The Legend of the Condor Heroes: I became one of the Five Great Masters by drawing cards

Chapter 41 The Flower Thief
Leaving the young prince in the care of Mei Chaofeng, Gu Ping'an and Mu Nianci stayed in Changzhou for only one day before heading to Wangting Town.

This place is known as the "No. 1 Town of Suzhou Canal". It is bustling with activity as Taihu Lake, Jiangnan Canal and Wangyu River converge here.

The two found an inn in the town and stayed there, waiting for the ferry to Yixing the next day.

Gu Ping'an did not travel with the delegation, but he still had to go to Guiyun Villa on the west bank of Taihu Lake.

It doesn’t matter whether the little prince is saved or not, the main thing is that that is where the “East Evil” Huang Yaoshi appears.

What's more, there is still a Qiu Qianzhang waiting to slap him in the face!
When it comes to "showing off one's ability in front of others", I have lived my life as a safe and upright person and am no less capable than others.

Lights shine through the villages and markets, and music and singing can be heard in the posthouse.

Although it was already time for lighting, the town became increasingly lively.

Although both are in the south of the Yangtze River, this place is different from Zhenjiang. Most of the people here are outsiders who came here by boat, and it has a more urban atmosphere.

Gu Ping'an and another person sat at a small stall on the street, with a bowl of plain noodles in front of each of them.

"Can I not eat?"

Mu Nianci glanced at Gu Ping'an cautiously and asked with a hint of grievance.

Yangchun noodles are a famous delicacy in Jiangnan.

The base is made of lard, seasoned with soy sauce, and the cooked noodles are placed on top and washed down with clear soup.

Sprinkle some chopped green onions and garnish with a spoonful of scallion oil, and you have a bowl of steaming hot Yangchun noodles.

Mu Nianci was not picky about food, but the noodles tasted light and not very suitable for northern tastes. However, Gu Ping'an loved it and ate it three or four times in just a few days.

No matter how delicious the food is, it can’t stand this way of eating.

Gu Ping'an saw her worrying over the bowl of noodles, and then he realized that he had fallen into the common problem of straight men again.

"If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it." He transformed into Guo Jing, scratched his head with a silly smile, "Come on, the weather is getting hot, let's try some mung bean soup."

"it is good!"

Mu Nianci happily agreed.

But she didn't know that this Suzhou-style mung bean soup was completely different from what she imagined.

The sound of pipa music came from the teahouse on the street, accompanied by the ups and downs of Wu dialect singing.

The two stopped and listened for a moment, but they didn't quite understand what was being sung. They only knew that it was the story of Xue Rengui from the previous dynasty.

This is the skill of "speaking" and is also the predecessor of Suzhou Pingtan. It is similar to the northern storytelling, but uses the Jiangnan dialect.

Most of the people sitting in the teahouse were merchants traveling back and forth on ships. Although they could only understand the general idea, they were nodding their heads and looking contented.

"Sorry! It's urgent! Excuse me!"

Just as he was about to move forward, he suddenly heard a burst of hurried footsteps behind him. Gu Ping'an quickly pulled Mu Nianci over, thus avoiding being bumped by that person.

"You, what's wrong with you?"

He was about to scold him, but he saw the man flash several times in the crowd and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Gu Ping'an looked at his agile steps and felt that he looked somewhat familiar.

"I'm fine." Mu Nianci broke free from his arms and inevitably blushed again.

"Money Bag Catch Thief"

It was not until then that a middle-aged man in a brocade robe came running and shouting, panting and chasing after them.

The little thief must have some skills to be able to throw him so far.

"Do you want to help him?" Mu Nianci asked in a low voice when she saw Gu Ping'an was slightly dazed.

Before he could answer, the middle-aged man saw them coming and stopped chasing them. Instead, he stood against the wall and pointed at them.

"Hey! You two, did you see a skinny guy running past here?" Gu Ping'an heard his rude attitude and simply didn't even look at him. He pulled Mu Nianci and turned away.

"Don't bother with this," he said softly. "It's obvious he's rich but unkind. Why bother with him?"

The man was still shouting things like "People's hearts have changed" and "The world is going downhill", but the two men didn't even turn around and didn't even bother to pay attention.

During the mission, in order to avoid being discovered by Yang Kang, the two of them always lived in the same room.

Now that he has left the delegation, he has booked two rooms.

After more than a month, Gu Ping'an finally slept in bed for a night.

But it was precisely this allocation of rooms that caused problems.

In the middle of the night, there were three short knocks on the wall beside the bed. Gu Ping'an woke up immediately and sat up.

This was the secret signal he and Mu Nianci agreed upon. When they didn't live together, they would choose two adjacent rooms. If they felt something was not right, they would knock on the door to give a warning.

This was the method of self-defense and life-saving that Hong Qigong taught him in Zhenjiang.

Knowing that Mu Nianci was in danger, Gu Ping'an arrived at her door in a few breaths.

At this time, everything was quiet. He heard the sound of fighting in the room. He didn't dare to delay and kicked the door open.

The windows in the room were wide open, and Mu Nianci was fighting fiercely with a thin, dark man in night clothes.

She had just recently studied with Hong Qigong for a few days, and he taught her many skills in fighting the enemy in battle. When she used her old "Xiao Yao You" boxing skills again, the power was no longer comparable.

The thin man in black had intended to launch a sneak attack, but now he was caught in a dilemma and could not resist.

Seeing someone breaking in, he was even more frightened. In panic, he was hit by a palm and turned around to escape out the window.

Gu Ping'an was about to climb out the window to chase him, but suddenly he remembered the common tactic in novels to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and quickly turned back.

"How about it?"

"I'm fine." Mu Nianci shook her head gently, "Go and catch up."

She often walked outside and did not take off her outer clothes when she slept, so the flower thief did not see anything he should not have seen.

After confirming that she could protect herself, Gu Ping'an flew out of the window and chased after the figure that was almost invisible.

He possessed the superb light skill of "stepping on the three-fold cloud" and had never met an opponent since he crossed over. It was rare for an ordinary person to escape in half a cup of tea, but this time was a little beyond his expectations.

He didn't notice it at first, but the more he chased, the more frightened he became.

Why does the light-weight martial arts this person uses look so familiar?

He was also confused for a moment, thinking all the way about what kind of light skills he had seen, but he forgot about his "stepping on the three-fold cloud".

Although the two are slightly different, they seem to be of the same origin.

The two chased each other for a full half incense stick of time, until the thin man's internal energy was almost exhausted, and was finally caught up by Gu Ping'an.

This is all thanks to the endless nature of his Nine Yang Internal Energy. If he had used ordinary martial arts, he would probably be on par with this person.

The thin man knew that it was useless to escape, so he gritted his teeth and drew a single-edged sword from behind.

"Stop chasing me!" He panted slightly, pointed the knife at Gu Ping'an, and gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't succeed, so why are you chasing me for so long?"

Gu Pingan was taken aback by his question, but quickly reacted and asked back, "You're just a flower thief, I'll chase you, why are you so arrogant?"

"I'm not"

The thin man seemed to want to explain, but didn't know how, so he just made up his mind and chopped with his knife.

I don't know whether he was not skilled enough or he didn't want to hurt anyone's life, but when he used the move "Splitting Huashan with Force", he chopped off not the head, but the shoulder.

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