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Chapter 629: Nan Guling Has Only One Choice
Chapter 629: Nan Guling Has Only One Choice
Jin Banhua said to Hei Zhenzhu, "You see, I was right, wasn't I?"
Hei Zhenzhu nodded and turned to Chu Liuxiang, "I will not be meeting with Nan Guling."
"Of course." Chu Liuxiang laughed, "Even if you wanted to go, I wouldn't advise it. If you go, Nan Guling will have an excuse not to tell me where Qiu Ling Su is."
Hei Zhenzhu nodded, "When you ask Nan Guling, when will you let me know?"
Chu Liuxiang said, "Tomorrow morning, if I know where to find you..."
Hei Zhenzhu then instructed Chu Liuxiang to meet her horse by the Daming Lake shore. He was to pull its left ear three times and say, "Take me to see Hei Zhenzhu," and he would be brought to her.
Joking, Chu Liuxiang asked, "What if I pull its ear four times?"
Hei Zhenzhu smiled serenely, "Then it might just send you on a journey to find the true pearl."
...
Chu Liuxiang set off alone towards the Beggar's Clan incense hall.
Jin Banhua and Yi Dianhong stood still.
Jin Banhua asked Yi Dianhong, "Are you also interested in this matter?"
Coldly, Yi Dianhong replied, "I am an assassin, not a constable, so of course, I have no interest in this matter."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yi Dianhong turned and disappeared into the darkness.
"If you're not interested, why are you tagging along...?" Jin Banhua shook his head and asked Hei Zhenzhu, "How did your black horse become so spiritual?"
Hei Zhenzhu proudly replied, "It might even be smarter than you."
Jin Banhua scoffed, "So it's that powerful? Then ask it this: today there are pheasants and rabbits in the same cage, thirty-five heads above and ninety-four feet below, how many of each are there?"
Hei Zhenzhu, "...'
"Chu Liuxiang stole your White Jade Beauty, what's going on?" Hei Zhenzhu changed the subject.
"As soon as you mentioned it, I got angry. Chu Liuxiang is simply bullying me. Knowing that my family is wealthy, he dared to brazenly come and rob us. And before he came, he even sent a short note!
'Hearing that you possess a White Jade Beauty, skillfully carved to perfection, my heart yearns for it. Tonight, at midnight, I shall come under the moonlight to retrieve it. Knowing your elegance, you will surely not let me return empty-handed.'
Jin Banhua counted with his fingers as he recited the contents of the note, then asked Hei Zhenzhu, "Don't you think he's arrogant?"
Hei Zhenzhu couldn't help but find it amusing, but her eyes shone with appreciative laughter, "Arrogant indeed."
Jin Banhua said, "That's why I came out to find him. If he doesn't return my White Jade Beauty, I'll..."
"...Beat him to his knees, I heard." Hei Zhenzhu said helplessly.
"I'm just letting him off easy for now." Jin Banhua nodded, "If he still doesn't show up, I'll take the beauties by his side."
"Are there still beauties by Chu Liuxiang's side?" Hei Zhenzhu asked suddenly.
"How could there not be beauties by the side of the romantic thief Chu Liuxiang?" Jin Banhua pointed to himself, "Just like how I, when I loaf around in the capital, am always accompanied by beautiful flowers!"
Hei Zhenzhu glanced at Jin Banhua, her eyes narrowing slightly. If it weren't for his pleasant personality and the fact that he had spoken up for her several times, considering them friends now, she would have whipped him with her whip long ago.
Hei Zhenzhu was also speechless at Jin Banhua's playboy personality, but she still asked, "Do you think Nan Guling will tell Chu Liuxiang?"
Although Jin Banhua looked like a playboy, his brain was clearly working, so when Hei Zhenzhu hesitated, she couldn't help but ask him.
"That depends on whether Nan Guling is the mastermind." Jin Banhua said, "If Nan Guling isn't the mastermind, as the new leader of the Beggar's Clan, it's understandable that he wouldn't allow others to disturb the former leader's wife."
"He's definitely not a good person!" Hei Zhenzhu interrupted.
"Why do you say that?" Jin Banhua asked.
"I feel like he came to power unfairly."
Hei Zhenzhu said coldly, "I've been asking a lot of Beggar's Clan disciples since I came from the Great Desert, but no one knows anything about my father's whereabouts, nor the whereabouts of the former leader's wife. What's more, their former leader, Ren Ci, died during this period, supposedly from illness, but who in the martial arts world actually saw it happen?
"Jin Ban Hua said, 'Ren Ci is Nangong Ling's foster father, do you suspect that Nangong Ling murdered his father?'
Hei Zhen Zhu scoffed, "Do you think he's incapable of it?"
Jin Ban Hua readily agreed, "Just looking at his face, you can tell he's definitely capable of it."
Hei Zhen Zhu asked in surprise, "You know how to read faces?"
"I don't, but just one look at him tells me he's not a good person!" Jin Ban Hua asserted.
Hei Zhen Zhu nodded, "Indeed!"
Jin Ban Hua laughed, "Since that's the case, he only has one choice left."
...
As the morning mist shrouded the land, the eastern sky gradually brightened.
Hei Zhen Zhu released her horse, and Chu Liu Xiang soon arrived at a pavilion by the lake with the horse.
"Did you find out?"
"No!"
"Hmph, I knew he wouldn't tell."
"Although he didn't tell me the place, he wants to take me there."
"Good, you two go ahead, and I'll follow behind."
"No, your qinggong isn't good enough, and you'll be discovered."
"So be it if I'm discovered!"
"If Nangong Ling finds out, I'm afraid we won't be able to find Madame Qiu again."
Chu Liu Xiang was going to be away for two days, without Hei Zhen Zhu, and he asked her to inform Su Rongrong, who would soon be arriving, to wait for him by Daming Lake.
Previously, Chu Liu Xiang had asked Su Rongrong to investigate Shui Gong and arranged to meet by Daming Lake. Now that he was leaving, he could only ask Hei Zhen Zhu, who was staying behind, to pass on the message.
Hearing Chu Liu Xiang's request, Hei Zhen Zhu was a little angry, but she eventually agreed.
Jin Ban Hua glanced at Hei Zhen Zhu's slender chest and then at her handsome face. Suppressing his laughter, he followed Chu Liu Xiang.
"Why did Jin brother come along?" Chu Liu Xiang asked.
"Of course, I'm here to meet Madame Qiu, as we agreed before!" Jin Ban Hua said as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "Hei Zhen Zhu has offended the Beggar's Sect, but I haven't killed any of their people. Why shouldn't I go?"
Chu Liu Xiang's eyes flickered, "But you've offended the White Jade Demon."
"Is he here?" Jin Ban Hua asked.
"He's not," Chu Liu Xiang replied.
"Then it's fine!" Jin Ban Hua smiled. "The truth behind this mysterious case is about to be unveiled. How could I miss it?"
"But the murderer, who doesn't want the truth to come out, will become increasingly desperate." Chu Liu Xiang sighed. "He will surely try to stop me, and you will be in danger if you follow me."
"If you don't want me to go, then return my White Jade Beauty!" Jin Ban Hua brandished the sword in his hand. "Don't think that I'm playing around just because I've practiced martial arts since I was young, had dozens of masters, and learned dozens of martial arts skills."
Seeing the eighteen gems embedded in the sword's sheath, Chu Liu Xiang couldn't help but touch his nose.
He had seen Jin Ban Hua's qinggong in the capital, and it couldn't be considered weak. It was apparent that Jin Ban Hua had put in effort, but compared to the mysterious and unpredictable murderer, it was insufficient.
However, Chu Liu Xiang didn't want to discourage him.
After all, he was just a young master who had recently entered the Jianghu. He didn't know much about the truth, and what he did know, others wouldn't believe. Let him come.
No matter how formidable Chu Liu Xiang considered the murderer, he was equally confident in himself.
Then they met Nangong Ling.
"Nangong, the leader of the gang, has long admired you!" Jin Ban Hua bowed and smiled, "Just now, I heard from my two companions that the Beggar's Sect is actually the number one gang in the Central Plains. I apologize for my rudeness yesterday!"
Liao Gang and Ye Jin, "..."
"Elder Ren, the former leader, was chivalrous in his life, and I admire him greatly. I heard that the former leader has passed away, and Chu Liu Xiang wants to go and comfort the widow of the former leader. I am willing to go with him and express my condolences." Jin Ban Hua took out a jade pendant.
Nangong Ling, "..."
(End of Chapter)
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