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

Chapter 47 Charlatan
Leaving the aftermath to the Beggars' Gang, the two returned to the inn.

Gu Ping'an took a good bath and threw away the bloody clothes.

He had prepared himself mentally early on. It was his first time killing someone, and although the bloody scene had a big impact, it was calmer than he had imagined.

The knights broke the law with their force. All the martial artists guarding the Qian family deserved to be put to death. Just kill them. Why bother yourself with trouble?

He changed into a clean robe and went to sleep peacefully.

I had a dreamless night and when I woke up it was already noon.

The boat to Yixing was leaving at three quarters past noon. Mu Nianci had already packed and was waiting for him downstairs.

There were not many customers in the store at that time. The waiter had a white towel draped over his shoulders and was leaning against the counter chatting with the shopkeeper.

"I heard from the fishmonger, Old Wang, that Qian Buyi had a smile on his face when he died. Could it be that those who were murdered turned into evil spirits and came back to take revenge on him?"

"Stop spreading such scary and bizarre things!" The shopkeeper knocked him on the head. "If you're really bored, go wipe the table again!"

"Tsk! You ruin the fun!" The waiter made a face at him, and without listening to him, he went to wipe the table. He turned around and walked out again.

Mu Nianci found the waiter amusing and chuckled with her hands covering her mouth.

Gu Ping'an went downstairs, picked up the bag on her desk, and said, "It's almost time, let's go."

"Here's this." Mu Nianci took out a paper bag from her bosom. "This is a yam and red bean paste roll. Try it."

The two of them didn't stay long, paid the room fee and rushed to the pier.

The news about Qian Buyi had spread throughout the town early in the morning. Several constables passed by them and hurried towards Qian's house.

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Feeling that Gu Ping'an didn't seem to be affected by the murder last night, Mu Nianci's steps became noticeably lighter.

The major events in the town could not interrupt the busy water transport. The lake was filled with large and small boats, and the crowds of people made it very lively.

The dock is much more lively in the early morning than in the evening, with fishermen, boatmen, and laborers crowding the area.

Gu Ping'an protected Mu Nianci and took great pains to finally reach the passenger ship where they had an appointment last night.

"I've been waiting for you!"

The captain invited the two men onto the boat, untied the mooring ropes, and blew a loud whistle.

The boatman raised the sail and rowed, slowly moving away from the shore.

"Young Master Gu! Miss Mu!"

Suddenly, a voice called out from the shore. Gu Ping'an looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Tian Jiangen.

He was carrying a bag and seemed to be going on a long journey.

The two waved goodbye to him, but he seemed a little anxious and kept shouting something.

Unfortunately, the shore was noisy and the passenger ship was sailing further and further away, so in the end I couldn't hear it clearly, leaving only a long ripple on the lake.

Yanzhu cloud sails are everywhere, and the floating boat seems to be entering the void.

Wangting is about a hundred miles away from Yixing. After sailing for most of the day, the pier can be seen ahead.

If Gu Ping'an's idea is followed, it is getting late today, so it would be better to stay in town for one night and then visit Guiyun Villa tomorrow.

But Mu Nianci saw that he kept glancing at the noodle stall on the street, and she was worried that he would make a fuss about eating plain noodles again, and she felt anxious for a moment.

But she was too shy to speak, and while she was hesitating, Gu Ping'an's gaze suddenly fixed on her.

He saw a man from afar. His hair and beard were all gray. He was wearing a yellow banyan short shirt, holding a large palm-leaf fan in his right hand and a huge water tank on his head.

"Nianci, look at that man."

Mu Nianci looked in the direction of his finger and was suddenly startled.

The jar was made of pig iron and probably weighed hundreds of pounds. It was difficult for an ordinary person to move it at all, but that person moved very fast. He must have been born with supernatural powers or be a master with profound skills.

If we talk about strength, in her opinion, only the old man Qigong can compete with this man.

"Let's go! Let's follow and see."

Gu Ping'an recognized this man as Qiu Qianzhang at a glance. Mu Nianci simply thought he was just enjoying the sight of prey, and since she was already attracted to him, she naturally didn't want to spoil her lover's fun.

As long as he doesn't eat plain noodles anymore, everything is fine.

The two men followed him for about a mile, and on the way they found that there were three more people following them, all the way to a small river.

There are graves everywhere here, and there is no bridge over the river. It seems like a dead end.

The man walked across the river without stopping.

He crossed to the other side, placed the big iron vat in a patch of long grass, and walked back across the river the same way he had done before.

"What a brilliant qinggong!"

Mu Nianci had never seen such a skilled person walking across the water, carrying an iron vat weighing hundreds of pounds. She immediately exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Ping'an just smiled slightly and said nothing.

The three people who had followed him came forward to pay their respects. Looking from afar, all three of them were sincerely convinced.

Mu Nianci looked carefully and suddenly found that one of them was Guo Jing.

Huang Rong was dressed as a man at the time, and she was too far away for her to notice.

"Should we go say hello?"

She thought that Gu Ping'an asked her to come with him just to get to know the old man, so she asked this question.

"No rush." Gu Ping'an smiled and shook his head.

He pulled Mu Nianci and hid in the grass. After they had gone far away, he walked towards the river.

"Do you think that person has extraordinary martial arts skills?"

Mu Nianci said without hesitation: "I have never seen such a skill in my life. If we talk about lightness skills, I am afraid even the Seventh Master would find it difficult to reach his level."

"What if I can do it too?" Gu Ping'an deliberately teased her and asked with a smile.

"How can it be?!"

"Look!"

Gu Ping'an walked to the shore, glanced into the river, used his lightness skills, touched the water with his toes, and reached the other side in three or two steps. He was more than twice as fast as the old man when he came back.

Mu Nianci was stunned and couldn't help rubbing her eyes.

Seeing her cute and adorable look, Gu Ping'an held back his smile, found the "iron jar" in the grass again, lifted it up with one hand effortlessly, and walked back on the water.

"you you."

Mu Nianci was stunned for a moment, her whole body frozen in place, like a clay or wooden sculpture.

Gu Pingan couldn't help laughing: "Silly girl, it's just a trick, go and take a look at that tank."

The "silly girl" went to see as she was told, and discovered that the "huge cast iron vat weighing hundreds of pounds" was actually made of thin iron sheets. The mouth of the vat was sealed, and there was only a thin layer of water inside, no more than two or three inches deep.

"Isn't this a lie?"

"The stream was also tampered with. Stakes were driven into the bottom of the water, so the man could walk on the water to cross it."

Being able to see through such a clever deception, Mu Nianci's admiration for him increased even more, and her peach blossom eyes almost turned into stars.

"How did you figure out such a cunning trick?" she couldn't help but ask.

Gu Pingan chuckled: "Your husband is talking about how smart and intelligent I am. This little trick can't escape my sharp eyes."

He spoke too quickly and almost called her "your husband", and suddenly felt guilty.

Mu Nianci seemed not to hear, but her cheeks turned red unconsciously.

They looked at each other in silence for a while, and she suddenly reacted.

"Brother Guo Shi and the others must have been deceived. We must quickly catch up with them and expose the liar!"

(End of this chapter)