Hu Tianxiang only understood the stall owner's words, but from the other party's rich expression, he guessed that eight or nine were not far from ten, so he also learned from the stall owner, smiled very meaningfully, and kept pointing at the other party with his hand: "Understand, understand! Thank you, brother!"

The stall owner was very happy, as if he had seen a confidant, and he gave a nine-percent discount on the money he spent early.

Hu Tianxiang felt that the meal was quite rewarding, but he did not rush to go to the Hutong, but continued to be like a local, wandering around after breakfast.

Where is it lively, he goes.

In the morning, Hu Tianxiang first visited the flower, bird, fish and insect market, humbly asked the seller for the knowledge, and then walked into a teahouse with many tea customers, asked for a pot of local flower tea for a penny of silver, sat by the window, and listened attentively to the chatter of the tea customers while pretending to taste tea.

Since becoming a cultivator, Hu Tianxiang has long been reborn, and he is no longer the rich man who is physically weak, in terms of hearing and hearing alone, with the help of the spiritual qi, he can hear whispers fifty or sixty zhang away.

In the noisy teahouse, the young man had an idea, and practiced multi-purpose according to local conditions, dozens of tea customers spoke at the same time, and he tried not to miss a word.

It's a pity that he didn't do it, but he has some experience for multitasking.

"Sure enough, I can cultivate all the time. Hu Tianxiang remembered the words of the sweeping old man, and secretly praised it in his heart.

Out of the teahouse, continue to wander, when he came to an alley, Hu Tianxiang turned into a deserted alley, after carefully and without a trace of the surrounding area, found that it was indeed empty, he immediately took off his clothes, took out a very shabby linen cloth from the spirit ring and put it on. Immediately afterwards, he pinched the magic trick in his hand and said softly: "Change." ”

Then Hu Tianxiang's face changed, and he became an old man with a yellow complexion and wrinkles, and a scruffy beard.

This mask made with the secret method of the Immortal Family, which can transform five faces, is the beloved object of the disciples of the Foreign Affairs Hall.

After walking out of the alley from the other end, he who was originally strutting turned into a hunchback and walked slowly, and he coughed after walking a few steps.

These camouflage techniques were all taught by the senior brother in the Foreign Affairs Hall, and Hu Tianxiang learned them very carefully and enjoyed them.

He walked slowly, like an old man with nothing to do, wandering around. Where there are more people, he goes, others chat, he sits next to him, as if he is panting and resting, he doesn't care about anyone, let alone interject, the whole person has almost no sense of existence, but his ears are pricked up high. He then judges whether the conversation is worthwhile based on what he hears, and whether to continue listening or walk away.

In this way, walking and stopping, walking through the streets and alleys, Hu Tianxiang learned some information, but it was still very limited, and it was difficult to distinguish the true from the false. When walking across a stone arch bridge, a middle-aged man sold sugar gourds on the other side of the bridge, Hu Tianxiang was greedy, so he bought one, took a bite and felt that the taste was excellent, and when his eyes rolled, he threw the other party a piece of broken silver weighing two or two, and bought all the sugar gourds on the cart, including the cart.

"Rock sugar gourd...... Sweet and sour rock sugar gourd ......" walked a few more streets, and Hu Tianxiang suddenly shouted in an old voice.

In the alley where there were originally few pedestrians, several wooden doors opened almost at the same time, and three or five naughty boys ran out quickly, and they immediately surrounded Hu Tianxiang, each holding a few copper coins in their hands, and shouted in a hurry: "Grandpa, I want it!" Grandpa, I want to ......

Hu Tianxiang patted their heads with a smile, signaled them not to quarrel, bent over and said, "Grandpa, this sugar gourd is not sold for money, grandpa is not rare money, and he can't buy it with money." ”

"If you can't buy it with money, what can you buy it?" said a girl, biting her fingers.

"Grandpa is old, not rare money, but he only likes to listen to stories, the more novel the better, if anyone can tell the new things about this Red Lotus Town, grandpa, I will give him a rock sugar gourd for nothing. Hu Tianxiang coughed and said.

"I know, I know, I know......" The children raised their hands and jumped.

"Grandpa is old and his ears are not good, don't mess around, talk about it one by one...... You speak first. Hu Tianxiang patted the girl on the shoulder.

The girl's face flushed, she glanced at her companion, and said shyly: "A few months ago, a bald man came to the town, saying that our town used to be a battlefield, and many people had died, and they had been haunted, so they did a big ritual, which was very lively. ”

"Yes, yes, that bald man is ugly!" the boys laughed.

Hu Tianxiang saw that the girl had nothing more to say, so he pulled out a rock sugar gourd and stuffed it into her hand, and said with a smile: "That's a good point, I've sent it to you." ”

The girl was so happy that she immediately took a big bite and said indistinctly, "It's delicious!"

When the boys saw it, they immediately scrambled to tell the story. When they learned that the more they spoke, the more sugar gourds they would get, and they searched their stomachs to reminisce about the anecdotes, until they told all they knew, and the sugar gourds on the cart were only half gone.

"Remember, don't tell your family about this, it's a little secret between us, okay? If anyone doesn't keep his mouth shut and leaks it, grandpa will never give him rock sugar gourds to eat again. The money to buy sugar gourds is hidden, so it's okay to treat it as your grandfather's pocket money. ”

"Thank you, Grandpa!" the children bowed and ran home.

Hu Tianxiang immediately pushed the cart away and turned to the other end of the town, only to repeat the old trick and exchange the sugar gourd for the truth in the child's mouth.

Before dark, a cart of sugar gourds was sent out, and Hu Tianxiang returned with a full load.

The second daughter saw a hunchbacked old man walk into the room, they were all stunned, Hu Tianxiang straightened his waist with a smile, and said in his original voice: "It's me, Hu Tianxiang." ”

"How's that?" Zhong Lingxiu asked.

"It's not bad, it's just a little disorganized. Hu Tianxiang said the experience of the day concisely, and then wrote down all the information that seemed worthy of attention on the paper, densely writing several pages.

Guo Qiaoer and Zhong Lingxiu read it carefully, and then carefully analyzed, striving to find the information that is related to each other, and then further peeling back the cocoon.

The work was very tedious and laborious, and the three of them thought about it until dawn, and only then did they barely sort out three pieces of more meaningful information: first, in Honglian Town, in recent months, there has been a lot of noise from outsiders, and there are often noises in the middle of the night, and the locals have stepped up inspections, but nothing has been found; second, there is a bald man among the outsiders, and he has done a large-scale ritual, after which a large number of fish have appeared in the local rivers, and as for the varieties of fish, even the old fishermen can't tell them; third, near Xiama Hutong, there have been three homicides in succession within a month, and all the dead have lost their heads。

"Today, I'm going to go to that Xiama alley to have a look. Hu Tianxiang said suddenly.

"What kind of place is there?" asked Guo Qiao'er curiously.

Hu Tianxiang pinched his chin and said with some embarrassment: "If I understand correctly, it should be a Goolan brothel." ”

"Tianxiang, how can you go to that kind of place?" Zhong Lingxiu frowned slightly, and said angrily.

Hu Tianxiang hurriedly explained: "Sister Xiuxiu, don't misunderstand me, I, Hu Tianxiang, am not that kind of person, I am doing a good job, I am doing a good job, I am doing the right thing!

"The ghost only believes you!" Guo Qiao'er said with a red face, "Hu Tianxiang, don't be ashamed! After I go back, I will sue the master!"