Chapter 419: Rebellious Son

The three of them arrived outside the Xu residence. Tan Mazi did not knock on the door in a hurry, but walked into a teahouse opposite and greeted the tea master there.

The tea master looked at Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi and asked, "Who are these two..."

"Ma Shaoxia, the disciple of Deputy Sect Master Xu who is outside, and Gu Shenbo of the Iron Armor Sect." Tan Mazi said.

The tea master couldn't help but look at Ma Lu a few more times after hearing this, but he didn't ask much, just waved his hand.

The next moment Ma Lu saw the street vendors selling candy men, herbal tea, snacks, toys, and the idlers playing chess on the roadside dispersed again.

Tan Mazi explained, "After Deputy Sect Master Xu was killed, we arranged some people outside his residence to protect his family.

"But there are too many beggars in the Beggar Gang. I originally planned to take Madam Xu and Master Xu to Happy Forest early tomorrow morning, but since they are here tonight, I will take them away after Gu Shenbo and you finish questioning, so as to avoid more trouble. "

Ma Lu said casually, "Has the situation deteriorated to this extent?"

Tan Mazi snorted coldly, "As early as three days ago, those beggars had already started to attack our properties. I just didn't expect them to be so bold as to send someone to assassinate Deputy Sect Master Xu.

"Alas, poor Deputy Sect Master Xu was still negotiating with the Beggars' Sect before he was killed, hoping to resolve the dispute peacefully. I have long advised him that those beggars are not trustworthy. It is better to have a good fight. Even if you die, you can make back your money."

Tan Mazi said as he stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Ma Lu was surprised, "Just because of a lotus bowl, the two largest underworld forces in Qingzhou are going to fight each other."

"It's not just about a lotus bowl," Gu Qingyi said, "Not long after you left last time, an eight-bag elder named Han died in the Beggars' Sect. It is suspected that the Tianlong Sect did it."

"Huh?" Ma Lu immediately became alert, "Where is it?"

"Where is it?"

"Where is the body?"

"The two detectives of the Iron Clothes Sect have already investigated and proved that the elder did die under the Shocking Finger, and the Shocking Finger is the famous skill of Li Tianlong, the leader of the Tianlong Sect."

Gu Qingyi misunderstood and shook his head, "There should be no problem with their investigation. The Beggars' Sect also issued a hero order after that, saying that they would avenge Elder Han."

Ma Lu didn't ask any more questions, otherwise Gu Qingyi and Tan Mazi would probably be suspicious.

Anyway, since the body has appeared, it can be touched at any time, and it won't run away. At most, it will be buried in the ground, which is more convenient to touch.

The conflict between the Beggars' Sect and the Tianlong Sect was hard to say for other people, but it was indeed good for Malu.

After all, it was not easy to encounter the corpse of a master in normal times, and Malu had only been away for a week, and two masters had died in Yuchang County.

If the Beggars' Sect and the Tianlong Sect went to war and blood flowed like a river, Malu thought that he would be able to get away with it with his magic power?

It was quite exciting to think about it.

Just as the three were talking, the door of the Xu Mansion was opened a crack, revealing an eye.

The eye looked at Malu and Gu Qingyi with vigilance, and it disappeared only when it saw the vigilance in Tan Mazi's eyes.

"Master Tan Xiang, it's you."

The owner of the eye opened the door, but he was a middle-aged man in his fifties, and judging from his dress, he should be the steward of the mansion.

Tan Mazi said, "We will go to avenge Deputy Sect Master Xu soon. Before that, I will take Madam Xu and Young Master to a safe place."

The steward looked embarrassed when he heard this, but he still invited the three people in.

"What's wrong?" Tan Mazi asked.

"Madam should be fine. She has packed her things, but Young Master is still outside now."

"Huh?" Tan Mazi frowned, "Didn't I tell you not to let Madam and Young Master go out? It's not safe outside now."

"I'm just a servant. How can I take care of Young Master?" The steward was also helpless, "It was okay when the master was here, but now that the master is gone, Madam can't control him either."

"Why did he go out?" Tan Mazi frowned more and more.

"Did he go to see that Xiaohong again? He just lost his father in the morning, and he went to listen to music in the afternoon? How can he be so unfilial? He is worse than a beast!"

Tan Mazi cursed, but he had no choice. Deputy Sect Master Xu had a son in his old age, and he had always doted on this only son.

His son thought practicing martial arts was too tiring, so Deputy Sect Master Xu found a teacher for him to teach him to read, but he didn't read for a long time and felt that writing articles was meaningless.

He drove the old teacher away, and spent all day eating, drinking, whoring and gambling with a group of friends. Some time ago, he fell in love with a singing girl and spent seven or eight thousand taels of silver on her.

Deputy Sect Master Xu then confined him for a month, but he sneaked out again before the time was up and had a secret meeting with the singing girl named Xiaohong.

Tan Mazi was angry, but Mr. Xu was now the only child in the Xu family. If anything happened to him, he would not have the face to see Deputy Sect Master Xu even if he died.

So Tan Mazi simply told the steward the identities and purpose of Malu and Gu Qingyi and left in a hurry, going to the teahouse opposite to gather people to find Master Xu.

The steward took Malu and Gu Qingyi to the bedroom where Deputy Sect Master Xu was killed.

According to the steward, the things inside were not moved and remained in their original state.

Gu Qingyi was looking around while chatting with Malu about her discoveries this week.

She was not idle after Malu left. She also did a lot of work, and it was different from what Malu imagined. Gu Qingyi really found out a lot of things.

“I found the person who stole the lotus bowl, he was a disciple of the Beggar Clan Law Enforcement Hall.

"The law enforcement elder trusted that disciple very much, so many important things were not hidden from him. Moreover, he was very smart and handed over the lotus bowl in advance, thus clearing himself of suspicion."

"Then how did you find out?" Malu asked curiously.

"I thought of a case my uncle told me before. In that case, the thief used a similar method to steal a white jade statue, which left a deep impression on me."

"Ah, is this okay?"

Ma Lu had to admit that Gu Qingyi's inspired investigation method did have its merits.

Gu Qingyi continued, "The key point is the reason why the disciple stole the lotus bowl. He said that he lost a large sum of money to Happy Forest, and was finally forced by Happy Forest to steal the lotus bowl to pay off the debt."

"Hey, isn't Happy Forest the property of Tianlongmen?"

"That's right, so the Beggar Gang insisted that Tianlongmen took away the lotus bowl, and issued an ultimatum to them, asking them to return the lotus bowl within three days, otherwise they would go to war with Tianlongmen."