Chapter 44: The Mysterious Old Beggar
"Yes, it's contraband, they smuggled Sanhua red-top snakes, big smoke, and some other things, but before I could see them all, they were discovered by the Li family's guards, fortunately, it was dark at the time, and I escaped from the Li Mansion by luck at night, and then I waited for the opportunity to find Li Mingyan and Li Zelong to take revenge, and it happened that I met Engong before. Ah Niu said.
Qi Tian finally understood why Li Mingyan had to take Ah Niu's life, and why Ah Niu also hacked Li Mingyan to death.
Li Mingyan wanted to kill Ah Niu to cover up the evidence of the Li family's smuggling, while Ah Niu was to avenge his wife.
"Then how did you get poisoned?" Qi Tian asked.
Ah Niu's eyes flashed with resentment, and he said: "After we withdrew from Chunhua Street last time, their Li family ordered people to search for me in the south of the city, and I blamed me for being careless, and I was being arrested by the people of the Li family. After they caught me, they threw me into the cage of the three-flowered red-capped viper, where they bit me, creating the illusion of poisoning, and finally threw me into a remote alley. ”
Qi Tian nodded, all the doubts in his heart were solved, he pondered slightly, and continued: "Ah Niu, I saw that you advanced and retreated in Chunhua Street last time, and you can even track down Li Mingyan, there is a master behind this, right?"
A hint of hesitation flashed across Niu's face.
Qi Tian laughed secretly in his heart, Ah Niu was overjoyed, he was really not good at lying, "If Brother Ah Niu is inconvenient, you can not say it..."
Ah Niu directly interrupted Qi Tian's words, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Gongzi is Ah Niu's life-saving benefactor, Ah Niu will never dare to deceive his benefactor, he is the ninth uncle." ”
"Can you take me to meet this ninth uncle, Ah Niu rest assured, I have no malice. Qi Tian suddenly had a plan in his heart.
Ah Niu nodded, and asked one of his brothers to take Qi Tian to find Uncle Jiu.
Qi Tian followed Ah Niu's brother and stood in front of a dilapidated temple, surrounded by cobwebs and weeds, obviously deserted for a long time, and the young man who led the way took the lead in walking into the temple gate to find Uncle Jiu.
Qi Tian walked into the temple gate and glanced around, surrounded by unclothed and filthy beggars, who sat lazily around the temple.
He narrowed his long, narrow phoenix eyes, and his gaze swept over each beggar's face.
Suddenly, an old beggar with a tall and thin body, dressed in dirty clothes, covered in patches, and with messy hair, came into his field of vision.
I saw the tall and thin old beggar leaning against the corner of the wall, his unkempt hair covering his face, and it was difficult for outsiders to see the old beggar's face.
But Qi Tian can still see it in his messy hair, and there is a light that flashes from time to time!
The corners of his mouth were raised, a wicked smile appeared, and he slowly walked towards the old beggar.
He squatted in front of the old beggar, his narrow phoenix eyes shining with a playful light, staring at the person in front of him without speaking.
The young man who hadn't looked for Uncle Nine came back, and happened to see the old man in front of Qi Tian, he looked surprised and said, "Hey, how did Childe know that he was..."
Qi Tian raised his hand and motioned to the young man not to say more.
"Hey, what about pretending?" Qi Tian teased.
"Who? The old beggar looked "suddenly", and even a little at a loss, looking at Qi Tian blankly, and his thin body shrank into the corner.
"You dare to command Ah Niu to kill the eldest son of the Li family, but you have to pretend to be stupid with me here?" Qi Tian said jokingly.
"What are you talking about? Old man, my ears are not very good, and my head is not bright, what are you doing with the old man, do you want to give me alms?" The old man's tone was hoarse, and he even picked up a half-half porcelain bowl in his hand...
"Hehe, since you like to pretend so much, I'm not welcome!" Qi Tian stood up, took a slight breath, and shouted: "This person instructed others to murder the Li family..."
The tall and thin old beggar stood up "Teng", where there was still half a point of drooping old age, just like an energetic young man!
He looked at Qi Tian with a panicked face, and begged: "Childe, I was wrong, don't shout, let's talk about it in another place if there is something..."
Qi Tian smiled slightly and said, "Let's go, go to Ah Niu's house and say." ”
The old beggar drooped his head, looking reluctant, and followed Qi Tian towards Ah Niu's house.
When he came to Ah Niu's house, Qi Tian asked Liu'er and Ah Niu to go out, and he and the old man were left in the house.
"Tell me, who are you?" Qi Tian asked with a smile.
"Childe, what are you talking about? I'm just a down-and-out old beggar...", the old man's face was full of innocence.
Qi Tian was not in a hurry to speak, and his long and narrow phoenix eyes shot out a chilling light.
The old man nestled his body, seemingly bowing his head helplessly, but he always glanced at Qi Tian inadvertently.
Long...
"Okay, I'm convinced!Childe, I really admire you!" the old man said dejectedly.
Qi Tian smiled slightly and said, "Then you can say it." ”
The old man groaned slightly, "I used to be the housekeeper of a large family..."
Qi Tian shook his head and directly interrupted the old man's words: "Are you a drama?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously shook his head.
"Then what do you always act?" Qi Tian frowned, propped his chin, and pretended to think about it.
"Uh..." the old man was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak.
Qi Tian propped his chin and said, "That's it, since you don't want to say it, I'll guess what?
The old man was stunned for a moment, and his eyes looked directly at the young man in front of him.
"The position is not a military general, it should be a military advisor, the position is not low, and it should be dedicated to giving advice. Qi Tian continued.
"You... You—" The old man looked shocked, his eyes wide as lanterns.
"You have been persecuted, forced to leave the army, and the people who want to kill you should still have a lot of power. Qi Tian changed his hand to support his chin.
"Who are you, and you were sent by him to kill me?" the old man looked extremely frightened at this moment, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, which mixed with the mud on his face, turning into black muddy water.
"Hehe, don't panic, since you are playing conspiracy, you should know that if I came to kill you, you would have died a long time ago, instead of sitting in front of me and guessing riddles with me. The glint in Qi Tian's eyes faded and was replaced by a gentle smile, after all, he still had something to talk to the old beggar about.
The old beggar's nervous expression finally eased a little, he looked at Qi Tian with wide eyes, some fear, and said, "That... How did that boy know that I was..."