The little beggar poured the fragrant cake into his clothes and wrapped it up. He pushed the plate gently and found that his dirty and black hands left several fingerprints on the jade-like white porcelain, and he couldn't help but wince.
one time.
He took a peek at Gu Chengyu and found that he was not angry, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"The place where we stay has been divided, and I was assigned here to beg. Since it has been divided, I am not allowed to go to other places, otherwise my legs will be broken. But I am small and can run away very fast.
I often go out and run around, but they can't catch me."
The little beggar was a little complacent when he talked about this. In fact, he also knew that if he was caught sooner or later, he would be beaten severely.
Gu Chengyu's eyes lit up, "Oh? So you are very familiar with this place? Then if I ask you to identify these beggars, it shouldn't be difficult for you?"
The little beggar nodded heavily, "I recognize all the beggars in the capital. Those three are the ones who always beg in the West City. The one in the middle is called Dagang. I forgot the names of the other two, but I often see them.
With the big pole.”
When Gu Chengyu heard this, he glanced at the man named Da Gan and found that the man was thin and tall, like a pole. This name was somewhat appropriate.
But when Ming Mo and the others asked these three people what to say, why did these three people run away?
"Did they steal something and ask someone to catch them? In fact, they didn't steal anything, that is, they stole the foot-washing cloth from Aunt Wang's house over there, the beans drying from Aunt Zhang's house in the west, and the small shop on the corner of Xicheng Street.
I also stole the buns from the bun shop.”
Ming Mo found it a bit funny. This child was clever, but he was still a bit naive. Hearing children's childlike words made people laugh, but they had important things going on now, how could they listen to this little kid talking nonsense?
However, he was a little disappointed afterwards. It seemed that these three people were not the people they were looking for.
Gu Chengyu was overjoyed when he heard this, "You seem to be very familiar with the people nearby, what about the shops here in Nancheng?"
"Of course you're familiar with it! I hang around here in Nancheng every day. I even know what kind of food a certain family had today and whether their business is good. Even if a girl from that family has a crush, I can tell who it is!
"
The little beggar wanders around Nancheng all day long, not staying in one place to beg. The money he gets from begging is indeed more than other beggars.
"What are you talking about?" The little beggar actually said such shameless words in front of an adult. Ming Mo immediately frowned and reprimanded.
When the little beggar yelled at Ming Mo, he was so frightened that he stopped talking.
Gu Chengyu glanced at Ming Mo. How could he be too harsh on a child who was running around in the market? Besides, the child was still young. He might have just heard someone say this, so how could he understand what it meant to be in love?
"Then do you know anything strange in Nancheng recently? No matter what it is, you can tell me."
Gu Chengyu took out a tael of silver from his wallet and handed it to the little beggar.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to give more, but he knows that if he gives too much, he will definitely not be able to keep it. Not only will he not be able to keep it, he will also get into trouble.
When the little beggar saw the silver, his eyes suddenly shone. He immediately took the silver from Gu Chengyu's hand and carefully put it in his pocket.
Then he thought about it carefully and then said: "There was something strange happened to Mrs. Wang's family two days ago. Her eldest son is an escort, named Wang Liang, who works at the Weihu Escort Agency in Nancheng. It's just that this man didn't come back two days ago.
I thought I was going to be an escort, but this time the escort didn't say anything in advance. Aunt Wang's grandson was sick in the past two days, and she wanted to go to the escort agency to get some money on credit to treat her grandson. However, when Aunt Wang went to the escort agency to inquire, she found that the escort agency's grandson was sick.
Everyone has changed."
When Gu Chengyu heard this, his heart suddenly trembled. He and Ming Mo looked at each other, and then looked at the little beggar.
"Aunt Wang asked the person from the escort agency when Wang Liang would be back, but the person from the escort agency said they didn't know. She later asked several people, some said it would take a month, and some said it would take half a year. Anyway, every time she asked, they said no.
The same result. It seemed that everyone in this escort agency was new, and she didn't see the chief escort, so she felt strange. When she came back, she told her neighbors about it, and she felt even more anxious."
When the little beggar talked about rising, he started talking more.
"What's even weirder! I'm very familiar with Brother Wang Liang. He often gives me food. After hearing about this, I wanted to go to the escort agency to inquire about it. These new escorts are actually the same as the original escorts.
A name, do you think it is strange? There is also a person named Wang Liang among them, but it is not the Wang Liang I know."
As the little beggar spoke, he smelled the aroma of the plum blossom cake in his pocket and couldn't help but swallow his saliva, becoming a little greedy.
But this noble man is still here, how can he dare to eat?
"Sir, does this matter count?" The little beggar glanced at Gu Chengyu carefully. He knew that this was all a trivial matter.
I just accepted a tael of silver from this gentleman, and he just boasted about Haikou, and now he says he doesn't know. Isn't that a loss of face?
"Forget it! Is there anything else strange? Let's talk about it too!" Gu Chengyu looked at the little beggar and saw that he spoke clearly and clearly, not like a five or six-year-old child. He expected that he should be older than this.
"In the alley ahead, Mr. Zhang's family wanted to find some nursing homes. Yesterday, more than 20 people came to take the call! Mr. Zhang actually recruited all of them into the hospital. Our friends who were begging together also discussed this and said
Mr. Zhang must have made some kind of windfall. Otherwise, his family only has that small courtyard, so he has to hire so many nursing homes?"
Mr. Zhang's family only has a small amount of money, and the courtyard they enter is not big. There are more than twenty nursing homes. The little beggar also heard a few comments from the big beggars, so he talked about it as a joke.
The little beggar finally figured out that this adult liked to hear these trivial things. Then he would pick out these trivial things and talk about them. Maybe the adult would be satisfied and reward him with some money.
"But there are similar things?" Gu Chengyu counted the number of people and felt that they should match the number of assassins.
There are definitely a lot of people in the escort agency, and together with Mr. Zhang's family, there should be dozens of people.
The little beggar frowned and thought for a while, and found that there was nothing strange. It was just that he was afraid that Gu Chengyu would blame him and take the money away.
Just ask a few words and then give money. How can there be such a good thing?
"Cuihua lost a piece of clothing in the alley to the west, and Miss Wen Lan from Yicui House was ransomed and taken away by a gentleman."
Gu Chengyu looked embarrassed when he heard this, knowing that he had nothing to say.
"Okay! Let me talk to you when you think of it! However, you can't stay here for the time being. Let me ask you, do you want to live a life without worries about food and clothing?"
Gu Chengyu knelt down and looked at the little beggar at eye level. Looking into the little beggar's smart eyes, he asked with a smile.