Chapter 76: Such good sugar-roasted chestnuts, one can poison three

Half an hour later,

The two walked into a small alley and then turned around to arrive outside a small building.

"Bear Granny is really hiding her strength, actually having such a small building."

"It's just passed down from ancestors, and now the whole family is left with only me."

Bear Granny opened the door and led the red-clothed youth into the courtyard, and a charming voice came from the main hall:

"Big sister, you are finally back. I was just looking for you..."

A beautiful woman with a charming smile and skin like fat walked out. She saw the strange red-clothed youth behind Bear Granny, especially observing his face, and asked suspiciously:

"This shouldn't be the 'Old Eight' that big sister mentioned before, right? But even if he looks good, he is a man!"

"Cough, cough, Zhuang boy, let me introduce you. This is my distant relative, but because of her high seniority, she calls me big sister."

Bear Granny gave a look to the beautiful woman and then turned back to introduce to the red-clothed youth.

"My name is Zhuang Buran, I have met the girl." The red-clothed youth bowed.

"My surname is Ouyang. You can call me Sister Ouyang." The beautiful woman replied with a smile.

"Qing'er, since you are back, you should have brought some food." Bear Granny opened her mouth.

"I brought it. Knowing you probably haven't eaten, I specially brought a table of good dishes for you."

Ouyang Qing said without thinking, then seemed to remember something and immediately made up for it:

"This cost me nearly a month's wages. You can't be like before, saying you want me to take it back."

"Sigh, I am old and frail. Eating those exquisite dishes is a complete waste."

Bear Granny looked like she couldn't refuse, so she took the red-clothed youth into the room.

"Bear Granny, not only is there a table of good dishes with color, fragrance, and taste." The red-clothed youth's nose twitched:

"There is also a jar of daughter red that is at least thirty years old..."

Ouyang Qing originally thought she could fool it well, but the red-clothed youth, even if blind, discovered some clues with his keen sense of smell and immediately opened his mouth:

"Big sister is old, naturally she can't drink. This is what I brought for myself to drink."

"So that's it." The red-clothed youth sat at the table with ease, which surprised the two of them quite a bit.

Ouyang Qing asked curiously:

"Young Master Zhuang, are your eyes completely unable to see, or can you see some?"

"Completely unable to see, just that my ears are abnormally sensitive, and I can feel the slight flow of wind in the room."

"That is a strange skill."

"Blind people always have some strengths in their ears. Besides, I have practiced for sixteen years, so it's not worth mentioning."

This sentence from the red-clothed youth made Ouyang Qing feel inexplicably uncomfortable. He had a perfect face and exuded a warm and harmonious aura, yet he was born blind.

At this time, she also realized a bit, no wonder her big sister brought someone back to a contact point for the first time in a rare way.

"Fine, stop chatting. The food is going to get cold." Bear Granny ordered.

After the meal, the red-clothed youth took the initiative to say:

"I will stay at Bear Granny's place for these few days. From tomorrow morning, I will go to the city to find something to do. Once I find it, I will move out."

"No need to rush. Anyway, I live alone, so you can look slowly."

"Yes, Young Master Zhuang, anyway, my big sister has many empty rooms here, and it's a waste to leave them empty." Ouyang Qing persuaded.

"These bowls and chopsticks don't need you to clean up. I'll go help you tidy up a room first." Bear Granny got up and ordered.

"Big sister, you are old and frail, let me help you."

Ouyang Qing got up and helped Bear Granny walk out of the main hall.

The red-clothed youth frowned slightly and thought to himself:

"Things are getting more and more strange. Zhuang clearly only wanted to see the sword dance passed down from the Gongsun family of the Tang Dynasty, so how did it develop to this point?"

"Must blame Hua Qitong. However, having learned a little bit of his style of

On the other side, inside a side chamber.

"Big Sister, I can't tell, where did you abduct such a handsome young man? Teach me, so I can also hide a beauty in a golden house," Ouyang Qing giggled.

But she heard Grandma Xiong's voice no longer low and hoarse, but crisp as silver bells, soft and bone-melting, like a clear spring flowing, refreshing the heart.

"Just a silly boy with nothing but a pretty face. I don't know how he survived until now. After being kicked out of his home, his money was stolen, and he had the bad luck to run into me and even wanted to eat my sugar-roasted chestnuts."

"Hahaha, then he really is a silly boy," Ouyang Qing was amused and laughed out loud:

"Then why didn't Big Sister let him eat the sugar-roasted chestnuts?"

Grandma Xiong, who was Gongsun Lan, pondered for a long time and said:

"Such good sugar-roasted chestnuts—one could poison three people to death; it would be a waste to give them to him."

"Is that so? So Big Sister also likes to say the opposite of what she means," the smile on Ouyang Qing's face grew richer:

"But that's normal; meeting such a pitiful young man, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to help but show mercy."

"Stop talking nonsense, go and make the bed," Gongsun Lan said irritably.

Ouyang Qing looked resentful:

"I came to see you out of kindness, and it ended up with me becoming a servant girl. Why don't you call your personal maid, Lan'er?"

Gongsun Lan retorted:

"As a lonely old woman who sells sugar-roasted chestnuts, is it appropriate for me to have a personal maid?"

"Who told you to be the Big Sister and me to be the fourth?" Ouyang Qing said with a look of resignation.

The next day.

Zhuang Buran went out early in the morning. As he wandered around the city, people would transform into different shapes and appearances to follow him from afar. After several days, that person who seemed capable of thousands of transformations finally disappeared.

This day.

The youth in red came to the outside of the Pingnan Prince Mansion, which was guarded by many soldiers. After waiting for someone to report, Hua Manlou and a mansion steward came out.

"As expected of a Wangfu, the security is strict, with teams of guards patrolling everywhere; I fear there are quite a few people lurking in the shadows."

"Xiao Ba, how did you know that Lu Xiaofeng might come to break into the Wangfu tonight?" Hua Manlou asked in a low voice.

"Have you forgotten? My hearing is excellent, and I have wandered around the city for a long time, so there is very little I don't know. Having stayed for over a month, there isn't a corner in Yangcheng that I am not clear about."

Zhuang Buran said leisurely:

"You must believe that nowadays, in terms of the ability to gather information, I am far superior to the so-called Snake King who has three thousand brothers in the sewers, and even to the illustrious and noble Wangfu."

"You really have the leisure and elegance to have wandered through the entire city and its outskirts," Hua Manlou didn't know what else to say.

Before long, led by the Wangfu steward, the two saw Jin Jiuling, who had prepared a table of fine wine and food, with Shi Xiuzue standing beside the table.

"Long time no see, I look at you with new eyes; the former First Constable Under Heaven has actually become the Wangfu steward."

A faint smile appeared on Zhuang Buran's face:

"From a constable who protects the safety of the world's people to a watchdog for a single family, I don't know whether to say Steward Jin has progressed or regressed."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere fell silent.

Shi Xiuzue couldn't help but sigh in her heart:

"As expected of him."

(End of chapter)