... No! There's one thing extra!
The man's eyes lit up when he looked at the fried dough pancake with a bite missing. Could it be that the fried dough pancake was stained with the scent of his creditor?
"Just now I heard you say that this oil cake was bought by a girl?"
"Yes, a girl bought it."
The man's breath was disordered for a moment, and he asked again: "How old is the girl?"
"She doesn't look like she's even old enough to wear a 15-year-old kimono, but she's actually very beautiful."
She is extremely beautiful, and she is not yet of marriageable age...
The man instantly perked up. These two pieces of information were very similar to the creditor information given by Hou Tu, almost exactly the same.
The little beggar who replied saw that his boss was curious about the girl, so he told him that the girl wanted to ask them to do something yesterday.
"You were not there at the time, and we were afraid that the girl came here on purpose to deceive us, so we didn't dare to agree. The girl was unwilling to give up, and asked us to come back to discuss it. At the beginning of this day, she came to the city wall to find us."
The man who learned the news quickly ate the remaining cake, and the purple symbol on his chest continued to feel hot.
After a long while, Zi Fu finally calmed down.
The man stood up and tried to walk around the room to see if the purple talisman could still sense the creditor's aura.
After walking around the small shack three times, the man found nothing.
It seems that the pancake is indeed stained with the scent of the creditor.
"What time is it now?"
It’s the beginning of the Si hour. Is it still too late?
There couldn't be a clepsydra in the beggars' den. The young beggars who stayed behind to look after the men were only ten years old at most. They had not yet learned how to read the sky and tell the time. Faced with this question, they could only shake their heads.
The man didn't get angry when he didn't get an answer. He kindly asked the little beggars to lead the way to the place where they begged yesterday. He planned to go and see it himself.
The little beggars thought that the boss wanted to go out begging with them, and they jumped for joy. They took their own broken bowls and led the man to the city wall where they had been yesterday.
When they arrived at the place, the little beggars found that the city wall, which was full of beggars in the past, was suddenly deserted.
For most of the street, there were only these little beggars; all other beggars were nowhere to be seen.
The little beggars who came here to beg first were very happy to see the boss coming, and told him the news they had heard.
"I heard from some old beggars that after we left yesterday, the girl who wanted to ask us to do something was targeted by the one-eyed man and his gang, who wanted to rob her of her money.
Guess what? The girl shot something in her hand into the eyes of the one-eyed man and his gang, causing him to cry out in pain!
They also said that the one-eyed man's remaining eye was now blind, but after one night, the eyesight of the beggars who were with him returned to normal.
Only One-Eye himself still felt a burning pain in his eyes, he couldn't even open them, his eyelids were scratched and ripped! He rolled over in pain!"
The man looked normal and asked, "Didn't the girl say yesterday that she would come over at 9:00 p.m. today? Has she arrived?"
"No... those old beggars said that the girl found three brothers from the Ma family who can sing. I guess they have enough manpower and are not hiring any more."
The man's mood suddenly turned bad, and his eyes were grim: "Where is One-Eye now?"
"He's lying in his kennel! Half of his men ran away, and half of them set up their own businesses, leaving One-Eye alone in the kennel."
The man knew where One-Eye's doghouse was, so he asked the little beggars to stay there, saying that he wanted to talk to One-Eye later.
The One-Eye's residence was very close to this place. Soon, the man found the half-dead One-Eye in a hidden shack.
The one-eyed man seemed to be incontinent. His ragged pants were wet and the smell of feces and urine was strong.
The man held his breath instantly, squatted beside the one-eyed man with an unchanged expression, looking at the unconscious one-eyed man, his gaze fixed on his eyes.
The eye that was originally intact was now terribly red and swollen! The eyelid was completely scratched and blood covered the entire eye.
Reaching out his hand, the man covered the one-eyed, red and swollen eye, sensing that the residue on it was not from this world, but from another world.
This was the only two abilities he retained after traveling here, and they were quite useless. Fortunately, apart from these useless abilities, he was very satisfied with the other martial arts he retained.
At this point, the man was basically certain that the little girl from yesterday should be his "creditor".
It's much easier if you know where the person is.
The hand covering the one-eye's eye slid down quickly and landed on the one-eye's neck. The fingers went around the back of the neck and suddenly exerted force. With a "click" sound, the back of the one-eye's neck was broken cleanly!
The one-eyed man struggled for a few times, but soon became motionless.
The man stood up as if nothing had happened and returned to the beggars.
He asked the little beggars to find all the beggars who had seen the little girl yesterday.
There were also beggars who knew the three brothers of the Ma family, so they called them over as well.
The man was very famous among the beggars, especially in the west, where everyone knew him.
Therefore, when the beggars heard that the man was looking for them, they all came here obediently.
I didn’t see many beggars who looked like little girls yesterday. Including the little beggars, there were only about thirty people.
The man asked them to walk around the city to see if they could meet the girl again.
The same thing happened to the beggars who knew the three brothers of the Ma family. The man let them go and asked them to search the city for the three brothers.
No matter whether it was the little girl or the three brothers of the Ma family, as long as they saw them, they were not allowed to show up without permission, but had to come back and tell him.
The beggars don't understand why they have to do this. They think it's a waste of their begging time, so many beggars are not willing to do it.
Unfortunately, the man's fighting power was too high, and even if they all came together, they would not be his match.
Under the pressure of their force, the beggars had no choice but to obey.
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Gu Tang, who was far away in the south of the city, didn't know that someone was mobilizing beggars to look for her. At this moment, she was leading people to the rented small courtyard and letting the three brothers look around to see if they were satisfied with the courtyard.
The three brothers had never lived in such a spacious and decent house since they were born. The best house they had ever lived in was the home of the master who taught them to sing - a thatched house that was half brick and half unfinished.
If they were to describe this courtyard, they would say that everything about it was good and beautiful, with not a single thing that was unsatisfactory!
After hearing their praise, Gu Tang, who had paid to rent a house, also became happy.
Gu Lianshan curled his lips. His daughter just loves to be praised!
After letting the three brothers have fun for a while, Gu Tang started to get down to business.
"Do you three have names? I have written a script and I am going to teach you how to act it out today. I need to know your names and surnames so that I can address you and rehearse with you."
The eldest of the three brothers stood up and said, "My name is Ma Da. The one on the left is my second brother Ma Er. The one on the right is my third brother Ma San."
"This name..." Gu Tang's mouth twitched. The parents of the Ma brothers were too careless when naming their sons. They just named them according to their ranking.
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